Test drive type: Lantu FREE 4WD Extender Deluxe Set + Privilege Pack
Test drive environment: 200 kilometers of urban roads
Driver Index: 70%
The experience of Lantu FREE this time is still very sufficient, after getting the car, it drove intermittently for three days, and the driving mileage was also about 200 kilometers. However, it is a pity that this test drive is still a model produced in April 2021, and it feels like it should be a final stage of engineering vehicles, so there are still minor flaws in some places, and there will be some deviations in the experience.
However, the flaws are not important, the dynamic driving experience of the whole car is still very complete, including in different driving modes, fuel consumption tests in the state of power loss, etc. are covered, and the conclusion is:
At the level of 300,000 yuan, the Landu FREE extender still has a certain competitiveness, especially for the fathers who have been accustomed to opening the old crown and Audi.
First look at the appearance, in fact, Lantu FREE is a typical "daddy style", not so trendy, simple and atmospheric, while the dense vertical grille and dense wheels, are in line with the post-70s people's cognition of luxury cars.
The entire front face design does not use the wingspan element of the Lantu logo, but a three-dimensional wavy vertical design, I guess it is estimated that the idea of corresponding to the "Lantu" mountain stream waterfall configuration? The headlights are also unpretentious designs, and only the through-LED daytime running lights are more eye-catching. The air intakes on both sides of the bumper are really diversionary.
The body side is also completely waist-free design, and the hidden door handle can be said to be the standard of luxury electric vehicles. The design of the swivel D pillar is very conspicuous, and a black bright strip is made on it to create a floating design of the yacht.
In fact, from the side, you can still feel the volume of this medium-sized SUV with a wheelbase of 2955mm and a length of more than 4.9 meters. And in different air suspension strokes, this car is almost the highest able to achieve a four-finger wheel arch clearance, which makes the entire body height very exaggerated, and the car really has to step. But Lantu engineers thought of this problem, so they designed a portable function - after parking, the suspension will be automatically lowered to facilitate getting on and off the car.
The design of the rear of the car is equally simple, and the light set of through-type taillights and arrow symbols will have a guiding indicator when the turn signal is on. And there is a red line in the whole light group, especially like as Arton Martin's design.
Lantu FREE's trunk opening button is on the rear wiper, which is more unique. After opening the trunk, the whole depth is very large, but the floor is not low, plus the bottom plate cannot be lifted up - there should be three electrical components below - so the storage space level of the entire trunk is average.
Entering the car, the first feeling is that the Lantu FREE car is so large, the lateral width is not so obvious in the perception outside the car, and it is more exaggerated in the car.
The biggest selling point of the LAND FREE interior should be the front instrument table that can be lifted. This lift is linked to the driving mode on the one hand, and can be controlled by the button next to the gearbox lever on the other hand. If the front dashboard goes down, then the entire UI interface will have a reboot process (there is a short black screen process), but after re-lighting, the entire UI interface is a completely new design, retaining only more core functions, rather than simply lowering the screen.
This through-channel instrument panel is actually a combination of three LCD screens, and there are corresponding touch buttons between the central control screen and the co-pilot screen, which can push the content of the co-pilot screen to the central control, but it should only be part of the APP with this function.
The interior of the Landu FREE is wrapped in a large area of leather, and even the bottom of the door panels is wrapped in leather. However, perhaps because it is a construction vehicle, some of the skin is a bit uneven, which affects the perception. There is also a large number of bright black trim plates used in the car, which looks high-grade, but it is easy to collect fingerprints, and it also lacks some sense of detail.
By the way, Lando FREE also designed a trackpad on the front row central console, I thought it was a Lexus kind of touchpad that could have a mouse or something. As a result, this trackpad can only swipe up and down to control the volume, swipe left and right to control the song, it is said that the OTA can be upgraded to open more functions.
As a luxury smart SUV, Landu FREE still spends a lot of thought on the functional interface of the entire large screen, at least it is not complicated to get started, and strengthens the presentation of intelligent driving assistance. For example, on the dashboard, the surrounding vehicles can be presented in real time to strengthen driving safety, although it is not as exquisite as Wei Xiaoli, but it is no longer so traditional. The control of the whole system is still relatively smooth, can not fault anything, a large number of settings can be controlled by voice, and the vehicle settings are also varied, very rich.
Don't worry about space, the wheelbase of nearly three meters brings enough room for the rear. Of course, many details in the back row still need to be adjusted, such as the central armrest does not have a pull ring, which is inconvenient. The large skylight overhead is a good thing, you can adjust the transparency in ten steps, similar to the porthole on the Boeing 787, very high-tech sense.
Let's get into the main topic and talk about how it goes.
Landu FREE is available in both pure electric and range extender versions, and now the one that sells more is the range extender. The complete power system of the extended range version is an 80kW output 1.5T generator, with the front and rear dual motors, the maximum torque is 1040N·m, and the maximum power is also 510kW. In terms of chassis specifications, the front double wishbones, the rear multi-link, and the air suspension are also luxury car specifications. The battery pack is 33kWh, and the pure electric endurance can reach 140 kilometers, but it also makes the entire car weigh 2.3 tons.
The first feeling of getting started with Lantu FREE is "stability", and the whole car has a feeling of calm and leisure, although the output of 1000 Nm can erupt under the wheels. This should be the setting of Lantu FREE, in the comfort mode the power output is limited, the start is very friendly, silky start, will not deliberately emphasize rapid acceleration, and there will be no fuel car to give less slow swallowing, give more is not so positive frustration.
Even in the cruising stage, the abundant power reserve will make you feel at ease, and the speed will be rapidly increased by stepping on more, very fast.
If you switch to Sport mode again, the throttle is sensitive, and if you step on it a little more, the car will rush up and even feel dizzy. Releasing the throttle also has a sense of sliding, I don't know if it is a deliberate "oil replenishment feeling". However, I don't have much interest in testing 100 km/h acceleration, the experience brought by this dual motor is no different from that of electric vehicles, and the acceleration time is only digital.
Of course, all of the above are experiences when the battery is running high. When your pure electric endurance reaches about 30 kilometers, that is, there is still 20% of the power left, then the Landu FREE will start the engine charging, especially in the cruising state. In fact, in the driving state, it is difficult to perceive the running state of the engine, and there is no vibration sensation that the traditional fuel vehicle engine will have after running. But if the engine is started in situ, the shaking of the steering wheel of the vehicle will be obvious, but this may also be due to the construction vehicle.
Briefly speaking of the fuel consumption performance of the feed state: the average speed is 24 km / h, and the fuel consumption of 100 km is about 11 L; the average speed is 40 km / h, and the fuel consumption of 100 km is about 8.6 L.
The most praise that Landu FREE needs to be praised is the turning feel. Although the electronic flavor is a little stronger - it seems that there are not many cars that are not strong now - but the feel of the whole steering is still very delicate, the steering gain and center feeling are very good, a little biased towards the sporty style. For example, when turning at a large angle, it will also compete with you, and the positive torque is relatively large, which will become more controllable for driving a medium and large SUV, and it will not feel cumbersome.
In terms of chassis, because this time they are driving on urban roads, the chassis style of the whole vehicle is still stable - it will give the driver a feeling that the chassis is very stable. Vehicles running over road joints or small potholes are very solid and stiff, but this also makes it feel a little draggy in the rear of the car when making emergency steering, which is not brisk enough. The damping of the air suspension in the comfort mode and the sports mode is different, but it seems that the sports mode is very hard, and it is still based on the comfort tone.
Driver's Summary:
Landu FREE is obviously not the kind of product that makes people feel very amazing, and the biggest selling point is that in addition to the long-term endurance of the range extender hybrid, it is the liftable instrument panel in the car. But the real perception, it seems that there is no big flaw - put aside the problems caused by the construction vehicle - the shape is more moderate and stable, the design material in the car is thick enough, and the driving is stable enough, typical of the kind of personality that the fathers like not to steal the limelight.
Of course, it should be pointed out that as the first model of Lantu, although the product completion is not bad, there are indeed many details that need to be improved. Especially determined to be a luxury intelligent positioning of the brand, but "luxury" is more dependent on the details piled up, the current Lantu FREE can improve the details are really a lot; and "smart" is the need to have a differentiated performance, but the current Lantu FREE of the entire intelligent experience does not jump out of the existing experience.
Text, picture| JackieLXX
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