In the past, Jiangling Ford mainly conquered the commercial vehicle field, but in recent years, it has also begun to join the SUV team and gradually shifted to the passenger car field, in addition to the hardcore off-road vehicle shakers we are familiar with, Jiangling Ford also has a medium and large SUV Lingyu and compact SUV collar.
The medium-sized SUV also belongs to the mainstream market, so Jiangling Ford launched its new model Ford Lingrui, its pre-sale price range of 158,880-18.88 million yuan, providing 3 models, and will be officially listed on March 17.
See the new car in one minute:
1. Ford's latest design
2. 5-seat layout of the whole series
2. Intelligent configuration is complete
3. Equipped with 1.5T+ 7-speed dual-clutch combination
Lingrui also adopts Ford's latest family design language, which previously appeared on Lingyu earlier than Changan Ford EVOS.
The overall shape of Lingyu is like a miniature version of Lingyu, the difference is that Lingrui only provides 5 layouts, while Lingyu has 5, 6 and 7 seats.
Ford EVOS
In terms of body size, Lingrui's length, width and height are 4630/1935/1706mm, and the wheelbase is 2726mm, which is smaller than the Volkswagen Tiguan L.
However, its 1.9-meter body width is wider in the same class, which means that the lateral space performance in the car is more prominent, and it also has a minimum ground clearance of 185mm, and the passability is relatively excellent.
The interior of Lingrui continues the design style of the eldest brother Lingyu, and the large-scale use of leather materials is worthy of praise. The size of the dual screen is 12.3 inches full LCD display, and the first intelligent system equipped with Tencent TAI 4.0 is also built-in, which supports rich expansion applications such as AR real-life navigation, car WeChat, mobile phone Interconnection, national K song, and Huawei HiCar.
In terms of technology configuration, Lingrui will be equipped with The Ford Co-Pilot360 Intelligent Driving Assistance System as standard, equipped with Mobileye EYEQ4 vision chip + Infineon AURIX TriCore radar chip. Support ACC adaptive cruise, blind spot monitoring, lane change assistance and other functions, high-end models will also be equipped with lights lane change, track reversing, etc., and support OTA upgrades.
In terms of power, Lingrui is equipped with a Ford 1.5T EcoBoost 170 four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 170Ps, a peak torque of 260 Nm, and a transmission system matching a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission.
In terms of gears, Lingrui has one more gear than Lingyu's 6-speed dual clutch, which is more helpful for fuel economy, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of the new car is 7.5L/100km. The smooth performance of the double clutch on the collar is quite good, and I believe that the collar can also maintain such advantages.
Although for a Ford's medium-sized SUV, Lingrui is to take the cost-effective route, the price is cheap and the configuration is rich, the mechanical quality is guaranteed, and it has certain advantages over other joint venture models.
But compared with the lower price of domestic brands is not easy to say, the power of Lingrui 1.5T 170Ps is not strong, and Chery Tiggo 8 PLUS has 2.0T 254Ps, and the body size is also in line with Lingrui.
Then there is Geely Haoyue, which focuses on large space, and there is also Changan UNI-K, which pays attention to design, fortunately, Lingrui has a joint venture brand identity and balanced performance of products.
Although Jiangling Ford's SUV is good value for money, it is a special model that has obtained the True Transmission of Ford. But in the sale of Lingyu and Lingjie market sales is not outstanding, the average monthly only about 2,000 units, sales climb also need the accumulation of word of mouth, so this time the new Lingrui also need to get rid of the brand image of commercial vehicles as soon as possible.