The Geely Yuanjing S1 is essentially a heavily facelifted Emgrand EC7-RV hatchback.

[2] Originally the launch vehicle for Emgrand (Chinese: 帝豪品牌; pinyin: dì háo pǐnpái), the medium to high-end luxury brand of Geely that was launched in July 2009, the product was repositioned after the facelift.

The predecessing Emgrand EC7 hatchback (EC7-RV) went through a heavy facelift and gained plastic caddling to create the crossover-inspired look and was renamed to Yuanjing S1 to be repositioned under the Yuanjing product line while its sedan counterpart, the Geely Emgrand sedan remained to stay as part of the Emgrand product line.

The updated Geely Vision S1 features an additional Sports mode, and the entire lineup comes standard with the TPMS and the upgraded GKUI (Geely Smart Ecosystem).

Additional features such as power adjustment, electrical heating and LED indictors have been integrated into the outside rear-view mirrors.