China is a big enough market to get their own designs and the Chinese have slightly different tastes than the west. This car wouldn’t even be made in the EU or US these days, it’s a cheap long wheelbase sedan. It’s an odd compromise. Usually if you really really care about rear passenger space, you’d either get a minivan or a luxury sedan, depending on if you’re hauling kids or VIPs. The Chinese don’t seem to like minivans as much and obviously most can’t afford luxury sedans (that applies in most places of course) so they choose something else entirely. Not as practical as a minivan, not as comfortable as a luxury sedan, but cheap and spacious. Of course they also get a ton of crossovers like everyone else these days, but not everyone wants those either because once you make a crossover big enough in the rear, those get pretty big and heavy, which means more compromises.
China is a big enough market to get their own designs and the Chinese have slightly different tastes than the west. This car wouldn’t even be made in the EU or US these days, it’s a cheap long wheelbase sedan. It’s an odd compromise. Usually if you really really care about rear passenger space, you’d either get a minivan or a luxury sedan, depending on if you’re hauling kids or VIPs. The Chinese don’t seem to like minivans as much and obviously most can’t afford luxury sedans (that applies in most places of course) so they choose something else entirely. Not as practical as a minivan, not as comfortable as a luxury sedan, but cheap and spacious. Of course they also get a ton of crossovers like everyone else these days, but not everyone wants those either because once you make a crossover big enough in the rear, those get pretty big and heavy, which means more compromises.