"In 2021, global new energy vehicle sales reached a new high, reaching 6.75 million units, an increase of 108% year-on-year. Among them, China's new energy vehicle market continued to break through, with production and sales increasing by more than 160% year-on-year, and sales reached 3.52 million units. Recently, Wan Gang, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology, said at the 8th China Electric Vehicle 100 Forum.
Chairman Wan Gang revealed the unusually hot development trend of China's new energy vehicle market. However, in the hot new energy vehicle market in China, in addition to the Volkswagen ID series, Japanese new energy products are even rarer. This is not, friends sent pictures to ask the editor what kind of car is this car? What is the quality?
To this end, Xiaobian came to the Dongfeng Honda 4S store to explore how the M-NV product actually performed?
Honda Auto is a joint venture independent brand
The "Siming" logo is a combination of Dongfeng's Double Flying Swallow Logo and Honda's "H Standard" abstractly blending with each other, and the Brand's English name "CIIMO" is a combination of the words "CIVIC" and "MOBILE". Although the LOGO is relatively unfamiliar, Siming CIIMO was the first self-developed model created by Dongfeng Honda based on the Yatsudai Civic platform, and later transformed into an independent brand of Dongfeng Honda.
In the editor's opinion, the LOGO of the Siming brand is really not good-looking. Many consumers have changed to the Honda logo after purchasing, which is really laughable. Siming's models are all conform to the doctrine of taking, from Honda's many models for simple transformation, the body is attached to the Siming logo, but also in the Dongfeng Honda marketing system for sales. This is also the growth path of very distinctive ear-covering ring-stealing self-brand cars.
On the whole, the M-NV is a pure electric version of the model taken from the Higashimoto X-RV.
Stable appearance with sporty wind
The front face of M-NV uses a new design style, and the overall shape is more tough and stable. The grille adopts a closed design, with the combination of chrome strips, with a three-dimensional sense of hierarchy. The headlight group and the turn signal adopt a split design, the light group shape is rigid and sharp, it is very rare that the light group all uses led light sources, full of sincerity.
From the side, its length, width and height are 4324/1785/1637 mm, and the wheelbase is 2610 mm, which belongs to the small SUV. The overall body is not long, but it adopts dexterous lines, and the performance is not ostentatious, and it is more stable. The wheels feature Michelin PRIMACY 4 in sizes of 215/55 R18, with a whirlwind shape that reflects a sense of sportiness, focusing on silence and comfort. This is also an improvement and feedback from Higashimoto for consumer feedback tire noise in old X-NV products.
From the rear, the upper part adopts a relatively full arc, which makes the visual center of gravity all the way up to create a sense of dive in front of the vehicle. The tail lights with a black background echo with the through-line design and the headlight group, and the middle part adopts a hollow design, which can play a certain diversion role in driving, and also add a stronger sense of movement to the rear.
On the whole, the shape of the M-NV is not to make people feel excited and stunning at first sight, but to inherit the Honda style, which is slightly sporty and tough in calmness.
The interior colours are dull
The interior design of the M-NV has its own unique concept in its class. The first is the color collocation, abandoning the current mainstream dark or beige design, but using obsidian black and mocha purple double color panel interior, and then with a little silver embellishment, the sense of quality is lacking, but the details of Honda's craftsmanship are excellent, and it will not give people too low-level experience.
Secondly, the console adopts asymmetrical design, the central control area is slightly tilted to the driver's seat, although it is convenient for the driver to operate, but for perfectionists or detailists, the shape of the center console is very crazy, always thinking of pulling the center console straight back to the right.
The 12.3-inch LCD gauge has two styles that correspond to different driving modes. The blue classic mode is presented with electric particles and electric ripples, and the red movement mode is arranged in a matrix as a jet inlet, and both UI designs have strong technical elements.
In the era of electric vehicles entering the era of large-screen intelligence, the 8-inch color central control screen equipped with M-NV is out of place. The central control screen has a built-in Baidu CarLife smartphone interconnection system, supports Android, iOS dual platforms, and embeds QQ music, Himalaya FM, navigation, weather, news and other APP. The high-end model is also equipped with speech recognition based on iFLYTEK VR development, which can be awakened by the voice of "Hello, Serena Williams" and supports user-defined voice wake-up words. The interaction and intelligence of the car and machine are not satisfactory.
On the whole, the interior of the M-NV has a strong Honda unique style, but it is slightly deficient in intelligent experience and high-grade sense.
The spatial performance is stunning
A small SUV with a wheelbase of only 2610 mm, it was thought that the space would be particularly cramped. After the actual experience, the performance of the M-NV space is really unexpected and amazing.
The first is the seating space, Xiaobian is 172 cm tall, when located in the driver's seat, after adjusting the seat to the lowest, there is a punch distance to the head. In the case of keeping the front seats still, Xiaobian sat in the back row, with a surplus of two fingers on the head, and the legs had a punch space from the front seat. This ride space completely exceeds the small editor's cognition of small SUVs, and I have to admire Honda's excellent design and strong ability in terms of space.
The second is the trunk space, under the creation of Honda's "MM concept", the luggage volume of the M-NV is as high as 437L, and the rear seats can be reclined in 4/6 ratio, which can provide users with more carrying space.
Finally, there's storage space, and under the center console there's a wireless charging area for mobile phones, sized to fit most mainstream phones with wireless charging. The storage space is very rich, the front armrest box, glove box, front storage box, door panel storage compartment and other novel designs, fully considering various scene applications, not only convenient but also very practical.
On the whole, the spatial performance of M-NV far exceeds the cognition of a small SUV and belongs to the large space of leapfrogging.
Power upgrade endurance has increased significantly
The M-NV is equipped with a ternary lithium battery with a capacity of 61.3 kWh provided by CATL, the system energy density reaches 170Wh/kg, and the officially announced NEDC comprehensive working condition has a range of 480km. The maximum power is 120kW, the maximum torque is 280N·m, and the power consumption for 100 km is 13.7kWh. These values have come to the category of compact SUVs.
In driving mode, the M-NV has two options: standard and sporty. In standard mode, the power feeling of the M-NV is relatively soft, the power pedal and response speed are relatively moderate, and it is closer to the state of daily urban driving. In sport mode, the M-NV shows the advantages of the electric car's high torque. The power pedals are very responsive, and the vehicle starts with a strong sense of pushing back and accelerating well.
The M-NV features front McPherson independent suspension and rear torsion beam type non-independent suspension, which can effectively filter for bumpy roads and speed bumps, improving driving comfort. At the same time, as a representative of Japanese cars, Dongfeng Honda also performed well in NVH. M-NV can effectively isolate the current sound when the motor is working, as well as road noise, tire noise and wind noise, reflecting the advantages of quiet electric vehicles during driving.
On the whole, M-NV adjusts the use of ternary lithium batteries in the Ningde era, and the cruising range is increased to 480 kilometers, which can fully meet daily use. The handling is completely inherited from the Honda gene, the chassis is solid, the driving control is smooth, the bias is sporty, and it has obvious advantages in the same level.
Conclusion: M-NV released a total of 2 models, which are priced at 149,800-159,800 yuan after subsidies. At present, the preferential price of 4S stores is 30,000-40,000 yuan, and the actual transaction price is in the range of 120,000-130,000 yuan. On the whole, although the M-NV is remodeled from the oil car, the cost performance is still very prominent.
Because the M-NV model is not the main model promoted by Dongfeng Honda. In the process of exploring the store, it was obvious that the 4S store did not attach great importance to this model, not only was there no display in the showroom, but the phenomenon of conversion into other models in sales promotion abounded. This is also the annoyance of Dongfeng Honda's happiness: there are too many models and limited energy. As an independent brand, M-NV can only bend over and wait for its consumers to take the initiative to buy.
The question is, would you choose such an M-NV that does not hang honda standards?