First look at Luxgen 5 hatch testing in China

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Taiwanese car maker, Yulong, may have hit a home run with their new Luxgen brand. Luxgen haven’t yet entered other countries other than the Taiwan-China markets but will likely do well when they expand outside of China’s borders. The first Luxgen to be made in China was the Luxgen7 SUV, the sedan is expected to be the second model which will be produced at the Dongfeng-Yulong joint venture in Hangzhou at a manufacturing facility just down the road from Geely’s own facilities.

The road testing sedan has been sighted once before but the hatch shown below, doesn’t look overly different to the concept sedan which was unveiled at the Taipei Auto Show in late 2011. The Luxgen5 will be similar to the Luxgen7 in terms of technology, which basically means it will be packed full of HTC developed goodness and will included a large sized control screen in the center of the cars dashboard.

A 1.8T and 2.0T will be installed the 5 when it hits the market, neither are hugely powerful machines with the 1.8T developing just 150bhp and the 2.0T with just 170bhp, the 1.8T will get a 5 speed auto whilst the 2.0T gets a six speed. Pricing is expected to be cheaper than the MG6, with Chinese automotive media throwing out guesstimates of a 130,000rmb base price rising to just over 185,000rmb.