In recent years, the trend of rejuvenation in the automobile market has become more and more obvious, and creating young automotive products has also become a vane for various car companies, but it is obviously not easy to make products that truly cater to the needs of young consumer groups. In fact, for young people, at the most appropriate price, buying a car that can not only express their attitude of pursuing individuality, but also meet the needs of exquisite life is the most core appeal. Si Haoyao's Slogan is a "smart coupe for young people", which has been officially listed at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, and the starting price of less than 100,000 yuan shows sincerity, but can it really touch the hearts of young people? On this trip, we came to Hefei to participate in the dynamic first test of Si Haoyao and reveal the answer for you.
Si HaoYao positioning compact car, in the design of the main young sports style, the use of hatchback body structure, our test drive of the model is Si Hao Yao 2021 1.5TGDI DCT day by day RACE version, for the whole series of top matching.
The entire front face is rich in a strong sense of layering, the intake grille is divided into two by two horizontal trims, and one of them is also treated with imitation carbon fiber to enhance the sense of movement. The inside of the grille is in a mesh shape, converging in the middle and then radiating up and down and on both sides, supported by fang-shaped surfaces on both sides, and a diversion design, with a bright red front lip at the bottom, forming a contrasting vision and strengthening the sense of movement.
Five-lens matrix LED headlights built-in 142 LED light particles, the farthest illumination distance of up to 100 meters, with automatic induction function, but also support light intelligent light language system, car lights with the rhythm of music, can achieve 40 seconds of ultra-long welcome light dance effect.
Si Haoyao's length, width and height are 4780mm/1820mm/1492mm, the wheelbase reaches 2770mm, the hatchback body structure makes it have a sedan-like slip curve, the side windows are covered by bright black trim strips, and the C-pillar is also cleverly designed with triangular windows to expand the rear view. The angular main feature line extends from the front of the A-pillar to the taillights, creating a strong sense of subduction, and the bright red side skirt complements the front face design.
The outer rearview mirror is printed with the "NFC" logo, in addition to the owner can use the Mobile Phone Bluetooth key, but also through the NFC key induction unlock, convenient to get on the car.
The side also features two unique individual designs, a red "R" logo under the exterior mirror on the left and a shield-shaped "Yao" nameplate at the left triangle window.
All three models of the RACE edition are equipped with Michelin PS4 sporty tires with a specification of 225/45 R18, and the rim shape is blackened with a swivel design and a red sports caliper.
Although the tail looks slightly more complicated at first glance, the actual layout is clear, the tail tip is designed with a slightly upturned tail, which strengthens the sporty style while having a certain spoiler effect, and the middle of the tail is convex design, so that the tail as a whole is folded.
The tail light group also adopts a penetrating design, with 181 LED light particles, which can be combined with the headlight group to achieve the light intelligent light language effect, and the tail light has 9 vertical light sources built-in, officially called "nine tours and nine stars", which can achieve flowing water animation when turning.
The tail lip is also bright red, and the aerodynamic design of the deflector groove, with a two-sided real exhaust, enhance the sense of sport.
In terms of interior, Si Haoyao adopts a large number of splicing and contrast design, the inner door panels, seats, armrest boxes and other places have applied bright red to create a sports atmosphere, the central control area also adopts a bright black piano paint process, and the layout of soft materials is relatively reasonable, supplemented by INS diaphragm trims that can be seen everywhere, and the overall quality is high.
The four-panel flat-bottomed multi-function leather steering wheel with paddle shifters has a moderate grip and may take some time for men with larger palms to get used to due to some thinness.
Si Haoyao did not adopt the popular joint screen design, but adopted an independent 7-inch LCD instrument and a 10.4-inch suspension central control screen, the temperature and air volume adjustment buttons are located on both sides of the central control screen, and some physical function keys are retained below, and the operation convenience is good. The car machine can realize OTA upgrade, and built-in Migu video, cool music, Huawei smart assistant, Yilian projection screen and other applications, while equipped with iFLYTEK AI intelligent voice system, support custom wake words, wake up within 90 seconds can be continuous dialogue, covering the user from the car to parking, telephone, air conditioning, navigation and other full scenes a total of 272 functions.
Test drive has 4 1 million HD pixel wide-angle cameras and 12 long-distance ultrasonic radars of the same frequency, supports 540 ° panoramic image function, and has an APA fully automatic parking system, and the actual measurement experience from finding a parking space to parking in the process is very smooth.
Only the top-of-the-line models of the whole series are equipped with L2-level driving assistance systems such as full-speed adaptive cruise, lane departure warning, and lane departure assistance to meet the high-level needs of users for driving safety.
The front row adopts one-piece sports seats, the seat filling is soft and hard, the support of the hips and waist side is good, the main driver seat supports electric four-way adjustment, while the backrest needs manual adjustment, and the overall driving space in the front row is decent.
A large storage space is designed under the center console, and it is equipped with two USB charging ports and a 12V power supply, which is both practical and convenient.
The head space in the rear has always been a hard injury of hatchback models, although the top of the rear seat of Si Haoyao is designed with grooves, but the experiencers who are 181cm tall still feel a certain sense of cramping when riding.
The raised height of the rear floor platform is well controlled and very flat, which can effectively improve the comfort of the three-person ride in the back row, which makes up for the loss of head space to a certain extent.
Although the hatchback design sacrifices some of the longitudinal space in the rear, it brings a larger trunk opening, which has the advantage of being more convenient when accessing and placing items, while the rear seats can also be reclined in a 4/6 ratio, which improves the expandability of space.
Si Haoyao is equipped with a 1.5TGDI engine, the maximum power is 135kW, the peak torque is 300N·m, matching the 6-speed wet dual-clutch automatic transmission, the official measured 0-100km/h acceleration is 7.6s, and the WLTC working condition fuel consumption is 6.98L/100km.
Si HaoYao is actually a mid-term redesign of Si Hao A5, the engine parameters are improved at the same time, the gearbox is also upgraded from the original CVT to 6DCT, it may be a qualitative leap, but the overall power performance of the improvement is obvious.
The initial throttle response is slightly sluggish, but fortunately, after the engine speed reaches 2000 rpm, the acceleration is more and more obvious, the power output is not abrupt and frizzy, but very linear, and the driver can have enough confidence to control the vehicle.
There are three driving modes, namely economic mode, sports mode and track mode, the difference between economic mode and sports mode is not obvious, I prefer to see the sports mode as a "standard mode", because for Si Haoyao, the track mode is the real meaning of the "sports mode". After turning on the catapult start in track mode, the power response becomes more positive, the power feedback is more immediate, the steering wheel feels significantly tightened, and the tense and exciting breath is transmitted from all sides to the whole body.
In the economy mode, the steering wheel is lighter, and the ladies with little strength can easily get started, there will be a little bit of vacancy, but it is acceptable, and it does not have much impact on daily driving.
The smoothness brought by the 6-speed wet double clutch is worth affirming, and it will not produce a strong sense of "presence" during the shifting process, the only drawback is that the shift speed is not ideal, but for daily driving, there is no need to be too "picky".
Si Haoyao adopts a fully independent suspension of front McPherson + rear multi-link, and is equipped with anti-roll bars at the front and rear, which is popular for a main sports car, which can filter most of the vibrations and ensure that the vehicle will not have obvious roll when turning at high speed. Chassis tuning in the care of sports while more inclined to home comfort, the overall performance is stable, high speed more than 120km / h will appear a slight sense of drift, but also exposed some deficiencies in sound insulation, especially from the outside wind noise and tire noise is more obvious, but the problem is not big when driving at normal speed.
Si Haoyao is unique in the styling design, the power performance is also sports enough, can meet the needs of young consumer groups for personalization, while equipped with a number of intelligent technology, L2 level auxiliary driving system, and biased to the comfortable chassis suspension adjustment, etc., are to meet the needs of young people for exquisite life, overall, "young people's intelligent coupe" can be regarded as worthy of the name.
Of course, we also found a lot of places that need to be optimized, such as the poor performance of NVH, the "hard injury" of the back row head space, and some operational logic problems, etc., but in the end, "there are gains and losses", Si Haoyao still has enough highlights and strength to open up a world that belongs to it and belongs to young people.
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