Summary of the day: Haval H5 for Russia, crab parking and other business events

The sales of the upcoming SUVs have started to be announced Haval H5 in Russia. This frame model came down a year ago and is already sold in China. Haval H5 built on a pickup truck KingKong Big Wall Poerit has a five-seater cabin, very simple equipment and a large trunk, and has double wishbone suspension at the front and a solid axle at the rear. In China, a choice of 2.0 turbodiesel (166 hp) and a turbo gasoline engine of the same size (218 hp) is offered. Russian specifications will be released later.

At a major crossroads Exceed VX A simplified Prestige package appeared in Russia. Compared to the already known President version, two airbags (driver’s knee and front center), electric folding third row, air ionizer and air freshener, auto-dimming exterior mirrors, assistant Automatic parking, driver fatigue monitoring system and Exeed Connect services are excluded from the equipment list. The recommended price has been reduced by 350 thousand rubles: Exeed VX Prestige costs 5.65 million rubles.

For crossover Lexus RX Several updates have been prepared for the model year 2025. First, the screen diagonal of the basic media system has increased from 9.8 to 12.3 inches. Secondly, for the younger versions of the RX 350 (279 hp) and RX 350h (249 hp), the F Sport Design style package is now available, which does not mean technical changes. Finally, the Black Line package is offered to the highest hybrid version of the RX 500h F Sport Performance (371 hp), which includes a rich black decoration and 21-inch wheels.

Brand Zeekr it was originally created for electric vehicles only, but its head Andy N announced the appearance of the first hybrid. It will be the main target, and the first appearance of it should take place in the second half of 2025. It is known that the gasoline engine connects to the wheels only at high speed, and the electronics on board is based on an advanced chip Nvidia Drive Thor. With the release of such a hybrid, Zeekr plans to release the popular Li Auto models on the market. In the meantime, Zeekr continues its international expansion and has already entered the Australian market, where its first product was a compact convertible. Story X. Exports to Japan are expected to begin next year.

Head of the company’s North American division Toyota David Crist said that the number of hybrid models in the local model range will increase, and over time they can completely replace gasoline-only cars. For example, the Toyota Camry has already been a hybrid vehicle in the United States, and then this should happen with the Toyota RAV4 crossover. Already, half of his sales in the States come from hybrid versions.

Chinese electric car startup IM Motors showed a video teaser of the new automated parking system. It shows a camouflaged prototype, which is known to be the latest one IM L6 sedan. The production model does not yet have the “crab-like” parking mode, but tests are already underway.

Also today we talked about the station wagon Skoda Superb Sleeper Editioncross Hyundai AlcazarSUV Ford Everest tremor and review anti-Chinese tariffs in Europe.