To be honest, fans of the internal combustion engine would never want to see two brand car brands start the era of electrification. One is Porsche, one subaru, in addition to the racing background and horizontal opposing engine, the former's PDK, the latter's fully symmetrical four-wheel drive system are difficult to give up.
But no matter how confused and questioned by fans, Porsche's first battle Formula E won the runner-up, the first pure electric model Taycan launched even if there is no PDK, its gearbox is the only two-speed gearbox in the market, which seems to make the outside world slowly accept and agree with the reality that Porsche has opened electrification.
In recent years, not only in the world's major events there is very little voice, but also after Toyota became subaru's big owner, it seems that Subaru also forgot how to inherit its own racing spirit, and now Subaru, which focuses on the field of civilian cars, directly launched its first pure electric model SOLARR, so that fans can accept that Subaru has begun the era of electrification, which falls on this body.
The SOLTERRA comes from the e-SUBARU global platform jointly developed by Subaru and Toyota, and is a sister model to the bZ4X released by Toyota. In addition to being a completely electric platform, like the previous SGP platform, the new platform will also pay attention to the creation of driving experience and handling pleasure, and I don't know if this can solve everyone's question about whether THE SOLARA can inherit the essence of subaru models.
First of all, look at the appearance, the front part of the new car adopts a new design style, the front face is equipped with a large size hexagonal closed grille design, this design gives this car a strong pure electric model attributes, the official design is intended to highlight the car as a pure electric model has a very high energy efficiency, in my understanding, this design concept may be the same as what we call the all-round "hexagonal warrior".
The LED headlight set of this car is very sharply designed, and the four independent lighting units with the wrap-around daytime running lights are very much like a future warrior. Overall, the front part of the SOLTERRA still creates a very strong cross-border attribute, especially the black lower surround with silver skid plate, and the angular shape is also very wild. In addition, the SOLTERRA continues the tradition of low visual center of gravity of other SUBaru family SUV models.
Like the front face design, the front and rear fenders in the SOLTERRA's side shape are also wrapped in black material, creating a very strong crossover style. At the same time, like the XV and Aohu in the family, soLTERRA is designed with both passability and low center of gravity.
The new car features a suspended roof design, and the D-pillar also has a large angle tilt. The EV logo on the front fenders shows the identity of its all-electric model. The design of the taillights extends all the way to the rear fenders, which is very eye-catching. In addition, the new car is equipped with 20-inch rims or very atmospheric.
In terms of tail design, the external shape of the tail lamp is the most eye-catching part, the shape is very sci-fi, and the recognition is quite good. However, the internal lamp cavity structure of the tail lamp adopts a family design language, which still gives us a sense of familiarity. In the lower part of the rear, the compact spoiler can play a very good role in embellishment. In addition, the rear surround of the SOLTERRA is also equipped with a wide black skid plate, which echoes the side design.
When it comes to the interior, the interior of the SOLTERRA is still very different from the interior of other models in the family, and the overall design is very simple. The position of the dashboard is very front, basically under the front windshield, so that we will see the shift in the sight of the dashboard during driving.
Although Subaru tried to create freshness in the design of the steering wheel, it did perform well in terms of grip. But I have to say that the design of the three paintings is really not new, and this is all 2022, still using physical buttons, and there are more physical buttons on the steering wheel, are you afraid that female owners can understand? Not only the steering wheel, Subaru has also retained a large number of physical buttons for us while trying to catch up with the era of large screens, but the buttons below the screen have become touch-like.
In the overall layout of the central control, the floating central control screen occupies a lot of space, in order to ensure that the co-pilot has enough horizontal visual experience, the lower half of the T-shaped area has been tightened, and this shape needs to be adapted. But overall, SOLTERRA's interior color is still very foreign, and the brown-gray double-paneled interior has a certain sense of warmth and a certain sense of high-grade.
In addition, the more compact and exquisite electronic gear shift mechanism not only has a full sense of design, but also brings a huge storage space under the center console. And the size of the central armrest box is also very large, coupled with the storage space of the door panel, the space advantage of the whole car is also very good.
The brown leather seats still look quite premium, the wings on both sides of the backrest provide great lateral support, and the electric adjustment with lumbar support ensures good comfort. In terms of configuration, wireless mobile phone charging, digital keys and remote app control have also appeared in the new car.
The back row of the SOLTERRA is very good in both legroom and headroom. In terms of configuration, the new car is equipped with two Type-C charging ports, air conditioning outlets, seat heating and other functions. And thanks to the status of electric vehicles, the rear floor is also flat enough to bring good comfort to the passengers in the middle of the rear seat.
The vehicle's high-capacity battery pack is placed under the floor in the middle of the vehicle, which has a positive impact on the front and rear counterweight ratios of the vehicle and on maintaining a low center of gravity. At the same time, after the redesign of the body frame and the increase in material strength, the soLTERRA's body strength has been greatly improved compared to other models in the family.
Although the four-wheel drive version of the SOLTERRA uses different motors to control the front and rear wheel power separately, like other models, the SOLTERRA is equipped with an X-MODE AWD control system. Coupled with the newly developed "Grip-Control Intelligent Multi-Terrain Adaptation System", it gives full play to the characteristics of motor drive and meets the needs of daily life to light off-road use.
In the power section, referring to the previously released daily version, the SOLTERRA is equipped with a 71.4 kWh lithium battery pack, and the front-drive version is equipped with a 150kW motor, and the CRUID has a cruising range of 530km under WLTC conditions. The all-wheel drive version is equipped with an 80kW electric motor at the front and rear, and the combined maximum power of the system is 160kW, and the cruising range is 460km under WLTC conditions.
summary:
From a product point of view alone, Subaru SOLTERA not only has a heritage but also innovation, maintains a low center of gravity family design while also has a more fashionable and trendy appearance, coupled with the interior design that can finally keep up with the era. These definitely give Subaru powder a fresh feel.
If the power part can maintain the Japanese version of the model, whether it is the parameters or the endurance is the level of the mainstream joint venture brand, but everyone knows that Subaru is a pure imported "niche" brand, and the selling point of its products has never relied on cost performance to win. Therefore, what is worrying is that Subaru SOLTERA's "sister car" Toyota bZ4X has been determined to be imported and produced by GAC Toyota, and if it still adopts the imported sales model, it will suffer a loss.
Therefore, whether Subaru SOLTERA can sell well depends on the price.