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.
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.
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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1st?.. Amazing design..
2nd? Cool design, really reminds me of City
Would love to see it transform.. Au2bots! ROll out..
I second !
Front looks good, behind like.. china.. need to improve..
Normally concept arts always look nice, dunno how it will look like in real life.
The rear reminds me of Alfa Romeo. Meanwhile, the front reminds me of some ganas GMC cars.
so much better than the current city design especially the rear….
omg…so fugly!
Wow..nice front design …better looking than the current city.. the rear if look like the new Sonata, than it would be nice
looks more like new C-Class
cool design..
Not like Honda at all. Like some American design.
im seeing it double
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
woww… velfire head lamp..
Just wait…some Ah Beng here will mod their city like this…
totally designed by ah bengs!
waaa!!nice!!vellfire’s headlamps!!!
Agreed! That’s what I thought too!
Izzit honda city size
I love that quad head lights.
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
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
2nd? .. So modern future design.
front looks awesome. rear looks bit weird tho.
next honda city ke???
so who else can see the silhouette of the previous gen honda city?
modern design eh? right……
city facelift?
front is cool.
back is like abit too square-sh design for a concept car.
overall, UGLY!
Rear too squarish..
we can tell how important the china market to all auto makers. soon or later, the technology also transferto the chinese!
front merc e class..side old city…rear…crushed pancake…
How about a Type R variant
not bad..city design for potential China market!
Hondillac?
the name oso copy..
honda everus = ford everest
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?
Just like how Oriental & Berjaya used to do it with Hyundai.
Honda 2nd Gen CITY ‘s front with Honda 1st Gen CITY REAR……
All i can say…….Not unique enough……
nice……
Talking bout beijing autoshow…the just launch new hyundai accent is awesome!..baby sonata
Look like the old city platform.
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.
hmm..the back looks kinda messy!
Agree with you. The car reminds me of Honda City.
abit like honda city..abit like cadilac…and abit like new merz..