Hunkt Saga (Zotye TS5)

[dmitra]

Production version of the concept car:





Dimensions (mm):
Length: 4586 Width: 1840 Height: 1618

Wheelbase (mm): 2700

Displacement (ml); Power (kw)
1481; 140
1499; 115

Source: MIIT

http://www.miit.gov.cn/datainfo/viewCar?carId=261955#
http://www.miit.gov.cn/datainfo/viewCar?carId=261752#

[RR ltd Co.]

Very neat design 😱

[dmitra]

Now approved again as a Hunkt model. Specifications are more or less the same as published last year.

As for production, keeping my fingers crossed!

Source: MIIT.

[Lawrence]

Is this Tie Niu and Zotye trying to remain afloat via the latest of offshoots, Hanlong Hunkt of Hebei?

[dmitra]

Perhaps due to the organizational structure of the Tieniu group, these "associate" companies are sufficiently insulated, at least at this point in time, from being drawn into bankruptcy/restructuring/revitalization proceedings involving the core Zotye/Jiangnan cluster of companies. Zotye had suspended production from January but Hanteng and Dorcen were still active in June. Hanlong's production stats are not available, so I can't say about that company, although a few dozen units of Canticie are being sold regularly every month. However, as part of the same ecosystem, Zotye's woes will begin to affect these legally "at-arm's-length" offshoots eventually, given the mutual technological/financial interdependence (common suppliers, shared components, interlinked cash flows, etc.).