This year's Spring Festival is exceptionally quiet, but fortunately, at the Winter Olympics, gu Ailing, Su Yiming and Xu Mengtao and other distant mobilization gold medals and the cuteness of the ice piers make us excited and full of expectations for the new year.
2022 has also come to February, what is the most anticipated thing in the automotive circle this year?
A major focus will definitely be the Beijing Auto Show in April, if there is no special accident, this year's Beijing Auto Show will have a lot of new energy electric vehicles and fuel vehicles participating in the exhibition.
Recently, there have also been some new car spy photos circulating on the Internet, let's take stock of the new cars that are about to be listed, which are worth paying attention to?
Fuel vehicle, three cylinders through four cylinders
Chinese car consumers talk about the discoloration of the three-cylinder, which also makes the car brands that use the three-cylinder engine suffer a lot, and the light sales decline, and the heavy brands are smashed. After Buick couldn't help but replace the three-cylinder engine with a four-cylinder engine, successive three-cylinder models of other brands also began to "change the machine".
Recently, the new Ford Focus, the new Geely ICON, the new Geely Binyue have spy photos exposed, although they have their own small modifications, but there is a commonality, that is, they have replaced the previous three-cylinder engine with a four-cylinder engine.
From the spy photos, the ford focus of the modified model includes hatchback and sedan version, and both have ST-Line versions. The exterior of the new car has been slightly adjusted. The headlights and the middle net have been replaced, and the polygon tail throat of the current bilateral single has also been removed.
The current Fox
Revised Fox Sedan ST-Line
A revised Fox hatchback
Of course, in addition to the change in appearance, the most important thing is to replace the Fox with the 1.5T four-cylinder engine used by Mondeo, but the power has been reduced from 182 horsepower to 177 horsepower, and the maximum torque is 243 Nm. In fact, this is not much different from the engine power parameters of the three-cylinder, but in order to cope with the fact that consumers talk about the discoloration of the three-cylinder, it can only be done. After all, after the Three-Cylinder Engine was installed in the Fox series, monthly sales plummeted from 15,000 units to about 0.2 million units, and Ford could not afford to lose it.
Geely ICON is a small SUV with a very young and personalized style, and the price of about 100,000 yuan makes it attractive enough. However, Geely ICON is equipped with a 1.5T three-cylinder engine, and in today's Chinese automotive market environment, its sales will be limited to some extent because of this three-cylinder.
The current Geely ICON
Revamped Geely ICON
Judging from the exposed pictures of the redesigned models, the overall change of the new car has not changed much, and there have been obvious changes in the front and rear bumpers, wheel hubs, and sleek intake grilles.
However, the concern is that the redesigned Geely ICON will also be equipped with a four-cylinder 1.5T engine with a maximum power of 133kW, which is 3kW higher than the current engine. This is for users who want to buy Geely ICON can be assured and bold to buy. In addition, the redesigned Geely ICON also supports optional hidden door handles, monocular cameras, car logo logos, etc.
Another model that is about to be replaced from a three-cylinder to a four-cylinder model is the Geely Binyue, and this car even if it used a three-cylinder engine before, it also has good sales, and 144367 units were sold in 2021, which is almost a miracle in the three-cylinder engine model.
This is because Geely Binyue is known as the "steel cannon" in domestic SUVs, not only has an exhaust valve that can be opened and closed, but also has a 7.9s 100-kilometer acceleration performance, which is too tempting for young consumers.
The current Geely Binyue
Judging from the exposed pictures of the remodeled models, there will be many changes in the new Binyue. The X-shaped grille that runs up and down has a bit of a Lexus flavor, the headlights have been sharper stylized, and the taillights have also used a through-line design. In short, the revamped Binyue is more fierce than the current model.
Revamped Geely Binyue
The most gratifying thing is that the redesign of the Binyue will not only be changed to a four-cylinder engine, but also a small increase in power, and the maximum power will be increased from 177 horsepower to 181 horsepower. For a small steel cannon priced at the level of 100,000 yuan, Geely Binyue has indeed been well received, this revision not only carried out the upgrade of the engine, but also the appearance of a lot of upgrades, some popular elements are applied to the redesigned model, and after it is listed, it is destined to reach a new high.
Electric vehicles, luxury autonomous force
Recently, there are many new electric cars in the exposed spy photos, which is also a market segment that has attracted more attention this year. 2022 will be a year of continued growth in the electric vehicle market, and the continuous input of technologies such as lidar and semi-solid-state batteries will make the product distribution of China's new energy vehicles wider, and product differentiation will become more and more detailed.
First of all, as a big man of traditional car companies, Mercedes-Benz was exposed to EQE spy photos. Judging from the photos, the Mercedes-Benz EQE is more similar to the Mercedes-Benz EQS that has been put on the market, and also adopts the design of the through-type taillights. And the small ducktail shape adds a sense of sportiness to it.
From the perspective of positioning, Mercedes-Benz EQE is destined to be lower than Mercedes-Benz EQS, and the price will be lower. The cruising range of the Mercedes-Benz EQE is about 660km, which will meet the needs of consumers of the vast majority of urban cars.
Judging from the interior pictures of the spy photos, the Mercedes-Benz EQE in the Chinese market will also remain with the foreign version, and the large joint screen is also its advantages and characteristics.
However, judging from the space in the rear of the vehicle, it seems that there has been no significant lengthening, which may be related to the data of its battery pack and the development of the model.
The new car has a length, width and height of 4969/1906/1509mm respectively, and a wheelbase of 3120mm, which is just one lap smaller than the Mercedes-Benz EQS. Although the wheelbase of the EQE is also more than 3 meters, with reference to the EQS rear space that is not rich, it is presumable that the back row of the EQE will be more cramped.
From Mercedes-Benz's EQC to Mercedes-Benz's EQS, and then to the later launch of EQA and EQB, we have seen the rapid development of Mercedes-Benz as a century-old car company for new energy electric vehicles. However, from the sales performance of its products, all The Models of Mercedes-Benz EQ are not satisfactory.
This is not only because of the relatively high price, but also because in the electric vehicle segment, traditional car companies can not occupy an absolute advantage, but in terms of product upgrades and new technology applications, there is no new car-making force fast. Therefore, although Mercedes-Benz's EQ series carries Mercedes-Benz's century-old car-making experience and quality, it will still be very difficult in the track of new energy electric vehicles.
Geely Geometry, a pure electric vehicle brand, is indeed not as famous as Geely Automobile, and the sales of Geometric Automobile are far from the sales of Geely's same level of fuel vehicles.
At a time when there are not many options for geometric automotive products, we will usher in its new pure electric SUV model. From the spy photos, the new electric SUV of the geometric car has a slight resemblance to the Geely ICON, and also adopts split headlights, with a hint of mecha wind. However, the rear design of this new car is flat, with neither the popular through-type taillights nor too many body lines, which is not known whether it will pull down its value score.
It is reported that the body length of this model will be about 4 meters, and the wheelbase is less than 2.5 meters, which means that this is a small pure electric SUV. In the future, the new car will most likely abandon the previous way of naming it with letters, or will be called "XX Tiger".
It is reported that the new car will be equipped with a motor with a peak power of 180kW to ensure the power when fully loaded. The new car will be equipped with a ternary lithium battery in the SAIC era, but the specific mileage performance has not yet been announced.
Write at the end:
At the beginning of 2022, we have seen a lot of spy photos of new cars, and this year's Chinese auto market is destined to usher in a fierce battle. Whether it is the renewal of traditional fuel vehicles or the arrival of new pure electric models, it will set off the atmosphere of fierce competition in the Chinese auto market.
New car-making forces use lidar, semi-solid-state batteries, and even user ecology to encircle consumers, while the models of traditional car companies can only play their strengths from product quality and hardware conditions. However, although the eight immortals across the sea have their own magic powers, in the end, who is good and who is bad is what consumers say.
So, as a potential customer, which car are you looking forward to?