After a period of silence, Ford ushered in its second spring in China, starting in 2021, Changan Ford has brought Music Much-E, EVOS and the new Mondeo. As another joint venture brand of Ford, Jiangling Ford also has a new car action, which will soon bring a new medium-sized SUV - Lingrui.
Recently, Jiangling Ford announced the pre-sale price information of Lingrui, the new car price range of 158,880-188,800 yuan, divided into three levels of models, its final official price may be slightly lower than the current pre-sale range.
Although it is a Jiangling Ford, Lingrui still emphasizes its blood relationship with Ford through the design language, and the latest family elements of the Ford family also show that it is not a cousin. The front face style is basically similar to EVOS and the new Mondeo, and the split headlights, the daytime light group and the hexagonal middle net are integrated, and the sense of coordination and appearance are relatively good.
In addition, Lingrui did not use dazzling chrome decoration, but chose a younger, more sporty blackened trim for embellishment, which also enhanced the visual effect of the front face to a certain extent.
The side of the lingrui does not incorporate too many trendy design elements, and the relatively straight lines are typical of the SUV style, but the top window line extending to the rear of the car and the silver trim under the doors have become the finishing touches of the body side.
The layering of the tail is very rich, and the polyline above the taillights even creates the visual effect of the small tail wing, and the taillight style has the charm of Music Much-E, especially the internal structure. In terms of size, the length, width and height are 4630/1935/1706mm, the wheelbase is 2726mm, and the body width is quite bright.
The interior layout is familiar with the Taste of Ford, although not the new Mondeo and EVOS that set of three-screen through the design, but Lingrui also has two 12.3-inch screens, and built-in Tencent TAI 4.0 car system, the most practical function is AR real-world navigation, can project navigation information to the full LCD dashboard, observe navigation information more intuitively.
In addition, Lingrui also has active safety configurations for assisted driving, such as parallel assist, lane departure warning, traffic sign recognition, track reversing, full speed domain adaptive cruise and other conventional packages. The interior provides two themes of blue + beige, blue + black, the two-color combination makes the interior atmosphere no longer dull, and also uses wood grain trim panels to set off the interior texture,
In general, the advantages of this interior of Lingrui compared to the joint venture SUV at the same price are relatively obvious, and the texture is also in place, but the self-owned brand SUV at the same price is slightly inferior, after all, in terms of interior atmosphere creation, Chinese brands are the top 1 in the industry.
Lingrui's seat layout is 2+3 mode, which means that it can provide more spacious seating space for the second row, and the "big 5 seats" is also its main space highlight, plus the width of 1935mm, its second row of seating space is quite impressive.
In the power part, Lingrui is equipped with a 1.5T EcoBoost turbo engine, with a maximum power of 170Ps and a peak torque of 260N·m, which matches a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission and does not provide four-wheel drive system options.
As a joint venture mid-size SUV starting at 150,000, Lingrui's configuration is full of highlights, and the whole series is equipped with tire pressure display, reversing radar/image, reversing side warning, parallel assist, lane departure warning, lane keeping, traffic sign recognition, cruise control, steep slope mitigation, open panoramic sunroof, keyless entry/start, remote start, leather steering wheel, leather seat, main driver electric adjustment, 12.3-inch central control screen supporting the Internet of Vehicles and OTA, full LED headlights, and rearview mirror heating 3. Automatic air conditioning, rear exhaust air outlet, air purifier, etc., the configuration of the entry-level model is rich and practical, but the whole series of models is only equipped with 6 airbags, which is not in place for passenger protection.
The price increased by 20,000 yuan, and the prestigious type added 19-inch wheels, front radar, 360 panoramic images, full-speed adaptive cruise, electric trunk, 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, 8-speaker audio, mobile phone wireless charging, automatic headlights, adaptive far and near light, multi-color mood lights, one-key lifting of all car windows, automatic folding of exterior mirrors, rear privacy glass, induction wipers, etc. This configuration mainly improves the technical auxiliary configuration, while improving the car experience, and also provides the optional configuration of car heating.
The premium PLUS priced at 188,800 yuan mainly increases automatic parking, induction trunk, leather seats, co-pilot electric adjustment, AR real scene navigation, track reversing, etc. Compared with the honorable type, the premium plus mainly increases automatic parking, induction trunking, etc. Unless there is a strong demand for AR real scene navigation, the reason for purchasing this configuration is not high, and seat heating and ventilation still need to be selected on this top-mounted model.
The price and configuration of Lingrui have shown full of highlights, and the lowest model cost performance is also excellent enough, but its core problem is still in the brand, Changan Ford has not officially picked up, how many people will choose the more unpopular Jiangling Ford?
Although it has not yet experienced and test-driven Lingrui, but according to the feedback of colleagues who have previously test-driven Jiangling Ford Lingyu, Jiangling Ford's engine and chassis performance are relatively good, but the gearbox tuning needs to be improved, I don't know if the same problem will appear on Lingrui, if the problem of mechanical matching is solved, Lingrui may not be able to buy.