Under the guidance of the trend of "new four modernizations", China's automobile industry, which is already at the forefront of the world, is constantly transforming and upgrading, and many car companies have increased their cutting-edge technology fields such as intelligence, networking, and electrification. Based on the present, looking back at the recently successful conclusion of this year's A-class auto show - the 2021 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, we can still be amazed and proud of the new brands, new technologies, new concepts and other aspects of China's automotive industry.
The endless emergence of new products has brought more choices to consumers, but which new cars are really worth recommending to consumers?
In this case, an authoritative car selection event is particularly important. In the 2021 China Automotive Annual General Election, which was guided by the Automobile Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, sponsored by Automobile Observation Media and Tsinghua Automobile Engineering Development Research Institute, and strongly supported by the Organizing Committee of the Guangzhou International Auto Show, a number of annual models selected from nearly 100 new cars of their own brands this year stood out, which not only represented the strongest level of Chinese brand cars, but also provided a strong reference for consumers, and Changan UNI-K was one of them.
In fact, this is not the first time that UNI-K has won the honor from a third-party selection platform - since its debut in November 2020, this new car has won nearly ten industry authoritative awards such as the Best (Autonomous) Debut New Car Award, the China Innovative Design and Gravitation Phenomenon Award, the SUV Design of the Year Award, the 2021 World Intelligent Driving Challenge Full Score Gold Award, and the Annual Model Award of the 2021 China Car Annual General Election.
Why has UNI-K won industry awards so many times? In the view of "Car Watch", this is closely related to the "new chivalry" it contains.
With the development of social progress and science and technology, knighthood has ceased to exist, but chivalry has been subtly integrated into the daily life of modern people. In the new social context, "new chivalry" is interpreted as gentlemanly, reliable, wise, combat effective and many other aspects, which coincides with UNI-K's core product strength in terms of appearance, safety, intelligent interaction, power control and so on.
Gentleman is the first element of "new chivalry", and UNI-K never hesitates to surprise users in appearance.
UNI-K still maintains the design level of the mass production version of the "concept car" in terms of appearance design, and the overall visual effect is more sci-fi fashionable. Specifically, UNI-K adopts the design method of "simplicity + super symbol", from the borderless grille, to the headlights like a starship, the daytime running lights with the wing trident shape of the starship, the spoiler of the tail spacecraft imprint, and then to the micro-slope design of the V-surface and the hidden door handle, the overall beauty of simplicity and elegance.
The "new knight" is not only the outward demeanor, but also the innate sense of responsibility in the heart.
When intelligence sweeps the industry, the car is no longer just a simple travel tool, but also a smart partner with intelligence, intelligence and rich emotional judgment. Based on this, UNI-K has carefully created a smart technology cockpit to provide users with a safe and efficient interactive experience.
In order to take into account the design aesthetics and the safety and convenience of the driver in the car, Changan Automobile engineers, after analyzing the UNI-K cockpit morphology, set the line of sight angle between the center of the UNI-K instrument and the center of the road to 13°, and at the same time defined the instrument as the main display carrier of UNI-K, and assigned the high-frequency tasks in driving to the instrument end closer to the road. In this way, the distance between the meter and the road is shorter when driving, and the driver can view the instrument information more securely and conveniently.
In addition to meeting the need for security, the "new knight" is also looking forward to bringing a more intimate experience to the guardians with high intelligence.
In November last year, Changan Automobile officially released the Ark architecture, an intelligent architecture that can achieve self-evolution, and UNI-K is the first product based on this architecture. According to reports, the intelligent robot Xiaoan carried by UNI-K integrates the Flying Fish 3.0 voice interaction system developed by iFLYTEK, which deeply integrates ecological APP such as AutoNavi Navigation, iQiyi, QQ Music, etc., and can realize functions such as context recognition, cross-scene recognition, sound source positioning, and semantic self-learning.
It is worth noting that unlike the cold "machine sound" of other speech systems, Xiaoan uses TTS speech synthesis technology (which has won the first place in the International Speech Synthesis Competition Blizzard Challenge for 14 consecutive years), not only the sound is like a real person, but the emotional expression is also more fluent and natural.
At the same time, on the basis of retaining UNI-T's classic AI active service function, UNI-K's machine vision has also evolved again. After the user gets on the car, UNI-K can automatically brush his face to identify the owner' identity, and adjust the seat and rearview mirror to a dedicated position based on the memory function, and also support the air gesture interaction function.
The "new knight" not only needs to guard internally, but also external exploration. As a medium-sized SUV, the UNI-K's power and handling performance have not disappointed.
UNI-K is equipped with a new generation of Blue Whale D series 2.0T engine, which originates from the Blue Whale power platform independently developed by Changan Automobile, which applies more than 20 advanced technologies such as high roller flow airway, 350 bar high pressure direct injection system, double vortex supercharging, continuous variable displacement oil pump, dual thermostat parallel cooling, water cooling and intercooling, etc., so that UNI-K 1500r/min can reach 350N·m of torque, peak torque of 390N·m, and fuel consumption of only 8.4L per 100 kilometers.
The blessing of aisin 8AT hand automatic transmission makes the power output of UNI-K flowing, the shift response is within 0.75s, almost no frustration, matching a variety of driving modes and TCU control functions, calmly coping with various working conditions. The refined chassis and steering tuning give the UNI-K a braking distance of 100-0km/h 35.9m, which can be retracted and retracted freely.
It can be seen that as the second UNI sequence to carry the crowning work, UNI-K has made the most perfect interpretation of the "new chivalry" with all-round leapfrog performance such as appearance, safety, intelligent interaction, power control, etc., which not only provides users with solid protection, adds impetus to the continuous upward movement of the Changan Automobile brand, but also provides the "gravity" for the peers to move forward.