Great Wall Motor rolls out two 1.3L Florid models

Shanghai, November 6 (Gasgoo.com) Great Wall Motor Co., a Hebei-based carmaker in North China, officially launched its Florid sedan today its manufacturing base in Baoding. The carmaker announced that the 1.3L Florid luxury edition is priced at 53,900 yuan ($7,903) and the elegant edition is priced at 57,900 yuan, autosina.net said today. 

Florid, as the second small car after Peri from Great Wall Motor, is powered by the 1.3L VVT gasoline engine developed by the carmaker itself. The 1.3l engine, able to produce 65kw and 115 nm, has met the Euro IV standards.

The Florid also comes packed with goodies that the Peri didnt get, such as automatic air conditioner, LED lights, remote smart key, DVD player, and GPS, and then the usual standard equipment such as ABS and EBD. It is a 5-door compact sedan with two rows of seats, and the rear row has foldaway seats which can give the interior a feel of larger space. The exterior of this dynamic sedan looks gorgeous and splendid like its name.

The 1.3L luxury edition of Florid

Great Wall Motor, China's largest maker and exporter of pickups and SUVs, has made its foray into the small-car segment. The carmaker had unveiled its first small car Peri eighteen months ago which was sued by Fiat in China and in Europe over the design of the Peri model which is seen as a clone of the current Fiat Panda.

Great Wall has the ambitious plan to export the new model to Europe. The car would be sold in Italy first and in the rest of Europe in 2009, though it was blamed as a rip-off of the Toyota IST/scion xA model by the foreign media.

The Great Wall officially launched the 1.3L Florid elegant edition which is priced at 57,900 yuan.