There is no doubt that the Tank 300 is a very successful model. Although it came relatively late, for China's hardcore SUV market, its weight and influence are unprecedented. Frankly speaking, it is precisely because of the popularity of the Tank 300 that more Chinese car companies have seen the importance of the hardcore SUV market segment, and more Chinese consumers have more choices.
It is also because of the success of the tank 300 that the tank 500 has attracted much attention from the day it was exposed. Since the tank 300 is difficult to find, can the tank 500 continue the hot selling trend of the tank 300? Next, let's take a look at the strength of the tank brand.
On March 18, as the second SUV of the Tank brand, the Tank 500 was officially launched. A total of four models, the business version and the sports version of the new car, are priced at 335,000-355,000 yuan. From the perspective of selling price, the pricing of more than 300,000 yuan does not seem to be cheap. You can compare the hardcore SUV of the joint venture brand with 500,000 or 600,000 or even nearly a million, and you will find that the cost performance of the tank 500 is still good.
In terms of appearance, the tank 500 provides two kinds of appearance options of "sports version" and "business version", and the front face of the "sports version" is rough and full of off-road temperament. The "Business Edition" uses a horizontal chrome grille, which is quite luxurious. In addition, compared with the sports version, the business version has no spare tire on the tailgate, and the length of the car is shorter.
In terms of size, the length, width and height of the tank 500 are 4878 (5070) / 1934 / 1905mm, the wheelbase is 2850mm, and the positioning is medium and large SUV. Overall, the tank 500 is larger and tougher than the tank 300.
The cockpit section is luxurious with plenty of leather and wood grain panels at your fingertips. The full LCD instrument cluster and floating display are highly technological. In terms of spatial layout, the new car offers two options: five and seven seats.
In terms of power, the tank 500 is equipped with a 3.0T V6 engine and a 9AT gearbox independently developed by Great Wall, with a maximum power of 260kw and a maximum torque of 500N·m/1500-4500rpm, which is the first model under Great Wall Motor to adopt 3.0T+9AT. In addition, the new car is based on the tank platform, using a non-load-bearing body, equipped with TOD time-sharing four-wheel drive system, with stronger off-road performance.
Although the price is much higher than the 19.58-308,000 yuan of the tank 300, whether it is the appearance size or the luxury of the interior, or the power performance, there is no doubt that the tank 500 is more powerful. For this car, the author is not convenient to talk about, may wish to see how netizens see.
Some netizens commented that sooner or later the bubble of the Great Wall tank series will burst, look at the media every day to speculate tank traffic, engage in hunger marketing, and hold high and fall deep. Now even the championship throne of H6 has been reversed by BYD. Indeed, the flow of the Tank 300 is indeed high, and the phenomenon of order queuing is also common. As for whether it is insufficient production capacity of manufacturers or hunger marketing, it is really difficult to say.
There are also netizens who believe that as long as the price is in place, there is still a market, but the fuel consumption of this car is very scary, and now the oil price is 10 yuan, I don't know how many people have paid the bill. In fact, the choice of tank 500 is more about performance, which does not seem to be the most important thing for oil prices. Therefore, the rise in oil prices may not affect the sales of this car.
Some netizens believe that the tank 500 does not talk about the factors of all aspects of the product, it is originally a route to test the waters of domestic luxury hard school, and there is no hype at all or to compete with popular products. This point, Xiaobian also recognized, after all, after the strong rise of tank 300, let the Chinese car brand in the original relatively poor hardcore off-road market have confidence and confidence.
Car world viewpoint
Regarding the tank brand, no matter how many voices there are in the car industry, whether it is recognized or opposed, Xiaobian must say that the marketing of Great Wall Motors for tanks is really very successful. Not only has it driven the confidence of Chinese car brands to enter the hardcore off-road market by itself, but also allows many friends who like off-road to realize their off-road dreams with low investment. This can be seen from the cross-country activities spontaneously organized by the owners of the whole network tank 300. Therefore, let's not say whether the sales of the tank 500 will be good, but its debut may have been successful. Therefore, Xiaobian believes that in the near future, Chinese off-road fans will no longer pursue Toyota's Land Cruiser!
Finally, I would like to ask you, what do you think about the tank 500 car? Do you think it can replicate the success of the Tank 300? After entering the 300,000+ level, will the hardcore SUVs of Chinese car brands have a chance?