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"That day, I drove a Porsche to dinner, and when I got out of the car, I heard 'Cut, I thought it was millet', and at that moment my inferiority complex instantly came to my heart. ”
In the past, I didn't have money to buy a domestic car, but now I don't have money to buy a domestic car, and even Porsche owners are starting to feel inferior. Zhou Hongyi even bluntly said after riding the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, "The 8 million Cullinan 7.5 million is the brand I bought, and now the domestic car, any MPV can kill it in seconds." ”
How expensive are domestic cars? A BMW 5 Series can only be exchanged for a domestic car and a chair? Look at how good today's domestic cars are!
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Zhou Hongyi bluntly said on his social account that he wanted to sell Maybach for domestic new energy, and as soon as this matter came out, major car companies took the initiative to send him cars to experience, which also caused heated discussions among netizens. After a test ride of various new energy vehicles, Zhou Hongyi compared them to the traditional luxury brand Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
In his opinion, no matter from the appearance of the Cullinan, whether the doors are electric, luxury car seats, etc., are far inferior to the current three or four hundred thousand domestic car configuration, any domestic MPV can kill it in seconds. He couldn't help but admit frankly: How can this car be so expensive? Among the domestic cars that Zhou Hongyi test-driven, he frankly said that BYD's admiration for the U8 far exceeded his expectations.
According to the 2023 financial report, BYD's annual profit is 30.041 billion, which means a net profit of more than 80 million per day. The related gross profit margin has also surpassed Tesla and Ideal, becoming one of the most successful new energy vehicle companies among various forces. Not only that, BYD's current supply of new energy batteries ranks among the top in the world, and its installed capacity in 2023 is second only to CATL.
There is no doubt that the BYD brand has two major brands, Yangwang and Denza, and the million-dollar luxury car Yangwang U8 has exceeded 5,000 units in sales in 132 days. The core technology of the nuclear brand that looks up is "Yi Sifang", which is called by Wang Chuanfu as a pinnacle of black technology, with the ability to turn around on the spot in a tank. However, Wang Chuanfu never expected that his products would become the new favorite of weddings because of the "tank U-turn".
In many places, compared with the popular "BBA" door in the past, BYD looks up to U8 and has gradually become the "standard configuration of wealthy families". Not because of its shape and million-dollar price, but because of a seemingly incomprehensible function "U-turn". After the bride is picked up by the pick-up procession, every time a distance is opened, a 180-degree U-turn will be made in place to thank the nurturing grace in the direction of the mother's home, which is repeated nine times and is called "going out nine times".
In addition, in the ranks of millions of SUVs, within a million BYD looks up to the U8 can be said to have no opponent, the car weighing 3.4 tons accelerates to 100 kilometers in only 3.6 seconds, more than 3 million Mercedes-Benz G63 and nearly 2 million BMW X5M and X6M, and 8 million Cullinan can not catch up with it. In terms of fuel consumption, looking up at the U8 pure electric mode, it only costs 2 cents per kilometer, which is far from being reached by Cullinan and Mercedes-Benz G63;
In terms of intelligent driving, foreign luxury car brands are still building cars with the thinking of 20 years ago, and Yangwang U8 has already realized intelligent seats and intelligent driving. It not only has a Qualcomm 4nm process chip, but also has the industry's first voice creation complex instruction function, processing tens of thousands of instructions, and also has functions such as automatic parking and adaptive cruise. From all aspects, foreign luxury car brands have long been far behind.
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FAW Hongqi's influence in the world is undoubted, and as the first National Day car of New China, Hongqi L5 is also a direct participant and witness of many historical moments of New China. In order to open up the entire luxury car market, the new generation of Hongqi L5 will be launched globally, and it is rumored that it will no longer be subject to strict qualifications. The initial naked car price is about one million, and ordinary people will also be able to experience this first luxury car in China up close.
As a banner of China's automobile industry, the Hongqi brand carries the expectations and emotions of the Chinese people, and every car owner expects to have a "state guest car" that can represent the pride of domestic products. The Hongqi L5, which was launched in the early days, showed a new height in China's automobile industry, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Now the civilian version of the Hongqi L5 is about to be born, not only in the appearance design of the perfect combination of classic and modern, all aspects of temperament is not lost to Rolls-Royce, in terms of power, V8T powertrain integrated high-precision balance combustion technology, cylinder block "Y" shape round high stiffness structure, two-stage three-layer double-sided silent chain timing system and other cutting-edge technology. Although the new Hongqi L5 has not yet been officially launched, it can be predicted from these technologies that the performance of domestic luxury cars in all aspects will live up to expectations.
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In mid-2023, ZEEKR 009 has become the annual sales champion of all categories of MPVs of more than 500,000 yuan, and with the launch of ZEEKR 009 Guanghui, the ZEEKR automobile brand has also successfully entered the 800,000 yuan MPV market. In order to impress Zhou Hongyi to choose this domestic MPV, ZEEKR Auto believes that this car has done its homework in higher dimensions such as privacy and security, which is enough to impress Zhou Hongyi.
At the time of its launch, the glorious performance of ZEEKR 009 was introduced for only a few minutes, and it was mentioned that this MPV with a length of more than 5 meters reached 3.9 seconds in 100 meters. In addition, the key feature of this domestic car is to make the interior of the car a house. In terms of cabin air quality, ZEEKR 009 has created an "intelligent three-proof air system", which is known as the forest oxygen bar level. There is also a corner hallway like a house, the world's first LC privacy dimming glass, followed by a refrigerator and color TV that the house has, and even Himalayan marble.
It is worth mentioning that ZEEKR 009 Brilliance is the only four-seat flagship MPV in the world that builds lidar, which can predict obstacles ahead in advance and actively avoid danger through super visual perception capabilities. The most eye-catching is the world's first integrated die-casting C-ring seat of ZEEKR 009 Guanghui, which is known as the best seat in the world with 500,000 handfuls, a seat can buy a BMW 5 series, and a car with a price of nearly 800,000 yuan, which is equipped with two seats worth 500,000 yuan.
Some people also joke that ZEEKR 009 Glory is the first standard for inspecting luxury cars based on safety, and there is no doubt that Extreme Krypton 009 Glory has the absolute right to speak in terms of safety. And in the opinion of the CEO of ZEEKR, the current pricing of Lexus Lm and Toyota Alpha in the MPV market in China is very unreasonable, and the premium is very serious. In the past, ZEEKR did not surpass their products and technologies, but on this luxury MPV, ZEEKR 009 Brilliance fully has such capabilities, and even completely surpasses them in new energy.
ZEEKR's efforts may bring the price back to rationality, so that Japanese models such as Toyota Alpha, which have dominated the domestic high-end MPV market for a long time, will reduce the terminal markup, but will you buy it if your own brand can do this? Will you support domestic cars like Zhou Hongyi?
Reference source information: Zhou Hongyi's Weibo, Sina Finance, Jiemian News "BYD's first million-level product looks up to the U8 and is officially listed, priced at 1.098 million yuan"
Hongqi L5 Baidu Encyclopedia
Economic Observer "Entering the 800,000 Yuan Market, Can ZEEKR 009 Glory End the Status Quo of Japanese Luxury MPV Price Increase?"