It has to be said that with the joint efforts of major independent car companies, not only domestic cars have now fully surpassed the level of foreign brands in terms of sales and influence, but also met the full coverage of off-road, sports performance and high-end luxury models. However, when the glitz and glitz dissipate, we can't help but reflect on the original intention of the birth of the car, whether in the era of internal combustion engines or in the current era of electrification, isn't it to make home travel more convenient? Of course, in the field of off-road, sports performance and luxury models to interpret their own strong new energy research and development technology of domestic car companies, it is obvious that it is not easy to give up the family car market, the traditional market "cake".
No, the recent best-selling models from traditional car companies to domestic new power brands show that the family car field will still be a popular existence in the domestic auto market. Even Leapmotor, which has always adhered to the people-friendly route and has been given the name of "price butcher" by the outside world, has also focused on the next competition in the field of family SUV models. As a result, the new Leap C10 was born. The most important thing is that when the Leap C10 was born, it was praised by many consumers as "the first choice for 150,000-level family SUVs"! So, can Leap C10 really bear the name of "the first choice for 150,000-level family SUVs"? Today, let's let us discuss this product in detail.
As an SUV that focuses on the home market, the first thing that has to be said is naturally the passenger performance. As a mid-size SUV positioning product, the Leapmotor C10 will have a body measurement of 4739/1900/1680mm. It is true that compared with the more typical representative of the same type of market, BYD Song PLUS (length, width and height are 4775/1890/1670mm), it is indeed slightly inferior to Leap C10 in length, but as Leap 3.0The product of the latest generation of technical architecture, but it has a wheelbase performance of 2825mm compared to Song PLUS (2765mm); Of course, Leap C10 can achieve a "room rate" of 66.8%, which is basically enough to show this.
In addition, the front seats of Leapmotor C10 can be flattened up to 170°, and the rear seat cushion has a length of 514mm, coupled with the baby-biting environmentally friendly silicone seat fabric used in the car seats, as well as the parent-child storage platform designed by the rear center armrest, which can provide intimate processing such as the "baby dining table" for the placement of large-mouth cup holders, suction cup bowls and other items, which can realize the needs of more car use scenarios, which will undoubtedly further fit the positioning attributes of its family SUV. The most important thing is that the high-end intelligent driving assistance system composed of 30 assisted driving hardware and NVIDIA Orin X chips is equipped with 30 auxiliary driving hardware and NVIDIA Orin X chips, which not only supports urban/high-speed NAP piloting, but can also be extended to L3 intelligent driving capabilities through OTA upgrades, combined with the Sino-European double five-star safety design standards, and reaches the industry's strongest 2000Mpa high-strength steel body structure, so that even if it needs to undertake the task of traveling for a young family, it can also cope with it with ease in terms of safety.
Moreover, as a new energy SUV, especially an SUV under a new domestic car-making brand, Leapmotor C10 must be equipped with intelligence. Although its starting model only uses the 8155 chip, it is still a relatively mainstream car machine chip on the market, which makes it relatively good in terms of the smoothness of the car machine operation. In addition, the high-end model of Leapmotor C10 has given the intelligent cockpit of the four-leaf clover central integrated electronic and electrical architecture blessed by the 5nm process Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip, which makes its AI system computing power reach 30TOPS, and has the ability to update OTA in seconds. Regardless of anything else, just say that it is equipped with a new generation of 8295 chips, looking at the current market at the same price and level, it is already a leading industry.
In terms of power and range, the Leapmotor C10 will be available in an extended range version and a pure electric version. Among them, the extended range version is slightly different from the BYD Song PLUS DM-i plug-in hybrid version, although it is slightly different in terms of structure, but it is essentially a power system born to increase the cruising range. The Leapmotor C10 extended range version will use a 1.5L engine as a range extender, and is matched with a 28.4kWh battery pack and a 50L fuel tank, so that it has a CLTC comprehensive range of 1190km and a CLTC pure electric range of 210km, and a fuel consumption of 5.1L per 100km. After all, the current Song PLUS DM-i only has a pure electric range of 116km, and the lowest fuel consumption per 100km may be 5.3L.
Compared with the extended range version, which is suitable for long-distance travel needs and does not have range anxiety problems, its pure electric version is more in line with the needs of urban transportation. Although the pure electric version of Leapmotor C10 does not provide a four-wheel drive dual-motor version, the maximum output power of a single motor of 170kW is enough for users to meet daily household needs while experiencing the thrill of acceleration. In addition, even if the CLTC pure electric range of 410km for both the entry-level and the 530km of the high-end model is a little inferior to the 520km and 605km CLTC pure electric range of the pure electric EV version of the Song PLUS, it is enough for urban commuting needs.
The last thing to talk about is the price level. It is true that BYD's people-friendly route and its own halo of "domestic new energy leading brand" have made it easier to set off another wave of "price war" for domestic new energy models, and the price of its products has indeed become more attractive, and the guide price range of 129,800-209,800 yuan for BYD Song PLUS current models is also the same. It's just that the title of "price butcher" given by the outside world at the beginning of Leap is also worthy of its name. After all, the guide price range of the current model of Leapmotor C10 is only between 128,800-168,800 yuan. Compared with BYD Song PLUS, Leap C10 has obvious advantages from the entry threshold to the price of the top model.
To sum up, Leapmotor C10 can fully cater to its family SUV settings in terms of passenger space, comfort, safety, intelligent attributes, power and endurance, while allowing its own price to further play the brand's "price butcher" characteristics; in this way, it seems that it is difficult not to associate it with the name of "the first choice for 150,000-level family SUVs", right?