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Origins
The Xuandu of 2021 gave Kaiyi a conventional compact saloon: Chery-derived underpinnings, modest turbo power and equipment calibrated to undercut established domestic rivals in the family-sedan class that still anchors inland Chinese demand. The brand's Yibin base — with municipal investment and battery-city ambitions around it — positioned Kaiyi as a regional champion feeding provincial dealer networks. The Xuandu asked no design questions and answered the only one its buyers posed: how much car, how little money. In the record it stands for the saloon segment's long tail — the affordable three-box that persists beneath the headlines, sustaining brands the export markets never meet. In segments like this, survival is the only review that counts, and the Xuandu kept passing it.
Kaiyi Xuandu 002 · Quzhouliulian · CC BY-SA 4.0
