Content deleted Content added
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
No edit summary |
||
(46 intermediate revisions by 31 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{mi|
{{update|date=November 2010}}
{{more sources needed|date=October 2022}}
}}
{{Infobox automobile
| image =
| name = Brilliance BS4
| manufacturer = [[Brilliance Auto]]
| aka = Brilliance M2<br
| production =
| model_years = 2006–2015
| assembly = [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]], [[China]]<br
| class = [[Compact car]]
|
| layout = [[Front-engine, front-wheel-drive layout|Front-engine, front-wheel-drive]]
| platform =
| engine = 1.6 L ''BL16L'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br>1.6 L ''[[Mitsubishi Orion engine|4G18]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br>1.8 L ''BL18T'' [[Turbocharged|turbo]] [[Straight-4|I4]]<br>1.8 L ''[[Mitsubishi 4G9 engine|4G93]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]<br>2.0 L ''[[Mitsubishi Sirius engine|4G63]]'' [[Straight-4|I4]]
| transmission = 6-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]]<br>5-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]]<br>5-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]]<br>4-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]]
| wheelbase = {{
| length = {{
| width = {{
| height = {{
| weight = {{
| related = [[Brilliance BS6]]
| designer = [[Pininfarina]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Special 2009 Geneva Motor Show|url=http://www.pininfarina.com/index/eventi/Special-2009-Geneva-Moto-Show.html|publisher=Pininfarina|accessdate=2009-02-26|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304193347/http://www.pininfarina.com/index/eventi/Special-2009-Geneva-Moto-Show.html|archivedate=2009-03-04}}</ref>
}}
The '''Brilliance BS4''' is a four-door compact [[notchback]] [[sedan (car)|sedan]] produced by [[Brilliance Auto]] in the [[People's Republic of China]], where it is known as the '''Zhonghua Junjie'''. The car was scheduled for launch in Germany,
Following poor crash test results of the [[Brilliance BS6|BS6]] model and ensuing press comments, a Western launch was postponed at the last minute, and German sales were expected to start in the autumn of 2008, when the
The vehicle was developed in cooperation with [[Porsche]], and used borrowed technology from [[BMW]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Information about the M2|url=http://chinaautoweb.com/car-models/brilliance-m2/?nggpage=2|publisher=Chinaautoweb|accessdate=2015-11-20}}{{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref> A station wagon, designed by [[Lowie Vermeersch]], was made available in 2008. Due to declining sales, the M2 and all versions was discontinued in all regions in 2014, with no current successor.
==Body==
===Seating===
The M2 can seat a total of five people. The three back passenger seats has average mid-size car leg room.
===Trims===
The M2 had a total of seven trims; 1.6MT, 1.6MT Deluxe, 1.8MT, 1.8MT Deluxe, 1.8AT, 1.8AT Deluxe, and 1.8AT Premium.
The most basic trim (1.16MT) lacked side airbags, a tire pressure gauge, an anti-engine theft system, and a parking radar.
===Optional Upgrades===
Bluetooth and GPS was the only available option, and it was only available on the 1.8T AT Premium trim.
==Engine==
Initially the car was offered with an old Mitsubishi designed 1.8 L four cylinder engine claiming {{
==Transmission==
Line 35 ⟶ 51:
==Ride and handling==
According to [[Auto Express]], Ride quality is "reasonably comfortable" but steering is "vague".<ref name="autoex"/>
==Equipment==
The car has electronically adjustable leather seats, air conditioning and [[Parking sensors|electronic parking assistance]]. Interior plastic is "harsh and cheap" and leather quality "cheap".
==Commercial==
A precise date for a European press launch of the BS4
The car
===Sales===
In the year it was launched in China{{when|date=November 2022}}, over 30,000 cars were sold. In 2013, 2414 cars were sold{{cn|date=November 2022}}.
==Gallery==
{{gallery
|File:Zhonghua.jpg|Zhonghua Showcar
|File:Brilliance Junjie 02 China 2012-05-20.jpg|The back of the Brilliance Junjie
|File:Brilliance Junjie facelift 01 China 2013-03-02.jpg|Brilliance Junjie Facelift
|File:Brilliance Junjie facelift 02 China 2013-03-02.jpg|Brilliance Junjie Facelift
|File:Brilliance BS4 in competition.jpg|Brilliance BS4 in the 2006 [[China Circuit Championship]]
|File:Brilliance Junjie Wagon 01 China 2012-08-09.jpg|Brilliance Junjie Wagon (Front)
|File:Brilliance Junjie Wagon 02 China 2012-08-09.jpg|Brilliance Junjie Wagon (Back)
|File:Brilliance_BS4_sedan_(back).jpg|Brilliance BS4 sedan in Germany (Back)
|File:Brilliance_BS4_sedan_(front).jpg|Brilliance BS4 sedan in Germany (Front)
|File:Brilliance Junjie Wagon Cross 01 China 2014-04-25.jpg|Brilliance Junjie Wagon Cross (Front)
}}
==References and further reading==
{{Reflist}}
==
{{Commons category|Brilliance BS4}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120322100644/http://en.brilliance-auto.com/chanpina.aspx?id=5&typeId=1&status=1&mid=1 Brilliance M2 website
{{Brilliance Auto}}
Line 60 ⟶ 93:
[[Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles]]
[[Category:Sedans]]
[[Category:2010s cars]]
[[Category:Cars introduced in 2006]]
|