After a long wait, the tank 500 was finally officially listed a few days ago, with a price range of 33.50-39.50 million yuan. Tank 300 has achieved quite excellent results in the market, as the second new car launched by the tank brand, whether the Tank 500 can continue this heat, there is no doubt that it has attracted much attention. Of course, due to the positioning and price rise, tank 500 may be difficult to go like tank 300, but from the product point of view, tank 500 strength is not bad, and in fact, if you look at tank 500 with an old eye, its comprehensive cost performance is very high.
Hardcore off-road itself is a relatively limited field, in the past Toyota products in the Chinese market to grasp the vast majority of the right to speak, although in the off-road crossing performance and reliability of the Prado and Land Cruiser has indeed set a benchmark in the industry, in the second-hand car market also has a high retention rate, but at the same time the expensive price can not allow consumers to enjoy the same price of the model should have the sense of grade and comfort, which has been criticized.
At the same time, the huge price gap between them in the domestic and foreign markets is also difficult for people to understand and recognize. Prado is priced at 3,666,000 yen to 5,543,000 yen in its home market, which is equivalent to about 190,000-290,000 yuan at the current exchange rate, while the prado price before the suspension of production in the domestic market is about 500,000 or 600,000, and the current parallel import channel of a 2020 model of the 2700 price also broke through to about 560,000-590,000, properly BBA luxury car level.
So in any case, the pricing of tank 500 three hundred thousand is actually not so high, not to mention the product quality of tank 500 is very strong. Under the domineering exterior, the interior has a sense of refinement and luxury that similar hard-core off-road vehicles did not have in the past, and the comfort exceeds a level. At the same time, in the era of intelligence, the tank 500 is also completely in line with the trend in the application of intelligent technology configuration.
You can't even see the most basic configuration of the reversing image on a Prado with a price of 500,000, but on the tank 500, 360-degree panoramic image, full-speed adaptive cruise and a series of safe driving assistance configurations have become the most basic standard, and there are 14.6-inch large screens, Internet of Vehicles, 0TA upgrades, 12.3-inch full LCD meters, etc. are also provided at the entry level.
Some people may say that hardcore off-road does not need to make such a fancy configuration, and the off-road ability is strong enough. But the fact is that many people's car scenes are not completely fixed, in addition to special purposes, even if the hardcore off-road is still used in the city in most cases, and the use of these configurations and the improvement of comfort can greatly improve our car experience.
However, the ultimate essence of the tank 500 is hardcore off-road, it is equipped with a 3.0T V6 engine with dual VTG variable cross-section turbine technology, thermal efficiency of up to 38.5%, matching the 9AT transmission, the maximum horsepower of 354Ps, peak torque of 500 Nm, the performance is not inferior to the BMW X5 3.0T version. In the hard-core equipment, the tank 500 uses a non-bearing body structure, and with double wishbones, rear integral axle suspension, but also provides a standard rear mechanical differential lock four-wheel drive system, as well as creep mode, tank turning and other technologies, with a strong ability to get out of trouble.
The emergence of the Tank 500 is not only so simple as giving hardcore off-road enthusiasts a cost-effective choice, it also ruthlessly allows consumers to see the essence and truth of the profiteering of products such as the Prado Land Cruiser in the domestic market, and perhaps the myth of prado should have ended long ago. Regardless of whether the tank 500 can sell the large volume of the tank 300, but in today's increasingly powerful domestic technology, foreign car companies can finally no longer be our only option, which should be a fortunate thing.