When it comes to the joint venture mid-size SUV, which model do you first think of, the Volkswagen Tanyue? Or Buick Encore, or Toyota Highlander? These well-known joint venture medium-sized SUVs are all priced at more than 200,000 yuan, or even 300,000 yuan. If I tell you now that there is a joint venture mid-size SUV that sells for less than 200,000 yuan, do you think it is a bit incredible? However, this model is real, it is from the Jiangling Ford Technology Lingrui.
We have already had a static experience of this car before, but at that time, this car has not yet been officially launched, so in today's content, let's take a look at its dynamic performance and how to buy.
The transmission performance is eye-catching NVH has room for improvement
Ford Lingrui is powered by an EcoBoost170 1.5T in-line four-cylinder engine, which has a maximum engine power of 170 hp and a peak torque of 260 Nm. From the data point of view, this 1.5T engine does have a good power performance, especially the peak torque data is considerable, but the peak torque speed range is from 1500rpm to 3000rpm, biased to break out in the low speed range of the engine.
Such characteristics allow Lingrui to have a good sense of acceleration when driving at low speeds, and the vehicle can return a relatively light acceleration sense as long as the throttle is tapped at the starting stage of the vehicle. And driving in congested and stop-and-go sections of the city will be a little easier, even if you need to change lanes to overtake, stepping on the general acceleration pedal stroke is enough to increase the appropriate speed. However, when patrolling at a medium to high speed on a high-speed or urban expressway, and then performing an overtaking acceleration action, it will be felt that the acceleration of the vehicle will not be as obvious as the low-speed stage. This aspect stems from the EcoBoost170 engine's bias towards low- and medium-speed bursts, and is also a common problem for small-displacement turbocharged engines.
The Ford Lingrui Drivetrain is matched with the third-generation Magna 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, which has a transmission efficiency of up to 97%, and can combine high performance with low fuel consumption. The gearbox shift mechanism adopts knob-type electronic shifting, although it can enhance the sense of technology in the vehicle and increase the storage space in the car. However, in actual use, the sense of passage between each gear is not particularly clear, so it is easy to distinguish the specific gear when blind operation, especially the vehicle will automatically pull up the electronic handbrake after hanging into the P gear, so when reversing and kneading the library in a narrow position, it will be easy to make the driving become busy.
Although there are small flaws in the shift mechanism, the overall performance of this 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission is amazing enough, not only has a clear shift logic, but also suppresses the gear shifting setbacks very well. Although in the starting stage and the vehicle braking phase, due to the structural characteristics of the dual-clutch transmission, a little jitter will be transmitted to the body. However, when the vehicle is driven up, it is difficult for you to feel that this gearbox is a dual-clutch structure, and when the throttle is accelerated and shifted sharply, the gearbox can accurately and quickly shift gears, and there is no obvious frustration during the shifting process, and even there is no obvious difference with some common automatic transmissions.
Not only does the transmission perform well, but ford lingrui also performs well in terms of overall vehicle sound insulation, thanks to the equipped horse brand MC6 tires, as well as other parts of the additional sound insulation treatment, including tire noise and wind noise, most of which are isolated from the cabin. The only thing that is not perfect is that when the vehicle accelerates sharply, the engine speed will soar to near the 5000 rpm red line, and then some engine noise will enter the car. In addition to this, the overall noise suppression effect of Ford Lingrui is still a relatively good performance in the same level.
Continuing the family design combines avant-garde and fashion
After talking about the dynamic performance of Ford Lingrui, let's review its styling design. First of all, it can be clearly seen that it is still the latest "potential energy aesthetics" design language of the Ford family, and the most iconic design of this design language is the front face part of the split headlight group, especially the upper LED daytime light and turn signal group using a penetrating hook design, which is very recognizable. Moreover, the large polygonal intake grille is also an indispensable part of this design, and the Lingrui adopts a 3D scale structure, which has a strong sense of layering and three-dimensionality visually.
Coming to the side of the body, you can see that the overall contour shape of Lingrui is relatively large and straight, which comes from the fact that it applies a lot of straight and tough body lines, which will make you feel very safe visually under the muscular fender shape. In terms of body size, Lingrui's length, width and height are 4630/1935/1706mm, and the wheelbase is 2726mm, of which 1935mm officially said that this is the first level of the same class, which gives Lingrui an extremely spacious rear space.
As for the modeling design of the rear of the car, although it is relatively simple, there is also a more exquisite design in the details, such as its rear tail light group, the internal shape presents a barb-shaped design, which forms a mutual echo effect with the headlight group, and under the background of the LED light source, the illuminated visual effect is also amazing enough.
Dual 12.3-inch screen + rich technology configuration Intelligent level first-class
Entering the Ford Lingrui car, you can first feel that the overall design of the interior is not unfamiliar, and it is still a simple style similar to that of Lingyu. Among them, the center console adopts a T-shaped layout, and is covered with a large number of soft-lined plastic materials and leather materials, plus wood grain trim embellishments at the details, reflecting a certain sense of quality.
In terms of technology configuration, Lingrui also has a good performance, and the center console is arranged with double 12.3-inch suspension screens. Among them, the central control screen has a built-in Tencent TAI 4.0 intelligent car machine system. The car machine system has built-in AutoNavi + Tencent dual online navigation, of which Tencent Map also has a built-in AR real-world navigation function, which can switch the display in the central control screen or LCD instrument. In addition, the car machine system also has in-vehicle WeChat, remote mobile phone interconnection, Tencent applications and a large number of third-party APP, which can meet the various needs of consumers with a degree of intelligence.
Lingrui is also rich in active safety configuration, equipped with Ford Co-Pilot360 Intelligent Driving Assistance System, which is composed of 2 monocular cameras, 3 millimeter wave radars, 4 panoramic cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, and Mobileye EYEQ4 vision processing chip + Infineon AURIX TriCore radar processing chip, which can realize THE TRAILS track reversing assistance with queuing function, DCLC intelligent lane change assist, Incorporates visual fully automatic parking APA5.0 and more.
Plenty of space to ride Plenty of storage location
As a home-oriented joint venture mid-size SUV, Lingrui's spatial performance is a part that consumers will focus on. Taking the experiencer who is 1.8 meters tall as an example, the height of the front seat is adjusted to the lowest, and after the other parts are adjusted to the appropriate position, the remaining space of the experiencer's head is between one punch and two fingers to two punches. Keep the front seat position still, the same person comes to the back seat, the remaining space of the head is four fingers, and the remaining space of the leg is close to one arm. From this point of view, whether it is the front or the back seat, Lingrui's riding space is very abundant.
In terms of storage space, in addition to the conventional storage points, thanks to the use of a knob-type electronic gear shift mechanism with a smaller position, the mobile phone charging area with a larger space has been realized, as well as the hollow storage space in the lower part of the center console, and Lingrui has also ingeniously added a small storage compartment to the upper part of the glove box, which can place small items such as mobile phones.
In terms of trunk space, the storage space of the trunk of Lingrui presents a relatively regular rectangular space, and because the appearance is more square, the height inside the trunk is also enough to be used. Although the back of the seat is not tilted at a high angle after the rear seat is reclined, there is a clear step between the rear seat and the trunk floor, so when placing some large items, it is necessary to flexibly arrange the placement of the items.
Write at the end
Although Ford Lingrui is positioned as a joint venture medium-sized SUV, its price is only 139,800-165,800 yuan, which is only able to buy a small SUV in some joint venture brands, so it is very obvious that Lingrui has a price advantage. Of course, not only the price advantage, Lingrui's performance in product strength is also outstanding, especially the current consumers pay more attention to the riding space, intelligent configuration, etc., Lingrui is satisfactory enough.
Not long ago, Ford Lingrui has been officially listed, the whole series has launched a total of 4 subdivision models, combined with the configuration and price point of view, the most worthwhile choice in the whole series is the premium type priced at 155,800 yuan, it is the entire series of sub-top models, compared to the top of the premium PLUS mainly less automatic parking, induction tailgate, AR real-life navigation and other configurations, and the price is 10,000 yuan more expensive than the sub-top, if you can accept the difference of 10,000 yuan, then the top configuration is also worth choosing.