Li Nian “Everus” sedan – Chinese market Honda concept

Li Nian “Everus” sedan – Chinese market Honda concept

Honda will be exhibiting this Li Nian concept car at Auto China 2010 in Beijing this year. Li Nian is basically a Chinese market only brand that Honda and their Chinese partner Guangqi Honda Automobile (previously known as Guangzhou Honda Automobile – the namechange happened in April 2009) have been working on.

Li Nian “Everus” sedan – Chinese market Honda concept

This is not the first Li Nian car we’ve seen – a compact SUV concept built on the Jazz platform as well as an open top roadster that looks like it’s meant to be a somewhat like a next generation Honda S2000 was first shown at Auto China 2010 in April 2008.

This latest Li Nian Concept is a sedan that I’m assuming is called the “Everus” and it looks something like a Honda City with rear design cues from the Honda Airwave and a large Acura-like grille on the front. The photos don’t really give any indication on what size the vehicle is – the front looks very grand like it belongs on a larger vehicle but the side profile looks like a smaller sedan.

Li Nian “Everus” sedan – Chinese market Honda concept

I am guessing that this is the City-based C-segment sedan that Guangqi Honda said they were working on back in September 2008. Honda in China is sold by two companies – Dongfeng Honda and Guangqi Honda. In the C-segment market, the Honda Civic is sold by Dongfeng Honda, leaving Guangqi Honda with no C-segment sedan competitor.

Look after the jump for hi-res images of the new Li Nian.

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Comments

  • cyc3488 on Apr 23, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    1st?.. Amazing design..

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  • Front looks good, behind like.. china.. need to improve..
    Normally concept arts always look nice, dunno how it will look like in real life.

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    • The rear reminds me of Alfa Romeo. Meanwhile, the front reminds me of some ganas GMC cars.

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  • alpha999 on Apr 23, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    so much better than the current city design especially the rear….

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  • Hahaha on Apr 23, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    omg…so fugly!

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  • Wow..nice front design …better looking than the current city.. the rear if look like the new Sonata, than it would be nice

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  • looks more like new C-Class

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  • cool design..

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  • freeze on Apr 23, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    Not like Honda at all. Like some American design.

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  • richerjoe on Apr 23, 2010 at 2:28 pm

    im seeing it double

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  • malaysia memang boleh on Apr 23, 2010 at 2:41 pm

    if honda can design like this,their cars will sell like hot cakes,but with the car so called ‘FREED’,i wonder why people still choose honda
    btw,i think this car is based on city’s platform,the shape is quite identical

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  • taming sari on Apr 23, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    woww… velfire head lamp..

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    • King Samurai on Apr 23, 2010 at 5:37 pm

      Just wait…some Ah Beng here will mod their city like this…

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  • totally designed by ah bengs!

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  • Alpha on Apr 23, 2010 at 3:19 pm

    waaa!!nice!!vellfire’s headlamps!!!

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  • Izzit honda city size

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  • alpha0201 on Apr 23, 2010 at 3:32 pm

    I love that quad head lights.

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  • rexis on Apr 23, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    First glance I thought is another honda city bodykit, 2nd look is a “cheated” feeling when found out its another copycat ChinaCar.

    “Li Nian”? Do they have any? Car is not something that you duplicate some stamping machine and put them together on a production line and then make money. OMG

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    • paultan fan on Apr 23, 2010 at 5:01 pm

      Ni Honda la tapi nak jual di China kena la guna nama China. Samala macam di Indonesia guna nama Kijang. Di Malaysia guna nama Rusa, nama Kancil

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  • 2nd? .. So modern future design.

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  • smile.inc. design works on Apr 23, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    front looks awesome. rear looks bit weird tho.

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  • next honda city ke???

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  • so who else can see the silhouette of the previous gen honda city?

    modern design eh? right……

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  • mitlanevo on Apr 23, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    city facelift?

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  • front is cool.
    back is like abit too square-sh design for a concept car.
    overall, UGLY!

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  • Rear too squarish..

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  • 1Malaysia on Apr 23, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    we can tell how important the china market to all auto makers. soon or later, the technology also transferto the chinese!

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  • honda? on Apr 23, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    front merc e class..side old city…rear…crushed pancake…

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  • DC5ive on Apr 23, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    How about a Type R variant

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  • City-idsi owner on Apr 23, 2010 at 9:34 pm

    not bad..city design for potential China market!

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  • Annihilated on Apr 23, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    Hondillac?

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  • g-spot on Apr 23, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    the name oso copy..
    honda everus = ford everest

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  • Why 1 brand but sell by 2 companies? and each company only get one segment type? And Guangqi have to come out their own model to compete in another segment?

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    • Squawk on Apr 24, 2010 at 5:43 pm

      Just like how Oriental & Berjaya used to do it with Hyundai.

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  • Peter on Apr 24, 2010 at 9:40 am

    Honda 2nd Gen CITY ‘s front with Honda 1st Gen CITY REAR……

    All i can say…….Not unique enough……

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  • nice……

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  • Talking bout beijing autoshow…the just launch new hyundai accent is awesome!..baby sonata

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  • azrai on Apr 24, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Look like the old city platform.

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  • ignas on Apr 25, 2010 at 12:35 am

    the only nice looking parts is its original design cue from honda whereas the others front side and bad really fugly. it looks kolot instead of futuristic, very late 80s.

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  • apeman on Apr 25, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    hmm..the back looks kinda messy!

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  • Amosai on Apr 25, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    abit like honda city..abit like cadilac…and abit like new merz..

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