Incremental or de-allocated? Is the domestic extended BMW X5 worth buying? "Cloud Says Car" is the most detailed review on the whole network.
Written/Appeared: Rao Weihao
Photography / Post-production: Zhong Chuwen
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This week BMW made a big news, throwing out two heavyweight models in one go, one is the long-rumored domestic BMW Brilliance X5, and the other is the domestic BMW Brilliance i3, which is equivalent to the electric version of the 3 Series.
Today we focus on talking about the domestic X5, the new car can not be exempted from the length of the country, the body length is now directly through 5 meters, to 5060mm, the lengthened 130mm is all placed on the wheelbase, and now the wheelbase of the domestic X5 has been completely consistent with the big brother X7.
Not only that, but the rear seats of the new car will also use softer padding, the seat cushions will be thickened by 15mm and increased in length, and the seat back will also have a 31-degree angle adjustment, replaced by more comfortable and soft headrests. It can be said that BMW has changed a mediocre ordinary seat into a boss seat, which perfectly caters to the perverted needs of the Chinese people for the comfortable experience of the rear row.
The upgrade is not only these, the appearance of those I will not talk about, talk about the real configuration. The imported version of X5 does not have VDC electronic shock absorption, adaptive dual-axis air suspension, and now the domestic version has it, and electronic shock absorption is the standard of the whole series, and the air suspension can also be optional. According to BMW, the domestic version has also been specially adjusted for China's road conditions, the chassis will be more comfortable, of course, there is no car to try now, I don't know how much more comfortable this special tune can be than the imported version. But to be honest, the imported version of the X5 I personally have been very satisfied, the chassis in all aspects are quite balanced, I hope BMW does not engage in reverse upgrades.
The price was also announced on the evening of March 31: 2.0T is priced at 605,000-635,000, and 3.0T is priced at 705,000-775,000. Compared with the imported version of 2.0T, it is almost 100,000 cheaper, and the 3.0T is 50,000 cheaper. Although it is not as low as the previous online rumor of 550,000, I think BMW's operation of increasing the amount and reducing the price is still quite conscientious. However, according to the market I learned in the past two days, taking Guangzhou as an example, the domestic X5 currently has a situation of "decoration and ordering" in dealers, and different models need to install fees ranging from 5000-20000. The production capacity of domestic X5 is sufficient, I believe that the market of "mark-up car" will only be maintained for a short period of time, interested friends may wish to wait.
However, I also noticed that in the comment area, there are still a bunch of netizens scolding, saying that the domestic X5 has been reduced, so where is the specific reduction?
1. The retractable foot rests of the front seats are gone
Foot drag this has nothing to say, you can see at a glance, you say how important it is, it is not so important, but the import of some things domestically gone, the heart will be a little bit of diaphragm, I guess ah, is related to the cushion thickening 15mm this thing has to do, after all, the seat ergonomics this thing is a hair and move the whole body, changed a part, other places also need to make corresponding adjustments.
2. Engine parameters are reduced
Power reduction this is more obvious, imported 2.0T is 265 horses, now the domestic become 245 horses, torque is no change, are 400Nm, imported 3.0T is 340 horses, domestic into 333 horses, torque is 450Nm. For the 3.0T, the change of 7 horses may be innocuous, but as the main volume of 2.0T, the power has shrunk by 20 horses, which still has a practical impact, the 100-kilometer acceleration has dropped from 6.9 seconds to 7.3 seconds, but BMW now has no say about this aspect.
In fact, this high-power version of the B48, it does have several versions of the tuning, there are 245 horses, 252 horses, 258 horses, 265 horses, there are many statements about power shrinkage, I hear the most is that the domestic engine workmanship is not as good as imported, the power can not be so big. First of all, BMW Brilliance's factories are the top first-class factories in the world, even more advanced than BMW's factories in Germany. And the domestic high-power B48 is mostly 252 horses, 258 horses these data. Looking at the imported BMW 4 Series 430i Gran Coupe in turn, it is also a tuning of the 245-horse version, and the difference between the factory is self-defeating. What is the specific reason that may only be known to BMW itself, is it emissions? Or is it that the high-power B48 engine is actually divided into different hardware versions? Whatever the reason, I hope BMW can give a reasonable official explanation to reassure consumers.
3. The seat has been replaced from the original standard leather to synthetic leather
In fact, in many luxury car brands, including BMW, the fact that "genuine leather is higher than synthetic leather" is really not necessarily true. Taking BMW as an example, there are many kinds of synthetic leather and genuine leather alone, and there are many synthetic leathers with fine workmanship, and its optional price is more expensive than that of ordinary leather. This time the domestic X5 standard this Sensafin soft synthetic leather, it has a more delicate touch than the traditional leather, more outstanding breathability effect, good or not, to touch, to sit and feel, compare it to know, do not want people to follow the clouds.
Having said all this, is the domestic X5 worth buying? value! Sure value, compared to what it adds, the shrinkage in power can be said to be worthless, you can imagine that X5 potential customers, will pay more attention to the rear riding experience, or the 0.00-second acceleration of 100 kilometers?
Imported X5 was already the best selling luxury medium and large SUV, and now there is a big upgrade, the headache should be the next door home Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and even Lexus, as for the future GLE, Q7 will not follow up with the lengthening of domestic production, we can guess.
For BMW itself, the new X5 is likely to be the last fuel model introduced by BMW Brilliance to introduce domestically, and BMW will focus on new energy in the future, i3, i4 are coming, the next one should be i7, or that sentence, fuel vehicles and buy and cherish it.
Well, the above is the entire content of this issue of "Cloud Talking Car", like this small talk style video, or you have any comments and suggestions, you can leave a message to me, here is the owner guide Rao Weihao, we will see you next time.
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