The Dongfeng Shine sedan is being sold in Belarus for the equivalent of 1.5 million Russian rubles: a platform like a Citroen C4, a DFM-Honda engine, a gearbox made from a German Getrag robot

Versions with “mechanics” and “robot” differ minimally in price

In Belarus they started selling a new budget sedan at the price of a Lada Vesta. The car, of course, is Chinese — This is Dongfeng Shine. In the basic version with a manual transmission, the sedan costs 52.5 thousand Belarusian rubles (1.484 million Russian rubles), the price of the version with a «robot&raquo. Getrag — 54.5 thousand Belarusian rubles (1.540 million Russian rubles). For comparison: a Lada Vesta in the Comfort configuration costs about 45 thousand rubles in a neighboring country, but the Dongfeng Shine is larger, more powerful and better equipped.

Dongfeng Shine is based on the CMP platform of the PSA concern (the Citroën C4 and Peugeot 2008 are also built on it). The dimensions of the sedan are 4670 × 1812 × 1490 mm, wheelbase — 2680 mm.

Engine — 1.5-liter Mach Power manufactured by DFM-Honda with a capacity of 117 hp. With. Declared consumption — 6–6.2 l/100 km, acceleration time to 100 km/h — 11.5–11.6 s (faster with manual transmission). Ground clearance — 170 mm, fuel tank volume — 51 l.

The sedan's equipment includes cruise control, a sunroof, rear parking sensors, a digital instrument panel with a 7-inch screen, a media system with a 13-inch diagonal screen, and a surround view system.