The showdown between Chery and Haval in the square box (light off-road) SUV camp has achieved preliminary results, and the retail sales data of automobiles in March 2024 can be described as full of highlights.
First of all, it should be noted that the sales of the square box models in this period have achieved month-on-month growth, but the growth rate of the Haval Raptors is relatively small, with retail sales of 2,091 units, an increase of only 88 units month-on-month from the previous month. On the contrary, the growth trend of Chery brand's square box model is more exaggerated, taking the recently launched pure electric model Chery iCAR 03 as a reference, the car's retail sales in March were 3,602 units, an increase of much larger.
However, the real competitor of the Haval Raptor is the Chery Jet Tourer, so what about the results of this car?
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The retail sales of the Jet Voyager in the same period were 9,219 units, an increase of 4,245 units month-on-month, and only the increase has more than doubled the sales of the Haval Raptor in the same period, and the overall sales volume is 4.4 times that of the Haval Raptor. However, this result is actually very unexpected, because the price of the Haval Raptor overlaps greatly with the Jet Voyager (fuel version), but the Haval Raptor's plug-in hybrid four-wheel drive platform is much lower than the combined cost of fuel consumption and power consumption of the Jet Voyager with a 2.0T engine.
Theoretically, the sales of the Haval Raptor should be higher, at least it should be on par with the Jet Traveler, on the contrary, the reasons for the contrast are difficult to analyze, and may have something to do with product marketing or vehicle design, and some car enthusiasts think that the Jet Traveler is better in two aspects.
Interpreting the shortcut traveler
There are three series of the car, and it is recommended to choose the four-wheel drive version.
- 1.5T&7DCT, front-wheel drive version, priced at 139,900 and 149,900 yuan
- 2.0T&7DCT, four-wheel drive version, priced at 15.99, 16.99, 17.99, 19.19, 219,900 yuan (including official revision)
- 2.0T&8AT, four-wheel drive version, 174,900, 184,900 yuan
At present, the terminal discount range is about 15,000 yuan, and some regional stores can be three to five thousand yuan higher.
Therefore, the actual starting price of the four-wheel drive version can be as low as 140,000 levels, but the lower-priced series uses a seven-speed wet dual-clutch transmission; However, the Jet Traveler is an SUV rather than an off-road vehicle, and light outdoor road trips are still competent, and can be used as a preference if the off-road ceiling requirements are not high.
On the contrary, if the off-road limit of the vehicle is higher, the 8AT version is a more ideal choice, because the transmission part of the AT transmission is a hydraulic torque converter, which will use non-physical contact hydraulic transmission when creeping at low speeds, and there is no wear. Generally, after the speed exceeds 10km/h or upshift, the rigid transmission will be carried out by the one-way locking clutch, and the fuel consumption at this time will be slightly lower, because the transmission loss is small, and the hydraulic transmission is slightly larger, which is the advantage and disadvantage of the hydraulic torque converter.
There is another important configuration to interpret about the Jet Traveler, which is the "rear axle differential lock", which is standard on all two series of series.
The function of the differential lock is to cancel the automatic transfer function of the differential, and the power needs to go to the differential before transmitting to the rear wheel, and the differential is connected to the transmission half shaft of the rear wheel on both sides; Then when a wheel slips, it will continue to slip, because the slippage is caused by too small rolling resistance, and the vehicle can not get out of trouble at this time; and after having a differential lock and locking, the transfer of the rear wheels on both sides is a fixed ratio of 50:50, regardless of the influence of wheel rolling resistance on the transfer, the vehicle's escape performance will be higher.
This is one of the more attractive configurations of the Jet Traveler, and it is also not equipped with the configuration of the Haval Raptor, the Haval Raptors low-profile version can not be equipped with an optional rear axle differential lock, and the medium and high-end versions can be optional.
That's all for the Jet Traveler, and finally look forward to the Chery Jet Traveler Shanhai T2, which is the plug-in hybrid version of the Jet Traveler.
The pre-sale price of this version is 184,900-216,900 yuan, and the currently confirmed versions are all front-wheel drive! Its price is higher than that of the Haval Raptor, but the Haval Raptors are still four-wheel drive, under the premise that it is also a plug-in hybrid car and similar in style, the pricing of Shanhai T2 is far less than the attitude of the fuel version, and this series is completely unoptimistic.
The author believes that Shanhai T2 should not launch a front-wheel drive version, and should be equipped with hybrid four-wheel drive.
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