According to the data released by the Passenger Association, the retail sales of fuel vehicles in the domestic automobile market in 2022 will be 14.868 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 2.302 million units, and the retail sales of new energy vehicles will be 5.674 million units, a net increase of 2.687 million units year-on-year. It can be felt that the fuel vehicle market has begun to lose users to the new energy vehicle market in large quantities.
For car editors like the author, this trend is reflected in real life, that is, in the past, many friends would ask about fuel vehicles, but now they will ask more about new energy vehicles. For example, not long ago, some friends were entangled in whether to choose Dongfeng Fengxing's newly launched Fengxing Thunder or BYD's Yuan PLUS to buy a pure electric SUV with a budget of 130,000.
Compared with the exterior, Fengxing Thunder is more modern
Whether it is a fuel vehicle or a pure electric vehicle, only high appearance can make consumers willing to understand the product power behind you. The appearance of Fengxing Thunder is quite outstanding, using the family-style front dynamics design language, while adding many new energy exclusive design styles, which perfectly integrates the sense of sportiness, technology and grade. For example, in terms of details, the Wind Thunder adopts the "Thor's Axe" split headlights, the "Mecha Dragon Scale" dot matrix grille, and the through-through taillights and small back shape that echo the front face.
On the other hand, the Meta PLUS, which adopts the Dragon Face 3.0 design language, is only the chrome strip in the center of the closed grille on the front face, and the face shape is decorated by integrated headlights. In terms of evaluating the appearance and beauty of the model, although the subjectivity is very strong, for the innovative products of the new era such as pure electric vehicles, the design with a distinct sense of future and technology seems to be more able to attract the attention and interest of the majority of users.
Interior contrast, Wind Thunder highlights more
In terms of interior, Fengxing Thunder has a design style that is unified with the exterior. First of all, the interior of Fengxing Thunder is covered with a large number of soft materials, and the crystal electronic gear shift is more refined. Secondly, Fengxing Thunder adopts the dual-screen design commonly used by luxury brands, the size of the LCD instrument and the central control LCD screen are 10.25 inches, and the vehicle system also adopts the Tencent HMI2.0 interactive system, including Tencent Map, WeChat, iQuListen and other common apps. The popular FutureLink 4.0 Internet of Vehicles and intelligent voice interaction are outstanding, and users can use voice to realize most daily operations such as food search, listening to songs, and listening to books.
The Yuan PLUS is slightly abstract in design, obviously the product is named according to the ancient Chinese dynasty, but the interior uses a large number of marine elements, which does not echo the appearance and product naming well. As for the DiLink 4.0 intelligent network ecosystem, in fact, in all aspects, there is not much gap compared with FutureLink 4.0, which can meet the daily interaction and service needs of users. So from the perspective of interior design, Fengxing Thunder has higher uniformity than Yuan PLUS.
Compared with the space, the comfort of the wind and thunder is higher
Consumers buy SUVs for more space. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the Fengxing Thunder are 4600/1860/1680mm, and the wheelbase is 2715mm; The length, width and height of the Yuan PLUS are 4455/1875/1615mm, and the wheelbase is 2720mm, and it can be seen that the length and height of the Fengxing Thunder body are ahead of the Yuan PLUS, and the width and wheelbase are slightly inferior.
The advantage of nearly 150mm length means that passengers sit in the back of the Thunder, and there will be more legroom. Of course, the advantage of 65mm height makes headroom also have an advantage, but the perception will not be obvious.
Performance comparison, Fengxing Thunder is comprehensively ahead
The endurance, power and other performance of new energy vehicles are also aspects that users value very much when buying a car. In terms of power system, Fengxing Thunder is equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor with a high power of 150kW and a high torque of 340Nm, which is at the excellent level of models in its class. In comparison, the 150kW and 310Nm·m motor data equipped with the Yuan PLUS is basically the same as that of Fengxing Thunder. But when it comes to actual driving, the performance of Wind Thunder is better. On the one hand, Fengxing Thunder supports three power modes, which can achieve on-call power performance in sports mode. On the other hand, Fengxing Thunder is more calm in chassis tuning, can easily resolve subtle bumps, and can resist impact for larger bumps without obvious rebound.
At the same time, the armor battery equipped with Fengxing Thunder is available in two specifications, the battery capacity of the entry-level model is 57.8kWh, the cruising range under CLTC conditions is 430km, and the battery capacity of the medium and high-end models reaches 85.9kWh, and the cruising range is up to 630km. Although the Yuan PLUS also provides two battery capacity options, the battery capacity is only 49.92kWh and 60.48kWh respectively, and the CLTC range is only 430km and 510km, which is slightly inferior to the Fengxing Thunder.
epilogue
In general, Fengxing Thunder has different degrees of leadership compared to Yuan PLUS in interior and exterior design, space size, intelligent configuration and control endurance. Therefore, for users with a car purchase budget of about 130,000 and intend to buy a pure electric SUV, Fengxing Thunder may be a better choice. Of course, how these two products perform, perhaps you should experience it yourself, so that you can come up with a more intuitive answer.