"What kind of car is this?"
A few friends asked after seeing the video posted in the circle of friends, and I immediately replied that Chery iCAR 03 would be listed soon.
This shows that iCAR 03 has achieved initial success and attracted everyone’s attention-it is hard not to be attracted when you see a small square box that looks like a guard.
Just in October this year, Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery, issued a signal, "We won’t be so polite in the ranking of new energy industry as this year! We will definitely enter the national head position. " .
Chery’s wholesale volume in November reached 210,000 vehicles, which is already the head of the head, but its new energy products are still short-board-14,000 vehicles in November, with a penetration rate of only 7%, while the penetration rate of the whole China brand new energy vehicles has reached 60%.
As the first new energy vehicle (Zhijie S7 cooperated with Huawei) after the chairman’s outburst, iCAR 03 has high hopes. The new car will be officially opened for pre-sale on December 18th, and the pre-sale price has already been announced at Guangzhou Auto Show, among which the price range of two-wheel drive version is 140,000-160,000 yuan, and that of four-wheel drive version is 160,000-190,000 yuan.
Design: the electric guard has a high value.
Chery, the brand of iCAR, was registered as early as 2003, and it was officially launched 20 years later. As the first model of iCAR, 03 contains the meaning of "three things are born" and cannot be lost.
Now the auto market is extremely involuted, and the hard-core off-road vehicle with square box shape seems to have become a big blue ocean market at present, and the typical one is Land Rover Defender.
The price of more than 1 million guards is still in short supply, which has driven Chery Jaguar Land Rover to increase its sales in China by 25% in the first 10 months of this year. Jaguar Land Rover executives claimed that friends can learn from the outside of guards, but they can’t learn from the core.
It is undeniable that the guardian is indeed online. This is also the era of looking at the face value. A car with a high face value may not sell well, but a car with a low face value will not sell well.
As a latecomer, China brand really has no chance if it starts with oil cars, but the era of electrification has changed the rules of the game.
The price of Chery iCAR 03 is about 1/10 of that of Guardians, and Guardians are embarrassed to speak. Moreover, iCAR 03 is pure electric, and its size is very different, and the details are also different.
ICAR 03 positioning is the first fun car for young people and the second car for families, which has no less temperament.
Judging from the scene, the overall shape of iCAR 03 is square and tough, and the body is outlined with a large number of straight lines, which is very consistent with the traditional impression of off-road vehicles.
The inverted "L"-shaped headlight group also brings high recognition to the new car, which is obviously different from the guardian, while the daytime running lights on both sides echo the iCAR brand LOGO.
The external "small schoolbag" design and vertical taillights at the tail are also common design languages for off-road vehicles. It should be noted that this small schoolbag (which can only carry 10 kilograms) is not a spare tire, but is designed for aesthetics and adding off-road atmosphere.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4406/1910/1715mm respectively, but the wheelbase can reach 2715mm, making it a small SUV.
The short front and rear suspension and the traditional four-door design can improve the passability of the vehicle and ensure the seating space in the vehicle. When coming into the car, the interior of the new car also adopts a tough square design language. The overall layout of the cockpit is symmetrical, and the suspended central control panel and the through design below expand the internal storage space and spatial freedom.
When we entered the car, the color first surprised us. Changing the layout of the black system in the past, it adopts the double elements of green and cement ash, and is decorated with bronze color, which brings a full sense of advanced. The display area adopts full LCD instrument and suspended central control screen, which matches the latest car system, and the whole intelligence is extended again.
Look at the seat again. Due to the square body of this car, the whole sitting posture is slightly upright, and the angle cannot be adjusted. If it is long, the comfort will be reduced. Fortunately, the official has added more materials to this car seat, which is the ceiling in the same level in the whole softness!
In terms of power, the new car will provide two rear-mounted single-motor and double-motor drive systems, with the maximum power of 135KW and 205KW respectively, and the pure electric cruising range of 401 km and 501 km, and it is equipped with L2-class auxiliary driving function.
Cross-country ability: guardian 7 successful bottom?
With its compact body and pure electric structure, our four-wheel drive version iCAR 03 is still quite easy to drive, which is more than enough to shuttle through Wuhu’s urban roads, online celebrity beaches and even professional off-road venues.
From the beginning of its design, iCAR 03 is mainly used to travel in cities, but also to take into account other certain off-road capabilities, because its slogan is "play differently."
This car has a built-in all-aluminum girder and a four-wheel drive mode, but it is impossible to think about using a small pure electric SUV for heavy off-road. It is still no problem to do ordinary off-road.
The car adopts an all-aluminum body and embedded high-strength all-aluminum girders. The torsional stiffness of the car body is 30% higher than that of the traditional steel body, which effectively improves the endurance and handling performance. In terms of chassis, iCAR 03 adopts the front McPherson with hydraulic isolation bushing and rear H-arm multi-link independent suspension, which is the same as Land Rover, and can reduce road vibration by more than 30% in bumpy road conditions.
ICAR 03 has a approach angle of 26 and a departure angle of 29, with a minimum ground clearance of 170 mm and a maximum wading depth of 600mm, while Land Rover has a maximum wading depth of 900 mm. With the support of iWD intelligent electronic control four-wheel drive, iCAR 03 can easily cope with various road conditions such as snow, mud and sand.
In addition to scattering in the sand, we drove a Chery iCAR 03: we crossed the bumpy mud, set foot in a 60cm sink, and climbed a 45-degree hump. We really played something different.
There will be an extended version next year, and the price may be less than 100,000 yuan.
ICAR 03 is a pure electric version, but as the first car for young people, the price of about 150 thousand yuan is still a little expensive. After all, young people are under a lot of pressure now, and there are a lot of car loans and mortgages. , of course, except for the family’s strong assistance; In addition, there are too many models to choose from for 150,000 yuan.
Now there is a better solution-extended range version, which can solve the mileage anxiety problem of young people and reduce the cost.
According to iCAR insiders, 03 reserved an extended range version at the beginning of design, and it is expected that the extended range version will be launched in June next year, and the price may be less than 100,000 yuan.
This is a good thing for iCAR 03. After all, Chery has high expectations for it-it hopes to sell more than 10,000 yuan a month. If it only relies on the pure electric version, I think it is unlikely, because in the pure electric and extended range versions, the extended range version is generally more popular, and the higher the end, the more popular it is.
This has answered the concern of the extended-range version of "low". Driven by the main car companies such as Ideal, Challenge, Geely and Changan, the extended-range version is entering thousands of households.
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