Test drive丨Geely ICON: the first choice for urban hipsters

Different visual design, different technology experience, and different trendy users create a model that is different from ordinary SUVs - Geely ICON.

It is like a light luxury fashion product, with its own label when it comes out.

Since it is different, the test drive activities must also be amazing. "Volcano Party? FEEL Addicted" gives you a unique life style journey that embraces nature. It was officially held at the Ulan Hada Volcano Address Park, where Geely ICON staged its passionate debut of "Challenging the Top of the Volcano".

The Geely ICON tested by the Chief Travel Officer this time is a new smart and youthful product launched by Geely Automobile. The new car is positioned as a compact SUV.

In terms of data, Geely ICON, as the second product of the BMA architecture, is equipped with a 1.5T turbocharged engine in the power system, and a 48V light hybrid system is added to some models. The comprehensive power is 140kW, the comprehensive torque is 300N·m, and the acceleration time from 0-100km/h is 7.9 seconds. In terms of the transmission system, the new car is equipped with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, which performs smoothly in daily driving. However, the performance during rapid acceleration is average, less crisp and a bit sloppy. Overall, ICON still maintains the performance that a compact SUV model should have.

In terms of power performance, the 1.5T three-cylinder engine equipped with 48V mild hybrid power has a faster throttle response and a more obvious push-back feeling. When starting from a static position, just tap the accelerator pedal to smoothly output power.

During low-speed driving, the feedback from the steering wheel is soft and has a certain degree of emptiness; as the vehicle speed gradually increases, the feedback from the steering wheel gradually increases, and the most intuitive feeling is that the steering wheel feels heavier. , giving people full confidence when driving at high speed.

Switch the driving mode to sport, then ICON will show its relatively "violent" side. The engine always maintains the speed at around 1300rpm, and the throttle response speed becomes more "nervous", amplifying every inch of your foot movement wantonly.

The Geely ICON is also equipped with an adaptive cruise function, which together with the lane keeping system, automatic emergency braking and speed limit reminder, can achieve hands-free autonomous driving. During a test drive on the highway from the hotel to Ulan Hada Volcano Address Park, the author turned on the adaptive cruise function, freeing both hands and feet throughout the process (both hands only need to press lightly on the steering wheel), and intelligent assistance based on lane lines can be realized throughout the process. drive. At the same time, the direction correction in corners is "very comfortable" and there are no abrupt direction adjustments.

It is undeniable that the overall suspension tuning of ICON is relatively excellent. The vehicle uses a front MacPherson independent suspension and a rear multi-link independent suspension.

The suspension tuning is more sport-oriented, and the harder setting is more suitable for the impulsive and aggressive driving style of young consumers. Of course, this car does not give up daily driving comfort for sport. The suspension also handles small bumps and continuous undulations on the road more appropriately.

This configuration also gives ICON a clearer sense of the road when driving. Especially when driving on volcanic mountain roads, we can feel the feedback from changes in the road surface, and the body posture on the mountain roads is always in a controllable state.

In general, ICON is suitable for highways, national highways, or urban areas. Its dynamic driving performance is excellent enough that it's hard for you to find fault with it.

In terms of appearance, Geely ICON adopts an extremely avant-garde design language and highly restores the body elements of the concept car CONCEPT?ICON.

The front face adopts the "Hui" character design with a space-time reverberation grille, which is similar to the previous ripple grille. The LED daytime running lights are in the shape of a narrow strip, and the dual high and low beam headlights with recessed time symbols are quite technological.

Coming to the side, it still has minimalist technological attributes. The recessed waistline design and hidden door handles highlight the minimalist design style of Geely ICON.

The new car is positioned as a compact SUV. Its body size reaches 4350/1810/1615mm, and the wheelbase is 2640mm.

The shape of the rear of the car echoes the front face. The taillight design also adopts the time symbol design concept, and is composed of 118 LED lights.

Going inside the car, the interior design of Geely ICON is also eye-catching. If the key point of exterior design is "technological minimalism", then the interior is "trendy and avant-garde". The interior of the car boldly adopts a contrasting design of white and khaki, making the interior of the vehicle look clean and stylish.

The 10.25-inch full LCD instrument and the 10.25-inch large central control screen are the finishing touches in the car, which can enable three-finger flying screen for dual-screen interaction. The new car will also be equipped with the GKUI intelligent network connection system and support "AI voice interaction".

One sentence summary

Geely ICON has a clear and precise young consumer group, and the price of 115,800 yuan to 128,800 yuan also provides young people with a "lower cost" Car buying options. At the same time, the configuration level that should not be underestimated is also telling the groups that belong to it that it can be obtained without "too much effort". Therefore, ICON, which has personality, good looks, and strength, may appear on the list of choices of many young consumers when buying a car.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.