In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the role of Guan Yu was not known to the major princes at first, so that everyone did not notice such a "passerby". However, when the Eighteenth Road princes gathered to prepare for the crusade against Dong Zhuo, with the "warm wine and Huaxiong", Guan Yu became famous in one fell swoop and became the largest "dark horse" in the early Three Kingdoms era. Of course, there are many plots in the novel where Guan Yu shows his strength, and the plot of slashing yan liang and cursing Wen ugly, cutting through five levels and cutting six generals is more familiar to everyone, defeating many fierce generals and finally returning to Liu Bei's side.
The annual selection of China's pickup trucks is like the "battlefield" of the pickup truck industry, and each participating model is a fierce general who has to go through many tests. With the announcement of the awards at the annual model ceremony, we also got all the results of all models. As the annual pickup drama that has been held for three consecutive years, the difference in models in the previous categories was not very large, but this year there are some exceptions. Among the 14 models participating in the competition, one dark horse product came out on top in multiple test projects, which is the first pickup truck model launched by Sinotruk VGV, the VX7. With its strong performance, the VX7 pickup won the 2021 Passenger Life Pickup Award.
Safety performance protects passenger life
As people's cognition of cars becomes more and more rational, driving safety is gradually being valued, and even far more important than other aspects, especially in the context of passenger and household use, the safety performance of pickup truck products is not sloppy. In recent years, high-end pickup truck models have continuously put forward higher requirements in auxiliary systems and safety configurations, but basic braking and body control are still the top priority, if these two points can be done well, pickup trucks are basically no different from passenger cars.
Friends who are familiar with the annual model evaluation rules must know that the rules are divided into four major items, of which the control safety in the high-end driving fun group accounts for 30% of the vehicle evaluation, and it is also the highest proportion of the objective evaluation of the group, which shows the importance of control safety for high-end driving fun group models. In this category alone, Sinotruk VGV VX7 won the first place in almost all tests, especially the performance and handling performance, which reached the level of passenger cars.
The braking performance test is divided into cold braking and hot braking, and the initial speed is about 100km/h, which is commonly known as the braking distance of 100 km/h. In both projects, VX7 received a perfect score for the first place ranking.
In order to guarantee the optimal operating temperature of the brake system, the cold brakes are only tested once, and the VX7 has a braking distance of 40.81m, the shortest distance among all models. Maybe some card friends have no concept of this distance, we take the performance-oriented GAC Trumpchi Shadow Leopard as an example, in the passenger car media test, the shadow leopard's 100 km per hour braking distance is 41.58m. A pickup truck has a braking range that is even shorter than a sport car known for its performance, and the VX7 is enough to reach the level of household use in this regard.
Maybe you'd say it's accidental, but there's also thermal braking to prove it. Thermal braking is an average of 10 times of repeated measurement of 100 km/h braking distance, and the VX7's performance is 40.35m, which is still the first among all participating models. Compared with several family SUVs, Buick Encore is 40.41m, and volkswagen Tiguan L (2018 280TSI automatic two-wheel drive comfort version) is 40.39m, representing the braking distance of mainstream SUVs. The VX7's braking distance has reached the level of many domestic SUVs, and it is a veritable passenger pickup truck.
Of course, in daily driving, driving safety is not only about braking, but also about the "emergency obstacle avoidance" ability that is crucial in the face of dangerous situations, which is what we often call the elk test. This project has always been a very concerned aspect of the annual selection of objective tests, in layman's terms, the emergency obstacle avoidance test is to set up a "few" shape of the two lanes, the vehicle at a certain speed suddenly changes direction, and then changes back to the original lane, calculating the time through this distance. The faster the speed and the shorter the passage time, the more stable the vehicle is when avoiding obstacles at high speed. Sinotruk VX7 also performed well in this test, winning the first place with a pile insertion speed of 70.10km/h, a departure speed of 68.40km/h and a pass time of 3.43 seconds.
Sinotruk VGV VX7's excellent performance in braking and emergency obstacle avoidance is enough to prove that its safety has reached the level of passenger cars, which is what needs the most attention as a family car. When you happily bring your family and friends to travel between cities, in the event of unexpected situations, the VX7's excellent control quality gives you more room to save the car, thereby protecting the safety of vehicles and passengers.
Dynamic performance is a strong backing for passenger life
Of course, safety is the foundation, and for family cars, there is a higher level of requirements and power performance. In the recently announced vehicle acceleration performance results, Sinotruk VGV VX7 has a unique advantage in acceleration, the average starting acceleration time of 40km/h is more than 0.3 seconds different from other players, and the fastest starting acceleration time has reached 2.96 seconds.
If you don't have any concept of this 2.96 seconds, we'll also explain it more specifically with the acceleration time of a normal home compact SUV. In the acceleration test of passenger cars, the 40km/h acceleration time of SAIC Volkswagen Tiguan L (2018 280TSI Automatic Two-Wheel Drive Comfort Edition) is about 2.75 seconds, and the FAW Toyota RAV4 Rongfang (2020 2.0L CVT Four-Wheel Drive Premium Edition) is about 2.8 seconds. That is to say, the start-up acceleration of the SINOTRUK VX7 is quite close to the performance of the home compact SUV, so when you drive this car at the intersection, it will certainly not be thrown far away like a traditional pickup truck, which is a small gap.
The factor that determines the acceleration performance lies in the thrust-to-weight ratio, which is the ratio of power to body weight. The larger the general ratio, the stronger the acceleration performance of the vehicle (of course, factors such as engine type, transmission gear ratio and tires are also related). When declaring the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China National Heavy Duty Truck VX7 showed that its 2.0T engine has a maximum power of about 155kW, a curb weight of 1.73 tons, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of about 90; the latest Tiguan L's 2.0T engine has a maximum power of 162 kW, a curb weight of 1.84 tons, and a thrust-to-weight ratio of about 88; the maximum power of the Rongfang 2.0L self-priming engine is 126kW, the curb weight is about 1.6 tons, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is about 78. The thrust-to-weight ratio of the SINOTRUK VX7 is quite close to that of the SUV.
The traditional pickup truck, due to the form of non-bearing body, generally has a curb weight of more than 1.8 tons, but the power of the gasoline engine can rarely exceed 140kW, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is about 78, which is much lower than the VX7. And not only in the initial acceleration stage, in the overtaking acceleration (60-100km/h) time test, sinotruk VX7 also beat the crowd with a time of 4.83 seconds, the fastest among the 14 models.
In the busy urban rhythm, people always want to be able to reach the destination quickly and efficiently, which puts forward higher requirements for the power of the vehicle. As a passenger life pickup truck, Sinotruk VX7 stood out in the annual model selection with excellent acceleration performance, highlighting a high enough level of passengerization, allowing you to enjoy life at the same time, but also feel the new experience of driving a light and fast acceleration pickup truck.
Summary: Of course, Sinotruk VGV VX7 in the annual selection of the first more than this, the new car in the snake-shaped pile test, steering wheel free rotation, comprehensive fuel consumption and other dimensions of the project test have come out on top, in the author has experienced many annual pickup truck reviews, rare pickup truck can become such an outstanding dark horse, and China National Heavy Duty Truck VX7 broke this routine.
As the first pickup truck product of Sinotruk with nearly a century of car manufacturing heritage, VX7 shows with excellent results that this is a different passenger life car, and in the media surveys at home and abroad, people generally hope to get such a more home-oriented well-designed pickup truck, Sinotruk VGV VX7 gives consumers a better choice.