Borgward BX7 2017 review Nov 24th 2017, 09:59
This is the Borgward BX7, a new SUV from the Chinese-owned brand The return of the Borgward brand is spearheaded by the BX7 SUV, a worthy Chinese equivalent of the BMW X3 and Audi Q5 Some 50% of Germans still recall the name Borgward, claims the company that's been reborn under Chinese ownership, although take the five off the front of the number and you're likely closer to the amount who remember any of the brand's cars, or its positioning.They'll need to be told, then, that Borgward is now a maker of two SUVs: the Audi Q3-sized BX5 and the larger, Audi Q5-sized BX7 tested here. It's the model that will spearhead its launch into Europe next year as the first of the new wave of Chinese car makers that plans to do so, starting with Germany in the first quarter of 2018, albeit as a plusher BX7 TS version that was revealed at the recent Guangzhou motor show.It'll be the Geneva motor show in March before we get full details of the BX7 that's bound for Europe, but tested in standard form here, the BX7 draws power from a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine, driving all four wheels through a six-speed automatic gearbox. |