This Chinese Car Company Is Quietly Killing Ferrari

Описание: The Voyah Passion S is a luxury electric SUV built in China by Dongfeng, a company that spent 40 years assembling Nissans, Peugeots, and Citroens on Chinese soil for Western brands. In 2020, Dongfeng launched Voyah as its own premium EV brand, and in just 5 years, Voyah expanded into more than 40 countries and delivered 85,700 vehicles in 2024 alone. The Passion S is the flagship leading that global push, and every automotive journalist who stands next to it makes the same comparison: the Ferrari Purosangue. With its 5,050 mm length, nearly 2,000 mm width, 21-inch forged wheels at the extreme corners, and an active rear spoiler, the Passion S carries the same predatory stance as Ferrari's super SUV — but at less than 50,000 dollars, compared to the Purosangue's 300,000-dollar price tag.

The performance figures are equally striking: 637 horsepower from dual electric motors, 0 to 100 km/h in under 3 seconds, 700 km of electric range on an 800-volt architecture shared with the Porsche Taycan, an all-aluminum chassis with double wishbone suspension, air springs, and adaptive damping. Inside, every seat gets heating, ventilation, and massage as standard, a 29-inch augmented reality head-up display overlays navigation onto the road, and headrest speakers turn the cabin into a private concert hall. Most remarkably, the Passion S comes standard with Huawei Jikun ADAS 5, the most advanced driver assistance system on any production vehicle, using 4 LiDAR units and 33 sensors to detect obstacles just 14 cm tall from 120 meters away. Voyah received 10,347 orders in the first 60 minutes of pre-sales, and through a joint venture with Stellantis, is now selling its own cars through the same Peugeot and Citroen dealer networks across Europe that Dongfeng once built cars for as a silent partner. The company that spent decades as the factory floor worker is now using the old boss's shelves to display its own products — and Ferrari, Porsche, and BMW are watching carefully.