From "the same price of oil and electricity" to "electricity is lower than oil", the previous price wars were all point to point, and this year's price war is a naked fight.
Just after the Lunar New Year, BYD's volume model Qin PLUS DM-i hit the price to 79,800, many people think that this is the end of domestic cars, but they don't know that this is just the beginning of a new round of competition.
As another major camp of mainstream hybrids of its own brand, Changan Qiyuan immediately released heavy information, announcing that Changan Qiyuan A05 will open a huge New Year's discount, with a starting price of only 78,900 yuan. As the two protagonists of this price war, the Qin PLUS 55km leading model priced at 79,800 yuan and the Changan Qiyuan A05 70 Air priced at 78,900 yuan are facing each other.
First of all, let's look at the intuitive design, Qin PLUS DM-i has been selling well in China for many years, and the design concept of "Dragon Face" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although the appearance of this car is still relatively attractive, it is now difficult to take off the identity label of "online car-hailing" and stimulate the desire of young consumers to buy.
In comparison, the Changan Qiyuan A05, which was launched in October last year, is much more trendy, and the new car adopts Changan's new Fuguang design aesthetic concept. The concise and sharp front face shows a strong sense of science and technology and visual impact, and the futuristic sense of the waist line runs through the front and back, outlining an elegant and neat side face.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of Changan Qiyuan A05 are 4785×1840×1460mm, and the wheelbase is 2765mm, which is better than Qin PLUS DM-i in terms of length, width, and wheelbase (Qin PLUS DM-i wheelbase 2718mm), thus creating a more spacious and practical interior space.
Entering the car, the Qin PLUS DM-i adopts the iconic rotatable central control screen design, the overall design is simple, and the style is biased towards mediocrity and calmness. On the contrary, Changan Qiyuan A05 has more experience in creating a sense of science and technology and fashion, with straight lines and a large area of leather wrapping and imitation wood grain trim, so that the interior of the carriage also has a good texture.
At the same time, in the creation of intelligent configuration and quality sense of the whole vehicle, it is natural that Changan Qiyuan A05, a "latecomer", is more dominant. Changan Qiyuan A05 is based on the new CIIA 1.5 electrification architecture platform, equipped with a 10.25-inch full LCD instrument cluster and a 13.2-inch central control screen, which is better than the Qin PLUS DM-i 8.8+10.1-inch screen combination in terms of intelligent functions and display effects.
In terms of other equipment, the two cars are very similar, and they are also equipped with full LED automatic headlights, four-way steering wheel adjustment, cruise control, automatic parking, keyless start, reversing camera and other practical functions. However, Changan Qiyuan A05 also has more configurations such as tire pressure display, power seats for the main driver, and one-key lifting of the whole window, while Qin PLUS DM-i has more advantages in the rear air conditioning outlets, rear seats are reclined, the number of charging ports in the car and the number of speakers.
Both cars are powered by a plug-in hybrid system, which consists of a 1.5L engine + drive motor and a single-speed gearbox.
In terms of specific data, Changan Qiyuan A05 engine is 81kW/143Nm, and the electric motor is 148kW/330Nm; The Qin PLUS DM-i engine is 81kW/135Nm, and the electric motor is 132kW/316Nm, and the acceleration from zero to 100 in both cars is 7.9 seconds, and the power level is basically the same.
In terms of battery, Changan Qiyuan A05 is equipped with a 9.07 degree ternary lithium battery, WLTC pure electric range of 53km, Qin PLUS DM-i is equipped with 8.32 degree lithium iron phosphate blade battery, WLTC pure electric range of 46km, in addition, zui low state of charge fuel consumption is also Changan Qiyuan A05's 4.58L/100km lower than Qin PLUS DM-i's 4.6L/100km, which is considered to be in the top echelon of the industry.
★★ Epilogue ★★
Accustomed to the hot sales of BYD Qin PLUS DM-i, now the market has added Qiyuan A05 such a player with more strength and quality-price ratio, and through the way of "electricity is lower than oil", the price threshold of plug-in hybrid car has been lowered again, which will undoubtedly stimulate various car companies to accelerate the upgrading and optimization of products. I have to sigh that the "waiting party" with car purchase plans in 2024 is really winning.