It is expected to sell for more than 200,000 yuan, seals may be more expensive than Changan C385, who should be chosen?

In today's domestic new energy market, BYD has repeatedly let everyone see its strength with monthly sales of 100,000+. In addition to the DM-i plug-and-mix technology, its pure tram is also very popular, like the new Han EV and the seals that have not yet been listed have a high degree of attention. After all, it is aimed at the young sports market, coupled with the fact that pure trams have a strong power performance, which attracts many young consumers. However, in fact, in addition to BYD, the first model code-named C385 of the Deep Blue brand released by Changan also adopts a sporty style, which is also the "dish" of many young consumers. Even to a certain extent, the price points of these two models may have some overlapping ranges in the future. So who is more attractive for pure electric models at the same price?

Looks good, like the electric UNI-V and the little Taycan?

The creation of the appearance has always been a good play of Changan Automobile, Changan Deep Blue C385 adopts a similar design concept to UNI-V, which is a low front with an angular front face, but the C385 hood forms a bulge on both sides, and the visual effect is more prominent, obviously coming towards young people. With a body length of 4820mm, it has a slip-on shape and 19-inch low wind resistance rim, which looks like a coupe. At the same time, officials said it would be equipped with frameless doors, hidden door handles and panoramic sky curtains. It can be seen that most of the elements that young people love, this Changan C385 has not fallen. Coming to the rear, in addition to the more conventional through taillights on the new energy body, what comes into view is the distinctive lower surround shape, which is indeed more recognizable than seals.

The seal has also made great progress in design, the overall style is almost free from the shadow of the "Dynasty" series, and the new front face shape with a swooping posture is full of sport. Because the effect of the bulge is also formed near the headlights, it looks a bit like the déjà vu of the Porsche Taycan. The body design and Changan C385 are similar, both are slippery back shapes, hidden door handles and through taillights, which can be regarded as catering to the current trend of the new energy market.

Like the SEAL, the Changan C385 is also positioned as a medium-sized car, its body size is 4820/1890/1480mm, the wheelbase is 2900mm, or more in line with its own positioning, even as a home rear space is not expected to be bad. This size is also very close to BYD's seals, like the length, width and height of seals are 4800/1875/1460mm, and the wheelbase is 2920mm, which can be seen that the size gap between the two is very small. Since the price of the Changan deep blue brand is 150,000-300,000 yuan, the price of C385 will naturally reach about 200,000 yuan under the current size.

Is the C385 interior "cleaner" than a seal?

In the interior part, Changan C385 adopts a minimalist central control large screen with a full LCD instrument, and there are almost no physical buttons in sight, and the air conditioning blower is also designed to be more hidden. At the same time, in front of the co-pilot, there are also atmosphere lights like the starry sky, and the visual sense is still not bad. At present, most new energy vehicles use a similar design style, so it always gives people a familiar feeling, and there is not much surprise. At the same time, this 14.6-inch central control screen can also be intelligently steered, which is a bit similar to BYD's rotatable center control. Speaking of which, the interior part of the seal also continues the marine wind design of the rotatable central control large screen + a large number of curves, but the use of crystal gear handles and checkered seats makes its texture even better. In general, they are more "conventional" in the interior part, or they can meet the aesthetics of most consumers.

(The picture shows the interior of Changan C385)

(Pictured is BYD Seal interior)

The difference may be that the smart cockpit of the Changan C385 is equipped with a Qualcomm 8155 chip, and in addition to the system can be upgraded by OTA, the vehicle will also support the OTA upgrade of the whole vehicle. According to the information released by the official, the C385 is also equipped with 27 sensing components, and it is said that the L3+ assisted driving level can be achieved in the future, of course, the specific measured performance will wait until after the listing. The SEAL intelligent driving assistance can only be used as a reference for the new Han EV, which is equipped with the DiPilot driver assistance system that claims to be able to reach the level of L2+ assisted driving, and the functions such as high-speed road driving assistance and emergency lane keeping assistance are also relatively complete. However, according to the actual test experience, there is still a partial gap between it and Tesla, which uses automatic driving as the selling point. However, it is said that SEAL will cooperate with Baidu in the future to introduce Baidu's autonomous driving technology, and the specific gap between it and C385 can only be experienced later. With the blessing of Changan C385's many perception hardware and Qualcomm's 8155 chip, the level of intelligence is up, but it also indicates that the cost will also go up to a higher level. Like the "new forces" have a similar level of intelligence has xiaopeng P5, the larger size of the Changan C385 price will be significantly higher than it.

All have a 700km endurance, and it is the "lower limit" that determines the sales?

At present, the power information of the SEAL has been disclosed almost, according to the information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the SEAL has a total of three endurance versions of the model, the standard endurance model is equipped with a rear single motor of 150kW, the maximum working range is 550km; the maximum power of the long-endurance version of the rear motor is 230kW, the maximum working range is 700km; the total power of the motor before and after the top four-wheel drive version is 390kW, and the maximum working mileage is 650km, 0-100km/ h Acceleration takes only 3.8 seconds. In order to solve the problem of winter endurance reduction and mileage anxiety, BYD's solution is a heat pump system and boost fast charging technology to enhance the consumer experience. Combined with the performance of the current new Han EV, under the basis of a battery life of 715km, its starting price is 269,800 yuan. Therefore, the price of the seal long-endurance version positioned at a lower level is also about 250,000 yuan, and so on, and the price of its 550km model is about 210,000 yuan.

As for the power of Changan C385, there are three kinds of pure electricity, extender and hydrogen energy, the types are more complex, here we only take the pure electric version to compare. According to the information released by the previous official release, the Changan C385 pure electric version of the long-endurance model will adopt a single-motor rear-drive layout, the maximum power is 190kW, which can provide a cruising range of more than 700km (CLTC working conditions), and the official measured 0-100km/h acceleration is only 5.9 seconds. Of course, it may also provide a cruising range of about 500km as an entry model, and a dual-motor four-wheel drive version as the top. It can be seen that in terms of endurance, at least in terms of parameters, it is not much worse than seals. At the same time, it also has a similar electric drive high-frequency pulse heating technology to enhance the winter experience of electric vehicles. Combined with the cost it consumes in terms of intelligence, the price of the entry-level model may not be less than 200,000 yuan. In order to strive for a larger living space, perhaps the starting price can be about 10,000-20,000 yuan lower than that of seals.

summary

Through comparison, we can see that the Changan C385 is not much worse than the seal in terms of appearance, size and endurance, but the threshold may be lower or can bring it some price advantages. In the pure electric B-class car market, whether it is Tesla Model 3 or Xiaopeng P7, it has a very good performance. The addition of traditional car companies such as BYD and Changan Deep Blue undoubtedly injects more fresh blood into this market segment. As for who will win more market recognition in the future, and whether it can have an impact on the sales of Tesla Model 3, it will wait until it is officially listed.