In the context of BYD's sales surpassing Tesla, as well as the Great Wall Lemon DHT, Chery Kunpeng Hybrid and Changan IDD Hybrid and other technologies have been put into the market, last year is often referred to as the "first year of China's hybrid". This year, the hybrid technology of Chinese brands is also showing a state of accelerated development, shortly after the launch of geely Xingyue L Raytheon hybrid, recently, GAC Trumpchi also brought a new model Yingku that applied its self-developed GMC2.0 hybrid technology for the first time to compete in the market of compact hybrid SUVs. So, what kind of spark will these two domestic hybrid SUVs collide?
All focus on performance, acceleration, fuel consumption probability is almost the same?
Trumpchi Shadow Cool in the hybrid technology, and the use of Toyota THS hybrid system of trumpchi GS8 dual engine series is different, equipped with a completely independent research and development of the GMC2.0 hybrid system, the biggest difference between the two sets of hybrid systems, is the GMC2.0 hybrid system using a dual-speed DHT transmission, the shift mechanism is in the form of AT, the power connection is more smooth, the use of dual gearbox can make the engine participation in the working conditions more detailed, which is also an aspect of the Chinese brand is committed to creating hybrid technology. Like the Geely Xingyue L Thor Hybrid is also the case, its 3-speed DHT transmission, can achieve a speed of more than 20km/ h, you can enter the parallel mode, that is, the engine and the motor jointly drive the vehicle, compared to the shadow cool, the engine intervention scene is more abundant, perhaps at low speed driving, The Staryue L can get better acceleration performance.
Although the current power parameter information of Yingku has not yet been announced, but with reference to the data performance of the Shadow Leopard Hybrid Version, which is also equipped with the 2.0ATK engine + GMC2.0 hybrid system, the thermal efficiency of its engine can reach 42.1%, the acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 7.3s, and the fuel consumption is as low as 3.6L, but considering the larger factors of the body size of Yingku, fuel consumption and acceleration performance may not be as good as That Leopard. The comprehensive power of the System of Star-Yue L Hybrid is 180kW, the zero hundred acceleration time is 7.9s, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of NEDC is 4.3L/100km, so it seems that the power performance and fuel economy of the two vehicles will most likely be at the same level.
All use the Snapdragon 8155, do not worry about the car card?
After talking about power, let's focus on the shape of the two cars. In terms of appearance, the differentiated characteristics of Trumpchi Shadow Cool and Geely Star Yue L are still very obvious, one is biased towards radicalism, and the other is more stable. Specifically, the design of the V-shaped borderless grille and the sharp headlight group of the Y-shape on the shadow cool make the front of the car look quite aggressive, while the front face of the Hoshikoshi L is clearly partitioned, the horizontal intake grille, the square headlight shape, and the leverage-like bumper design below, while shaping the sense of calm, it will not look too old-fashioned.
On the side, Yingku uses a hidden door handle, the whole basically no superfluous line decoration, the front low and high swooping body, creating a lot of sports, it is worth mentioning that as long as the key is close, the shadow cool door handle will automatically open, full of ceremony; and the side of the Star More L, is still a square fuel car shape, the waist line outline appears to have a bit of muscle on the side of the car. Yingku's rear shape is equally aggressive, with the C-shaped taillights integrated on the D-pillar opening up a gap with the through-line taillights of the Hoshikoshi L, which is more recognizable.
Entering the car, perhaps the large-size triple screen design on the Geely Xingyue L can attract more attention, but although the suspension central control screen of Trumpchi Yingku is not so eye-catching, it still spends a lot of thought on the detailed design, especially the addition of Dongfeng cultural elements, such as the reel-type air conditioner air outlet, the scroll-type paddle door lock and the crystal-encrusted electronic gear, which takes into account both beauty and practicality. In terms of intelligence, both cars are equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 car machine chip, which is naturally excellent enough in terms of smooth operation and clarity, but Yingku has built-in ADiGO 5.0 car machine system, and Xingyue L is the Galaxy OS 1.3 system, from the naming, it can also be seen that the functionality and convenience of their car machine system have been upgraded and adjusted to a certain extent, but in terms of experience and market recognition, perhaps Yingku has more right to speak.
In addition, as a domestic SUV, the configuration performance naturally does not have to worry, as far as the information that can be known so far, Trumpchi Yingku is equipped with front seat ventilation/heating, Yamaha audio, panoramic sunroof, ACC adaptive cruise, lane centering system and active brake lights, basically with the Geely Xingyue L's low-end models can maintain a level. Of course, the specific comparison performance will not be known until the configuration information of Yingku is further enriched.
As a compact SUV model, Geely Xingyue L's wheelbase performance of more than 2.8 meters has reached the level of the first echelon of the same level, and the body size of Yingku will definitely be one circle smaller than the GS8 with higher positioning, considering the shadow cool swooping roof line design, perhaps the actual riding experience will be slightly smaller than that of Xingyue L. But from the currently known information, the back row of Yingku has a fully flat platform, even if it sits in the middle, there is enough comfort, and the performance of domestic brands in terms of space has always been excellent, naturally there is no need to worry about the space problem of Yingku, but this also has to wait until the announcement of Yingku body information, we can draw accurate conclusions.
Write at the end
In the context of soaring oil prices, hybrid models with more economical fuel consumption are indeed a good choice, and after experiencing the "inner roll" of Chinese brand hybrid models last year, this year still shows a trend of accelerated development. For the Geely Star Yue L, which entered the market earlier, there must be a certain time advantage. However, as a latecomer, Trumpchi Yingku can break the wrist with Xingyue L in terms of power performance and fuel consumption, and at the same time, the more personalized and radical appearance may be more able to attract the attention of young consumers. However, to say which of the two cars is stronger or weaker, we can only know until the information of Yingku is further improved.