After the Toyota Prado was discontinued and delisted in China, there was no longer an option in the field of 400,000-500,000 off-road vehicles. However, there are still Beijing off-road vehicles below the 300,000 class, and other car companies have not deeply cultivated the off-road vehicle market. However, with the birth of the Great Wall Motor tank series, the tank 300 has become a hot hardcore off-road vehicle with a whole network, and its "big brother" tank 500 is about to be officially listed on March 4, what are the highlights of the new car? Let's take a look at it.
First of all, the pre-price of the tank 500 is 335,000-395,000 yuan, which just avoids the price range of more than 400,000 for the joint venture car, and forms a certain interval with the price of the tank 300, effectively distinguishing the positioning and grade of the two cars. Extrapolating from the selling price, what do you think the market pricing of the Tank 500 is? Let's discuss whether there is a market demand for its price.
From the previously announced news, it can be seen that the tank 500 will launch three options for business, sports and customized versions, and in terms of appearance, it is currently known to provide two styles to choose from. In particular, the front face grille style is completely different. The grid grid in the front face of the business version is composed of 9 horizontal silver chrome decorative strips, and forms a large area of silver grille with the grille border, which looks extremely advanced and businesslike.
The sporty front face is obviously designed to accentuate the sporty tone, the grille design is very rough and wild, very powerful, this two grille style is completely different, and it is easy to distinguish. Both versions of the matrix headlights are consistent.
Coming to the side, the wheel style of the sports version and the business version is also different, the wheel hub of the business version is obviously more advanced, the workmanship is more luxurious, and the sports version of the wheel design is obviously flat. However, depending on personal preferences, some people may think that the sports version of the hub is more in line with the personality.
Coming to the rear, the most obvious difference is whether there is a rear-mount spare tire, the sport version has a rear-mount spare tire, while the business version does not have a rear-mount spare tire, for such a design, what do you think? Which style do you prefer?
Looking at the interior, in fact, as a luxury-level SUV, the tank 500 can give consumers a theoretical experience that is not bad, but it has not really experienced the interior, so it cannot be evaluated from the picture, but from the overall layout, the tank 500 is more sincere in terms of materials, such as the new car is equipped with a 14.6-inch central control display as standard, and the sense of luxury is full.
The entire seat, central control design is very advanced and delicate, the experience in the material is very thick, such as the seat with a large number of leather wrapping, the steering wheel also uses leather wrapping, I believe that the riding experience is not bad. The center console is made of large area imitation wood, and the sense of premium is very well placed.
Body size, tank 500 length, width and height are 5070 (4878) 1934/1905mm, wheelbase length 2850mm, the new car provides 5 seats and 7 seats optional, but from the actual experience, if the 7 seats are not just needed, I think the 5-seat version is more practical, if the 7-seat is a regular use, then the 7-seat is also a good choice.
In the power part, the tank 500 will be equipped with a 3.0T V6 engine, with a maximum power of 260kW and a peak torque of 500 Nm, in addition to matching the 48V light mixing system, and the gearbox matches the 9-stop automatic transmission developed by the company. From the positioning of the car to the matching powertrain comparison, in fact, the 3.0T powertrain equipped with it is fully in line with the product positioning of the tank 500.
So, from the current market point of view, what are the competing models of the Tank 500? Looking for the same price from the joint venture brand, it may be that volkswagen lanjing and Tuang two cars are competing models, but from the perspective of the entire product, whether it is power performance, space workmanship, luxury experience, tank 500 in addition to the identity of its own brand, other aspects seem to have too obvious advantages.
In the end, the tank 500 is a comprehensive performance of a good medium and large SUV, the appearance of high-level domineering, power performance is not bad, luxury configuration and technology experience are at the current first-class level, for such an SUV, the current pre-price at 33.5-39.5 million yuan, do you think the price is expensive? The new car will be available on March 4, so if you're interested, be patient.