Urban SUV is too "soft", but its function can be light and off-road. Let's first look at several SUV models that mainly drive in cities. These SUVs may have similar styles, but their selling points are quite different. For example, the official map of the exterior and interior of the new car Kelin 08 has been published before, but we will meet you again at the Shanghai Auto Show. As a medium-sized SUV, the highlight of Ke Ling 08 is the on-board system equipped with Meizu Flyme Auto, with simple design, such as the use of hidden door handles, borderless doors and borderless rearview mirrors. In terms of power, it is expected to be equipped with a plug-in hybrid system consisting of the currently popular 1.5T engine and motor. It can be seen that this is an SUV that is more suitable for young people to travel in cities.
For example, the new brand Weilai Automobile will bring us a brand-new Weilai ES6 at the Shanghai Auto Show. As a brand-new model, the length, width and height of the new car are 4854/ 1995/ 1703mm, and the wheelbase is 29 15mm, which is larger than the current model, and the new car may be closer to ES7 in appearance. Of course, the wheelbase is more than 2.9 meters, which will have a good space performance in medium-sized pure electric SUV models. In addition, the new car will be built based on Weilai's latest NT2.0 platform, and its computing power will be further strengthened. At the same time, auxiliary driving hardware such as laser radar will be added. Therefore, representative SUV models such as New Power provide spacious seating space and luxurious interiors, as well as smarter assisted driving systems, and the energy consumption in the use cost is not high, which are their advantages.
Of course, urban SUVs are tired of watching, and there are also SUVs that can play outdoor light off-road types. Like Haval Snapdragon MAX, it is equipped with the new generation Hi4 hybrid system of Great Wall. What everyone is looking forward to is its four-wheel drive hybrid system. According to official information, the electric four-wheel drive is realized by two motors (the front motor can drive and generate electricity). The advantage of doing this is that using two-wheel drive in daily low load state and switching to four-wheel drive mode in high load state can also play a great role in saving fuel. In addition, in the same class, the approach angle and departure angle are relatively large, which can bring better passability. Therefore, to be precise, Haval Snapdragon MAX is more like an SUV that can be used for driving in the city and playing outdoors. Similar to the tough style, Chery's Czech traveler PHEV can give consideration to fuel economy while pursuing poetry and distance. So you will find that these urban SUVs have gradually broken the inherent impression and become more and more detailed in function.
Is the hard-core SUV too "over"? But more choices. If you like outdoor cross-country, most urban SUVs can't meet this function, then look at those hard-core off-road SUVs. However, as mentioned above, this kind of SUV emphasizes off-road strength and highlights the hard-core off-road style. For example, the new member of the tank family-tank 400. In order to highlight the style of the new car, the tank 400 is different from the model with organic armor. The length, width and height of the new car are 4985/ 1960/ 1905mm, and the wheelbase is 2850mm, which is close to Jeep herdsman. Although the power part is similar to the tank 300, it uses a 2.0T engine, but the maximum power is increased by 18kW in terms of engine parameters, and the four-wheel drive system will not be absent. However, in addition to emphasizing hard-core style attributes, the tank 400 also pays more attention to luxurious textures, such as leather seats and steering wheels, exquisite gear handles and many silver metal decorative pieces, which can be seen from the previous interior drawings of the concept car. In addition, there will be a plug-in version of the car this time, and the cost of car maintenance will be greatly reduced.
And look up to U8 like BYD. The shape of this million-class SUV can be described as burly. Its length exceeds 5.3 meters, its width exceeds 2 meters and its wheelbase exceeds 3 meters. With such a huge body, its acceleration can be controlled in 3 seconds, which shows that its performance is very powerful. In order to further highlight the off-road capability, U8 is expected to adopt a non-loaded body, with independent control of four motors, extreme anti-skid control and body stability control, which can realize many functions such as in-situ U-turn and tire puncture control. In addition, the new car will be equipped with Yun Qi -P chassis technology recently released by BYD, which has the characteristics of four-wheel linkage and four-wheel independent adjustment, and can be used in different off-road conditions.
As a benchmark player looking up to U8, the pure electric version of Mercedes-Benz EQG concept car Mercedes-Benz G is likely to appear at the Shanghai Auto Show according to the information circulating on the Internet. As we all know, Mercedes-Benz G has always been a classic representative of luxury hard-core off-road SUV. With the advent of electrification, what will happen if this hard-core off-road SUV starts electrification? Since Mercedes-Benz EQG is still in the concept car stage, from the concept car point of view, it continues the design style of the founder of Mercedes-Benz Big G, and its temperament is still very strong. Similarly, Mercedes-Benz EQG expects that the concept car will be equipped with four independently controllable motors to form a four-wheel drive system and support in-situ U-turn. This part of the function is similar to looking up at U8, but in the million-class luxury hard-core off-road SUV, one is an unshakable "veteran" and the other is a "new player". It is hard to say how the future performance will be, but what we can know is that the hard-core off-road SUV under the influence of electrification seems to be more powerful in performance.
In addition, we also pay attention to a new model-Ford Bronco, which is a popular hard-core off-road SUV abroad, but this Shanghai Auto Show is the first appearance of this new car in China. This kind of car tends to be an off-road SUV that plays outdoors. If you want it to be used at home and in daily life, it should be of little practicality, which is somewhat similar to the role of jeep shepherd. Ford Bronco, like Jeep herdsman, has classic two-door and four-door versions, as well as a compact Bronco sports version. The power is expected to be 1.5T, 2.0T and 2.3t.. If Ford is introduced in the future, players who play off-road vehicles will have another choice.
The conclusion may be because the domestic SUV market has not developed many years ago, and the models are relatively single, and there are not many models that consumers can choose. Therefore, the SUV model at that time gave people the inherent impression that it was large in space, strong in power and hard enough. However, after so many years of development, consumers' "appetite" is also changing and upgrading, and they are pursuing fashionable appearance, luxurious technology interior and so on. However, the characteristics of urban traffic, light off-road and hard-core off-road have been gradually strengthened, and even the fuel version of hard-core off-road vehicles will have more choices than just a few models in Shepherd. In general, these SUVs are more and more subdivided in function, and the available scenes will be more abundant.
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