Smarter than an electric car?
Wen 丨 Sesame Jun
Nowadays, if you open a car website and limit the search scope to less than 200,000 yuan, you will find that the popular models on the page are no longer the "old faces" of the joint venture brand, but the independent brands that have occupied most of the space. In this era of the rise of independent brands, the hot selling price within 200,000 has gradually become the home of independent brands, whether it is a hard indicator of technical strength or a precise control of domestic market demand, independent brands have caught up with joint venture brands in this price point.
If you limit the search criteria to SUV models, the page is instantly filled with a brand of models, that is, Haval. There is no doubt that today's Haval brand is still a brother of its own SUV brand, and with its deep technical heritage, the Haval brand is also constantly creating one surprise after another for consumers, such as this model with monthly sales of more than 10,000 - Haval Divine Beast.
Nowadays, fuel vehicles that emphasize intelligence are gradually emerging, so it seems that the "new era" is not only a new era of energy forms, but also a new era of intelligence. As the new technology flagship SUV of the Haval brand, the Haval god beast is the stepping stone of the Haval brand to a new era.
Based on the mature mechanical quality of the Great Wall Lemon platform, the coffee intelligence is integrated with it to create a more intelligent fuel vehicle; at the same time, Haval Divine Beast is also a stepping stone for the compact SUV market to move towards a new era, and today, when the power of electric vehicles and the problem of endurance have not been completely solved, at a price of about 150,000, is it a better choice to bring the same intelligent and convenient car experience?
However, the advantages and disadvantages of the product force need to be more intuitively presented after the comparison, and how the Haval Divine Beast performs in the face of the two star products of the same level - Geely Xingyue L and Chang'an UNI-K, which must be what everyone is most concerned about.
The sense of technology is not only superficial, but a comprehensive intelligent experience
In terms of appearance, the Haval Divine Beast can be said to be a subversion of the inherent impression of the Haval brand. The two new design concepts of "Time and Space Hunting" and "Time and Space Imperial Guard" are integrated into the exterior and interior respectively, creating a sense of futuristic technology. However, the sense of technology of the Haval Divine Beast is not only superficial, but a comprehensive and intelligent experience.
The first time I sat in the Haval Beast cockpit, my first reaction was the same as all my colleagues: Where is the handbrake? Looking around the entire central control area, there are only two buttons, ignition and double flashing, and the rest is no different from today's main intelligent electric vehicle: the central control screen covering all functional controls, and the gear lever behind the steering wheel.
The operation of the start is exactly the same in addition to pressing the ignition button more than the electric car: the electronic handbrake of the seat belt is automatically released when the brake is pressed, and the same pocket gear design as the Mercedes-Benz is adopted, and the hand can be on the road without leaving the steering wheel and dialing down.
But the first time I got this car, I was not curious about how it felt to drive, but after almost canceling all the physical buttons, the car machine system was not smart enough and convenient. Because today, whether it is a fuel vehicle or an electric vehicle, the first thing to do with the digital edge of the model is to remove all the physical buttons in the car, but the intelligent evaluation criterion is not "the fewer the buttons, the smarter".
The central control of Haval Divine Beast adopts 12.3 + 14.6-inch dual screen, and the UI logic of the car machine system is very clear, the left area can realize the switching of various functional interfaces, and the menu for adjusting vehicle settings is concise enough. In addition, the intelligent voice function of the Haval Mythical Beast is also very powerful, whether it is watching videos, listening to music, finding a date location, or opening the skylight or air conditioning, etc., can be completed through voice control.
In addition to the regular voice interaction, gesture recognition can also be carried out, and when the voice is inconvenient, a gesture can make driving easier. And Haval Divine Beast also has facial recognition, in addition to being able to carry out fatigue monitoring and other functions, it can also independently identify the driver and switch the vehicle account.
When I got this test drive, the company also had two popular models at the same price, a Changan UNI-K and a Geely Hoshigoku L. After the experience of the three cars, although the Star Yue L has an exclusive entertainment screen for the co-driver, the fluency of the car machine system is general, reflecting that the speed is relatively slow and occasionally stuck.
Changan UNI-K's car machine UI design and fluency is also good, but although the same support gesture operation, the recognition rate is not high, can achieve the control is only to cut the song and navigation to preset the destination, Haval Divine Beast in addition to the fluency and control of the convenience is higher, but also more than the other two models with face recognition, can recognize the owner through face recognition, automatically adjust the vehicle settings, the overall use experience is closer to an intelligent electric vehicle model.
Faster and smarter cars are the best cars of this era
When we talk about whether a fuel vehicle is easy to drive, we mostly talk about its power and chassis, but when we talk about whether a smart electric vehicle is easy to drive, the driver assistance system has become an important assessment standard. Therefore, if you want to achieve "good opening", these two aspects should be indispensable.
As a fuel vehicle, the powertrain based on the lemon platform gives haval divine beast good mechanical quality, the maximum power of the 2.0T model is 224 horsepower, the maximum torque is 345N·m, the acceleration time of 0-100km/h is only 7 seconds, and the third generation of the 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission developed by the Great Wall is matched, the overall smoothness is excellent, and there is also a good response speed when accelerating sharply.
In terms of chassis, the Haval Divine Beast is very good at both roll suppression and control of road bumps. Compared with the Hoshikoshi L, the 100-kilometer acceleration of the Divine Beast has more advantages and the performance adjustment is more sporty; compared with the UNI-K Divine Beast, in addition to the stronger performance, it also has obvious advantages in terms of chassis solidity and comfort
For the judgment of the "good drive" of fuel vehicles, the performance of the Haval Divine Beast is undoubtedly very good, so what about the intelligent "good drive"? Sitting in the driver's seat of the Haval Mythical Beast, the 25-inch HUD head-up interaction can display lane line and surrounding vehicle information in real time, and levitate in front of the windshield for imaging, and the sense of technological interaction is explosive.
In addition, under the blessing of 17 radars and 9 high-definition cameras and other super perception elements, the HWA high-speed driving assistance system of Haval Divine Beast is also very good, and it supports the lane change assistance function that can now only be seen on models such as Xiaopeng and Tesla, without withdrawing from adaptive cruise, as long as the turn signal beast can automatically judge the road conditions and change lanes, which also greatly improves the convenience of adaptive cruise.
In this regard, the Hoshikoshi L and UNI-K are obviously inferior to the Haval Mythical Beast: only two premium models in the UNI-K series are equipped with L2-level driver assistance functions, and although the Hoshikoshi L covers a wide range of models, the ability to identify lane lines and vehicles and lane keeping is inferior to that of Haval Divine Beasts, and the Haval Divine Beast is also more abundant in intelligent driving assistance functions.
The practicality of Haval Divine Beast's fully automatic fusion parking is significantly better than that of the other two models, the parking space recognition rate is higher and the parking is accurate enough, in addition to the main functions of these new car-making forces in intelligent driving, such as reversing and remote parking.
Obviously, the definition of a good car in the new era is no longer limited to power and chassis, and the lead in intelligence is also a good show, how to make the car bear more, so that the driver can more easily cope with various road conditions. In this regard, the performance of Haval Divine Beast has far exceeded that of the traditional brand fuel models of the same level, and has begun to be on par with the new power brands that focus on intelligence.
Compact SUV, Haval brand play understands
In addition to the main intelligence and performance, the essence of the Haval divine beast is the flagship model of the Haval brand, so as a flagship, the performance in terms of space comfort is equally important. In fact, it is actually a bit inappropriate to say that Haval Beast is a compact SUV in my opinion, after all, its body size (4780mm *1890mm*1675mm*2800mm) is close to a medium-sized SUV, and compared with the same level of joint venture models, the space of the Beast can be said to be a dimensionality reduction blow.
The rear row of the large five-seat layout of the Haval Divine Beast is sufficient for both leg space head space and horizontal space, large backrest angle, sufficient leg support, and overall riding comfort is very high. Compared with the Hoshikoshi L, the Haval Divine Beast has a slight advantage in the spatial performance of the rear row, and the sense of transparency in the back row is stronger.
In addition, the UNI-K itself is positioned as a medium-sized SUV, and the body size is also larger than the Haval Mythical Beast, so the rear space is slightly dominant. However, the Haval Beast performs better in terms of storage convenience, with as many as 40 storage spaces in the car, and the right storage location can be found regardless of the size of the front and rear rows.
In the context of the overall body size is not dominant, the rear performance of the Haval Mythical Beast is not much inferior to UNI-K, indicating that in terms of space utilization, the designer has made great efforts to fully meet the needs of family daily use of cars.
brief summary:
After experiencing three cars, the Haval Divine Beast impressed me most was undoubtedly the great lead in intelligence, and its mechanical quality was not inferior to the widely acclaimed Hoshikoshi L, as for UNI-K, in my opinion, it was only large. Compared with the price of the three-car, the Haval Divine Beast has more advantages in both the starting price and the top four-wheel drive version (13.00-16.70 million yuan), and at a similar price, the Haval Divine Beast has brought users a stronger sense of gain in terms of power and configuration. In the price range of 150,000-200,000, a Haval Mythical Beast that can bring the same smart and convenient car experience is definitely a better choice.
The emergence of such a "hexagonal warrior" as haval divine beast not only promotes the continuous progress of independent brands in the same price range, but also sounds the alarm bell for the traditional models of joint venture brands. In the rapidly developing Chinese market, traditional models that rely solely on brand and word of mouth will eventually be replaced by more competitive self-brand products.
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