In the recent streets of Guangzhou, Trumpchi Shadow Leopard has become the new "bombing street god car". It can be seen that most of the owners are young people, and many have also added modifications. The highlight is that seeing who collapses who is really fast is also really irritable. The appearance of personality and strong power are indeed the focus of the street, and it seems to ignite everyone's thinking about performance cars at once.
This also makes it the third generation of "fried street god car" on the streets of Guangzhou after The Mitsubishi Wing God and the Honda Civic. They actually have a lot in common, first of all, the price can not be too high, to young people can afford to play, followed by high value, high playability, excellent performance.
How did these three cars become "street bombing gods"? Let the kung fu car take everyone to see it together.
(1) Mitsubishi Wing God, the original "Bomb Street God Car"
The full name of mitsubishi wing god is Lancer EX, which can be said to have a high correlation with Mitsubishi's god of war EVO from name to design, and of course gives it a very high degree of modification space. Its rear wing, tires, intake and exhaust, brakes, open front cover, reinforcement kit can all be legally modified, which gives it the natural capital to blow up the street.
For family cars of this level, the wing god has quite a few cross-level designs. For example, it adopts an aerodynamic shape design, and the wind resistance coefficient is only 0.29, which is very advanced even now. The EVO-style rear spoiler tail design makes it more accelerated and explosive.
The front suspension of the new car is macpherson-style strut with coil springs and stabilizer bars, and the rear suspension is made of five-link coil springs with stabilizer bars, and the front and rear suspensions are equipped with subframes, which greatly improves its comfort and handling performance. As a compact sedan, its minimum turning radius is only 5.0m, which makes it easy to toss and turn in narrow bends. Of course, there is also its magnesium alloy material paddle, which can manually control the automatic transmission plus or minus gear, making the speed control more convenient.
More important is its power configuration, although it is only a family-class model, but the wing god is equipped with Mitsubishi original all-aluminum imported 4B1 series 1.8L/2.0L engine, these two engines use Mitsubishi's very famous MIVEC technology, it can control the intake and exhaust, that is, it can adjust the valve timing in any speed range, so that the intake volume reaches a very accurate level, which can achieve super power and maintain ultra-low fuel consumption.
In addition to the powerful engine, WingShen is matched with a unique CVT continuously variable transmission with a 6-speed sport mode. This gearbox has INVECS-III (Intelligent Vehicle Electronic Control System), which can learn and memorize the driving habits of drivers and make the handling experience better, which was quite leading in the past.
As a compact sedan with a very strong sporty style, the main opponents of the Wing God in that era were the Civic, Mazda 3 and Fox. There may be back and forth in terms of performance and control, but if you count the blessing of appearance and modification space, those few are not the opponents of the Wing God.
In the era of the rise of household cars, the strong style of the wing god made young people addicted, which also made the wing god once the "most beautiful boy" on the streets of Guangzhou.
(2) Ten generations of civics, sports, household all need
As mentioned earlier, as the first generation of "exploding street god cars", the strength of the wing god is very strong. After the listing of the Tenth Generation Civic, it basically monopolized this market and became the "heart meat" of a new generation of young people.
First of all, of course, is the appearance, the shape of the Tenth Generation Civic has undergone earth-shaking changes relative to the Ninth Generation and the Ninth and a Half Generations. The front design is very aggressive, the side lines are smooth and dynamic, and the tail design is quite tight. Of course, the interior design has also been upgraded, especially the huge LCD dashboard, which can instantly arouse the driver's desire to "fight", and is born with restless hormones.
Of course, the most impressive thing is its power system. The Toyo Civic is Honda's first model to be equipped with 1.5T high-power power, and honda's first attempt to turbo. Not only is this engine powerful, but thanks to iVTEC technology, its fuel consumption control is also excellent. Its engine speed is also perfectly matched to the acceleration pedal, and the acceleration experience is very linear. Although equipped with a CVT continuously variable transmission, Honda has added a high torque locking function to this gearbox, making its performance output quite powerful.
At the point in time when the Ten Generations Civic appeared, it was definitely to see who collapsed, and even to this day it is not lagging behind. The key is that it has both a sporty shape and a good space, both strong performance, and 92# gasoline, and low fuel consumption. This trait has quickly conquered young consumers and become the benchmark for sports cars.
In September last year, the eleventh generation of Civic went public, with another improvement in performance, maintaining the status of its sports sedan. But there is a saying that the design of the eleventh generation Civic has converged a lot, more like a small Accord. Fortunately, Honda also has a backhand, and the newly launched style of Guangqi Honda is also like the successor of the Ten Generations Civic, which has recently begun to appear on the streets of Guangzhou, which is also very stunning.
(3) Trumpchi Shadow Leopard, in the name of light running
As mentioned earlier, the wing god is shaped enough to move, and the acceleration is faster. By the time of the Tenth Generation Civic, the shape is equally eye-catching, the acceleration is faster, and the practicality is also very good, and this excellent balance makes it stand out.
It is too difficult to surpass the Civic from the perspective of "tradition", so how can the latecomers "get out of the circle", and the answer of the Trumpchi Shadow Leopard is in the name of light running.
Trumpchi's definition of the shadow leopard is "light running", which is completely different from Trumpchi's existing sequence, the most obvious is that the shadow leopard does not adopt Trumpchi's classic "Lingyun Wing" design, and the front face has a bit of a Mercedes-Benz AMG series of feelings.
The new car adopts a design language called "photomold curved surface", and the front face of the fighter is matched with a folded line of blade shadow, giving people a strong sense of aggression. The tall and muscular back design makes it very stand out in traffic.
Unlike the traditional compact sedan, Trumpchi carried out "two drops and three liters" for the Shadow Leopard. As a sedan with a length of 47mm, its height is only 1432mm. Its front suspension is greatly shortened, so that the wheelbase is 2736mm, the wheelbase is also greatly improved, and with the width of 1850mm, it as a whole presents a wide body low lying posture, it seems to be in a subduction posture at all times.
Of course, for sports cars, performance is always the first KPI. Shadow Leopard is equipped with the latest Julang power 1.5T engine, which has a maximum output of 130kW and a maximum torque of up to 270Nm, which is stronger than the Civic. Combined with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission with a transmission efficiency of 96% and a shift time of 0.2 seconds, it accelerates even more vigorously. The new car only takes 6.95 seconds to complete the 0-100km/h acceleration, which is faster than a pure performance car like the Golf GTI, and the key is that the pricing is still at the 100,000 level, which is really affordable for young people.
It is such a strong strength, under the obstruction of multiple debuffs such as domestic, sedans, and non-cost-effective models, Shadow Leopard has achieved continuous monthly sales of more than 10,000, which is still very gratifying. This shows that as long as you really do it with your heart, consumers will still pay, even if you are a domestic sports car.
(4) Kung Fu shooting
Although a large number of "god-speed" electric models have emerged in recent years, it seems that the speed of fuel vehicles is no longer important. But the truth does not seem to be so, like the shadow leopard such civilian "light running" still has a market, it has quietly become the third generation of "bombing street god car".
Let young people see it, let young people afford it, let young people have more fun, do these three points well, and let it quickly become the representative of a new generation of sports cars.