WM Motors achieved nearly doubled sales growth last year, and as the first mass production model of WM Motors, the WM EX5 has made great contributions to the brand. Although in terms of sales ratio, WM EX5 has lost its original appeal, it is still a compact pure electric SUV with excellent comprehensive capabilities. Here, we want to see the lowest priced 2022 EX5-Z Nex Exploration Edition in the WM EX5 series, with a market guidance price of 149,800 yuan. See if it's worth buying?
Exterior design
In terms of front design, the WM EX5 adopts a large curved engine compartment structure, accompanied by multiple muscle lines on the hood, and the downward tilt of the front face will bring a good young vision. At the same time, the dynamically flashing logo will indicate the status of charging, etc., while the multi-layered undulations on the bumper will produce a similar effect to the appearance of the sports kit.
In the headlight design, the headlights that fit on both sides are still similar to the triangle style, and its lampshade direction overlaps with the body, and does not produce excess wind resistance. At the same time, the LED far and near light has a light cavity and with LED daily running light strip, with lighting functions including automatic headlights, steering auxiliary lights, height adjustment, delayed shutdown, etc., WM EX5 driving lighting is not a problem.
Coming to the side, the WM EX5 has a three-dimensional size of 4585/1835/1672mm, while the body wheelbase reaches 2703mm, the body structure has a certain sense of diving, and the waistline that runs through the hidden door handle is more capable, without much undulation. In addition, the side body is also covered with a bracketing kit that echoes the bumper, which is good for the improvement of the vehicle's passability.
In the rear design, the shrinkage of the D-pillar is larger, which makes the vehicle look more youthful and dynamic, while the longitudinal deflector panel that blends with the door level will directly enter the lower edge of the body panel, forming an irregular closed ring structure on the tailgate. The wide rear bumper enclosure provides silver sport skids, which are beneficial for driving through multiple road conditions.
In the design of the tail lights, the through-type tail light strip is divided into three areas, and the tail lights at both ends are a collection of width lights, brake lights, turn signals and reversing lights, while the width lights in the middle area are made relatively wide, and the lighting effect at night is very good.
Interior design
In the central control design, the vertical screen and the decorative coverage at both ends together form an integral tilting center console, and are slightly biased towards the main driving side. The knob-type gear shift mechanism has a bulge panel at the front, which will take on the task of multimedia control. The steering wheel adopts a three-spoke flat-bottom style covered with perforated leather, and the center control and door panels are equipped with a lot of stitching and filling soft bags, plus chrome and paint multi-zone mixing, the interior grade is really good.
On the in-vehicle system, the 12.8-inch touch LCD screen and the 12.3-inch full LCD dashboard form an infotainment combination, in which the intelligent interconnection system provides in-car navigation with real-time road conditions, voice recognition control with air conditioning/sunroof adjustment, remotely controllable Internet of Vehicles, and OTA upgrades. In addition, in addition to being used to unlock the car machine, facial recognition can also adjust the configuration settings of the vehicle according to the driver's habits.
In terms of vehicle configuration, the intelligent auxiliary configuration of the model is not much, its active and passive safety is only tire pressure display, reversing image, fixed speed cruise, of course, can achieve sports / economic driving mode selection, and at the same time with automatic parking, uphill assistance and steep slope slow descent system can still play a driving improvement role. At the same time, related to the comprehensive feedback of the cabin are also inductive electric tailgates, panoramic sunroofs, smart Bluetooth keys, and automatic air conditioning systems also provide independent air outlets in the rear seat, zone temperature control, and PM2.5 and pollen filtration devices.
In the cabin space, the 175cm tall experiencer gets 1 punch head space in the front and rear rows, of which there is an additional 2 finger distance in the rear row with the roof hollowing out. At the same time, the legroom of the rear seats has reached more than 2 punches, and with the adjustment of the backrest and the limited platform bulge, the full seat is also sufficient.
In terms of storage space, without any adjustment to the seat, the WM EX5 has been able to obtain a 488L trunk base volume, while after the rear seat is lowered, the more flat expanded rear space can hold 1500L of accompanying luggage or household cargo.
Mechanical structure
In the powertrain, WM EX5 adopts a front-facing front-drive layout, its front-mounted single motor maximum power is 160kW (218Ps), the maximum torque is 225N·m, with an electric vehicle single-speed transmission, the vehicle can complete 0-100km/h acceleration in 8.3 seconds; in terms of endurance, the ternary lithium-ion battery pack of WM EX5 can support 403km OF NEDC pure electric mileage, and WM also provides the first owner with unlimited years and unlimited mileage battery warranty. This is an important guarantee for pure electric vehicles.
On the chassis suspension, the WM EX5 front axle is a McPherson-style independent suspension, and the rear axle is a longitudinal arm twisting beam non-independent suspension, and the harder adjustment will take into account a certain sense of road, and there is no problem in dealing with small bumps on the city paved roads. In addition, the 174mm minimum ground clearance is not high, but it will not hinder the passability of this pure electric SUV in the mountain road.
Write at the end
The performance brought by the electric motor, the intelligence brought by the large screen, the large space brought by the excellent size, although the lack of good things in terms of intelligent driving, from these key attributes, this low-end Weima EX5 can still meet the core appeal and most imagination of most home commuter consumers, or young drivers for an entry-level pure electric SUV.