The price of 39.55~51.00 million yuan, the avant-garde and atmospheric appearance, the huge posture without "L" but the wheelbase up to 2965mm.... Well! I think before test driving the Q5 e-tron, it is best to empty all the stereotypes related to "Q5" in my mind, so as to experience this Audi heavyweight pure electric SUV more deeply...
--Q5 e-tron is not Q5?
Originally, I thought that I had opened from the first generation of 8R Q5, Q5 Hybrid, to the current 80A generation of the extended version of Q5L, should be able to handwrite the Q5 e-tron test drive experience, so the first time with the company to participate in the new car test drive activities. But as the old Chinese ancestors said, "Rely on the old and sell the old, get carried away...". After carefully checking the information of Q5 e-tron, I found that this car has nothing to do with Q5, only the name! It's hard...
First of all, Q5L is from the Volkswagen MLB Evo platform, and Q5 e-tron is from the Volkswagen MEB platform, and the two are not the same thing in their bones. Secondly, the wheelbase of the Q5 e-tron is 2965mm, and the wheelbase of the Q5L is 2907mm, and the data does not feel the same point between the two, but the ID.6 X of the public is a close relative of the Q5 e-tron.
Finally, and most obviously, the Q5 e-tron has a very different exterior, interior and Q5L, and the Q5 e-tron is from SAIC Audi!
So, what is the name Q5? I guess that in addition to saicus Audi's product planning knowledge, it may be like the "Voice of China" teacher taking students, debut is the highlight, right? After all, Q5L is a hot product in China!
--The robustness of mebs is indeed different
This time allowed me to test drive the Q5 e-tron for a short time, but I did not expect that I had not been driving for a long time, and it was obvious that this car was indeed very different - not long before this trip, I had just test-driven another Audi pure electric drive SUV built according to the MLB Evo platform, changed to the Q5 e-tron, the first impression of the MEB platform was that the chassis was more calm and mature, although the body was tall and tall, But the battery pack based on a capacity of 83.4kWh is laid flat under the chassis, giving me the feeling of having a lower center of gravity and more controllable cornering.
When the speed was slightly increased, I also found that the rear stability of the Q5 e-tron was significantly higher, and the front of the car responded faster to the command to turn the direction, which gave me a good impression of safety and handling. Well! The platform developed specifically for pure electric vehicles is indeed very different from the platform developed for fuel vehicles with an electric drive system!
The site also carried out such as hillside crossing, roll angle experience... The off-road experience project, but strictly speaking, the difficulty setting is not high, and it is a piece of cake for the Q5 50 e-tron quattro I tested with dual motors in front and rear. With a combined output of 225kW, 460Nm power, and four-drive force distribution that can be completed in 30 milliseconds, basically let me lightly step on the door and pass smoothly.
There is also a watering hole experience project on site, which aims to test the safety of the battery module installed under the chassis and providing a maximum cruising range of 560 kilometers. According to the official information of SAIC Audi, this multi-layer structure battery pack adopts 4-cell design, after 338 battery pack safety tests, a certain degree of fire, collision are not afraid, I believe that a small wading is difficult to fall it!
------ play avant-garde momentum
Speak deeply! Let's take advantage of the appearance of the Q5 e-tron for a limited time item! Personally, I think the front shape of this car is very attractive to me, even though it has the most complex Audi front face in my memory, but the big middle net, with the high beam lights layered up and down on both sides of the attendant, LED matrix high beam, and the sharp line of the lower lip, or the entire visual area is summarized as both atmospheric and technological, very future-oriented and accumulated deep design background.
Interestingly, the Q5 e-tron is equipped with the only "customized digital variable" daytime running light in its class, which can support four optional display effects and can be switched through the MMI interaction system in the car. Hey! The light factory further plays the light art to the realm!
The space part I care about the most, with the wheelbase of 2965mm and the high scalability of the MEB platform, makes the Q5 e-tron able to accommodate three rows of seats, but it is the rich adjustment function of the second row of seats that has won my heart the most, such as pushing back when the third row of seats is not in use, and the leg and head redundancy space is simply too big!
Q5 e-tron for SAIC Audi, and even the entire Audi brand electrification process, is a pivotal role in the product, its price is more affordable than "a certain predecessor", compared to Q2L e-tron and more Chinese consumers like the atmosphere, large space characteristics, and even for people who understand cars, it is also mature driving fun.
Hey! Let me guess at the end... The reason why this car is named "Q5", it is estimated that it will be like the rhythm of Q5L?
Come all come, don't you like it?