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JAC Motors’ new PV brand launched with same name as JAC-VW JV’s BEV brand SOL

Monika From Gasgoo| September 27 , 2020 20:39 BJT

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- JAC Motors launched at the Auto China 2020 its all-new PV brand “SOL” (Chinese says “思皓”, Sihao), named same as the affordable-EV brand launched in 2018 by JAC-Volkswagen joint venture.

JAC Motors’ new PV brand launched with same name as JAC-VW JV’s BEV brand SOL

(Photo source: JAC Motors)

The automaker put the SOL X8, the first production model under SOL brand, onto the market at the same time. With 8 variants offered at one go, the new mid-sized SUV is priced from 83,800 yuan ($12,280) to 135,800 yuan ($19,900).

Zhang Wengen, General Manager of JAC Passenger Vehicle Marketing Company, said the SOL X8, featuring a super-long wheelbase of 2,830mm, is offered as the six-, five- or seven-seater to meet different consumers’ demands, while the six-seater is the flagship one which mainly targets two-child family. 

JAC Motors’ new PV brand launched with same name as JAC-VW JV’s BEV brand SOL

(SOL X8; photo source: JAC Motors)

It is noteworthy that the SOL X8 can be regarded as the JAC Jiayue X8 bearing SOL's brand. The new SUV is powered by the 1.5-liter TGDI (turbocharged gasoline direct injection) engine that is good for up to 135kW and 300N·m of peak torque, meeting the China Ⅵ emission standard.

JAC Motors’ new PV brand launched with same name as JAC-VW JV’s BEV brand SOL

(Logo of SOL; photo source: JAC Motors)

JAC Motors heralded the SOL X8 as far back as this year's July when it celebrated the premiere at the Chengdu Motor Show the Jiayue X8 carrying the flash-designed logo, which now belongs to SOL.

The name of SOL was known by the public first as a new BEV brand launched by JAC Volkswagen, a joint venture between JAC Motors and Volkswagen Group. Its new identity unveiled at the Auto China indicates that SOL will work on fuel-burning vehicles instead of merely focusing on full-electric vehicles.

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