Once upon a time, hardcore off-roading was a distant, untouchable area for most ordinary people. Those models with hardcore off-road labels, some are expensive and prohibitive, some are too hardcore to take into account daily use, coupled with various other reasons, resulting in many people who like hard-core off-road, but can not enter the circle, and hard-core off-road has always remained niche, failed to enter the public's vision.
However, in 2021, with the voice of a brand, with the release of a model, the hardcore off-road officially returned to the vision of the public, this brand is the great wall of the tank, and this model is the tank 300. With its affordable price, good appearance and hard-core off-road configuration, the tank 300 successfully attracted the attention of many consumers, once stood at the peak of traffic, and became a well-deserved "net red" model.
After the release of the Tank 300, the news quickly flowed out on the Internet that there would be a more domineering and powerful model that would soon meet with everyone, that is, the Tank 500 that everyone saw later. Time back to now, after the pre-sale of new cars to get hot orders, tank 500 is finally officially listed in the expectations of everyone, the new car launched a total of 5 models, the price range of 335,000-39.5 million yuan, then take this opportunity to take a look at the true appearance of this car.
In terms of appearance and styling, the style of the tank 500 is roughly similar to that of the tank 300, and the hexagonal family grille has added a number of horizontal chrome trim strips, and is surrounded by a circle of thick chrome trim, which together with the "glowing" front matrix LED light group and the stout encirclement form a "tough guy face". At the same time, a number of bulging muscle lines are also designed above the hood, which adds a few points to the muscle feeling of the whole vehicle.
Coming to the side, you can still feel the strong hardcore style of the tank 500. The overall contour of the vehicle is square, the vehicle line is relatively simple, and it is matched with a slightly raised waist line and a raised fender, reflecting its hardcore off-road identity. In terms of wheel hubs, the tank officially provides R18, R19, R20 three sizes of alloy wheels to choose from, and the shape is also very cool.
The rear part of the tank 500 can be described as rough with a bit of refinement. Based on the large size and boxy shape, the visual effect of the entire rear of the car looks very wide, and the vertical taillights on both sides and the through-type chrome trim with the TANK logo in the middle add a bit of sophistication to the entire rear. Of course, the bottom hardcore rear encirclement is still showing its hardcore identity.
Don't look at the overall rugged appearance of the tank, but its interior can be fully worthy of the word luxury. The overall design style of the interior is luxurious, simple and atmospheric, and the double-color interior design is matched with a large number of leather materials and wood grain trim panels, which creates a distinctive "elegant fan" for the interior.
The 12.3-inch full LCD instrument is matched with a large 14.6-inch central control screen, combined with a multi-functional steering wheel, which gives it a good sense of interior technology.
The unique color-block yacht gear handle and the drive mode buttons around the gear handle add a lot of color to the entire interior.
The body size of the tank 500 has reached 5070x1934x1905mm, and the wheelbase is 2850mm, which is completely sufficient for a medium and large SUV, and it is also very good in terms of spatial performance, which is called spacious. And the official also provides 5 seats and 7 seats two different seating layouts to choose from, 5 seats will be more comfortable and spacious, and 7 seats are more focused on practicality, both are good choices.
In terms of power, the tank 500 is equipped with a V-type 6-cylinder 3.0T twin-turbo engine independently developed by the Great Wall, and the tank 500 is also the first model to be equipped with this engine. This engine can burst out a maximum power of 260kW and a peak torque of 500N·m, matching the 9AT gearbox and 48V light hybrid system developed by the Great Wall, even if the displacement reaches 3.0L, the fuel economy of the tank 500 is still extraordinary.
At the same time, as a hardcore off-road vehicle, the tank 500 is naturally indispensable to the blessing of the four-wheel drive system. Tank 500 provides a timely four-wheel drive system that is different from all other models of the Great Wall, which can be freely switched between 2H two-wheel drive, AWD intelligent four-wheel drive, 4H high-speed four-wheel drive, and 4L low-speed four-wheel drive. Among them, the AWD intelligent four-wheel drive mode can adjust the torque ratio of the front and rear according to the road conditions, and with the differential lock, the torque of the front and rear axles of the vehicle can be distributed 1:1; and the 4L low-speed four-wheel drive mode can amplify the torque by 2.64 times.
In addition, modes such as three locks, tank U-turns, and tank creep are also readily available. In general, the hard power of the Tank 500 is very online, and it has no problem dealing with most of the complex road conditions.
Having said so much, the comprehensive strength of the tank 500 must have been well understood in what stage, so compared with the old hard-core off-road vehicles with the same positioning, does the tank 500 have a chance of winning? Let's take the more representative Toyota Land Cruiser (LC300) to compare it with it.
In terms of size and appearance style, the tank 500 and the Land Patrol are generally very similar, after all, the same medium and large SUV is also positioned as a hardcore off-road, which is really not much to do. But walking into the interior, the contrast is very obvious. Tank 500 whether it is luxurious, sense of technology or materials are better than the Toyota Land Cruiser, the interior of Toyota itself has not been too outstanding, coupled with the Land Cruiser has always been a hardcore, practical style, even if the new generation of LC300 interior has been improved, but its set of interiors compared to the tank 500 is still not enough to see.
In terms of power, the tank 500 is equipped with a 3.0T V6 engine and a 48V light hybrid, with a maximum horsepower of 354 hp and a peak torque of 500 Nm, and is matched with a 9AT transmission, while the Toyota Marine Cruiser LC300 is equipped with a 3.5T V6 engine with a maximum horsepower of 415 hp and a peak torque of 650 Nm, matching a 10-speed automatic transmission.
It has to be said that because of the restrictions of emission regulations, Toyota also had to bow its head and replace the old 5.7L V8 naturally aspirated engine with a 3.5T V6 twin-turbo engine, but the improvement of power performance is also real, much stronger than the 3.0T+9AT of the tank 500. However, considering the price of the tank 500 and the engine displacement, it is understandable compared to the LC300, after all, the price is indeed much worse.
In terms of off-road configuration, the difference between the two is not too big, and the four-wheel drive system and drive mode of the two are very powerful and rich. But let's look back at the price, the Land Patrol LC300 entry price is more than 1 million yuan, and the tank 500 price is less than half of it, so compared to how cost-effective the tank 500 is, everyone understands, right? So in terms of cost performance, the tank 500 is definitely the best in the field.
Write at the end
Tank 500 has been pre-sold since the beginning of the pre-sale, the order volume has exceeded 20,000, and this sales data is enough to prove the popularity and recognition of tank 500. With the official listing of the tank 500, presumably in the next few days its sales will continue to be hot, here first set a small goal for the new car, that is, to grab all the Prado users, I believe that with the cost performance and product quality of the tank 500, it should not be difficult, right?