Roewe W5 on show at long last
T
he Roewe W5 must have been in development for at least two years now which is a long time for a badge swap to take place. The W5 is based on the Ssangyong Kyron which SAIC obtained when they were the masters in chief at Ssangyong, they were later booted out of control when the company went into administration but not before SAIC had obtained the Kyron platform.
Not a lot of work has gone into the W5 to “Roewe’fy” it for the Chinese market, badges seem to have been swapped over and some minor internal work has taken place to fit SAIC’s 1.8T engine into the gigantic engine bay, Ssangyong’s 3.2L V6 is also available. It’s unlikely that this will be on the market for very long as SAIC had an SUV concept on show right behind the W5. More in the next post.
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