Previously, SAIC-GM-Wuling announced its sales data for December, of which the second model of the Wuling Silver Label series and the first household SUV currently launched by Wuling for the mainstream market - Wuling Xingchen, its December sales reached 19,073 units, an increase of 22% month-on-month. Since its launch in September, cumulative sales have reached 54,563 units in less than four months. It is reasonable to say that such a hot-selling SUV does not need to be questioned, after all, it is not wrong to look for sales, but some people think that it debuted soon, so there are some concerns. So, today we will take a look at whether The Wuling Stars are worth buying?
At present, in the compact SUV market with the same level as Wuling Star, it is the preferred model of many household consumers, so the market competition has been fierce, of which there are many hot models in the 100,000-level price point, such as Haval H6, Geely Boyue and so on. In this context, Wuling Star can seize a lot of markets as soon as it comes, and the price must occupy a lot of advantages, after all, the top models are only less than 100,000, and the entry-level model is only 69,800, which is rare in compact SUVs. Of course, it is not good to be cheap, if there is no eye-catching product force, it is not cost-effective, and the starting value will naturally not be high.
Since it comes to product power, let's start with the size space. After all, the design is too subjective, and you can see it at a glance. In terms of size space, Wuling Star as a standard body compact SUV, you can find that its length, width and height are more conventional, length, width and height are 4594/1820/1740mm, not too outstanding, and Changan CS75 PLUS compared with a slight gap, but its up to 2750mm wheelbase, performance is more prominent, and thus ensure sufficient space in the car.
Take the actual situation of the 178cm experiencer as an example, sitting in the front seat is adjusted to the lowest, the head space can be left with one punch, keep the seat unchanged to go to the rear row, the head space can also have a punch, the leg space can be more than two punches, of which the Wuling Star rear seat also supports backrest adjustment, the maximum adjustable angle reaches 130 °, with the rear central armrest and softer filling, sitting tired can also sit comfortably for a while. In addition, the trunk of Wuling Xingchen is relatively flat and spacious, and the rear seat can be extended to 1840mm after being reclined, and the maximum volume can reach 1632L, which is ahead of models in the same price market.
Through in-depth understanding, the author also found that in terms of workmanship materials, Wuling Xingchen is also not sloppy. For example, the body protection part related to safety, Wuling Xingchen adopts an integrated cage body structure, and the whole vehicle has a total of 26 thermoformed parts, as well as high-strength steel accounting for more than 64.7%, so that the impact resistance and deformation resistance can have a good level. Therefore, Wuling Star also won the "2021 China Top Ten Body" award last year. It is worth mentioning that the high-end Wuling Stars in the interior part, will also use double stitch quilting process seats, 256 color atmosphere lights, the configuration of the whole car 9 stereos, to give more sincerity.
In terms of intelligence, Wuling Star also brought a small surprise to people, which built in the Ling OS Lingxi system independently developed by the Wuling brand, it is reported that it integrates the high-quality resources of iFLYTEK, PATEO, Si Bi Chi and other companies, and creates an open intelligent ecosystem with continuous voice dialogue, 3D rendering of car assistants and other functions. For example, when you continuously say "open the sunroof, turn on the air conditioner, adjust to 26 degrees, turn down the volume, turn on the navigation" these voice commands, Wuling Star's Ling OS Lingxi system will help you execute these instructions one by one, intelligent performance in the same price market is difficult to experience. Therefore, in the selection of the Xuanyuan Award last year, Wuling Xingchen won the third place in the "Intelligent Cockpit Voice Experience", and its new self-developed Ling OS Lingxi system contributed to it.
Finally, speaking of power, although Wuling Xingchen's performance is not very good, it also has a decent level. As a compact SUV that starts at 69,800, it is equipped with a 1.5T turbocharged engine at the beginning, which can have a maximum horsepower of 147Ps and a maximum torque of 250 N·m, which is basically more than enough to meet the daily household needs. At the same time, the medium and high-end models also adopt cVT gearboxes, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of NEDC is 7.7L/100km, and the economic performance is not bad.
On the whole, through the above product force analysis, we can find that although the price of Wuling Xingchen is close to the people, the product force is not sloppy, the configuration, workmanship, materials, space, etc., all have the strength to meet the real needs of the people, coupled with only 69,800 starting price, the cost performance is at least the upper middle level. Therefore, although Xingchen was listed late, thanks to the mature power combination and the quality strength of Wuling, I personally believe that the starting value is still very high, and in addition, it has also proved itself through excellent market sales.