Today we test drive this car is very promising, I call it "three high SUV", of course not "blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids high", so which "three high"? The answer is: the independent high-end brand Xingtu Automobile, its high-end flagship SUV, the "high-power version of the model" - Xingtu Lanyue 400T.
In fact, in March this year, Teacher Qin test-drove the Xingtu Lanyue 390T, and what will be different about the 400T model brought by the Xingtu Lanyue this time? Come with me and take a look.
Design:
The first time you see the Starway Moon 400T, you will feel like me that its design is traditional and not fancy enough. But as a medium and large SUV, especially a big car with "Daddy" attributes, it looks "mature and dignified" and has more taste, you know.
So from the styling point of view, the front of the star road moon is more square, the front face has a large size grille, and three chrome trim strips are used to embellish it, with narrow LED headlights, so that the front face looks more atmospheric.
In the side part, The Star Road Lanyue also adopts a more traditional styling design, although there are no complex lines, but it still looks good three-dimensional, of course, the more critical reason is that the size of this car is large enough.
As the largest SUV in the Chery family, the Xingtu Lanyue has a length, width and height of 4970, 1940 and 1788 mm respectively, and the wheelbase has reached 2900 mm. In other words, the size of the StarWay Moon is one circle larger than that of Highlander. In theory, the Star Path Moon has more advantages in the riding space. In addition, under the M3X Mars architecture PRO, the body rigidity of the Xingtu Lanyue 400T has also been improved.
Tail styling, the Starway 400T adopts the popular through-style taillights, replaced by a gold logo, which looks more stylish.
Interior Space:
In fact, it is not difficult to make the car bigger, the difficulty is how to make a car high-end atmosphere. At this point, you need to feel the atmosphere in the car under the stars and the moon.
Entering the car, the interior of the Star Road Lanyue does not give people a feeling of old-fashioned, first of all, it adopts a large-size "12.3-inch full LCD instrument + 12.3-inch central control screen" dual screen design; the entire central control does not have too many mechanical buttons, with a small gear shift lever, which further enhances the sense of science and technology in the car.
At the same time, compared with the joint venture SUV at the same price, there is no plastic feeling in the Xingtu Lanyue car, most of the places are wrapped in soft materials, plus power seats, Nappa leather, and the luxurious atmosphere in the carriage is there. It's a bit of a shame, though, that the 400T model has removed the dirt-resistant light-colored seats and looks a bit ordinary.
There are many seven-seat SUV models on the market now, but most of the third row is "can't sit people", and some are even called "pet seats", so how does the Starway Moon 400T perform?
As mentioned earlier, Xingtu Lanyue is the largest SUV in the Chery family, the wheelbase has reached 2.9 meters, in the case of adjusting the second and third rows to the normal position, according to the space challenge of Teacher Qin, the third row of Xingtu Lanyue has about two fists of leg space, plus the seat padding is also relatively thick, so it is still more comfortable to sit up.
Driving Experience:
Compared with the 390T model, the biggest improvement of the Xingtu Lanyue 400T is undoubtedly the power performance, although equipped with the same 2.0T engine, but the Lanyue 400T engine through the pressure oil pump, gas distribution mechanism materials and intelligent combustion system after a certain technical optimization, the oil supply capacity increased by 30%, the exhaust temperature capacity increased by 2%, the thermal efficiency achieved 41%, the comprehensive effect of its maximum power increased to 192kW, the maximum torque increased to 400N·m.
Although this engine is known as the "strongest domestic 2.0T", the curb weight of the Starway Moon is also close to 2 tons, so the subconscious tells me that this car may be a little tired to drive.
But when I actually drove up, I found that I hardly felt any lack of power during the driving. And official data shows that the 400T of the Star Way Moon can break through 100 in 8 seconds - such a large car, a bit exaggerated!
In addition, because many models of the same class use a 2.0T+8AT powertrain, some netizens will worry about whether the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission of Xingtu Lanyue will not be "uncomfortable" when it is opened.
According to the test drive experience, the power system of the Xingtu Lanyue 400T is well matched, and the low-speed stop-and-go will not feel obvious frustration; when the middle and late accelerations, the power response is also very positive.
In terms of chassis suspension, the Xingtu Lanyue 400T adopts the combination of front McPherson and rear multi-link, and its rear suspension is calibrated by Benteler, and the overall adjustment is more sporty. Therefore, when the stars open up and the moon, there will be no soft "feeling of driving a boat". At the same time, the steering of this car has two levels of adjustment. In normal mode, the steering is mainly relaxed, while retaining a small dotted position, it is a large SUV in Taichung after all, such a setting is not wrong.
summary:
"Brand up" is a compulsory course for independent brand car companies, so Xingtu Lanyue is not only Chery's flagship SUV, but also undertakes the heavy responsibility of Chery brand upwards. According to this test drive experience, the Xingtu Lanyue 400T not only has the luxury attributes of a flagship SUV, but also has a certain improvement in power performance. That is to say, the product strength of the Xingtu Lanyue 400T is good, but the price of nearly 200,000 will indeed put some pressure on sales. So the question is, will you choose to support domestic high-end brands?
Teacher Wen 丨 Qin
Figure 丨 Official