A few days ago, the SAIC Audi Q5 e-tron was launched, which is the second model of SAIC Audi and its first SUV. The Audi Q5 e-tron, as a pure electric medium and large SUV, comes from the MEB platform like the Volkswagen ID.6 X. There are also many questions on the market that Audi Q5 e-tron is the voice of the Volkswagen ID.6 X of "fine decoration", and that the audi Q5 E-tron is more expensive than the Volkswagen ID.6 X, and the more than 100,000 yuan is mainly used to buy Audi's "four circles".
Say it is the Audi Q5 e-tron, but it is better to say the Volkswagen ID.6 X Audi family design version
From the appearance point of view, all come from the MEB platform, the wheelbase is also the same Audi Q5 e-tron and Volkswagen ID.6 X the similarity is still relatively high, and even if only by the body contour is not easy to identify the identity of the two cars. However, in the front face and rear, the two cars still add their own brand's "family kit", the Audi Q5 e-tron adopts the Audi brand standard hexagonal large mouth front face design, and the Volkswagen ID.6 X is a through-through front face design. In the design of the headlights, compared with the headlight shape of the Volkswagen ID.6 X in our cognitive range, the Audi Q5 e-tron continues the style of "light factory" on the headlights, using the design elements of the checkerboard grid.
On the side of the vehicle, the Volkswagen ID.6 X chose to make a color block design from A to D pillar, while Audi used chrome decoration with the "e-tron" logo on the D pillar. From the rear of the vehicle, both cars use a through-type taillight design, but the overall shape, Audi is more concise. In terms of the design of the two cars, if I only look at the appearance, they give me the feeling that two different sets of "appearance kits" are used.
It seems that compared with the three major matryoshka dolls used by FAW-Volkswagen in the Audi A3 and Volkswagen Golf, the two different positioning brands of Audi Q5 e-tron and Volkswagen ID.6 X are still a bit "unexpected" in the design, which may be in the hearts of the designers of SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC Audi, Wolfsburg's sense of luxury is enough to support the "four circles" of the Audi front.
Audi LOGO only adds 100,000, that power must not shrink?
The audi Q5 e-tron's entry power adopts the same power configuration as the Volkswagen ID.6 single motor high-power version, with a maximum horsepower of 204Ps, a peak torque of 310N·m, and a rear-mounted single motor layout that matches the fixed gear ratio gearbox. And their ternary lithium battery capacity is 83.4kWh, it can be said that in the power of this piece is completely consistent.
The high-end model of Audi Q5 e-tron and the dual-motor version of Volkswagen ID.6, although basically the same in power layout, but there are certain differences in parameters. The Audi Q5 e-tron with dual motors front and rear has a maximum horsepower of 306Ps and a peak torque of 460 N·m, while the Volkswagen ID.6 has a maximum horsepower of 313 N·m and a peak torque of 472 N·m. The batteries of the two cars also use ternary lithium batteries with a capacity of 83.4kWh. It can be said that in the power performance of the dual-motor version, the Volkswagen ID.6 X has a better performance than the Audi Q5 e-tron. In addition, it is worth mentioning that although the dual-motor version of the Audi Q5 e-tron is called quattro, it does not have too much origin with the four-wheel drive structure of the oil car in our understanding, and the way to achieve four-wheel drive is also exactly the same as the Volkswagen ID.6 X.
In terms of chassis structure, the Audi Q5 e-tron and volkswagen ID.6 X are using the suspension structure of the front McPherson rear multi-link, the Volkswagen ID.6 X is beyond reproach, can be used as a starting price of nearly 400,000 yuan, Audi Q5 e-tron I can only understand as SAIC Volkswagen Audi in order to save research and development costs for the Volkswagen ID.6 X matryoshka move. From the perspective of the entire power structure and chassis, it is difficult for me to find the bottom line of the Audi Q5 e-tron starting at nearly 400,000 yuan, in addition to the front hanging McPherson, and even used the Volkswagen ID.6 X should not have appeared in the drum brake, but also in the dual motor power "shrinkage", but if after the test driving experience, you can feel some of the different tuning of this car, it is another topic.
Volkswagen ID.6 X is cheaper than 100,000 yuan, the configuration is higher?
In terms of body size, the audi Q5 e-tron's length, width and height are 4876 * 1860 * 1675mm, Volkswagen ID.6 X's length, width and height are 4876 * 1848 * 1680mm, and the wheelbase of the two cars is 2965mm, both cars have 6 seats and 7 seats two layouts for consumers to choose, it can be said that in terms of spatial performance, the difference between the two cars is not large. However, in the lateral space performance of the vehicle, the Audi Q5 e-tron is slightly better, which can alleviate the congestion level of the vehicle under full load.
In terms of vehicle interior design, both cars follow the family design style, compared to the Audi Q5 e-tron will be more technological. In terms of configuration, the top Volkswagen ID.6 X bought for 331,900 yuan is better than the rear-drive top version of Audi Q5 e-tron with 405,500 yuan, which not only has better power performance, but also has more seat massage, 360-degree panoramic image, suspension soft and hard adjustment, power seat memory, rear seat heating and a bunch of functions. It can be seen that in the driving space, the difference between the two cars is not large, and the vehicle configuration, buying the Volkswagen ID.6 X may be a more cost-effective choice than buying the Audi Q5 e-tron.
summary:
In the face of the Volkswagen ID.6 X, the Audi Q5 e-tron does look like a shell replacement product, and from the current hardware and static point of view, it is difficult to support the official guidance price of 395,550-510,000 yuan. But as saicidair Audi's first SUV model, I think it will still have some different things in it, after all, in the luxury brand pure electric SUV at the same price, there is indeed no shortage of opponents with good strength, take FAW-Volkswagen Audi's Audi e-tron, the entry dual motor + front and rear multi-link suspension structure currently looks competitive. So we also have reason to believe that the Audi Q5 e-tron can make some unfinished adjustments to the driving experience to face this market segment. It's just that all of this has to wait until the actual test drive experience can give the final conclusion.