For most young consumers, the first car at home,
Definitely hope to be both fashionable and dynamic, but also take into account the practicality,
In the 100,000-dollar SUV,
Haval Red Rabbit can meet the requirements.
Written by Qin Shaojie Typography Tong Wei
Haval Red Rabbit has been on the market for a while, we have also reported before, but at that time it was still a static experience, the appearance of young fashion and rich configuration has left us with a deep impression, and from the perspective of positioning and performance parameters, his product features and driving dynamics, so this time the first driving experience also makes us look forward to it.
Haval Red Rabbit is from the Great Wall Motor lemon platform, the new lemon platform has the characteristics of flexibility, high performance, high safety, lightweight, before the new car launched on the platform has been in the market have gained a good reputation, showing a good product force, so the purpose of our test drive is also to verify how the product strength of Haval Red Rabbit is.
Static experience we have introduced his design, as an SUV model with family genes, it is not easy to highlight the fashion dynamic, but the red rabbit compared to the traditional urban SUV, or show a young vitality. He is a compact SUV with a wheelbase of 2700 mm standard, the shape is indeed shorter in front and rear, the rear of the car also has a sneaky feeling and a large tail, the entire bottom is surrounded by a circle of green decorative skid plates, but also contains a spoiler design, and the four wheels are pure black rims inside is also a green caliper.
The front of the car is now popular straight waterfall vertical grille, the headlights are LED light sources, the position of the day lights is designed to be very three-dimensional; the curved surfaces and lines on the side of the body are very dynamic; the rear design is also very full, the top is a striking spoiler tail, the middle through the taillights, the rear bumper design is also very three-dimensional. Therefore, although this red rabbit is a white body, it can also show a dynamic and fashionable atmosphere.
This first impression inside the car is also very pleasant. The overall design is driver-centric, with green line decorations everywhere, echoing the outside of the car. The sports seat not only supports the side of the body, but also has a comfortable friction of the velvet material in the middle; the multi-functional steering wheel, the workmanship and decoration of the center console, and the sci-fi 5D shift lever design, which look very exquisite, and the atmosphere of the entire interior is also full of young and dynamic style.
The Haval Red Rabbit is rich in configuration, which can be felt from the look and feel of the car, and there are many features that should belong to higher-level models. For example, there is a face recognition camera on the left A pillar, which can log in to the system and fatigue monitoring; Above the dashboard, you can see that the car actually has a HUD head-up display; the multi-function steering wheel has paddle shifters, and the ACC adaptive cruise can be controlled on the steering wheel. The 12.3-inch touch screen in the middle of the center console integrates most of the functional control, and the physical buttons such as air conditioning and volume are still retained below the middle air outlet, and the wireless charging function of the mobile phone is also in front of the bottom shift lever. It is worth mentioning that the two buttons on the far right of the row of physical buttons are automatic parking and 360 image function, and when we opened the image, we saw that there were 12 monitoring cameras, which also indirectly reflected the richness of the red rabbit configuration.
The 12.3-inch touch screen has a very good touch and reaction speed, which includes navigation, entertainment, voice control and vehicle settings, in terms of human-computer interaction and intelligent networking, the model of the Lemon platform has shown its level, and Haval Red Rabbit still has a fairly good performance. For example, in the entertainment menu you can watch vibrato and videos online; in the vehicle settings, you can see his rich intelligent driving assistance system, and he can also adjust the three forces of steering and four driving modes. However, it is still a little inconvenient for me to switch driving modes without physical buttons or knobs to control. Voice control function and we think as easy to use, a sentence "hi rabbit" can wake up and control most of the functions, recognition rate and reaction speed are good, especially navigation, sound control, etc., with voice control used to be reluctant to control.
The focus of the test drive is, of course, the dynamic experience, and the power output performance of the Haval Red Rabbit is really refreshing. He used a 1.5T engine with a maximum power of 184 hp and a maximum torque of 275 Nm, matched with a 7-stop dual-clutch transmission. His start is light and powerful, the torque output at low to mid-revs is really abundant, the gear changes are smooth, and you can quickly and smoothly accelerate to 80 km/ 100 km/h or even higher. If you switch to sport mode, his throttle response during power output will be more active, the speed will remain higher and more active, and the steering force will become heavier and more driving, but the speed will become obvious after the engine noise and tire noise in the car. His body is also very stable in high-speed driving, and when he accelerates again, he can feel that there is still room for power output, although there is no such strong explosive force when accelerating, but the level of power output is dynamic enough for an SUV, in order to highlight the dynamic red rabbit actually has a catapult start function, which is indeed too rare in this level of SUV.
In the driving, the Haval Red Rabbit body is quite direct to the steering reaction, that is, although his suspension is very tough but still comfortable, when encountering those small bumps and potholes on the road, they are basically filtered well, which does not affect the comfort of the ride, but the chassis is slightly jumpy when walking the big bumps such as the deceleration barrier. At the same time, when turning back and forth at high speed or doing this back and forth turning action around the pile, it feels that the red rabbit vibration reduction stroke is slightly longer, coupled with the high center of gravity of the SUV, his tilt affects the control, so it feels that his tuning still emphasizes the comfort of home, and the fun and dynamics in the detour are worse than the straight line. Of course, this is a premise, his power output performance is excellent, so I have high expectations for his handling, aside from expectations, in fact, his driving performance is quite good in the same level of SUV models.
As a standard compact SUV, the body size of the Haval Chitu is not outstanding in the same level, but the riding space is absolutely enough, the head space needless to say, the rear leg has a distance of two fists, and the rear seat cushion is not short, the support is relatively in place, the rear bottom plate is flat, and the comfort of sitting three people is not bad. Luggage compartment design is decent, the rear seat back can be divided into open upside down and the bottom plate is basically flat, the space is enough for daily home use, and the red rabbit has achieved a good balance of practicality on the basis of emphasizing dynamics.
The beauty of the design is a matter of opinion, but The Haval Red Rabbit is indeed dynamic, especially from the perspective of the home SUV, while the intelligent technology including ADAS, face recognition, and rich configuration are its highlights, but also take into account the practicality, and relative to the price of 10.98-12.38 million yuan, with his equipment and performance, the cost performance is indeed very high. Young people buy the first car often take into account the family, in this price range, dynamic red rabbit is a good recommendation that can make these young people start the journey quickly, and the entry-level version, hybrid version of the red rabbit is also gradually listed, the choice will be more abundant.
Great Wall Motors Haval Red Rabbit
Body and drive type:
Front-facing front drive, 5-door, 5-seat SUV
motor:
1.5T,135kW,184PS,275Nm
Transmission: 7DCT
Suspension:
Front/McPherson independent, rear/multi-link independent
Braking: Front/Ventilated Disc, Rear/Disc
Tires: Front/Rear: 225/55 R18
Length× width × height:
4470×1898×1625mm
Wheelbase: 2700mm
Fuel tank capacity: 55L
0-100km/h acceleration: 7.7s
NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption: 6.2L/100km
Listing date: May 2021
Price: 10.98-12.38 million yuan