2022 Haval H6 review (inc. 0-100): Find out why you see so many of these SUVs on the road

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You ask, I deliver! A stack of you have been asking for a review of the Haval H6 and we've finally had one through the garage. This is the 2022 Haval H6 Lux, which is midway through the Haval H6 range. Is it any good? Paul Maric finds out.  Hardness tester results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE  More Haval content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/haval More Haval H6 content: https://www.carexpert.com.au/haval/h6  Skip Ahead: Intro: 00:00 Exterior 00:44 Interior 02:41 Infotainment 04:06 Safety Tech 06:19 Practicality 07:40 On the Road 11:11 0-100 km/h 15:36 Verdict 17:12  We review every new car on the market, bust car myths, cover the latest car tech and answer your burning questions.  Whether you need new car advice, purchase validation or simply love learning more about new cars and technology, we are your car experts.  Subscribe to Car Expert: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DvMhvy3H7ntEgn9n3xQcQ?sub_confirmation=1  You'll find us dropping new video content three times a week. If you'd like to ask a question about one of our videos, simply leave us a comment. If you'd like to give us any feedback on our content, feel free to email us, or alternatively, hit us up on social media.  Finally, we want this channel to grow with your support and feedback. If there's anything you don't like or would like to see us change, we'd love to hear from you!  Follow us on social media to see what we're up to and to ask any questions!  CarExpert: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarExpertAus Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarExpertAus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carexpert.com.au  Paul Maric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PaulMaric Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PaulMaric  #haval #h6 #review

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00:00 G'day, I'm Paul. So this is a car that you guys have requested we review on a number of occasions

00:05 and we've finally got our hands on one. It's called the Haval H6.

00:09 This thing here competes with things like the Toyota RAV4, the Mazda CX-5, the Hyundai Tucson.

00:15 This one here is the mid specification Luxe version. It's priced at just under

00:20 $34,000, but if that's too expensive, the whole range kicks off at just under $31,000.

00:25 Today we're going to do a detailed review of this car.

00:28 So if you do want to skip ahead to other parts of the review,

00:30 you can use the time codes that are up on the screen or if you're on YouTube,

00:33 scroll down and there are chapters below.

00:36 And if you haven't done so already,

00:37 subscribe to our channel and press the bell icon because that's going to tell you every single time we review something new.

00:42 Okay, let's talk exterior. You've got six external colors to pick from. All but white is an additional

00:49 $495. Now, what about the design? I actually think it looks pretty good.

00:54 I don't mean this to sound offensive, but Chinese cars sometimes look like copies of other cars.

00:59 Whereas this, I think it stands on its own two feet. They haven't had to lean on any other cars for their design inspiration.

01:05 I think that's a really good thing. You've got a giant grille up the front here with a chrome finish.

01:10 It's like a bit of a shadow chrome finish. Big Haval brand just there, camera down the front.

01:15 I think the design really just stands out on the road and it looks very premium.

01:19 It certainly looks and feels like it's worth a whole lot more than it's asking price.

01:23 You've got a set of full LED headlights over here with LED daytime running lights, LED fog lights as well.

01:29 Come around to the side, we have 18-inch alloy wheels. The design, look, it's pretty sort of straightforward.

01:36 You've got that sort of chromey look on the outside and then the graphite look on the inside there.

01:40 Fairly chubby profile on the tire as well, which means it should ride pretty well.

01:44 Plastic wheel arches there to signify that, you know, you're driving an SUV. You need everyone to know.

01:50 Indicator built into that wing mirror with a little camera there for the 360 camera.

01:54 You've got lashings of chrome down the bottom, then along this sort of glass house with roof rails,

02:00 privacy glass and come around to the back.

02:03 So you've got a shark fin aerial up the top there, a little sort of boot lip spoiler here.

02:07 One of the first things I noticed when these first hit the road was this big LED strip along the back there.

02:13 It looks quite imposing and definitely makes this stand out at nighttime.

02:17 You've got big Haval branding along the back there, GWM, which is Great Wall Motors,

02:21 and then over here the model designation and the engine because this is the 2.0-litre petrol.

02:26 Now, here's an interesting thing. This looks big and that's because it is. It's about a hundred millimeters longer than a Mazda CX-5.

02:33 So you get the impression that it does feel a lot bigger and yeah, when you put the tape measure against it,

02:38 it is actually significantly bigger than a lot of the competitors in this segment.

02:41 Okay, so we're inside the H6. We will start with the key. Here it is.

02:45 You've got a panic button, lock, boot, unlock, and then Haval along the back there.

02:52 It's a proximity sensing key, so you just leave that in your pocket.

02:55 And once you're inside, you have a push button start here.

02:58 Okay, so what about the interior layout, the design? I think this looks really nice.

03:03 It looks very premium and I don't know, I keep going back to the price and it just seems like you're getting a lot of value for money here.

03:10 You look at these screens that have only just really come into fashion now with things like the new Hyundai Tucson,

03:15 and I think that they've gone to a lot of effort to make sure that these materials all look and feel premium to the touch,

03:21 despite the fact that it's not having a really premium price tag.

03:25 Not a huge fan of the piano black sort of all along there, but it's fairly minimal in terms of its use.

03:30 So that all looks good. In terms of our touch points, that's not too bad. And then not too bad over there as well.

03:37 How soft are they? Well, we've got our durometer, we've tested the main surfaces in this cabin.

03:41 If you want to see how this car compares to others we've tested before, have a look at the link in the description.

03:46 Now, what about build quality? Let's have a look.

03:48 That all feels really good. And what about the door?

03:53 That sounds really good. It feels very European.

03:59 How did that happen?

04:04 Okay. Moving on to infotainment, and there are two screens here. So you've got a 10.25 inch screen here on the left,

04:12 and then a 10.25 inch screen ahead of the driver. I'll run you through both of those,

04:15 but let's start over here with infotainment. It does look very sharp, and it's very quick,

04:21 and it just does everything really impressively, and I wasn't expecting something like this in this type of car.

04:28 So it's got this section here, which is your home screen. It's divided into three parts.

04:32 You've got radio, which includes AM and FM. No DAB digital radio, unfortunately.

04:38 You have this central section, which is your Bluetooth streaming. Then you have climate over to the right.

04:44 One more swipe brings you over to the seat heaters and also drive mode selection.

04:48 You can also swipe down from the top if you want to access some of the shortcuts for your brightness and volume.

04:54 Over here, we have the ability to go through all the different menu sections,

04:57 and I'll run you through the smartphone mirroring. It has both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

05:01 They're both wired, so this is what Apple CarPlay looks like. So full screen integration.

05:07 That's fairly quick, a tiny, tiny bit laggy, but for the most part, that's not too bad.

05:12 And this is what Android Auto looks like. So there you go, same thing, full screen integration,

05:19 nice and sharp and quick. Actually, not quite quick. You can see it's just a tiny bit laggy there,

05:24 but for the most part, that's fine. It won't be too much of a drama. And then also on the steering

05:29 wheel, you have a voice recognition button that allows you to communicate with your phone when it

05:33 is paired. And then in terms of sound, you have an eight speaker sound system. It's okay, nothing

05:37 spectacular. Now, what about the screen ahead of the driver? So I mentioned earlier, another 10.25

05:42 inch display. This one comes with all the basic functions you'd expect. You've got a tyre pressure

05:46 gauge, you have all your safety systems. Now, the interesting thing is you can change the theme here,

05:51 and currently there's this space theme with like the earth revolving around there. You can pop it

05:56 onto another one called, pop it into that, called the space fold. So it changes into that theme.

06:03 You'll see it come up here. Look at that. So it is pretty cool that they've designed this to look

06:08 so interesting. And I think they've put a lot of effort into that. And then you can flick between

06:12 each of those different screens just by using the steering wheel controls here. So it's a pretty cool

06:17 setup and nice to see in this sort of car. Okay, let's talk about safety. So there is no safety

06:22 rating just yet. This car is yet to be crash tested. I know that it's coming up, but just keep

06:27 that in mind before you purchase. Other safety features include autonomous emergency braking

06:31 with pedestrian and cyclist detection. You've got an auto dimming rear vision mirror. You have

06:36 lane departure warning and a lane keeping assistant. You have a semi-autonomous steering

06:40 function. Doesn't really work that well. It has also this mode when it is in its radar cruise

06:45 control where it slows down for corners, but it does it really aggressively and it just needs a

06:50 lot of work, that stuff. But you do get radar cruise control with the stalk down here. You have

06:55 a blind spot monitor built into that wing mirror and you also have a 360 camera with both front and

07:00 rear parking sensors. And I'll show you what that looks like. Okay, so you get a 3D view and have a

07:05 look at this. If I open my door, I mean close it. How cool is that? So it actually animates all of

07:10 that. You can spin that around yourself. So the top down view is a little bit pixelated, but if

07:16 you go to the 2D view, it's actually quite high resolution, quite sharp. You can see those lines

07:21 there move with the steering. Then you've got a number of other views you can select. So rear

07:25 tires just there for parking. Got a wide angle view of the rear. And what you can also do is

07:31 turn some of these lines on and off. So yeah, a whole bunch of really cool options there and that

07:37 all comes standard, which is pretty nice. Moving on to practicality, we'll start with your phone

07:42 connectivity. So you've got one USB port down there, another one on this side, 12 volts on this

07:47 side as well. There's also one more USB port up the top here and that is for your dash cam. This

07:52 car misses out on wireless phone charging. It comes standard on the top spec, so you do have a place

07:57 there for your phone, but it won't actually charge or do anything like that. You can also pop your

08:03 phone down here as well. There's plenty of storage options. Now let's go to our coffee cup. You think

08:09 to yourself, wow, that just moves around everywhere, but you've got this little thing that pops out

08:13 there and allows you to put your drinks in and then it stops them sort of moving around too much.

08:17 Same story with your bottle. Just slide that up and it holds your bottle in position.

08:22 Got storage inside the doors. I'll try a big bottle inside the door. See if it holds that.

08:27 Yeah, kind of. If you sort of wedge it in there, it kind of holds it. In terms of other storage,

08:34 you have this console here. That is huge. It's nice and deep, plenty of storage space there.

08:39 You also have this area down the bottom. Glovebox, let's have a look. Hey, that's reasonably sized.

08:45 That's not too bad. And finally, you have a sunglasses holder up the top here. Moving on to

08:49 comfort. You have dual zone automatic climate control. You also have heated seats for the first

08:55 row. The seats themselves. Now, these are interesting. The design's kind of cool. I like

09:00 this sort of wedged out, cut out section. The white stitching on the black looks pretty nice

09:04 as well. They just don't really hug you in. They've got heaps of room either side and the

09:10 bottom is a bit flat. And in terms of the adjustment, the driver's seat is fully

09:14 electrically adjustable. So you can go forwards, backwards. You can move that backrest. You can get

09:18 your bolster out as well. You can't lift the base up though. And I find that it's sometimes a little

09:22 tricky to find a comfortable driving position. The passenger seat is fully manually adjustable.

09:28 Then in terms of the steering, you can go up and down, in and out as well. So plenty of

09:32 adjustability there. And finally, our reach test. Easy to reach all the shortcut buttons there. And

09:37 that is easy to reach as well. Second row. There is a surprising amount of leg room here. Have a

09:43 look at this. I have loads of knee room. Toe room is good and headroom is excellent. And that's

09:48 despite the fact this seat is pretty much all the way back. So there is a heap of room here.

09:54 You've got air vents here for the kids to keep them happy. Two USB charging points. The same

10:00 seat design with that sculpted cutout. You've got a center armrest here with two cup holders. So you

10:06 got fits the bowls in nicely. And then you've got rubber teeth as well. Can't fit these in the doors

10:10 though. There's sort of nowhere to really put them, which is a little bit disappointing. And

10:14 you've got two mat pockets here. Finally, two ISOFIX points on the outboard seats with three

10:19 top tether points. So what about cargo space? Well, it's actually a pretty impressive setup.

10:25 You have 600 litres of cargo space available just in its standard trim here. And you'll notice here

10:30 with the cargo floor beneath it, you have a space saver spare tyre, but it's a dual tiered floor.

10:35 So you can drop that down to give you a little bit of extra space, or it gives you a hidey hole

10:39 if you have it up the top. So you can't see your contents from the outside. You've got storage

10:45 off to the sides here, LED lights, and then I'll pop this in. Let's see how that goes.

10:51 Look at that, no dramas at all. That is a really decently sized boot.

10:55 And then if you do want to expand the space a little more, you can drop your second row,

11:01 and that expands the space to a little under 1500 litres. But I would like to see releases

11:07 off to the side here, because it is a fair stretch to actually reach those.

11:12 Okay, we've hit the road in the Haval H6. Now, powering this exclusively across the range is a

11:18 two litre turbocharged four cylinder petrol engine, makes 150 kilowatts of power and 320

11:25 newton metres of torque. You can get this as an all wheel drive, but only in the top spec.

11:30 The rest of the range is front wheel drive only. All of that torque is sent through a seven speed

11:35 dual clutch transmission. Now you know how I feel about dual clutch transmissions.

11:39 Let's see what this is like from a standing start. I did notice earlier it does some really

11:45 funny stuff if you get on the throttle a little too hard. That's not very good. Let me try that

11:51 again. Yeah, it is just super lurchy. And then if you have any lock on, it just arcs up the wheels

12:00 and you end up doing burnouts, which I just think is a little antisocial. And I think that throttle

12:08 just needs a little bit of calibration. But what's it like once it's moving? Give it just a little

12:13 punch here. Actually feels really good. Even when you go from a low speed, so I'll just dial back

12:20 the speed here to something much slower. And just give it a punch from a bit of a standing start.

12:25 It's spinning the wheels now as well. It actually has a fair bit of pickup. Like it's,

12:32 it's surprising. I wasn't expecting it to be as punchy because when you look at those numbers on

12:36 paper, 320 newton meters of torque is not the most amount of torque in the world, but it really does

12:41 pick up and go nicely. And we'll try punching it now just while we're on the move. Gearbox is okay.

12:47 It's just, it's not very quick to respond. So it just takes a little while to do anything,

12:51 despite the fact that it is a dual clutch. Often manufacturers will use those for fuel economy,

12:56 as opposed to performance gains. Now, speaking about fuel economy,

12:59 Havell claims a combined fuel efficiency of 7.4 litres per 100 Ks. Let's have a look at what we're

13:05 sitting on at the moment. 9.3. So it is higher than that figure, but there are a few caveats here.

13:11 Just because of the weather and what it's like today, we had to switch up our filming. So we've

13:15 done a lot of the performance driving for the outside shots earlier in the day. So instead of

13:21 just being driven on the highway, this car's had a little bit of a performance run. So given that,

13:25 that figure isn't actually too bad. I think if you're doing predominantly highway driving and

13:28 taking it fairly easy, you should actually get quite close to that figure. And then in terms of

13:32 the other drive modes you've got, you've got normal, sport, eco, snow. Then you can also

13:36 configure your steering mode. So you can go comfort, sport, light. It really does have a

13:41 raft of controls here that you can play with. Thankfully, all of these electronic aids,

13:45 such as the lane keeping assistant and all the other things that beep at you can be switched off

13:50 and they stay off as well. I turned off the lane keeping assistant this morning and it hasn't come

13:54 back on, which is really good news. Now, what's the ride like? Well, it is really soft. It's very

13:58 floaty and it feels very luxury, but there is a bit of an issue. And I'm going to just accelerate

14:04 a little bit here so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about. We've got our continuous

14:09 undulations here, and this is a real good test of body control as speeds pick up. So now I'm doing

14:15 about 120 here. We'll hit these bumps and bang, on the way down there, we're bottoming out. And

14:21 that's at just above legal highway speed here in Victoria. You can go that quick in other states.

14:27 It really does lack body control at that top end. So while it is nice in and around town,

14:32 it really does feel like it needs a bit of work done to it on the ride and handling. It feels

14:37 like they've just taken this straight from China, where I suspect it is just a lot of highway

14:41 driving and this type of ride is acceptable. But here it really is, I don't know, it's not quite

14:47 sick inducing, but it makes you feel a little queasy if you are on a sort of faster stretch of

14:52 windy roads. You feel like the thing is porpoising and it feels like a bit of a boat when you really

14:57 start to get into those corners. Now speaking of getting into those corners, let's pop it into

15:02 sport mode just to see what it's like throughout a little circuit here. Funny thing is it puts the

15:09 hazard lights on so people around you know that it's in sport mode. We'll tip it into this corner.

15:14 Look, it's got a fair bit of body roll there and if I lean on the throttle,

15:18 it picks up and goes. That's a funny thing. It's sort of not really overly dynamic,

15:24 but it feels nice and punchy behind the wheel. It even has a little bit of an engine note to it as

15:29 well, which I think is pretty cool. Now we don't have an official 0-100 time from Haval,

15:33 but we've put it up against our stopwatch and this is how it went.

15:35 We had traction control kicking just a little bit there, so I'm going to switch that off and

15:49 we'll try that once more, see if it's any quicker.

15:50 Let's talk visibility. So at the front here, it is good. I have really great visibility across

16:05 the front of the car. I can see the edges of it as well. The wing mirrors are really big,

16:09 so I can clearly see down the sides there. You've also got a blind spot monitor built into those.

16:13 Visibility at the rear isn't great. The window is very narrow and from where I'm sitting here,

16:19 I just see the top edge of the road. I really don't see too much as you sort of venture down

16:24 the back of the car. So I think that window really needs to increase in size to improve

16:28 that rear visibility. And what about road noise? Well, this is a course chip section of road.

16:33 As the speed picks up, you do get a bit more of a translating into the cabin, but for the most part,

16:37 it's a really quiet environment. Today's quite windy outside and I'm not hearing a great deal

16:42 of wind noise coming into the cabin. So it's a big tick there in terms of refinement.

16:47 What about your ground clearance? So front wheel drive, you're not going to be going off-road,

16:50 but you do have 170mm of ground clearance. It'll get you over very minor obstacles. And

16:55 then in terms of towing capacity, you have a 2000kg brake to towing capacity.

16:59 Okay, so the Haval H6, what do I reckon? Look, it did surprise me. I was pretty impressed with it.

17:07 And look, I can understand why it's $20,000 cheaper than something like, I don't know,

17:11 the Hyundai Tucson we're testing today. It's in that class because ultimately it doesn't have the

17:16 body control. It's not quite as refined and you can feel that there's probably still a little bit

17:21 more work to be done. But if that's not an issue for you, it's $20,000 cheaper and it comes with

17:27 virtually everything you find in the more expensive cars in this segment. It has loads of room inside,

17:33 the engine's really punchy, and it does the sort of city run very easily and comes with a

17:37 competitive warranty as well. So look, while I understand that it's not quite there yet in terms

17:42 of being competitive as a driver's car, it does everything else well enough. And I can't say that

17:47 spending like $20,000 for the Tucson is really going to revolutionise your driving experience.

17:53 It is worth pointing out as well that this has not been crash tested yet. So I would not be buying it

17:58 until they have done a crash test because we don't know how it's going to perform compared to some of

18:03 the more established players in the segment. So keep that in mind. But if you have bought one,

18:07 what's it been like and what's it like long term? I'm really keen to hear from you owners out there,

18:11 so let me know your thoughts in the comments section below. If you did enjoy this video,

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