Which domestic brands are in the limelight at the Guangzhou Auto Show? That must be the Haval brand. From WEY to tanks, it can be said that everyone is involved. That's really "Strengthening the Six Dogs and Falling in Love with the Tank". Nowadays, Haval’s naming strategy also expresses Haval’s understanding of Chinese consumers and its confidence in its own brand. The process from conservative letter numbers to Xindaya, which expresses Chinese characters freely according to the characteristics of the model, is also the process of the Haval brand's continuous evolution in China.
Tank 300 attracted widespread attention as soon as it was unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show, not only for its name, but also for its attitude. As the old saying goes, what man doesn’t want to drive a tank? Now the tanks are really coming. At the Beijing Auto Show, we were speculating on how much this car, which is popular among many consumers, would cost. At the just-opened 2020 Guangzhou Auto Show, this question finally had an answer. WEY officially announced the pre-sale price of the Tank 300. It has launched three models with pre-sale prices ranging from RMB 175,800 to RMB 213,800.
The WEY Tank 300 is based on the "Tank·WEY" off-road platform. It adopts the standard non-load-bearing body design for hard-core off-road, with three locks, combined with the outstanding performance of its predecessor Haval H9, in off-road performance It must be very powerful.
In terms of appearance, the design of WEY Tank 300 is bold and avant-garde. The tough and majestic appearance has a very high overall maturity. This car shows WEY’s ambition. In the blue ocean of domestic urban off-roading, WEY must set up its own sail.
The "neo-classical" design style has a distinctive personality. The rounded rectangular front grille is supplemented by a round retro-style LED headlight set and a three-spoke front grille, which looks more like a military vehicle. In addition, the nearly vertical front face, combined with the raised lines above the engine cover, further enhances the hardcore off-road feel of the Tank 300. It is also very practical. The engine cover can bear a weight of 70kg, and the roof rails can bear five times the static pressure of the vehicle.
The design of the rear of the car is also square and square, and the protruding wheel eyebrows and external spare tire are very rough. The tailgate adopts a horizontal opening mode, which is also one of the symbols of purebred off-road vehicles. The front and rear surrounds and wheel eyebrows are made of black plastic, with large gaps left. This design also allows the vehicle to travel over mountains and ridges without being troubled by factors such as mud. The design of the vertical taillights is distinctive and looks strong when combined with the square body.
Coming to the interior of the car, it seems that in order to match the square appearance of the outside, the interior is also biased toward a tough style. The overall interior design elements are the same as those of the WEY family, but the feel is completely different. The lines of the center console are straight, echoing the lines of the exterior of the car. In terms of configuration, Tank 300 still knows how to integrate with the times. The two large screens on the center console and instrument panel make it look very modern, and a lot of chrome-plated materials are used in the interior design. WEY? 300 seems to use its own configuration to solve the problems of rough and crude interior that have been criticized by hard-core off-roaders.
In terms of power, the Tank 300 uses a 2.0T 8AT power combination with a maximum power of 227 horsepower and a maximum torque of 387 N·m. The engine is placed vertically.
The chassis suspension uses a front double-wishbone independent suspension/rear integral axle non-independent design and a non-load-bearing body design. In addition to the time-sharing four-wheel drive version, there is also a model equipped with part-time four-wheel drive, which is a model that can truly go off-road.
As China's automobile market continues to mature, people's demand for vehicles is not only for transportation, but also for large space and fun driving. The use of vehicles has diversified from the previous means of transportation to the present. Off-road vehicles are beginning to be gradually accepted by Chinese consumers, and WEY enters the market at this time, just like when the WEY brand began to build Chinese luxury brand SUVs, hoping to get the top deal in this field. Judging from the product strength of the Tank 300, this answer is also excellent enough. Therefore, we look forward to its market performance.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.