Last week, our three most familiar luxury brands BBA have shown their own pure electric new products, cars, SUVs, MPVs can be luxury + electric, product strength is quite capable.
Immediately after, several luxury brands followed suit. That's Lexus, Lincoln and Porsche. This also indicates that luxury brands are basically making a rapid transition to electrification, let's see what kind of new cars they have brought.
Lexus RZ
On April 20, Lexus' new electric SUV Lexus RZ officially debuted in the world, compared to the past form of oil to electricity, Lexus RZ is based on e-TNGA pure electric frame, so it is much more advanced than the pure electric models of Lexus in the past.
In terms of design, the Lexus RZ still continues many Lexus classic designs, and the iconic spindle grille, barbed LED daytime running lights and through-led taillights are still present on the Lexus RZ.
This time, the Lexus RZ also introduced a number of aerodynamic designs, such as a suspended roof, a sharper waistline and roof spoiler, which can significantly increase some of the range.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the Lexus RZ are 4805/1895/1635mm, and the wheelbase is 2850mm, which is larger than the current Lexus RX, so the comfort and spaciousness of the ride are naturally different.
The interior of the new car is more eye-catching than the appearance. Most notably, tesla's rectangular steering wheel is also used on the Lexus RZ.
However, the Lexus RZ has a technology that Tesla does not have - steer-by-wire, which originates from the aircraft, compared to the traditional mechanically connected steering, the wire control steering transmits all the electrical signals, so that when turning around and reversing, there is no need to play a few more turns of steering wheel, and it is more convenient to control.
In the creation of a sense of luxury, it is still the familiar "thunder car style", the car has leather materials and wood grain decoration for large-scale coverage, and in the intelligent technology configuration, there are high-end digital functions such as HUD head-up display, electrochromic panoramic canopy, intelligent security system LSS+ 3.0 and so on.
As for performance and range, a dual-motor version is currently available, with a maximum power of 150 kW for the front motor and 80 kW for the rear motor, and there is also a DIRECT 4 electronic all-wheel drive system equipped with a 71.4 kWh battery pack.
Overall, RZ is a new beginning for Lexus in the field of pure electricity, and almost all forward-looking technologies use it. If the price can maintain a similar gap with the fuel version of the RX, it is still very competitive in the market.
Lincoln Star
On April 21, Lincoln's first pure electric concept car Lincoln Star made its global debut, in the fuel era, Lincoln perfectly interpreted the "American luxury", in the new energy era, Lincoln is still committed to creating extraordinary experiences for customers, let's continue to say.
In terms of design language, Lincoln Star can be described as a comprehensive evolution, with a smooth and dynamic visual perception with great visual impact, combined with the application of lighting technology, to create a sparkling future aesthetic. The sense of ritual that Lincoln has always been good at creating, this time also gave birth to the Lincoln Embrace welcome induction system, giving a new connotation to the welcome induction system.
The interior of the car is also the same as the appearance, using lighting, metal, crystal glass and other materials to create a more modern and luxurious aesthetic, and the use of through-through curved screen, transparent side columns, color-changing intelligent panoramic canopy and other advanced intelligent technology configuration to create a high-tech cockpit space.
Not only that, Lincoln Star has redefined the entire space in the rear, the rear is equipped with two spacious wrap-around independent seats, which can be half-lying or lying flat like first class, and there is a luxurious wine cabinet made of glass integrated between the rear seats, plus a color-changing intelligent panoramic canopy, and more natural light into the car is quite transparent.
Most notably, if you turn on casual mode, you can open the comfortable outdoor seat hidden in the trunk and meet a few friends to stop in the beautiful scenery.
The driving section, thanks to a purely electric extensible architecture that supports rear-drive and four-wheel drive layouts, can cover many types of vehicle types, and the new Lincoln Connect system also has the next generation of leading intelligent driver assistance features that enable vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure connectivity, such as The Help Me See and Park for Me functions.
Lincoln plans to launch three pure electric models by 2025, and strive to achieve more than 50% of pure electric sales in the global market, and from Lincoln Star, we seem to see the shadow of Lincoln's new products in the next 10 years.
Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo
In 2021, the Taycan delivered a total of 41,296 vehicles, more than the Porsche 911. Therefore, in the high-end pure electricity market, Porsche's judgment of the current market is still very successful.
In terms of appearance, the front face design of the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo is basically the same as that of the regular version of the Taycan, and the iconic four-point matrix headlights and various aerodynamic designs are very recognizable.
The biggest difference of the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo is that the sides, such as the wheel eyebrows, side skirts and rear surrounds are used in the black scratch-resistant sports kit, in addition, there is a more iconic slender body of the hunting model, which has more space than the ordinary version, and can also have a better wind resistance coefficient.
In the rear part of the car, the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo still uses the same 911 through-type taillight design, which is highly recognizable when lit, and there are many optional kits.
In the interior part, Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo still uses the layout on the ordinary version, 16.8-inch curved digital meter + 10.9-inch embedded central control screen + 8.4-inch air conditioning touch panel composed of triple screen, intelligent technology sense is the top stream level.
In the power part, Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo will launch a total of 4 configurations, of which the Taycan 4 Cross Turismo, with a maximum power of 350kW, accelerates 5.1 seconds from 100 km/h. The Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo has a maximum power of 560 kW and accelerates by 2.9 seconds from 100 km/h, while the CLTC has a range of 469-523 km in terms of range.
In addition, a new all-wheel drive system, adaptive air suspension, Gravel Mode gravel mode, panoramic fixed glass sunroof and optional Off Road Design components are available as standard.
Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo will be officially released in China on the 27th of this month and open reservations, interested users can start to consider how to choose what configuration.
Well, the above three models are from the second camp of luxury brands (Lexus, Lincoln, Porsche), launched in the new energy market. It can be clearly seen that more and more luxury brands have slowly found their own rhythm in the new energy era, I don't know if everyone is optimistic about these three models?