A refreshed GWM Haval H6 is ready to launch later this month, and it’ll deliver a extra highly effective petrol engine.
Authorities approval paperwork seen by CarExpert present the up to date mid-size SUV will proceed to be powered by a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, however its energy output has been boosted from 150kW to 170kW.
Moreover, it ditches its seven-speed dual-clutch automated transmission for a nine-speed dual-clutch auto.
A torque determine isn’t listed, however in China this powertrain produces 175kW and 385Nm. The latter represents a major improve of 65Nm.
Meantime, the Haval H6 Hybrid’s 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol-electric powertrain seems unchanged. Whereas whole system outputs don’t seem within the approval paperwork, the outgoing Haval H6 Hybrid produces 179kW and 530Nm.
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Solely front-wheel drive petrol and hybrid powertrains are listed within the certification paperwork, although GWM has beforehand indicated all-wheel drive hybrid variations and a plug-in hybrid powertrain will comply with later within the yr.
Beforehand reported to be coming right here in 2024, the facelifted Haval H6 rollout is ready to start out later this month.
Whereas GWM beforehand supplied a PHEV model of the pre-facelift Haval H6 in its house market, a facelifted PHEV automobile doesn’t seem on its Chinese language web site.
It’s unclear, then, which powertrain the Haval H6 PHEV will use in our market – whether or not it’s the heady 342kW/762Nm 1.5-litre turbo PHEV of the Haval H6 GT PHEV with its sub-5.0-second 0-100km/h time, or one thing extra tame.
In Thailand, for instance, the Haval H6 PHEV encompasses a 27.54kWh battery and whole system outputs of 240kW and 530Nm.
It has claimed electric-only vary of 150km on the NEDC cycle, down from 180km on the extra highly effective H6 GT PHEV which makes use of a 35.4kWh battery.
The up to date Haval H6 adopts a brand new face with vertical LED daytime working lights – however largely unchanged headlights – and a grille consisting of dozens of metal-look rectangle trim items, quite harking back to the grille on the outgoing Hyundai Palisade or the upcoming MG U9.
The complete-width LED gentle bar on the rear has been changed with separate tail-light clusters, with badging positioned in between. The sunshine bar lives on in facelifted Haval H6 fashions offered in Thailand.
Inside, there’s a brand new centre console design and steering wheel, whereas the carryover 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster now sits subsequent to a bigger 14.6-inch infotainment touchscreen.
The present, third-generation Haval H6 debuted in 2020, and arrived in Australia in 2021 to interchange the 2015-vintage mannequin recognized in China because the H6 Coupe.
A sleeker, coupe-style model of the present Haval H6, known as the H6 GT, arrived right here in 2022, adopted by the PHEV model earlier this yr.
GWM Australia is including one other mid-size crossover SUV to its ranks within the third quarter of this yr with the Haval H7. This shares its platform with the H6 and H6 GT however encompasses a locking rear differential, a “gentle off-road cruising mode”, and distinctive styling.
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