It is essentially the sedan version of the Maple Hisoon compact hatchback.

The styling of the front end was heavily inspired by the Audi A4 of the time and the Citroën ZX.

The Marindo 305 was shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2005 along with four Geely models.

[2] The Maple Haixuan (海炫) is the hatchback variant of the Hysoul model as they feature the same front end designs.

The styling of the rear end was heavily inspired by the first generation Cadillac CTS.