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Hongqi E-HS9 brings Chinese opulence to Singapore roads

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Interior and exterior of the Hongqi E-HS9 on May 6, 2026.

Priced at nearly half a million dollars, Hongqi's E-HS9 exudes plenty of road presence.

ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR

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SINGAPORE – The metallic white Hongqi E-HS9 does not merely move, it arrives.

Its road presence is so commanding that it seems to part traffic, as if led by invisible outriders. Even if there are disgruntled motorists left in its wake, the E-HS9’s double-layered glass keeps the protests from making it into the cabin.

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