For those of you who don't pay much attention to the dynamics of the car industry, you wouldn't think that the main competitor of the BMW 3 Series in the 300,000 yuan high-end car market today is a domestic player; yes, this car is the ZEEKR 001, which shares the title of "Driver's Car" with the 3 Series. Especially after test-driving the ZEEKR 001, it is inevitable that you will be torn between the BMW 3 Series long-axle 325 and the ZEEKR 001 long-range dual-motor version, how should I choose?
BMW 3 Series appearance, interior and configuration are not as good as ZEEKR 001
The 3-series blue Air ev and white cloud logo has a high reputation worldwide, and young people drive it to relatives for the New Year's Eve, which is also more dignified. In contrast, the brand effect of the ZEEKR 001 is difficult to compete with BMW, and many parents do not even know the ZEEKR brand. However, the ZEEKR 001 as a car length of nearly 5 meters of medium and large cars, but also hatchback coupe, high-end model is to take the pinch, so people generally do not put this car to the cheap price to guess.
Interior part, although the new 3 Series with BMW iD8 system + dual-link screen, but on the actual experience, compared to the change on the Qualcomm 8155 chip ZEEKR 001, 3 Series intelligent car system in the function and silky feeling, or will have a certain backward. In the interior of both cars, the soft material package of the ZEEKR 001 will also be more generous than the 3 Series.
At the configuration level, the BMW 325Li M Sport Package (hereinafter referred to as the BMW 3 Series) and the ZEEKR 001 Long Range Dual Motor WE Edition (hereinafter referred to as the ZEEKR 001), for example, are both equipped with keyless entry and electric tailgate on the outside, while the headlights of the ZEEKR 001 also come with matrix headlights + adaptive high and low beam.
In the interior part of the car, the BMW 3 Series' L2 intelligent driving system needs to be optioned separately, and the automatic parking + trailing reverse function is equipped; the Polar ZEEKR 001 is the opposite, its automatic parking system needs to be optioned additionally, but like L2 intelligent driving assistance is given to the standard. Other aspects, both cars are given power front seats / driver's seat memory, independent rear air conditioning, etc. In addition, the ZEEKR 001 has more heated front seats, rear power adjustment, power steering wheel adjustment, and wireless charging for front phones than the 3 Series, including the seat material, the ZEEKR 001 is wrapped in leather and the BMW 3 Series is just faux leather.
The 3-series is 4838/1827/1454mm in length, width and height, with a wheelbase of 2961mm, and the headroom was four fingers after the 177cm tall test passenger adjusted the front row to the driving position, and then went to the back row, the long-axle version of the 3-series also gave two fists and one finger of legroom + three fingers of headroom, which is perfectly fine for home use.
The ZEEKR 001 has a length, width and height of 4970/1999/1560mm and a wheelbase of 3005mm, and the headroom in the front is one fist when the same test passenger sits in the ZEEKR 001; the back of the ZEEKR 001 also gives two and a half fists of legroom, but the headroom is stretched. However, in terms of seat comfort, the ZEEKR 001 is more wrapping in the front and slightly softer in the rear than the 3 Series.
ZEEKR 001 is a coupe. Performance and range exceed most cars
Finally, let's talk about the driving systems of the two cars. Power, BMW 325Li equipped with 2.0T + 8AT assembly, the engine maximum power 135kW, maximum torque 300N-m, complete Leapmotor hundred acceleration time of 7.9 seconds. In terms of power and acceleration performance, nearly 8 seconds into the field of today's gasoline cars, can only be said to be adequate performance, after all, there are not a few models that can run into the 8 seconds.
With 400kW of combined power and 768N-m of combined torque, the ZEEKR 001 accelerates in just 3.8 seconds. Other than that, the performance of this car can undoubtedly surpass 98% of the cars on the road when you go out on the street; and as long as you want to overtake, its abundant power on call, even in the face of high-performance cars, the ZEEKR 001 is no less impressive. In terms of range, the dual-motor WE version of the ZEEKR 001 has a maximum range of 536km under CLTC conditions, and its battery energy is 86kWh, which is a moderate overall performance.
The chassis is equipped with front double ball joint spring damping struts + rear multi-link + rear drive layout. The most intuitive feeling is that the new 3 Series is obviously more comfortable to drive than the old model, the whole chassis firmness and more pure handling has also become softer. But the 3 Series has an unprecedented balance of steering feel, handling underpinnings and a sense of comfort that takes into account the family level.
In contrast, the ZEEKR 001's front double wishbone + rear multi-link + electronically controlled four-wheel drive chassis, as well as more underspring lightweight design and the pursuit of handling, is to enable it to harvest higher ratings than the current 3 Series in terms of driving and control performance. In addition, the ZEEKR 001 also offers the option of a high-performance air suspension package that can significantly improve driving control, which includes a fully automatic air suspension system, CCD electromagnetic damping system; in addition, the ZEEKR 001 is also equipped with a variable steering ratio as standard, so many friends test drive the two cars, in fact, the driving level of the ZEEKR 001 is no less favorable than the BMW 3 Series.
Editor's recommendation.
As you can see, as an independent brand camp of the ZEEKR 001, although in the brand level is difficult to compete with BMW head-on, but from the chassis texture, driving control experience and even the whole car material that we care more, the ZEEKR 001 are not inferior to the BMW 3 Series. So, if you care about the product itself and have a lot of interest in the tram, then I would still recommend the ZEEKR 001 long range dual motor WE version; on the other hand, if you are more interested in the luxury brand and need a relatively balanced model in all aspects, then the BMW 325Li is a good choice.
