Since the "Hengchi 5 LX" submitted a product declaration to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in November last year, people have shown strong interest in this first mass-produced SUV built by Evergrande. It seems that everyone wants to see whether Evergrande's "local tycoon" entrepreneurial ideas that rely on money accumulation can be successfully copied to the automotive industry.
On March 28, Liu Yongzhuo, chairman of Evergrande New Energy Vehicle, officially announced at the supplier conference that Hengchi 5 will open pre-sale in the near future, when the first batch of experience centers will be opened in 15 cities including Guangzhou and Shanghai, and the large-scale mass production plan of new cars will be launched on June 22.
At present, the Hengchi Automobile Experience Center located in Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou, has been on the physical exhibition car of Hengchi 5, let's first take a look at this long-awaited new car, how to do it.
Appearance
In terms of appearance, the real car and the online exposure of the picture is basically the same, the design of the front face is very simple, canceled the middle net and other superfluous design, the sharp special-shaped headlights appear quite personality, but carefully observe the hood and the detailed position, will find that the seam is uneven, I don't know whether it is an individual phenomenon, or the polishing is not fine enough, follow-up to the car after the official release, we will do verification.
Coming to the side, the body did not adopt an overly flat coupe SUV design, its body length, width and height were 4725mm * 1925mm * 1676mm, the wheelbase reached 2780, from the parameter point of view in line with the positioning of its compact SUV, the performance is acceptable. The large aluminum alloy wheels and the red and black body color scheme add a bit of youthful and sporty atmosphere.
Interior part
Come to the car, such as the car atmosphere lights, panoramic sunroof, triptych large screen design and other comfort configurations are also available, a large number of soft materials and leather packages, so that the interior of the car, from the visual point of view is very grade, it can be said that Evergrande has a good grasp of the taste of "Chinese consumers", in the car luxury and comfort of the effort.
Unfortunately, the new car still has room to improve in terms of ride comfort, although the front row uses soft imitation suede seats, but the excessive pursuit of comfort and some deficiencies in support, which is not a good experience for the driver.
Although the wheelbase is close to 2.8m the actual ride is not enough legroom. Fortunately, there is no bulge in the middle platform, which alleviates the discomfort of the rear seat to a certain extent, but this is not a rare thing for a pure electric model.
dynamical system
In terms of power system, the new car may be equipped with a set of power units with a maximum power of 150kW, and the official acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 7.8 seconds, to be honest, by the standard of trams, this performance is not ideal. In addition, the new car will also be equipped with a 72.8kWh battery pack, in the CLTC working conditions of the comprehensive cruising range of up to 602km, of course, this theoretical endurance value, not much reference.
According to in-store sales, the new car is expected to open pre-sale this month, but there is no exact news of when it will be bookable and when it will be delivered.
What is more interesting is that some media exposed that when the Hengchi experience store opened, a group of activists who claimed to have a "debt dispute" with Evergrande came to protest, which once made the scene a bit embarrassing, but fortunately, the police and security personnel intervened in time to control the situation. However, the occurrence of this incident has also brought a negative impact to the listing of Hengchi's new car to a certain extent.
In 2022, "debt" and "bankruptcy" have become the most common keywords in the real estate industry, and the cold winter of the real estate industry has forced Evergrande to accelerate the pace of "transformation and car building", but from the current situation, they want to kill the bloody road in today's blue ocean of the automobile market, it is really a bit difficult.
Because in the Hengchi 5, I really didn't see anything that impressed me enough to pay for the advantages, although it has no obvious shortcomings in configuration, but in today's competitive car market, no bright spots are enough to be fatal.
Although building a car is a persistent and long accumulation process, Evergrande, which is heavily indebted, may not be able to wait.