In the eyes of many people, the Haval H9 is a copycat version of the Toyota Prado. Compared with the Haval H8, the Haval H9 is obviously a luxury route. Haval has always adopted a "reverse research and development" strategy, because the urban SUV market has been occupied by joint ventures and even imported rivals, in contrast, there are not many professional off-road SUVs today, so Haval believes that from the perspective of market breakthrough opportunities, H9 has a better chance of winning than H8.
 
Like the Haval H8, the H9 is equipped with a 2.0T engine and a 6-speed automatic manual transmission. The 2.0T engine independently developed by Great Wall has been verified on the H8 - it is difficult to drag a body of more than two tons. The traditional 6-speed gearbox doesn't have much technology in itself, but at least it guarantees smooth gear changes. In terms of daily performance, the power matching of Haval H9 can get a good score. But throughout the driving process, the throttle has to be stepped on a little deeper, giving people a feeling of "heavy car", because it is often necessary to pull up the rpm to maintain the speed, so even when driving on urban expressways, the H9's fuel consumption per 100 kilometers often soars to 13 liters. Of course, combined with the weight, displacement and other values, the fuel consumption of H9 is actually not high, but it is a bit unacceptable for a car with a price of 200,000, and the fuel standard of No. 95 will also increase the driving cost of the owner.
 
The Haval H9 adopts a non-load-bearing body, and in general, as long as it does not mess around, the H9 will not let passengers stagger. Due to the use of a girder chassis like the Toyota Prado, the cabin floor of the Haval H9 is relatively high. Fortunately, with the help of the sill footrest and the handle in the car, it is still easy to get on and off the car. The Haval H9 is equipped with the third row of seats as standard, which is a 7-seater car, but the third row is limited by the height of the platform, the seat cushion is very low from the ground, and the situation of "bending the knees" after sitting is very serious, and the feet cannot be stretched, and the comfort of long-distance travel is worrying. And in seven-seater mode, the remaining loading space in the tail compartment is almost zero. Therefore, the third row of seats in the Haval H9 can only be used for short-distance emergencies, and the car can only be used as a 5-seater SUV when going out.
 
The biggest enemy of H9 is product quality. Also due to quality problems, the launch time of H8 has been frequently delayed, considering that H9 will have a higher probability of facing complex and harsh working conditions, if the quality level and product reliability of H9 new cars are close to the previous product level, then H9 will undoubtedly have more quality problems.
 
The H9 tries to mimic the Prado in appearance, but it is far from the rest in terms of security. In 2015, the Haval H9 participated in the A-NCAP crash test and received a 4-star safety rating. Overall score: 30.65 points. In a rear-end collision, the driver may suffer more serious injuries.
Haval H9 evaluation report