Geely Galaxy M7 – Galaxy L7 facelift with M9 face, PHEV Boyue with 225 km EV vary, 1,730 km complete

Geely has revealed its subsequent mannequin within the Galaxy new power automobile lineup, the Galaxy M7. The identify of this plug-in hybrid SUV means that it’s a smaller model of the flagship three-row M9and the entrance finish design lifted from that automobile definitely helps this.

The M7 retains the full-width mild bar with a starry motif on the centre part, albeit right here joined by L-shaped daytime working lights and only a single headlight projector on both facet. You additionally get a grille-less entrance finish with the Galaxy brand within the centre, a downturned air consumption and chrome-trimmed vertical nook inlets.

However the additional again you go, the extra you discover that the remainder of the automobile – the angular wheel arches, the sharp shoulder line that rises steeply in direction of an apex above the rear wheels, the inverted U-shaped taillight bar that follows the bumper shutline – doesn’t gel with the graceful entrance fascia. That’s as a result of the M7 is definitely the facelift for the Galaxy L7launched in China again in 2023.

There are a couple of modifications, in fact – photos Autohome sourced from a ministry of business and knowledge expertise (MIIT) submitting present that the rear loses its black nook strips on the fringe of the taillights, and the lamps themselves get cleaner linear graphics with the Galaxy sub-brand’s trademark centre segments. The quantity plate recess has additionally been made sleeker, whereas the bumper valance has been smoothened out, shedding its “diffuser” fins. The L7 is predicated on the Boyue Ltherefore the edgy styling.

A equally far-reaching redesign will be discovered on the within – the M7 ditches the L7’s 13.2-inch portrait infotainment touchscreen and passenger show in favour of a traditional panorama centre show, probably the identical 15.4-inch unit discovered elsewhere within the lineup. The dashboard format can be as per the newest Galaxy fashions, with a bodily multi-function management knob in a position to manipulate numerous capabilities.

Below the bonnet sits the identical EMotive Intelligence (EM-i) powertrain as the remainder of the lineup, with an electrical motor – probably the identical 238 PS/262 Nm unit discovered within the newest Starship 7 in China – and a 111 PS/136 Nm 1.5 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine. Reportedly, the M7 can even be provided with the identical 18.4 kWh and 29.8 kWh LFP battery choices, delivering a pure EV vary of as much as 225 km and a complete vary of 1,730 km. We’ll discover out extra when the automobile is revealed in full tomorrow.

? Sadly, we count on the M7 to stay unique to China – similar to the L7 was – as Geely will need to keep away from inside competitors with the Starship 7/Starray EM-i, which was simply launched in Malaysia because the Proton eMas 7 PHEV.

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