The size of the speed of Teng, equipped with 2.0T, Geely Xingrui can become a "family sedan subversive"?

Looking back to 2010, the news of Geely's acquisition of Volvo just came out, and at the time it caused a huge uproar. Not only Geely itself, look at all the domestic brands at that time, most of them are still below 100,000 through the manufacture of crude or even simple, the only advantage of the low price of the product hobbled start. In this case, Geely made a huge amount of 1.8 billion dollars to buy Volvo's snake-eaten elephant move.

Of course, it's now 2020, so if we look back at Geely's bold move 10 years ago from a God's-eye view, we'll see that it was worth it. Ten years Geely through the Volvo technology and products, from the earliest direct fetishism, to today has been digested and absorbed, a wide range of feedback to the home product above. One of the most intuitive to bring the author such a feeling, when the Beijing Auto Show officially named "? The most intuitive of these is the new Geely car officially named "Starry" at the Beijing Auto Show, which is also known as the "PREFACE" rumored on the Internet.

A qualitative change in power!

How to say, although before the Starlet there have been many models using the CMA platform, proving that Geely has also been with the international mainstream, its models with the replacement gradually entered the era of comprehensive platform. But compared to previous models, the power of the Starlet is a qualitative change in my opinion.

To say that Geely before in my opinion there is something very upset, that is, although they already have a good transmission technology, and equipped in many models to prove their own reliability. However, in the high-end models are still using other people's transmission. For example, Geely's models are commonly powered by 1.5T and 2.0T, with the former usually paired with Geely's own 7DCT and its own light hybrid system, while the latter still uses Aisin's 6AT or 8AT gearboxes in its higher end models.

If I may say so, this is not purely to kill their own wind to help other people's anger? Positioned higher with Aisin, is their own gearbox is a head shorter than others? As for the AT gearbox to make the whole car experience better that is more nonsense, the existing transmission technology as long as the proper tuning, even if the DCT can do not lose the AT gearbox excellent smoothness, while maintaining the principle of destined to higher transmission efficiency and shift speed.

With the new powertrain on display along with this model of the Star Rui, let the author of the old Geely this most unpleasant point completely dissipated. Because it is based on Volvo engine technology digested and absorbed to develop the third generation of 2.0T engine will finally be combined with Geely's own second-generation 7DCT. At the same time, I also consulted the Geely booth personnel, this powertrain will also be divided into two versions of high and low power in the future, in terms of performance parameters is also the industry's first-class level, compared to foreign brands of the same type of products and there is no gap.

At the same time, the 1.5T + 7DCT powertrain also has a substantial evolutionary adjustment, from the original fuel-only version and 48V light hybrid two, has developed into a pure fuel, light hybrid, heavy hybrid, plug-in hybrid four modes. With this first model in Star Rui in place, it can provide consumers with more options, and even through the rear axle arrangement of the motor, with lower costs to provide consumers with more affordable four-wheel drive options, which can also be bypassed basically monopolized by the foreign companies of the traditional mechanical four-wheel drive system, in order to achieve the engine, transmission, chassis of the traditional "three big things

Still on the joint venture "downward strike"

To finish the inner things, now it is time to talk about the surface things. The ripple design of the center net Geely also implemented a few years, at least in the author's personal opinion is not very like, because of the circle of the circle of the inward depression, always feel that the look does not deal with.

But now with the new generation of design, the edge of the center grid is still cascading ripples, while the interior has been changed to a horizontal or vertical or grid style, ripples only as a border embellishment on the look of a lot of comfort. At the same time, like the new Borei, Dihao GL, such as the center grille is vertical into a straight waterfall style, quite some Volvo momentum. Specifically to the latest Star Rui, not only the center net straight waterfall design, even the body of the overall broad flat and slender temperament are no different from Volvo, said he is a Volvo for a logo I will not be skeptical.

Additionally to spit a groove, starry this car Geely's own positioning is a compact sedan, but see the parameters I can not help but think, this can be called a compact sedan? In addition to the car height of 1469mm, if the length of 4785mm can be said to rely on lengthening who can do, but this 1869mm width and 2800mm wheelbase is also called a compact car on the outrageous, how to see how this is a standard mid-sized sedan without lengthening, that is, we often say that the B-segment cars.

The author in the auto show also actually sat in the back row of the space experience, perhaps the longitudinal leg space is similar to the experience of the A + sedan, but the horizontal space inside the car is really a standard B-class car experience. The cushion is wide and thick, not to mention the support for the thighs is also quite in place, and there is no such unethical behavior as shortening the cushion in order to make the space look bigger. There is a bulge in the center of the back row, but it's really short and basically negligible.

On the other hand, it's the interior design, which is overall minimalist. But not like Volvo to the degree of coldness, design details are quite rich, but the surface is clean and fresh, physical buttons are integrated in a concentrated area rather than spread out a large area. And the configuration is not only high in the visible place, in the invisible place, the number of airbags in the same price range is rare.

Active safety hardware and software is complete, passive safety airbags are sufficient and comprehensive, the body structure is based on and Volvo *** with the development of the CMA platform, people think it will have a problem?

Summary

A round of look down will feel, Xingrui only in line with the positioning of the compact sedan, I am afraid that will only be reflected in the price. In other words, its price will basically be in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, although it seems to be in this price and joint venture compact sedan head-to-head, but in reality, it is still on the rivals to carry out a "downward strike".

Of course, today's independent brands of the first-line manufacturers, they are more and more excellent products, configuration of the rising tide at the same time the price did not significantly increase, does not mean that they are invisible in the place of the so-called jerry-built materials. The main reason for this is that they have been investing a lot of money, manpower and material resources in research and development over the years, and now the core systems on the vehicles have become autonomous.

No longer subject to others pricing power firmly in their own hands, behind the back of a million sales greatly reduce the marginal cost of production, both **** with the same power to make in the case of guaranteeing profits, they can still make the product compared to the previous better and more perfect.

Additionally, although I always complain about the high price of joint venture cars, but think about it from another angle, this is not the independent brand in the previous bad reputation of the debt? After all, the market and consumers don't care how hard it was for you to develop in the first place, they only look at the final product.

But here is also thanks to Geely, including many still adhere to the R & D innovation of the independent brands, it is their perseverance, so that many consumers with limited budgets can buy cheap cars, but also because of them, so that many joint venture brands lowered their noble head to increase the number of price cuts.

As for why I say this, we can look at countries such as Thailand that don't have their own automotive industry, and see how much they sell their cars for.

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