A few days ago, a group of patented design drawings of BYD's new SUV were exposed online, and through comparison, it can be seen that this new car is very similar to the X-DREAM concept car previously released by BYD. So, is it a model in the Dynasty series? Now that the Dynasty series has covered the product matrix from small SUVs to compact SUVs to medium-sized SUVs, the lineup is already very perfect, and adding a new car may be "self-disordered". Is it a marine life series? No, dolphins, gulls, and seals are all cars, and sea lions are SUVs, but they will not be available until the third quarter of 2022. So, is it the "Warship" series? Destroyer main sedan, landing ship main MPV, cruiser main SUV, according to BYD's new car planning, in the first quarter of 2022 will be listed a "warship" series A-class SUV, which is based on the DM-i platform to build, benchmark BYD Song PLUS, priced at 13-16 million yuan, therefore, this new car is the cruiser 05 in the warship series.
In terms of appearance design, the front face of the cruiser 05 is still very similar to the "Dynasty Series", which is a typical "Dragon Face" design, the exaggerated "big mouth" with the "squinting" headlights, widening the horizontal visual effect of the front face, there are ALSO BYD three letters between the front face and the hood, the Marine Life series and the warship series will use BYD car logos, and the Dynasty series of "Tang", "Song" and "Yuan" and other dynastic car logos are still different. In the side part of the car, a straight waist line runs through the front and rear, which improves the visual height of the side of the car, and the entire side of the car appears very full. The rim is a double five-frame design, but also the use of hidden door handles, according to the new car planning, the length of this car will be within 4800mm, the wheelbase will be within 2800mm.
The rear part of the car, the tail light adopts the "twist twist" through the design, and also spreads a part to the side of the car, which looks like a strong sense of three-dimensionality and design, and the exhaust is a hidden design, which weakens the sense of movement of the rear. It is worth mentioning that the new car also adopts a frameless door opening design to enhance the recognition. Overall, the exterior design of the new car is still very domineering, at least it will not make people feel "greasy".
The warship series is based on the DM-i platform, the main plug-in hybrid model (PHEV), the marine biological series are based on the e-platform 3.0, the main pure electric model (EV), and the cruiser 05 will be equipped with a 1.5T engine dedicated to the Xiaoyun-plug-in hybrid, with a maximum power of 102kW, a peak torque of 231N·m, and with two different power permanent magnet /synchronous motors, the fastest time to break the hundred is 7.3s.
Interior design is still stuck in the category of X-DREAM concept car, I believe that the official mass production model will have a great change, but the central control layout is a high probability will not change, such as a large size of the central control screen with minimalist interior design will be BYD's future design direction, in the BYD Dolphin we have also seen similar design.
The two-seat design in the rear row is very personal, and there is a set of "tea sets" in the middle, and it is expected that the official mass production model will not retain the 4-seat model, and it is likely to adopt a 5-seat layout. As for the frameless door and the door opening design, whether it will be retained, the official does not have a clear answer. Especially the frameless doors, this thing looks cool, but the sound insulation effect is not as good as the conventional door design, and high-speed driving may "leak air".
According to BYD's new car planning, the launch time of Cruiser 05 is the first quarter of 2022 (Q1), if the plan remains unchanged, it means that this car is close to us, considering its 13-16 million yuan pricing and the identity of the A-class car, as well as the DM-i platform to build, if it is listed, will you consider this car?