The Chinese giant DongFeng Motors is in no hurry to force things: last year it began selling two passenger models in Russia, and the AX7 crossover and the A30 sedan are next in line. We tested them in Shanghai... The size and status of a Chinese manufacturer are not important for promotion in Russia. Suffice it to recall the success of the tiny automobile brand Lifan, while the state concern FAW has tried more than once to enter the Russian market and each time has invariably stalled. Another Chinese giant, DongFeng Motors, is in no hurry to force things: last year it began selling two passenger models in Russia, and the AX7 crossover and A30 sedan are next in line. We tested them in Shanghai. DongFeng's journey to Russia began with…

The AX7 crossover is the best that Dongfeng Motor, one of the largest Chinese brands, offers us now. This model is like a showcase of company achievements - it is by it that customers will judge the company's potential in Russia. Chinese cars in Russia are still considered unpredictable. The time will come, and the process of unrestrained development of firms from the Celestial Empire will certainly lead them to the constancy of style, technical level and quality. But so far, many new products seem to customers opaque, lottery. Another Chinese car, the Dongfeng AX7, was brought to Russia. It is stated that the look was created with the participation of artists from the studio ItalDesign Guigiaro. Be that as it may, the exterior is without pretentious Asianism, intelligent and neutral in a good way. Does the emblem have weight? A year ago, at the Moscow auto show, Dongfeng exhibited ...