Roewe, the model that rose from the remnants of Rover, has confirmed its just lately unveiled D7 saloon will probably be inbuilt a brand new wing of the manufacturing base established by guardian firm SAIC in Zhengzhou, China.
Set on the market in China by the top of 2023, the electrical D7 is the primary manufacturing mannequin from Roewe’s new Three-Yr Motion Plan For New Power Improvement.
Introduced in April, this plan contains as much as eight new Roewe EVs, masking saloons, SUVs and MPVs throughout various market segments.
At 4890mm in size, the D7 is 66mm shorter than the Volkswagen ID 7.
The D7 relies on SAIC’s new Nubula EV platform – the identical one utilized by the MG 4 EV hatchback.
It is earmarked to underpin as much as 16 fashions from SAIC-owned manufacturers over the following two years, in accordance with the Chinese language automotive maker.
Roewe has confirmed two drivetrain choices for its new saloon, each primarily based round a single-motor format additionally shared with the 4.
Included is a 194bhp model with a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery and claimed vary of as much as 317 miles on the Chinese language CLTC check cycle; and a 208bhp model with a nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery and a spread of 379 miles.
As but, there is not any official phrase whether or not the D7 will probably be bought within the UK. Nevertheless, the Chinese language-market Roewe Ei5 is already bought right here badged because the MG 5 SW EV and the MG Marvel R was initially launched because the Roewe Marvel X, resulting in hypothesis that the brand new saloon could also be bought in export markets below the extra firmly established and acquainted MG identify.
