"This car is like a student with a solid learning foundation and hard work, but it seems that there is always a little bit of luck, and it is always a little bit worse in various examinations to get an "excellent" score, and these subtle gaps have become the details that it needs to improve urgently in the future. ”
This is the editor's most direct feeling after the in-depth contact with Lantu Free. Lantu Free, as the first model of the new energy brand under Dongfeng Motor Group to take the high-end route, received a lot of attention at the beginning of the debut, first of all, this is a product of a medium-sized SUV, but from the visual effect, it seems to be more delicate than the traditional cognition of the medium and large SUV, followed by its "high-end positioning", the brand is not a new thing, but the first high-end work of any brand will receive attention. This is an objective fact created by the current public opinion environment; once again, it is "range-extending new energy", coupled with the guidance price of 336,000 for the Free range version of Lantu, which naturally makes many people compare Landu Free with the ideal ONE with the most outstanding sales performance at present.
As a new energy brand under the traditional car companies, Lantu, which focuses on smart cars, looks somewhat "new force" style, and Lantu Free is also a latecomer in the market segment, and after contact with Lantu Free, the editor believes that the future of Lantu Free is very worth looking forward to.
The appearance is durable, the interior is high-grade, and the workmanship details can be better
From the appearance of the design, Landu Free is not a "typical SUV"; compared with the traditional SUV model, landu Free is even a little "thin", the wide flat front of the car shows a subduction downward visual effect under the background of the concave design of the grid grid, and from the side, the ratio of the front to the body is very slender, at first glance it looks particularly like a widened and lengthened crossover station wagon.
When the air suspension is reduced to the minimum, the lantu free body height is only 1630mm, which is not much higher than a sedan's "height" and 2930mm wheelbase, which has become the key to the unique style of the Lantu Freee in appearance.
However, from the overall design, the overall appearance of Lantu Free is still a more attractive type, and there are not too many exaggerated design elements piled up, and the recognition of the whole car is very high, while meeting the personalized aesthetic trend, it will not make people feel rejected, which is also a success of the Lantu Free design team.
Part of the grade of the Landu Free vehicle is the interior. Lantu Free's interior design adopts the more popular triple screen central control, the co-pilot front is mainly video and audio entertainment, and the main information presentation area is concentrated on the middle screen and the full LCD dashboard; the bottom of the middle screen retains a row of buttons with a crisp and solid physical button, making the control of air conditioning and emergency double flashing lights more convenient, which is actually a commendable part, after all, all the control units are concentrated on the car machine, and the actual application of this operation is not convenient.
The ivory white and dark blue color splicing scheme enhances the neatness and elegant atmosphere of the vehicle interior, and adopts a consistent diamond-shaped check in the middle of the seat, the air conditioning outlet and the soft material coverage area of the door panel, which makes the design style of the whole vehicle consistent, and this way of simplifying is also more popular at the moment, further enhancing the interior texture of Lantu Free.
It should only be noted that the details such as the wide seam between the door panel and the center console after the door panel is closed, and the slightly absent P block button on the electronic barrier bar are still relatively rough, although it does not affect the use, but if there are certain requirements for consumers with "high-end" positioning, these details may often become the key to the impression score discount.
The configuration is complete, the space is spacious, and the logic of the car machine still needs to be optimized
A cursory look at the configuration table of Lantu Free, with "configuration pull full" to describe the no exaggeration, Lantu Free full series standard such as full speed domain adaptive cruise, lane keeping assist, active braking, parking side warning, automatic parking into the position including as many as 20 items of intelligent driving assistance system, it can be said that there is almost no "high and low configuration" points, and it is worth noting that the high-end extended range version of the model is equipped with an air suspension with an adjusted height of 100mm. It's rare to have a 300,000-class SUV with this configuration.
Comfort configuration is also a great highlight, the whole series is equipped with the main co-pilot electric adjustment seat and the front seat ventilation, heating, massage function, which undoubtedly greatly enhances the "happiness" of the family, just imagine, the co-pilot can always sit on the seat with massage and heating ventilation function to watch the movie, such a journey is estimated not to have too much fatigue.
But when it comes to the screen, Lantu Free's car machine actually has a more obvious deficiency, that is, the built-in menu logic needs to be further optimized, such as the opening of the charging port and the fuel tank port need to enter the secondary menu to operate; and the cool level of the high level can be lifted and lowered according to different driving modes, the center console will still have a short black screen when switching forms, etc.; Although according to the official personnel, the current version of the car has been upgraded with an OTA, but from the current point of view, The next OTA upgrade is still quite necessary to further optimize the vehicle-machine interaction experience.
Lantu Free's riding space is a very competitive part, the rear floor is almost flat, and the 2930mm wheelbase also ensures the spaciousness of the rear legroom, although the height of the car does not look enough, but in fact, under the action of the long wheelbase and panoramic glass canopy, the spaciousness of the ride in the car is very outstanding, which is also very conducive to the favor of home users, but in the rear configuration, in addition to the charging interface and air conditioning control panel there is no other configuration, If you can add a seat backrest angle adjustment function, it must be a cake option.
The handling is robust, the ride is quiet, and the air suspension enhances the texture
Officials said that the Lantu Free extended range version of the 100-kilometer acceleration time takes only 4.5 seconds, and in the actual process, it does show a very considerable stationary start and the acceleration ability of the middle and rear section at high speed. If you step on the accelerator instantaneously at rest, the car will give the driver a strong sense of pushback to declare its own good power performance, but in fact, in the daily driving does not need such a violent driving performance, due to the default priority of electric driving, the cruising characteristics of this car is more commendable.
The quietness of the Landu Freee in driving can be said to be a relatively surprising existence, as a model with a curb weight of more than 2 tons, the heavy and huge body has created a large wind area, but in fact, when driving on the high speed, the wind noise and chassis noise of the Landu Freee are quite well controlled, and it does not show a lot of small whistles that are common in the "wind noise disaster area" such as A and D pillars, and the noise when the engine intervenes during the rapid acceleration process can also be isolated and more thorough This undoubtedly greatly improves the comfort of high-speed long-distance rides.
As for the handling, this car is not a model worth taking to the control test, although the official said that the car's elk test score is as high as 75km/h, but such a wide body in the sharp turn of the tail followability is still a bit delayed, so the editor believes that this car is more suitable for the scene lies in long-distance high-speed cruise, after all, a user portrait is a car for family service, overemphasizing the control performance seems to be somewhat contrary to the original intention of the car's development.
Air suspension as the highlight of the Lantu Free configuration, in the driving process also showed a significant difference from the traditional mechanical suspension, in the rolling over the road ditch and through the non-paved road, the suspension for the vibration of the resolution is more gentle and delicate, the body is like "floating" on the wheels, this sense of isolation is actually one of the original intentions of the Chinese people to favor consumers, although abandoning a certain road sense feedback, but as a main comfortable home SUV, such a performance is also quite appropriate.
The throttle adjustment texture belongs to the type of linear good control, and the feeling that the slight tap of the throttle can be reflected also highlights the maturity of a traditional large factory in mechanical calibration, and the steering feel is adjustable, but I personally think that in the "comfort" mode, whether it is the control of the virtual position or the accuracy of the pointing is the most comfortable mode of this car, and the steering wheel of the Landu Freee belongs to the type of grip in the medium and large SUV, and this "contrast" will even give the driver a better control feedback at the subjective level.
Conclusion: Full of sincerity, the future can be expected
The arrival of Landu Free can be said to provide a very unique choice for the new energy medium and large SUV market, not only has a relatively personalized design, but also impresses the majority of family users with a very sincere rich configuration basis and high specifications of dynamic driving performance, and in order to meet the needs of different consumers, in addition to the extended range models that can be refueled, Landu Freee also provides pure electric version of the choice.
But just like the first model of each newly born brand, Landu Free is still able to reflect a "newcomer" green feeling in the details, such as the optimization of the car system, the processing of workmanship details, etc., but the flaws are not hidden, as a new brand under the traditional big factory with deep technical experience, Landu has the same level of new power car companies on the road of product optimization and upgrading, and the premise of the vehicle supporting OTA upgrade. It is also enough to make this car give consumers a greater surprise in future innovation; at the same time, as a "transfer student" in the new energy medium and large SUVs, Landu Free has the strength to become a dark horse in the market segment.