This car beats the new XC40 technology equipped with high power

Fashion and trends are always the preserve of young people, especially in the age of unconventional personality. A car is not just a car, but a manifestation of an attitude towards life.

Cadillac XT4 is such a car that can resonate with young people, "burning" is its personality label, but also the passionate life we are pursuing at the moment.

In the Shanghai Disney area, the Cadillac XT4 announced its era with a grand party, and then the Baotou-Ordos test drive route made me wonder why Cadillac would transfer the XT4 from a hot city to Inner Mongolia. With this novelty in mind, I embarked on a plane to Baotou.

An ordinary city, but because last year there was a highway opened to attract the attention of the whole country, it connects Beijing and Urumqi in Xinjiang, and at the same time similar to the ancient Silk Road Economic Belt - the 2739km G7 Beijing-New Expressway, which is a "miracle road" that combines beautiful scenery and bitter environment. And our XT4 tour is just one of those journeys.

For Cadillac, the G7 Beijing-New Expressway is not only a long highway through the desert and the Gobi in the world, but also a historical road, a spiritual road and a strong country that need to be fully guarded. This year, Cadillac and its dealers across the country joined hands with the China Greening Foundation, the China Environmental Protection Foundation and the Ant Forest to create the "Little Poplar Plan" and the "Sand Control Plan" to help improve the desertification along the G7 Highway in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia, and turn the low-carbon actions in daily life into green energy to protect the dream road.

The braves spent 5 years to break through the Gobi and the desert, which is in line with the fearless spirit of Cadillac, and the "burning" of XT4 is the interpretation of zui hao. Diamond-cut sculptural body lines, with a fashionable and sporty dual-look body design, to meet the preferences of different people. The fashion style of high-gloss chrome trim strips is many, the hot stamping process is also the first application to show the luxurious temperament; the sports style is mostly black elements, such as the black unique small V shape of the front grille derived from the Cadillac V series models, with large size wheels, which is my favorite type.

The XT4's design team is said to be a young team within the General System, drawing on many of the innovative elements of the Escala concept car. The mid-mesh is wider and larger, and the bulge design on the engine cover increases the sense of power of the American system; while the horizontal design, such as the classic shape of the lightning daytime running lights and in-line flying wing taillights, the XT4 front and rear headlights are cleverly horizontally extended, paying tribute to the classics with the trend and making the vehicle look more imposing. The side of the car has a very obvious feature line, 1627mm of height plus a sneaky tail line, coupled with a 20-inch large wheel hub, creating a strong sense of sport. The rear part of the car, the shield-shaped elements and the front of the car echo. In order to enrich the details of the tail design, the designer used a mirror design to highlight the L-shaped elements. The rear wiper has a hidden design.

Cadillac always adheres to the design of art, sitting in the car, the sense of luxury of the American system is everywhere. The XT4 lateral stretch center control area design opens up a new generation of Cadillac brand cockpit layout, more concise and confident, cut-and-sewn French double suture master wrapping process is more delicate. In addition to the 8-inch large screen, the center console has added physical buttons, making the operation simpler.

XT4 also hopes to attract more female consumers, so it also considers a lot in some small details, such as a full-size glasses box specially designed for girls' large sunglasses, a double-row LED filler makeup mirror with a soft light effect, in addition, two vertical storage spaces are designed on both sides of the central control, which can be placed in books or iPads, which are very useful designs during the usual driving process. The second-generation streaming mirror is also a highlight, with a smaller size and beautiful shape, while the improvement also adds functions such as zooming in/out and moving position to provide greater help for safe driving. Even if I'm not used to driving for the time being, it's necessary to turn it on when reversing.

As a compact SUV, the second row of space of the XT4 is still spacious, the wide seats are soft and wrapped, and the oversized panoramic skylight allows us to enjoy this journey better, and we are looking forward to seeing the stars through the skylight at night in the Seven Star Lake Desert Scenic Area.

In the early morning, we travel from Baotou to Qixing Lake, crossing cities, villages, grasslands, Gobi, and deserts, and every moment on the road is a new beginning. The golden power combination of the new 2.0T 9-blocker self-contained transmission is still the highlight, releasing 350Nm of super torque and 177kW/5000r/min starting at 5000r/min.

The acceleration performance is very good, especially in the middle section, so that you are very confident when overtaking, 0-100km/h acceleration time of 7.6s, comprehensive fuel consumption of 7.2L/100km. The newly developed engine body has been reduced by 14% and thanks to Tripower's variable valve management technology, the new 2.0T variable cylinder turbocharged engine can choose cylinder working modes according to different driving conditions - fully open, half open and not open, that is, switch between the three working modes of "four cylinder high performance mode", "four cylinder economy mode" and "two cylinder ultra economy mode" at the right time. The 9-speed transmission has a dense gear setting in the low gear, which is a good way to improve the smoothness of the vehicle in the city or at low speed; and in the high gear, it can reach the 9th gear under 100km/h, which has a certain improvement in fuel economy. The XT4 also applies the Eboost assist braking system, in short, the braking can also be processed on demand, but when the first brake, its force feedback is slightly unaccustomed, but after a day of driving, it found that the braking strength and performance are commendable.

XT4's 6 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic radar, 6 cameras also escort us on the high-speed route, lane departure seat vibration warning function is very practical, of course, in the car condition is very good road section, may wish to open the ACC full speed segment intelligent active cruise system.

Coming to the Seven Star Lake in Ordos, the scenic area is developed so perfectly that it is a little different from the desert I imagined. The straight road conditions are exceptionally good at a glance, we are driving the XT4 with a little excitement, the power is on call, and the explosive power and power output sustainability of the vehicle make the linear acceleration excellent. Turn to a good place to find a desert subject, XT4's intelligent dual-distance four-wheel drive system plays a big role, in the well-designed desert track, can quickly adjust the rear axle left and right wheels between the 0-100% power free distribution of Twin-Clutch rear-drive unit, is undoubtedly the confidence of the XT4 sand dancing, four-wheel drive mode, you only need to slightly control the throttle and steering, even in the thick sand there is no need to worry, even if the wheel has a slight slip, Each turn is still easily maintained on the established route, and the wind and sand thrown up make the white XT4 look cooler and more dynamic.

As we all know, CUE is the signature of Cadillac, Onstar currently also provides car owners with lifetime 24G / year of free traffic, and I am accustomed to using Apple CarPlay or Baidu Car Life mobile phone mapping function and car machine connection is very simple, dual Bluetooth connection is also convenient for car owners to operate. In addition, the ANC active noise reduction and mute system technology that is standard in the XT4 series makes people instantly fall in love with this quiet space at the moment of closing the car window, so you may wish to enjoy the JUE effect of BOSE audio with me.