From the A0 class to the C-class car market, BYD, which has achieved the sales dominance level, actually needs to rebuild a car, a niche but can meet the needs of daily cars, partial sports driving control but can balance comfort, and most importantly, the pricing should be close to the people, in fact, it is a hatchback, looking at this market segment, there has not been a hatchback in the domestic camp like Golf and Fit, which can continue to sell in a real sense, based on this situation, can BYD take the lead in making a change?
After this year's National Day holiday, BYD will officially launch the seal 06 GT, the new car has been completed at the Chengdu Auto Show two months ago and announced the pre-sale price of 15-200,000 yuan, the technical level that has been determined is: 1, from the e platform 3.0 Evo, rear-wheel drive, endoskeleton CTB, 12-in-1 intelligent electric drive, intelligent upflow fast charging, intelligent wide temperature range efficient heat pump and other technologies will appear; 2. There is not much to disclose at the level of intelligent driving, but the DiPilot 100 high-end intelligent driving system will definitely be available, and whether it will be used as a standard configuration remains to be verified; 3. It provides two kinds of power: single-motor rear-wheel drive and dual-motor four-wheel drive, as well as iTAC intelligent torque control system and FSD variable damping damper. In addition to these, what are the deeper strengths of the Seal 06 GT?
The wheelbase of 2.82 meters is on par with that of B-class cars, and the Seal 06 GT has the largest space in its class
Let a hatchback have space comparable to a sedan, some people must feel that it is a bit contrary to common sense, after all, in the past cognition, the size of the hatchback is not large, basically the size of the A-class car, such as the wheelbase is about 2.6 meters, the length of the car is 3.8 to 4.5 meters, the typical representative is the golf, Fit, Civic Hatchback and MINI COOPER, etc., sitting and squeezing, small trunk is the "common problem" of this type of model, so how to do it, in order to ensure the legs of the second-row passengers, While the headroom is still there, there is enough trunk? The answer can actually be found in the axle-to-length ratio.
Theoretically, the larger the ratio of the wheelbase to the length, the better it is to create space inside the cabin, and there will be two situations, either lengthening the wheelbase or shortening the length of the car if either the wheelbase and the length of the car remain the same. However, the practice of shortening the length of the body is obviously unrealistic, the most common way is to lengthen the wheelbase, in other words, this can be obtained by compressing the rear overhang, on the basis of meeting the chassis load requirements, so that the rear wheels are as close as possible to the rear of the car, and the final effect can be understood as "four wheels in the four corners".
Therefore, compared with the front and side of the 25 seals, you can see the rear wheel center position of the seal 06 GT, in fact, it is closer to the rear of the car, even if it is compared with the Golf and Civic HATCHBACK, it can be clearly seen that the rear overhang of the new car is shorter, and when it comes to the data level, the length of the seal 06 GT exceeds the 4.5 meter rule of the traditional hatchback, which is 4630mm, the width and height of the car are 1880mm and 1490mm, and the wheelbase is quite exaggerated 2820mm, Why summarize the wheelbase of more than 2.8 meters with "exaggeration", this is not only because this size has reached the field of quasi-B-class sedans, but also throughout the current hatchback market, the wheelbase can reach this size level, and there is really only the Seal 06 GT model.
The shortening of the rear overhang, in exchange for the potential ability to lengthen the wheelbase, the most intuitive embodiment is that the legroom in the second row has become larger, which is the same as the design case we have mentioned many times before, the second row of seats will be moved to the rear wheel arches, so there is another detail that can be used as circumstantial evidence, that is, the length of the rear door panel of the seal 06 GT must be longer than that of the conventional hatchback, as for the loading space of the trunk, it can be solved by optimizing the D-pillar, and the Y0 line did not end immediately after the C-pillar, Instead, it continues to extend towards the D-pillar like a traditional SUV, which has two advantages, one is to expand the trunk space, and the other is to ensure the aesthetic aesthetics of the styling, which is the biggest advantage of the GT model from the traditional hatchback or sedan, both aesthetic and practical.
So at this point, we can basically give a wave of conclusions, BYD Seal 06 GT, it is a one-time solution to the previous hatchback space is not large, the trunk is not practical shortcomings, and the low shape and the front narrow rear wide wheel base, but also create a sense of fighting without anger, the official also showed the Chengdu Auto Show equipped with a large front shovel, rear giant sports spoiler sports kit concept version of the model, the paint is even the same Lamborghini Aventador dark orange color, these actions seem to be indicating, The Seal 06 GT not only achieves the spirit of the GT model in terms of styling, but also seems to be the same at the driving level.
The rear-wheel drive version balances comfort and sportiness, and the four-wheel drive version has a stronger flavor of "steel cannon".
For a pure electric rear-wheel drive "small steel cannon", what we are most concerned about is naturally the performance of the Seal 06 GT at the driving level. According to the news that has been determined, the pre-sale price of the new car starts at 150,000 yuan, up to 200,000 yuan, there are two rear-drive versions, a four-wheel drive version as the top configuration, and in the suspension structure, the new car will be equipped with a front double ball head MacPherson independent suspension as standard, and the rear suspension continues to use a standard five-link, this set of suspension at the comfort level is basically very mature, plus BYD has been using the FSD variable damping shock absorber for many years, so in terms of comfort performance, I believe that even if it is 150,000 entry seal 06 GT, It is also capable of achieving a higher price level.
In fact, in the 10-200,000 price band, the suspension structure with MacPherson + multi-link has been very common, and the rear suspension of some models is even using a torsion beam with lower cost but extremely testing tuning skills, and the seal 06 GT This time the double ball head MacPherson used in the front suspension, compared with the traditional MacPherson type, in addition to the higher cost, the structure is also relatively more complex, the original swing arm was disassembled into two connecting rods, namely the lower front control arm and the lower rear control arm, which makes the suspension and horns have two connection points, This design allows for the separation of lateral and longitudinal forces, increases the life of the bushings and ball hinges, and reduces the space required for wheel steering, in other words, handling and steering precision are the biggest advantages of this suspension.
The shortcomings are relatively obvious, because the design itself is relatively complex in structure, which directly leads to the high cost of maintenance in the later stage, and the steering is heavier than the MacPherson type, which is from the point of view of sports control, the steering wheel feel of the sinking part seems to be in line with this kind of setting, of course, there are many solutions to optimize the steering wheel steering force, such as adjusting the steering wheel bearing or adjusting the ECU, etc.
In short, this suspension structure once again shows that the Seal 06 GT is a hatchback GT car with a focus on sports, and the iTAC intelligent torque control system can provide torque according to the different adhesion of the wheels, which is simply stable driving without skidding and high power transmission efficiency, which is particularly important for rear-wheel drive pure electric vehicles. In addition, judging from the tire scheme given by BYD's official, the wheel size of the rear-wheel drive version is 18 inches, and the four-wheel drive version is 19 inches, but the tire flat ratio of the rear-wheel drive version is relatively high, reaching 50 (45 for the four-wheel drive version), which shows that the new car is not overly inclined to sportiness, especially the rear-wheel drive version, which focuses more on finding a balance between comfort and sport.
In response to this conclusion, some answers can also be found by observing and comparing the power of its motors. The rear-wheel drive version is divided into two kinds of high and low power, of which the peak performance of the low-power version has also reached 160 kilowatts, which is the same as the high configuration of the current electric MINI COOPER, the former has a maximum speed of 200 km / h, and the limit of the latter is 170 km / h. Occasionally, the chassis suspension of the Seal 06 GT can also fully cope with the extreme operation, and the four-wheel and four-corner body is inherently conducive to handling, so what can really be called a pure electric "small steel cannon" is still a four-wheel drive version with a maximum power of 310 kilowatts and a 000 acceleration of 4.9 seconds.
From the perspective of BYD's pure electric power ladder, the seal 06 GT is equipped with this set of dual motors, and the data can be ranked third in the brand, the first is the 25 seal 600 four-wheel drive intelligent driving version (390 kilowatts), the second is the 24 Tang EV four-wheel drive flagship (380 kilowatts), and as the current third power seal 06 GT, the body is still the smallest, so it is not difficult to see from this that BYD is obviously leaving a hand in the preparation of pure electric "small steel cannon", and the final suspense is the final price.