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Brilliance BS4

The Brilliance BS4 or M2 is a compact car produced by Brilliance Auto in the People's Republic of China, where it is known as the Zhonghua Junjie. The car was scheduled for launch in Germany, Europe's largest national car market, in 2007.

Body
Seating The BS4/M2 can seat a total of five people. The three back passenger seats has average mid-size car leg room. Trims The vehicle had a total of seven trims; 1.6MT, 1.6MT Deluxe, 1.8MT, 1.8MT Deluxe, 1.8AT, 1.8AT Deluxe, and 1.8AT Premium. The most basic trim (1.16MT) lacked side airbags, a tyre pressure gauge, an anti-engine theft system and a parking radar. Bluetooth and GPS were present on the 1.8T AT Premium trim. ==Engine==
Engine
Initially, the BS4 was offered with an old Mitsubishi designed 1.8 L four cylinder engine claiming of output. A turbocharged 1.8 L unit developed by Brilliance themselves, with outputs of or , is already included on domestic market models. A diesel engine for installation in the European market version is still under development. ==Transmission==
Transmission
The turbocharged BS4 is available only with a four-speed automatic transmission, but for the European-spec base version, a "sloppy" five-speed manual gearbox is offered. ==Ride and handling==
Ride and handling
According to Auto Express, ride quality is "reasonably comfortable", but steering is "vague". ==Equipment==
Equipment
The car has electronically adjustable leather seats, air conditioning and electronic parking assistance. Interior plastic is described as "harsh and cheap" and leather quality as "cheap". ESC, which has become mainstream for European cars of this class, is not offered. ==Commercial==
Commercial
A precise date for a European press launch of the BS4 was never announced. The car was produced under licence by North Korean automaker Pyeonghwa as the Pyeonghwa Hwiparam II. Sales In the year it was launched in China, over 30,000 cars were sold. In 2013, 2414 cars were sold. It was sold in Europe being pulled from the market by the company in 2010, due to a lack of sales which may have been caused by quality issues. ==Gallery==
Gallery
==References and further reading==
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