As we all know, in the past year or two, many new energy vehicles are pushing high-end intelligent driving, high-end intelligent driving and ordinary versions of intelligent driving, in addition to the difference in the computing power of intelligent driving chips, another obvious difference is that models equipped with high-end intelligent driving systems are generally equipped with lidar. At present, the front lidar commonly used in the industry is the "watchtower" lidar, which is the "small horn" on the front of the car.
Before the launch of the 2024 model, a core difference between the Max version and the Pro and Air versions of the Ideal L series models is LiDAR, the Max version has LiDAR, that is, "horns on the head", while the other two models do not. Especially the ideal L9 model, although the difference between the Max version and the Pro version is 30,000 yuan, the interior looks exactly the same, the rear screen is also there, and the refrigerator is not absent.
So there are a lot of users who have bought the Pro and Air versions, I don't know what kind of considerations, they will buy that kind of "lidar cover" on the Internet, which is generally dozens of dollars, one or two hundred dollars, and is glued to the head of the Pro and Air versions of the model through double-sided tape, which realizes the visual perception of "small horns", in fact, in addition to decoration, there is no actual function. But as long as you don't get inside the car, it will give people the feeling that this is the Max version of the model.
Of course, this kind of decoration, whether it is to make the vehicle look better, or to satisfy the owner's "vanity", it is not a big mistake, after all, after installing this "lidar cover", the "car price" sense of sight has at least gone up. However, if some car owners install this kind of device and directly "upgrade" the price of their vehicles, and then sell them to second-hand car dealers, the nature is completely different.
A few days ago, some second-hand car dealers posted complaints on the Internet, strongly condemning those merchants who opened the mold to make "lidar covers", and then the owner bought and installed it, and sold it according to the price of Max's model, and it turned out that this was a Pro version of the model, and the car dealers were angry......
If it is an ideal L7 or an ideal L8, second-hand car dealers will not be unable to find out, the reason is very simple, that is, L7 and L8 Pro and Air models do not have entertainment screens in the rear, so even if there is a "small horn" on the roof, car dealers also know that it is rear-installed, there is no business ability at this point, what kind of car do you receive!But this is precisely an ideal L9 Pro model, except for the difference between lidar and intelligent driving chips, there is no difference in other aspects, the second-row entertainment screen in the car, and the rear row of cold and warm refrigerators are also available. If you don't take the initiative to open the intelligent driving system page of the vehicle's central control screen, the L9 Pro with the "little horn" installed will be exactly the same as the Max model!
Therefore, the owner may have spent dozens of dollars or one or two hundred yuan to buy a "lidar cover" to satisfy vanity, but the second-hand car dealer directly spent tens of thousands more, because the price difference between the Max model and the Pro model of L9 is 30,000 yuan, and this price difference will also be reflected in the price of the second-hand car, that is to say, the second-hand car dealer was a decoration of dozens of dollars, spent tens of thousands of dollars, and lost to death!
Therefore, second-hand car dealers, when you collect the car in the future, you should be a little more careful, and don't be "insulted" by a decorative piece to your professional ability.