Phil Simmons has been appointed the new Design Director and VP of Haval, in this position, he will be leading the design studio in Baoding, where Haval headquarters are located, as well as the advanced design studio in Shanghai.
The main tasks of the new leader are to build a world-class design team and create the unique design of all Haval models, which aims to strengthen the brand’s position in the SUV segment on the world stage.
Phil Simmons, who was born in England, has been working in the field of automotive design for more than 29 years. Prior to his collaboration with Haval, he served as Studio Director for Land Rover Exterior Design. Under his leadership, such models were created: 2018 Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, 2017 Range Rover Velar and 2016 Range Rover Evoque, Discovery and Discovery Sport. Phil Simmons also led the design team that developed the interior and exterior of earlier models – 2014 Range Rover Sport and 2013 Range Rover.
From 1999 to 2007, Phil Simmons worked in various divisions of Ford, where he was responsible for the design of cars such as the 2009 Ford Fiesta, 2005 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ.
He started his earlier career in the UK and worked on various projects, including the 2003 Range Rover exterior and 2002 BMW Mini interior
A New Dawn: Opening of CMH Haval Little Falls
After the long-anticipated wait, we have finally opened our doors as CMH Haval Little Falls. We have now joined this fantastic brand with its brilliant offering and value for money range of vehicles. The process was a gruelling three months of preparations between the OEM (head office) and the franchise to ensure that our bid to be allocated rights was successful.
With this new development we were able to diversify our offering between passenger and commercial vehicles with the addition of Havel’s parent company Great Wall Motors. The offering on the commercial and industrial under the GWM banner are the enigmatic steed single cab and double cab offerings which start at R117 490 for the base model single-cab Steed 5 Workhorse facelift, this is a 2.0 litre bakkie with sufficient loading capacity and dimensions which make it the go-to vehicle in any fleet setup.
Also available are the Steed 5 2.2 MPi workhorse single cab, Steed 5E 2.4 SX double cab and the Steed 5E 2.4 Xscape Double cab. These vehicles are incredible as part of a growing fleet option or small business looking forward to stretching their wallets and optimising budget on vehicle spend both in driveability and maintenance. Our parts and service department are ready and on hand to assist with all your GWM or Haval needs, our highly professional team with technical expertise and premium service delivery are waiting to serve you.
With the launch of Haval in the Little Falls suburb of Roodepoort our offering ranges from the GWM M4 and Haval H1 crossover vehicles. With the diminutive size of the exterior it has a surprisingly spacious interior and an amazing 5 speed manual transmission which makes it a fantastic daily driver for anybody looking to downsize or first-time buyers. With a 1.5 l VVT engine it is surely responsive in its shifting timing and ratios to ensure you don’t get dreadful lag when changing gears.
On offer is the magnificent and fast selling Haval H2 compact SUV which is available in the H2 1.5t Luxury auto and the H2 1.5T City auto in a range of single- and two-tone options, both inside and out. Standard on all Haval models, the H2 wears a broad U-shaped grille, flanked by LED- framed headlights, a pair of deep fog-light bezels and a second set of LED lamps. A tapered roofline, chrome-wrapped windows and high-set character line define the H2’s character.
Next on the list of SUV class vehicles is the Haval H6 available in City and Premium options and the H6 Coupe also available in 3 options, namely the City, Premium and Luxury options. Of course, the Luxury trim taking it to greater heights along with full specifications and additional safety features such as all-around airbags.
GWM and BMW Joint Venture
Acceleration of the NEV Strategy — Joint Venture Contract Signed by GWM and BMW
[Beijing/Berlin July 10, 2018] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel presided over the fifth round of Chinese-German inter-governmental consultation in Berlin. Witnessed by Chinese and German government officials, the joint venture contract is entered into between Great Wall Motor Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as GWM) and BMW Holding B.V. (hereinafter referred to as BMW).
According to the Contract, the joint venture with 50 % of the shares held by GWM and BMW respectively is named: Spotlight Automotive Ltd., with a registered capital of RMB 5.1 Billion (approx.R10.2 Billion). The registered address is in Zhangjiagang, in the Jiangsu Province. The Board of Directors consists of six members, in which the chairman is appointed by GWM and the Vice Chairman by BMW, serving a total of four years. The JV has planned an international advanced vehicle plant with an annual standard capacity of 160,000 vehicles. This is the first BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) joint venture project for the BMW Group worldwide and the bridgehead for the GWM New Energy Vehicles (NEV) to enter the global market.
Based on multi-round communication and mutual benefits, this commercial cooperation between GWM and BMW complies with the national industry policy trend, and meets the social demands of new energy vehicles featuring energy conservation, environmental protection and high efficiency. Focusing on new energy vehicle field, the JV will integrate technology, resources and management advantages of both parties to develop a new generation of BEV.
As one of ten key national development fields in China, “Energy-saving and new energy vehicles” aims at promoting the travel modes centered on low carbon, energy conservation and environmental protection. The cooperation between GWM and BMW effectively responds to the optimization and upgrade of the new energy industry in China.
Great Wall Motor has layouts in the core areas of new energy vehicles, such as motors, electric controls, and power batteries. It has built batteries, mechanism analysis, PACK, BMS trial laboratories, and battery trial workshops, test centers, and analysis centers. In addition, Great Wall Motor has established a new energy technology R&D center in Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Lower Austria, Austria, using state-of-the-art talent resources to collaborate with domestic development of advanced technologies.
The cooperation of Great Wall and BMW is a new example of open cooperation between China’s auto industry and a trend of optimizing and integrating resources around the world. It is conducive to integrating each other’s expertise and deepening the broader international market.
GWM is a world-renowned SUV manufacturing company with a deep understanding of the Chinese auto market and a far-reaching layout for the international market. The Great Wall was listed in Hong Kong H shares and domestic A shares in 2003 and 2011 respectively. By the end of 2017, the total assets reached RMB 110 Billion (approx. R220 Billion). At present, it owns four brands namely Haval, Great Wall, WEY and Euler. In 2016 and 2017, the company sells more than one million vehicles annually. GWM has rich vehicle R&D, production and operation resources, and is in the core of traditional power and new energy vehicles. The field of parts development and manufacturing has a deep accumulation.
BMW is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automobiles and motorcycles. It has a history of 100 years of manufacturing. It owns four brands, namely BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad. It also provides auto finance and high-end travel services.
This cooperation is a powerful complement to BMW’s global strategy for new energy vehicles and to the international strategy of GWM. It is a strong alliance of powerhouses. In the future, through deep cooperation between the two sides in brand building, management system, manufacturing and technology research and development, it will certainly open up a broader market space and accelerate the globalization process and the pace of new energy development.
Overview of Haval
About Haval
Haval is GWM’s new professional SUV brand covering both city and cross-country SUV products. In China, Haval SUV ranked No. 1 in sales volume for 14 consecutive years. In 2016 Haval sold 938,000 units in China, up 42 percent year on year, making this Chinese car maker the only SUV brand in China to have achieved million sales volumes without being a joint venture. As China’s SUV leader, Haval launched the new brand logo on March 2013. With professional brand image, Haval is dedicated to SUV segment with the goal of becoming a world first class SUV brand.
Overview of Haval
As the Chinese SUV leader, Haval upholds the brand concept of “specialization”, focuses on SUV development, and aspires to be a worldwide top SUV expert brand. Great Wall Motor Company Limited (GWM), has been listed among “Forbes Asia Fabulous 50” three times. In March 2014, it made the list of “2013 Most Valuable Chinese Brands”, ranking 40th. In 2014, GWM is listed as “Top 100 car brands of the world” and ranked among “China’s 500 Most Valuable Brands”.
Strength of R&D
In terms of the technological R&D, Great Wall Motor implements the “Excessive Input” strategy and pays attention to the effective R&D and pursuance of industry leadership. Great Wall Motor is constantly ahead of the industry average level in terms of the R&D expense for individual category and individual model. The Haval New Technical Centre, already put into operation, is built by Great Wall Motor with a total investment of RMB 5 billion and is China’s largest and the world’s first-class finished vehicle Technical centre, including five zones: R&D centre, prototype centre, testing centre, modelling centre, and data centre, with the total building area at 260,000m2.
View safety from a different perspective, experience vehicle safety by the dismantling of an H2
Safety is always a very important subject in the auto industry. Safety is also the core value that HAVAL has pursued for a long time. Last week, themed as “View Genuine Quality in Person – 100 Percent Safety” a real vehicle dismantling activity of an HAVAL H2 was successfully held at the broadcasting studio of vehicle dismantling located at YiZhuang, Beijing, and was broadcasted live on the internet. Zhang Jinhuan, the director of Tsinghua University of the automotive crash test lab and Yang Jie, the head of the Chinses automotive engineering society light weight department were present at the event as guests, and made professional comments.
Pedestrian ProtectionIn the event of a collision normally the shin or knee of a pedestrian will be subject to injury by the front bumper. For SUV’s with a higher chassis the thigh may also be injured, and then the pedestrians body may be rotated due to the impact, there is a possibility that the pedestrian’s head will collide with the bonnet or the front windshield. As a result, reasonable and optimized vehicle body structure will assist in alleviating injuries caused to the pedestrian.
From the figure we can find that a crash box is installed between the cross member and frames longitudinal beam of the HAVAL H2. At a low speed the safety protection system crash box will assist the pedestrian to avoid high impact with the vehicle. In the case of a collision the crash box will crumple, thus effectively absorbing the collision energy in the event of a low speed collision.
The spineless wiper used on the HAVAL H2 is also designed with comparatively high safety factors, and is able to prevent the pedestrian from being injured in the event of a collision.
The on spot vehicle dismantling of covering parts, body, interior seats, inner trim panels, engine and transmission of the HAVAL H2 are dismantled efficiently by personnel, in order to ensure that everyone can view the body structure and assembly process clearly.
Speaking from an instinctive impression, the thicker body panels used to strengthen the interior structure will assist with less deformation in the event of an accident, and a very high safety rating will be achieved. The HAVAL H2 is built with high rigidity steel to adhere to safety requirements. Up to 62% of the HAVAL H2’s body is made with high rigidity steel.
Minister Yang Jie made comments on vehicles appearance, body and overall structure: “At present the domestic auto makers mostly utilize 590# high rigidity steel, while for the HAVAL H2, apart from the fact that the number is greater of such steel being utilized, anti-corrosion treatments such as tin-coating and wax spraying application are also carried out, to ensure that the designed lifetime of the vehicles are achieved.”
In terms of the power transmission channel design, for the HAVAL H2 has a full and continuous power transmission channel of front, tail, bottom and side parts, thus ensuring soundness of the passenger cabin in case of a collision and alleviating passenger’s injury.
In terms of vehicle crash safety, Zhang Jinhuan, director of the Tsinghua University automotive crash test lab expressed his point of view: “Actually speaking, the harder the metal is not always the most suitable for automobiles, as we think. As we know, flexibility is also very important for the automobile such as doors, A Pillar and B Pillar. For the HAVAL H2, body parts are also reinforced through laser welding technology.”
In terms of protection on the HAVAL H2, stiffeners in the door panel have been designed in order to withstand a side impact. As a whole, the HAVAL H2 has achieved both an A-NCAP and C-NCAP rating, which is due to the overall body structure design.
A discussion on which configurations and functions can protect passengers effectively in a collision was made had. The following equipment such as seat belt with a pre-tensioner, neck protection, collapsible steering column and anti-diving seats can offer protection for the passengers effectively. It’s worth mentioning that the HAVAL H2 Luxury is equipped with 6 airbags and air curtains covering front and rear passenger positions, force limit front seat belt with a pre-tensioner, force limit 3-point rear seat belt, thus ensuring all round passenger’s safety in conjunction with the airbags.
A vehicle with an active safety function will sure have a comparatively high accident prevention capability, especially in the case of emergencies, car safety should be ensured. Hence, in the daily use active safety is of utmost importance.
The HAVAL H2 adopts the 9.2 ESP integrated system including ABS (Anti Brake System), EBD (Electronic Brake Distribution), TCS (Traction Control System), HBA (Hydraulic Brake Assist), HAC (Hill Ascend Control), HDC (Hill Descent Control), AVH (Automatic Parking), RMI (Automatic Anti-rollover. The system is crucially important for safe driving in the HAVAL H2, the results for the vehicle swerving or wet and slippery road can be controlled. Sensors can detect side slipping of wheels, and the system is able to control brake force of each wheel and power of the engine. The system responds promptly, and can ensure safe driving on a wet and slippery road. Meanwhile, TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System) is also fitted to monitor the tyre pressure and temperature, and send an alarm to the driver in case of any anomalies, thus further enhancing driving safety.
The 1st Quarter of 2018 C-NCAP results released – The All New HAVAL H6 received a safety rating of 5 Stars
On April 19th, the Chinese Automotive Technology and Research Centre hosted the C-NCAP evaluation press release conference for the first round of models in the Safety Experience at the Hall, Sring City Square, Jinan City, Shandong Pro. 13 models were involved in the evaluation including the All New HAVAL H6, Mercedes E300 L, VW Magotan, to name a few. With excellent safety features, the All New HAVAL H6 won the first C-NCAP 5 stars rating.
The C-NCAP evaluation includes four tests: 100% front impact, 40% front impact, side impact and Whiplash. With different direction as well as different angles of the impact involves strict requirements for the vehicle safety performance. The All New HAVAL H6 achieved scores of 16.74/16.66/18/3.51 in the four evaluations respectively. As the All New HAVAL H6 is equipped with the front seat safety belt reminder, side and curtain airbags and ESC device, it achieved 3 bonus points, giving it a total score of 57.9.
With the help of an “armor safety system”, the All New HAVAL H6’s body design uses unique safety technology, providing 360° protection for passengers, pedestrians and other vehicles. The vehicles body is laser welded, and the high strength steel used accounts for over 65% of the vehicles body. When handling various types of collisions, it could drastically reduce the damage caused by an accident.
On top of that, The All New HAVAL H6 has been spared no effort in intelligent security systems. The All New HAVAL H6 has an intelligent electronic driving assistance system, children and pedestrian protection. The 9th generation BOSCH ESP system is one of the standard specifications and ensures the stability of the body under extreme driving conditions. At the same time, active and passive safety specifications such as ABS, EBD, HDC (Hill Descent Control), BA (Braking Assist), right front blind area monitor, TPMS, to name but a few are all available.
HAVAL has made excessive efforts to ensure the high safety level of the body and all-round active and passive specifications. The All New HAVAL H6 gets a C-NCAP 5 star rating, and reiterates the HAVAL brand’s core concept of “Safety”, and proved HAVAL’s commitment “pursuing extreme SUV safety” is not false promises. The HAVAL brand’s core value “Buying HAVAL means to buy a safer SUV” has been experienced among the customers, and it has established a reliable and safe reputation the world over.
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