Geely Emgrand Taxi

Seen in February 2015 was this Geely Emgrand Taxi.

This is apparently a Geely Emgrand 7 aka Geely Emgrand EC7.

The Geely Emgrand EC7  is a large family car (in other words: a mid-size car) produced by the Emgrand division of the Chinese automaker Geely.

I see them occasionally here in Moscow. 

Mainly used as taxis which is supposed to mean that they are pretty reliable, aren't they. A cabby wouldn't use a car that likes to have many break-downs.

But overall they are not that visible in Moscow.

Some promo pictures of the Geely Emgrand EC7.

Geely has some nice promo pics of the Emgrand EC7.

It's a large-ish car and looks nice. No gimmicks, maybe, not striking in appearance and wouldn't stand out but still looks nice as far as modern cars go, and even conservative.

"At 4635×1789 ×1470mm, the most spacious among its kind. A wheelbase of 2650mm provides ample and comfortable seating space".

"Emgrand7 is the first Chinese car designed with European Standard, a strategic model aiming to access the European Market. It is designed with European Regulation of security, environment protection and quality for cars going market. It complies with the ECE Standard (materials, components, emission, safety collision, etc) and conforms to European ROHS standard ：Material recovery rate of the whole car reaches the latest requirements of European Standard. Its emission achieves the Europe IV Standard".

Nice interior pictures too.

The back row of your Geely Emgrand is where you likes to enjoy a starbucks coffee.

"The interiors in a sense of elegancy and maturity, designed with beige and off-white colors matched together, exhibit an extraordinary taste and style. With the width of 1,789mm, which is comparatively wide among the same level, it offers broad and comfortable space for the driver and passengers. The golden wheelbase of 2,650mm brings enough legroom for the rear seats".

The golden wheelbase of 2,650 mm!

The glove box is so capacious, you can easily lose your iphone in there!

Nice cutaway.

I saw some youtube reviews of the Geely Emgrand EC7 here in Russia, and on balance they seem to be positive, with some criticisms made though.

Another thing to mention is the car is not that cheap, people think of Chinese products as being cheap but this one isn't. 

To start selling cars in larger numbers in Russia Geely needs to compete with Lada on the price, I think.

Picture credit: Geely.