The BYD Dolphin Glory Edition is on the market with a price starting at 99,800 yuan

Do you still remember the Qin PLUS and Destroyer 05 Glory Edition a few days ago? These two brothers have caused an uproar in the entire market by relying on their unprecedented and amazing prices, so that the hot spots in the circle in recent days have basically revolved around the prices of other friends to follow up.

On February 23, the Dolphin Glory Edition was officially launched, with a guide price of 99,800-129,800 yuan, which is a significant price reduction compared with the current Dolphin. After this wave of Qin PLUS, what we are curious about is no longer just the price, what we are more curious about is, what is the difference between the Dolphin Glory Edition with this starting price and the current Dolphin?

If the two brothers of Qin PLUS are based on the original champion version, and directly reduce the price without any changes in the configuration, the Dolphin Glory Edition is more ruthless, it not only reduces the price, but also increases the configuration!

The first is the battery life, compared with the current model, the Honor Edition has added a version with a range of 302 km, while the 401 and 420 km range versions of the current model have been retained. The exterior and interior have not changed much from the current model, with the only changes being the addition of two new paints, one red and one gray, and a new style of wheels. The maximum output of the motor also remains unchanged, and it can be said that where it can be seen, there is basically not much difference between the Honor Edition and the Limited Edition. Of course, some configurations of the Honor Edition also add privacy glass in the rear row.

But since it is an "incremental price reduction", we know the price reduction, where is the increment? The rear suspension of the Dolphin Glory Edition has been greatly upgraded, from the non-independent suspension of the current model, directly upgraded to a four-link independent suspension! Everyone must know a fact, in the field of small cars at this price, in order to ensure the rear space, basically the industry "consensus" It is the rear suspension that comes standard with non-independent suspension, which is not only for space considerations, but also for cost considerations, after all, multi-link suspension is indeed much more expensive than a simple non-independent suspension.

But BYD did just that, even if the other configurations basically did not move, but at the same time the price reduction directly upgraded the rear suspension to a four-link suspension, so that this level of small cars can also have a relatively good chassis texture performance, this move has never been seen before in the field of pure electric small cars.

So the reason is very simple, the current Dolphin Glory Edition, not only reduced the price, but also upgraded the independent suspension, these two points are enough to make this car gain a very large market competitive advantage.

Dolphin's competitors are actually fixed,It's nothing more than a few cars like Leap T03,Dolphin Glory Edition will not affect its competitor range after it is listed,And most of the configuration of the Glory Edition has basically not changed,So in this link, what we want to discuss is not what the advantages of this car compared with competing products,But how the competing products plan to follow up in the future。

First of all, at this price, this size of the car on the independent suspension, which is actually a test of the car company's own cost control ability, in order to ensure a certain single car profit margin (after all, this kind of car must be a popular car, is the volume) under the premise of how to not reduce the allocation at the same time on the independent suspension of the high-cost parts, as well as for the independent suspension and additional cost of retuning, which tests the cost control ability of the car company itself in the entire manufacturing end. And this is BYD's strong point, and it is also the most difficult point for its opponents to follow up.

Therefore, it is conceivable that if its opponents want to follow up the pricing of the Dolphin Glory Edition in this field, they will either launch a new car with an elongated body to compete differently, or they will add equipment to the current model (possibly increase the battery capacity, etc.) without reducing the price. But no matter what, the Dolphin Glory Edition is now a product force, and the opponent is really not easy to follow.

BYD's glory version of the model strategy, there is no doubt that it is already one of the biggest kings at the beginning of 2024, but what we can tell you is that BYD's real killer move is still to come, during the Beijing Auto Show, BYD will also release a new generation of volume car series (the news is a new generation of Qin) and a new generation of DM-i plug-in hybrid system, the new generation of DM-i compared with the current system, both in energy consumption and power have a great evolution.

So if the current Qin and Dolphin two glory versions have made many opponents feel cold, this 2024, the shock from BYD is far from over.