Brilliance BS2 to be cheaper than Polo

Fri, 03/06/2009 - 22:36 — Joanna Kujawska

During Geneva auto show of Brilliance Brand, the German importer – HSO Motors Europe – officially announced, that in the end of the year the compact model BS2 (in China known as FRV) will appear on the local market. BS2 was designed by Italdesign studio, belonging to famous Giugiaro. Journalists underlined the fact, that the same designer “drafted” the first Golf from 1974.

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Hans-Ulrich Sachs, HSO Managing Direktor, predicts, that the price of basic version will be between 10,000 and 11,000 EUR. Just to compare, prices of new Polo will start at 12,150 EUR. The BS4 Station Wagon was presented in Geneva as well, which will be launched in Germany in the middle of the year at price of 18,ooo EUR. The range is supplied by BS4 sedan and BS6.

Brilliance sold 1,000 units of BS4 and BS6 models in Europe in 2008. Thanks to BS2 sale, this years sale is to reach 6,000 units. Launching the smallest model will cover sale’s network broadening in such countries as: Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Baltic region ones – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia. There is no information about sale in Poland.

Source: Automotive News Europe

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