On April 18, this morning, Geely Automobile's Galaxy brand released a teaser image of a new model, which will be a full-size SUV, and the brand said it will be officially unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show, which means that the car will be officially unveiled as soon as next week. The new model is based on a new intelligent architecture, using a new design concept, and is expected to apply the latest generation of the three-electric system developed by Geely Automobile, and the author believes that the car may be named the Galaxy L9.
Galaxy L9 once released a teaser picture, and the following is the latest teaser picture.
The first point of view when I saw this picture was "netizens spoofed P picture", because its side is too similar to the M9, especially the rounded lines, as well as the proportion of the cockpit and the engine compartment;
What is "full size"
The size classification of ordinary passenger cars is distinguished by letters, specifically:
- A00, miniature
- A0, small
- A, Compact
- B, medium-sized
- C, medium to large
- D, large
Larger dimensions than the D-segment are referred to as full-size.
There are few options for large cars and they are generally high-end models, with the more well-known large cars such as the BYD U8 and Hongqi LS7, and the non-extended versions of the GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator among overseas brands are all large cars. Its body size is generally about 5300-5400*2000*1900 mm, and the wheelbase is around 3200 mm.
The length of the full-size model should be about 5500 mm, the width and height are generally not too different, and the wheelbase will be on the standard line of 3300-3400 mm, so the Geely Galaxy full-size SUV must be a big one, but judging from the side teaser picture, the length of the body should only be around 5300 mm, and the description of the full size may be exaggerated.
The highlight of the new model is the hidden door handles
If you look at the position of the B-pillar in the teaser image of the new car, you will find that the vehicle does not have ordinary door handles, so of course the hidden door handles will be used, but the most interesting thing is that the decorative lights similar to the door handles are close to the B-pillar.
Therefore, the door of this car should be a door-to-door door, which is the "carriage door" commonly used by brands such as Rolls-Royce.
The door used in the high-end model is casement, and the door used in the MPV model is more special, and the rear side door is a side sliding door; theoretically, the side sliding door is more practical, because it has a large opening and almost does not occupy the side space, but the SUV model is generally not used. The new model of Geely Galaxy is also expected to use ordinary side-type swing doors, which also shows the high-end positioning of this car.
New Model Positioning Forecast:
Geely Galaxy brand is not a high-end new energy vehicle brand, the Galaxy L6 sedan it creates is just a general mainstream car, the positioning of Galaxy L7 is equivalent to L6, and only Galaxy E8 belongs to the mid-range car in the production car, and its price covers the range of 16-230,000 yuan. It is somewhat incomprehensible for such a brand to suddenly create a full-size SUV, because the larger the size of the passenger car, the higher the price, and there is no option for a full-size SUV below the million level, so this car may not be a concept car that will not be mass-produced, on the contrary, if it is to be mass-produced, it is possible to cancel the design of the door, and the size is only an ordinary large car rather than a full-size.
Then its vehicle positioning is relatively clear, its current stage of the highest sales of large SUV ideal L9 and question M9, the most likely is to reduce the dimension of the strike; the car is likely to start at about 300,000, with the advantage of size and the price of the large car to start a market share battle.
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