On the evening of January 26, the tank brand issued a clarification statement: a "Tank 100" internal training picture was recently circulated on the Internet, in which the slides shown were not internal tank documents, and the relevant product positioning and price information were untrue. The Tank brand has released five models including the Tank 300, 400, 500, 700, 800, covering the market from compact, to medium to large, to full-size "high-end off-road SUVs", which will be mass-produced and put on the market within 2 years.
Recently, the network exposed a set of PPT screenshots of suspected tank 100 internal training. Judging from the pictures taken, tank 100 is positioned as "the first off-road vehicle for young people" and "the first convertible for young people", and will launch two models, manual transmission and automatic transmission, of which the price of manual transmission is 89,900 yuan, and the price of two automatic models is 9.99 and 109,900 yuan. Configuration information shows that the tank 100 is equipped with a 1.5T engine as standard, using a non-loader body, time-sharing four-wheel drive and L2 assisted driving.
Prior to this, renderings and design manuscripts of tank 100 also appeared online. According to the relevant pictures, the tank 100 basically continues the square box shape of the tank 300, and the front face also adopts circular headlights, and integrates with horizontal LED daily running lights to maintain a high degree of visual recognition. The bottom will also be equipped with a wider bumper to highlight its own hardcore atmosphere. In other words, tank 100 is like a scaled-down version of tank 300. However, from the overall shape, you can also find clues. Isn't this the front face of The Jimney + Tank 300?
In fact, for the matter of Tank 100, there have been relevant people on the Internet who have already responded. For example, in the internal training of car companies, it is usually selected to use the model code to report, rather than directly using the model name, such as the internal code of the tank 500 P03, and the internal code of the tank 300 is P01.
According to information obtained by the automotive industry, the wheelbase range supported by the tank platform is 2750-3750mm, and the wheelbase of the tank 300 is exactly 2750mm. That is to say, the Tank 300 should be the smallest SUV under the Tank brand, while the Tank 100 is significantly smaller, unless the Tank brand or Great Wall Motors launches a new manufacturing platform. In addition, in the previously announced tank platform model planning, there has not been a smaller model.
The automotive industry pays attention to obtained from the State Trademark Office, and at present, Great Wall Motors has indeed applied for many tank model trademarks, such as Tank 100, Tank 200, Tank 300, Tank 400, Tank 500, Tank 600, etc. These trademarks may become the mass production model names of tank brands, but it does not mean that tank brands will launch these models, which is more like the protection of trademarks.
Judging from the feedback of netizens on tank 100, it really surprised many young people. Since Suzuki withdrew from China, Jimney can only be introduced into China through parallel imports, and due to emission regulations can not be introduced into the country, even if it enters the Chinese market, it will also lead to high prices due to various taxes, so if there is a car company can produce and launch a so positioned off-road vehicle, the size is smaller, the price is lower, similar to Suzuki Jimney's product positioning, to make up for the market gap. However, based on the official clarification of the tank brand, as well as the existing manufacturing capabilities based on the tank platform, at least from the current point of view, the mass production possibility of the tank 100 will not be very large.
So why didn't the Tank brand launch the Tank 100? As we all know, tank 300 was first under the Great Wall WEY brand, and later because of the different style of the WEY brand model, while the market sales are good, and finally the Great Wall Motor took advantage of the trend to make it an independent brand, but whether it is a tank brand or a WEY brand, its positioning is a high-end market, and the tank 100 is more like a civilian car, which is inconsistent with the positioning of the tank brand. The other is the above-mentioned tank platform, tank brand models will come from the tank platform, and the tank platform is the professional off-road platform of Great Wall Motors, and the models created for Great Wall Motors include B, C, D and D+ SUV and pickup models, but they also have certain production standards. According to the information disclosed by the tank platform, the tank platform supports a wheelbase of 2750-3750mm, while the wheelbase of the tank 300 is 2750mm, and it is basically impossible to launch a lower positioning tank 100.
From the official website of the tank brand, it is understood that at present, the tank brand has only one model of tank 300 for sale, and the off-road version and the city version are launched, of which the off-road version of the challenger is priced at 195,800 yuan, the off-road version of the conqueror is priced at 213,800 yuan, the city version is priced at 200,000 yuan, the city version is very stylish, and the city version is priced at 230,000 yuan. The data shows that in 2021, the cumulative sales volume of the tank 300 is 84588 vehicles.
In addition, at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, the Tank 500 officially opened pre-sale, with a pre-sale range of 335,000-395,000 yuan. In terms of power, the tank 500 is equipped with a 3.0T engine, with a maximum power of 354 horsepower and a maximum torque of 500 N·m, which is matched by a 9-speed manual transmission and four-wheel drive. It is understood that the tank 500 will be officially launched in early March. In addition to the above models, the tank brand is currently available in the Tank 400, Tank 700 and Tank 800, which are expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
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