Written, photographed | Wang Ziyun
Since March this year, BYD has announced that it will stop the production of fuel vehicles and will focus on the production of pure electric and plug-in hybrid models in the future, which means that BYD will pay more attention to the comprehensive quality of electric vehicles. Today, with BYD's new meta-PLUS, let's see how.
Although it doesn't look big, the details do their homework
The body size (mm) of the yuan PLUS: 4455×1875×1615, the real car does not look large.
Yuan PLUS adopts the new DragonFace 3.0 family design language, under the blessing of BYD's longyan aesthetics, so that the overall body of this compact SUV looks smart and smooth, and the sneakback shape that appears on its side adds a lot of sports atmosphere, although the appearance looks small, but it is just right for the city shuttle.
First, let's look at the front part of the car. The front face of the yuan PLUS adopts a fully enclosed design, the lower air intake grille is the only front face air intake, its three-bar design is connected with the wing-like daytime light, and the underside of the grille is equipped with a daytime light belt, of which the "yuan" word logo also has its own light effect.
I have to say that when the above design elements are all integrated in the meta PLUS, no matter what angle you look at its front face from, you will stop and look at it twice
Look at the side of the car. MetaPLUS body side dive line is very beautiful, its body side design style is mainly based on the sense of sport and volume, its low wind resistance A column and D column spoiler connection, so that the meta PLUS wind resistance coefficient is only 0.29Cd, followed by better aerodynamic performance.
As a compact SUV, this design can be said to be the finishing touch.
Finally, we came to the rear of the car.
From top to bottom, the first glance is still our familiar Build Your Dreams (achieve your dreams), followed by its through-style taillights are the most eye-catching, officially called "flying feathers" design style, indeed it is one of the few configurations in the same level, the visual recognition after lighting at night is extremely high, and its feathery light group perfectly echoes with the front face style.
The design of the metaPLUS is very eye-catching, and I am so hungry that I forget that the weather in Huizhou has reached a high temperature of 28 °, and I am sweating and ready to get on the car to cool down.
Whether the new style of the interior can be accepted by consumers
When adjusting the air conditioner air outlet, I found that the air outlet design of the meta PLUS was a bit interesting! Its design is like a layer of iron sheets, arranged in an orderly manner in the center console. Originally, its design was inspired by barbells, and the double-row vertical fan blades are a major embodiment of the unique design language of MetaPLUS, in order to create a sense of power to the interior.
From the design of the air conditioner outlet, it can be seen that the interior style of the metaPLUS is designed with the theme of the gym, and the design of this idea is definitely a brave innovation in the automotive field, and there will be advantages and disadvantages to innovation, and we will analyze and analyze the good and bad.
The gym-themed design style is trendy and avant-garde, not only has three colors to choose from, namely speed blue, power gray and hot red, but also can get more interest in the interactive system full of humanistic feelings. These configurations give the interior space power and beauty.
In terms of central control car machine, the LCD instrument uses a 5-inch screen, so this screen is also equipped by BYD on most models at the same time, the technology is more mature, and the use is relatively stable.
The central control area uses a 12.8-inch floatable screen, a bit like an iPad, it is equipped with a DiLink 4.0 system, supports voice interconnection, automatic networking of cars, etc., and the interface is simple, very easy to get started, and there will be no failure to find the function.
However, the interior style of the gym is not suitable for all ages, and I believe that most young people can accept its trendy design, and I personally like it very much. But ask middle-aged people who are older, will they like it?
If, my third uncle has a car purchase needs, take the yuan PLUS for example; from the outside to see the feeling is good, once into the gym's interior style, it is inevitable that it is a little difficult to accept, after all, he is a middle-aged man who adheres to the tradition, prefers the decent design, the gym has never been there, so that the interior of the yuan PLUS is slightly discolored.
Thunder power is a bit weak, and the suspension tuning is very comfortable
After the static part, the next is the road driving part, the route from the Huizhou Hotel to drive 50 kilometers to the restaurant in South Australia for dinner.
Speaking of the "Thunder Power" part of the official mention, I thought that a car with a lot of horsepower could have such a big breath!
But this is not the case, after stepping on the accelerator deeply, my first feeling is that the official is a bit exaggerated, the meta PLUS is an electric motor with only 204 horses and 310N·m of power data, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h is: 7.3s. Objectively speaking, this data is really not good in the field of pure electric vehicles, and it is only a 2.0T fuel engine level, and the power part is not outstanding.
Perhaps there is a reason why the power adjustment of the metaPLUS is weak, and the engineers are taking into account the cruising range of the two configurations, which are: 430 km and 510 km. I have to say that in the range of 13.78-16.58 million yuan, the mileage of the yuan PLUS is quite normal.
Secondly, BYD's official braking distance is 35.8 meters, which is definitely a leader in the same level, and in my real driving, this brake foot feeling is indeed good, the brake feedback is more direct, but it will not make you feel too forward, not particularly abrupt.
Finally, in terms of control, the meta PLUS is equipped with a front McPherson-style independent suspension, and a rear multi-link independent suspension, which is carefully tuned by the original Mercedes-Benz S-class chassis tuning expert Hans Kirk and his team, the ride is really comfortable, the feedback of the shock absorber will not make you feel very hard, giving you a confidence that you are not afraid of the pit.
But we all know that the comfort and handling of the shock absorber can not coexist, when I drive the metaPLUS high-speed corner, the vehicle has a significant roll, although there is no push head, but I think this is directly related to the weight of the meta PLUS heavy body.
In general, from the perspective of the design, power and configuration of the yuan PLUS, as a pure electric compact SUV with a pre-price of 132,800 yuan, IT's design has once again exceeded consumer expectations.
It is also for this reason that since the pre-sale in January 2022, the order of yuan PLUS has exceeded 18,000 units, which also shows from another perspective that BYD has an attitude towards electric vehicle manufacturing after stopping production of fuel vehicles, and I think that the future automotive market needs a pure electric mobility tool with low price and high quality. 【iDailycar】