In recent years, the domestic automobile market MPV has gradually received attention, the author summarized the following three reasons: first of all, the demand for business crowds increased, the need for more standardized business etiquette, the demand for MPV in the reception naturally has; followed by the transition saturation of the car market and the SUV market, from the owner level is more willing to use MPV for business travel; and finally the forerunners in the field of MPV have achieved market success, including Buick GL8 and Toyota Alpha, Honda Odyssey, etc. have a relatively good performance. Gives other manufacturers confidence. Now Audi has also released new models in this field, and the sci-fi style is better than the Elfa, and it has attracted the attention of many consumers as soon as it debuts.
This is the protagonist of this issue, Audi Urbansphere, released at the online launch on April 19. The car is still a concept car, but it has already shown audi's next direction. The domestic market itself is Audi's largest single market in the world, our demand for commercial MPV is on the surface, Toyota Alpha a car price increase can reach hundreds of thousands, indicating that in the high-end MPV its competitors are not many. The release of the Audi urbansphere has undoubtedly hoisted the appetite of the boss who is currently waiting to buy a car, and perhaps some people are already preparing to wait for it to be officially listed. So how does this car perform? Let's take a look.
The creation of the Audi urbansphere was done jointly by China and Germany, so many Chinese elements were added to the design. The front part of the car is an exaggerated large-area digital middle net, the middle net is octagonal, behind the light-colored transparent panel is a highly technological digital lighting panel, and the edge is made of aluminum alloy. The upper two sides are LED light groups, when lit at night and the light panel behind the grille shine together, showing a futuristic sci-fi feeling, the lighting board also supports a variety of colors and theme switching. The logo is also lit at start-up, the side lines are smooth and minimalist, the hood and the A-pillar are almost a soft line, using double six-spoke aluminum alloy wheels, the roof tail spoiler is slightly pressed down, and the tail tail light is also similar to the front digital light plate. To put it unbiasedly, the car was indeed better looking than Alpha.
A large number of wooden structures and high-grade fur materials are used in the car, and the central control position is a large horizontal screen, which runs across the left and right, occupying the entire central control. The two-spoke upper and lower flat-bottom double-layer steering wheel is also quite functional and sci-fi. There are few physical buttons in the interior, mainly touch screen control or voice recognition control. As a concept car such a design of course no problem, just see when the mass production car can retain how many concept car design elements, after all, you also need to consider the functional configuration and design layout and cost control, to completely in accordance with the concept car to mass production, the possibility is indeed not large.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height are 5.51 meters, 2.01 meters and 1.78 meters, the wheelbase is 3.4 meters, and the use space in the car can reach 11 square meters, which is almost worth a small room. Features a 4-seat layout with an ergonomically designed independent seat at the back that supports seat rotation, reclining of the backrest, and even a separate sound area and display for each seat. There is even a privacy screen in the back row, which can be completely separated from other occupants when opened, creating its own private space, working and relaxing on the move, and have excellent privacy. This design is already higher in concept than the MPV models currently on sale, and from the situation seen at the press conference, the Audi urbansphere is almost a work of art.
The body is designed with a double door and does not have a B-pillar and has a welcome light. The author believes that this design is difficult to achieve in the mass production version, and a very real problem is faced after the cancellation of the B-pillar, that is, the body structure and strength of the vehicle will be affected, and the performance in the collision will be lower than that of the model with the B-pillar, which is easier to deform. If Audi can solve this problem within the acceptable cost range, then the value of this car will be significantly improved by a notch.
Support L4 level automatic driving assistance function, compared to the current mainstream L2 level automatic driving assistance, L4 level automatic driving assistance can complete the driving task in more environments and conditions, but also monitor the driving environment, the entire driving process, people involved in the action compared to the L2 level has been reduced a lot, but still can not completely cancel the operation of people, until the L5 level to achieve unmanned. But even so, L4 level is already very powerful.
The whole vehicle is based on the PPE platform early, the battery capacity is 120kWh, and the endurance reaches 750KM. Equipped with an electric quattro four-wheel drive system, two motors in front and rear, with a total power of 295 kW and a total torque of 690N.m, it supports super fast charging and can reach the charge from 5% to 80% in 25 minutes.
Summary: Judging from the product power displayed by audi urbansphere at present, this car is still quite worth looking forward to, and its attraction is obvious for those who can afford it. For people who can't afford to buy but love cars, it is also a pleasure to see such a sci-fi car come out.