Since the Tank 300 has become a phenomenon-level product, the domestic hardcore SUV market has also begun to show signs of recovery.
On January 10, at the Jietu brand night, Jietu officially released a hardcore SUV concept car, the Jietu T-X.
After the official release, this new Jietu T-X has naturally become a hot topic of the moment. Everyone is discussing and looking forward to such an issue.
——What will the Jietu T-X look like after mass production?
Eat two fish
At the Jietu brand night, Jietu officials also interpreted the future mass production configuration of the T-X concept car, and these keywords can be obtained from the information released.
First of all, in the structural form of the body, the mass-produced Jietu T-X concept car will provide two structures: load-bearing body and non-load-bearing body.
This key point is also the most discussed at present - how to make two body structures in one car?
It is indeed impossible to make a load-bearing body and a non-load-bearing body structure on the same model, but what if two different structural forms of bodywork are made on two models?
Yes, from this detail, it is actually possible to predict the form of the Jetway T-X concept car after mass production, it will certainly not be a single model, but a model series.
The off-road-focused version adopts a non-carrier body architecture, while the version that focuses on mild off-road will adopt a load-bearing body structure.
Both in the car's modeling style and design language refinement, will come from this T-X concept car.
The role of the concept car is to display a design language and design form through exaggerated design expression, and the mass production car built based on such a form can be diversified.
The two configurations of the Jetto T-X are load-bearing and non-load-bearing bodies, which can be referred to for Ford's Bronco series launched in the North American market.
Also under the same design concept, Bronco continued the layout of the non-load-bearing body structure of the longitudinal engine rear-wheel drive, while the urban version of the Bronco Sport adopted the bearing body layout of the horizontal engine front-wheel drive.
In addition to the design language, the configuration of the two is very different.
Similarly, Great Wall Motors' Haval Dog and Tank 300 can also be seen as different positioning outputs of such a design concept in a sense.
Next, it's time for the shortcut.
Global power
At the press conference, Jietu said that after mass production, the new T-X concept car will be equipped with Chery's Kunpeng power, with a global power architecture, including PHEV, pure electric, hybrid and other configurations.
Models with plug-in hybrid systems can consume as little as 1 liter per 100 km.
Chery Group's Kunpeng Power is a representative of the field of independent brand power, and today, Kunpeng Power has developed to the era of 4.0.
The core technical indicators have also moved from high thermal efficiency to efficient hybrid.
Last year, Kunpeng Power officially released the Kunpeng DHT of the all-round hybrid configuration, officially entering the field of hybrid with strong hybrid configuration. The mass-produced version of the Jetway T-X concept car also benefits from this.
At the level of transmission and chassis, the future mass production of the Jietu T-X concept car will provide two forms of mechanical four-wheel drive and intelligent timely four-wheel drive.
From the perspective of the configuration of these two structural forms, in fact, it can also be corresponded to the two body configurations of non-bearing type and load-bearing type.
The non-load-bearing body version is equipped with a mechanical four-wheel drive on a platform with a longitudinal engine rear-wheel drive to achieve a standard off-road vehicle configuration.
The load-bearing body version is based on an intelligent four-wheel drive system that matches the transverse engine, so as to achieve differentiated positioning in the two-wheel drive SUV market.
In terms of chassis, the new car will also be equipped with adaptively adjustable active suspension.
Whether it is the body structure or the configuration of the power chassis, these hard-core details of the Jetto T-X concept car all point to a key word - the full coverage of the travel scene.
This is also the central idea at the Jietu brand night conference - the future Jietu will be more like its name.
Lean and light
Of course, the design of the Jetway T-X concept car is really good
Taken as a whole, the shape of the Jetto T-X concept car expresses the appearance of a standard hardcore off-road vehicle.
However, unlike the traditional hardcore off-road vehicle, the proportions and posture of the Jetway T-X concept car are more in the expression of a thin and brisk sense of vision.
This concept is similar to the positioning of the traditional old off-road vehicles in Europe.
Therefore, in the Jetway T-X concept car, we can clearly feel that the off-road thing is a fashionable foothold, not the whole car.
This lean and brisk Approach to european-style off-road vehicles allows us to take the visual center of gravity away from the large all-terrain tires and instead allow more of our focus to focus on the details of the body profile.
For example, the shoulder line of the Jetway T-X concept car is broken at the front and rear shoulders, thus constructing the wheel brow features of the independent front and rear fenders, and using geometric elements to emphasize the independence of the main profile features of the body.
This design is obviously an eye-catching highlight for consumer groups that pursue personalization and fun.
The design of the front of the Jetway T-X concept car is also a fashionable evolution of off-road functional design.
The grille and headlights form a square whole, thus reserving a slit in a straight front bumper mask.
From a functional point of view, this straight slit, as well as the independence of the front bumper mask and the front image, can better meet the needs of subsequent replacement of the competitive bar, the addition of winch, auxiliary light source and so on.
This design is very common in many of the classic early off-road vehicles, and the designers of the Jetway T-X concept car cleverly used the pattern composed of LED light sources and combined with the embellishment of geometric features to make this old-fashioned design language comprehensive.
The same design principle can also be found in the luggage rack on the roof, the attached spare tire and so on.
Like the old off-road vehicles, the Jetway T-X concept also lowers the line of the side windows, which makes it easier for the driver to stick his upper body out of the car and observe the state of the front wheels.
From the perspective of driving experience, this practice of lowering the side window line is also more convenient for the driver to put his arm on the window to enjoy the free air.
How to say it, the design concept of the Jetway T-X concept car, or the design element that this concept car can receive a lot of attention in a short period of time, is to convert the functional equipment of the traditional off-road vehicle into details for expressing fashion characteristics.
Let the traditional off-road vehicle look no longer five big and three thick, avoiding the traditional hardcore off-road vehicle refusal to be thousands of miles away from the sense of déjà vu. Its design and positioning make off-road things more approachable.
- Off-road, now it is a fashion in itself.