Ford recently can be described as a continuous action, just ushered in the cross-border model EVOS listing, Jiangling Ford will launch a new medium-sized SUV Lingrui, the new car has been opened on February 14, the price is tentatively set at 15.88-18.88 million yuan, positioned lower than Ford Lingyu, before the official listing on March 17, Xiao Zhou first took you to see how competitive this new car is, whether it has explosive potential.
The first is the appearance, Lingrui continues the Ford family front face design, the grille is divided into two sections, the upper grille uses scaly embellishment, and the two side headlights are integrated, the trapezoidal lower grille and the front lip form a whole, more than a little bit of hardcore atmosphere, it is worth mentioning that lingrui uses split headlights, such a design makes the entire front face look fuller.
Lingrui side shape atmospheric stretch, sharp waist line makes it look full of power, the window is surrounded by chrome trim to show its delicate side, the small window of the D-pillar indicates that it has a large body size; the tail shape is staggered, the taillights also use Ford's latest family design style, and the internal dot matrix LED light source has a good recognition after lighting.
In terms of interior, Lingrui adopts the rare dual screen design of the joint venture model, the LCD instrument and the central control screen are both 12.3 inches (the low-end LCD instrument is 7 inches), the size is huge after connection, accounting for nearly half of the position of the center console, of which the control screen is also the first model equipped with Tencent TAI 4.0 intelligent system, equipped with on-board WeChat, Tencent intelligent driving map, national K song, Tencent conference and a wealth of expansion applications. The new car continues to use the knob-type gear lever, which brings considerable storage space for the front row, the air conditioner also retains a separate button, but the position is low, the operation is somewhat inconvenient, the color of the interior is one of its highlights, the low-end model has black/white two color interior optional, the medium and high-end models are blue /m and blue/black two colors, looking more advanced.
The whole series is equipped with 6 airbags, parallel line assist, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, active braking, reversing image, cruise control, panoramic sunroof, front keyless entry, remote start, leather seat, main driver's seat power adjustment, LED headlights, turn assist lights and automatic air conditioning, etc., which are not bad in the main/passive safety and comfort configuration. High-end models also have 360-degree panoramic images, full-speed adaptive cruise, electric trunk, main driver's seat waist support, adaptive far and near light, multi-color atmosphere lights, rearview mirror lock car automatic folding and rain-sensitive wiper and other configurations, considering that it has only three models in the whole series, the second low-end is 20,000 yuan more expensive than the entry-level model, so I think the low-end model is more cost-effective.
Its length / width / height are 4630 * 1935 * 1706mm, wheelbase is 2726mm, interestingly, the length and compact SUV are the same as it was classified into the ranks of medium-sized SUVs, its interior lateral space performance is excellent, the three adults sitting in the back row will not feel squeezed at all, close to the full flat central floor also brings good comfort, 1 meter 8 height sitting in the back seat when the leg space is still more than two fists, the performance is not bad. Under normal conditions, the trunk volume of Lingrui is 448L, and the rear seat can be extended to 1422L when it is reclined, and the flatness of the seat is very good after being reclined, which is also its advantage.
In terms of power, Lingrui for the first time equipped with a 4G15F6L 1.5T four-cylinder engine, the maximum power of this engine is 125kW, the maximum torque is 260N·m, matched with the 7-stop wet dual-clutch transmission, WLTC comprehensive fuel consumption is 7.5L/100km, just look at the power parameters, this engine is not outstanding in the same class, and although this engine is under the banner of Ford EcoBoost, Its code name inevitably makes people wonder whether this engine is related to Ford, or perhaps it is only during the development of Ford's technical support. But it is more advanced than the two 1.5T engines on Ford Territory and Mondeo, and if there is good market feedback in the future, it is not excluded that Fox will also adopt it.
In terms of chassis, Lingrui adopts the independent suspension combination of the front McPherson after the multi-link type, and when it is raised, it will find that it is actually very un "Ford", friends familiar with Ford know that Ford has always been very thick in the chassis material, such as the rear suspension of Ford Sharp Edge, which uses an aluminum alloy hem arm, but Lingrui uses the material of iron stamping parts, from which it can also be seen that the orientation of this car is more comfortable, and the handling is not its strength.
Written in the end, after reading lingrui, I fell into contemplation, Ford really makes people understand, to know that its own sharp starting price is only 159,800 yuan, the two cars have a high degree of overlap in price, ruiji wins in the power system and chassis suspension, that is, people often say that the three major pieces are dominant, and lingrui is space, interior and car machine system is better, both models are advantages and disadvantages are obvious, but in my opinion, the three major pieces of the same level of leading sharp edge have not been able to sell hot, Ford's less flavor of the lingrui after the listing is difficult to set off a storm , perhaps the landing price is set at less than 150,000 and there is still a chance.