The "Noah's Ark" in the Bible should be familiar to everyone, and the large ship built by Noah has a sophisticated internal structure that resists the flood from God's punishment. Therefore, we often see "Noah's Ark" as a refuge, but it also means endless hope.
As the name suggests, Changan Automobile's new "Ark Architecture" also has such a meaning. Like the complete "Noah's Ark", the ARK architecture covers all models of the A0-C class. Recently, UNI-V, the first car under the Ark architecture, held a global first-hand experience tour of "Driving the Future" and publicly tested it on the spot. In the mountain city of Chongqing, UNI-V shuttles between the "magic city" and the "natural wonder", and professional media from all over the country feel the charm of this "future technology mass producer". Many friends said "stuck in"! Is this wave of your expectations very high?
The UNI-V model is the third model launched in the UNI series after UNI-T and UNI-K. It can be said that it has received widespread attention. What is even more surprising is that UNI-V was successfully selected into the list of winners of the 2021 China Top Ten Body Selection By Automobile Research Institute (the selection refers to the selection rules of the European Body Congress and synthesizes a number of internationally recognized body evaluation indicators, and UNI-V successfully stands out with its excellent body structure design and excellent crash safety performance). With such a high starting point, what does the empowerment of the Ark architecture bring to it? What exactly will this new car meet our expectations?
Ark architecture technology empowers the UNI-V super rigid body
As we all know, the body structure to the car, just like the skeleton to the human body, is not only the support, but also carries the burden of protecting the user's life safety.
Therefore, the strength of a body structure directly determines the safety of a car. And an advanced architecture is often the key to a successful bodywork. The reason why UNI-V was successfully selected as one of the top ten body bodies in China in 2021 is largely due to the Changan Automobile Ark architecture.
High standards are the first pass to cast good quality. The Ark architecture has a higher security benchmark than other architectures. Including the global NCAP five-star evaluation, the United States IIHS five-star evaluation, the China Insurance Research Index (C-IASI) excellent safety performance evaluation, etc. UNI-V under a higher safety benchmark is given higher safety attributes, the requirements of the product are higher, and the risk to the user is a little smaller.
The standard is high, and the manufacturing technology must also be improved. Ark architecture has a more high-end manufacturing technology, the use of mold "R0" processing technology innovation, zebra crossing detection technology, laser welding (to achieve traceless welding) and other advanced technologies, 100% automatic welding, quality inspection is the industry's first-class level.
According to future safety standards, the "Ark Cage" body structure of UNI-V was created, which makes it very safe to hear. The structure is reinforced in positions such as supporting and protecting the extremely critical A and B pillars, and at the same time, like a cage, it forms multiple force transmission closed loops in both horizontal and vertical directions, so as to guard every passenger inside the "cage". The new beam structure and high-strength steel, which accounts for up to 70%, not only make the body more rigid, but also effectively "slim down" and reduce weight, which is the secret of UNI-V's excellent crash safety while further reducing fuel consumption.
At the same time, UNI-V enjoys 6 airbags when it enters, and the high-quality safety guarantee of users is not discriminated against, and there is no ambiguity. In addition, the 3+3 process assurance system of the Ark architecture makes the product quality of UNI-V more stable and reliable. Under the technical empowerment of the Ark architecture, UNI-V has made a qualitative leap in safety improvement, and we have also seen Changan Automobile's strong technical capabilities and consistent adherence to ensuring user safety.
Performance improvement Intelligent evolution, UNI-V is more than amazing
In addition to the leap in safety, the core of the Ark architecture "human-vehicle integration gene" and "future technology pre-installation" has also been displayed in UNI-V. In terms of power performance and intelligent experience, the new car has brought more surprises to users.
A car is good to drive, and a high-quality chassis and strong power are indispensable.
Ark architecture to create a new exclusive coupe chassis of UNI-V, front McPherson, rear multi-link four-wheel independent suspension system, based on genetic algorithms for tens of thousands of adjustments and evolution, test drive can know, UNI-V open up the sense of control is very strong, and the stability is also very high, so that you have the desire to rejoice.
Of course, with a high-quality chassis, the power must be enough.
UNI-V uses a specially tuned blue whale power, a new generation of NE1.5T high-pressure direct injection engine, the maximum power of 138kW, 1500rpm can burst 300N·m peak torque. In the test drive, you can fully feel that its acceleration is very direct, never drag mud and water, this linear acceleration, addictive.
Coupled with the matching of the Blue Whale 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, it is not only responsive, but also can calmly cope with various power needs at all times.
Not only that, the five driving modes are free for you to switch, when tuned to the SPORT/SUPER RACE mode, the touch of sports pleasure, fully meet the user's expectations for a coupe, driving up to truly achieve "people and cars in one".
It should be opened with vigor and cooler to use.
This is especially important for today's young people. Imagine brushing your face to the car, not feeling like logging into your FACE ID account, and automatically adjusting to your seat settings, how exciting. Coupled with iFLYTEK's latest voice interaction system, it can conduct multiple rounds of dialogue with "Xiao'an" at one time, and the patient has a companion (dog head).
What's more, the UNI-V is a vehicle for driving and an entertainment cockpit. On a tired afternoon, you can choose to play classic games, you can also enjoy iQiyi, Douyin, Sing Bar and other audiovisual entertainment in the cockpit, relax your mood, enjoy the fun, 64-color atmosphere lights change at will... Some models can also enjoy the beautiful sound of Sony's premium car audio, and in the face of this situation, which young person will refuse?
Fun, but also good to open, good to stop.
UNI-V is equipped with a 540° HD panoramic image that allows you to sit in the car and see the six roads. High-level intelligent driving assistance such as IACC intelligent cruise, UDLC intelligent lane change, IRLC intelligent recommended lane change, etc., brings us ordinary users an advanced scientific and technological experience. APA6.0 remote intelligent parking, the perfect solution to the parking problem, even do not have to move the car without their own, open the mobile phone can be operated "thousands of miles away".
These "future-oriented" technology configurations make the "future" easy to become the present.
Beyond the performance, advanced configuration, UNI-V born under the Ark architecture has a super high product power, surprising every user. Through these high-quality products, Ark Architecture is also comprehensively enhancing the core competitiveness of Chinese brand products.
Guiyan Hall
There is no doubt that for the average consumer, it may seem difficult to feel the power of an automotive platform architecture, but we can glimpse its superiority from the first car, the UNI-V car that landed on the ground. Under the technical empowerment of the Ark architecture, not only the safety of the vehicle has gone up, the performance is better, and the intelligent gameplay is also more. The various product-level upgrades are largely due to the empowerment of the platform architecture.
Nowadays, UNI sequences have become the darling of the mid-to-high-end market, and it is common for the average monthly sales to exceed 10,000. As the first sedan of the Ark architecture, UNI-V is the latest achievement, which fully demonstrates the advanced technology of the architecture, but it is far more than UNI-V.
It is foreseeable that the structure of Changan Automobile's Ark will be like "Noah's Ark", constantly conforming to the evolution of the times, constantly forging ahead, innovating forward, and taking it as its mission to provide users with a safer, more comfortable and more future car experience, setting up a benchmark for architecture, and boosting Changan Automobile to bring more transcendent new products, thus becoming a real ark leading the development of Chinese automobile brands.
(Text/Sinking Dust)