Geely's models built based on the CMA architecture have a good comprehensive strength, first of all, the sales of the sedan Xingrui have repeatedly exceeded 10,000 in a single month, and then the SUV Xingyue L has caught up, and together with Xingrui, it has formed a "breaking 10,000 twin stars". At the ice and snow test drive event held in Yakeshi, Inner Mongolia, Geely's elite performance was exhausted, not only the "China Star" series products created based on the CMA architecture were all debuted, but also the Star Yue L Thunder God Intelligence Engine Hi · Test drive experience of the X-oil-electric hybrid version.
With this test drive activity, Geely's "China Star Dare for Elite Driving Academy" IP was also born. Creating a Chinese brand driving academy IP comparable to the luxury brand BBA Driving Academy shows Geely's confidence in its own products and technologies, and to a certain extent, it will also help Chinese brands to break through and break the inherent cognition of consumers.
The test drive activity is divided into three courses: elite, advanced and master, each project has a different experience model, Xingrui, Xingyue S, Xingyue L will all experience. After the end of the site project, it was hoshikoshi L Thor Hi · The test drive experience of the X oil-electric hybrid version, but the time is relatively short.
Elite course | Xingrui linear acceleration, braking, and winding around the pile
Guidance price range: 11.37-152,700 yuan
Xingrui is equipped with a Drive-E series 2.0T turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 190 hp and a peak torque of 300 Nm, and the transmission system matches a 7-stop wet-type dual-clutch transmission. As a front-mounted front-drive car, large projects such as drift are not suitable for it, so Xingrui acceleration, braking, and winding around the pile can only be regarded as appetizers for test drive activities.
The test drive model was replaced with snow tires, but the straight-line acceleration start still had to be slowly fueled, otherwise the tires would easily break through the grip. The braking distance of the vehicle on the ice and snow road will also increase significantly, so driving on the ice and snow road should control the speed and maintain the distance. The steering wheel of Xingrui is good, the front response is also more positive, coupled with the front and rear counterweight ratio of nearly 50:50, making the completion of the pile wrapping very easy, of course, the premise is to properly control the speed.
Advanced course | Star-Cross S Ring Drift
Guidance price range: 13.57-17.17 million yuan
The Ice Ring Drift model is the top hoshigoku S, which uses a 2.0T+8AT power combination and is equipped with BorgWarner's timely four-wheel drive system. The 238 hp, 350 Nm power reserve is enough for the Hoshikoshi S to act recklessly on the ice. After turning off the ESP, you can try to drift the ring, and the help of the nail tire and the four-wheel drive system allow the Hoshigoku S to start calmly.
Starting to drive along the ice and snow ring road, continue to give oil to the rear of the car to slide outward after the reverse direction and maintain the depth of the throttle, you can complete the drift movement work, but it is not small to complete the action of drifting and drawing circles, and it is necessary to flexibly use the throttle opening and closing and adjusting the body posture in the direction.
When the vehicle is too close to the center of the circle, it is necessary to give oil appropriately and hit the direction to the outside, if you step on the brakes at this time, the center of gravity of the vehicle moves forward, the adhesion of the rear axle is reduced, and the rear end will continue to slide outward due to the inertia of the tail, resulting in oversteering or even a direct U-turn of the vehicle. On the other hand, when the vehicle wants to rush out of the track, it should properly collect the oil and hit the direction inside, in short, it is still necessary to practice more to find the feeling.
After turning on the sport mode, the Hoshikoshi S will have an exhaust sound wave to help you release your passion, and the Hoshigoshi S has a certain driving pleasure, and the power output coherent suspension can also support the body.
Advanced courses | Star Yue L Ice and Snow 8 Character Square
Guidance price range: 13.72-18.52 million yuan
The test-drive Hoshigoku L is also a four-wheel drive model, equipped with a 2.0T+8AT powertrain and equipped with BorgWarner's sixth-generation timely four-wheel drive system. The larger Hoshigoe L is not as flexible as the Hoshigoshi S in dealing with the shift of center of gravity, but with the blessing of the nail tire + four-wheel drive + 2.0T high-power engine, the Hoshigoe L can also easily make drift moves.
The difficulty of the 8-character square compared to the circle drift is how to make the vehicle smoothly pass through the 8-character connection and experience the pendulum effect of the vehicle. You can try to refuel when moving from one circle to another, and all you have to do after the vehicle enters another circle track is to turn the front of the car so that the front of the car is close to the center of the circle and continue to walk. In order to complete the front steering action faster, the brakes can be appropriately tapped to restore a certain grip of the vehicle.
The master course | China Star Circuit
With a total length of 1.45km and a total of 22 curves, it is difficult to run well with narrow skating tracks. The track project still drives the Star Over L, although the nail tire is used, but on the track it seems to be in a slippery world, into the corner to control the speed, the speed will be pushed head to the outer edge of the track.
Creating a trend of oversteering can effectively alleviate the vehicle push head, into the direction of the bend while tapping the brake, the vehicle center of gravity moves forward, the rear wheel adhesion is reduced, the tail slides outward under the inertial action, forming an oversteer into the corner, and then slowly hitting the direction to correct the front of the car, giving oil out of the bend. In this project, you need to be bold and careful, trying not to let the vehicle crash into the shoulder and lose speed.
Test drive | Star Yue L Thor Hi · X oil-electric hybrid version
The Hoshigoshi L Hybrid Edition adopts the power combination of DHE15+DHT Pro, with a comprehensive power of 180 kW and a comprehensive torque of 540 N·m. DHE15 is a 1.5T supercharged direct injection hybrid special engine, which adopts 350bar high-pressure direct injection, supercharged intercooling, Miller cycle, low-pressure EGR exhaust gas recirculation and other technologies, thermal efficiency of 43.32%, the advantage of the three-cylinder layout is to reduce the volume of the entire hybrid system, while the engine in the hybrid system can also be used to avoid weaknesses, the maximum in the efficient speed range of work, NVH poor working conditions system can be driven by motor.
The DHT Pro is a 3-speed hybrid electric drive transmission, the P1 motor has the function of starting and stopping in addition to power generation, and the P2 drive motor integrates a 3-speed transmission. Ray's Mind Hi · The X hybrid system has pure electric, series and parallel modes, and the system with a speed of more than 20km/h can enter the parallel mode and start more quickly.
The test drive route is not long, including national highways and township roads ice and snow pavement, of which the township road ice and snow pavement is mainly in the fuel consumption competition. The new car's steering feel is light, with decent directionality and front response. During the test drive, it was obvious that the Hoshigoku L oil-electric hybrid version of the suspension was well supported and the chassis was relatively tight. The fine bumps of the snow and ice road can be handled with ease, and when encountering large undulations similar to speed bumps, the speed of the car needs to be controlled to weaken the sense of impact.
With the help of the motor, the vehicle starts quite comfortably and has a light pleasure similar to that of an electric vehicle, and at 20km/h the vehicle can enter parallel mode, and the power output is endless. In addition, the engine has basically no abrupt feeling when it intervenes, and noise and vibration are effectively suppressed.
In previous events, Hoshigoku L Thunder Spirit Engine Hi · The X-fuel-electric hybrid version completes the challenge of a tank of fuel with a range of more than 1300km. However, the fuel consumption competition route of this test drive activity is basically based on the narrow ice and snow road of the country road, driving 15 kilometers with the AIR conditioner turned on in ECO mode, the oil consumption of the table is 5.1L/100km, and the apparent fuel consumption of other models in the same group is basically between 5.0-5.2L/100km.
In the cold weather of minus 20 or 30 degrees, there is a certain particularity in the test fuel consumption on the ice and snow road, and it is not based on the actual fuel filling volume and mileage calculated fuel consumption data, so the fuel consumption data is for reference only.
epilogue
Creating a high-level driving academy IP can help increase brand awareness and reputation, and Geely is at the forefront of its Chinese counterparts in this regard. It is hoped that more and more Chinese car companies can join this ranks, which will have a positive impact on brands and products.
In the field of hybrid technology, Chinese brands have achieved a spurt of development last year, and Geely Lei's God Intelligence Qing Hi · X and Hoshikoshi L Thor Hi · X oil-electric hybrid version is one of the representatives, the latter pre-priced at 173,700 yuan, this hybrid SUV can achieve what kind of market performance, we leave it to time to test. If you were invited to an event at the Auto Brand Driving Academy, would you go? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area.