As early as last year, when The Ideal released the third quarter financial report, it was revealed that the second model of the brand would be released in the second quarter of this year, and the code name at that time was the large SUV Ideal X01. A few days ago, Ideal Auto officially announced that this model is named Ideal L9, which will be officially released at the Beijing Auto Show next month. The biggest change from the Ideal One is the larger size and the new four-cylinder engine. At present, it is reported that people familiar with the matter revealed that the price of new cars may be around 500,000 yuan.
The biggest point of controversy over the new car is that it is not the plan to launch a pure tram in the future revealed earlier, nor the launch of a car category that is different from the ideal ONE, but an SUV model that continues the power route of the extended range. Because of this, the styling of this ideal L9 is very close to the previous ideal ONE.
Judging from the spy photos that can be found on the Internet at present, the difference between the ideal ONE is only in the sports closed grille and the prominent headlight group shape, but because the official has not officially announced the L9 makeup photo, it is not ruled out that the official release version will be different from the current spy photos.
As a positioning large SUV, the body size of the ideal L9 has a considerable improvement compared to the ideal ONE, with a three-dimensional dimension of 5150mm in length, 1980mm in width, 1800mm in height, and an exaggerated wheelbase of 3100mm. Surpass the mainstream large SUVs of the same level on the market.
Due to the unclear interior photos, we have not been able to know whether the central control layout of the new car continues the ideal ONE's through-line design. As for the automatic driving solution, it is reported that the new car will be equipped with lidar, but what kind of function can be achieved is still unknown.
However, it is certain that the new car has a clear upgrade in the power part, such as replacing the new 1.5T four-cylinder engine from Xinchen Power, with a maximum power of 100kW and a peak torque of 240N·m, which is significantly higher than the ideal ONE three-cylinder engine. In addition, it is also equipped with a range extender from Honeycomb Power, with a maximum power of 90 kW and a peak torque of 200 N·m.
Therefore, it is expected that the overall performance and endurance of the new car will be better than the ideal ONE. However, considering that the new car is expected to be priced at 500,000 yuan, compared with the price of the ideal ONE of 338,000 yuan, and according to the news currently learned, the ideal L9 is only a small increase in power, the improvement of the perception component and the increase in size, and it may need to provide more surprises to impress consumers when it is officially released, otherwise it is just an enlarged version of the ideal ONE.