When it comes to off-roading, many people think of those rugged and hard-core square boxes, while urban SUVs are often defined as those that can only shuttle around the city, at most equipped with a timely four-wheel drive system in case of emergency. But recently, some social media videos have subverted this traditional perception: in the professional off-road venue of the mountain city of Chongqing, an urban SUV is like entering a no-man's land, conquering the 48° hump slope of the "Chinese diyi hump" known as the difficulty of zuigao, flattening the 450mm wading pit (the actual water depth is over 600mm), as well as 3 kilometers of off-road tracks such as cross shafts, A-line breaks and sleeper roads, and the hard-core off-road performance is cool and sassy. That's right, this urban SUV is the 2025 Xingtu Lingyun, which was launched not long ago.
I believe that many SUV owners have more or less tried to drive off-road, more in the suburbs of the city in the mountainous areas with many road conditions, but the real off-road test drive site challenge is rare, the reason is nothing more than that they are not professional off-road drivers, and at the same time have a sense of the weak passing performance of urban SUVs.
"Urban SUV" also plays off-road to conquer the off-road track
The off-road performance of the Lingyun hardcore is breathtaking. This phenomenon has not only attracted widespread attention, but also prompted us to re-examine the off-road potential of urban SUVs. Today, we will take an in-depth look at why Xingtu Lingyun can be so outstanding in off-road performance.
When it comes to the off-road performance of a car, it can never be separated from three major parts: the engine, the gearbox and the chassis. Of course, in addition to this, the all-wheel drive system, chassis height, suspension travel and body structure are also crucial.
Powertrain – Engine
If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Off-road vehicles have a considerable demand for vehicle power. Of course, it is also different from performance cars, which focuses more on peak torque than high power. When climbing to the top, what is needed is the rotation power of the tires, not how fast or slow the tires are turning. As the main force of the Xingtu brand, Xingtu Lingyun's power reserve is very good. Taking the 2025 international version as an example, Lingyun is equipped with a 2.0T "China Heart" top ten engine, with a high power of 192kW, a peak torque of 400N·m, a large effective thermal efficiency of 41%, and the engine can reach a peak torque of 400N.m at 1750 rpm, which can be called a "strong 2.0T engine on the surface". Such a dingji power reserve has created Lingyun's successful ascent to the top of the 48° hump.
Transmission system – gearbox
Sufficient power reserve and explosive power are just the basic skills to challenge Jixian off-road. The 48° hump not only has a larger slope and a longer slope length, but also has a more stringent load and stability test for the gearbox. The 2025 Xingtu Lingyun is equipped with Chery's full-stack self-developed 8AT gearbox, which adopts a 7.8 speed ratio, flattening and large-angle shock absorber design, which makes the gear shift smoother, and the low-gear torque converter has a torque amplification effect, which has a faster response to the ramp starting power, and has better heat resistance and durability when climbing with long distances and high loads, making the vehicle's high-performance performance more extreme. In particular, the new model is equipped with an 8AT gearbox with a new control program, which makes the driving experience smoother and smoother, with almost no upshift action, and the newly equipped paddle shifters make the driving pleasure even better. The Lingyun zui finally succeeded in reaching the top of the 48° hump, which can also show from the side that the stability and durability of this gearbox are worthy of recognition.
Chassis - German chassis quality
Off-road performance tests the handling stability of the vehicle, and the chassis tuning performance directly determines the driving experience of a car. The 2025 Lingyun is tailored based on the M3X Mars Architecture 2.0, a Benteler master chassis, using a front MacPherson/rear multi-link independent suspension and a double-layer ram lower swing arm, which has undergone hundreds of shock absorption optimizations and dozens of tire adjustments, bringing smooth and accurate handling and a luxurious and comfortable driving experience; At the same time, the vehicle is equipped with a chassis hydraulic vibration filtration system, and the left and right front control arms are equipped with hydraulic bushings, which increases the vibration attenuation capacity by 32% compared with the previous conventional bushing design, which can effectively filter the driving bumps caused by difficult road surfaces and simultaneously improve the quietness and comfort in the car; In particular, the front and rear cast aluminum steering knuckles are selected, which reduces weight by 12Kg and lightens weight by 45%, greatly improving chassis comfort and corrosion resistance, and better helping drivers to steer accurately.
All-wheel drive system – BorgWarner's all-wheel drive system
A qualified off-road vehicle must be four-wheel drive, and four-wheel drive is also divided into many forms, such as the timely four-wheel drive for urban SUVs, which is essentially a front-wheel drive vehicle, and you need to add some strength to your rear wheels. But if it's a hardcore SUV, then you need to go up to the time-sharing four-wheel drive. Although Xingtu Lingyun is equipped with timely four-wheel drive, it adopts BorgWarner's sixth-generation intelligent electro-hydraulic four-wheel drive system, equipped with ZUI's new-generation electro-hydraulic torque manager, which has a stronger ability to assist in getting out of trouble, and can quickly distribute the power of the front and rear axles according to the state of the vehicle, which can effectively suppress wheel slippage, and the four-wheel drive switching response time is shortened from 200ms to 120ms, which can realize 50% power distribution of rear axle torque and meet the 45% climbing requirements of the whole vehicle.
At the same time, Xingtu Lingyun is equipped with Bosch zui's new-generation 9.3 ESP body stability system as standard, and is equipped with 7 driving modes: economy, standard, sport, snow, and off-road, which can be switched anytime and anywhere, and easily handle all kinds of terrain, further improving Lingyun's off-road climbing performance.
In addition, in order to improve handling and sports, the 2025 Xingtu Lingyun is also equipped with twin-cylinder twin-piston floating calipers, matched with wider 20-inch 245/45 Continental high-performance wide tires, with excellent grip, bringing better fuel economy, good driving experience, excellent ride comfort and low noise performance.
Chassis height – through performance
The passability of the car is a category that intuitively reflects the off-road ability. In addition to the internal configuration, parameters such as approach angle, departure angle, and ground clearance are also very important. As an off-road vehicle, the chassis must be high, and at the same time, it must have better approach and departure angles to facilitate climbing. The larger approach and departure angles allow you to climb steep slopes at higher angles.
Taking Xingtu Lingyun as an example, Xingtu Lingyun has an approach angle of 19 ° and a departure angle of 20 °, which on paper belongs to the middle and upper level of urban SUVs, but the overall body quality of Xingtu Lingyun is excellent, which makes up for the lack of passability.
Body structure – body rigidity
Many people think that the non-load-bearing body is the standard configuration of off-road vehicles, but the load-bearing body can also complete the off-road well, such as Pajero and Dache in this load-bearing body, including Xingtu Lingyun. Although the non-load-bearing body is not standard, the body strength must be passed.
Based on the M3X architecture, the vehicle adopts a cage body design, and its body-in-white high-strength steel consumption accounts for 85%, which has obtained zuigao points in the collision of C-NCAP intermediate SUVs, which is enough to show its strong body rigidity, which is also the key to its successful conquest of off-road projects.
M3X火星架构的“硬核”BUFF
Of course, the core competitiveness of Xingtu Lingyun is not just a simple "heap parameters" and "heap configuration", but to start from the root, so that the starting point of the car is at a high level in the industry, which is the M3X Mars architecture platform on which Xingtu Lingyun is based.
In 2020, the "M3X Mars Architecture" released by Xingtu is composed of four core module architectures of power, safety, intelligence, and comfort, which integrates Chery's technology, and Xingtu Lingyun is the first model under the M3X Mars architecture.
At the same time, the 2025 Xingtu Lingyun is also based on the M3X Mars architecture, so the foundation is better. Coupled with BENTELER's master chassis tuning, the golden balance of sport and comfort is achieved. It is well compatible with the performance of a family car and off-road vehicle, allowing consumers to travel more calmly and move forward with confidence.
Lingyun Dao performance is a valuable luxury
As the main responsibility of the high-end brand Xingtu, Xingtu Lingyun's interpretation of "itself" can be summarized in one word: "performance redundancy". That is, no matter what the needs of the user, drive on the Xingtu Lingyun, on any road that can be foreseen, the urban SUV has both off-road performance, driving and handling comparable to high-end performance cars, from the Xingtu Lingyun jixian off-road conquest of the 48 ° hump slope is a good proof of its performance talent, which is also highly consistent with the concept of "performance is a big luxury" practiced by Xingtu Lingyun.
Xingtu Lingyun used this ultimate off-road challenge to perfectly interpret the ability and mystery of "performance redundancy", and made "performance is a big luxury" the background color of this Chinese car brand. It is believed that with its own strong strength, more and more consumers will join the base camp of Xingtu owners in the future and experience the infinite charm of extreme performance and ultimate driving fun.
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