The Xiali N7 is a subcompact crossover SUV produced by the Chinese automotive manufacturer

FAW Group China FAW Group Corp., Ltd. (First Automobile Works) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin.

under the Xiali brand.

Overview

The N7 reveal was presented at the

Shanghai Auto Show Auto Shanghai (), officially known as the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (), is a biennial international automobile show that alternates with the Beijing Auto Show (Auto China) as China's yearly international automotive ...

2011 as the FAW R008 concept vehicle. In March 2013, the N7 was launched exclusively for the Chinese market. The N7 is based on the same platform as the

Xiali N5 The Xiali N5 is a subcompact sedan produced by the Chinese automotive manufacturer FAW Group under the Xiali brand. Overview The N5 was released in 2009 and ranks in the class of supermini which was designed to replace both the Daihatsu Cha ...

. It is in fact a hatchback variant of the N5 which is a sedan. Production of the N7 ended at the end of 2019.

Specifications

The five-seater is powered by a 1.3-liter gasoline engine with four cylinders, which is also used in the

. The vehicle has a 5-speed

manual transmission A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear change ...

as standard, a 4-speed

automatic transmission An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated to auto or AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in internal combustion engine-based motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving ...

is available for an additional charge.

References

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