Bang you visit the shop
Written by | Lei Lei
In January this year, Weilai launched its first car, ET7, with a body value of 400,000 to 500,000 yuan and the identity of a pure electric vehicle, which attracted a lot of attention for this domestic luxury car. However, it is a slight pity that the ultra-long endurance version equipped with 150 kWh of electricity will not be unveiled until the end of this year.
What is the real market response of NIO ET7? The author went to the Weilai dealership to find out the bottom. When you arrive at the store, there are just a few groups of customers looking at ET7, which shows that this car does have its point of impressing consumers, otherwise no one will still run to see the car on weekdays.
According to sales, at present, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF WEILAI ET7 has a subsidy of about 11,000 yuan, and can participate in the activities of 5,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan. But now the biggest problem is the difficulty of picking up the car, "now the customers who get the car are booked 1 year ago, and now the fastest order is in July and August to get the car, and the latest to wait until the end of this year." When you can pick up the car depends on the development of the epidemic," sales said.
In addition, there is a purchase detail, ET7 although equipped with ACC adaptive cruise, lane departure assistance and other configurations, but the higher level of driving assistance system is not a lifetime project, customers need to spend 680 yuan / month subscription, if you feel uncomfortable with it, you can cancel at any time. According to the sales statement, advanced driver assistance functions are usually used less, and the general ACC is enough.
In ET7's online review, luxury, comfort and performance are the most frequent. So, let me talk about the static experience of this car.
The most beautiful viewing angle, 45 degrees behind the diagonal rear
The front face of the ET7 adopts the design elements of the NIO family, which is highly similar to the NIO ES8, ES6 and other models, and has a high degree of recognition.
The split headlights have been retained, and the day running lights are cleverly integrated into the front of the car, and the visual effect is very dynamic.
Weilai ET7 is equipped with a lidar and two cameras, which may feel a little abrupt when looking at the picture, but this feeling will be dispelled after seeing the real car, the reason is that the black model equipped with THE ET7 can make these three configurations have a certain degree of concealment.
The BODY SIZE OF THE ET7 IS 5101/1987/1509MM and HAS A WHEELBASE OF 3060MM. Compared with other models in the same price range, its body size is also slightly superior. However, although the body width of nearly two meters contributes a lot to the lateral riding space, it may be somewhat inconvenient in the narrow old town.
In addition, ET7 original factory provides 7 kinds of color options, in addition to deep space black, star gray, cloud white, Likong silver four kinds of free color. It is also available as Antarctic Blue, Xiaguang Orange and Aurora Green at an additional cost of 10,000 yuan.
The ET7 is available in three wheel sizes of 19, 20 and 21 inches, with 20-inch wheels and 245-gauge tires. If you're looking for sport, you can opt for a sport wheel with 21-inch Pirelli P0 tires. Of course, if you're focused on daily mobility, I recommend a smaller, relatively more energy-efficient 19-inch wheel.
The ET7 from the rear 45 degrees feels the best, the lines are very sexy, the slip back shape is smooth, and it will not give you a feeling of hunchback. In addition, the through-type taillights appeared on Niolai's models for the first time, correspondingly improving a certain luxurious tone (popular nowadays).
The fly in the ointment is that the hidden electric tail, if added, may play a role in the finishing touch.
Open the trunk, although the depth is enough, but the problem is that the tailgate is not a hatchback design, resulting in a small hatch opening, large items may not be tucked in, plus the rear seat back does not support falling, the practicality is somewhat discounted. Of course, for car owners, maybe this is nothing at all, because they may not use this car to carry large items at all.
Compared with the simple appearance, the interior of the NIO ET7 is a place where almost everyone gives praise. After all, it does have its own outstanding selling points compared to the same price BBA model, such as minimalist design and luxury - it is said that the ET7 interior adopts the design concept of the second living room, striving for refinement, temperature, purity and futurism. How does it feel? I'll say it one by one.
The central control materials are exquisite
As a façade that can be seen at the first glance by pulling the car door, NIO ET7 has made great efforts in the visual and tactile aspects of the interior. In terms of material, the central control is divided into four materials from top to bottom: suede, recycled vine, leather wrapping, and hard plastic.
It is worth mentioning that you can find 14 recycled rattan wood materials in the car, reflecting a certain environmental protection concept. Objectively speaking, ET7 is really good at making materials in visible places. However, at the bottom of the center console, that is, the position of the traditional glove box (there is no glove box in the Weilai model), the material is hard plastic, although it does not affect the perception, but the sense of high-grade is inevitably discounted.
Central control 12.8-inch OLED screen, size I think is just right, there is no color TV sense of both vision, not obtrusive. The car is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip, which has a very good reputation in the industry. The main feature is that it is responsive, and when measured, no matter how you ravage this screen, it can make feedback in time without any stuttering.
Personally, I don't have a good feeling about NIO NOMI intelligent voice assistant. Especially when traffic jams are irritable, a small head chirping next to you may make road rage worse. Driving at night is even more, as if someone is watching you, flustered. However, the people who come to the store to see the car do not care about these, they say that they will often use voice assistants, and this little head can directly choose to ignore.
Weilai ET7 adopts a 10.2-inch full LCD instrument cluster, which supports HDR high-dynamic video display, and the blunt point is that the picture display is clearer.
The steering wheel is in a two-width flat-bottom style, which is the same as the interior color. But there are two problems: one is that the multi-function button does not have a detailed function icon, the operation is not intuitive enough; the second is that the steering wheel is adjusted to the author's daily driving sitting position, it will block the dashboard - don't pick the problem of my sitting posture, don't say to adapt to it, the logic should be the car to adapt to the driver, not the person to adapt to the car.
Overall, the sense of luxury and grade in the ET7 central control area is good, and the front central armrest is also wrapped in leather materials, which can be opened by means of left and right buttons, but after opening, it will tell you that the plastic feeling is very strong and not advanced enough.
Frameless electric doors have a style, but the seat has slot points
To say that the ET7 car has the details of the unique face, the door must be one of them. Nio's ET7 doors are frameless glass, which supports the power absorption function, and the window glass and the triangle window of the C-pillar are all double-layer laminated glass. In the car, there are two ways to open the door: one is the electric button, and the other is the manual door opening key in the door panel cup holder. According to the sales consultant, the manual keys are convenient for emergency use.
Next, it is time to pay attention to the seats, the front seats of the NIO ET7 are nappa leather, the sense of luxury and comfort are good, but there are also several places that can be improved in the later stages:
First of all, the seat massage function is only equipped with the back of the chair, the strength is not large, if you can also add the massage function to the cushion, and the massage force is set to an adjustable mode, the comfort will be better.
Secondly, the author has always had reservations about the queen co-driver of Weilai, because if you want to put your foot under the seat, there will be something to block, which is very awkward. Of course, if the customer sits in the co-pilot and only enjoys the wide space, then I didn't say it.
Third, as mentioned earlier, the co-driver of the NIO model is not equipped with a glove box in front. The sales consultant said it was because of the space savings, but I listened, and other models equipped with glove boxes did not see how much legroom could be encroached upon.
The rear space is not to be said, it is very spacious, you can set the rear exclusive mode, move the co-pilot seat forward, so that the boss has a spacious legroom.
The REAR seat padding of the ET7 is soft and comfortable. There are two deficiencies: one is the length and angle of the cushion; the other is the feeling that the legs are supported when you sit up.
In addition, although the rear headrest can adjust the head wrapping, the material is hard.
"Final Talk"
From the perspective of this static experience, although some details still need to be improved, the appearance and interior design of WEILAI ET7 can indeed make people feel its luxury, especially the interior rattan wood and large-area leather material coating, as well as the use of roof turning fur, frameless electric suction door is also very stylish. At the same time, in terms of intelligence, the fluency of the car-machine system is also satisfactory.
However, the above evaluation is limited to the static level, because we have not yet been able to get a test drive, so we cannot give a pertinent evaluation of his dynamic performance and actual endurance for the time being, and we will share it with you further after the subsequent actual experience.
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