Buying a car is a priority to look at joint ventures, which is probably the concept of the previous generation of consumers.
With many Chinese brands pushing new cars and new technologies, we can see that Volkswagen, Toyota, and Honda are no longer enough to fight in many sections. For example, you will consider the Great Wall Gun, but you will not look at the joint venture pickup truck, and for example, you will like Lynk & Co 03+, forget about Sagitar and so on. As for the current Chinese brand segment that can be hit the most, I personally think that it is a hardcore off-road field, such as the tank 300 that has more than half a year to pick up the car, such as the tank 500 with many orders, in their price range, the joint venture brands cannot do the corresponding design/configuration/quality on the one hand, and on the other hand, they cannot do intelligence, evolution, etc.
There are obviously many Chinese car companies with technical reserves and research and development capabilities, and with the release of the Jetway T-X concept car in front of it, it is clear that the high-heat car company with sales of more than 470,000 units in 40 months is ready to do something. So, what kind of car the Jetway T-X will be is obviously a good topic.
Key points of information about it include:
1. Positioning the hardcore SUV, which is currently in the concept car stage;
2. Jietu T-X is the first concept car in the T product sequence, which has planned different models according to different scenarios, with body lengths ranging from 4.6-5.1 meters and prices covering the range of 150,000-300,000 yuan;
3. With the release of the Jietu T-X concept car, the first model of the official mass production, the T-1 (code name), will be listed in 2023, that is to say, it is likely that we will see the accurate news of the T-1 one after another this year.
New opponent or new friend of Tank 300?
From the future price number range and hardcore positioning, the Jietu T-X concept car can not help but be directly related to the current fire of the tank brand. Of course, you and I have to see the same and different between the two.
At present, Jietu T-X has made an appearance and announced certain news, including: it will use the "Kunlun architecture" to continue to focus on Jietu's travel + concept (intelligent, ecological, and vehicle functions are all around expanding user travel). Therefore, we analyze what kind of car it will be through the previous experience of the Jetway model, the travel +, and the related release of the concept car.
From the appearance point of view, the overall line design of jietu T-X is very tough, the side is a relatively large pedal design, the wheel eyebrows are also wrapped in black plastic material, and it is a protruding shape design, with the engine cover of the front of the car and the "small school bag" at the rear, the classic elements of the hardcore SUV It has, and although it is a concept car, it has actually reflected a lot of thinking about practicality. Structures such as roof racks are expected to have strong use considerations, such as anti-rubbing. In addition, what makes its temperament different comes from the family characteristics of Jietu itself, the most obvious of which is that the front and rear of the vehicle use the "palace lamp" style of headlights, which is easy to see its origin.
In the details of other concept cars, the Jetway T-X shows an excellent passability hardware base. 22 inch wheels with AT tires. Judging by the gap between the tire and the wheel brow, it has a relatively long suspension stroke. And according to our observation of the vehicle at the scene, its approach angle and departure angle are large enough, and the ground clearance is more than 200 mm. Taken together, the vehicle's passability performance should still be in line with what we expect from a hardcore SUV. However, due to restrictions, it is impossible to observe the vehicle up close, and it is difficult for us to judge what type of suspension structure this car uses for the time being.
The visual measurement of the Jetway T-X is about 5 meters long, the height and width are basically close to 2 meters, and it is also very aura parked on the booth. Since the front and rear suspensions are relatively short, the wheelbase of the vehicle may exceed 3 meters. Combined with the boxy shape of the body, it is estimated that it can have a good spatial performance.
In addition to the vision, the capabilities also demonstrated on the body of the Jietu T-X concept mainly revolve around the Kunlun architecture. It is compatible with both load-bearing and non-load-bearing bodies, and can be equipped with full-time mechanical or electric four-wheel drive, and can also be equipped with adaptive adjustment active suspension. In fact, this also shows that it can provide different four-wheel drive types according to different user needs, but in view of the fact that it has not had a special number of off-road technology demonstrations before, the final off-road effect can only be verified on the T-1.
And the tank 300 are smart enough, the Jet road T-X into a "blockbuster" or look at fuel consumption?
The power part, the production version may use the most powerful power combination that the Current Jietu brand can provide, that is, the 2.0T engine equipped on the Jietu X90 Zilong, with a maximum horsepower of 254Ps and a peak torque of 390N·m. According to our previous test drive of the Jietu X90 Zilong, this engine is still performing very well. The drivetrain, with the 8AT gearbox in the recent release of various news, the new car or will be equipped with this more suitable for the hard SUV of the new gearbox.
Of course, from the perspective of Jietu's current technical reserves, it also has the corresponding reserves of 1.6T/2.0T, PHEV, and electric four-wheel drive, such as in the form of PHEV or electric four-wheel drive, then it can have the advantages of fuel economy and purchase restriction policy at the same time. Of course, this will also have to be further concluded with the real landing of the T-1.
As for the intelligent part, there is no need to worry too much about the current mainstream Chinese brands. In the body of the Jetway T-X concept, we see related sensors on the body, and the field of intelligent interaction is expected to be equipped with high-performance chips such as snapdragon 8155 chips. According to the situation of the last OTA of the Jietu brand, the level of technology intelligence of the Jietu T-X should be stronger, and some unique features will be launched for the main "travel" market of Jietu.
In the field of intelligence, basically do not have to think too much about it. According to the intelligence level of the vehicles currently on sale at Jietu, functions such as voice control and online entertainment will not be missing. And it is worth mentioning that if the Jetway T-X can retain the size of the vehicle we see today in the mass production version, it will be better than the tank 300 in terms of spatial performance.
However, whether the Jietu T-X can perform as well as the tank 300 in the off-road performance of the mass production, we still need to see the information given by the Jietu brand in the future. Perhaps the most important thing for the immediate shortcut is to come up with a four-wheel drive system that can cope with the more extreme road conditions in mass production. If it can do it, it will naturally divide the smart hardcore SUV market with tanks.
summary:
Judging from the current static experience of the appearance of the Jetto T-X concept car, I think the Jetto T-X still has a good passability and spatial performance, and the whole design is also in line with people's aesthetics of hardcore SUVs. The Kunlun architecture also seems to be able to bring it a good power performance and intelligent level. For the Jietu brand, which mainly focuses on travel SUV models, compared with the models currently on sale, the Jietu T-X can go to places with more extreme road conditions, and take their owners to see more scenery that is not easy to see, which is an upward extension of the Jietu product line. So after the launch of the mass production version of Jietu T-X, will there be an opportunity to become a Chinese brand model with the tank brand in the hardcore SUV market? I think there is a lot of hope.