Every winter, Northeast China will become the object of favor of automobile manufacturers, and in order to convey the passion of ice and snow and pay tribute to the Winter Olympics, the 2021 CCPC Ice and Snow Challenge was held at the foot of Changbai Mountain in Jilin Province. As a race based on unmodified mass production vehicles, CCPC (China Mass Production Vehicle Performance Competition) is a national A-class event with the most participation by domestic car companies, the widest range of model coverage brands and the most professional in the industry.
The 2021 CCPC China Auto Ice and Snow Challenge is a cold weather of minus 15 degrees Celsius, and the participating vehicles are all unmodified mass production models, which is an excellent choice to show the performance of various models in extreme cold conditions, and can better understand the real performance of vehicles on ice and snow roads.
Ice and snow challenge as the final battle of the 2021 CCPC competition, although the natural environment is very harsh, but the competition items are not discounted at all, the comprehensive performance in the ice and snow environment is the key point, divided into cars / SUVs group, a total of four major test items such as snow elk race, snow pile race, air conditioning heating challenge, snow comprehensive performance challenge, etc., in the cold environment to test the vehicle in an all-round way.
For friends in the north, I believe that many people also have some understanding of the ice and snow pavement in winter, the complex and slippery road surface poses no small challenge to the control and power of the vehicle, and all the actions of the vehicle will be amplified, resulting in fluctuations in the dynamics of the vehicle. The sub-zero low temperature will bring engine start difficulties, transmission efficiency decrease, control accuracy and other effects on the vehicle.
After 2 days of fierce competition, the final results were freshly released: Dongfeng Peugeot 508L won the first model of the sedan group, and Fengguang New 580 won the SUV category championship.
I am not surprised by the excellent performance of the 508L, after all, it was born from the famous "chassis expert" - Peugeot, which has won 4 Le Mans 24 Hours of Endurance Championship, 5 World Rally Championship championships, Dakar Rally 8 times and 7 times to win the feat, although the sports control is not extreme, but the achievement is also like pure love.
Dongfeng Peugeot 508L series of standard CLDR master chassis, relying on the data accumulated in the century of events and chassis tuning optimization, through the control of the small steering wheel, AMVAR variable independent suspension technology so that the front McPherson/ rear five-link independent suspension, at any time to adapt to a variety of road conditions, but also provide a sense of driving compactness and stability.
On the ice and snow track, the Dongfeng Peugeot 508L has sufficient handling stability, continuous power output, easy filtering of redundant actions during the race, continuous variable valve timing phase and valve life and other powerful power systems, to achieve rapid switching driving mode, to cope with complex low-attachment road tracks, the overall performance is quite stable.
On ice and snow roads, as the adhesion coefficient decreases, the dynamic performance of the vehicle is also different from that of ordinary roads, and this series of changes is not difficult for cars that are easier to handle, while SUV models with higher center of gravity face a higher difficulty coefficient.
The champion of the SUV group, the Fengguang New 580, as the pride of its own brand, with stable body stability control, uphill assist and other driving control assist functions, as well as the good operation of the driver, even if the power combination of 1.5T + 6AT, still burst out of 300N·m of strong torque, in the face of low-attachment pavement, in the snow elk, snow around the pile, snow comprehensive performance challenge and other events showed great strength.
In addition, in the ice and snow challenge of a major key project - air conditioning heating competition, scenery new 580 with a new generation of intelligent thermal management system, in 10 minutes, to achieve rapid heating in the car to 4.77 °C, won the championship.
In the face of low temperature challenges, the factor that determines the quality of the test results lies in the level of vehicle thermal management, the vehicle heating air comes from the heat generated by the engine when working, and the water temperature rises and is transmitted to the car through the fan. In the cold winter, this vehicle with good test results not only means that its comfort is better, but also that its power system can get into the right working state faster.
In addition, obviously is the low temperature environment at the foot of Changbai Mountain, this ice and snow challenge of the event guarantee vehicle is also a surprise, in the race entry, event dynamic monitoring, race road condition inspection and other event work, all the event support support tasks, are served by new energy vehicles - Polar Fox Alpha T and Polar Fox Alpha S, as a full-terrain performance pure electric SUV and a new generation of intelligent luxury pure electric sedan, in the face of the most feared low temperature and cold of pure electric vehicles, still excellent completion of the event support function, played a big role.
The 2021 China Auto Ice and Snow Challenge officially came to an end, as a comprehensive auto event platform that integrates "promoting the continuous development of the automotive industry, building a corporate performance exchange platform, guiding the rational consumption of the automotive market, and opening up a new model of event marketing", CCPC adheres to the cold zone test drive is not only an important test of the strength of brand car companies, in order to maximize the protection of consumers' winter car comfort and driving safety. And all this for the average consumer, the more realistic test of the mass production car is undoubtedly more practical.