[Aika Cars Weekly Car News Original]
Last week, due to the postponement of the Beijing Auto Show, it was thought that it would disrupt the new car release plans of car companies this year, but judging from the number of new car releases in these two weeks, it is obvious that we are worried. This week, starting with smart genie #1 and ending with saic motor maxus G90, there are nearly 20 models released, listed or announced pre-sale prices, of which 5 new models are listed. And these new models in the new energy accounted for the majority. Of course, in addition to the new car, there are a lot of news anecdotes this week, so today we will review the key news of this week.
◆ New car launch:
Dongfeng Honda e: NS1: Is this sure it is not an X-RV oil to power?
For this car Honda still adopts a two-car strategy, Dongfeng Honda named it e:NS1, while Guangqi Honda named it Jipan 1, but Guangqi Honda Jipan 1 will not be officially launched until May. E: NS1 is also an important model in Dongfeng Honda's electrification strategy, although it was born on the Honda e:N Architecture F pure electric platform, but from the appearance point of view, it is indeed too similar to the new X-RV that has been released overseas, so e:NS1 is easily mistaken for a new X-RV oil-to-electric model.
Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo/Taycan GTS: A new member of the Porsche Taycan family
Originally planned, Porsche was going to pre-sell the Taycan Cross Turismo and Taycan GTS during this year's Beijing Auto Show, but this time it directly surprised us. Although both cars are new members of the Taycan family, the styles are completely different, the Taycan Cross Turismo, as the name suggests, is a more outdoor-oriented crossover model, while the Taycan GTS is more inclined to road driving. Porsche has also previously announced that by 2025, the sales of electric models will account for half of Porsche's overall sales, and by 2030, the proportion of pure electric models in new cars is planned to reach more than 80%, and Porsche even plans to convert the next generation of 718 sports cars and Macans to pure electric models. So it seems that the Taycan Cross Turismo and Taycan GTS are just the beginning, and porsche will launch more pure electric models in the future.
◆ New car pre-sale:
Toyota bZ4X: Thousands of calls to start coming out
Toyota bZ4X has long been listed overseas, as the first model of Toyota e-TNGA architecture pure electric platform, finally officially introduced into the country this week and released the pre-sale price, this car also continues Toyota's two-car strategy, respectively, by FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota to put into production and sales, they are not only the appearance and interior design changes are minimal, even the pre-sale price is the same, are 22-30 million yuan, even the name has not been changed, all called bZ4X. In terms of battery life, Toyota bZ4X has a maximum endurance of 615km (CLTC working conditions), and the configuration is also relatively rich.
Smart Genie #1: German design made in China
Mercedes-Benz and Geely cooperation smart from last year's release of the concept car began to satisfy people's appetite, this by Mercedes-Benz design, using Geely's vast platform smart genie #1, in the early morning of April 8, after the German debut, only half a month in the country debut and opened pre-sale, 19-23 million yuan pre-sale after the release we discussed whether the price is high or not, and finally got a conclusion: if this car is sold in Mercedes-Benz's store, then the price is not high at all.
Skyworth HT-i: Chuangwei Auto is a familiar and unfamiliar brand
In fact, Skyworth Automobile and skyworth, which makes home appliances, do not belong to the same group, but they are the same founder. Skyworth Automobile currently has only one pure electric model called EV6 on sale, and the Skyworth HT-i launched this time is a new plug-in hybrid model, and it uses BYD DM-i system, and the battery is provided by Fu Neng. From the hardware point of view, Skyworth HT-i can already compete with mainstream manufacturers, and the price of 149,800-19.98 million yuan is not high, but brand recognition is still the biggest factor affecting its sales.
Dongfeng Fengxing Yacht: Shifting from the commercial market to the domestic market
Fengxing Yacht is the latest household 7-seater MPV model of Dongfeng Fengxing brand, and previously Dongfeng Fengxing's MPV models were mainly biased towards the commercial market, such as Fengxing M7 and Lingzhi PLUS. At a time when various manufacturers are launching MPV models, Dongfeng Fengxing is also entering the household market in a timely manner. The popular yacht does give people a refreshing feeling, the styling design is very eye-catching, the interior space is also relatively changeable, and the pre-sale price of 12.19-15.49 million yuan is also more competitive.
◆ Debut:
GAC Trumpchi EMKOO Shadow Cool: Mecha style SUV
EMKOO Yingku is based on gac Trumpchi EMKOO concept car to create, the concept car debuted in November 2021 guangzhou auto show, less than half a year after the official version has been released, and will be completed within this year to complete the mass production and listing, EMKOO yingku has also become the fastest mass production model of the concept car. Emkoo Shadow Cool shape is a very strong mecha style model, a good restoration of the design concept of the concept car, providing three sets of power, the most important is to use Toyota THS hybrid system, after the listing is expected to have a good market reaction.
AMG C 43: Four cylinders are still enough for AMG
The new generation of AMG C 43 was officially released overseas, the biggest difference between the new model and the previous generation model is that the power system is changed from 3.0T V6 to 2.0T four-cylinder + 48V light mix, although the number of cylinders is two less, but there is an improvement in power, the new model's 408 horsepower is 18 horsepower higher than the old model, and the acceleration time of the sedan version is also reduced by 0.1 seconds to 4.6 seconds. Once we also joked that "young and strong do not work hard, a lifetime of 2.0T", now it seems that in the future, even 2.0T may already be considered a large displacement.
◆ Other news:
Musk: Turn on the buy-buy-buy mode?
On Monday (April 25), Twitter's board of directors agreed to sell Twitter to Elon Musk for $54.20 per share for a deal worth about $44 billion (about 288.6 billion yuan). Just a few days after Musk reached a final agreement with Twitter's board, Musk announced on Twitter that he was preparing to buy Coca-Cola and said that he would add cocaine back in. It was followed by a tweet that had previously said it was going to buy McDonald's. Although Musk is more suspicious of acquiring McDonald's and Coca-Cola, musk is indeed a strong one in terms of the ability to create topics.
True automatic driving: Beijing takes the lead in allowing automatic driving "main driver unmanned"
In recent years, autonomous vehicles have been tested in many places in Beijing, and even tried to carry passengers, but the main driver will always be equipped with safety officers. However, on April 28, Beijing issued a notice of unmanned manned demonstration application, which means that the "unmanned behind the steering wheel" autonomous driving service is opened for the first time in China's megacities. The first batch of 14 "unmanned" vehicles will be invested in demonstration applications. Compared with previously operated self-driving cars, the safety officers equipped with these vehicles have been removed from the main driver's seat to the passenger seat. Don't be surprised if you see a driverless car on your way to Beijing, this is probably the first "true driverless" vehicle.
Summary: This week still continues the rhythm of more new cars last week, and there is not much other news, Musk continues to talk, and Beijing opens a new stage of driverless testing. During the May Day holiday, car companies should have new cars to release, so there will be relatively few new cars next week, and only Lantu Dreamers are known to be listed next weekend.
Highlights review:
Toyota bZ4X official pre-sale opens a new era of electric vehicles
Test Dongfeng Honda e:NS1 without gasoline Driving fun is still there
Another blockbuster booking? GAC Trumpchi shadow cool real shooting analysis