The rise of independent brands and the arrival of the new energy wave have allowed people to buy medium and large SUVs with a budget of more than 300,000 yuan, which is no longer limited to the old joint venture models such as Highlander and Tuon. Among the independent brands, there is volvo SPA architecture technology supported by Lynk & Co 09, and among the new car-making forces, there are also ideal ONE with annual sales of more than 90,000, with the reputation of "Daddy Car". Interestingly, these two models, which were originally parallel to oil and electricity, were often compared because of the overlap of positioning and price.
So which of these two models is more worth getting started? Here we may as well put aside the rhetoric of industry leaders and experts and scholars, and stand in the perspective of ordinary consumers to make a wave of simple static comparisons.
As an important consideration criterion for vehicles, the appearance of vehicles has always been the most worthy of scrutiny. While adopting the family design language, in order to give it more avant-garde and sporty atmosphere, Lynk & Co 09 uses a straight waterfall front grille shape on the front face, although it does highlight the sense of impact, but with the signature "frog eye" running lights, it always gives people a feeling of excessive force.
Compared with the radical styling of Lynk & Co 09, the ideal ONE from the hands of new car-making forces is more traditional, all designs follow the normalization, and the overall style tends to be calm. Although this design is less amazing, the moderate and low-key style is obviously more easily recognized by home users. However, it should be mentioned that the door handle is also designed in a traditional way, which is really a bit too conservative.
In terms of interior, the two show the sense of atmosphere and grade that 300,000 levels should have, but also show obvious differences. The radical appearance of Lynk & Co 09 did not continue to the interior layout, still using the design ideas of traditional car companies, and the central control screen and the unique touch buttons on the steering wheel added a lot of scientific and technological attributes.
The ideal ONE uses a triple screen + control screen in the interior to "forcibly" occupy the user's line of sight, although some simple and brainless, but the effect is surprisingly good. Redundant intelligent configuration coupled with the help of multi-screen interaction, in the creation of a sense of science and technology is better than Lynk & Co 09.
One of the main features of medium and large SUVs is that it has ample space in the car, and in this regard, Lynk & Co 09 and Ideal ONE are actually quite in place, but the deliberation of some details has attracted a lot of hot discussion. The Lynk & Co 09 is 5042/1977/1780mm in length, width and height, with a wheelbase of 2984mm and a 6-seat/7-seat layout. The ideal ONE has a length, width and height of 5030/1960/1760mm, a wheelbase of 2935mm, and only provides a 6-seat layout. Although the Lynk & Co 09 is more than 10mm larger than the latter in all aspects of the size, the advantages in size are not reflected in the interior space.
The Lynk & Co 09 is slightly inferior to the ideal ONE in the second and third rows of space, and the experience brought by the bulging central floor of the second row and the narrow passage is also poor. As for why there is a large size but a small space, in fact, there is a direct relationship with the Volvo SPA architecture to focus on the safety of users in the car, which can be seen from the trunk depth size, the ideal ONE trunk minimum depth is 500mm, while Lynk & Co 09 is 660mm, more than 160mm is for the rear impact safety considerations, so sacrificing a certain space advantage in exchange for rear safety, although there is a discount in riding comfort, this wave of trade-offs is worth affirming.
In terms of power, at present, Lynk & Co 09 provides two powertrains, the maximum power of the fuel version of 2.0T+48V light mix is 187kW, and the peak torque is 350N·m. Plug-in hybrid is 2.0T + P1 + P4 dual motors, the comprehensive power of 317kW, the comprehensive torque of 659N·m, NEDC pure electric endurance of 80km. The entire range is equipped with an 8AT gearbox as standard and equipped with a four-wheel drive system.
The ideal ONE adopts a range extender architecture, a 1.2T three-cylinder engine with dual motors in front and rear, the comprehensive power can reach 245kW, the comprehensive torque is 455N·m, and the NEDC pure electric endurance is 188km. The ideal ONE is unmatched by the Lynk & Co 09 hybrid version in terms of pure battery life and support for fast charging, but the latter is more economical in terms of fuel consumption (7.8L/100km under WLTP conditions) than the ideal ONE (8.8L/100km under NEDC conditions).
The above are all comparisons made in terms of aesthetics and use, and then we can use the cost perspective to make a simple analysis. Lynk & Co 09 from the Volvo SPA platform architecture, in terms of mechanical quality can be regarded as touching the ceiling of its own brand, 2.0T four-cylinder twin vortex supercharging + Aisin 8AT, the suspension is made of aluminum alloy double wishbone / rear multi-link suspension. The ideal ONE chassis is the front McPherson/rear multi-link suspension, and the engine is Changan's Dongan Power's 1.2T three-cylinder single-scroll tube supercharged, without a gearbox. Compared with a set of hardware, in fact, the cost gap between the two is visible to the naked eye. This cost premium also leads to many consumers who like Lynk & Co 09 are often not too cold to the ideal ONE, but users who like the ideal ONE may consider Lynk & Co 09.
If you look at the cost of materials alone, Lynk & Co 09 undoubtedly has more efforts in the chassis and power, and consumers feel more "cost-effective" to use. Although the ideal is not as good as the former in this regard, due to the deep understanding of the needs of home users, it is easier to win the user's approval in terms of vehicle comfort and intelligence, after all, sometimes the family's riding experience is higher than the driver's feelings.
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