Editor's comments A few days ago, SAIC Roewe debuted and pre-sold its new smart SUV model - Whale, the new car pre-priced 166,800-19.28 million yuan, a total of three model configurations. As a brand new model, Whale has received widespread attention from inside and outside the industry since its debut last year, and the new car has a lot of innovations and changes from the previous Roewe models in all aspects, whether it is named or to the appearance. So what is the strength of the whale? Today we will interpret this highly concerned coupe SUV together.
● Appearance: New "intelligent life body design"
In terms of appearance, the reason why this new car is named after the "whale" has a lot to do with its exterior design. Roewe's new "Smart Life Design" is inspired by the most intelligent whale in the ocean, combined with modern bionic technology, making it all different from previous Roewe models, with a certain degree of subversion and innovation.
The part of the intake grille adopts the popular fold cutting style, and the layout of the upper and lower dense is more like the belly stripe of the whale, which is officially called the whale pattern breathing grille, which is full of tension, eye-catching, but not cheesy.
Whale's scientific and technological intelligence LED headlights and daytime lights use a split design, inspired by energy crystals, known as the eye of the seabed, when each lighting unit is lit up, surrounded by blue atmosphere lights outline the shape of the energy crystal, symbolizing the huge energy contained in the whale, very scientific and technological.
The coupe SUV is naturally indispensable to the back of the back, the whale from the B-pillar to the rear, the entire roof has a relatively thick arc downwards, outlining a very smooth roof curve, forming a streamlined beauty whale design. The design of the concealed door handle is also flattering, ensuring the integrity of the simple and smooth lines of the new car. On the side of the large white body, the whale uses gold coastline and gold trim strips on the front, window line, waist line and rear of the car to embellish it, and the details are highlighted in a high-grade but unobtrusive manner to enhance the texture of the whole car.
The new car uses 19-inch wheels with a fairing as a decoration on the rim, which should play a role in reducing the wind resistance coefficient generated when the rim moves. The tyres are the Michelin Primacy 4 series with a specification of 235/45 R19, a tire that is mainly quiet and comfortable.
The roewe whale's tail is sharp and has a strong three-dimensional sense. The LED taillight position design of the new car is highly symmetrical with the headlights, and the combination tail position light, the through light strip and two split lights are composed, and the overall shape means the deep sea spark that guides the direction, and the headlights echo, which is highly recognizable at night.
The trunk lid features a set of very sporty spoiler tails, and the double tail design of the top wing + duck tail is inspired by the high posture of the tail fin when the whale jumps into the sea, and the bionic design cleverly enhances the dynamics of the tail.
● Interior: The giant screen of the ring screen shows the simple style of science and technology
The whale's interior features a large area of blue-gray contrast, echoing the car's name, and there is a strong "deep sea" atmosphere in it. In addition to the color scheme, the exclusive "whale" character logo carved on the airbag cover of the steering wheel and the unique "giant whale" LOGO on the front headrest also strongly emphasize the bionic design attributes of the car.
The dual 12.3-inch IMAX HD panoramic screen is particularly eye-catching, with ultra-narrow bezels to achieve seamless connection between the left and right dual screens. Equipped with the Roselle intelligent cockpit system and the powerful processing power of qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chips, the new system can better realize dual-screen information interaction, immersive map navigation, AR-Driving, and in-car entertainment and mini programs and other service applications.
● Sinan intelligent driving system: multi-faceted full-stack development, the driving is handed over to the car
In addition to the stunning appearance and interior, whales are also enough to surprise us in terms of intelligent driving, with comprehensive hardware and full functionality reaching an unprecedented height in fuel vehicles. The 29 intelligent driving sensors and cameras of the whole vehicle can multi-perceive the surrounding environment, use intelligent algorithms, and combine high-precision maps, so as to gradually realize easy and safe intelligent driving in all scenarios.
The most powerful camera is the EyeQ4 chip's Lianchuang ICM camera. Its horizontal viewing angle of nearly 100° allows for more lane and intersection information. With an image resolution of 1.7 megapixels, high-definition images can detect objects that are at a distance from a distance, with a maximum detection distance of 165 meters depending on the object being detected, while better identifying various road performances and turn signals and brake lights of other vehicles.
Millimeter-wave radar uses the fifth generation of Bosch BOSCH products in Germany. The new radar detection distance is 50 meters higher than the fourth generation, reaching 210 meters, detecting distant targets earlier and giving vehicles early perception. The accuracy of the detection target speed is increased to 0.05m/s, and the accuracy of the target speed accuracy is improved, that is, the driving safety is improved. The detection range has been expanded from 90° to 120° wide-angle coverage, from 3 lane level to more lane level perception detection, and the elevation detection range has been increased from 14° to 30°, which has a better recognition rate for large vehicles and ground obstacles.
Of course, such powerful hardware definitely requires a processor with excellent performance to fully function and achieve a better intelligent driving experience. Roewe Whale uses two Texas Instruments TDA4 chips in this regard. The chip is a vehicle-grade chip specially developed for intelligent driving, using an octa-core heterogeneous architecture with a 16nm process, and the computing power of the dual chip can reach 16TOPS.
● Roselle Intelligent Cockpit System: Continuous learning, multi-person interaction, the more you use, the more you understand
Roselle Intelligent Cockpit System is saicurus's first heterogeneous and converged intelligent cockpit operating system. The system can realize innovative functions such as man-machine co-driving, multi-screen integration, and multi-mode interaction, which makes the intelligent level of this fuel vehicle reach a new height.
For example, if you want to turn on the intelligent driving function, you can press the left side of the steering wheel with one button, without complicated operation, simple and easy to use. Of course, with the support of the Roselle intelligent cockpit system, the moving mouth can also drive, and in the state of intelligent driving, the vehicle driving state can also be controlled through the dialogue with the car machine. For example, "drive slower, drive faster, approach the front car, drive far away from the front car, drive at a speed of 80km/h, etc."
Power: The engine torque performance is the strongest in the same class
Whale is equipped with a blue-core powered 2.0TGI in-cylinder mid-injection turbocharged engine, with a maximum power of 170kW and a maximum torque of 370N·m, and the power parameters are eye-catching in the same class. Matched to the engine is Aisin's 8-speed automatic transmission, which offers significant advantages in terms of ride, fuel consumption performance, and torque output distribution.
The Roewe Whale suspension features a front McPherson-style independent suspension/rear multi-link independent suspension. The shock absorber is a hidden mystery, and the support on the shock absorber adopts polyurethane new material with lvc valve system, which can well isolate the vibration of the fine road surface and enhance the sense of vehicle quality. For large undulating bumps, the damper's dual hydraulic mount and optimized bushing cushion the bump and soften the degree of bump.
Editor's comments: In the context of consumers pursuing personalization, youthfulness and high-end, Roewe Whale has added bricks and tiles to savoy Roewe's "science and technology national tide" road with the new product positioning of "bionic intelligent driving life body". Different from the competitors of the same level as Lynk & Co 05 and Changan Uni-K, Roewe Whale has created a unique coupe SUV in a unique and innovative form, and in the face of the same sports appearance, the "bionic" design is indeed not small and amazing. The concept that we often bundle electric vehicles and intelligence together has also been broken on this new car, and the powerful hardware and comprehensive functions have made the intelligence of fuel vehicles increase by one level. Let's look forward to the future market performance of this car.
At present, Roewe Whale has opened pre-sale on the SAIC Roewe APP, and from March 17, 2022 to March 30, 2022, place an order to book the car on the Roewe APP, and successfully pay a pre-sale fee of 99 yuan, you can enjoy 36 periods of 0-interest loan, lifetime original warranty of the whole vehicle, 2 years of 7.8% discount value-preserving repurchase, lifetime free intelligent driving and 1 million Roewe APP points.