Chery has always been regarded as a "technical house" by the Chinese people, after all, Chery can completely independently develop the "three major pieces" technology needed to build a car.
However, Chery, which has the characteristics of "technical house", is not good at marketing and model appearance design, although in recent years, marketing has kept up a little, but in the design of vehicles, Chery obviously still has to learn from Changan, Great Wall and BYD.
You know, in addition to the explosive model of Tiggo 8, Chery actually has not many products that can be taken. Although Chery has also launched a high-end brand Starway, its models, whether it is TX, chasing the wind, Lingyun or Lanyue, have not set off too many waves in the market. So in my opinion, the most urgent thing for Chery to solve at the moment is the appearance design of the vehicle. After all, we can't rely on a Tiggo 8 model to eat all over the world, you say yes.
Fortunately, Chery seems to have finally woken up after several years of ups and downs. This is not, recently The Starway official exposed a set of real car spy photos of the 5-seat version of the moon. Judging from the pictures, the appearance of the new car has really become a lot more domineering, so this time Chery Star Tuyue is finally going to sell well?
The current Starway Moon 7-seat edition
The new Starway Moon 5-seat edition
From the appearance point of view, the 5-seat version of the Starway Moon has replaced the new straight waterfall forward grille, compared with the previous conventional version of the Starway Moon horizontal intake grille shape, the overall has become domineering and powerful a lot. The headlights are a pentagonal design that contains four sets of LED light beads, which looks quite energetic.
The rear of the car is still a design of a through-led tail light group, and below it are the English letters of EXEED. Further down is a horizontal chrome metal trim strip running through the bottom, with two chrome trim trim trim pipes at the end, and the overall design is also quite strong. Finally, the Starway Moon Five Edition will also add a new aurora green car paint, which should be very eye-catching for consumers who pursue individuality.
The interior of the current Starway Moon 7-seater edition
The interior of the new Starway Moon 5-seater edition
In the interior part, the new car as a whole is still the same as the current 7-seat version of the moon, the difference is in the details, the 5-seat version of the model will use a new electronic shift lever, and will use a metal brushed panel on the center console as a decoration.
In addition, the biggest change in the new car is the addition of 5 seat layouts. With a 2+3 seat layout and a wheelbase of 2900mm, it is expected to bring more space for the rear seat of the real car.
The current Starway 7-seater version of the trunk
In addition, the 5-seat version of the model is bound to have a larger trunk space than the current 7-seat version, so for people who often need to put large luggage in the trunk and travel, the 5-seat version is obviously more practical.
Finally, in terms of power, the 5-seat version of the Starway Moon will continue to be equipped with a 2.0TGDI high-power engine, the new car will have a maximum power of 261 horsepower, a maximum torque of 400 Nm, and the transmission will match the 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, and it will need to be filled with No. 95 gasoline.
Overall, Chery Starway is about to launch a new 5-seat version of the moon, which is definitely a good thing for us consumers. After all, from the current sales performance of Xingtu, its Xingtu TXL (now renamed Xingtu Lingyun) only handed over a sales report card of 37154 new cars last year, and the sales volume of Xingtu Lanyue has always been a mystery, because the official did not release the actual sales data. Therefore, from this, we can also see that the sales volume of The Star Road is likely to be unsatisfactory.
In addition, as the flagship SUV of the Xingtu brand, the price of 193,900-233,900 yuan actually sold by Xingtu Lanyue does make it difficult for ordinary people to pay for it. After all, there are too many optional SUV models in the price range of 200,000-240,000, and Chery has previously occupied the SUV model market of 8-15 million yuan only with the Tiggo 8 model, so in the field of high-end models, in fact, Chery has not broken through this territory.
In short, the new Chery Star Road has changed its new front face to make the appearance more domineering. Coupled with its larger trunk space and still strong 2.0T power, we have reason to believe that as long as the new 5-seater model enters the market at a lower price than the 7-seater model, we believe that its sales will perform better.
As for what the price will be, you may wish to guess. Is it 150,000, 160,000 or 170,000, 180,000? Leave a message in the comments section to talk about it. By the way, the 5-seat version of the Starway Moon will start pre-sale in April, so let's look forward to its official arrival. (Text/Univision Auto Dazhuo)
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