With the domestic short-distance travel market being excavated, segments such as Baojun KiWi EV, Euler Good Cat and BYD Dolphin have shown explosive growth, and more and more car companies have begun to pay close attention to this "big cake", and as a smart brand born as early as 1994, it was originally proposed by Mercedes in 1972 the concept of "future urban travel", followed by the launch of a concept car called "NAFA" in 1981. Then in 2019, the smart joint venture company was jointly established with Geely, and today's protagonist smart genie #1, as the first product of the joint venture, will naturally enter the domestic market!
Before announcing the pre-price, Smart Genie #1 has already announced the core technical parameters of the new car. The new car is still positioned as a "delicate car", built by the Vast SEA architecture, with a maximum endurance of 560km and an acceleration of 6.7 seconds per 100 kilometers, while competitors lock in the Volkswagen ID.3 and the upcoming pure electric version of MINI. From the pre-sale price of 19-1.23 million yuan (after subsidies for new energy vehicles and excluding paid rotation), smart genie #1 is undoubtedly positioned as "urban exquisite travel", compared to simple transportation tools, it must have its own unique features in intelligence and practicality. Next, let's take a quick look at Smart Genie #1 and see which model is more worth getting started.
Appearance: Still very smart in the young user aesthetic
Smart Genie #1 is designed by Mercedes-Benz designers, so you can vaguely see some of the usual methods of Mercedes-Benz models in appearance. Smart Genie #1 takes a rounded, compact and exquisite route, the front face is added with through-led headlights to highlight the new car's sense of technology, and as a pure electric model, smart Genie #1 also retains the lower air intake grille, and adds chrome trim strips around, the entire front face reveals a unique fashion atmosphere of urban exquisite travel vehicles.
As a model that focuses on the young market, smart genie #1 has three basic colors of particle white, silent black and cyber silver, and the official will also provide laser red / lumen yellow / quantum blue / streamer silver / matte gray / time green / space-time blue / pop powder 8 colors for users to choose, of which the last 5 colors are exclusive to the Premium version.
Smart Genie #1 is a four-door, five-seater body with a length, width and height of 4270/1822/1636mm and wheelbase of 2750mm, while Smart Genie #1 offers the largest tire size of 235/45 R19. In terms of size, smart genie #1 has more advantages over the Volkswagen ID.3, but loses to the latter in terms of wheelbase, and the interior space and volkswagen ID.3 seem to be difficult to stand on the cheap.
It is worth mentioning that the tail of smart genie #1 has a vague taste of the Mercedes-Benz EQ family, which is why the author feels that smart genie #1 has a greater impact on young users than volkswagen ID.3, between the Mercedes-Benz brand in the appearance design has always had a precedent of leading the trend, smart genie #1 is bound to have its own core competitiveness in the same market.
Interior: Exquisite/attractive As pleasing as it looks
Interior this piece of smart genie #1 also reflects the strong place of Mercedes-Benz designers, 12.8-inch suspension central control screen and full LCD instrument in line with the current aesthetic trend, while a variety of contrasting colors and the emergence of 64-color atmosphere lights highlight the taste of fashion, while the contrasting interior layout also makes smart genie #1 do unisex.
Technology configuration part, smart genie #1 is equipped with a 12.8-inch central control screen, the resolution reaches 1080P, the storage memory is 128G, and smart genie #1 also has an embedded 9.2-inch full LCD instrument, the whole interior of the sense of technology is also full. Of course, since it is called smart, it must be smart, smart genie #1 also takes a shot in the hardware configuration, equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon car specification 8155 chip, and has a "hello smart" smart genie voice assistant, the degree of intelligence among the mainstream level.
It is worth mentioning that smart genie #1 also cooperated with the Beats audio brand, the whole car is equipped with 13 speakers, of course, the actual effect of how to know in the future test drive we can know.
Space: Practicality is not low
It is worth mentioning that the rear seats of smart genie #1 support 4/6 ratio reclining, as well as the 13cm movement range of the front and rear, and the space flexibility is also guaranteed.
Power: Maximum endurance of 560km/h 100 km/h accelerated by 6.7 seconds
In the power part, smart genie #1 adopts the layout of the rear single motor (permanent magnet synchronization), the battery capacity is 66kWh, while the Pro+ and Premium versions of clTC have a maximum endurance of 535km and 560km, respectively, and support 150kW DC fast charging, the official 100 km acceleration performance is 6.7 seconds, while the new car is also equipped with an electronic stability system from Bosch, plus the suspension of the front McPherson + rear five links and professional tuning, smart genie #1想必也能保留其油车上的驾驶乐趣.
However, on the whole, smart genie #1, whether it is mileage or acceleration performance, is not at the top of the pure electric model, of course, between its positioning in the city's exquisite scooter, so the relatively balanced adjustment must be understood by users.
Nowadays, the competition of pure electric models has been very fierce, in the intelligent auxiliary driving configuration smart genie #1 naturally can not be ambiguous, in addition to the function of more perfect auxiliary driving function, smart genie #1 is also equipped with HUD head-up display, sense of technology and intelligence can compete with the current mainstream competitors.
Shopping guide suggestion: The entry-level model can meet the needs of the car
After a brief explanation of the comprehensive product strength of Smart Genie #1, we will take a look at the configuration differences between the two models of the new car, and analyze which one is more worth starting.
From the official release of configuration information, smart genie #1 can be described as the start is high matching, whether it is the main appearance of the color matching, car function or intelligent configuration, and even to the 64 color atmosphere lights, smart genie #1 Pro+ has done the standard, plus this entry model to control the price to less than 200,000, so this version is undoubtedly the smart genie #1 the most cost-effective version, but also I recommend everyone to start the model, the recommendation index to 4 and a half.
Smart Genie #1 Premium version of the pre-price is 40,000 yuan more expensive, according to the configuration information in the table can be concluded that the advantages of this version of the configuration are mainly concentrated in more luxurious, more cool features, as well as smarter, safer assisted driving functions, the configuration is indeed a "big full match", very luxurious, but considering the pre-price of 230,000 yuan, this version of the cost performance is really too low, while the price of 230,000 yuan touches too many competitors, so my recommendation index down 1 star.
Editor's comments: According to the analysis of the whole text, smart genie #1 is indeed a product that can be taken in terms of product strength, compared with the competitor Volkswagen ID.3, its appearance/interior design has undoubtedly a greater impact on young users, and the intelligent auxiliary driving function and practicality are also among the mainstream level of the same level, which undoubtedly makes it have the capital to break the circle. Of course, from the pre-price of 190,000 yuan - 230,000 yuan of the price is indeed expensive, but fortunately, smart genie #1 started with high matching, pro+ version of the comprehensive configuration can meet the needs of most users, the price is also controlled within 200,000 yuan, coupled with the mercedes-benz designer's appearance / interior, smart genie #1 is entirely possible to move the public ID.3 market cake. In addition, according to the official announcement, smart genie #1 has opened reservations tonight, and the first batch of booked owners can officially deliver the vehicle within this year! So, how do you think smart genie #1 is? What do you think about this pre-sale price? Feel free to discuss with me in the comments section.