The Maple Marindo or Haifeng (海锋), Maple Hysoul or Haishang (海尚), and Maple Haiyu (海域) are 4-door
compact
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sedans and 5-door compact liftbacks from
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manufacturer,
Shanghai Maple
Maple (Maple Automobile Co., Ltd.) (Chinese: 枫叶) is a Chinese automobile manufacturing company based in Fengjing, Shanghai, and a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group.
History
Originally Shanghai Maple (SMA, Shanghai Maple Automobiles), ...
, subsidiary of
Geely Automobile
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. It is essentially the sedan version of the
Maple Hisoon compact hatchback.
Shanghai Maple Haiyu
The 1.5 L powered Shanghai Maple Haiyu 303 was introduced in 2004,
File:Shanghai Maple Haiyu sedan 01 China 2012-06-09.jpg, Shanghai Maple Haiyu sedan
File:Shanghai Maple Haiyu sedan 02 China 2012-06-09.jpg, Shanghai Maple Haiyu sedan rear
As of 2005, the Maple Haiyu is available as both a sedan called the MA 303 and hatchback called the AA 205.
Shanghai Maple Haishang (Hysoul)
The 1.8 L powered Shanghai Maple Haishang (海尚) 305 was introduced in 2005. The facelifted model was named the Hysoul, featuring restyled front and rear ends featuring new front fenders, front bumpers, new hood, and new tail lamps. The styling of the front end was heavily inspired by the
Audi A4
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The A4 has been built in five generations and is based on the Volkswagen Group B platform. The first ...
of the time and the Citroën ZX. The Marindo 305 was shown at the
Frankfurt Motor Show
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in 2005 along with four Geely models.
File:Shanghai Maple Haishang 01 China 2012-04-21.jpg, Shanghai Maple Haishang
File:Shanghai Maple Haishang 02 China 2012-04-21.jpg, Shanghai Maple Haishang rear
Maple Haixuan
The Maple Haixuan (海炫) is the hatchback variant of the Hysoul model as they feature the same front end designs. The Haixuan is only available with the 1.5-litre inline-4 engine producing 94hp for the 2006 model year.
Shanghai Maple Haifeng (Marindo)
Based on the Shanghai Maple Hysoul, the Shanghai Maple Haifeng was introduced later featuring restyled front and rear ends featuring new rear fenders, front and rear bumpers, new trunk lid, and new tail lamps. The styling of the rear end was heavily inspired by the first generation
Cadillac CTS
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. Production ended in 2010.
File:Shanghai Maple Haifeng 01 China 2012-07-14.JPG, Shanghai Maple Haifeng front
File:Shanghai Maple Haifeng 02 China 2012-07-14.JPG, Shanghai Maple Haifeng rear
References
Marindo
Front-wheel-drive vehicles
Compact cars
Cars of China
Cars introduced in 2004
2010s cars
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