Observation chamber
Written by | Zhao Wenhua
No one will deny that millions of sales is a watershed, and the sense of superiority of the very minority standing at the top is bursting, it is no wonder that sales represent status.
However, most of the Chinese cars that once occupied the top of the mountain were joint venture cars, and the Chinese cars that entered millions of sales were Changan CS75, Haval H6, Trumpchi GS4 and Boyue, but unfortunately in the past two years, the performance of the last three was not satisfactory, bullish, and only Changan CS75 was the strongest.
In fact, as early as last year, the cumulative sales of Changan CS75 has exceeded 1.5 million vehicles, and what is more exciting is that in 2020-2021 for two consecutive years, Changan CS75 sold more than CR-V and RAV4, and last year alone sold more than 70,000 units than RAV4. Under the almost crazy situation of competition in the automobile market, Changan CS75 can stand on the top of the million, and surpass the joint venture, in addition to relying on strength, what else can it rely on?
(*Data from the Association of Multipliers)
The hardcore change of Changan CS75 began with the first generation of CS75PLUS, which is also a watershed moment for "MADE IN Changan" to try to confront the joint venture. Everyone knows that "the world of martial arts, only fast is not broken", the first generation of CS75PLUS has only been on the market for more than two years, and Changan has quickly launched the second generation of models.
Blue Whale + standard 8AT, who dares to compete?
There is a popular saying in the automotive industry, "over the river of the engine, and the mountain of the gearbox", which shows how much the gearbox has a great impact on a car. However, subject to cost, the average family car will choose 6AT, CVT, dual clutch three gearboxes, luxury cars will choose a mature 8AT - this is a conventional joy standard.
But the second-generation CS75PLUS makes opponents emo, because it comes with a set of powertrains that do not accept rebuttal - Blue Whale Power, all of which are equipped with Aisin 8AT. The Aisin 8AT is arguably the czar of the gearbox, balancing transmission efficiency and fuel economy to the extreme, with reliable performance and smooth power delivery. It can be said that with the blessing of 8AT, the driving texture is increased by at least 2 levels, and the fuel consumption is reduced by at least 1 gear.
In addition to the 8AT burst point, the blue whale power equipped with the second-generation CS75PLUS also belongs to the strongest existence of the same level, and the reason why the previous generation model sold hot, the blue whale 1.5T engine absolutely made a great contribution. Even so, Changan engineers are still constantly refining the blue whale power, the 1.5T engine after improving thermal efficiency, reducing friction and NVH static and other technical evolution, power increased but fuel consumption decreased, its maximum horsepower reached 188 horses, the maximum torque reached 300 Nm, stronger than Honda's world-famous 1.5T Earth Dream machine strength.
The Blue Whale 2.0T engine on the second-generation CS75PLUS has also achieved full evolution. This engine with a maximum horsepower of 233 horses and a maximum torque of up to 390 Nm, with the combination of 8AT, is not only able to burst into amazing power, but also in our tests, its fuel consumption is significantly lower than that of the previous generation.
All in all, whether the tube is 1.5T or 2.0T, the addition of Aisin 8AT is to raise the power standard of home SUVs - in the 150,000-level market, can be equipped with 8AT standard, in addition to the second generation of CS75PLUS, who else?
Double American standard + black technology, strength hammer joint venture
It is undeniable that in terms of body safety, the North American IIHS and NHTSA are industry benchmarks, and the collision projects and collision standards of the two major institutions are extremely stringent. For example, the 27-degree 61km/h crash test launched at NHTSA has eaten up the soil of many star models.
Surprisingly, the CS75PLUS introduced a double American standard crash test, which passed in two major projects: the 62km/h dead angle and the 80km/h rear-end test at the 27-degree intersection. In addition, in the C-NCAP and China Insurance Research Institute crash tests, CS75PLUS also received five-star ratings and six excellent certifications respectively.
While the safety standards of the previous generation are high enough, the second-generation CS75PLUS is still evolving. For example, the body structure, the new model uses the combination of thermoforming technology and ultra-high-strength steel roller pressing technology, and the proportion of thermoformed steel and ultra-high-strength steel in the whole vehicle has reached 38.3%.
At the same time, the second-generation CS75PLUS also added a high-level active safety configuration such as 6 airbags and front energy-absorbing seat belts, and adopted the internationally renowned supplier "with guide mechanism collapsible steering pipe string" to enhance the collapse performance.
For the second generation of CS75PLUS intelligent security system, the author can only use "excess" to describe, if compared with the joint venture, there is absolutely no dead end crushing - single L2 + level intelligent safety configuration up to 17 items, in addition to our familiar IACC adaptive cruise system, 540 ° panoramic image, single lane intelligent driving, traffic congestion assistance, lane keeping, lane departure warning, lane parallel assist, etc., also equipped with AEB intelligent emergency braking assistance system, APA5.0 intelligent parking, intelligent deceleration over the corner, Advanced intelligent security features such as intelligent avoidance and pedestrian protection. It is no exaggeration to say that the safety configuration of the second-generation CS75PLUS covers all the daily car scenes.
Taking "pedestrian protection" as an example, the second-generation CS75PLUS enhances safety levels with technologies such as energy-absorbing hair shield inner panels, collapsible front cover trims, separable headlight mounting brackets, and thigh and calf supports. At the same time, it improves the braking response time of the vehicle, improves the brake deceleration and shortens the braking distance, and reduces the impact damage to pedestrians in all aspects.
Perhaps, we think that the second generation of CS75PLUS is too strong, but in Changan's view, safety can only be added, "pedestrian protection" may not be used once, but its value is just in case.
Here, the author would like to express a point of view, many consumers think that the joint venture car, the safety configuration can be lower, but not the egg, if it is not a family car that particularly emphasizes the sense of driving, the safety configuration must not be discounted, is it difficult to become an accident, but also to divide the nationality? So, while the second-generation CS75PLUS is very volume, this premium volume makes us like it.
『 Final Remarks 』
The author once read an article titled "Defeated General Yu Qiuyu, Hardcore Punk Yi Zhongtian", studying why the historical Yu can not do the grassroots dark horse Yi, not because the strength does not allow it.
This is true of the cultural circle, and it is also true of the automobile circle. Changan CS75 can lead the market in different periods, relying on the strength of being faster than the opponent, stronger than the opponent, and fiercer than the opponent. From 2014 to 2018, Changan CS75 laid the foundation pattern with the leading technology and quality at that time; in 2019-2021, the first-generation CS75PLUS relied on its epoch-making design, the strongest blue whale power and super configuration anti-super joint venture.
At the end of this month, the second-generation CS75PLUS will be officially launched, with the crushing product advantage, with 15,000 orders in 20 days of pre-sale, the new generation of models will surely become the "hardcore punk" that stirs up the joint venture. We can even predict that with the help of the second-generation CS75PLUS, The Changan CS75 will soon take over the baton of the Haval H6 and rewrite the status and pattern of Chinese brands again.
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