In order to attract the attention of young consumers, many car companies will focus on creating high-end, luxury and performance fields, and build cars according to consumers' preferences. Focusing on the concept of "seeing the future", Dongfeng Mengshi has successively created a number of hard-core off-road models, including Mengshi 917 MHERO I, Desert Falcon, Weekend Warrior and other models. These models not only have "wild" styling, but also excellent off-road ability. However, everyone doesn't know that off-road is not the whole picture of the Mengshi 917, the appearance and interior may also be a major selling point of this car, and another selling point is its new energy product identity. How competitive do you think this car is based on these points alone? Today we are going to talk about this Warrior 917 Highland Lion.
From the front of the car, the first feeling of the Warrior 917 is wild and uninhibited, the lines are strong and tough, and the straight style is very eye-catching. The front face is tall and wide, with a regular mesh grille design, and the slender "X" LED headlights on both sides are three-dimensional, and the "big to small" foil suddenly strengthens the visual impact. Even if you look at it from an oblique angle of 45 degrees, you can still see the classic "Tiger Roar" design of the warrior family, which has relatively distinct inheritance characteristics in terms of design style.
The side of the body is rigid and soft, and the wide-body shape is for the sake of creating a sense of strength in the appearance. The 20-inch all-terrain AT tires with close-spoke gun grey wheels may not be found in the whole street.
In addition to appearance, Mengshi 917 also has a "professional and serious" energy. Take the Warrior 917 Highland Lion as an example, this car not only uses an aluminum-magnesium alloy reinforced bottom guard with a thickness of 8 mm, but also is equipped with an aluminum-magnesium alloy front and rear bumper with a thickness of 5 mm, which protects the body more comprehensively during long-distance off-roading. In addition, different from ordinary models, the Highland Lion is also equipped with a new roof platform, with a maximum load weight of 150kg, and conforms to the aerodynamic design, which reduces the impact of wind noise on the cabin quality. In complex crossing scenarios, the car is also equipped with top-level nitrogen shock absorption, which can also help the vehicle easily get out of trouble in extreme environments, and reduce the impact of the chassis on non-paved roads.
Entering the car, the Mengshi 917 is not the kind of very fancy, cool design style, but has a sense of late blooming, the materials are also very particular, from the buttons to the armrests are embellished with metal elements, and the wood grain decoration in the central control area enhances the texture of details. At the same time, the interior of this car is also very good in terms of color matching, and the orange and black color scheme makes people feel luxurious and sophisticated. In terms of scientific and technological configuration, in addition to the LCD instrument and the suspended central control screen, the car is also equipped with a co-pilot entertainment screen, the car machine system is smooth, although the UI style is more traditional, but the underlying logic is simple, and it is not difficult to get started for the first time.
To add to the configuration advantages of this car, the whole system is equipped with active braking, merging assist, lane keeping assist, road traffic sign recognition, night vision system, DOW door opening warning, forward collision warning, automatic parking in place, automatic lane change assistance, magic carpet intelligent air suspension, overall active steering system, front and rear limited-slip differential lock, central differential lock, wading sensing system, HUD head-up display, remote control mobile vehicle and other functions. For general daily use scenarios, I think the above configuration is enough to cope, of course, if you want a more hardcore off-road experience, the car also provides the optional Oriental Eagle Eye intelligent UAV system, worth 98000 yuan. In terms of driving comfort, the car is also equipped with a 16-speaker Dynaudio audio system and rear multimedia controls, which is no problem to improve the quality of travel, which is another plus.
In terms of power, if you want a better power experience, the pure electric version of the Mengshi 917 is a better choice, equipped with four motors, with a maximum power of 1088 horsepower, and full acceleration in 4.2 seconds to break 100, but the pure electric range of 505 kilometers limits its travel radius. Comparatively speaking, the extended range version of the Mengshi 917 may be more suitable for the current use scenario, with a pure electric range of 200km, it can play a low-cost commuting feature in the city, and it can also use the characteristics of "oil and electricity" to run into the distance, with three motor output power, the maximum power is 816 horsepower, and the acceleration from zero to 100 seconds is also a good performance.
epilogue
In China, it may not be obvious to everyone, but at the global level, the reputation of domestic cars has been beaten. Mengshi 917 is exported to Switzerland, and the price starts at about 1.1 million yuan, which is 40-500,000 yuan more expensive than the domestic price. So, for the Mengshi 917 car, do you think it is just grabbing the joint venture brand market with product design and off-road positioning?