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Great Wall Florid - November launch.

October 8th, 2008 - Sales of Great Walls first super mini, the Perri dont appear to be going too great so far (China Car Times has seen 3 on the roads so far) but that does not appear to have deterred Great Wall from achieving success in the super mini segment as well truck and SUV segments. Their latest offering, the Florid, is expected to be launched in November this year, the Florid will come with the choice of 1.3 or 1.5l engines which were developed by Great Wall themselves.

The Florid will not be a bargain bin super mini, but appears to be aiming for the upper mid range of the small car segment. The Flord will come packed with goodies that the Peri didnt get, such as automatic air conditioner, LED lights, remote smart key, DVD player, and GPS, and then the usual standard equipment such as ABS and EBD. Sadly, it seems the Florid will be limited to a 5speed manual to start with, which will leave the Florid floundering until an autobox is introduced!The 1.3l engine is able to produce 65kw at 3900rpm to 4900rpm, the 1.5l engine will be of DOHC variety, producing 77kw. Reports say the 1.5l engine will be lighter, and faster than 1.3l making the Florid a much more interesting car. SaSad
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there was official presenation of florid, the basic price will be like peri with full equipment



most intresting photo was from the company and their test circut, there was also other car brand like chevrolet aveo, mazda 2, toyota yaris, by the information which i got toyota and gwm have some kind of cooperation when gwm start to produce this model
 

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Great Wall Motor officially launched its Florid on November 6th. The carmaker announced that the 1.3L Florid luxury edition is priced at 53,900 yuan ($7,903) and the elegant edition is priced at 57,900 yuan.

Florid, as the second small car after Peri from Great Wall Motor, is powered by the 1.3L VVT gasoline engine developed by the carmaker itself. The 1.3l engine, able to produce 65kw and 115 nm, has met the Euro IV standards.

The Florid also comes packed with goodies that the Peri didnt get, such as automatic air conditioner, LED lights, remote smart key, DVD player, and GPS, and then the usual standard equipment such as ABS and EBD. It is a 5-door compact sedan with two rows of seats, and the rear row has foldaway seats which can give the interior a feel of larger space.

Great Wall Motor, China's largest maker and exporter of pickups and SUVs, has made its foray into the small-car segment. The carmaker had unveiled its first small car Peri eighteen months ago which was sued by Fiat in China and in Europe over the design of the Peri model which is seen as a clone of the current Fiat Panda.

Great Wall has the ambitious plan to export the new model to Europe. The car would be sold in Italy first and in the rest of Europe in 2009, though it was blamed as a rip-off of the Toyota IST/scion xA model by the foreign media.

http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/200811/49059.html


 

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http://img.autohome.com.cn/2008/12/9/9-22-29-54-128287081.jpg

accelleration from 0-100, 14.9, not bad, but could be better, i hope that gwm will install 1.5 engine in it

http://img.autohome.com.cn/2008/12/9/9-22-30-9-96722628.jpg

braking also ins't so bad, i can say that it have quite good result for that car segment

http://img.autohome.com.cn/2008/12/9/9-22-29-52-542732861.jpg

at the test they put in it 12,6 liters and pass 202.5 km, avarge fuel consuption is 6.2 liters

if we look at all car have a good price, good driving skills and by my opinion very low fuel consuption for the engine which have 65 kw, anyway this result from 0-100 could be better and i hope that gwm will install new 1.5 engine with 77 kw
 

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Even if i may repeat, what lots of you have written before - but the Florid screams Toyota to me. In a very boring way.

But hey: i like their new logo. What an improvement: simple, yet clever. And quite minimalistic.
 
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