Ford's new sharp spy photos are coming, and the appearance becomes smarter, depending on whether the domestic pricing is smart or not
Recently overseas exposed a set of Ford mid-term modification sharp spy photos, the most significant change in the new version of the natural is the front face, especially the change in the shape of the headlights is the most obvious, the original look is not very smart, after such a change, so that the image of the whole car has become more spiritual, more intelligent.
Ford's new sharp spy photo
Ford's current sharp edge
However, from another point of view, the changes in the side and rear of the new sharp edge are not very obvious, and only the design of the taillights and exhaust pipes can see some new designs. But whether this set of designs can ultimately meet the tastes of consumers will have to wait for the real car to come out.
Ford Ruiji has always been selling quite generally in China, and its peak monthly sales are only more than 5,000 units. In the recent February sales, due to the Spring Festival holiday, Ford Ruiji only sold 1571 vehicles. However, the current SUV models sold by Ford are mostly like this, and there are almost no models with particularly prominent sales.
Historical sales figures for Ford's new Sharp Edge
A few days ago, Changan Ford's new generation of Mondeo just announced the pre-price, the pricing strategy is unexpectedly low, it seems that Ford in the Chinese market has been ready to play a cost-effective route. At present, the new Ruiji has not yet introduced domestic news, but in terms of the current degree of ford's emphasis on the Chinese market, this car is likely to follow the modification.
But if it really wants to come, the pricing strategy of the new Ruiji is very critical, if it sells more expensive than the new Mondeo, I believe that no consumer will be willing to buy it, and the new Mondeo has obvious advantages regardless of grade and product strength. However, as far as the official guidance price of the current Ruiji is concerned, its pricing of 16.98-21.88 million yuan is indeed not far from the pre-price of the new Mondeo of 15.98-21.98 million yuan, and the lowest model is even more expensive.
Changan Ford is a new generation of Mondeo
Therefore, now in front of Changan Ford only two options of price reduction and no price reduction, and the new Mondeo has set an obstacle to the option of no price reduction, if the new Ruiji insists on the price of cash, I am afraid it will be difficult to go down the steps.
At the milestone moment, Cadillac's first electric vehicle, LYRIQ, officially rolled off the production line
In April last year, Cadillac's first electric vehicle, LYRIQ, was officially released, and in September of the same year, Cadillac LYRI opened reservations, and in November it was officially pre-sold in China. However, since the pre-sale, Cadillac LYRIQ has not had follow-up news, and many people think: Is Cadillac not going to deliver?
Cadillac LYRIQ
In fact, it is not, because Cadillac is in full swing, just recently, Cadillac LYRIQ in Spring Hill, Tennessee, USA, off the production line, according to the production plan, it will be officially delivered as soon as the third quarter of this year, and friends who have booked cars have finally looked forward to it.
Cadillac LYRIQ goes offline
Cadillac LYRIQ offline ceremony
This is a very important model of Cadillac, after all, whether the road to cadillac electrification can be rolled out depends on LYRIQ, from the previous price of $58,795 (about 380,000 yuan), its opponents are targeting Mercedes-Benz EQC and BMW iX3. To this end, GM has also specially developed the BEV3 platform for its services, which is more sincere than the BBA's "oil to electricity" operation.
In terms of design, Cadillac LYRIQ is no less than any other intelligent electric vehicle, its ingenuity is that it not only retains cadillac's previous design style, but also is well integrated with modern electric vehicles, such as the entire classic "shield" grille with closed treatment, built-in a lot of LED light strips, which can be lit up at startup, and the sense of technology is very advanced. In addition, it has a medium to large SUV body with a length, width and height of 5003/1977/1637mm and a wheelbase of 3094mm.
Unlike the simple layout of other intelligent electric vehicles, cadillac LYRIQ's interior is more inclined to the style of fuel vehicles, but it does not mean that it is very traditional, because a 33-inch huge curved OLED ring screen super retina screen suddenly pulls it back to the mainstream of technology electric vehicles, built-in navigation, entertainment systems, lighting control, HUD head-up display and GM's newly developed "Super Cruise" driver assistance system, it can be seen that its level of intelligence is not low.
Cadillac LYRIQ interior
According to previous official information, cadillac LYRIQ uses a 255 kW (about 347 hp), 440 Nm rear motor, CLTC under the conditions of comprehensive cruising range of more than 650 km, the data is also very powerful.
From the perspective of comprehensive strength, Cadillac LYRIQ has enough product strength to call the traditional luxury brand opponents, but from last year's release, pre-sale to the current downline, the overall pace of promotion is still relatively slow, looking at the BBA next door is harvesting leeks, Cadillac if you want to accelerate overtaking, it is bound to seize the pace of advancement, after all, from the existing new energy market, Cadillac is a latecomer.
The patent picture is coming, the new Lynk & Co 03 is a bit of a "ghost fire", and it is expected to be on the four-cylinder machine
Lynk & Co 03 is Lynk & Co launched a compact sports car in 2018, calculated to the node of the mid-term redesign, although Lynk & Co has not yet had any warm-up news, but the recent wave of new Lynk & Co 03 patent map exposure, but in advance to reveal its new design.
The new Lynk & Co 03 has undergone great changes, but in my opinion, the changes in the new 03 are not advanced, and although the shape of the previous Lynk & Co 03 is not quite sporty, at least in the same level of sports family cars, the temperament is unique. This time a change in the large mouth grille, coupled with the exaggerated heat dissipation port design, suddenly became a "ghost fire teenager", too many design elements, but let this car look a little cumbersome.
Fortunately, some of the family design elements in the past, the new 03 is still retained, such as Lynk & Co's iconic double LED daytime running lights, neatly arranged through tail lights and so on. Of course, the above is only a personal opinion, and different views can also be discussed in the comment area.
There is another style of the patent diagram published this time, but the overall change is not much, that is, the front cover is added to the two openings, which increases the heat dissipation, while the front surround has added a front lip design, a larger size rim, the exterior mirrors have also become a horn design, and the tail also has a larger diffuser and four exhausts... Judging from all kinds of information, this is obviously the new 03+.
At this time to bring the patent map of the new 03, I believe that Lynk & Co also saw trumpchi shadow leopard, Changan UNI-V, Honda type and other sports car opponents have been listed, feel some market pressure, at this time to bring 03 mid-term redesign model, is a very timely choice.
New Lynk & Co 03
However, from the perspective of the new 03/03+, this may not be able to meet the existing public aesthetics, at least visually there is no small challenge, the current Lynk & Co 03 family market sales are not stable, in addition to the continuous addition of competitors to produce an impact, there is a major reason is that its own 1.5T three-cylinder engine configuration is not too popular, 2.0T model price is not cheap compared with the same level.
So will the new 03+ be replaced by a 1.5T four-cylinder machine? We guess that there will be a high probability of change, after all, some time ago, Geely's new Binrui declared a new set of 1.5T engines in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which is also the rumored new B plus 1.5T four-cylinder engine of Geely, which is an obvious signal, I believe that Geely will soon cover its entry-level new car, and the new 03+ has no reason not to use, we will continue to pay attention.