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There doesn't seem to be much info on MCF on Changan Deepal brand or the rides offered in Singapore, so a new thread is being created. Changan is the fourth largest auto makers in China, it's state backed and has been in business for almost 165 years. Changan first started to make cannons and it's first automobile was the Changjiang Type 46 jeep made in 1959. China's first domestically manufactured production vehicle. Currently in Singapore the Deepal brand is distributed by Premium Auto under the DPL dealership. First up is the new compact SUV called the S05. Styled by a design team in Turin, Italy it's shape aims to be as aerodynamically efficient as possible, with a drag coefficient to 0.25. The S05 is a Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) model! It's got a pleasing, chunky appearance, with a sharp drop-off on its nose, a grille-less panel, and two cheekbones housing lights, while the main headlights sit on top, at the edge of the bonnet. The roof line has a more gentle slope at the back to give decent head room for rear seat passengers. Dimensions of the S05 are. Length: 4,620mm Width: 1,900mm Height: 1,600mm Wheelbase: 2,880mm (very generous) Wheels are 20" alloys with 245/45 tires. Would have been better to have 18" rims to provide more driving range and thicker side wall on the tires to take on the speed humps. Ground clearance is okay at 169mm. The rear of the S05 has the triangle Deepal badge and top tail light. It's a Cat A ride, so power is limited to just 99kW...😶 Would have been better for Premium Auto to bump it up to 110kW. Toque is decent at 290Nm, so getting around the city in Stop/Go traffic shouldn't be an issue. The century sprint is a slow snail's pace of 11.4 seconds. Underneath the front bonnet is a huge 159L of additional storage space. Can store lots of durians and looks to have a drain plug for easy cleaning. The frunk looks to be best in it's class. Battery capacity is 68.82kWhr and the chemistry type is LFP. More importantly is the battery supplier is CATL, China and world's largest. Which means the S05's battery pack meets the no fire, no smoke safety standard specified in GB38031-2025. Driving range is pretty good at 485km based on WLTP standard. Energy efficiency is average at 16.7kWhr per 100km AC charging rate is a bit on the low end of 6.6kW DC fast charging is decent at 200kW. 10% to 80% charge of around 23 minutes. Turning radius is a bit chunky at 5.75m

A rebadged Deepal S07? Mazda is fast-tracking its EV expansion by leaning on its Chinese partner. After launching the EZ-6 last year, the sedan’s SUV counterpart has now been revealed on the Weibo social media platform. The EZ-60 is also coming alive courtesy of a tie-up with Changan, a state-owned automaker. Their 50:50 joint venture, founded over a decade ago, helped Mazda launch the 6e in Europe. Similarly, this new model should be sold outside China as the CX-6e. Essentially, we’re dealing with a production version of the Arata concept. It’s an attempt at making another electric SUV with the hope that it’ll be more successful than the slow-selling MX-30. It looks sharp, and we’re pleasantly surprised to see flying buttresses, which are uncommon in this body style. In case you're wondering, mirror-replacing side cameras have been legal on production vehicles in China for about two years. The Tesla Model Y competitor is likely a Deepal S07 underneath the skin, implying a fully electric drivetrain and a range-extending variant with a 1.5-liter gas engine. However, whether the latter powertrain will be available in Europe is unclear. Mazda only offers the Model 3-fighting EZ-6 sedan as a pure EV for now. If you're unfamiliar with Deepal, it's the electric subsidiary brand of Changan. Mazda is considering a third and fourth model from its JV with Changan. If approved, the additional vehicles will be released between 2028 and 2030. In the meantime, the Zoom-Zoom company is working on its own platform for EVs. The first model is scheduled to come out in 2027, with derivatives to follow by the decade's end.