{"id":41684,"date":"2026-05-20T13:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/41684\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:19:17","slug":"294000-buys-you-a-gold-trimmed-chinese-sedan-for-less-than-half-a-rolls-royce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/41684\/","title":{"rendered":"$294,000 Buys You A Gold-Trimmed Chinese Sedan For Less Than Half A Rolls-Royce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">\n                            The Maextro S800 Grand Design layers gold accents, new hardware, and Huawei&#8217;s latest ADAS over an already loaded flagship sedan<\/p>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ingallery no-lazy img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gtrvw4f-sdvc--1024x576.jpg\"   alt=\" $294,000 Buys You A Gold-Trimmed Chinese Sedan For Less Than Half A Rolls-Royce\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"\/>                        <\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=carscoops.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark_en.png\" width=\"338\" height=\"107\" alt=\"Add Carscoops as preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Maextro S800 gains Grand Design trim with gold accents.<\/p>\n<p>It features an exclusive bi-tone paint and a four-seater cabin.<\/p>\n<p>The luxury sedan will gain Huawei\u2019s most sophisticated ADAS.<\/p>\n<p>Huawei and JAC\u2019s ultra-luxury joint venture, Maextro, is capitalizing on its highly successful market entrance with an exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/11\/maextro-s800-ev-is-a-chinese-maybach-rival-from-huawei-and-jac\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">special edition of its flagship sedan<\/a>. The new Maextro S800 Grand Design adds bespoke styling touches and even more advanced technology, pushing the car further into Rolls-Royce territory at roughly half the cost of getting there properly.<\/p>\n<p>Visually, the highlights are the gold accents on the hood ornament, disc wheels, decorative stripes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/maextro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maextro<\/a> lettering, and rear badging. The bodywork wears a new livery combining deep blue-green with light silver.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2026\/05\/maserati-huawei-jac-partnership\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stellantis Responds To Report Of Maserati EV Tie-Up With China\u2019s Huawei And JAC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maextro has yet to share interior photos, but expect plenty of gold detailing throughout the cabin. The 5,480 mm (215.7 inches) sedan rides on an expansive 3,370 mm (132.7 inches) wheelbase and uses a four-seat layout built around rear passenger comfort. The standard S800 already includes a triple-screen setup, zero-gravity rear seats, a retractable laser projection screen, and a 43-speaker Huawei audio system<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Design package goes well beyond cosmetics. It adds a roof-mounted 896-line LiDAR system and a new camera integrated into the B-pillar. That hardware points to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/huawei\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Huawei\u2019s<\/a> latest Qiankun ADS 5.0 driver-assistance suite, a step up from the ADS 4.1 software found in current models.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/arrow.png\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/arrow.png\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maextro S800 Grand Design<\/p>\n<p>Under the skin, the Maextro S800 Grand Design offers a choice between battery electric (BEV) and range-extender (EREV) powertrains. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">electric version<\/a> uses a dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup producing 523 hp (390 kW \/ 530 PS), paired with a 97 kWh battery pack. The EREV combines a turbocharged 1.5-liter engine with three electric motors and a smaller 63 kWh battery.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2026\/05\/cars-prices-us-china\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">America\u2019s Average New Car Hit $51,456. China Sells 200 EVs Under Half That<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Maextro S800 Grand Design is expected to reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/China\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese<\/a> dealers in June. Official pricing will be announced closer to that date, but earlier comments from Richard Yu, Huawei\u2019s Executive Director, suggest it will land close to the \u00a52 million mark (over $294,000 at current rates). That is a steep premium over the standard S800, which starts at \u00a5708,000 ($104,000), yet still a bargain next to the \u00a55,030,000 ($738,600) Rolls-Royce Ghost.<\/p>\n<p>The ultra-premium push arrives as the standard Maextro S800 continues to rattle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2026\/05\/chinese-luxury-sedan-sale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China\u2019s luxury establishment<\/a>. The car has been the country\u2019s best-selling vehicle priced above \u00a5700,000 ($102,800) for eight consecutive months, with cumulative deliveries already past 17,000 units.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/arrow.png\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/arrow.png\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Maextro S800<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Maextro S800 Grand Design layers gold accents, new hardware, and Huawei&#8217;s latest ADAS over an already loaded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20731],"tags":[255,4926,20990,20991,20992,20993,1238],"class_list":["post-41684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rolls-royce","tag-china","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-huawei","tag-hybrids","tag-maextro","tag-new-cars","tag-rolls-royce"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116607108183021577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}