Text / Zilan
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The collective progress of China's automobile industry, but the road to the top of Chinese car brands has been exceptionally successful, which greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. Independent giants led by Chang'an, Geely, Great Wall and BYD have created high-end brands or series.
Among these brands, the most moving thing for the author is Changan's UNI series, as a latecomer, competing with Lynk & Co, WEY and other companies that have been deeply cultivated for many years, and constantly breaking through the blockade of joint venture brands and occupying a place in the domestic high-end market. Moreover, the Changan UNI series is one of the few that transmits its own design, technology, sports and other characteristics to consumers, and the image of "future car" is deeply imprinted in the hearts of consumers.
Not long ago, the Changan UNI series launched the third model in the series, which is also the first car of the UNI series, Changan UNI-V. The elevated work of this Changan sedan will bring out the characteristics of the UNI series' high value, strong design, high technology and sports style to the fullest, and in the field of 150,000 cars, it has come up with a truly heartwarming model.
"Handsome at a glance" super sense design
The heart-pounding experience of Changan UNI-V is first manifested in the appearance value. From UNI-T to UNI-K to UNI-V, the UNI series is called a "martial arts master" in design.
UNI-V continues the classic borderless grid design of the UNI family, the grid form has evolved again, under the parametric design, the grid element set gradually transitions from the central quadrilateral to the sides into a triangle, which is very sci-fi. In addition, in order to create a sense of the future, UNI-V uses a large number of triangle symbols, inspired by the "Three-Body Problem", adding a touch of mystery to UNI-V's sci-fi style.
UNI-V not only has the strength of "handsome at a glance", if you look deep into its details, you will find it equally intriguing. For example, the design of the deflector area under the headlights enhances the sense of movement of the front face through the cutting surface and the runner design. The flattened new brand V standard also makes the vehicle temperament add a sense of the future.
At the moment when simplicity is popular, the details of Changan UNI-V are very plump, and a very good balance is achieved in simplicity and complexity, showing a very good visual effect.
De-complicating the movement form
If UNI-V impresses consumers at first glance with beauty, then its athletic form is like a bodybuilder, showing strength, coordination and subtlety, making people still have an aftertaste after sighing.
UNI-V adopts the design of "short suspension long axis", the front overhang is 905mm, the shaft length ratio is 0.59, and the shorter front suspension and a larger shaft length ratio are used to create a stretch and sporty feeling of luxury sports cars. Not only that, UNI-V adopts fastback slipback design, the top line angle is more than 150 °, of which the roof and rear glass angle, rear glass and rear glass angle is even close to 180 °. On the Changan UNI-V, you can't see a slightly bloated posture of a family car, and the sense of fluency is all over the car.
In addition, UNI-V is not just a superficial appearance, its height to width ratio is 0.78, wheel height / car height = 0.47, wheel height accounts for almost half of the height of the car, comparable to luxury sports cars. The lower center of gravity and wider wheelbase bring a lower wind resistance coefficient, making the Changan UNI-V more stable in acceleration, braking, and cornering. In addition, the UNI-V features a concealed door handle and the only electric lifting tail in its class to enhance sporty performance while fully packing the style.
The sporty atmosphere penetrates from the outside to the inside, and when you enter the cockpit, you can better appreciate the charm of sports coupes. Thanks to the higher utilization of cabin space and flexible space layout of the Ark architecture, the front seat of the UNI-V has been reduced by 39 mm, and the new ergonomic seat profile provides the driver with more reliable support and confidence when cornering.
In addition, there are double D racing wheels, battleship-style gear shift handles and SUPER RACE track modes, which are professional racing elements that highlight the sports genes of Changan UNI-V.
The pragmatism behind the handsome
Changan UNI-V presents us with a visual feast with super sense design and sports shape, and behind this is of course the practicality and comfort required by the 150,000-level family car market.
Entering the cockpit, the minimalist design concept of UNI-V brings a lot of convenience to the driver, and the integrated design such as hidden air outlet, integrated steering wheel button, integrated central control button can be seen everywhere, which not only creates a simple sense of luxury, but also reduces unnecessary visual interference for the driver and improves safety.
Continuing the UNI series, Changan UNI-V also adopts a 3+1 quad screen layout, located in front of the driver's high triple screen instrument, composed of three LCD screens, the leftmost is a 3.0-inch screen, mainly responsible for displaying the core information such as the temperature and time of the vehicle; the 10.25-inch wide screen in the middle is auxiliary to display speed information, multimedia and other intelligent functions; the 7.0-inch screen on the right is mainly assisted in displaying the vehicle's oil, wind mode and other information. The designer's concept is that the eye movement of 10 ° can read the high-frequency interactive information such as speed and navigation from the instrument screen, so that the driver can truly achieve safe driving of "the eye does not leave the road, the hand does not leave the disk".
The suspended central control screen in the middle carries the task of intelligent interaction. Through the FACE ID super account, UNI-V creates an exclusive service for users, users can switch music, navigate home through the "Xiaoan" voice, and even take photos and video recordings in the car, making the concept of "second home" more intense.
In addition, the UNI series has always taken AI active services as an exclusive tool to serve users, actively providing users with exclusive greetings on the bus, line of sight bright screens, fatigue driving reminders, answering calls and reducing multimedia volume, so that consumers can experience more humanized care. Subsequently, users can also further iterate through OTA online upgrades.
The Ark architecture helps the Chang'an brand to rise
Changan Automobile's boutique strategy can be successful, in addition to leading the aesthetic design ability of the times, but also thanks to the support of the hard core strength of the Ark architecture, which has become the underlying gene of the Changan brand.
With the blessing of the Ark architecture, the UNI-V vehicle center of mass has been reduced by 30mm, the center of the engine crankshaft has been moved down by 12mm, and the height of the front seat has been reduced by 39mm, which not only greatly improves the athletic characteristics, but also brings a broad creative space to the design team.
Moreover, the Ark Architecture's emphasis on safety is self-evident, and Changan UNI-V has greatly reduced the quality of redundancy while strengthening the key structure, improved the rigidity of the body, and won the honor of "2021 China's Top Ten Body".
In addition, the Ark architecture will be compatible with a variety of powertrains, 2.0T and PHEV powertrains are prominently listed, and there will be more product matrices in the future. In short, the potential of the Ark architecture is worth looking forward to.
It is worth noting that as a future-oriented architecture, Ark has brought stronger product expansion according to the ideas of young people, and the UNI-V special edition with its own modification kit is equipped with 19-inch large wheels, exhaust sound waves, large surrounds, etc., showing an example to the public. Of course, this is just a throwing stone, the "UNI Planet Growth Plan 2.0" project is to let users decide and build a new UNI.
summary:
From the birth of UNI-T to the stunning debut of UNI-V, in just two years, Changan UNI high-end series has become a force to be reckoned with in the domestic high-end market. And the product label of "future, technology, sports" is deeply imprinted in the hearts of consumers.
The launch of Changan UNI-V is not only the result of the continuous evolution of the UNI series, but also the concentrated embodiment of The hard power of Changan Automobile such as the Ark architecture and Blue Whale Power. The joint venture brand is not an insurmountable gap, but there is a lack of products like Changan UNI-V!