The Chinese, even before the economic crisis, began to conquer our automobile market, and until 2014, things went very well for them. And then the military and sanction thunder struck, sales of all car brands rolled down, following the wooden ruble, some brands left the Russian market altogether, and the Lifan Chinese auto brand began to rely on the budget segment of cars, including crossovers, rightly believing that in Russia for a long time, the main buyer of automobiles is not getting rich enough to acquire premium class models. And if so, then budget sedans and crossovers - their Chinese is everything. Moreover, the demand for "lifany" in our country has been formed quite high. Only one grieves the Russian fans of the automotive industry from China - not at the off-road vehicles Lifan brands полноприводных моделей. Замгендиректора российского представительства Lifan company "Лифан Мотор Рус" господин Сяолун на днях поделился с российскими СМИ информацией о возможности появления настоящих внедорожников в линейке автомобилей бренда. Да, китайские разработчики постоянно думают о полном приводе для Lifan brand crossovers, because a real crossover can only be called one that can knead the dirt with all four wheels. Generally the phrase "front wheel drive crossover"Some kind of inferior. All-terrain vehicle? So it is obliged to dig soils with all four leading skating rinks, otherwise if you sit in the first oncoming ditch, what kind of fucking crossover are you? But restoring justice for Lifan suvs installation 4x4 drive will increase the cost of the model for at least a hundred thousand rubles. And this is the minimum estimated amount. In reality, it can be much more. The Chinese are afraid that the popularity achieved in our country for their cars may sharply decline as soon as the price tags for new ones all-wheel drive "lifany" good add up. The Chinese understand that the trump card of their cars is not the quality that many car snobs make a wicked grin, namely, price. Therefore, pulling with drive 4x4. Waiting for the end of the crisis, when Russians will live better, and this circumstance leveled the growth of price tags for "real" Lifan crossovers. Mr. Xiaolong said that today there is a lot of work to study the possibility of using all-wheel drive on the new large crossover Lifan H80, Images of which have already filled the Internet. Sell new suv in the Middle Kingdom will start only in 2017. Accordingly, after a couple of months, somewhere in the early spring, the novelty will come to the Russian dealers of the brand. As for whether it will be an all-wheel drive for our car market, Mr. Wang Xiaolong definitely did not say anything. The Chinese, yes, they will get all-wheel drive crossover, but the Russians ... But he said that sooner or later, but the situation will change, meaning the crisis in the Russian economy. And then ... By the way, the Chinese have been building a car factory near Lipetsk for a couple of years. Localized assembly of crossovers Lifan this company will be able to minimize the increase in price due to all-wheel drive X80 SUV. Here are just a little left - to complete the plant. And just for some reason Mr. Xiaolong for some reason did not demonstrate due optimism. The problem seems to be the Chinese with the plant.

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What about the complete sets of new X80 Mr. Xiaolong did not say anything, they say it’s too early to know about it. But from other sources of information it became known that under the hood of the novelty there will be a 165-strong Japanese engine from the company. Mitsubishi. The 1.8-liter gasoline engine with a proprietary turbocharger will be the second engine in the engine lineup of the new crossover. Lifan company. Well, the third engine will be another, already two-liter turbo unit.