In fact, this time to test drive The Landu FREE, my most obvious feeling is that when the new forces are rolled up, you can't imagine how high they can roll. belch...... Strictly speaking, Lantu is not a "new force", after all, it is Dongfeng Motor behind it. Let's put it this way: you can understand it as a masterpiece of the adaptation of the old car company to the new way of playing.
I experienced this time is the Lantu FREE extended range version of the model, in fact, the summary can be put out first: with its price of 313,600, the configuration is properly pulled full, there is nothing to compare, it has, this level of this price is really no second has. This experience of "pulling full" will give you a preconceived feeling - the car is good, you can continue to look. For a new brand, it has been successful to do this.
Before this test drive, I prepared four questions to experience it myself, which is also the point that many people care about Lan Tu FREE, no need to pull those traditional test drive clichés, these four are clear, this car is basically transparent, one by one:
For this triple screen, the sense of ceremony every time you get on the bus and the height adjustment when switching driving modes are really eye-catching. Rather than cool, I'll be more practical: screen information and glows distract the owner from intense driving. After the screen is lowered, the area of the original three giant screens is reduced to three narrower "fish screens", which helps to reduce the interference of screen light and color blocks on the human eye.
Lantu FREE ensures that the screen content in the sports mode does not interfere with the driver, and the screen drop can also set off the sports atmosphere, which is not only a simple information flow between the screens, but also designs two sets of UIs for lifting, the lifting screen is indeed very innovative, but I also heard a certain mechanical noise every time I lifted on the test drive, and the durability of the link structural parts has room for improvement.
What surprised me about the interior was another place: the physical buttons in the air conditioning area were arranged below the screen. I must admit that when I'm in a panic when it's hot, I still instinctively look for air conditioning buttons instead of voice control.
Let's be clear: the adjustment effect of the LAND FREE air suspension on the height of the body. The lowest tread is only two fingers away from the wheel arch, and the highest position can reach more than one palm. Visually you can clearly feel the presence of air suspension.
But Lantu FREE is not a vague "soft", in the comfort mode will still pass a part of the road sense to the car, and no matter which mode, Lantu FREE will drive the unity well, the steering wheel is soft and not virtual, retaining enough directivity, the front of the car's response speed in the medium and large SUVs is sensitive. In Sport mode, the chassis height is reduced and the lower center of gravity also provides greater control in corners.
This set of empty suspension you want to find out a clear "differentiated driving sense" is really not good, the steering is light and accurate, the suspension as a whole is hard, in conjunction with the excellent performance of the vehicle NVH, the riding experience is very "no feeling" may be the best proof of its home orientation.
Now order Lantu FREE, 20,000 yuan of "luxury suit" has this variable transmittance panoramic canopy. There's a good example of this stuff – the advanced 3.5mm audio interface on your phone.
At the lowest transmittance, this panoramic canopy has the meaning of a matte screen
The day of the test drive was a clear winter sky, and I believe that this discolored canopy was isolated from ultraviolet rays. You can also clearly feel the change in glass color, but I want to say that I still want "advanced thermal insulation curtains", I like the transparency of the vehicle, but if you can properly keep me and the sun father-in-law a certain distance, give me a little private space, I am grateful.
90% of the soft materials of the interior, standard with "L2 driver assistance, 360 ° panoramic image, induction trunk, wireless charging, seat ventilation heating massage, matrix headlights, double glazing, Danna audio..." The key is "standard", no need to compare with the Million Luxury Car, than the new forces of the same level, more is more, always can not open your eyes and talk nonsense.
Purely from the parameters: 1.5T four-cylinder engine range extension system, NEDC endurance of 860KM, 100 km acceleration 4.6S, 5G car networking, 20 intelligent auxiliary driving, equipped with a one-piece liftable full magnesium aluminum alloy triple screen, support gesture operation, no more than 400,000 price.
Lantu's team is built according to the structure and model of the new car-making forces, and as a state-owned enterprise, it is really interesting to make such innovations and attempts.
It is true that the Landu FREE is a large five-seater, and he loses space to fight the Daddy Car, but it has an all-aluminum alloy front double wishbone rear multi-link suspension and air suspension.
If you are a single-child new dad, you can use the idea of disguising the PS5 as a router to say to your wife: You see LanTu FREE is also a big five-seater, which can fully meet the family car scene! As for the all-aluminum alloy front double wishbone rear multi-link suspension and air suspension, you don't have to care, that is, the configuration that makes you sit more comfortably, anyway, no money.
Consumers who care about driving pleasure and take into account the space needs of home scenes, Lantu FREE can enter the candidate list.
As the only two products of large-scale SUVs in the extender, if the ideal ONE grabs the market of Highlander and Tuon, then Lantu FREE aims more like a large 300,000-level five-seat medium-sized SUV - more than you configure, play more variety, and pay the purchase tax on the green card.
This market is broader, but if you really want to go into it, it is not enough to just do a good job in product strength, but also to see how Lantu tells a good brand story next.
By the standards of new energy forces, in terms of configuration, Landu FREE has indeed achieved inner volume, that is, in the whole vehicle intelligence, brand image transmission, it has a lot to do. It doesn't have any particular shortcomings, but it also doesn't have a particularly big advantage. In the price competition of 300,000, it has long been not such a simple criterion as "whether the car is good or not". Whether Lantu FREE can open up the new energy market for Dongfeng Group has made a good start, but it is far from the time to conclude.