When it comes to air suspension, the first key word that comes to mind is "unattainable".
We all know that air suspension is a good thing, it can be hardened in sport mode to help the driving feeling, and in comfort mode it can be soft and increase comfort.
In addition, the air suspension can also control the air compressor and exhaust valve to automatically compress or elongate the spring according to different road conditions, thereby reducing or raising the ground clearance of the chassis to improve the passability of the vehicle.
However, there are not many models with air suspension on the market, most of which are models of more than 600,000 yuan, which means that ordinary players only have a share of hunger.
However, Lantu FREE came out of nowhere, achieving a price of more than 300,000 yuan with air suspension as standard, and the overall experience is still very good. It can be said that the price of air suspension has been beaten down by one's own efforts, and the realistic version of luxury is inclusive.
See the real chapter in the track
On March 18th, the Landu FREE "Hanging Road, Waiting for You to Fight" Extreme Challenge was held at the Asia International Yacht Car Experience Center in Guangzhou. Auto Intelligence had the privilege of personally experiencing the charm of a Landu FREE air suspension, saying that it was a benchmark for the value of an SUV of 300,000 yuan, which was really not exaggerated.
The first thing to pass is the 150m long speed bump road, which is officially called "the longest and most bumpy track in the whole network", and the speed bumps are paved around the world. Don't think too much, the car without air suspension driving past, must be upside down can not stand, and with the air suspension blessing, it is much more comfortable.
In fact, the feeling that Lantu FREE brings to the author is indeed like this. It gives five driving modes to choose from, namely economy, comfort, high energy, outing, and customization, and the top and bottom 100mm adaptive height adjustment. Take the bumpy road of the speed bump and choose comfort just right.
As far as the author's feeling is concerned, it is true that when driving in the bumpy road, the body has no excess vibration, and the sportiness and comfort are very good. In fact, the author also opened the ideal ONE without air suspension in the second lap, not blowing or black, the contrast is still quite obvious.
The next section of the road to be walked is the step road, sleeper road, bump road, and gravel road, after setting the outing mode, the air suspension automatically adjusts up 100mm, sitting in the car obviously feel the car chassis rise. At this time, if you pass through these sections, as long as you control the speed, there is no pressure at all.
By the way, the organizers also carefully placed a goblet in the car, which was filled with water, and the full amount of water was 10 scales to see how much strength the air suspension of Landu FREE really had. Although the author did not run to the coach's 9 scales of water, the results of the 8 scales were already quite good.
After the venue experienced zero hundred acceleration and snake-shaped pile winding link, switching to high-energy mode, the air suspension of Lantu FREE was adjusted down by 100mm, the car was significantly lower, and the screen in the car was also adjusted downwards, which was very ceremonial. After a lap of experience, Lantu FREE gives the author a very flexible feeling, in and out of the bend are very followed, there is no feeling of a large SUV. Needless to say, the air suspension empowers a lot in it.
The story behind R&D
As a car company co-created with users, how can this kind of activity be less than the figure of the owner?
Yes, in the official words of Lantu, after the launch of the challenge, it has received widespread attention from more than 10,000 users, and nearly 100 users have participated on the spot. Among them, there are even owners of Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes-Benz GRC, Volvo XC60 and other brand models, and the most expensive models are priced at more than one million.
Interestingly, after these car owners have personally experienced Lantu FREE on the spot, and then compare their current cars, they are very shocked in their hearts, and there are actually such models in the original 300,000 yuan price.
Speaking of this, perhaps many small partners will ask, 300,000 level price standard air suspension, where is the determination and confidence of Lantu Inclusive Luxury? That's what everyone cares about, and that's what we want to tell you.
In fact, everything lies in Lantu's mission as a national team of central enterprises. Although in the past, passenger car air suspension system components were mainly foreign suppliers, with the upgrading of China's automotive industry, more than 90% of the automotive supply chain is now in the domestic layout.
Lantu can already break the technology monopoly with partners. It is understood that Lantu Automobile has mastered several core technologies of airtightness, durability, reliability, and vehicle dynamics, filling the gap in the domestic industry.
Taking Lantu FREE air suspension technology as an example, it has experienced 150 different matching schemes and passed 70 rounds of different tests, including air tightness, abnormal sound, life, high temperature (80 degrees), low temperature (minus 40 degrees), plateau, air pump heat protection, durability, wading ability, etc. For the durability and other issues that everyone cares about, Lantu FREE has actually done quite rigorous work.
【Conclusion】From the brand release to the launch of 10,000 new cars off the production line, Lantu has created the speed of the industry's sideways attention. Through this challenge activity, we have seen the strength and spare no effort of Lantu Automobile at the research and development level. As many small partners sighed, Landu FREE for the first time in China to explore the air suspension configuration down to 300,000 yuan model, which is a big achievement, may pull other car companies to participate, and jointly add bricks to the Chinese brand's lane change overtaking.