Chery Automobile likes to toss, over the years its birth of countless sub-brands, by consumers to talk about, the past many years of Chery is in the image of positive research and development technology. Most of the products we are familiar with Chery stay in the era of internal combustion engines, and on the road to the development of new energy vehicles, Chery has not fallen behind, and has also brought a lot of core technologies.
This time, "The Way to Understand Cars" can just experience a Chery plug-in hybrid model in Guangzhou, that is, the plug-in hybrid model of Chery Tiggo 8 PLUS.
Appearance, the overall design style, Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ edition continues the design of the fuel version of Tiggo 8 PLUS, the front face, the front grille adopts a dot matrix grille rich in 3D stereoscopic vision, and the grille periphery adopts silver decoration, which is three-dimensional, and it looks that the entire front face is wider.
Previously said that Chery's designers are engineers thinking, in the design aesthetics are not good at, and this time, in the Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ version has been significantly improved, headlights daytime running lights using two L-shaped shapes, new cars have a strong recognition during the day and night, headlights near and far light sources are LED, the front face in addition to the atmosphere is slightly domineering.
Come to the side of the body, the rear door size of the vehicle is larger than the front door, it is enough to see that the rear space of this car is the key design of this car, the body side is relatively full, the lines are not so tough, the body is decorated with chrome decoration in many places, the new car uses multiple spoke rims, the tire size is 235/55 R18, there is a sense of luxury.
The front fenders are the vehicle's charging interface. The fuel filler and fuel version are the same. In terms of body size, the length, width and height are 4722mm*1860mm*1747mm, and the wheelbase is 2710mm.
At the rear of the body, the rear light is arranged in a array of LED light sources inside the taillights, which is highly recognizable. The top of the license plate does not use a black chrome decorative strip, and if you look closely, you can see Chery's English logo. There are two exhaust tails on both sides, and the tail of the vehicle has the exclusive logo of Kunpeng e+. The whole tail is tall, but reveals a bit of sporty style.
In terms of interior, it presents more of a sense of technology, with dual 12.3-inch full LCD dashboards and central control screens, which display a wealth of driving and entertainment related information. 12.3 The central control screen has built-in Apps such as Gaode Map, Sing Bar, iQiyi, etc., and is equipped with SONY Sony 9 speaker speakers. The air conditioning panel uses touch buttons.
The car machine only supports 4G network, supports CarPlay and CarLife, does not support 5G network, and supports vehicle OTA. There are also physical buttons for air conditioning around the transmission gear, as well as 360 panoramic images and driving mode switching, the low-end 5-seat version only has a reversing image, a small electronic gear with built-in atmosphere lights, and the interior can no longer see the general performance of the previous Chery model in many places, and the material is also very exquisite.
The two seats in the front row of the vehicle are electrically adjustable, the passenger seat is also equipped with a boss button, and the passengers in the second row have independent air conditioning outlets, which is slightly insufficient for this model.
There are only 5 seats (2+3 layout) and 7-seat version (2+3+2 layout), even if the space can be flexibly changed, it is still impossible to meet the needs of more consumers for daily life and travel, if there are 6 seats to choose from, it is even better.
In terms of power, Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ is Chery's first model equipped with Kunpeng DHT hybrid system, which is equipped with a hybrid system composed of front-mounted dual motors + 1.5T engines, with TSD dual-shaft drive, to achieve a maximum input torque of 510N·m, a maximum output torque of 4000N·m, and an official acceleration time of 0-100 km/h of 4.9 seconds.
The engine block is made of cast iron, the cylinder head is aluminum alloy, the maximum power is 115kW, the maximum torque is 230N.m, drink No. 92 gasoline, the whole series is equipped with a 19.27kWh battery pack, neDC pure electric mileage is 100km, and has 9 working modes, the official 100 km comprehensive fuel consumption is 1.0L, and the loss of power fuel consumption is 5.0L. Looking at the parameters alone, the current plug-in hybrid models belong to the upper middle level.
Equipped with 3-speed DHT, and has 9 working modes, because this time is simply in the Chimelong park experience, this is a front-facing four-wheel drive structure, this time experienced the EV mode and HEV mode of the sport mode and the standard mode, the standard mode is more suitable for the city to travel, of course, the battery has electricity, the city in the low-speed car, with EV mode to be more quiet and comfortable, recently the oil price is so high.
The power is very surging in HEV mode, deep on the throttle, the engine sound will come in, this engine NVH is general, not very quiet kind.
Chassis part, front McPherson independent suspension, rear multi-link independent suspension, when passing the speed bump, the texture is OK, the overall hard, tough feeling is more prominent, there will be a clear sense of shock transmitted to the inside of the car, there will be shock absorbers and chassis sound into the cabin, this is the car slightly let me feel less advanced place.
The previous Chery Tiggo 8 Kunpeng version also has the same deficiencies, the shock in the front row is OK, the rear row is more obvious than the front row, the short ride is OK, the long-distance riding comfort is general, and if the suspension is softer, the texture of the whole vehicle will be improved a lot.
In terms of steering, it is biased towards moderation, light feel, directivity belongs to neutrality, daily city driving, comfort is OK. When turning, there is no need to deliberately cater to it, and its torque distribution is quite uniform.
Sound insulation and noise reduction, do not put aside the level to talk about, a tall SUV model, wind noise will be there, the physical size is there, but the noise suppression of the chassis is not excellent enough, the scattered action sound of the chassis, the noise of their own tire tires, is the relatively large noise of this car, but this price, this tranquility is also worthy of the price, and there is no more advanced experience.
Assisted driving configuration, this time because the test drive is too rushed, there is no opportunity to experience, because of road conditions restrictions. This time the fuel consumption was not tested, wait until the later "The Way to Understand the Car" to get a test drive and then test the rest of these performances for everyone.
The editor has something to say:
Recently, the head brands of independent brands have made efforts to make medium and large SUV plug-and-mixed models, such as Changan UNI-K iDD, BYD Tang DM-i, etc., this part of the model not only meets the needs of large space, but also takes into account the excellent power and economic fuel consumption, Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ is also the same, in fact, the current market this type of model will also be with the ideal ONE, Highlander dual engine and other driving mode of the model PK.
Of course, when we consider such a plug-in hybrid model, we must consider whether we have a convenient charging environment, which directly affects the later experience of using the car, for such a mixed model, after all, the body is large enough, even if it is much better than the previous large engine small battery, but it is only a little larger battery, when using the engine NVH feeling is general, when you charge the environment well, you can fully use electricity, this is the best time for this car experience. (Photo/Text/Photo: Wang Liang, Editor, Who Knows the Way of The Car)