The Hongqi E-HS9 is more than five metres long, weighs 2.6 tonnes and has a grille that looks capable of issuing diplomatic instructions. Something peculiar happens when you drive a Hongqi E-HS9. Traffic moves. Not dramatically. Nobody mounts the kerb or salutes as you pass. But there is an unmistakable sense that people notice this enormous SUV appearing in their mirrors and quietly decide that perhaps now would be a good time ...

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