Place: Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
<p>Chinese name: 北汽绅宝D20 (běiqì shēnbǎo D20)
Year of launch: 2010 (produced from 2012)
</p><p>At the end of 2009 BAIC (Beijing Auto) acquired the property rights and powertrain technologies of the Saab 9-3 and first generation 9-5. Production models based on these Saabs were launched from 2012 and entered the market from 2013 as Beijing Auto. In 2014 BAIC created the Senova brand for the Saab-based models, but also the Beijing E-series, from 2014 called Senova D20. The Beijing Auto E-series/Senova D20 is a small hatchback (or MPV) based on the Smart Forfour/Mitsubishi Colt platform, powered by 1.3 and 1.5-litre Mitsubishi engines. The exterior and interior are copied from the Mercedes-Benz B-Class, it's much smaller in size though. BAIC is Mercedes-Benz' joint venture partner. For some reason Chinese carmakers often copy the look from their current or former joint venture partners.
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In 2015 BAIC launched a crossover version as Senova X25. To make things more complicated, a badge engineered version is sold as Changhe Q25.
Rutger van der Maar
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