At last year's Guangzhou Auto Show, GAC Trumpchi brought a very exaggerated SUV concept car, and named ITOKEO, I thought it was just announcing the design direction of the future Trumpchi, but I didn't expect that the real car would be mass-produced so quickly.
EMKOO concept car
GAC Trumpchi shadow cool
After soliciting the opinions of netizens, EMKOO was officially named Shadow Cool, just from the name point of view, it is known that it is the same "generation" as Shadow Leopard, as the first SUV of Shadow Generation, it is positioned in a compact SUV, and Shadow Leopard is the same as the main young, sporty.
The models filmed this time have fuel version and hybrid version of the model, which are almost the same in appearance, with only some small details different.
Shadow Cool Fuel Edition
Shadow Cool Hybrid Edition
The front face of Yingku changed the more traditional front face design of GAC Trumpchi, using a borderless middle mesh design, the upper and lower grilles formed an "X" shape, and in order to increase the three-dimensional sense, the entire central network also added a sharp diamond cutting design.
With the advancement of science and technology, while ensuring the brightness of the headlights can be designed more sharply, the shadow cool headlights modeling using a supercar-like design, very aggressive, after lighting is also very recognizable.
In terms of assisted driving configuration, the real-shot vehicle is equipped with millimeter wave radar, ultrasonic radar, forward vision camera, etc., and it is expected to achieve L2 level auxiliary driving function.
EMKOO concept car
The shape of the body side is also relatively sharp, restoring the angular design of the concept car, and the design of the rear high and the front low brings the visual effect of sprinting forward. The body size is not yet public, from the feeling of the real car, it should be similar to the size of the GS4 PLUS.
In order to cater to the current trend, the hidden door handle is naturally not absent, and the handle will automatically bounce off after unlocking the vehicle.
The shape of the rim is very similar to the low wind resistance rim shape of the new energy brand, but it is not a decorative cover but the shape is really like this, the tire size is 235/60 R18, I think this consideration may be to increase the comfort of the vehicle. Later, if you change to a larger size, the tires with a lower flat ratio may be more aggressive.
The design of the rear of the car uses a lot of angular design like the front face, and the rear window is also deliberately pressed into a coupe-like shape, which is handsome, but it may affect the space of the trunk.
In order to fully draw the sporty feeling, the rear of the car is also equipped with a large size rear wing, the middle of which is hollowed out, and the high brake lights are also designed in the middle of the rear wing.
The taillights adopt a similar design to the headlights, but they use a split design, which is more futuristic and highly recognizable.
The fuel version of the bottom of the car uses a more exaggerated spoiler as a decoration, and the exhaust shape of the two sides is also very "scaremongering", but in fact, only the two sides are double out.
In contrast, the hybrid version is relatively low-key, and the vehicle only has more hybrid logos and cancels the four-out exhaust decoration at the rear compared with the fuel version.
In terms of suspension, Shadow Cool uses the common front McPherson + rear multi-link combination of compact SUV.
Of course, in order to please young people, this time the shadow cool in the color matching has also become more fresh, silver and light blue are not conventional solid color paint, a bit of fog color feeling, of course, there must be more than these, more colors need to wait for the official follow-up announcement.
Shadow Cool Fuel Edition interior
Shadow Cool Hybrid Edition interior
With a cool appearance, the interior naturally can not be too traditional, Yingku added a lot of round creative elements in the interior, such as the air conditioning outlet of the cylinder, the cylinder type flip door handle, and the color matching is also available in red and green.
The shape of the center console has also become more layered, and a leather cover has been added to the material, and the sense of grade is stronger.
The steering wheel adopts the steering wheel of the same model as Shadow Leopard, with a midline at the top, and the left side controls the adaptive cruise function, which can realize a key to open the cruise, and the right side controls the multimedia.
The size of the full LCD dashboard has not yet been announced, and the visual inspection is similar to the 10.25 inches of the shadow leopard, but this display is smaller on the shadow cool.
Of course, with the blessing of HUD, the LCD dashboard is smaller and does not affect the use of it, and from the function point of view, it should have functions such as lane keeping prompts, speed, and navigation prompts.
Like Trumpchi's second-generation GS8, most of the vehicle functions of Yingku are integrated in this central control screen, the size is consistent with the second-generation GS8, which is 14.6 inches, equipped with the latest ADiGO 5.0 intelligent driving interconnection system, using the Snapdragon 8155 chip, and the operating speed is guaranteed.
During the shooting, I found that the driver assistance configuration of this car is quite rich, including lane keeping, active braking, speed limit recognition, adaptive speed limiting, rear emergency braking (automatic braking when reversing encounters obstacles), rear vehicle travel warnings, and so on.
And in the Internet, in addition to the car interconnection function, apple CarPlay, Baidu Carlife, etc. have also been added, and I believe that such a large screen should be very cool to use.
The shadow cool gear is no longer the traditional style, replaced by a delicate small crystal, and there are no extra buttons designed around, showing a simple and exquisite feeling.
In the real shooting, I also found some of the more interesting designs of Yingku, such as the knob next to the air outlet can be used to control the temperature, the wireless charging board is lifting and lowering, and it will automatically sink after putting down the mobile phone to recognize it as a charging state.
YAMAHA audio
In this shooting, another hybrid version of the model is equipped with Yamaha's sound, and small partners who have requirements for sound quality can pay attention to it.
Yingku is not equipped with a sunroof that can be opened, and uses an oversized canopy as the roof, but you don't need to worry about the sun, it is still equipped with sunshades.
The 171cm tall experiencer sits in the car, and the head space in the front row is 2 punches.
Keep the front seats still, the head space in the rear row is more than 1 punch, the leg space is about 3 punches, and the riding space is decent.
Yingku has set up a number of cameras in the car, the front camera is used for driver behavior recognition, providing fatigue monitoring, smoking perception, gesture cutting, gesture photography and other functions; the rear camera is used for life monitoring and remote viewing of items.
Subject to the vehicle's styling factors, the volume of the trunk is not particularly large, and the floor cannot be flat after the seat is receded, but it is still enough for daily use.
According to official news, Yingku offers three different powertrains, namely 1.5T+7DCT, 2.0T+8AT and 2.0L+GMC2.0 hybrid system, but the specific parameters have not yet been announced.
Fuel version of the model I can guess from the power configuration of The existing model of Trumpchi, 1.5T+7DCT is the powertrain on the Shadow Leopard, the maximum power is 130kW, the maximum torque is 270Nm; 2.0T+8AT is the powertrain on the second generation GS8, the maximum power is 185kW, and the maximum torque is 400Nm.
As for the 2.0L+GMC2.0 hybrid system, I can't guess it now, but as the main power system promoted by GAC Trumpchi this year, it will not be too bad.
Summary of the full text
In this era, it is really difficult to mix without a little innovation, such as Changan, Geely, Great Wall and other brands are constantly refreshing their own styling designs, and GAC Trumpchi as a veteran car factory, this action seems to be a little slow.
Starting from last year's Shadow Leopard, Trumpchi began to break the original design concept, and Yingku, as the first SUV of the "Shadow" generation, really brought a fresh feeling to the design of the exterior and interior, and from the perspective of the real shooting car, the configuration is not low.
But at present, the public information of Yingku is still relatively small, look forward to the follow-up information disclosure, you have any views on Yingku may wish to leave a message in the comment area, more new car information can pay attention to Station B [Drive Brother]!