Budget Rolls Royce? Similarity currently costs only 18% of the price

You always see that model driving in the Netherlands: Hongqi E-HS9. The EV does not miss its large face that resembles the Rolls-Royce Cullinan. But how much does this electric car cost as a used car?

Based on his appearance, it should come as no surprise that Hongqi is aiming for the first part. That is not so easy as a Chinese foreigner in Europe, as brand history is also very important to customers. Hongqi has a brand history, but mainly in its home country.

Hongqi E-HS9 as a cheap Rolls-Royce Cullinan?

Although the model is very reminiscent of the Cullinan, the Rolls-Royce SUV is actually several steps up on the first level. The comparison is mainly due to its structure. It is not surprising, because the designer of the Hongqi E-HS9 Giles Taylor previously headed the drawing board of Rolls-Royce.

So it is better to compare Hongqi E-HS9 as a competitor with authorized German brands. However, it lacks the status that these traditional brands have gained in Europe in recent decades. The Chinese are trying to compensate for this by offering more cars for less money.

Try the Hongqi E-HS9 as an electric car

By ‘big car’ we mean especially a very big car. Although the Hongqi E-HS9 is very simple with its air suspension, the EV ‘has little extra to offer the customer compared to what they already know’, colleague Dries van den Elzen concluded last year in a comparison test with the BMW iX.

But how deep should you dig into your pockets if a luxury Chinese EV has managed to tempt you? The new cheap Hongqi E-HS9 will cost you 69,995 euros. With this you buy an entry-level Rolls-Royce Cullinan with a relatively small range of 396 kilometers according to the WLTP measurement method.

Hongqi E-HS9 used price compared to Rolls-Royce

If you’re going for a cheap used car in our country, it’s definitely going to be cheap, right? Yes, but it only saves five bucks. However, that is the Executive version which will take you 465 kilometers on paper. The number of 7 seats is from 2023 and it has already driven 40,779 km.

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The electric car has stopped it is sold for 69,945 euros. So the used car is about 10,000 euros cheaper than the new Hongqi E-HS9 in the Executive version.

Just for fun, let’s compare that to the cheapest Rolls-Royce Cullinan on Gaspedal.nl. You pay for it 379.950 euros. The Hongqi event costs only 18 percent of that. Obviously this is a meaningless comparison. Apart from the design, these two have little in common. The Brit has a V12 in the nose, which means the luxury experience is of an entirely different order.