The temperature is like this, and it hasn’t snowed yet in Chengdu. I’m really sorry for the weather. It was rumored that it was going to snow last night. Who knew that everyone would go watch the “Observe Everywhere” live broadcast of the meteor shower. I must have gone too. Yes, it’s just that watching this kind of live broadcast is like watching English words in high school, it’s super hypnotic.
So I woke up this morning and looked at the pictures to pretend I saw a meteor shower, wow! So beautiful! Might as well go to work honestly.
Work begins!
Last week, there wasn’t much to talk about. Most of them were announcing sales information, but the gap was not big compared to the previous months, so there’s no need to say more. However, Great Wall was suddenly exposed. Things are going to happen again. A new brand internally named "SL Project" has been exposed. It is rumored to be called "Salon Auto". It will focus on high-end new energy vehicles. It is expected to be released in the first half of next year. The first new car will be launched the year after that. The new car will be The SUV model is tentatively headquartered in Shanghai, and there is news that it has been registered. The information is as follows:
It can be seen through Tianyancha that this Shanghai Salon Zhixing Industrial Co., Ltd., established in 2014, used to be named Shanghai Haval Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., and the investment institution is Great Wall Motors, there is reason to believe that Great Wall has already been preparing to enter the game and is just waiting for the opportunity.
As for what form or name it will finally appear in, more information needs to be revealed, so let’s take a look at the new cars launched last week first.
The application drawing of the Tank 300 city version has been exposed. The overall appearance of the city version is roughly the same as that of the off-road version that will be launched on the 17th of this month. The details are treated differently and are not as ostentatious as the off-road version. At the same time, the front grille has been replaced with a chrome strip decoration. The overall appearance is not as prominent as the off-road version, but because the design itself is still more hard-core off-road, you can still see that this is such a stable model.
The interior is similar to the previously launched off-road version. It is still powered by the same E20CB2.0T engine as the off-road version, with a maximum power of 167kw, a maximum torque of 387 Nm, and a declared fuel consumption value of 8.9L per 100 kilometers. , the curb weight is 2 tons, and it is matched with an 8AT gearbox.
It is expected that the price of the city version should be lower than that of the off-road version. After all, we do not need four-wheel drive to install X in the city, so the price is easy to negotiate, but I just want to know when the 3.0T will be released?
(Tank 300 off-road version: launched on the 17th of this month)
In addition to the popular model Tank 300, Geely also quietly launched a pickup truck last week, which is Geely Commercial The car LOGO, but in today's time when pickup trucks are becoming more and more popular, this pickup truck has already attracted a lot of attention, but it really looks like "a little weird feeling" as netizens said.
Yuanyuan Automobile is also the main brand of Geely in the production of commercial vehicles, and this car is also its first pickup truck. You can see that it looks very Geely in appearance, especially the straight waterfall style on the front face. The shape of the grille is somewhat similar to the recently popular Xingrui by Geely, and the interior also adopts Geely's design style. If you just sit in the car, you will definitely think that you are driving a Geely passenger car.
(Side view of Remote FX)
(Side view of Geely Boyue)
I believe that the strangest thing must be the trunk, because the cargo box is exposed The part is very short and even slips from the C-pillar. It looks like a small cargo box has been added to the Geely Borui. It is no wonder that it is a bit weird to be complained about.
As the Great Wall Cannon continues to sell well, sales have exceeded 10,000 every month since its launch. You must know that this is still under the premise that the pickup truck ban has not been fully liberalized, so the passenger pickup truck segment has also been Car companies are keeping an eye on it, but Geely seems to be a little too hasty this time. I can only say that fortunately it is not a Geely sign.
However, it’s not bad to rush. As long as you have money and are willing to spend money, you don’t even need any technical research and development. You can directly build a car directly from other brands.
This is what Evergrande did. In just one or two years, the car has now been put on the road. Last week, the appearance and interior of Hengchi 1 were even exposed.
This is the interior. There are three screens in the center console. The black background of piano paint is directly connected to the door panels. The entire interior looks very sci-fi, and the important armrests are also decorated with ink colors. , the sense of luxury has been improved again, but what about the gear lever? At present, we can guess that it is either the iconic knob gear lever of Jaguar Land Rover, the gear shift design of Mercedes-Benz, or the button shift of Lincoln, but I have to say that this interior design is indeed not bad, even this LOGO is still a bit real estate. the taste.
Needless to say, the appearance completely restores the design of the previous concept car.
Overall, from the current point of view, the actual car of Hengchi 1 still looks very good from the pictures. You can see that Boss Xu can’t close his mouth when he smiles. I don’t know if it’s because the car is so real. Is it good, or is it because you can get a few more pieces of land at this speed?
What is more mysterious is the one below. The key is that no one expected it to be operated by Toyota.
In the past two months, everyone knew that the Toyota Crown was going to be discontinued, right? But last week there was news that this crown is not going to be discontinued, but will be reborn in another way.
This way is SUV! My dear, is this SUV blown like this?
A Japanese car magazine stated that Toyota is currently preparing to launch a new generation of Crown models. The new model is an SUV and is positioned above the Toyota Harrier model. It is also accompanied by a rendering of the new car. It can be seen that the front face maintains the headlights, grille style and crown logo of the current Crown. The model looks quite large and is similar to its Highlander model.
It is said that the positioning will be higher than that of Harrier, which means that the size will be larger than it. With the name of Crown, won’t it be sold at the price of Lexus?
Then we might as well take a look at the Harrier that just appeared. Since last year, it has been rumored that this car will be introduced by FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota respectively, and will be positioned between the RAV4 and Highlander. News has previously revealed that the internal code name of the FAW Toyota Harrier version is 941B, and the model is named "Hilia"; the internal code name of the GAC Toyota Harrier version is 942B, named "Fenglanda". The final name still needs to be officially confirmed.
Last week, the patent drawing of the new Harrier was officially released, and the tail logo was also changed from a dove logo to a Toyota cow head logo, indicating that the introduction of this car has indeed been advancing and is likely to be consistent with the previously revealed debut time. It will be launched in Shanghai cars in April next year and will be officially launched in November.
Among Toyota's current SUVs, the layout of Highlander, Wilanda/RAV4, and Yize/C-HR really needs to be enriched, and the sales of small SUVs are not satisfactory, so It is still very interesting to continue to launch new cars, which will occupy the mid-sized SUV market between Wilanda and Highlander.
We are already here, let’s just start to end the paragraph. In addition to the slight surprise about the Great Wall’s “SL Project” last week, there was actually a lot of gossipy news, that is, last week, Some media exposed an internal document of Zotye Automobile:
The document mentioned that starting from November 30, 2020, all employees of the research institute will be on vacation, and the return time of employees will be notified separately.
The official website shows that Zotye currently has four R&D centers in Hangzhou, Chongqing, Yokohama, Japan, and Turin, Italy, and has also built a research team of more than 2,000 people.
Although in the eyes of many people, Zotye Research Institute may just go to major car companies with tape measures to measure dimensions, then go home to review, and then directly start building cars, in fact Zotye researchers do New cars are still being developed, but many of them are about to go bankrupt before they can be launched.
But my biggest question is, why does the holiday start on November 30? Isn’t it supposed to be a holiday long ago? In the first half of this year, Zotye failed to sell 10,000 units of all its models combined, and its losses were astronomical. It is still very conscientious to be able to insist on not having a holiday until November 30, right? I just don’t know if everyone’s wages are paid on time.
(Previous picture of Zotye employees asking for salary)
Speaking of wages, the last month of 2020 is almost halfway over here, and the boss hasn’t mentioned the year-end bonus yet. I don’t know. Do you want to run away?
Just~ I have to go ahead and explore the way.
Next week, we will discuss the year-end bonus.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.