If nothing unexpected happens, the hot spot in recent days will be the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show. The epidemic in China is not as well controlled as China, and the global auto market is still sluggish except for China. However, car companies still attach great importance to the Shanghai Auto Show. We attach great importance to it and will participate in the exhibition with high standards, ensuring that this auto show will still be held as scheduled with a large exhibition area. The veteran driver has already introduced many of the blockbuster products of this year's Shanghai Auto Show. Today we will continue to talk about several new American cars.
Ford Escort
Ford Escort has also tried to sell more than 30,000 vehicles in a single month, and is as famous as the Volkswagen Jetta, Toyota Corolla and other joint venture family sedans. However, when the joint venture rivals The cost-effectiveness continues to improve, and the strength of independent brands becomes stronger. The sales volume of the Fusion began to show a downward trend at the end of 2018, and the sales volume was less than four digits at the beginning of this year. In order to stop the decline, the new facelifted Fusion will be launched at the Shanghai Auto Show. .
The new car has canceled the "Martin face" and replaced it with a honeycomb grille, which is in line with the Focus. It is paired with an "eye-opening" light group design and a chrome decorative strip runs through the entire front face, making the car look more like a car. The light group is connected to the grille. Although it is not outstanding, experienced drivers feel that the appearance is still improved compared to the current model. The biggest change at the rear of the car is the center-mounted model logo, which is also a popular technique for Ford now.
The new Escort has made some adjustments to the body size. The length, width and height are 4633*1825*1490mm and 2687mm. The body width, height and wheelbase remain unchanged, but the body length has increased by 46mm. So the entire body contour looks more slender.
Compared with the appearance, the interior of the new Forex has undergone earth-shaking changes, including design and materials. Although it adopts a more traditional T-shaped layout, due to the blessing of dual screens, the entire center console looks quite simple and technological. It feels like today's new cars are out of step without a dual screen. As an American car priced at RMB 100,000, the interior of the car is covered with many large-area leather packages, which still takes care of Chinese consumers.
The last three items that everyone is most concerned about are the new Escort, which continues to be equipped with a 1.5L three-cylinder naturally aspirated engine. The transmission system is expected to be matched with a 6-speed manual or 6-speed automated manual gearbox, with maximum power It has 90kW, maximum torque of 152N·m, and fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of 5.7L/100km.
Experienced driver’s comment: The new car has very specific adjustments to the appearance and interior. This change is very important. However, although the three-cylinder engine does have advantages in some aspects, most people This greatly magnified its disadvantages, leading to the so-called "three-cylinder persuasion". Unless it was priced very cheaply, it would still have to be a four-cylinder model before anyone would buy it.
Domestic Mustang Mach-E
After the Ford Mustang Mach-E was released, its first batch of mass-produced cars was booked out within 9 days. Changan Ford seemed to have seen the light, so Just make it domestic. The domestically produced Mustang Mach-E will be launched on April 13 and then appear at this Shanghai Auto Show.
Since it is made in China, why not call it Mustang? The old driver here would like to give you some knowledge. Because the Chinese trademark was sued for infringement by Sichuan Yema, Yema just used the English name. Anyway, this incident still caused a lot of public opinion at the time, and the old driver laughed at it.
Different from the Mustang sports car that you often see, the Mach-E is a four-door pure electric SUV that retains most of the designs of the overseas version, such as the shark nose front face, American muscle body lines, The three-pillar taillights, etc., and the Mustang logo running on the front of the car can also illuminate, similar to those of Nissan's new logo, Lexus LF-Z concept car, and BYD's ancestor.
The length, width and height of the new car are 4739*1881*1621mm, and the wheelbase reaches 2984mm. The length of the new car is longer than Model Y, and the wheelbase is longer than Model S. The purpose of this "play" is obvious.
Compared with the rugged appearance, the interior looks particularly technological, with a 15.5-inch large central control screen + a 10.2-inch full LCD instrument. This combination has become a common match for smart cars nowadays. Like the BYD one that can rotate, it also suffers from a common problem with large screens - reflection.
For the first time, the new car is equipped with a new generation of Ford Co-Pilot360? Intelligent driving assistance system and SYNC+ intelligent driving infotainment system, which will support L2+ level automatic driving assistance functions. In addition, it also supports FOTA firmware online upgrade, allowing users to continue to experience new features. The domestically produced Mustang Mach-E will also be equipped with Ford's vehicle-road collaboration system based on cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology.
In terms of power, the entry-level Mustang Mach-E is equipped with an electric motor with a maximum power of 198kW and a peak torque of 430N.m, while the top-end version of the Mustang Mach-E is equipped with an electric motor with a maximum power of 358kW. , the peak torque is as high as 860N.m, and the top version only takes 3.5 seconds to accelerate from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers. In terms of battery life, the pure electric battery life is 600 kilometers, which meets the needs of most car use scenarios.
Experienced driver’s comment: Judging from the size, performance and battery life, the new car’s opponent will be the Tesla Model Y, which has achieved good results at the beginning of 2021. Although the "domestic Mustang" It's slow, but it's not without opportunities. After all, as a traditional old car company, it has a series of profound technological accumulation. I hope that Ford, which has been a century old, will not be destroyed by Changan again.
Cadillac LYRIQ
Judging from the pace of major car companies stepping up the production and research and development of electrified products, the era of comprehensive electrification is coming, and luxury brands are also an exception. BBA’s electrified products Everyone is already familiar with it. Now the second-tier luxury brand Volvo has products. Lexus recently released the LF-Z concept car. Cadillac can’t sit still. It also recently officially announced its first smart pure electric concept car LYRIQ at the Shanghai Auto Show. will be its debut.
LYRIQ is based on General Motors' new generation modular electric vehicle platform BEV3. The appearance has an illuminated grille with unique lighting elements, slender vertical headlights and a fastback body. Cadillac's design has always been They all look right, and this electric concept car is no exception. You can still see many diamond-cut elements on the car. Whether it is the front or the rear of the car, there are many slender light strips. This car will be highly recognizable when driving at night. The only drawback is that the tail logo cannot illuminate.
