I have to say that there are now more and more compact cars for domestic car brands that focus on sports, such as GAC Trumpchi Shadow Leopard, Changan UNI-V, Dongfeng Fengshen Yixuan MAX and Geely Binrui COOL. These cars have reached a crazy point in the creation of the atmosphere of the exterior interior.
Equipment such as the rear wing, large surround, cooling trough, red calipers, and bright colored seat belts that were previously only available on sports cars and performance cars are now available in the above models. Not only that, but the price of these cars is only one-tenth or even one-tenth of those sports cars, which at first glance looks really cost-effective.
So in addition to the exterior interior looks very sporty, will it be very sporty to drive? This time we took this question with us and experienced the MG5 Scorpio who plays the main sport.
The MG5 Scorpio is a compactly positioned sedan launched by SAIC for the young consumer market. Priced at 10.29-11.79 million, the whole series is equipped with a 1.5-liter inline four-cylinder turbocharged engine, with a maximum power of 181Ps and a maximum torque of 285N·m, matching a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, and the official zero-hundred acceleration time is 6.9 seconds.
How familiar the "formula" - the main sports, 1.5T engine, the price of about 100,000 pieces, 7 seconds or so to break the hundred, these elements have become the current domestic independent brand mainstream sports car synonymous.
After the approval of the store staff, we directly pulled it to the test site, and finally in the temperature of 31 ° C, the MG5 Scorpio achieved a performance of 8.96 seconds to break the hundred.
This result is obviously much slower than the official result, which may be due to the high temperature of the day. In addition, in my subsequent driving, I found that the tire pressure of this car was not very standard. According to the manufacturer's label, the tire pressure standard value of the MG5 Scorpio front and rear tires is 2.2 bar, and we found that the left front is 3.0, the right front 3.1, the right back 3.0 and the left rear 2.5 in the subsequent test drive.
This tire pressure value is significantly higher, and the tire pressure value of the left rear tire is much different from the other three tires. Therefore, I think that the high tire pressure and inconsistency of the tires of the test drive vehicle are also one of the reasons for the unsatisfactory test results.
Immediately after the acceleration test, we tested the MG5 Scorpio's 100km brake, which is equipped with four Michelin 3ST tires with a tire width of 215mm front and rear. After several tests, we found that the car had the best braking performance of 39.6 meters.
If you look at it as a family car, this achievement can be evaluated as "average"; if you look at it as a sports car, this performance can be described as "poor".
In terms of daily driving, the atmosphere of mg5 Scorpio is still good, the exhaust sound is good, the exhaust will also make a sound when changing gears, if people stand outside the car, this sound will be particularly obvious, and the aura is still quite enough.
The 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission is also well tuned, and the acceleration action in the middle of the start is very crisp, and it is completely able to keep up with the driver's driving intentions, which is a great feeling. However, the shock absorber spring of the MG5 Scorpio is a bit soft, turning and line, the body will have a significant roll phenomenon, which will cause the driver's lack of confidence in the case of fast opening.
Overall, the MG5 Scorpio car can only satisfy the occasional small passion of the day, because the real hardcore thing is not available in it, and this car belongs to the "shallow taste" type of car. So for those who want to feel pure sportiness by buying this car, I urge you to give up.
But if you just want an alternative shape design and a good exhaust sound, then mg5 Scorpio can still give it to you.