In the past few years, the hot SUV market has attracted many luxury brands and sports car brands. Maserati, Porsche, Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini have all launched SUV models. Now Lotus has also announced the launch of SUV models, which is somewhat a "compromise" to the market.
It is reported that Lambda models can provide three powertrains, including gasoline, hybrid and pure electric; Pure electric vehicles will be put into production in Wuhan with an annual production capacity of 20,000 vehicles. As an SUV, Lambda will be built based on Volvo's SPA architecture, providing two seat layouts: four-seat version and five-seat version.
As the first SUV under the well-known super-running brand, Lambda will adopt the classic design of the Lotus family, with a hidden air intake grille on the front face and oversized air intakes on both sides, highlighting the sense of movement; Headlights adopt a sharp triangle design, highlighting the brand identity of Super Run.
According to the information disclosed so far, the size of Lambda is very close to that of BMW X5. The length, width and height of Lambda are 4900 mm/2017 mm/1625 mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2999mm；; The dimensions of BMW X5 are 4930mm/2004mm/ 1776mm. The industry believes that the new car will be with Model after listing? BMW X5 competes with Mercedes-Benz GLE.
In terms of power, the gasoline version of Lambda will use Volvo's 2.0L engine. As for the pure electric Lambda, the application information shows that the car will adopt dual-motor four-wheel drive, with the maximum power of the front motor 100kW, the maximum power of the rear motor 450kW, the combined maximum power up to 550kW and the NEDC cruising range up to 579km. This cruising range and Tesla model? The cruising range of the X-long version is very close, and the cruising range of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced by the latter is 575km. It is worth mentioning that BMW has a medium and large pure electric SUV that may be named iX5, and its cruising range is expected to reach 600km. Recently, it was photographed by overseas media and has been tested on the road. It is expected to be listed on 202 1. This means that the three are expected to form a confrontation in the electric vehicle market in the future.
Lotus is one of the three largest sports car manufacturers in the world, and it is as famous as Porsche and Ferrari. Historically, Lotus has always been famous for its simple and fashionable sports cars and brilliant track history. 1996, Lotus, which was in financial trouble, was acquired by Proton Malaysia. In 20 17, Geely Holding Group signed an agreement with Malaysian DRB-HICOM Group to acquire 49.9% shares of Proton Holdings and 5 1% shares of Lotus Group.
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