In March last year, Zongshen Piaggio released the original European version of the introduction of the middle row pedal X7, and with a people-friendly price (19980 yuan) and excellent configuration (244cc water cooling, dual channel ABS, ASR traction control) was recognized, in front of its super high cost performance, the market heat was instantly detonated, and even a car is difficult to find.
After a year, Zongshen Piaggio has continued to work hard to optimize and upgrade the X7 in terms of power and suspension, which is the X7 2.0 version officially launched today.
X7 power+ priced at 22980 yuan is 3000 yuan higher than the standard version, what is the difference after the upgrade? Can it be worth this 3k increase? I believe that it is the most concerned about the riders. As always, we still got the real car for the first time this time, and the following is the first test report.
In terms of overall shape, the difference between the two is not obvious. The high-performance version has matte black painted the handlebar part and the upper fenders of the front wheels, and the lower part of the shell on both sides has been color-separated, reducing the rounded line feel of the X7 standard version and adding a touch of fashion and sharpness. The silver LOGO patches on both sides of the original body were also blackened, and the font was changed to gray, which was in strong contrast with the bright and open shell.
If the color difference is excluded, the most obvious difference is that the high-performance version of the body side has added two left and right air intakes. Given that the X7 itself uses a water-cooled engine and is designed with a large water-cooled heat exchanger behind the front wheels, the air intake in this part is actually to reduce the heat transfer of the engine to the storage space of the seat barrel, and does not affect the performance of the engine itself.
Although the same 244cc displacement of Quasar four-valve water-cooled engine, the appearance is not different, but the gap in power performance between the two reached 22%, the maximum power from the original 15.6kW to 19.1kW, torque increased by 1.5N .m, such a large power strengthening should be more than the difference in The Training of the Magneti Marelli EFI system, I believe that the high-power version has different degrees of improvement in the core components such as piston material, piston ring process and so on.
Interestingly, the official publicity of the acceleration results is quite conservative, and our measured standard version X7 acceleration score last year was 11.4 seconds, which has exceeded the 12 second acceleration performance of the high-performance version in the official current publicity. Due to the relationship of time, we have not yet carried out zero-hundred acceleration and extreme speed testing of X7 High Performance Edition, so let's leave a suspense for the time being.
The rear shock absorber is also an important part of this upgrade, and the 7-segment preload adjustable external airbag rear shock absorber from KYB has become the standard for the X7 high-performance version, and it seems that the sporty tone of the X7 has been stimulated and began to move closer to the SRmax250. Of course, the factory setting is in the 6th segment of the 7-segment range, and if you want better support to play the pig and eat the tiger, there is an adjustment wrench in the kit.
Last year's situation was more special, X7 shortly after the listing of the global chip shortage, the first batch of models delivered, follow-up models were forced to cancel the chip anti-theft key due to chip production capacity problems. This time, it finally came back; in addition, the X7 high-performance version also added T-BOX smart interconnection terminal, through the mobile phone APP can view the location of the vehicle in real time, in the anti-theft security to a higher level.
The wheel pack specifications have not changed compared to the standard version, and the X7 High Performance Edition still uses the zhengxin CSTC-6531 tires of the front 120/70-14 and the rear 140/60-13. The Bosch BOSCH dual-channel ABS also reappears in the standard list of the X7 High Performance Edition, along with the 260 mm floating brake discs at the front and the radial quad calipers and the rear 240 mm fixed disc dual-piston calipers for brake safety.
In terms of other configurations, the new X7 is consistent with the standard version, the lighting system is still a dual-lens LED headlamp, the standard seat height is still 760 mm, and the storage space has not changed, and some regrets tell you that the position of the fuel port switch that was previously complained about by some riders is still retained.
On the basis of the extremely high cost performance of the X7 standard version, the upgrade of the 2.0 version is not virtual, the new version of the engine is absolutely invincible in the same level, and then the shock absorption upgrade to the airbag suspension is also a real cost increase; in addition, there is the return of the chip key and Bosch ABS. In this way, the upgrade cost of 3,000 yuan is not in vain, new users use higher prices in exchange for performance upgrades, and old users will not feel too much about being cut leeks.
There is no doubt that the newly launched X7 2.0 version is still extremely competitive in terms of the current market environment of 250-class medium-displacement scooters.
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