If you want to buy a car, would you choose a domestic or a joint venture?
This problem was placed 5 years ago, and probably the vast majority of people would choose joint venture cars. Now, with the popularity of electrification and the rise of domestic new energy vehicle companies, if you want to buy a new energy vehicle, domestic brands may be the first choice for many people.
Weilai, Xiaopeng, Ideal, Zero Run, Nezha, GAC Aean, Extreme Krypton, Wuling Hongguang MINI EV... There are too many domestic new energy sources to choose from. If you don't choose a domestic brand, then the most likely one is Tesla. Under the general trend of electrification, there are almost no competitive joint venture brands, and the sales volume is still passable, which may be the Volkswagen ID series.
On April 25, Smart Auto's first new energy pure electric SUV model Smart Genie #1 officially opened pre-sale, and a total of 2 models were launched for the new car, namely Smart Genie #1 Pro+ and Smart Genie #1 Premiun, with a pre-price range of 19.00-23.00 million yuan after subsidies.
Smart Genie #1 was designed by Mercedes-Benz, and the vehicle development project was completed by Geely, based on geely's vast SEA architecture. As a joint venture new energy vehicle, it and ID.4 are in the same 200,000-level price segment, and the emergence of smart genie #1 seems to give the joint venture pure tram in this price segment more choices.
If you want to buy a joint venture electric vehicle of about 200,000 yuan, how to choose between these two cars?
First, the same for the compact SUV, a main home and a positioning young
While the ID.4 and Smart Genie #1 are both compact SUVs, the two cars are very differently positioned and target groups.
The target group of the new smart genie #1 is the tide avant-garde, which is the person who has a distinct personality in life, such as face value, LOHAS guide, powerful player, reliable partner, geek pioneer and so on. A simple summary is that young people who have a pursuit of life want higher looks, more trendy design, and more intelligent car and machine systems. So, whether it's the exterior, interior, or intelligence, smart genie #1 is built towards this positioning.
In terms of appearance, smart genie #1 adopts a new design style, the new car adopts a penetrating LED daytime running light and forms an integrated design with the headlight groups on both sides, and the body side adopts a hidden ABC column design, while equipped with hidden door handles and frameless doors, and the modern sense is further enhanced. In the rear part, the tail light group also adopts a through-line design, the internal light source is forked on both sides, the overall style echoes the headlights, and the rounded style further strengthens the "cute" attributes of the new car.
The Volkswagen ID.4 adopts a new family-style design style, and the front part of the face adopts LED strips and connects with the headlights on both sides to create a penetrating feeling. The waist line on the side of the body and the trim line under the door panel make the whole body look more smooth, with lines and movements.
In terms of interior, smart genie #1 basically retains the central control design of the concept car, and the center console of the new car adopts a circular bracketing style, a simple and retro three-frame steering wheel, and a 9.2-inch slender LCD instrument and a 12.8-inch floating multimedia display in front. Coupled with the distinctive air conditioning outlet, steering wheel shape and 64-color mood light embellishment, there is a retro playfulness in the car.
The interior of volkswagen ID.4 is basically relatively simple, and the whole series is equipped with a 5.3-inch full LCD instrument and a 12-inch central control screen as standard, and a built-in smart car connection 4.0 system. The design is decent, and there is nothing particularly outstanding.
In terms of body size, the ID.4 CROZZ PURE 2022 model has a body size of 4592 mm *1852 mm*1629 mm and a wheelbase of 2765 mm, which is a standard compact SUV model. With a length of nearly 4 meters 6 and a wheelbase of more than 2 meters 7, the second row of seating space and comfort are also guaranteed.
The body size of smart genie #1 is 4270mm*1822mm*1636mm, just look at this data, the length of the car is 322mm shorter than ID.4 CROZZ, and the width is also 30mm narrower, and the overall look is more mini. However, in the case of shorter lengths, the wheelbase of the smart genie #1 reaches 2750mm, which is only 15mm shorter than the ID.4 CROZZ, with almost no difference. This means that smart genie #1's two-row space and comfort aren't much worse than ID.4 CROZZ's.
From the appearance, interior, size point of view, smart genie #1 takes a round + cute route, like a good at dressing up urban girl; the volkswagen ID.4 is line + sports, more like a man who wants to take care of his family and work, and more is pragmatic.
Second, the car machine caton, black screen, ID.4 intelligence is not good
In terms of intelligence, the two also have obvious differences.
Smart Genie #1 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 intelligent cockpit chip as standard, using 7nm process technology, 8-core CPU processor, and equipped with the "Inspiration Planet" smart OS full-scene digital ecological vehicle system. The 8155 chip is known as the ceiling of the car chip, and the car machine system equipped with this chip is not only guaranteed for the hardware parameters, but also shows the importance of car companies to intelligence. Around this chip, Smart has created a series of digital ecological services with APP and car machine system as the core contact point, supporting in-vehicle WeChat, and users can seamlessly experience the smart digital world through exclusive smart ID.
Although ID.4 also has a central control large screen and an intelligent car machine system, problems such as car machine caton and black screen are frequent after the listing. Judging from the video taken by the owner, the ID.4 X has been stuck on the boot page after the car machine system is started, because it is necessary to wait until the car machine goes in before the air conditioner can be turned on, so even if it is more than 30 degrees of hot days, the air conditioner cannot be turned on.
Not only that, other car owners also appear that the car machine system is not connected to the Internet, the account cannot be logged in, the car machine system, the Internet, and the mobile phone APP are frequently faulted, and even some car users have multiple bugs in the car machine system within a week of picking up the car.
In terms of assisted driving, ID.4 is equipped with 4 surround view cameras, 1 monocular camera, 8 ultrasonic radars and 3 millimeter wave radars, the chip uses Mobile EyeQ4, supportSL2+ level automatic driving assistance, can achieve full speed domain adaptive cruise and lane keeping, collision-proof automatic braking and traffic sign recognition these functions.
Smart Genie #1 will be equipped with up to 23 high-precision perception hardware (12 ultrasonic radars, 5 millimeter wave radars, 4 surround cameras, 1 front-view camera, 1 cockpit camera) and will be equipped with the Smart Pilot Intelligent Driver Assistance System, which enables 23 (including L2+ level) intelligent driver assistance functions, including adaptive cruise (ACC), Lane Emergency Hold Assistance (ELKA Plus), Highway Assist (HWA), Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), etc., more feature-rich.
Smart Genie #1 is equipped with a 66kWh ternary lithium battery, the maximum cruising range can reach CLTC560km, and the power can be increased from 10% to 80% in 30 minutes. The permanent magnet synchronous motor on the rear axle has a maximum power of 200 kW and a peak torque of 343 Nm, which can accelerate from rest to 100 km/h in 6.7 seconds.
The ID.4 X offers two power outputs, with a two-wheel drive version with a maximum power of 125 kW and a peak torque of 310 N·m. The 4WD version has a maximum power of 230 kW (312 hp) and a peak torque of 472 N·m. There are three endurance versions according to different models, and the CLTC has a cruising range of 425km, 555km and 607km.
Overall, ID.4 has no obvious shortcomings and is more balanced in all aspects. But it may be because of the excessive pursuit of equilibrium, resulting in ID.4 is not particularly prominent, which is a bit pale in the face of the high and low prices of domestic new energy models. But this balance also shows that this is a car with no problems in mechanical quality and driving, like a man who has to take care of family and work, looks inconspicuous, but has a heavy burden on his body, and all aspects have to be taken care of.
The characteristics of smart genie #1 are more prominent, the shape and interior design are more trendy, and the sense of technology is also full, just like a delicate urban girl, fashionable, technological, avant-garde. At the same time, the front seats support 6-way electric adjustment, 4-way electric waist rest adjustment and ventilation/heating, 1.3 square meters of oversized immersive canopy, Beats sound system, intelligent fragrance system and mobile phone wireless charging, kick-type electric tailgate, 3.3kW reverse charging and other functional configurations, more friendly for young people who commute in the city. News shows that since the opening of the pre-sale last night, as of 9:30 this morning, the order of smart genie #1 has exceeded 6,000.
Therefore, people who want to buy these two cars seem to have little intersection, and they can choose ID.4 for the pursuit of balance and family, and they want to choose smart genie #1 with a stylish personality.