Tank 300 is more popular, I believe that I don't need to say that everyone understands, in the market segment, tank 300 limelight can be described as a temporary indistinguishable, so that the Great Wall deliberately set up tanks as an independent brand operation. The Tank 300 even launched a special edition model, of which the cyberpunk version is even more difficult to find.
Recently, some media exposed the patent map of tank 400, in fact, in addition to tank 300, there is also tank 500 is about to be listed on March 4, so how attractive is tank 400 between 300 and 500.
In fact, the tank 400 was already unveiled at the Chengdu Auto Show before, when the whole vehicle was still in a state of "only distant view", but the design of the whole vehicle had been initially formed, but at that time, due to the excessive jumping shape, many people thought that the Great Wall would not be mass-produced.
Judging from the patent map, it seems that the Great Wall has really mass-produced the tank 400 on the Chengdu Auto Show. The car is positioned as a "medium mech off-road SUV", which is a medium and large SUV with the tank 500, and is more robust than the tank 300 in terms of size.
From the patent diagram, it can be clearly seen that the design of the whole vehicle is more tough guy style, the overall main off-road attributes integrate the mecha style, the visual center of the vehicle is relatively high, different from the retro hardcore of the tank 300 and the luxury attributes of the tank 500, the tank 400 has its own characteristics.
The rear part of the tank 400 continues the convention of the tank brand model, using the tailgate side opening, spare tire rear hanging form. As can be seen from the real car, the designer also put the English logo of the tank brand on the spare tire to strengthen the vehicle family style.
In terms of power system, some time ago, the Great Wall announced a variety of new engines of its hive power, the tank 300 uses its 2.0T engine, and the tank 400 is expected to be the same as the tank 500, using the 3.0T V6 engine independently developed by the Great Wall and matching the 9AT gearbox.
Of course, the four-wheel drive system will naturally not be absent, according to the positioning, the author speculates that the tank 400 will be equipped with three differential locks as standard. Referring to the previous Great Wall DHT hybrid system, I wonder if there will be a hybrid model that focuses on the city model in the future?
According to estimates, the price of the tank 400 is about 300,000, and I don't know what everyone thinks about the new model of this tank?
From the brand's point of view, the tank brand has enough popularity and support. From the brand point of view, independent brand vehicles have passed the era of price for volume, with the in-depth understanding of consumers of automobiles and the improvement of independent brand product strength, the road to high-end of independent brands cannot be delayed, on the one hand, it can bring a broader market prospect for the brand, on the other hand, it is also a progressive introduction for the mainland automobile industry.
From the data point of view, taking the tank 300 as an example, although the original tank 300 had the problem of production capacity and supply and demand, since November last year, the sales volume of the tank 300 has exceeded 10,000, and the cumulative sales volume in 2021 is 84,000 vehicles, which is very rare for a relatively niche model, and it is also seen that Chinese consumers recognize the high-end products of their own brands.
With the accumulation of user groups, the reputation of tank brands has gradually risen, and tank brands have gradually formed an off-road vehicle style with strong characteristics. From the tank brand, it can be found that when the automobile market gradually tends to the stock market, the needs of niche groups will also be taken care of, and independent brand models have obvious advantages in product research and development and offline, and I believe that the Chinese automobile market will be on a higher level in the future.