A week ago, the second generation of Changan CS75 PLUS officially opened pre-sale. The whole series offers three models of 1.5T and 2.0T power combinations, with a pre-sale price range of 127,900-154,900. I believe that many consumers have questioned the official declaration of the "second generation", after all, the first generation of CS75 PLUS has been listed since September 2019, and it has only been about two and a half years, under normal circumstances, it is the rhythm of the medium-term reform, and the new car directly throws out a new generation of words, which is Changan sensationalism, or is the new CS75 PLUS really a drastic change?
Replacement, in fact, is a major change
From the perspective of the dimension of vehicle size, this nominally "second-generation" CS75 PLUS is not much different from the current model. The new model, whether it is the 1.5T version or the 2.0T version, unifies the length of the car to 4700mm, which is different from the difference between the 4690mm of the current 1.5T and the 4700mm of 2.0T. In addition, the width, height and wheelbase of the car are consistent with the current 1865, 1710, and 2710 (mm). At this point, the new CS75 PLUS does not meet the requirements of the replacement.
However, it is ensured that the cabin space of the new CS75 PLUS can at least maintain the same height as the current model, and it should not be a problem to maintain the sales base plate laid by the current model.
Perhaps more convincing is the upgrade adjustment in the shape. Compared with the radical style of the current model, the new car as a whole has been reduced, and many flat lines have appeared in the body, and the visual effect is more stable. In order to continue to impact the consumer market dominated by the new generation, the new car has not been sloppy in creating a sense of sports. Including the front and rear faces, the through-line light set has been upgraded to enhance the recognition with the current model.
In addition, the new CS75 PLUS also provides two sets of different sets of front grilles officially called whale tail waves and crystal matrix, which are actually V-shaped straight waterfall and scale style designs, and also have active closing functions, which can meet the aesthetic standards of more users. As for the two sides of the rear exhaust of the 2.0T version, as well as the mid-fog lights and exaggerated rear bumper of the imitation F1 car taillights, it is probably set to please young people.
The changes in the interior are also remarkable, and the whole series has upgraded only the current 2.0T top with an exclusive 12.3-inch LCD instrument cluster, which complements the dual screen composed of the same 12.3-inch central control display. Compared with the different styles of the exterior, the adjustment of the interior is more about the improvement of texture, including the addition of ice crystal blue and white interior colors, making the atmosphere of the carriage more noble.
The power section will be a highlight of the new car update. With the same 1.5T and 2.0T displacement, Changan adjusted the power of the new CS75 PLUS to be more aggressive. Among them, the parameters of 1.5T are 188Ps and 300N·m, and the 2.0T is 233Ps and 390N·m, which is 10Ps, 35N·m and 30N·m respectively compared with the current model, and even the 1.5T model in the transmission system is equipped with a more reliable Aisin 8AT automatic transmission as standard.
Overall, the new CS75 PLUS has changed a lot, but more is the fine adjustment of some details, to say that the replacement of conventional models, I am afraid that it may not be recognized by the majority of consumers.
Inner volume, aligned with the Haval H6
It is undeniable that the sales performance of the current CS75 PLUS in the highly competitive compact home SUV market is still quite good. With a report card of 10,000 or 20,000 units per month, it helps the CS75 family to call the Haval H6 family. Even in a certain month last year, it overtook the Haval H6 to win the SUV sales throne, of which the sales contributed by the CS75 PLUS were indispensable.
However, when the annual sales data came out, according to the statistics of the Association of Automobile Associations, the haval H6 family still ranked first in SUV sales in 2021, with cumulative sales of 352,000 vehicles, while the Changan CS75 family ranked second with 274,000 vehicles. It is worth mentioning that the Haval H6 has seen a year-on-year decline of 3.2% compared with 2020, while the CS75, which was all the way up last year, is still invincible to the Haval H6, whose sales have begun to decline, under the premise of an increase of 4.8% year-on-year.
On the players who have the ability to surpass the Haval H6, from the perspective of sales base, I am afraid that only this CS75, which has been infinitely close to its monthly sales, has strength. However, CS75 PLUS, as the main hot model of the CS75 family, opened last year's sales statistics list, it is not difficult to find that its sales have begun to show weakness, compared with the H6 that has been steadily rising, and even a slight decline.
Obviously, this is not a good signal for the CS75, which aims to bring down the Haval H6 leader position. The reason why Haval H6 has been in the top position for many years, in addition to the balanced product strength and cost performance, lies in the huge size of its H6 family. You know, there are as many as 20 Haval H6 models on sale, including the latest third-generation model and the second-generation model named Guochao, as well as the H6S, which focuses on niche coupe SUVs.
In the price range of 100,000-150,000, H6 almost penetrates users with different consumption concepts. The CS75 family only has CS75 and CS75 PLUS, and the main volume is the latter. In fact, the strategy of "having more sons and fighting" is not unfamiliar, and the sales of two generations of models in the same hall have become a powerful weapon for many OEMs to increase model sales in recent years, such as Nissan Xuanyi.
It is reported that the CS75 family is also expected to practice this model. The new CS75 PLUS is sold in the same house as the cash model, and the price of CS75 is further reduced to less than 100,000, further absorbing more beginner consumers. The new and old CS75 PLUS competes with the third-generation Haval H6 and H6 national tide editions.
Smarter, better than H6
In fact, in terms of product strength and price, in the car circle with serious involvement, not only H6, CS75 PLUS will not open up too much gap with the same level of Geely Boyue PRO, Trumpchi GS4, Roewe RX5 and other head independent brand models. Especially now, there are dimensionality reduction blows like The Geely Star Yue L, and the pressure of the new CS75 PLUS is not small at all.
In my opinion, perhaps the achievements of the new CS75 PLUS in intelligence may enable it to stand out from many opponents, especially the Haval H6, which is like a big mountain. The dual 12.3-inch screen adopted by the new CS75 PLUS adopts a one-piece curved design, with the driver as the core to form the 8.1 ° arc that is most in line with the human retina, coupled with the first 9-inch intelligent W-HUD head-up display function, bringing the scientific and technological sense of the whole vehicle to an unprecedented height.
Looking at the APA5.0 automatic parking system equipped with the top of the 2.0T, it can not only realize the basic horizontal parking, vertical parking, side parking and remote control access functions, but also has the ability to follow the trail and reverse, and can independently reverse the last driving trajectory according to the parking before parking, which can undoubtedly help the households that sometimes have a less clear vision or difficulty reversing. It should be known that this function is relatively rare in the same level of models, and it is first installed on the B-class models of mainstream luxury brands.
In addition, the empowerment of the new generation of IMS intelligent interaction system has functions such as face ID face recognition and intelligent gesture control; the new Wutong 3.0R ecosystem can support multi-scene voice interaction, in-vehicle WeChat, and massive in-vehicle entertainment applications; through the interconnection of mobile phones and vehicles, it can also realize remote control of car windows, viewing in-car images, and mobile phone Bluetooth key.
It is worth mentioning that the new car is also equipped with high-definition 540 ° panoramic images, IACC intelligent driving assistance, intelligent deceleration and cornering, intelligent emergency avoidance and other intelligent functions, and the overall driving assistance level has reached L2 level. It can be said that in order to maximize the competitiveness of the new CS75 PLUS, Changan has armed its first evolved configurations to the vehicle.
The only thing debatable is that the price of the 1.5T version of the new car that is expected to be the main volume has fluctuated compared with the current model, although the configuration has worked hard enough to smooth the price difference, but the prevailing social atmosphere of increasing the amount without price increase, I don't know whether there will be a more people-friendly price after the official listing, which will be the key to whether the Changan CS75 family and the Haval H6 family can further narrow the gap or even surpass.
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