Mercedes-Benz EQC was exposed to frequent motor failures, and the official response played Tai Chi
Many people subconsciously believe that the quality of traditional luxury car brands is better than that of new power brands, however, this is often just people's wishful thinking. When the cars of traditional luxury car brands break down, the level of trouble will not be lower than that of new power brands that lack experience in car manufacturing.
Mercedes EQC
Recently, 68 owners of Mercedes-Benz EQC jointly issued a "Joint Statement of Owners Mercedes-Benz EQC exposed to frequent motor failures". The statement claimed that a large number of Mercedes-Benz EQC owners have encountered 1 or more motor failures, according to most of the owners who have similar failures, 1-2 months before the failure, the vehicle will show a "fill coolant" prompt when the vehicle starts, and the coolant also has obvious signs of reduction.
Contents of the joint statement of owners
However, when the vehicle to the 4S shop test, the vast majority of 4S shop processing methods are uniformly selected to fill the coolant, resulting in the coolant penetration into the motor failure can not start the situation, the last maintenance, it is told that the need to replace the motor or power battery, because the parts need to be sent from Germany to China, the repair market often exceeds 35 days, beyond the maximum maintenance time limit of the national warranty.
At the same time, the owners of this batch of Mercedes-Benz EQC asked the 4S shop to provide motor failure reports and the reasons for replacing the motor were rejected, suspected of concealing product design defects. To this end, this batch of Mercedes-Benz EQC decided to jointly defend their rights, and at the same time put forward 4 requirements, including "disclosing EQC motor design defects and solutions", "initiating the recall process", "owners who have replaced motors return or change cars in accordance with the new version of the three-guarantee policy", "extending the warranty period of the 'three-electric system' to extend the lifetime warranty". After the announcement of the statement, Mercedes-Benz officials have also responded to the incident through a number of media channels in recent days, the specific content is as follows:
Mercedes-Benz official response
However, as of press time, we have not been able to find a statement of response on mercedes-benz's mainstream official social platforms. Judging from the content of the response, Mercedes-Benz did not promise to meet the requirements made by the owner, which was somewhat "playing Tai Chi".
In recent years, the news about the quality of Mercedes-Benz complaints has also occurred from time to time, the most famous is the "Xi'an Benz" rights protection incident that occurred in 2019, the female owner of the car due to the vehicle oil leakage repeated maintenance can not be repaired, in the form of sitting on the bonnet to protect their rights. Although the quality dispute ended in a settlement between the two sides, the news coverage of Mercedes-Benz's quality problems did not decrease.
"Xi'an Benz" rights protection incident
According to the recent auto recall statistics released by the State Administration of Market Supervision, the brand with the largest number of recalled vehicles in China in 2021 is Mercedes-Benz, with a total of 17 recalls, and the total number of vehicle recalls has reached 2781204. Although the number of recalls does not directly represent the quality of Mercedes-Benz, there are indeed many product defects that can be actively discovered by Mercedes-Benz.
In addition to quality problems, Mercedes-Benz has also repeatedly stepped on the thunder in marketing in recent years, and the image of the model "squinting" in the Mercedes-Benz advertisement not long ago has triggered a controversy that is suspected of insulting China. And similar sensitive events, Mercedes-Benz has not been the first time.
Mercedes-Benz is suspected of insulting Chinese advertising
Therefore, Mercedes-Benz said that the emphasis on the Chinese market may only stay in the field of sales and profits, for the demand for user services, as well as respect for Chinese users, Mercedes-Benz has not done enough, and even let the owner feel arrogant. All quality disputes stem from the lack of service, only by truly paying attention to the needs of consumers and users, can we meet the image of luxury brands.
The benchmark Toyota Prado should be more than enough, and the tank 500 will be available in March
After a wave of appearances and pre-sales at last year's Guangzhou Auto Show, Tank 500 mastered a new round of traffic codes in the off-road circle, and only 2 hours on the pre-sale day, it received 20,000 orders, and many off-road players are also paying attention, when will this car be listed?
Tank 500 pre-price
It just so happens that we recently got a set of internal messages that the tank 500 will be available in early March this year (2022), the specific time or March 4, which is not far away from us.
Tank 500 listing news
Tank 500 is a medium and large hardcore SUV, plus a pre-price of 33.5-39.5 million yuan, the goal is very clear, is to target the Toyota Prado, Mitsubishi Pajero and other "older generation" off-road SUV market, there is no such strength, I believe that after understanding its product strength, this answer will be understood.
Tank 500 Sport Edition
Tank 500 provides two kinds of appearances of the sports version and the deluxe version, the individual is more inclined to the shape of the deluxe version, the dense banner style of the middle net is very advanced, as for the hardcore SUV with a more exquisite sense, the luxury texture is completely above the Toyota Prado, this is not touted, if you also have the opportunity to see its real car, I believe there is a similar feeling.
Tank 500 Deluxe Edition
In terms of stature, the tank 500 and the Toyota Prado are not in the same level, because the length, width and height of the tank 500 are 5070/1934/1905mm, and the wheelbase is 2850mm, which is already the size of the Toyota Land Cruiser, but it sells for a lower price than the Prado, and can only show admiration for the Great Wall.
Tank 500
What's even more surprising is that the sense of grade in the car is also quite in place, without the rough taste of hardcore off-road vehicles, exquisite wood grain trim, technology screen, piano paint center control console and rich chrome decoration, the bright and sparkling atmosphere will make you forget its original identity, I think Prado owners have some feelings.
Tank 500 interior
To say that the biggest competitiveness of the tank 500, it has to be the mechanical part, the tank 500 is all standard with 3.0T+9AT, both of which are powertrains developed by the Great Wall, which have 354 horsepower and 500 Nm of torque, not to mention other aspects of the performance, the power configuration of this 3.0T+9AT alone is not easy in this era of new energy vehicles.
And the three locks, full-time four-wheel drive system, tank U-turn and other configurations and functions are very complete, while the tank 500 approach angle reached 29.6 °, departure angle 24 °, the minimum ground clearance height of 224mm, wading depth up to 800mm, from the mechanical part of the point of view, do you think you can beat the Toyota Prado?
Domestic patent diagram exposed, Hyundai Elantra N single-handed Honda Civic TYPE R?
The news that Honda has introduced the Civic Type-R to domestic sales has only recently come out, and another brand that also hangs the "H" model logo, Hyundai Motors, also wants to come and join in the fun. Recently, Hyundai Elantra N, which was unveiled at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, has officially released its appearance patent information at the State Intellectual Property Office.
Modern Elantra N domestic patent diagram
The Hyundai N Series represents a high-performance version of Hyundai, and the Hyundai Elantra N is undoubtedly a competitor to the Honda Civic Type-R. Sporty shape is naturally a must-have configuration, large size wheels, sporty appearance kit, and small tail wing design, the sense of sport is indeed stronger than the ordinary Elantra.
Referring to the information of the overseas version, the Hyundai Elantra N is equipped with a 2.0T engine, the maximum horsepower is 280 hp, the peak torque is 400 Nm, and the 8-speed dual-clutch transmission is matched, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h takes only 5.3 seconds. Although there is a certain gap with the Honda Civic Type-R in terms of power performance parameters, it can increase the horsepower by an additional 10 horsepower in N Grin Shift mode, and it is equipped with a front axle e-LSD (Electronically Controlled Limited Skid Differential) to help with the handling.
Modern Elantra N
At present, Hyundai Motor has not explicitly and openly introduced Hyundai Elantra N into the domestic market, but Hyundai Motor's various moves seem to be eager to try.
The Hyundai Elantra N is equipped with a 2.0T engine
However, compared with the famous Honda Civic Type-R, the hyundai Elantra N can only be said to be a fledgling, without any feelings to speak of, there are few die-hard fans, and the accumulation of brand culture is no way to compare with Honda. If the Hyundai Elantra N is directly introduced into domestic sales, coupled with the higher price of imported models, I am afraid that not many vehicles will be sold in terms of the cold performance of the domestic performance car market.
Honda's new Civic Type-R spy photo
Unless hyundai Elantra N can be imported into the country in its original form and sold for a price that is unbelievably cheap, this may still have a chance of winning. However, with the tone of modern cars, they may not be able to make such a cruel move, after all, the cost of performance cars is there, and the price is not expected to be much cheaper.
The investor is Tencent, and the financing of the stone technology car project was successful
Since Xiaomi announced the car, there has been no follow-up promotion news, but Xiaomi ecological chain company Stone Technology Affiliate Shanghai Luoke Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (Luoke Automobile) has made a move, it is also ready to build a car, just learned the news, it has completed a $100 million financing at the end of 2021, leading the investor is Tencent.
The boss behind Luoke Automobile is Chang jing, the founder and CEO of Stone Technology, whose company has also applied for the trademark of "Pole Stone Automobile" on May 17 last year, and its business scope includes motor and control system research and development, mechanical equipment research and development, new material technology research and development, auto parts retail, new energy vehicle sales, new energy technology research and development, etc., basically determining that this is a car company that focuses on new energy vehicles.
Luoke Automobile actually set up a car-making project at the end of 2020, and the original news showed that the first model of Luoke Automobile will be the standard Mercedes-Benz G-class off-road vehicle series, in addition, it will also use range extended power to build, and the target endurance will exceed 1000 kilometers, which shows that the future product positioning of Luoke Automobile is not low. After the success of this financing, Luoke Automobile is currently seeking a new round of financing, with a valuation of 2 billion US dollars, as for when the first model will land, we have to wait for official news.
Have to admit that the current cross-border car manufacturing has indeed become a "word on the dry" trend, indeed from the track of new energy vehicles, there is still a huge space for development, from the data point of view, In 2020, China's new energy vehicle market penetration rate is only 4%, it is expected that by 2030 this number will reach 33%, which leaves the opportunity for traditional car companies, and even other cross-border enterprises.
But it seems that the track is very broad, but it is not necessary for so many large and small car companies, which is a process of survival of the fittest, and what we see at the moment is more of a policy-driven, constantly entering the "new people", but there are not many car companies that can survive, and "car building" seems to have become a very easy thing.
Although we all admit that the three-electric system is easier than the previous research and development of fuel systems, and there is less protection from patent restrictions, but the new brand of new cars landed, in addition to hanging their own design logos, but there is nothing that belongs to themselves, I hope that the new members will not only occupy a quota, but really build products and contribute to China's new energy vehicle market.