The emergence of tank 300 can be said to break the barriers and thresholds of the hardcore off-road circle, the price of the people, good performance, retro appearance are the elements of the success of the tank 300, coupled with the brand endorsement of the Great Wall Group, this car fire can be said to be taken for granted, but the sales are too good to cause many consumers to pick up the car cycle is long, so is there a model that can replace the tank 300? It is almost impossible to find models with the same positioning in the same class except for the BJ40, but recently the automotive market has changed again.
Jietu released a new car T-X, on behalf of the Chery camp back to the hardcore off-road market, the new car is based on the new Kunlun architecture to build, positioning belongs to the hardcore off-road vehicle, is expected to be similar to the size of the tank 300, pricing considering the brand positioning of the jet way, the price will be slightly lower, is expected to be cheaper than the tank 300 about 2-30,000, or equipped with Kunpeng power system, is expected to have a combination of 2.0T+8AT and 2.0T+8AT+ motors, in addition to 48V light mix may also join it, In the future, it will become the flagship model of Jietu and the first model for Chery to return to the hardcore off-road market.
Why is it a return to the hardcore off-road market? Because Chery was ready to show its hands in the hardcore off-road market before, the former sub-brand Weilin brand launched the Weilin X5, which was also a little famous in the hardcore off-road circle that year, and the price was close to the people, it was one of the few hardcore off-road vehicles of the year, and it was also the only hardcore off-road vehicle of Chery that year.
At present, the car has been officially unveiled before the New Year, but with the official start of construction, the industry has also received relevant news, Jietu T-X the fastest in the first quarter of the pre-production of a mass production model for testing, the fastest at the end of the second quarter or the beginning of the third quarter pre-sale and listing, it is expected that the first batch of owners can drive the Jietu T-X during the year, of course, there are relevant sources pointed out that the Jietu is likely to pre-sell in advance to collect orders, and mass production delivery in the fastest time, in order to seize the market. And there are also internal sources pointed out that the current exposure of the T-X concept car is the use of non-load-bearing body version, is expected to have a T-X design language of the load-bearing body model, the relationship is similar to the tank 300 and Haval big dog, it is expected to be named T-1, T-2 and so on, but the current Volkswagen MPV model is also a similar naming method, do not know whether the shortcut can be used.
On the outside, the T-X concept car adopts a retro design language similar to the tank 300, and the retro style has been very popular in the hardcore off-road circle in recent years, from the earliest FJ Cruze, Mercedes-Benz G, Land Rover Defender, to today's tank 300, Ford Lima, Jet road T-X, are using retro design ideas, hard-core retro design, highlighting the wild flavor of off-road vehicles. The same square box shape and the integrated design of the net light group, but the light group of jietu is not designed to be round, but adopts the + sign in its own travel + concept, of course, the protruding wheel eyebrows, the rough AT tire, and the square shape highlight the off-road style.
The interior has not yet exposed any information, so we will not expand the explanation, but the power aspect is worth mentioning, it is expected that the new car will use the Kunpeng powertrain, Kunpeng power in the future not only has 2.0T power and 1.0T and 3.0T engine, which can meet different consumers and different levels of models, and the hardcore off-road version of T-X is expected to be equipped with a 2.0T engine, and will be derived from the fuel version, light hybrid version, plug-and-mix different models, The four-wheel drive system will be equipped with adaptive intelligent timely four-wheel drive, electric four-wheel drive and adaptive adjustment active suspension configuration, but the specific parameters need to wait for further analysis.
Summary: T-X as a series of models, belongs to Chery Travel + ecology, the future will be derived from a variety of models, will cover hard off-road, off-road style SUVs, pickup trucks, station wagons and other models, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the Jietu brand upwards, how to kill out in a red sea, of course, also injected fresh blood into China's auto market. (Text/Univision Auto Haoyang)
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