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The new affordable Belgee crossover is coming to Europe. Where and how can you buy the new Belgee X50+?
The new affordable Belgee crossover is coming to Russia. Where and how can you buy the new Belgee X50+
The new Belgee X50+ crossover for Russia was captured on photo and video for the first time
The new Belgee X50+ crossover, pre-orders for which opened in Russia this week, was captured on photo and video for the first time. Participants of the Geely Emgand/Belgee S50 owners chat noticed the new model on the territory of the BelGee plant and on a car transporter on the M1 Belarus highway, connecting Moscow and Minsk.
Photo by Konstantin Zavyalov / “Auto News of the Day” from the international industrial exhibition “Innoprom. Belarus”
As a reminder, last Thursday, March 5, the press service of the Russian office of Belgee reported that the X50+ crossover received the Vehicle Type Approval (VTA) and will soon be available at dealers in Russia. Its full-cycle production (with welding and painting of bodies on site) is already underway at the BelGee plant. Anyone can now submit a preliminary request to purchase a car on the brand’s official website, choosing a convenient dealership for subsequent collection of the car.
The exterior and interior design of the new model has not yet been revealed by Belgee, limiting themselves to a darkened image with a silhouette of a crossover from a three-quarter angle, but its dimensions are completely identical to the restyled Geely Coolray, which left the Russian market at the end of last year. Its length, width and height are 4380, 1810 and 1615 mm respectively, the wheelbase is 2600 mm, and the ground clearance is declared at the level of 182 mm.
Photo Belgee
Externally, such Coolray stands out for its “aggressive” bumpers, thin LED headlight units with a more complex internal structure, and taillights combined into a single element. In the interior, which will likely also be identical to the Belgee X50+, the restyled Coolray features a combination of a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster and a 12.3-inch central display for the multimedia system, a large smartphone platform on the central tunnel, and a four-spoke multi-function steering wheel.
Photo Geely
Photo Geely
Photo Geely
The Belgee X50+ power unit was also inherited from the “Chinese”. It received a new for the Belarusian brand, but already proven in operation in Russia 1.5-liter four-cylinder gasoline turbo engine with direct fuel injection, which develops 147 hp and 270 Nm. This engine replaced the 1.5-liter “turbo three” with a capacity of 150 hp and 255 Nm. The transmission has not changed and is represented by a 7-speed “robot” with two “wet” clutches.
Let us remind you that now the Belgee brand is represented in Russia by three models: the compact crossover X50 (a copy of the first generation Geely Coolray), the mid-size crossover X70 (a copy of the Geely Atlas Pro) and the S50 sedan (a copy of the Geely Emgrand). The first one without discounts costs from 2,479,990 rubles, the second one – from 2,579,990 rubles, and the prices for the sedan start from 1,899,990 rubles.