Written | DAN Editor| Routing Agency
What does Guizhou look like?
A thousand spectators have a thousand Hamlets. Perhaps, in the eyes of a thousand travelers, there are also a thousand Guizhous?
Just like a friend's message under the circle of friends: for foreign tourists who have never visited Guizhou, reality and imagination may be just the opposite.
For example, the imaginary Guizhou may be the wonder and steepness of the karst landform, it may be the ruggedness and undulations of "eight mountains, one water and one field", and the actual Guizhou may be the prosperity and fashion of modern small cities, and it is also the highway and bridge crossing between high mountains and valleys.
For example, the imaginary Guizhou may be a cave and stilt house deep in the mountains, it may be the song and dance of the Miao girls in the Miaozhai village, and in fact, Guizhou may be the leisure and stroll of the summer capital, which is the forefront and pioneer of the big data trading center and the "Chinese Heavenly Eye".
Hearing is false, seeing is believing.
So, we followed the new BMW X3 "Qiandongnan Secret Journey" to open a 1001st Guizhou that belongs only to us.
At the same time, as a companion on the road, we were also able to discover the evolution, upgrading and perseverance of a new BMW X3 after undergoing a mid-term redesign in front of this real Guizhou with thousands of faces.
Evolution: Flamboyant aura
On the first day of the long-distance test drive, the convoy departed from Guiyang and drove 90km to Anshun, where BMW Brilliance was said to have carefully arranged a "wild luxury camping" for us.
In advance, we have learned from the test drive road book that Anshun, which is located in the watershed of the Wujiang River Basin of the Yangtze River System and the Beipanjiang River Basin of the Pearl River System, is not only a typical karst landform concentration area in the world, but also the most completely developed area of Danxia landform in China. In addition to hiding the most spectacular waterfalls and the densest waterfalls in China, there are also hidden copper drums like "Peach Blossom Garden", and the stone forest landscape is a must.
On the same day, the professional outdoor and sports brand Mugaodi MOBI GARDEN provided equipment support, and the new BMW X3 jointly built a well-built camping base, located in the hinterland of the copper drum.
Just like the strangeness, obedience and sharpness of the rugged rocks in the copper drum-beating karst landscape, the new BMW X3, which has been redesigned and redesigned, creates an overall image, which is also sharp lines, public appearance, and full of aura, which is also unforgettable at first sight.
A series of changes specific to the details of the design include the double kidney grille, which is more and more eye-catching due to the enlarged size and angularity; the adaptive LED headlights with 3D stereoscopic effects and therefore sharp and expressive after the new design; the 20/21-inch wheels that are more fluid and aesthetically pleasing after the new style; and the more exquisite and charming vehicle aura after the modification and foil of the M sports suit and the M Yao night suit, and so on.
Compared with the more sharp and flappy appearance, the interior optimization of this mid-term redesign is to evolve in the direction of comfort, luxury and technology.
Take cabin comfort as an example, the seats for the Chinese market thickened, using Sensatec 2.0 synthetic leather wrapping, coupled with the rear seat back angle adjustment function, intelligent sensor atmosphere lights, in a delicate and comfortable atmosphere, so that how to spread the wild journey, how to simple camping can also feel warm and relaxed.
In the fresh afternoon, the flying tents, exquisite refreshments, fragrant coffee, with the unique terrain around us as the curtain, in the new BMW X3 inside and outside, coupled with the comfort and stability provided by the trailer caravan on the side, for us who have come to the wind and dust, to create a rare comfort and relaxation under the epidemic.
Nowadays, when "exquisite camping" is gradually becoming a new lifestyle of urban people, the camping afternoon tea produced by the new BMW X3 is not so much a wild luxury and exquisite, but rather a publicity and freedom.
Upgrade: Push the boundaries of intelligence
On the second day of the test drive, the team traveled from Anshun to Dushan, and there were two experience projects at the passing point, one was to cross the off-road section of the forest area in Meitao Village, and the other was the typical karst landform cave experience.
To this end, the new BMW X3 also specially sought the support of two cross-border partners.
Among them, garmin Jiaming, an outdoor navigation and sports wear brand, is responsible for providing GPS trajectory navigation when crossing through no signal areas, while supporting the driver's heart rate and health data detection; high-end audio brand Harman/Kardon Harman Karton provides HiFi high-quality audio equipment, allowing us to listen to the natural sounds of classical music when we are in a cave.
Obviously, this is not an inadvertent move, but a deliberate arrangement for the new BMW X3 intelligent application and high-end experience.
Judging from the specific feelings of the new BMW X3 cockpit atmosphere and vehicle application along the way, this mid-term redesign is optimized for the interior of the vehicle, in addition to the further improvement of the comfortable and luxurious, scientific and technological atmosphere, as well as the flexibility, diversity and efficiency of continuous upgrading of human-vehicle interaction.
In addition to the interior materials and atmosphere optimization already mentioned above, the former also includes a 12.3-inch full LCD digital instrument cluster and a 12.3-inch central touch display, making the visual effect more intuitive and clearer, and the driver can more intuitively and concisely understand and obtain various types of vehicle driving information.
In terms of human-vehicle interaction, with the assistance of the seventh-generation BMW iDrive operating system and intelligent personal assistant, with just one sentence of "Hello, BMW", you can easily issue various instructions and realize the convenient operation of vehicle functions. Convenient interconnection functions such as Apple CarPlay and Baidu CarLife can make more common mobile applications easily mapped to the car machine. Covering audio-visual audio-visual, travel entertainment, food recommendation, news and information, children's education and other categories of "Tencent Small Scene", it is also open to the new BMW X3, with a more convenient entrance, you can seamlessly connect to contemporary digital life in minutes.
The afternoon cave experience session is more like an adventure process that coexists with thrills and surprises.
Speaking of surprises, when Perlman's version of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" came from the cave through the Haman Karton HiFi high-quality sound, it is difficult for us to imagine that we are in the ocean floor hundreds of thousands and millions of years ago; to say thrilling, it is when we follow the geologist tour guide and the professional guide of the cave all the way to the depths of the cave, and the stalactites, underground dark rivers, and paleontological fossils that come into view are not only refreshing our travel experience, but also constantly broadening our understanding and vision of geographical knowledge.
This exploration process seems to be a metaphor for the intelligent evolutionary ability of the new BMW X3, including intelligent interaction system and intelligent driving assistance system, which can be continuously upgraded through OTAs, continue to provide new features, and continue to break through the boundaries of experience.
Persistence: Driving control is more controlled
On the third day of the test drive, the convoy set off from Dushan and crossed the Qiandongnan Mountain Expressway to Pingtang County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, where the 500-meter aperture spherical radio telescope known as the "Chinese Heavenly Eye" is located.
During this high-speed driving process across the winding road and across the graben bridge, the bmw's latest 2.0T inline four-cylinder turbo engine equipped with BMW's latest 2.0T inline four-cylinder turbo engine is equipped with the powertrain of the 8-speed manual transmission as standard, providing stable and abundant power output, linear acceleration of 6.8s zero hundred acceleration and excellent braking performance.
At the same time, with the blessing of xDrive's intelligent all-wheel drive system, the chassis suspension is deeply immersed in bmw's consistently good adjustment style of agile precision and clear road sense, and it is full of toughness, making the control of this road over the mountains and across the graben more controlled and confident.
In order to avoid the visual fatigue caused by long-distance driving and monotonous scenery, at this time, BMW intelligent driver assistance system appeared in time and played an important safety role.
For example, the active cruise control function with lane change assist/traffic congestion assist can assist the driver to follow the car at a safe distance or stay in the lane with a safe distance based on the multi-area monitoring radar system and the stereo camera;
For example, the lane correction assist function can issue an early warning through the steering wheel vibration when the vehicle deviates from the lane or the driving line, effectively reducing the occurrence of accidents and accidents when driving at high speed;
For example, the adaptive driving mode can automatically adjust the driving mode according to the current road conditions and the driving habits of the driver to adapt to the driver's preference for control and comfort, to meet the driving pleasure and ensure safe driving.
As the sky darkens at dusk, the convoy enters the urban section of the road where the traffic traffic increases, and the mixed road conditions including motorized, pedestrian, and non-motorized vehicles are becoming more complex and changeable. At this time, the forward collision warning and emergency braking assistance play an obvious role, the system can determine in advance that the distance between pedestrians or other vehicles is too small and issue a warning, timely reminding the driver to slow down to avoid accidents.
Churchill, the great statesman of the 20th century who led Britain to win the war against fascism, once said, "How far you can see in the past, you can see how far into the future."
Foresight always comes from foresight, and at the same time, it also means a constant gaze and respect for history.
Just like the "Chinese Sky Eye" across the interstellar observation, search and detection capabilities, on the one hand, from the Chinese scientists' vision of the future, on the other hand, it is also their respect for scientific laws, the same reason, the new BMW X3 more control and self-confidence driving control style, both from the BMW engineers' imagination and vision of the development and evolution of intelligent driving assistance systems serving people, but also from their consistent adherence to mechanical performance and driving pleasure.
epilogue:
As the first trip to Guizhou in his lifetime, the "Qiandongnan Secret Journey" with the new BMW X3 is not only a journey to refresh the experience, but also a journey involving the renewal of natural, humanities and scientific cognition.
Unfortunately, due to time reasons, we were unable to go through the other half of the route with the new BMW iX3, and we were unable to intuitively perceive the product evolution of another heavyweight member of the X3 family.
However, as stated in "Li Ji University", "Gou Day New, Day by Day, New day by day, and new by day", as long as we always embrace this spirit of "Daily New", the 1001st Guizhou will always wait for us in the distance, just as the new BMW X3 and the new BMW iX3 have continuously worked hard to achieve through evolution and upgrading.
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