Recently, SAIC motor brought us a new compact SUV, the Whale. Pre-price: 166,800-192,800 yuan. Because the SAIC whale was publicly unveiled at last year's Shanghai Auto Show, many people are no strangers to the SAIC whale. Compared with the traditional car series, SAIC Whale incorporates a large number of bionic design elements. From the perspective of car cost, is the use cost of SAIC Whale low? I'm going to sort this out for you today.
Judging from the front face of SAIC's whale, the design of its grille is easily reminiscent of the wrinkled skin of the whale, and the transverse contour lights will not be absent, and the headlights on both sides also appear slender and sharp. Overall, saicid whale design is still very pleasing to young people.
As can be seen from the side, this is a full-fledged coupe SUV. The suspension roof, hidden door handles, and sneaky line design have not fallen, and the 4702 mm body length also makes SAIC Whale look slender, and the 2760 mm wheelbase also ensures the seating space of the occupants. By the way, the manufacturer also installed a low wind resistance wheel rim for saic whales, is it a bit of an "illusion" of new energy vehicles?
The shape of the tail is simple and clear, the through-type LED taillights are also strange in similar models, the prominent tail wing and spoiler are quite eye-catching, with the bottom of the bilateral two exhaust pipes, somewhat "cynical" taste, do you think?
In the interior part, SAIC Whale uses the beige + deep sea blue interior color scheme that many mainstream models dare not use. To say that the design is still relatively simple. Whether it is a three-spoke steering wheel or a double large screen, it is simple enough. However, in this set of double large screens, it is equipped with the Zebra Zhixing Tianpu AI platform, whether it is a function or a use experience, it will be much better than the previous product.
In the power system part, SAIC Whale is equipped with the same 2.0T turbocharged engine as the Roewe RX5 MAX, with a maximum power of 231 horsepower and 370 Nm competing with mainstream joint venture competitors. The transmission uses an 8AT manual transmission.
Fuel cost: 0.72 yuan per kilometer, 14538 yuan per year
In terms of fuel consumption, taking the mid-mounted model as an example, its 2.0T turbocharged engine can output a maximum power of 231 horsepower and can use No. 92 gasoline, while the current oil price is 8.26 yuan / liter. Taking the fuel consumption of the introductory version of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of 8.8 liters / 100 kilometers as an example, according to the calculation of 20,000 kilometers of mileage a year, it can be calculated that the fuel cost of the 2022 saic whale is about 14538 yuan a year.
Insurance cost: about 6598 yuan per year, about 550 yuan per month
At the level of insurance costs, we take the entry-level model as an example to illustrate that commercial insurance we only use the basic compulsory traffic insurance, vehicle and vessel tax, third-party liability insurance (1 million), vehicle loss insurance, excluding deductibles, spontaneous combustion insurance, wading insurance to calculate, the comprehensive cost of these items is about 6598 yuan.
Of course, when you buy a car, you can choose whether to buy other types of insurance such as glass insurance, car personnel insurance, etc. When you buy a car, in addition, we recommend that third-party liability insurance can buy 1.5 million or 2 million amounts, the premium increase is not much, in first-tier cities with a large amount of car ownership, road traffic conditions are complex, and high-amount third-party liability insurance is necessary.
Maintenance costs: The annual maintenance cost is about 1233 yuan, and the monthly maintenance cost is about 103 yuan.
After the fuel cost and insurance costs, then the next is the maintenance cost, for most consumers, the warranty period is definitely in the 4S shop to maintain, after the warranty period some friends will choose to maintain in other third-party institutions, SAIC Whale maintenance interval is every 10,000km, or relatively long.
For your reference, such a simple project as the replacement of oil filter in the first guarantee, SAIC Whale plus the working hours fee is 558 yuan. We roughly calculated that the total maintenance cost of 60,000km is 3,699 yuan, according to the calculation of 20,000 kilometers a year, the annual maintenance cost is about 1233 yuan, which is still very affordable.
summary:
Combining insurance, maintenance and fuel costs, we can get that saic motor whale spends about 22369 yuan per year, and the average cost per month is 1864 yuan, and the overall cost is not cheap, especially in terms of fuel consumption.