At this stage, the popular mid-range and high-end SUVs are mainly plug-in range hybrids, including some ordinary plug-in hybrid vehicles, such as the Li L series, the Wenjie M series and the BYD Tang DM-p; Plug-in hybrid systems give these cars a lot of power while reducing the cost of ownership, but the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque, which are also plug-in hybrids, are in a completely different situation.
Taking the Discovery Sports PHEV (plug-in hybrid) as an example, the current maximum discount rate has reached 204,800 yuan, and the discount rate of store terminals is as high as 50%! The Range Rover Evoque PHEV is slightly lower, but it can also reach 47%.
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Questions from readers:
The 400,000-level Land Rover Discovery Sport is not fragrant, and the 200,000-level car of the same car is not fragrant?
This is a question worth interpreting, the price of the new car has not been halved, and it does look attractive; But is it normal for a luxury brand SUV that fully meets the characteristics of a best-selling car to have such a large discount, and on the premise of such a large discount, it is found that the monthly sales of the latest phase of the sports plug-in hybrid version are only 3 years? Obviously very abnormal. The reason for this result must be what are the deficiencies of the vehicle, such as the special plug-in hybrid system it uses, the car retains the 8AT gearbox, the engine adopts a transverse layout, and the four-wheel drive is achieved by adding a rear motor; This mode is actually quite good, because it can realize pure electric rear-wheel drive and hybrid four-wheel drive, and the driving pleasure will be higher.
However, the maximum power of its rear motor is only 80kW, which is only the power standard of ordinary small electric vehicles, but the curb weight of this car is 2250kg! Therefore, the power experience of its pure electric mode is conceivable.
The driving experience of a plug-in hybrid vehicle in pure electric mode is the most important, because the cost of pure electric mode is low and the NVH experience is better, so the low power of the electric motor directly affects its vehicle evaluation and sales. On this basis, if there is no ideal hybrid mode experience, the result is destined to be an unpopular car - the engine is a 1.5T three-cylinder engine.
I believe that there is no need to read too much.
At the same time, it has an all-electric range of only 53 km (WLTC mode).
As a plug-in hybrid SUV, the Land Rover Discovery Sport does not have an ideal pure electric mode power experience, nor does it lack a high-level hybrid engine, and the pure electric mileage is short; Even if this car is placed in the 200,000 level, the overall level is far lower than that of domestic four-wheel drive plug-in hybrid cars at the same price.
The Range Rover Evoque plug-in hybrid sold 19 units in the same period, and the Aurora was once a smash hit import, so why is it so low? The reason for this is that the hybrid system used is exactly the same as that of the Land Rover Discovery Sport, except that the all-electric range is three kilometers longer.
And this so-called mid-size SUV is actually very small, with a body size of 4531*1904*1650 mm and a wheelbase of 2841 mm; An SUV with a body length of less than 4.55 meters is a compact car at best, and the wheelbase is long enough that it does not change the body space, but this is still the size of the body with an extended body.
Summary:
The plug-in hybrid range of the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque is indeed not ideal, and the standard and experience of the hybrid system cannot be praised. At present, the price threshold of domestic four-wheel drive plug-in hybrid mid-size SUV is 150,000 yuan, and the engine used is a four-cylinder hybrid special model (Miller cycle or Atkinson cycle), and the minimum power of a single motor will be more than 100kW, and the minimum power of dual motors will be at least more than 200kW, which shows the real level of these two cars.
So these two cars are still not recommended to choose, and Land Rover cars are somewhat overrated.
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