Text: Understand the original Chen Xuming
The picture shows the color matching of Geely Binyue COOL "Chameleon"
Following the announcement of the opening of pre-sale, Geely Automobile recently announced that Binyue COOL will be officially listed on August 9, launching three models: hot engine version, radical version and BATTLE version, with a pre-price of 99,800, 109,800 yuan and 119,800 yuan respectively. The new car will be equipped with a 1.5TD four-cylinder engine, and the vehicle's comprehensive fuel consumption will be 5.8 liters per 100 kilometers under NEDC conditions. For reference, the guidance price of the old Geely Binyue 1.5TD model is also 99,800-11.98 million yuan, and the price range has not changed after the update to a four-cylinder engine.
The front of the car adopts a large area of black grille, and the LED headlight group is more sharp
In terms of appearance, Geely Binyue COOL adopts a large-area black mesh grille that has been used by Boyue X and Emgrand L, and the overall front of the car is X-shaped, and the grille position also has a conspicuous red "S" logo to emphasize its sporty identity. The new car also has red trim strips in the front grille, front lip, and rear diffuser positions. The headlight group light cavity has been narrowed, and the LED daytime running lights have shown a three-stage type, moving closer to The Geely Xingrui.
The blackened-style C-pillar and large tail spoiler create a sense of sport
The tail adopts a more aggressive lower diffuser style, and continues to carry a bilateral four-out exhaust shape
In the rear part of the car, Geely Binyue COOL will use through-LED taillights, which are more slender visually, while decorative parts similar to deflectors have been added under the taillights, visually enhancing the sense of movement. In the details, the large overhead spoiler and the bilateral four-out exhaust are continued in the old models, highlighting their sporty style.
In terms of configuration, the medium and high-end models will be equipped with racing sports big tails, independent daytime running lights, panoramic sunroofs, energy matrix LED headlights, and through-channel rhythm LED taillights.
The interior changes are also noticeable, with new dual screens and small gear levers
In terms of interior, Geely Binyue COOL will adjust the central control layout, equipped with a 10.25-inch LCD instrument cluster + 12.3-inch central control display, and a row of physical shortcut buttons under the air conditioner outlet, the overall style is similar to the Geely Star-Etsu L.
The LCD dashboard display is more functional
Equipped with a 12.3-inch central touch display
The interior of the new car is available in two colour schemes, including gray-black and red-black contrast styles, and the sports seats are suede (exclusive to the top), support remote heating control, FACE ID seat memory, and better back, cushion side support, etc.
Comes with suede-spliced sports seats
Vehicles come standard with rear air-conditioning outlets
The storage compartment in front of the gear handle has a wireless charging panel
At the same time, the new car has also been replaced with a more compact gear lever, and the cup holder and storage space are parallel to the stop bar area. The front of the gear is also set up with a mobile phone wireless charging compartment (exclusive to the top), which supports Qi charging protocol, multi-person sharing, foreign object monitoring and other functions, and the maximum charging power is 15 watts. The car is equipped with mood lights throughout the centre console and door panels, with open welcome and breathing modes that move with driving mode, speed and music.
New style of electronic gear with Battle logo
Geely's new 1.5TD four-cylinder turbocharged engine
Engine changes are the most interesting, according to the official information of Geely Automobile, Geely Binyue COOL is equipped with a new "Jinqing" 1.5TD four-cylinder turbocharged engine (code name BHE15-EFZ), the maximum power is 133 kilowatts, the peak torque is 290 Nm, compared to the old Geely Binyue equipped with 1.5TD three-cylinder engine, the maximum power increase is 3 kilowatts, the peak torque is increased by 35 N· meters, even if the change of power parameters is not considered, the three-cylinder four-cylinder alone can attract many potential users "Change of heart". Its transmission system is matched with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, the acceleration time of the vehicle from 0-100 km / h is 7.6 seconds, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of 100 km under NEDC conditions is 5.8 liters. (The above data is from Geely Automobile)
New car background, competitive product analysis:
In the past year, the domestic small SUV sales list
Changan CS35 PLUS
Chery Tiggo 5x
Geely Binyue was first launched in 2018, positioning itself as a small SUV, and the Binyue COOL launched this time has been upgraded in terms of styling design and powertrain. According to the sales data of the Zhichedi App, Geely Binyue has sold more than 87,000 units in the past year, ranking in the top three in sales of small SUVs and the champion of small SUV sales of Chinese brands. Models close to the price range include Changan CS35 PLUS (about 70,000-110,000 yuan), Chery Tiggo 5x (about 7-102,000 yuan) and other self-owned brand models, and models with some price overlap with Binyue include Dongfeng Nissan Jinke, Skoda Komic, Beijing Hyundai ix25 and other joint venture brand models.