Hawtai (Huatai) B11 sedan

[dragin]

Welcome to CCF, Knutea.
Until recently Hengtong Huatai (aka Hawtai) was a no account backwater SUV assembler.
But their early tie-up with Hyundai to produce the Galloper and Santa Fe, gave them a thrust that has brought them this far. They now even have a subsidiary in Inner Mongolia that produces diesel engines, and transmissions.
So I would not be surprised to see the B11 sedan launched in the market soon. I can't say for sure but I think the Koreans have had a hand in its development.

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HAWTAI auto (before Huatai) new sedan B11
The first B11 comes with 1.8L Turbo gasoline engine(5MT and 4AT).

[knutea]

Thanks for the answer, dragin.

Any idea of technical specs of this car? Is the engine a Hyundai derivative, or have they developed it themselves?

I'm not sure about the grill, but otherwise, this is one of the more interesting designs from China. Any chance an Italian master would have a hand in this?

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http://auto.qq.com/a/20100421/000244.htm
another live photos from Beijing autoshow

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more photos at:
http://car.che168.com/show15/series_1945.html

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The Huatai B11 has officially come down the production line today and will be available for sale in a matter of weeks. The B11 will go by its Chinese name of 元田 (Yuan Tian). At the beginning it will be available with a SAIC sourced 1.8T engine, the same one which can be found in the Roewe 550 and the MG6. The engine developes 160 HP.

http://auto.sina.com.cn/z/htzgjjcxx/
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/201008/134048.html
http://auto.sohu.com/20100816/n274246767.shtml

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The Huatai B11 has a beautifully-designed front end. What a knockout! Even the overdone front grate-grille seems to work here.

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Huatai B11 is priced at 119.700 RMB:
http://auto.163.com/special/htb11ss/
http://bjsite.sohu.com/s2010/hawtai-b11/
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/201012/163416.html
http://www.che168.com/article/332974_1.html

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