Taking a step towards the high-end, Wuling Capgemini will make further efforts, and the hardcover version is expected to be listed in the first quarter
As a silver-label compact MPV created by Wuling Motors for the family travel scene, Wuling Capgemini attracted much attention at the beginning of the listing, and Wuling Capgemini did not live up to the expectations of SAIC-GM-Wuling, just two months after listing, it achieved a good result of selling more than 10,000 in a single month, changing the impression of "tool car" and "van" left by Wuling MPV, "globalization" and "de-commercialization" have become the identity labels of Wuling Capgemini.
Today, Wuling Capgemini has been listed for more than a year, and its sales ranking in December is second only to Trumpchi M6, and its limited product strength has become the shackles for Wuling Capgemini's sales to break through upwards. Therefore, the arrival of the Wuling Capgemini hardcover edition is not unexpected, there is news that the hardcover Wuling Capgemini is expected to be officially listed in the first quarter of this year, the price of new cars will be increased, similar to the Avenir Avia series launched by Buick GL8, at that time, the Wuling Capgemini hardcover version will also face the market with a high-end image.
In terms of appearance, Wuling Capgemini Hardcover Edition continues the exterior design of the current model, providing more appearance details for customers to choose. In the front part, the new car offers a more layered parametric grille design, supplemented by chrome trim embellishments, and a silver logo throughout the design, which enhances the sense of grade. At the same time, the LED daily running light shape of the front of the car has also changed, replaced by a "lightning" style, the internal luminous structure is echo-like, the texture is sharp and unique, with the matrix LED light group design, highlighting the fashion atmosphere.
On the side of the body, the new car provides different styles of 18-inch rims for customers to choose from, with smoked black five-frame rims and two-color five-width rims, as well as dense rims, and the choice of appearance details is more abundant. In addition, the new car has added chrome trim decoration to the front, side and rear of the car, and can be optionally equipped with a version without luggage rack, and can also be equipped with a rear privacy glass, and the details of the appearance are selected.
In the rear part of the car, the new tail of the car has added a personalized tail tag to highlight its high-end identity, and from the picture, it is impossible to clearly identify the English logo it adopts. However, from the handwritten font of the logo on the rear of the new car, it is similar to the Buick GL8 Aivia series, which shows that capgemini hardcover edition is deliberately following the buick GL8 Aivia's approach, through the high-grade sense of "packaging" design, to enhance the existing Wuling Capgemini market competitiveness.
In terms of size, the length, width and height of the Wuling Capgemini hardcover version are: 4875/1880/1700mm, the wheelbase is 2800mm, in addition to the body height changes, other size parameters are consistent with the current model. Secondly, the new car will follow the 2+2+2 layout, the interior is boldly speculated, the new car or will use a more advanced sense of cloud decoration plate to cover the center console, coupled with a large size of the dual screen design, so as to meet some consumers' higher pursuit of interior refinement.
In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with a more powerful 1.5T engine, the engine code is "280T", the maximum power is 130kW, compared with the current Wuling Capgemini power on sale, the maximum power data has been increased by 22kW, which means that the power performance of the new car has been significantly improved, and it also reflects the "more advanced" configuration setting of the hardcover version of the model. In terms of transmission system, in order to continue to take into account the needs of economic vehicles, or will continue to use the CVT gearbox, after the power configuration is upgraded, compared with the Trumpchi M6, it has a more confident product support.
epilogue
At present, the guidance price of Wuling Capgemini is 8.58-13.48 million yuan, and the whole series only has a 1.5T power configuration, the power is relatively single, and in the future, Wuling Capgemini will also launch a hybrid version and a hydrogen fuel version, and the model configuration will gradually become rich. As far as the current compact MPV market environment is concerned, the main competitors of Wuling Capgemini are Trumpchi M6, Geely Jiaji, BYD Song MAX and other models, and their product strength advantages are mainly reflected in market reputation. Combined with the 2021 MPV sales data analysis, Wuling Capgemini slightly ahead of Trumpchi M6 and competing models in sales in the past six months last year, and the Capgemini hardcover version, which will be launched in the first quarter of this year, is expected to further enhance the market competitiveness of Wuling Capgemini and further consolidate its market position.