2005 Chengfeng Liabao C7 Concept shown in Auto Shanghai 2005 which later became 2008 Chengfeng Liabao LS7

Source: chinacarhistory (Only key points being taken here)

Based on Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin

In 1995 Mitsubishi bought a 15% stake in Changfeng Motor, and Changfeng started making several Mitsubishi models (mostly Pajero rebadges) for the Chinese market.

In 2005, when the company started to manufacture the Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin in China, powered by a 2.0 liter petrol engine.

Changfeng, however, was not content to build just a rebadged Pinin. They wanted more. With permission from Mitsubishi they decided to develop a new car, still based on the Pinin, but with its own distinctive design.

Irony, despite manufacturing Mitsubishi Pajeros, the Liebao logo looks like Lexus badge.

The Changfeng Liebao CS7 officially debuted on the November 2008 Guangzhou Auto Show. It was priced from 99.800 yuan to 108.600 yuan. The only engine available was again the Mitsubishi 2.0. Output was 121 hp and 168 Nm. Only gearbox was a five speed manual. Base versions had rear-wheel drive and the top-end versions had four-wheel drive. Fuel consumption of the RWD car was 9 liter/100 kilometer, the 4WD car needed 9.4 liters for 100.

Sadly, the Liebao CS7 never became a big success. This was caused mainly by a lack of dealers, which had also hurt sales of the Changfeng Feiteng. When Guangzhou Auto bought Changfeng in 2011 they almost immediately cancelled the Liebao CS7, after only two years of production.

On the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2009 Changfeng showed a hybrid  version of the Liebao CS7 Art and an electric version of the Sport, both concepts. The hybrid had a totally new power train consisting of a 87 hp 1.3 liter petrol engine and a  40 hp electric motor, mated to a CVT. Changfeng was ahead of the pack again, but in the end neither the PHEV nor the EV ever made it into production.