Among Chinese brands, Chery can be regarded as a relatively famous car company, but in recent years, its market performance has gradually deteriorated from that of Changan, Great Wall and other car companies. For example, in the popular 100,000-class compact SUV market, Chery's Tiggo 8, Tiggo 8 PLUS and other models, although they have excellent "three major pieces" technology and good brand awareness, their sales performance is slightly inferior to Changan CS75 PLUS and Haval H6. After all, in the new track of the gradual rejuvenation of the automobile consumer market, the importance of appearance is self-evident. Chery also seems to be aware of this, and now brings a trendy OMODA 5, breaking our stereotype of Chery, but it also has a very high degree of similarity with the previous high popularity of Changan UNI-T. So, compared with Chery OMODA 5 and Changan UNI-T, who has the strength to win the favor of young people?
"Borderless grille" equals trendy?
Since it is the main young market, let's first talk about the appearance of vehicles that young people pay attention to. Chery OMODA 5 has not yet been officially listed, it has already gained a lot of market heat and topics, which is mainly "due" to its appearance. First of all, Chery's new car is completely different from the previous product shape, which is particularly trendy and dynamic. Borderless diamond-shaped grille, with an inverted trapezoidal design and the slender headlights on both sides of the integration, not only to create a wide body visual effect, but also to show a good dynamic atmosphere; in addition, the side of the slip-back shape, the tail of the through-type light group, but also for the new car to add a lot of fashion elements, in the face value directly with Chery's traditional fuel car model to open the gap, but can feel the future of the tram.
Secondly, the big change in the appearance of its own products alone does not seem to set off much waves, and the main reason for the controversy is that Chery OMODA 5 "bumped face" Changan UNI-T. Changan UNI-T, which is "out of the loop" with a futuristic sense, has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with its borderless grille and blade-type headlight group, which does seem that OMODA 5 is suspected of "imitation". However, in detail, the shape of the two cars is still relatively different. In addition to the different internal design of the grille, the hidden door handles on the Changan UNI-T car and the four exhaust holes on the tail side make it create a stylish and sporty feeling, which is better than the OMODA 5.
In addition, in terms of space, the wheelbase of Chery OMODA 5 2630mm is not outstanding in the field of compact SUVs, 80mm less than Changan UNI-T, and in addition to height, basically other aspects are smaller than UNI-T. In the actual experience, even if Changan UNI-T, sitting into 1 meter 8 people, the front and rear space can only be called enough, the OMODA 5 driving space may be more tense, and its sneaky shape, presumably also has a certain impact on its rear space, but this also requires our future actual experience of OMODA 5, before we can reach a conclusion.
Understand the dialect or active service, who is more important?
Of course, in addition to appearance, for young people, playability in science and technology is also very important. In this regard, Chery OMODA 5 and Changan UNI-T both invariably adopt the popular dual screen design, and the screen size is generally large, with 12.3 inches. In addition, in the air conditioning outlet and transmission area, the two cars have also added their own representative orange and rose gold trim embellishments, creating a bit of vitality for the atmosphere inside the car.
As for the technology configuration, Chery OMODA 5 or will be equipped with the Xingtu series of Lion Zhiyun Lion 4.0 car machine system, can achieve L2 level assisted driving and automatic parking and other functions, but also AR real-life navigation, sitting in the car can see the side and rear of the road information, reducing the possibility of accidents; in addition, this intelligent system can also recognize more than 80 dialects, and through face recognition, you can automatically adjust the seat position, air conditioning temperature, etc., full of humanization.
Changan UNI-T is equipped with UNI-Life intelligent interaction system, in addition to the basic voice navigation, remote control and other functions, its biggest feature is "the car understands people better", recognize that the driver smokes, will automatically open the window and open the air purifier; to noon automatically recommend the surrounding food; look at the screen that can wake up the screen of the screen state in 1 second, etc., not only passive work, can take the initiative to provide targeted services for the driver. Chery OMODA 5 pays more attention to providing humanized help in assisted driving and intelligent recognition, while Changan UNI-T is committed to making cars more understanding of people's ideas, it can be said that they have their own excellent side.
1.6T is strong enough, but not enough to UNI-T has 2.0T?
Appearance and technology can enhance a lot of competitiveness, but buying a car depends on the power technology, which is the decisive factor, even young people are no exception. Chery with "polytechnic man" seems to have a lot of say in this regard, OMODA 5 is equipped with Chery's self-developed 1.6GDI engine, the maximum output power is 145kW, the peak torque is 290N·m, this data can enter the first echelon in the same displacement engine, the parameters of the 1.5T engine that wins Changan UNI-T are naturally out of the question, however, UNI-T also matches the 2.0T power, the maximum power is 171kW, the peak torque is 390N·m, It is superior to the OMODA 5 in terms of power output and acceleration performance.
On the transmission system, Chery OMODA 5 and Changan UNI-T 1.5T are matched with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, but the difference between the two cars in the adjustment is still more obvious, from the dynamic driving point of view, OMODA 5 belongs to the relatively easy to open, the start is soft, the acceleration is also very smooth, pay more attention to the economy of the driving process, as well as the overall driving smoothness, but the power output and driving pleasure are placed in the second place The UNI-T's 1.5T model, on the other hand, clearly feels the momentum and pushback when accelerating, and pays more attention to driving pleasure. In addition, the UNI-T 2.0T model matches the 8AT gearbox, the throttle response during driving is very sensitive, the gear change is also very smooth, the frustration is not very obvious, and it can bring enough satisfaction to friends who like to drive fiercely.
The suspension structure of both cars is both front McPherson, rear multi-link independent suspension. From the experience point of view, when opening OMODA 5 can filter out some small bumps, but there is some bouncing sensation when experiencing the speed bump, the overall adjustment is more comfortable, more suitable for daily driving, and UNI-T feels relatively close at this point, with good filtering. In addition, in terms of fuel consumption, under the NEDC standard, the comprehensive fuel consumption of 1.5T and 2.0T Changan UNI-T, 100 km comprehensive fuel consumption is 6.1L and 6.7L respectively; although OMODA 5 currently has no specific fuel consumption data, but refer to the use of the same powertrain Tiggo 8, under the NEDC standard, its comprehensive fuel consumption is 6.9L/100km, but considering the larger size of Tiggo 8 and other factors, perhaps the fuel consumption of OMODA 5 can be further optimized and maintain the same level as UNI-T.
Write at the end
In the new OMODA 5, we can see a completely different Chery, and there has been a great improvement in the appearance design. However, the positioning of young people, domestic compact SUV, the price is expected to be 110,000-150,000 yuan, which is also a representative label of Changan UNI-T. UNI-T, which is ahead of the curve, not only succeeds in creating a futuristic family design, but also makes the power tuning more suitable for adventure-loving young people. The OMODA 5 product alone does not seem to be enough to shake the position of the Changan UNI series in the market. For Chery, perhaps the most important thing at present is to seize the opportunity to build the OMODA series and consolidate its competitiveness in the increasingly young market.