As a southerner, I have a lot of feelings about the spring festival holiday that just ended, and the scattered epidemic situation, coupled with the continuous low temperature rain and snow weather, has brought many inconveniences to travel, which also more and more reflects the importance of the car for a family. Self-driving not only eliminates the hassle of waiting for a car, saves travel time, but also reduces the risk of contracting the epidemic. In the past two years, independent car brands have developed rapidly, and some of them have also attracted people's attention, such as the following SUVs, which do not lose the same level of joint venture luxury brands.
Red Flag HS5
Guidance price: 18.38-24.98 million
Hongqi Motors won 300,000 sales in 2021, and Hongqi HS5 contributed more than 120,000 sales and won the champion of independent mid-size SUV sales. The HS5 adopts a straight waterfall grille and adds a lot of chrome decoration, which has a strong sense of visual impact. The red decoration in the center is one of the iconic designs of the Hongqi model. The red logo on the front fenders serves a better embellishment and enhances the legibility of the sides. The rear of the car is relatively thick and heavy, in line with its own positioning.
In the interior part, Hongqi HS5 adopts a twin design, and the upper part is also very intimately set up with a blackout plate to reduce the occurrence of reflections. However, this also obscures part of the line of sight, and the blind spot in front of the car will be relatively large, but it will not have much impact on the model equipped with the 360-degree panoramic image function. The mixed and matched material seats are more satisfactory in terms of wrapping and comfort, with a wheelbase of 2870mm and plenty of space for the front and rear seats.
In terms of power, the Hongqi HS5 is equipped with a 2.0T engine, the maximum power is 224 horsepower, with a 6AT gearbox, the acceleration time of zero hundred kilometers is only more than 8 seconds, and the power performance is relatively excellent. Fuel economy performance is general, the need to add No. 95 gasoline, in the current high oil prices, is also a lot of money, look forward to the future can be added hybrid models to make up.
WEY Mocha
Guidance price: 18.78-22.38 million yuan
Great Wall Motors' high-end road began relatively early, but the process was not smooth. Now that the new product array of the WEY brand has taken shape, Mocha is the flagship model that succeeds the previous VV7. The width of the mocha is 1960mm, while the height of the car is only 1690mm, which looks relatively wide. The size of the grille is also large, which has a strong visual impact after incorporating chrome elements. The windows are still designed with narrow edges to compensate for the lack of body height. The rear of the car is relatively full and thick, with a slightly slippery shape, with a strong sense of movement.
In terms of interior, Mocha adopts a 9.2-inch full LCD dashboard plus 14.6-inch and 9-inch dual central control touch screens, which has a strong sense of technology. The interior materials are more sufficient, a large number of leather wrapping has been added, and the color matching is more abundant, showing a strong sense of fashion and luxury. The mocha has a wheelbase of 2915mm and the interior space is outstanding.
In terms of power, Mocha is equipped with a self-developed 2.0T engine, which can burst out of 214 horsepower, and is matched with a 9-off wet dual-clutch transmission, which has good ride performance and high transmission efficiency, in addition to adding a 48V light mix system, which has helped to improve fuel economy.
Star-studded moon
Guidance price: 19.39-23.39 million yuan
Xingtu Lanyue is the new face of the medium and large SUV market, the appearance is the familiar "Chery style", the banner chrome grille, the tough body line is almost the design language used by most Chery models. The length, width and height of the moon are 4970x1940x1788mm, the body is relatively tall, and the front of the car is almost perpendicular to the ground, giving people a sense of oppression.
The interior part, Like the Hongqi HS5, the Xingtu Lanyue is designed with a dual screen, and the size is 12.3 inches, but it does not use a shading design, so it is more likely to reflect the phenomenon and affect the use experience. The air conditioning control adopts the form of knob and touch, and there are no other physical buttons on the center console. The small electronic shift mechanism frees up more storage space in the central aisle area. At present, all models on sale are equipped with leather seats as standard, and they do not hesitate in terms of materials, and the comfort configuration is also relatively rich. Different from the previous two models, the Starway Lanyue is a 7-seater model, which is relatively rich when used daily as a 5-seat model, in order to ensure the luggage compartment space, the space performance of the third row seats can only be said to be decent.
The power part, Xingtu Lanyue adopts a self-developed 2.0T engine, the maximum power can reach 261 horsepower, which is much higher than the previous two models, but because the curb weight is also relatively heavy, the power experience will not be much different. The transmission part is still the most used 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission in Chery models, and the smoothness and fuel consumption performance in the urban area are not outstanding, which is also the shortcoming of the Starway Moon.
The above three models are the 200,000 star models of independent brands, whether it is material materials or power configurations, they all reflect the confidence and confidence of independent brands. However, from the current sales performance of the three cars, brand influence is still one of the most important factors driving sales. What are your different views on the above three cars? With a good budget, how will people choose? Feel free to leave a comment at the end of the article for discussion.