Recently, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released the annual automobile sales data for 2021, and the cumulative sales volume for the whole year of 2021 reached 20.146 million units, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year. Among them, MPV sales in 2021 were 1.079 million units, and the sales volume of MPVs accounted for only 5.4% relative to total sales, which seems insignificant. However, since ancient times, the MPV market segment has always had the phenomenon of The Matthew effect winner-take-all, and in the past two years, coupled with the liberalization of the three-child policy and the entry of major car companies, it has ushered in a small outbreak period in the MPV market, and the competition situation has also entered a white-hot stage.
However, from the perspective of the MPV sales data for the whole year of 2021, excluding the low-end MPV market, in the 150,000-300,000-level high-end MPV market, Buick GL8 is still leading the way, with annual sales of more than 160,000 units; Trumpchi M8, Odyssey, Alexander and other models are in the range of 40,000-60,000 vehicles, and the overall sales situation shows the status quo of "one super and many strong".
So, is there a car that can break the current consumer pattern of the MPV market? If there is such an MPV, I think it is the upcoming Song MAX DM-i, the current pre-price of the new car is 146,800-17.38 million yuan, pure electric endurance, the new car will provide 51km and 105km two kinds of endurance options. What is the hard power of the Song MAX DM-i, which is officially called a fuel MPV disruptor? Through this live shooting experience, we will take everyone to know about it.
In terms of appearance, the appearance of Song MAX DM-i still continues BYD's new Dragon Face family appearance, such as diamond dragon eye LED headlights, dragon claw trace through the taillight design is as sharp and advanced as ever.
In terms of details, in order to better visually look and feel, the front face streamer double-edge grille and the tail as a whole have been adjusted, which further enhances the exquisite quality and three-dimensional sense of the whole vehicle.
The actual shooting of the "Shu luxury integrated upgrade roof" version of the model, from the appearance seems to have an additional roof, in essence, this roof and the roof are integrated, but from the appearance of almost no difference, if you enter the car you can find that the interior is very clean. For this kind of cabin roof design can give people a stronger sense of travel, the interior ride can get a more open head space, and the line of sight in the car has also made a qualitative leap.
Of course, for such a design to like or not to completely depend on personal choice, it is reported that the official will also provide the ordinary version of the model to choose from, do not like the integrated upgrade roof version can also choose the ordinary version. Manufacturers for such a consideration, stemming from innovation and taking care of traditional consumer demand, is obviously extremely wise. In this real-life static experience, I personally prefer the exterior style of the "comfortable luxury integrated upgrade roof" version, but I prefer the internal space of the ordinary version.
In terms of interior materials, Song MAX DM-i is on par with BYD's high-end models Han EV, Tang DM-i and other models, such as the new car equipped with a 15.6-inch adaptive intelligent car rotating Pad, ultra-narrow bezels, high-definition display, screen ratio of up to 83%, visual effects are quite good. The vehicle is also equipped with a DiLink 4.0 (4G) intelligent network connection system, and supports voice control vehicles, navigation, music, telephones and other functions, such as door unlocking, air conditioning opening/closing, window closing, opening vibrato brush video, etc. can be realized.
In terms of safety configuration, the new car uses 3H ultra-high strength all-round collision energy absorption safety body, and the whole car is built into a cage-type safety fortress. The car will also be equipped with 6 airbags, tire pressure monitoring, 360 ° panoramic image and other basic functions, the middle and high equipment will also be equipped with lane departure warning system, lane keeping assist system, active safety braking system and other configurations, in terms of safety, Song MAX DM-i can ensure a safe travel.
Song MAX DM-i is positioned as a home-grade MPV, which is also very thoughtful in terms of ride comfort, such as door handles, seats and other areas that are often touched by soft and hard imitation leather wrapping, and comfort and durability can be taken into account. The wheelbase of the car is 2785mm long, it provides "2 + 2 + 2", "2 + 3 + 3" two kinds of seat layouts to choose from, the actual shooting model for 6-seat models, it is reported that the 7-seat version of the second and third rows can be put upside down flat.
Judging from the actual riding experience, the second and third rows of the Song MAX DM-i have good leg and head space. Perhaps in order to make more legroom for the third row, the rear trunk space is insufficient, but because the third row of seats can be completely reclined, it can create an ultra-spacious rear trunk space, and for the consideration of the occasional need to carry large items on a daily basis, the rear seat design makes up for the lack of the rear trunk.
The 2022 Song MAX DM-i not only has excellent performance in terms of space and intelligent security configuration, but also deserves to mention that it has a powertrain that subverts the fuel consumption of MPV, which is its biggest selling point. In the current hybrid technology, the hybrid technology equipped with most models cannot take into account fuel consumption and power performance, but THE BYD DM-i super hybrid can take both into account, which can not only make the models equipped with the DM-i super hybrid system obtain extremely low fuel consumption performance, but also make the car have excellent power performance.
For example, the DM-i super hybrid system equipped with Song MAX DM-i is composed of an electricity-based and engine-supplemented super power-saving system with the Xiaoyun-plug hybrid 1.5L high-efficiency engine, EHS hybrid system and DM-i super hybrid blade battery as the core. The whole power system can make the Song MAX DM-i get 4.4L of 100 km of power loss fuel consumption, in the case of full oil can achieve 1090 km of ultra-long endurance, but also can achieve the fastest zero hundred acceleration of 7.9 seconds.
Obviously, from the price range of 140,000-170,000 yuan, Song MAX DM-i is a very balanced home MPV in terms of intelligent configuration, space, power performance, fuel consumption and so on. From the current MPV market below 300,000, there are naturally many models with intelligent configuration and space comparable to Song MAX DM-i, but the models that are better than Song MAX DM-i in terms of performance/fuel consumption have not appeared, so from the MPV market segment, Song MAX DM-i is a product worth looking forward to.