The power and size are not inferior to the Corolla, and the price is less than 90,000 yuan.

In 2013, BYD launched Qin DM, which was priced as high as 200,000 yuan at that time, which also made plug-in hybrid cars irrelevant to the three words cost performance. At the moment, 10 years later, less than 90,000 yuan can already buy a plug-in hybrid car, such as the BYD Qin PLUS DM-i from 89,800 yuan, and the Wuling Starlight from 88,800 yuan.

The big coffee also compared these two people-friendly plug-in hybrid family sedans to see what advantages these two cars have and which groups of people are suitable for in the price of less than 90,000 yuan.

The design is all technological

In terms of design, neither the Qin PLUS DM-i nor the Wuling Starlight adopt a design language that is too aggressive. Among them, BYD adopts the "Dragon Face" design language, the body adopts relatively smooth lines, and the tail is a through-type taillight style, with a hidden exhaust layout below, and the overall bias is young and fashionable.

The design of Wuling Starlight is also different from Wuling's past models, with a wide-body shape on the front face, with star ring daytime running lights and a large-size grille, the sense of design is still relatively strong. On the side, it has a fastback shape, which looks more sporty. The rear through-light strip also has a sharp angle design, which is highly recognizable.

In terms of interior, the design style of the two cars is also relatively similar, and both use a practical combination of large screen + physical buttons. Among them, Qin PLUS uses an 8.1-inch LCD instrument panel + 10.1/12.8-inch central control screen, with DLink4.0 system, thanks to the huge group of car owners, Qin PLUS has also developed a lot of applications, and the playability is still very good.

The central control layout of Wuling Starlight is basically the same as that of Qin PLUS DM-i, and the center console has a floating full LCD instrument panel and a large-size floating central control touch screen. The low configuration is a 10.1-inch central control screen, while the high configuration is a 15.6-inch central control screen.

There is not much difference between the three electric parts

In the past, people liked to use "buy an engine and send a car" to describe the excellent performance of Honda's engine, and the Qin PLUS DM-i can now also be called "buy a hybrid system and send a car", and the people who buy it are basically coming for the DM-i system.

The Qin PLUS DM-i is equipped with a 1.5-liter high-efficiency engine dedicated to the Snapcloud-plug-in hybrid, with a thermal efficiency of up to 43%, and is also equipped with an EHS electric hybrid system and an E-CVT transmission. With the blessing of this system, it can break 100 in 7.3 seconds.

Wuling Xingguang uses a newly developed 1.5-liter engine equipped with an electromagnetic single-speed DHT with a maximum thermal efficiency of 43.2%. In terms of 000 acceleration, it is 7.9 seconds, and the dynamic performance of both cars is above the passing line.

Consumers are more concerned about the range and energy consumption, and the pure electric range of the Qin PLUS DM-i is 55km and 120km. The official fuel consumption is 4.6L/100km, but as a popular model, the Bear has a large number of owners' power consumption data, and the result is 4.82 L/100km, which is still quite good.

The CTLC pure electric range of Wuling Starlight is 70 and 150km respectively, and what is even more eye-catching is that Wuling Starlight's fuel consumption of 3.98L (WLTC) per 100 kilometers is even better than that of Qin PLUS, with a comprehensive maximum range of up to 1100km. However, this is only paper data, and we are looking forward to the fuel consumption performance of car owners in the future.

In terms of battery brands, Qin PLUS DM-i uses Fodi blade batteries, which have been used by many brands such as Kia, Toyota, and Venucia, and the reputation is still very stable.

Wuling uses the battery of the Ruipu Saike brand, as a company that was established only last year, and only Wuling is currently using this brand of battery. However, Wuling also calls it a magic battery, which is said to have high safety performance.

At present, the Qin PLUS DM-i three-electric system is a lifetime warranty for the first non-operating owner, while the Wuling Xingguang three-electric system is an eight-year or 150,000 km warranty. Since Starlight is the first model to be equipped with this system in Wuling, there is no reference sample, and if you are concerned about reliability, it is not recommended to buy a new car at the first time.

The Wuling Starlight level has an advantage

Wuling Motors has always had a high status in the minds of the Chinese people, mainly because its price is close enough to the people and cost-effective enough. And Wuling Starlight has also inherited this tradition and achieved "cheap portions".

In terms of size, the Wuling Starlight has a length, width and height of 4835/1860/1515mm and a wheelbase of 2800mm. The length, width and height of Qin PLUS DM-i are 4765/1837/1495mm, and the wheelbase is 2718mm.

In terms of price, the guide price of Wuling Starlight is 88,800 yuan, while the price of Qin PLUS DM-i has also dropped to 8.98 after a discount of 10,000 yuan, and the two cars are in the same price range.

At present, the Qin PLUS DM-I's lowest configuration of 55KM leading type is the most popular configuration in the whole series, and we also focus on comparing the low-end versions of the two cars.

In contrast, the configuration of the two cars has its own advantages and defeats, in terms of key configurations, Qin PLUS DM-i is equipped with 6 airbags as standard, which is more than Wuling Starlight with front and rear head airbags, and the problem of airbag shrinkage is also a common problem of Wuling models.

However, Wuling Xingguang also has a unique advantage, that is, it is equipped with a rear multi-link independent suspension, which is more advanced than the rear torsion beam suspension of Qin PLUS DM-I.

In terms of other configurations, Wuling Xingguang has more tire pressure display, steep hill descent, induction wipers, turn assist lights, electric adjustment for the main driver, and electric folding of rearview mirrors. The Qin PLUS DM-I has an NFC key, PM2.5 filter device, and 6-speaker speakers.

The big coffee summarizes

In contrast, Wuling Starlight does have more advantages in terms of cost performance, not only in size, but also slightly higher in configuration. However, Qin PLUS DM-I currently has a better reputation and popularity, and the brand influence is also greater, if you want to pursue stability, you can choose Qin PLUS DM-I.

As for the Wuling Starlight, the big coffee believes that its most advantageous configuration is the 170km endurance version. Compared with the Qin PLUS DM-I 120km leading version, Wuling Starlight not only has a longer pure electric battery life, but also has a price of 10,000 yuan cheaper, which is more cost-effective.