Following the shadow leopard, the domestic sports car ushered in another general - Changan UNI-V, which is the first car of Changan's high-end sequence UNI, positioning A+ class five-door hatchback COUPE, the main performance, since the debut has attracted much attention. On January 10, Changan UNI-V opened the booking, and the official release of the 1.5T top version of the smart pilot type pre-booking price was 134,900 yuan, and brought multiple booking gifts.
For a long time, there are few sports positioning cars on the market from joint venture brands, and there are few representative models in independent brands, but under the development trend of youth and personalization, more and more independent brands have launched sports cars with the main performance, including Lynk & Co 03+, Shadow Leopard, MG 6 and now UNI-V.
Changan UNI-V is a model full of performance from the outside to the inside, based on Changan's "Ark Architecture" platform. In terms of design, it continues the family design of the UNI series, and the front of the car adopts the iconic borderless mid-mesh, with sharp headlights and large air intakes, which is quite offensive.
On the side of the body, the posture of Changan UNI-V looks lower than that of the Civic, thanks to its design concept of short suspension long axis, with a shaft length ratio of 0.59 and a height-to-width ratio of 0.78, and the body proportions are smooth and moving, which is very coupe style.
In terms of the rear, Changan UNI-V adopts a through-type taillight design that runs through the side of the body, greatly stretching the visual width. The exhaust layout is bilateral double out, and the sports version is bilateral four out, which is very sporty. But the more outstanding design is its electric liftable tail wing, which is opened and closed by the buttons in the car, which is full of ceremony, and it can also provide 25kg of downforce after opening, which helps to improve the handling performance.
The interior design and exterior are consistent, with a strong emphasis on sportiness, and the performance range is highlighted by the dual D-type sports steering wheel, integrated sports seats, orange racing mode buttons, etc. The central control layout is similar to UNI-K, using a split-screen design, and the staggered layout can display the information partition, which is actually clearer for the driver. It is worth mentioning that although the dual D-type steering wheel is very individual and sporty, it takes a certain amount of time to adapt to the operation, and the grip when turning is average.
In terms of intelligent technology, independent brands have never let us down, Changan UNI-V is equipped with IMS intelligent cockpit interaction system, all-scenario intelligent voice interaction system, game cockpit, etc., and the human-computer interaction experience is at the upstream level in the same level. In addition, in terms of intelligent driving, it is equipped with a high-level intelligent driver assistance system, which integrates full-speed domain adaptive cruise and intelligent recommendation and trigger lane change functions, which is also a leading existence of the same level.
In terms of power, Changan UNI-V is equipped with a power system composed of Blue Whale's new generation NE1.5T high-pressure direct injection engine + Blue Whale's 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, with a maximum power of 138 kW and a peak torque of 300 N·m. This set of power is also applied to UNI-T, it is reported that the later UNI-V will also launch 2.0T power, if 2.0T is in place, I believe that the positioning of its sports car will be recognized by more people. From the test drive experience, Changan UNI-V is not a vain appearance of goods, its performance is integrated into the genes, the chassis is obviously biased towards sports tuning, can give the driver full driving pleasure.
In general, there is not much to be picky about the performance of Changan UNI-V in all aspects, and it can be seen that Changan Automobile has poured a lot of effort into this car. All along, the main performance of sports cars are relatively niche, the car market is mostly home comfort-oriented, so the overall market is relatively less options, but now the younger generation of personalized car purchase demand is more prominent, ordinary family cars obviously can not carry their hearts on the first car desire, which brings a lot of room for development to sports cars, at this time the launch of Changan UNI-V can be said to be opportune.
After the launch of Changan UNI-V, the most direct competitor will be Trumpchi Shadow Leopard, they are in the same level of market, and the top price is highly overlapping, and the design and tuning tone are similar, all facing the young market. For Changan Automobile, with the launch of UNI-V, its UNI series has formed a "KTV" combination, and the current market performance of UNI-T and UNI-K is far from the explosion, and the sales volume is average, can UNI-V become a popular choice among young people? We'll see. (text| DanZig）