In the pure electric small SUV market, there are not too many "square box" products, and only Baojun Yue and Yue Plus seem to be countable, but recently, iCAR V23 ushered in its debut, the car is also positioned as a pure electric small SUV, and the official said that its cruising range can reach 500 kilometers, if this is the case, then the car is still very competitive in the pure electric small SUV market.
At present, there is no news about the price of iCAR V23, and its direct competitor Baojun Yue Plus has not offered a price, but Baojun Yue has also been on the market for a long time, referring to the price of Baojun Yue is also 79,800-89,800 yuan, and the starting price of iCAR V23 should be around 100,000 yuan. The positioning of iCAR V23 is lower than that of iCAR 03 (priced at 109,800-169,800 yuan), so the price of iCAR V23 should be lower than iCAR 03.
iCAR V23 is the first model jointly created by Chery and Zhimi Technology, and Zhimi is a Xiaomi ecological chain enterprise, taking iCAR V23 as an example, product definition, styling design, engineering pre-research, and innovative marketing are all responsible for the Zhimi Technology team, while development, manufacturing, sales, delivery, service, etc. are responsible for Chery iCAR, which is also a win-win situation.
From the point of view of appearance, iCAR V23 follows the common "square box" shape of today's hard-core SUVs, and the details are also made of thick bumpers, plus round lights, raised cabin covers and widened wheel eyebrows, visually giving people a hard-line, retro feeling, and even a bit of BAIC 212 feeling, but compared with BAIC 212, iCAR V23's sense of science and technology is much stronger. It is worth mentioning that the iCAR V23 uses a new brand identity and also uses millimeter-wave radar, which is expected to provide corresponding driver assistance functions.
The sides of the car are very compact, but at the same time, the iCAR V23 is equipped with all the things you need, such as roof racks, hidden door handles, side steps, etc. In terms of dimensions, the length, width and height of the iCAR V23 are 4220/1915/1845 mm, and the wheelbase is 2730 mm, although the car length is inferior, the wheelbase of 2730 mm is even longer than the 2715 mm of the iCAR 03.
In addition, in terms of off-road parameters, the iCAR V23 has an approach angle of 42/43 degrees, a departure angle of 40/41 degrees, and a minimum ground clearance of 206/212 mm (front two-wheel drive version, rear four-wheel drive version), and provides 19-inch and 21-inch aluminum alloy wheels respectively. The rear part of the car is also square shape, and the rear of the car has a small school bag, but the shape of the small school bag is not large, if it can be larger, it will obviously be better, but this will inevitably affect the license plate frame on the left.
At present, iCAR V23 has not announced a specific interior, and it is expected to continue the interior design style of iCAR 03, using a large-size central control screen and an embedded full LCD instrument panel, but the car machine chip should be Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155, but this is more than enough for the 100,000-level entry-level small SUV. On the other hand, the iCAR V23 is a standard five-door model, and like the Baojun Yue Plus, it is relatively easy to get in and out of the second row.
In terms of power, the iCAR V23 is based on a new platform architecture, offering single-motor rear-wheel drive and dual-motor four-wheel drive versions, of which the rear-drive single-motor version will have a range of more than 400 kilometers, and the four-wheel drive version will have a range of 500 kilometers, as for other data has not been announced. However, there is one thing to say, in today's small SUV market with a price of about 100,000 yuan, it is indeed relatively rare to have a four-wheel drive system, and the market is still short of such a car to make up for the vacancy.
Editor's Comments:
In contrast, although the subdivision positioning of iCAR V23 is lower than that of iCAR 03, iCAR V23 has the blessing of smart meter technology, and it is expected to have better performance in terms of human-computer interaction capabilities, coupled with the car's more entry-level positioning, I believe that if the price is right, it may have a good performance in the small pure electric SUV market, and we can wait for iCAR V23 to be seen after it is launched.