In the past two days, the content of my circle of friends is very high, and in an interview with Yu Chengdong, the head of Huawei's terminal business, and a senior car critic, my self-confidence in Chinese brand cars has never been burst. When I was still immersed in the dream of Brother Zui to make AITO the first in China and then the world first, AITO's second car, the M7, has been declared by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
This is a main 6-seat large-space extender SUV, 6-seat, large space, extender, hear these three keywords, come, the ideal ONE hit on the public screen! Judging from the body size declared by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the length, width and height of the M7 5020/1945/1775 did have the confidence to match the ideal ONE, but strange things appeared, and its wheelbase was only 2820mm. Its hypothetical enemy ideal ONE has a wheelbase of 2935mm.
To know that the wheelbase of the M5 has 2880mm, from 5 seats to 6 seats, from sports to home, the wheelbase of the M7 has not increased but dropped by 60mm. The last time I did this, I remember it was WM, but the wheelbase after the EX5 to EX6 was 12mm more.
So, the question is, 2820mm wheelbase to make a 6-seat SUV, is it reliable? First look at the ideal ONE, on the basis of the 2935mm wheelbase, I think it meets the needs of the 6-seat car very well, the second row of two independent seats adjusted back and forth is very large, three rows of people do not sit when the second row of passengers can stilt the legs of the second row, three rows of people will not be too uncomfortable when the second row of passengers will not be too crowded. At the same time, its trunk space is also practical when you look at the three rows of seats upright.
Ideal one second row of seating space
Looking at the M7 again, it is 115mm shorter than the ideal ONE is the part between the front and rear axles, generally speaking, the first row of seats is almost in the position of the B-pillar in the upright state, just like the two rows of seats are backed on the C pillar, and the three rows of seats are backed on the D pillar. This is a more reasonable position in the seat layout of the car, especially the third row of seats, from the D-pillar backwards of the profile began to have an inclination angle, if you then rearward arrangement of the head will be on the tailgate glass, so the third row of passengers' head position must be in front of the small tail wing.
So if you guess with common sense feasibility, under the body length of 5020mm, which is similar to the ideal ONE, the conventional space of the trunk of the Q&I M7 is similar to that of the ideal ONE when the three rows of seats are upright. But the disadvantages of the 2820mm wheelbase are also obvious: 1. The range of movement of the second row of seats before and after must be smaller than the ideal ONE, even if we usually do not sit in the third row, the maximum leg space of the second row passengers may not be so rich; 2. If the third row is to sit people, the leg space of the second and third row passengers will not be very comfortable, and because the three rows of seats are arranged in the rear axle position, the width of the two seats after avoiding the wheel arch area in the lateral space may also be affected. In addition, although the external dimensions of the body are in line with the ideal ONE, the height of the rear of the inner cockpit may be compressed in the interior of the car due to fuel tanks, battery layouts, etc.
So look at it this way, will the 6-seat layout of 2+2+2 become a pseudo-demand for three rows of dog seats? I left the last glimmer of anticipation to the Huawei team's space magician. Of course, all we guess above is the appearance, so in essence I can't help but send out a soul torture question: Why is the wheelbase so short?
Now some media on the Internet are speculating like this: oil to electricity! When I knocked the keyword on Baidu, good guys, I also admire the imagination of these media, some media say that it is the Dongfeng Fengguang ix7 oil to electric model, you see, its tail shape and ix7 is extremely similar. Judging from the comparison of the size of the two, it is somewhat far-fetched.
For the M7, which focuses on 6 large spaces, in addition to the space that everyone cares about the most, the next step is based on the expectation that it is the second car of the invisalign. According to the data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the declared model is a two-wheel drive version of the single motor, with a battery capacity of 40.5 degrees, a maximum power of 1.5T of 92kW, and a range extender with a thermal efficiency of 41% and the Q&I M5 are exactly the same.
At present, from the perspective of the M5, this 200kW Huawei three-in-one electric drive should be arranged on the rear axle of the M7; but the setting of the single motor can be certain that it is a good thing for the home medium and large SUV that pays more attention to energy consumption performance. Dual motor four-drive force is very strong, but the comprehensive energy consumption is certainly not as good as a single motor, this 200kW Huawei three-in-one electric drive in the Q&I M5 whether it is power, efficiency or energy consumption is good.
At present, the only thing to worry about is whether the 2.3-ton M7, which may be heavier and may be heavier, will it be less calm? After all, the power of the ideal ONE with a comprehensive power of 245kW can only be said to be enough for home use, and it is worth looking forward to in this regard.
Of course, if it is said that the reason why M5 can quickly get out of the circle behind the third-line small factory Jinkang Xilis, it must be the content of Hua. On the Q&C M5, everyone likes the Hongmeng cockpit, which can be called the most mass-produced ox-car machine, but unfortunately, intelligent driving is only the most basic L2+.
The high-end assisted driving package with lidar kit on the Polar Fox Alpha S HI version model still seems to have not been able to get on the M7 from the official picture. Doesn't that mean that the cars with the highest Chinese content in the future are still in the camp of HI models? (Although until now the HI version of the model has not been mass-produced, right) AITO asked the world whether it is a pro-son?
In fact, from the perspective of Q&I M5, the AITO brand is worth being optimistic, which is why I have such high expectations for M7. Of course, from the current point of view, in addition to the above content, other information can basically refer to the M5. The exact same big screen, the same Huawei audio, etc. are all you want. But from the very beginning, I felt that a sneakback coupe SUV could not meet the needs of the public, and the M7 finally came to the mainstream consumption range this time, and the 6-seat layout of 2+2+2 was more favorable to The Dad.
But it still has some psychedelic operations, I don't know whether it is the helplessness of reality or Huawei's arrangement, anyway, it is difficult to want to be hard and ideal ONE. In short, I still look forward to the landing of the real car to see what kind of surprises can be given to everyone.