English: Place: Hezhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Chinese name: 华泰路盛E70 (huátài lùshèng E70) Year of launch: 2010

Hawtai, formerly romanized as Huatai, was founded in 2011 by the Chinese entrepreneur Zhang Xiugen. Like JAC (Jianghuai), Hawtai started as a partner of Hyundai and initially manufactured the Hyundai-branded SUVs Santa Fe and Terracan from 2003, which were also sold under its own name from 2004. Hawtai planned to buy manufacturing rights of the Saab 9-3 from Spyker Cars in 2011, but the deal fell through. Hawtai launched its first indigenous developed car in 2010, the B11 sedan (later renamed Lusheng E90). Later models include the Baolige B35 (based on the old Santa Fe that's trying to look like the first generation Porsche Cayenne), the smaller Hawtai B21 sedan (originally launched in 2010, later renamed Lusheng E70/E80, now Lusheng WS55). The new Shengdafei (the Chinese name for the old Santa Fe) was launched in 2014. It comes with a 1.5T petrol and 2.0 diesel engine.

The Hawtai B21 was launched in 2010 and went into production three years later (!) as Lusheng E70. For some reason Hawtai decided to rename it to Lusheng E80 in 2016. It was heavily revamped in 2017, and is now known as Lusheng WS55. The new front end is obviously inspired by Ford.