In the past fuel car era, people mentioned in the large C-class sedan, the first response in our minds is likely to be BBA priced as high as 400,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan BMW 5 Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Audi A6L. However, with the arrival of the new energy era, our independent brands are gradually growing, and the emergence of many new power brands, between the various brands roll each other, and finally the price threshold of the large sedan pulled down to less than 200,000 yuan, and Today, I will introduce you to two independent brand medium-sized sedan, "King of the volume" Leapmotor C01 and BYD Han EV, we analyze whether they can compete with the luxury brand medium-sized car, and their respective advantages. And where are their respective advantages.
The Leapmotor C01 has a price range of 193,800-286,800 yuan, while the Han EV has a price range of 219,800-331,800 yuan. The Leapmotor C01 has a greater variety of models and a slightly lower entry price than the Han EV.
Exterior: a battle of technology and sportiness
The Leapmotor C01 shape is very interesting, the design belongs to the simplification or subtraction style, very simple, the whole car through the soft lines and curved surfaces to create a smooth, full visual effect. The front end is not too complicated, and blends well with the body. The headlights are designed with a through-headlight cluster, and with the simple front-end shape and 19-inch semi-closed wheels, the whole car's sci-fi sense can be said to be full.
C01 soft stretch and slender body gives a sports car-like aesthetic, rounded and simple lines and a large sliding back with the 45 degree view from the rear looks like a mouse shape, or like a pebble after being washed by water, this shape reminds me of the Samsung S3 advertising slogan inspired by the pebble shape ten years ago: "Zhuo Ran Tian Cheng, born for you ", this shape also makes its wind resistance coefficient as low as 0.226cd.
The front of Han EV adopts a wide-body design, the design language is still the familiar Dragon Face. narrow headlight cluster, the two wings of the matrix headlight using the middle chrome decorative strip connected, not only to increase the sense of refinement, but also to stretch the horizontal visual perception, looks a fierce flavor. And join the open front envelope, the internal smoked black horizontal grille, enhance the front face of the hierarchical effect.
The side of the body, with the now popular small sliding style, the lines look very distinct and slender, the doors are equipped with hidden hidden door handles, which can reduce the wind resistance of the whole car. The rear part of the car is much rounder and fuller than the old model, still using the running tail lights, in line with the current trend of the times, and also with the Chinese knot tail lights, which has more of its own local characteristics. The new multi-spoke wheels serve the purpose of enhancing the sense of sportiness, together with the muscular and obvious rear waistline and the sliding back shape, even some Porsche taste.
Overall, the two cars have distinctly different design styles, with the C01 being extremely simple and sci-fi, while the Han EV uses many elements to mix and match to show off its luxury. I believe that the appearance belongs to the carrot and green vegetable, from the perspective of young people alone, the Leapmotor C01's face value will be more attractive to young consumers.
Will the Leapmotor C01 interior be more attractive to consumers?
The interior layout of the Leapmotor C01 is about technology, with the center console as the core, and both sides of the door constitutes a wide angle one symmetrical design, effectively stretching the visual width of the interior of the car and the sense of space. But also because the three screens occupy most of the area of the center console, C01's center console lacks some sense of design, look a little monotonous, winning in the material under the capital, a large area of soft leather wrapped and tumbled leather roof, the sense of luxury to create a good, the material is comparable to traditional luxury brands. It is worth mentioning that behind the three screens is Qualcomm 8155 chip, the response speed and smoothness of daily operation is no problem at all, and the UI design of Leapmotor is also simple and clear, very good to get Astated.
The interior cabin of BYD Han EV adopts the hug design, equipped with 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel and 15.6-inch large screen, supporting 360-degree rotation, with a sense of technology, also has a good human-computer interaction experience, but compared with the Leapmotor C01 equipped with 8155 chip, there is naturally a gap in fluency. The interior of Han EV is wrapped with leather, which is very delicate and exquisite, and the interior atmosphere and luxury are very well created, which is not deficient in traditional luxury brands.
The interior style of the two cars is the same as the exterior style, the C01 is simple and sci-fi, while the Han EV uses many elements to mix and match to show off its luxury.
Mid-size sedan ride comfort without much worry. Leapmotor C01 rear seat cushion padding is very thick, soft and hard, the length of the seat cushion is very long, the top model can also electrically adjust the angle of the seat back, adjusted to the most backward when close to the state of the Ge You Lie. However, the rear of the C01 is not so "god", I'm 6'5" tall in the back of the seat will be a bit suffocating sense, especially the use of a large back design makes little head space left, the C01 will move the top beam forward so that the head of the rear passengers in the rear glass below, so as to "steal "steal" more headroom. But for my body is not helpful, maintaining a normal sitting posture is already the top of the glass, for passengers with a smaller body than the small, this "stolen" space is still meaningful. Overall, the overall ride comfort of the C01 is superior, but the space is slightly sorry for the size.
Han EV and C01, the overall space is a little bit sorry for the positioning of the medium-sized car, the editor in the front row to adjust a comfortable driving position, and then into the back of the ride, the leg space is only about four fingers, and the seat height is low, maintain a normal sitting position, the front of the thighs are not supported, slightly overhang. Although it also adopts a small sliding back design, the head space is still quite abundant compared to the C01. The seat padding of Han EV is thicker and softer, and the same as Leapmotor C01, the top model also comes with backrest angle adjustment for the second row of seats, so the overall ride comfort is still remarkable and not inferior to that of BBA's mid-size cars.
Han EV and C01 driving experience fit the feeling of a gas car, as electric car
Talk about the chassis, C01 with the front double-wishbone rear multi-link configuration, pure comfort tuning and long enough suspension travel, at low speeds over some fine and potholes, small undulating road, the whole car is very crisp and sharp, not too much extra small movements, for fine small vibration filtering is also in place, a strong sense of isORAtion, very comfortable, and even a little sense of seniority. And thanks to the CTC battery chassis integrated architecture, the C01 is also very strong overall driving.
But when the car speed increased to 60km, the first biggest feeling is the wind noise, A pillar will have "whirring" wind sound, the speed further up the "whirring" sound will be very exaggerated, once let me think the windows are not closed. Also when the speed comes up, the rebound after the suspension compression over some undulating road surface is not in place, there will be a lot of extra shaking.
Although the Han EV does not have the double wishbones on the front suspension of the C01, but uses the MacPherson suspension, it still has a good sense of heaviness when driving on paved roads, and the filtration of vibrations is also very well in place, and the C01 is also oriented to pure comfort. The front section of Han's suspension is still tough, with slightly better lateral support than the C01, and a smoother stance in high-speed lane changes and large-angle ramps than the C01. The problem is that when encountering continuous potholes or irregular road surface, the body will not be able to pull, and the rebound of the suspension after compression is not in place, slightly swaying from side to side with the feeling of driving a boat, which is especially obvious to the passengers in the back.
Overall, both cars are tuned for pure comfort, and the power output of the single-motor version is equally dense and smooth, trying its best to fit the feeling of a gas car without making people feel too lean, ensuring the comfort of passengers.
In the end
To sum up, these two cars are highly overlapping in positioning and pricing, but each has its own strengths and weaknesses, but both are excellent products of our own brand, and in many ways already comparable to or beyond the luxury brands, which is very proud of. In the domestic new energy market continues to roll in, I believe there will be more cost-effective and more perfect models to make up for the shortcomings of the existing models, and really become the traditional luxury brands flat replacement.
