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The 2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid is an affordable and spacious compact hybrid SUV for families.

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The Haval Jolion range starts from $28,000 for the petrol base model to $41,000 for this new top-spec Ultra Hybrid version. Let’s find out how practical this hybrid is for families when we put it through our BabyDrive testing…

Well, this car is a lot for the price. The exterior looks good and puts on a full disco of lights when you unlock the car. This is especially impressive at night, like the antennas of moths in lines on either side of the front of the car.

The Haval Jolion looks at home in any line-up of new SUVs with modern exterior styling.

The interior is modern and minimal too, but some of the plasticky feeling vinyls and textures do cheapen the interior a little.

The dash is perhaps a little too minimal because there are no aircon controls in the dash, meaning the only way to adjust the aircon is through the media screen and this feels like a fiddly, lengthy process when you are driving. Also you have to come out of any screen you are in to do it. So for example, if you are using the satnav at the time it’s frustrating.

The media screen is a large landscape screen with an easy-to-use system.

It has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto which is great for accessing the navigation, messaging and music/podcast apps on your phone while driving.

The cameras are exceptionally good for a car of this price…

…with clear imagery and 360-degree views of the exterior of the vehicle.

You can easily turn parking sensors off with a button below the screen on the dashboard.

A nice storage feature in the front is the bridge central console which gives you somewhere to pop your handbag or the passenger's phone if it’s plugged in.

There is wireless phone charging pad, two USBs and a 12v socket there too. Storage throughout the rest of the car is good too, with a glasses case in the ceiling (fewer cars seem to include these nowadays to nice job GWM Haval)…

…there is a good-sized glove box and a big central console box, and the door bins in the front and back are large and will hold refillable water bottles and more.

In the front, there are two cup holders but they are different sizes. One holds a reusable coffee cup or water bottle and the other was the perfect size for my baby's water cup or a babyccino!!

In the back, there are two cup holders in a central fold-down armrest and map pockets on the back of both front seats that will hold and conceal an iPad.

When it comes to the rear passengers they are very well looked after.

There is no hump in the rear footwell, which is great news for big kids or adults travelling in the back and it makes it easier for little kids to get in and out of their car seats.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid space between two child seats installed in the second row

There is so much room in the Haval Jolion, and the footwell makes it more spacious.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid ISOFIX child seat anchorages in the second row

There are ISOFIX points in the two outer rear seats. They are not within plastic guides but within shaped parts of the seat fabrics. I found them tricky to connect to but once they are in they are fine.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid top tether child seat anchorages in the second row

The top tether anchorages are on the back of all three rear seats and are nice and easy to connect through the boot.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid with three child seats installed in the second row

Three Infasecure child seats fit nicely across the rear seat of the Haval Jolion! I installed the Infasecure Attain More in the outer and central seat and Infasecure Aspire More booster in an outer seat. They all fit nicely and you could put three Infasecure Attain More seats across if you wanted to.

I could just fit between two child seats in the back and I’m 162cm. We travelled with an Infasecure Attain More rear-facing and an Infasecure Aspire More forward-facing and found it really lovely and spacious for our family of four.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid space between two child seats installed in the second row

Legroom is fantastic in the Haval Jolion. We found we could comfortably fit a 186cm passenger in front of a rear facing Infasecure Attain More. Or a 180cm driver in front of a rear facing Infasecure Attain More.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid legroom with rear-facing child seats installed in the second row

The boot of the Haval Jolion is quite shallow, probably to house the battery for the hybrid. I feel space has been taken slightly from the boot to give to the interior space.

Having said that, you can fit ten shopping bags in the boot of the Haval Jolion hybrid. This is comparative to the Nissan Qashqai and Honda HR-V that both hold ten shopping bags and the Kia Seltos which holds eleven and the MG ZS which holds nine shopping bags.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid boot space for shopping with two rows of seats in use

Or a twin pram side-by-side pram will fit in the boot underneath the parcel shelf.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid boot space for twin side by side stroller pram and shopping with two rows of seats in use

A single pram fits nicely in the boot with room for a few bags of shopping.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid boot space for shopping with single stroller pram if two rows of seats are in use

If your family has a dog then you will fit a small or medium size fur baby in the boot of the Haval Jolion hybrid if you remove the parcel shelf.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid boot space for dogs with two rows of seats in use

Overall the Jolion hybrid makes a great family SUV. Interior space is good and for those that need to fit three child seats in the back you can, and legroom is very generous with rear-facing child seats installed.

2022 GWM Haval Jolion Hybrid with three child seats installed in the second row

The media system and cameras are very good for a car of this price.

The hybrid is economical and the transition from hybrid motor to engine is incredibly smooth, which I was not expecting and I loved sitting while my little one slept mainly using the hybrid system to run the aircon.

I was impressed and surprised by the Jolion. For families, it's one of the most affordable and practical SUVs of its size category on the market and the fact you can get it as a hybrid makes it even more appealing.

The petrol Jolion has a five-star ANCAP safety rating, but the hybrid model is yet to be rated. The Jolion has seven airbags as standard.

Dual frontal, side chest-protecting and side head-protecting (curtain) airbags are standard. A centre airbag which provides added protection to front seat occupants in side impact crashes is also standard.

 

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Tace Clifford
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Tace Clifford founded BabyDrive in 2017 after discovering a huge information gap in mainstream car reviews that left new parents and expanding families in the dark when it came to one of the biggest purchasing decisions of their lives.

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