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"Didn’t you arrange cross-country roads for this test drive?" After reading the route arranged by the activity party, I am a little puzzled.
Earlier, when many people talked about tank 500, they would label it "hard-core off-road". And some hardware and software on it are also conveying the signal that it is very cross-country: the body frame with girders, the four-wheel drive system with Mlock mechanical locking which is the same as the Ford F150 Raptor, the all-terrain feedback system supporting more than ten driving modes, the tank turning around, and the creeping mode …………………………………………………………………………………
But when I was ready to wear a military uniform and expected to challenge all kinds of bullet holes, cross shafts and humps, the activists told me that this time it was only a test drive on urban roads, and there was no cross-country link. My mood flies down to thousands of feet directly, just like going to a western restaurant and ordering a Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou. Nothing is right.
Before I could open my mouth, their staff explained, "Actually, cross-country doesn’t need to be tried. The hardware and software are here, and you probably know what its ability is." Compared with hard-core off-road, we want to emphasize the ability of tank 500 to receive this piece in business. "
Indeed, there are some things that you don’t have to try, and you can know one thing or two just by looking at them. Just like a plate of Chongqing hot pot filled with red oil and full of red peppers, you don’t have to try it to know whether it is spicy or not. Just watching and smelling it will make your lips numb and sweat, and turn away some people who don’t like spicy food.
What’s more, there is nothing profound about cross-country, unlike the endless pursuit of speed in a sports car. The comings and goings in front of it are just a few things, such as bullet holes and cross shafts, which neither pursue speed nor posture, so long as they can pass. Perhaps it is precisely because there is no pursuit, so the update speed of hard-core off-road vehicles is very slow, and it only changes once every eight or nine years.
Whether a car’s off-road ability is good or not depends not on whether its four-wheel drive is advanced or not, but on its body parameters, such as its approach angle, departure angle, longitudinal passing angle and ground clearance … After all, no matter how awesome the four-wheel drive system is, no matter how rigid the body is, the tires can land.
Judging from the book data, Tank 500 should be among the best in its class. Its approach angle is 29.5, departure angle is 24, longitudinal passing angle is 22, minimum ground clearance is 224mm, and maximum wading depth is 800 mm..
These figures may be insensitive to many people, so it is estimated that we have to compare them to find out the advantages and disadvantages: Land Cruiser, which is the same size as Tank 500 and widely recognized by off-road circles, is inferior to Tank 500 in other parameters except the minimum ground clearance, as shown in the following table.
In other words, in theory, tank 500 can take the road that Land Cruiser can take, but the opposite is not necessarily true!
When I say that the parameters of the tank 500 are good, it is only for its peers. If it is placed in front of the tank 300, it is slag. In fact, a car as big as Tank 500 is not suitable for challenging some extreme off-road roads, because the larger the size, the more limited its route selection and the more passive it is in off-road.
Just like the recently-popular Chengfopo, as long as you choose the right route, you can easily get through it. If you choose the wrong route, there is a high probability that you can’t get through if the differential is scrapped, just like Li ONE. Not only in Li ONE, but also in Chengfo Slope, many carts are not easy to get on.
Of course, the road is dead, people are alive, and the body parameters are not dominant, so it is good for hardware and software to assist together. As you can see, all the 500 tanks are equipped with a timely four-wheel drive system with three locks, and a tank U-turn function that can reduce the turning radius. These hardware and software are like leaving a sentence: "No way out? I will crush it. "
This four-wheel drive system is not small. It is the latest four-wheel drive system with Mlock mechanical locking in Borg Warner. It is said that only the Ford F150 Raptor and the tank 500 are currently in use.
Even though, from the data and configuration on paper, the off-road performance of the tank 500 is very good; Even if you don’t have to try to know the pros and cons of off-road work, I still hope that one day, I will drive Tank 500 on a professional off-road section and experience whether its software adjustment is just right. After all, "passing" and "passing" are two different things.
Now one thing is certain, the second row of tank 500 is really comfortable!
Many people say that Tank 500 is a land patrol in Baoding, but in my opinion, it is more like a Range Rover in Baoding.. During the test drive, the manufacturer also said that although the size of Tank 500 and Land Patrol is similar, in the research and development, its target is Land Rover Range Rover.
If you have sat in the back of it, you will probably agree with this.
Perhaps it is the cause of the epidemic. When we test-drive Tank 500 in Hangzhou, the road was relatively smooth, so we arrived at the lunch place at noon more than half an hour earlier than expected. According to past experience, we should enter the restaurant early and wait for dinner. I didn’t expect that many media teachers would rather rest in the tank 500 than sit on the big sofa in the restaurant this time.
Don’t doubt, the back row of tank 500 is so comfortable!
This kind of comfort is not because of its advanced materials and rich configuration, but because of its ergonomic design: first, its cushion is very wide and thick, just like a big sofa; Secondly, its backrest angle adjustment range is so large that you can easily find a posture suitable for sleeping.
It is precisely because of its ergonomic design that the tank 500 can give you good comfort even if there is only a low matching of leather-like fabrics. Of course, the high match of Nappa leather can give you comfort that the low match can’t, and its massage function of more than ten techniques can make you admire.
To be honest, although I didn’t experience the off-road performance of Tank 500 this time, it was trip worthwhile at all. Because in my opinion, for the tank 500, a five-seat and seven-seat off-road vehicle with a length of more than 5 meters, the comfort of the rear row is much more important than the off-road performance.
The sound insulation of the tank 500 car is very good, and the noise value at idle speed is less than 40dB.
I believe that many people don’t buy Tank 500 specifically for off-road-these people will buy Tank 300, a relatively small off-road vehicle-more for long-distance self-driving, to find poetry and distant places, such as walking the Sichuan-Tibet line and walking the single-library highway.
Now there are not many unpaved roads on these routes, and the requirements for off-road performance of vehicles are not as high as in the past, and more emphasis is placed on vehicle comfort. After all, if you want to enjoy the scenery along the way, you must first eliminate the fatigue of long journey, so that your eyes can be in heaven and your body can suffer less.
It is a pleasure to run a long distance with a tank 500, but it is not a pleasure to commute in the city.
Undeniably, the powertrain of Tank 500 is estimated to be the ceiling of traditional fuel power in China brand.
Tank 500 is equipped with a 3.0T V6 twin-turbo engine independently developed by Great Wall, with a maximum power of 260kW and a maximum torque of 500Nm. Not to mention the performance of this engine, at least in this era of pursuing electrification, we can still insist on launching this large-displacement engine, and there should be applause here.
However, a large displacement engine also means high fuel consumption, without exception!
Even if it is matched with a vertical 9AT gearbox with a 48V micro-mixing system, the fuel consumption of the tank 500 is still a little high, and its comprehensive fuel consumption per 100 kilometers under NEDC working condition is 10.79L, which is slightly higher than other similar products with 3.0T engines.
We also tested the fuel consumption of the tank 500 in Hangzhou: after about 50km of expressway with a large traffic volume and about 35km of congested urban roads, the apparent fuel consumption of the tank 500 was fixed at 12.7L/100km. This actual fuel consumption is acceptable, at least I am satisfied.
As far as this fuel consumption test is concerned, we estimate that the fuel consumption of the tank 500 is about 10L/100km on high-speed roads, while the fuel consumption of commuting in cities is about 16L/100km.
For a hard-core off-road vehicle like Tank 500, this is expected. People who choose large-displacement engines will also accept such fuel consumption. What is less acceptable is that the tank 500 is "jumping" in the stop-and-go traffic jam.
It’s not that the power adjustment of the tank 500 is not smooth, but because the car is too heavy, it often needs a big foot throttle when starting, but because of the traffic jam, it needs to brake just after walking. However, in order to give consideration to comfort, the suspension of the tank 500 is soft, and the brake is not linear, and the car has an obvious "nod" if the brake is accidentally stepped on deeply.
Of course, this problem is a bit out of line for tank 500. After all, this car is for those who are looking for poems and distant places, not for those who are still struggling from nine to five.
Of course, the tank 500 can actually be more perfect. Whether it is the high fuel consumption mentioned above or the "jump" mentioned later, there is a perfect solution, which is to directly plug in and mix.
After the plug-in, the tank 500 can not only reduce fuel consumption-commuting in the city can be directly driven by pure electricity, eliminating the "jumping" that violates the harmony, but also bring more abundant usage scenarios, which is more in line with the needs of their target users. Because many people who like go on road trip also like camping, they need to use the function of external discharge.
The plug-in system on Mocha PHEV is put on the tank 500, well, it’s perfect!
Unfortunately, when I asked when the hybrid version of Tank 500 would be released, the manufacturer gave me the feeling that it was far away.
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