Young Chinese-Israeli carmaker Qoros has pulled the wraps off its third production model at the Guangzhou motor show. Called the Qoros 3 City SUV, the vehicle is 4,452 mm long, 1,854 mm wide (excluding mirrors), 1,504 mm tall, and sits on a 2,694 mm wheelbase.
Looks very much like a ruggedised 3 Hatch, doesn’t it? However, this 3 City SUV is 52 mm longer, 67 mm taller and 15 mm wider than the 3 Hatch, while the wheelbase is a negligible 4 mm longer.
Built in the same Changshu plant that produces the 3 Sedan and 3 Hatch, the 3 City SUV brandishes body cladding, skid plates fore and aft, extended wheel arches, twin tailpipes and a two-part, two-tone tailgate spoiler.
China gets Active, Style, Style Plus and Excite trims – all get 17-inch alloys, Qoros’ eight-inch MMH touch-screen, keyless start and manual air-con as standard. Style piles on a six-speed Getrag 6DCT250 dry-dual clutch auto (called QorosTroniq here), auto dual-zone air-con, cruise control, reverse camera and QorosQloud 3G connected services.
Graduate to Style Plus and you get leather seats (including power-adjustable and heated front seats), auto-folding wing mirrors, a tyre pressure indicator and a sunroof.
Finally, the range-topping Excite aims to excite you with xenon headlamps, 18-inch alloys, keyless entry and start, auto lights, full cabin ambient lighting, an air-conditioned glove box, plus a reverse camera with dynamic guideline and distance sensors. The boot holds 403 litres; fold the 60:40-split back seats and you get 1,105 litres of load space up to the roof.
Under the bonnet sits the same 1.6 litre four-cylinder turbo petrol engine you’d find in the 3 Sedan and 3 Hatch. Equipped with VVT, the mill sends 156 hp at 5,500 rpm and 210 Nm of torque between 1,750 and 5,000 rpm to the front wheels. No naturally-aspirated version has been announced.
With the dual-clutcher, the Qoros 3 City SUV gets to 100 km/h from rest in 10.8 seconds before hitting a 208 km/h top speed (manual 10.1 seconds, 205 km/h). Quoted NEDC fuel economy is 6.8 litres per 100 km (manual) and 6.9 litres per 100 km (dual-clutch).
Safety is a Qoros thing, and to that end, ABS, EBD, speed limiter and Isofix are standard across the range. All trims bar the entry-level Active have ESC, ETC, BA, Cornering Brake Control, automatic brake disc cleaning and a driver seat belt reminder, with Excite models reminding the front passenger to buckle up as well.
While QorosQloud 2.0 isn’t available on the 3 City SUV yet (it’ll be offered to all current Qoros owners as a free upgrade from 2015), the carmaker displayed a purpose-built car in Guangzhou to showcase the second generation of the connected services suite.
QorosQloud 2.0 now allows users to customise the background with vehicle information and manage the position and order of widgets. From the dashboard, the user can access Notifications, Car Status, Essential Info and Default sections, which can also be tailored.
The five main services – My Qoros, Connected Navigation, My Driving, Qoros Store, Settings – as well as Live Chat, Roadside Help and Inbox, can be accessed by swiping right or tapping the upper-left menu icon.
There’s also WeChat (highly popular in China) integration through Pick Me Up – you can pick up a friend from a set location, and he or she can track the car through QorosQloud.
QorosQloud is Windows Azure-based and is delivered via China Unicom’s 3G network. Besides through Qoros’ eight-inch 800×600 capacitive MMH touch-screen, the services can also be accessed from a smartphone, tablet or laptop via an app, or through www.qorosqloud.com.
Young it may be, but Qoros is fast-growing – the carmaker is only a few years old, and already it has a sedan and a hatch on sale. The sedan is not only the safest Chinese car ever made, but Euro NCAP’s top scorer in 2013, while the hatch is the recipient of a Red Dot Design Award.
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Nice to look at from the outside, however I think the inside is rather bland looking and the fit and finish doesn’t inspire confidence. At least that’s the impression I get from the picture. Loads of hard plastic
Few years old Qoros can already produce top quality high end cars as compared to decades old Proton still producing crap. If this Qoros 3 hatch get 10/10 then sadly to say the Suprima S only get 1/10
Proton sekarang mengikut jejak langkah hyundai. Dulu Hyundai punya QC macam Proton la. Hyundai mula2 tingkatkan kualiti dan keselamatan. Selepas itu baru la buat kereta mereka cantik dan nampak mewah. Bagi la Proton peluang kedua. Test drive la Proton Iriz. Memang selesa dah luas rasanya. Anggap Proton sebagai sebuah pelaburan untuk negara. Kalau masih tak suka beli la Perodua. Masih milik Malaysia walaupon tidak design kereta sendiri.
aku sanggup tak mandi untuk jimatkan air beli keta luar dari beli proton
air selangor dah free….kekeke
Nampak sangat ko tak mampu
He is simply stating his opinion. Not everyone thought that every car maker need to compete against Proton.top quality high end? the company is new and unproven yet. Geez
That shows how ignorant Bolehland Protong supporter is and under the well without know how the world works since they think Protong is the king…Bolehland will sink…
A Sino-Israeli mutant that will annihilate the automotive world peace
The automotive axis of evil
Kereta apek. Made by cinamen for the cinamen in Malaysia
Dont forget the cinamen in kiasupore too
Sales in Malaysia should be prohibited, Israel is involved.
Looking really good, good spec sheet. Isreali influence…just hope the chinese dont cock it up. But looking really good…light years ahead of Proton Perodua…
Huh? 10.1 secs in century sprints is nothing to shout about.
The mainstream Chinese manufacturers seldom cock up in quality except those who produce cheap imitation stuff in their backyard.
*face palm to those who laughed at Chinese car design and keep saying P1 is better. Look at where proton is heading now compared to those Chinese car makers even though proton exists much more longer.
I think our beloved P1 is the only car maker in the world that DONT HAVE SUV.
I don’t really support P1 or P2 but there are other car companies that still don’t have an SUV. Just giving some example car manufacturer that doesn’t have Sport Utility Vehicle : Aston Martin, Ferrari, Seat, Lobini, Kaipan, Lotus, Zenn(this probably will never have an SUV), Kodro, Maybach and very much more actually. The Qoros 3 is not really an SUV. It is more to like a crossover imho. Duh it’s basically a lifted hatchback.
U obviously never met IKCO, Saipa and other lesser known carmaker, Do your research first. Don’t just talk kok
are you serious? P1 cant even produced a proper normal sedan. SUV by P1, I couldn’t imagine what will happened..
We’ll have Proton CRV soon
No one knows if P1 is indeed better unless there is bench marking between the two products. My take on P1 is like a piece of rough diamond which has the potential to shine.
boikot barangan israel yahudi!
Do not boycott a product based on the race or religious or nationality. Is 21 century now! The world of 21st century is about quality, merit and competitiveness.
you must be living in a dream world
You nak boikot, tapi Putra Jaya ada ber-billion-billion bisness dengan Israel di belankang pintu nya.
Ini bukan saya cerita kosong, tolong buat research lah.
I love the cooler glove box. Finally I can have chilled beers anytime!
Will we see this model in Malaysia? How much is this in China?
Dream on… is an banned products because of the country
‘an’ banned? haha, I laugh at your incompetence when commenting
Qoros- even the name sounds very jewish. I will buy if they name it Greatwall, Geely or shanghai Motor.
Perhaps should be named ‘Forbidden City Car’
nice car. dirty background.
looks suspiciously like the mazda cx9….but for a chinese brand , looks good…
in no time this sino israel partnership will occupy the chinese land and claim historical ownership bla bla…if u know the story!
Errr…come on,Proton?
Proton needs our help.
At least they are trying to do it the right, unlike Landwind in the previous post.
http://totalcarmagazine.com/newcars/2014/02/20/we_take_a_look_at_the_chinese_super_sedan/
Seriously, check that first independent look on the Qoros. The Chinese has a lot to prove to the world yet.
The main problem? protong never able to sell outside Bolehland…that’s the cronies suppliers cash cow to milk on rakyat…
No other manufacturer in the world is like protong …never ever able to sell to other parts of the world and claim a success ..
http://www.euroncap.com/results/qoros/3/528.aspx
Are u high on tiger beer? Even new proton scored high on safety these days..the point is refinement. And the chinese has yet to proved that its on par with the others. Judging by early review they are like hyundai 10 years ago. Pui
Based on reviews Qoros cars are just average in performance and handling with decent looks and good safety. However since this is a brand new company it can be considered that they are doing quite well for a start. Talking about refinement after 30 years i don’t see much refinement in the Preve and Suprima. Imagine a 5 year old company building cars which can match Proton 30 years work and experience. Give them another 10 years and see what happens.
Same old, same old.
Remember the parent company is Cherry. so they have been in the automotive industry for a while. when Proton started it was lacking and only now we started seeing improvement. u would think that Chery, after 17 years in the business would get the basic stuff like quality control right. but nope, still the same garbage. garbage is garbage no matter how old or whether it be Proton or Qoros or whatever
“At €21K, however, it is a joke, and a tasteless one at that. It suffers from the same condition that plagues most Chinese cars: they really want to resemble something, and they do, so people compare the two products to each other. And they can only lose out on such a comparison”
At least Proton is cheap compared to this garbage
Are u drunk on Heineken? even proton got good score on safety these days. The key word here is refinement, which this company is sorely lacking judging from fist look at its car
maybe Proton should call their vendor getrag and give the six-speed Getrag 6DCT250 dry-dual a try?