Today, when the market competition in China is becoming more and more fierce, joint venture brands and independent brands have been "hand-to-hand combat" in multiple market segments, and for the vast majority of consumers, choosing a brand or choosing a configuration within their own budget is a difficult problem faced by many people when buying a car.
Especially for some joint venture brand models, through the extremely simple configuration of low-end models to reduce the entry price of the car series, and even some of the models will not be scheduled, although this practice can attract consumers to the store, but it is as much criticized as "mark-up". Independent brands often perform relatively better in this regard, not only can give attractive choices in the main models sold, but even entry-level models can have a good configuration performance, and the Starway Lingyun we talked about today is one of the best.
Xingtu debuted as a chery high-end brand, international design and strict manufacturing standards are the first impression left by this brand, but it is also sincere in the configuration performance level - the traditional "rich configuration" advantages of independent brands have not been abandoned on this brand, and the car we recommend today is the Xingtu Lingyun 400T model listed in August this year.
From January to October this year, the sales volume of Xingtu Lingyun has increased by 92.9% year-on-year, as the first model of the Xingtu M3X Mars architecture PRO, this car has been recognized by more and more consumers. The Xingtu Lingyun 400T model is equipped with a 2.0T engine and the price range is 157,900-179,900 yuan. Let's take the official price of 162,900 yuan of The Starway Lingyun sub-low-end model: 2021 400T two-wheel drive Xingrui Pro Edition as an example to see how Xingtu Lingyun interprets "entry is high matching".
Since it is a configuration comparison, let's start with the level of security configuration that consumers should pay the most attention to. In order to more intuitively show the configuration of the start-up version of the Starway Lingyun model, we compared the entry-level model of the joint venture brand Volkswagen Tuyue with similar prices to see if the Starway Lingyun can afford the title of "entry is high-end".
From the comparison of safety configurations in the above figure, we can see that compared with the Volkswagen Tuyue entry model, The Number of Airbags and the richness of the active safety configuration are ahead of the Higher Price of volkswagen Tuyue, which is more important than the active safety system and the installation of the head air curtain, which can effectively improve the safety of our daily life, playing the role of "big things (so) small, small things (therefore)".
At the same time, thanks to the excellent body structure design and sufficient passive safety configuration, Xingtu Lingyun has won the C-NCAP's super five-star performance last year, and the safety performance is beyond doubt.
Let's talk about active security configuration, which is no longer a "premium" configuration in 2021. In fact, more and more consumers realize that whether it is anti-collision warning or active braking, it can indeed effectively avoid the occurrence of accidents in the process of our usual use of the car, and many critical moments may be deceleration one second in advance, and the results are completely different.
From the perspective of consumers, we certainly hope that manufacturers can take this configuration as the standard of the whole series, from this point of view, Xingtu Lingyun has indeed achieved "entry is high-quality" at the level of safety configuration - the active safety system is the standard of the whole series, while the front side airbags, 360-degree panoramic images, and ACC adaptive cruise are all standard in the whole series.
Intelligence has become a huge battlefield for manufacturers in strategic deployment. With the enrichment of Internet talents and the improvement of the supply chain, we will find that many Chinese brands have developed from the beginning to a relatively mature intelligent interconnection system. The intelligent experience of the vehicle has also become the focus of the new generation of consumers when buying a car.
As the first model of Xingtu M3X Mars Architecture PRO, the core highlight of Xingtu Lingyun in the intelligent level is Chery's latest release of Lion4.1 Lion Zhiyun System.
At the hardware level, Lion4.1 Lion Zhiyun system is equipped with Intel 4-core processor, as well as 2 12.3-inch full LCD screens, screen resolution of 1920 * 720, in the screen reaction speed and display clarity are praised.
At the software level, Lion4.1 Lion Zhiyun system is based on Baidu OS, we can understand it as the relationship between MIUI and Android system, the entire UI interface with dark color as the background, the use of relatively skeuomorphic UI design, but the overall style is still relatively concise. At the same time, the degree of customization of the system interface is good, whether it is the main color or the main interface icon, it can be adjusted according to the user's own daily habits.
At the interactive level, lion4.1 lion zhiyun system is more abundant than the general independent brand. The basic touch screen and voice interaction are relatively smooth, and the system also has integrated driving recorder, remote control, FOTA vehicle upgrade and other functions, and even the face recognition & voiceprint recognition that has recently been popularized on mobile phones is also equipped, with a vehicle OS with rich networking functions and pan-life functions such as payment, Xingtu Lingyun has indeed completely separated from the mobile phone in the car at the intelligent level.
At the use level, AR enhanced real-life navigation is definitely a weapon to increase consumers' goodwill, the navigation path will be projected in real time in the full LCD dashboard, and according to the current real scene and lane with a virtual path to achieve navigation, especially in the face of a high-drop city like Chongqing, navigation can be intuitive.
The Starway currently has two powertrains, the model with a tail mark of 290T is equipped with a 1.6T turbo engine + 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, while the model with a tail mark of 400T is equipped with a new combination of 2.0T turbocharged engine + 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission.
From the book parameters, even the 1.6T model has a maximum power of 145kW/197Ps and a peak torque of 290N·m, while the 2.0T model can reach a maximum power of 192kW/261Ps and a peak torque of 400N·m. What is this concept? It should be known that with the increasingly stringent emission regulations, in order to ensure the comfort of driving, most of the mainstream joint venture brand 2.0T models have the maximum power concentrated in 200 horsepower, while the maximum power of the engine of the Xingtu Lingyun 400T model has reached 192kW/261 horsepower, and even reached the level of high-power engines of some luxury brands.
Similarly, we take the famous Volkswagen EA888 2.0T engine as an example, the low-power version of the engine has a maximum power of 137kW/186 horsepower and a peak torque of 320N·m, while the maximum power of the high-power engine is only 162kW/220 horsepower, with a peak torque of 350N·m. We also give a comparison table of the powertrain of Xingtu Lingyun and the powertrain of mainstream joint venture brands.
From the perspective of power parameters, the Xingtu Lingyun 400T model is obviously leading, of course, we can also find that the two engines of Xingtu Lingyun are not as broad as the joint venture rivals on the peak torque platform, but the sufficient power reserve is enough to ignore the small difference in power characteristics.
However, the quality of the power depends on the actual test performance, just in the past October, the Xingtu Lingyun 400T model won the 5 first places in the 2021 China Mass Production Vehicle Performance Competition (CCPC) at one time, of which in the "0-100km/h acceleration" project, it was also awarded the honor of the first place in all the participating fuel vehicles of CCPC since its inception.
In addition to the hard-hitting powertrain part, in fact, the impact on consumers' driving is more the configuration of the driver assistance system.
The 400T model is equipped with FCW front impact warning and AEB active braking system as standard, and is equipped with L2 level driver assistance system from the 400T two-wheel drive StarRui Pro version.
It includes highly practical lane keeping system, lane departure warning system, road traffic sign recognition and other functions, and on higher-level models, it also adds parallel assist function and FAPA automatic parking assist function, and the scientific and technological strength is full.
For joint venture brands, many of the comfort and luxury of the configuration is only equipped on the high-end model, consumers buy low-end models, often only to get the design, space, power level of product advantages, but the star of the cloud does not operate in this way.
We still take the sub-low-end model: The 2021 400T two-wheel drive StarRui Pro Edition as an example to see the installation of the low-end model in the comfort configuration.
First of all, in terms of seat configuration, the Star Rui Pro edition main co-driver electric seat is not running, and even the lowest model, in the material is not used more perfunctory fabric material, but the use of leather materials, to ensure the interior texture of the lowest model. On the Star Rui Pro version, it has the same front seat ventilation, heating, electric seat memory and other functions as the high-end model, and the comfort is not inferior at all.
In terms of practical configuration, the electric tailgate, induction trunk, and keyless entry/start function are all functions often used in life, and the Xingtu Lingyun 400T is the standard of the whole series. What's more eye-catching is that this car is also equipped with 360-degree panoramic parking images and adaptive cruise functions as standard, and the StarRui Pro version model has been upgraded to full-speed domain adaptive cruise, which can significantly increase the convenience of the car for the star-to-go cloud positioned in a medium-sized SUV.
It is worth mentioning that Xingtu Lingyun is also equipped with SONY's 8-speaker sound system, automatic air conditioning with partition control and air purification system in the car, which are generally used as luxury configurations in the middle and high-end models of competitors.
Even if these comfort features are put aside, the car itself has a wheelbase of 2800mm and more than 139mm of rear knee space, coupled with the rear seat backrest adjustable, so the comfort of the rear is completely beyond the standard even for entry-level models.
Full text summary: We often see that in recent years, both independent brands and joint venture brands are promoting the creation of young products, but aside from the design concept or some dispensable interior elements, the essence of the vehicle is still to serve a better life. Although we are interpreting the configuration of The Starway in this article, we can still see that in addition to the configuration, the Starway car has excellent power, abundant space and excellent comfort, which is a standard "uncompromising" product.
What's more, it lets young people know that even entry-level models can have them all.