On August 6, 2024, the first luxury flagship sedan cooperated by Hongmeng Zhixing and BAIC, the Xiangjie S9, was officially released, with a total of two versions, the official guide price of the MAX rear-drive long-range version is 399,800 yuan, and the official guide price of the Ultra four-wheel drive flagship version is 449,800 yuan.
In terms of the car purchase welfare policy, users can get an option worth 15,000 yuan and a deduction of 20,000 yuan worth of smart driving bags during the first sale period, and the deadline for the first sale rights is 23:59:59 on October 8, 2024. At the same time, the first sale benefit can be combined with the reservation benefit and the early access program benefit.
Quick overview of the pros and cons
merit
1. First to use HUAWEI ADS 3.0 advanced intelligent driver assistance system, which is powerful
2. Harmony OS in-vehicle system, silky and smooth, with high playability
3. Standard Turing chassis, air suspension + CDC variable damping suspension system
4. More than 5 meters long, 3 meters wheelbase, spacious interior riding space
5. Standard 800V platform and 100kWh battery
shortcoming
1. At present, only pure electric is available, and no extended range version has been launched
The S9 offers five exterior colors such as "Huanyu Red" and "Xinghui Gold" in the exterior color, and the design of the vehicle is inspired by Huanyu and equipped with iconic Galaxy headlights, giving people a simple and fashionable feeling.
The dimensions of the vehicle are 5160/1987/1486mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase is 3050mm, positioning it as a medium and large flagship sedan. For the first time, it adopts a hidden water cutting design, with electronic exterior mirrors, flat side windows, hidden door handles, frameless doors, etc., and the drag coefficient is only 0.193Cd.
The rear styling echoes the front of the car, providing a continuous tail light cluster, which is also lit in a ring ribbon style. In addition, the rear camera is positioned above the rear window, which is less likely to avoid sludge than the traditional layout at the number plate position.
The interior of the Huanyu cockpit adopts a symmetrical design structure, using a smart star ring design, the first Galaxy picture scroll trim panel, and all seats are equipped with Nappa leather and natural wood as standard. Available in four interior colours: White Sand Apricot, Clotted White, Amber Brown and Polar Night Black.
In addition to the excellent materials, the 12.3-inch instrument screen and 15.4-inch center control screen, as well as the streaming media exterior mirror display on both sides, bring a full sense of technology to the car.
Equipped with the latest Harmony OS 4.0, the in-vehicle system is smooth and smooth to operate, enabling seamless two-way connection of mobile applications and supporting mobile desktop layout.
The HUAWEI SOUND sound behind the center screen is still retained, providing 25 sound drivers with a total power of 2080W, bringing the experience of a palace-level opera house.
The rear row is equipped with the first zero-gravity seat for sedans, which supports 12-way electric adjustment, with a waist angle of up to 108°, a knee angle of up to 128°, and an electric headrest that automatically lowers by 45mm. In addition, the zero-gravity seat is equipped with an external electronic portable seat belt to meet the safe use of the zero-gravity seat in various scenarios, and automatically compensate according to the seat angle to ensure the safety of users in different scenarios and different seat angles.
In the rear row, there is also an exclusive secretary screen, which supports stepless folding between 0°-45°, and is silky smooth and easy to control with the blessing of the Harmony OS system.
After the center armrest of the rear row is folded down, the cover is opened, and you can see that the refrigerator is arranged inside, which can realize the cooling and heating adjustment of 3°C-50°C.
In terms of rear entertainment, in addition to the MagLink interface behind the front seats, the external tablet, XiangjieS9 is also arranged in the car32Inch lifting projection screen, bringing an excellent viewing experience, but it is recommended that you use it when parking.
In terms of power, the Xiangjie S9 is equipped with CATL's 100kWh ternary lithium battery, which is available in rear-wheel drive version and four-wheel drive version, with a maximum power of 230 kW and a CLTC pure electric range of 816km. The four-wheel drive version has a maximum power of 390 kW and a CLTC pure electric range of 721 km.
The chassis part, the Xiangjie S9 comes from the latest Turing platform, the whole system is equipped with air suspension + CDC variable damping suspension as standard, Eagle Eye road preview system, at a perception distance of 250 meters, the Turing platform can scan the road surface in front of it 30 times per second, and fine-tune the damping force of the suspension system in 10 milliseconds, with the adaptive suspension system, it can achieve 100 times per second to fine-tune the suspension state, achieving a driving experience similar to "magic carpet".
In addition, HUAWEI ADS 3.0 debuted the full-scene intelligent driving function from the parking space to the rear of the car, and the optimization and upgrading of intelligent assisted driving is also rapidly iteratively upgraded.
Finally, at the end of this press conference, the new M7 Pro also opened a small order, the current pre-sale price is 249,800 yuan, and will be announced at the Chengdu Auto Show on August 26, you may wish to look forward to it.
summary
According to the all-round performance of Xiangjie S9, there is no doubt about the product strength, the domestic high-end executive sedan has not been excellent enough independent brand products, from the price of Xiangjie S9, the benchmark model is the 56E we are familiar with, the configuration and experience are comparable to or even the performance of the leaping Maybach, as for the final performance, we look forward to the feedback from the market!