I tested the Geely Borui ePro hybrid in heavy rain and was pleasantly surprised. Is this car worth buying for home use?

I rushed to Sanya, Hainan last week to test drive the Geely ePro hybrid family product. Although it has been a few days since I came back, I still can’t make up my mind on how to write this test drive report. Maybe after letting yourself go, you will return to peace. Driving is like traveling. No matter where you go, home is still the final destination.

The author is no stranger to Sanya, a famous tropical island. After all, I come here many times every year. With the warm climate and Sanya’s beautiful ecological landscape, this pure island in the southern tip of China has the "Hawaii of the East" called. October is a good season to visit the island, but the sudden typhoon also made the trip confusing. It is understood that before our arrival (October 15th), Typhoon Nangka, the 16th typhoon this year, had also landed on the island before us. This sudden natural factor made me even more worried about this test drive.

Driving the Geely Borui ePro hybrid, God will not be kind to you

After the test drive briefing, the author told my media friends that if I test drive the Borui ePro hybrid today, , that would be quite perfect. This test drive includes Binyue ePro, Jiaji ePro, Xingyue ePro and Borui ePro, covering sedans, SUVs and MPVs.

As expected, the test car we got this time was the 1.5T exclusive version of Borui’s ePro. The color is cloisonné. The price of this car is 169,800 yuan, and fuel The price difference between the cars is less than 10,000 yuan, and they are the only hybrid models in its class that can offer "the same price for gasoline and electricity" for some models. While many people are envious of Toyota's ability to control hybrid costs, Geely can now do the same. This has to be said to be an improvement for domestically produced cars.

This test drive route involves urban roads, highways, coastal roads, and even small sections of non-paved roads, which can fully demonstrate that the Geely ePro hybrid family can "run in daily life and go to distant places." "Product strength. Not long after driving out of Haitang Bay, the weather was not good and it started to rain. When driving from the city road to the highway section, the rain became heavier and heavier. With the heavy rain, the cars on the highway also turned on their double flashers, and the speed All slowed down.

At this time, the advantages of the Borui ePro model are reflected. It is equipped with intelligent rain-sensing wipers. As the rain falls heavier and heavier, the window cleaning frequency of the wiper is automatically recognized to the maximum. quick. But even so, we still couldn't see the front of the vehicle. At this time, the speed had dropped to 30 kilometers per hour. You must know that the speed limit on the highway here is 120 kilometers per hour.

We looked out the window and saw that the cars around us also turned on their double-jump lights, slowed down, and crawled slowly. The speed of 30 kilometers per hour is already a slow speed on the highway. I wonder if any of you have had such driving experience? The author would like to remind you that if you encounter such bad weather, whether you are on the highway or not, you must first turn on the double jump lights, and be sure to control the vehicle speed according to the actual driving environment.

This reminds me of the test drive I took in Anji, Zhejiang after the Geely Boyue was launched four years ago. After leaving Xiaoshan Airport that day and rushing to Anji, it was pouring rain on the highway from the airport to the highway. Now four years have passed, Boyue, known as one of the three best SUVs, has used four years of sales to achieve a leap from 0 to 1 million sales, becoming the leader of Chinese SUVs. You must know that it took 11 years for the Highlander to reach one million units, and it also took 10 years for the CR-V to reach one million units. The Haval H6, the national car, also took 4 years, which is enough to show that Boyue's The power and success of this car.

After the rain, the sky clears up, and you can feel the different island style

When driving the vehicle at the end of the highway from the destination, the rain became lighter and lighter, and when we got off the highway exit , the rain almost stopped, which also allowed us to see the Sanya Island after the heavy rain for the first time.

Frankly speaking, compared with the inconvenient charging and battery life anxiety of new energy vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles have obvious advantages. Whether it is in terms of battery life or charging, hybrid vehicles can Cope with ease.

There are also different countermeasures for different scenarios, just as the Geely ePro hybrid family advocates the principle of "it is better to save money than to save money".

In this test drive, we also experienced the test drive of the "Zhiqing" hybrid system, the two-way charging function experience, the bay outdoor shooting, etc., which reflects that it can "run in daily life and go to distant places". Even in heavy rain and strong winds, it remains calm and has super fuel-saving advantages and power performance.

As China’s plug-in hybrid B-class car, the Borui ePro attacks the market with a one-level higher body size and more advanced configurations, lower than the price of joint venture cars of the same class. Let’s take a look. Here comes the auspicious battlefield strategy. In the Chinese brand B-class car market, Borui can be said to be the most successful one, and it is also the first domestic B-class car to gain a firm foothold in the market. It is understood that in just a few years since its launch on the market, Borui's cumulative sales have exceeded 200,000 units, making it the most representative model in the Chinese brand B-class car market.

We drove the Borui ePro on the Sanya Island after the rain, and parked the car under the coconut trees on the roadside. The cloisonné body color made the car blend in with the island and the blue sky, and it breathed in the sea breeze. The fresh air has a unique flavor. The water is sluggish, the mountains and islands are thick, the trees are thick, and the grass is luxuriant. After the rain, the island is flooded with waves. Life is like this, isn't it happy?

How does Borui ePro look like?

The Borui ePro adopts a straight waterfall grille design, which reminds people of Volvo’s design style. It is reported that this will also be the latest grille design language of the Geely sedan family.

The waistline design on the side of the car body is very obvious. The streamlined waistline combined with the suspended roof makes the car look more sporty. The rear part of the car uses a double exhaust design on both sides, which also highlights the new car’s appearance. Sporty style.

Open the door and enter the car, and you will find that the Borui ePro continues the consistent material style of domestic cars. A large number of soft materials, piano paint and other materials create a sense of class and luxury for the new car.

The dual-screen design of the 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel and central control LCD screen looks more technological and practical. In terms of intelligence, the central control LCD screen is equipped with the GKUI intelligent ecosystem. After several generations of changes, this system has become quite outstanding in terms of functionality, entertainment and sensitivity, making it more convenient and safer for drivers and passengers. .

As a B-class car, the length, width and height of Borui ePro are 4986/1861/1513mm respectively, and the wheelbase reaches 2870mm. This kind of body size gives Borui ePro a certain advantage in the same class. Whether it is Accord, Camry or Passat, its space performance is not as good as it.

In order to experience the advantages of space, the 180cm-tall experiencer experienced it in the front, passenger and rear seats. The head, leg and knee room in the front row were very ample, while the leg room in the rear row was even It allows you to easily cross your legs. Due to the almost completely flat design of the middle floor, the comfort for passengers in the middle rear row is quite excellent. The trunk volume exceeds 500L, which can better meet most car usage scenarios and space needs.

How does Borui ePro drive?

Finally, let’s talk about the test drive experience of Borui ePro. When it comes to the test drive experience, we must first talk about the power of the car. The entire ePro hybrid family, including the Borui ePro? and even the Binyue, Xingyue, Jiaji and other ePro models tested this time, adopt the industry's first P2.5 hybrid architecture, which was developed by Geely's European R&D Center ( CEVT), it can be said to be the world's unique P2.5 plug-in hybrid technology. All new cars are equipped with a 1.5TD L3 engine, a 7DCTH gearbox, and a plug-in hybrid system with a high-efficiency motor.

The motor installed in the new car has a maximum power output of 60kW and a maximum torque of 160N·m. The power battery is a ternary lithium battery with a capacity of 11.3kWh and a cruising range of 60km in pure electric state. The 1.5TD?L3 engine and 7DCTH gearbox output a maximum power of 130kW and a maximum horsepower of 255N·m.

The entire power system has a comprehensive maximum power of 190kW, a maximum horsepower of 259Ps, and a maximum comprehensive torque of 415N·m.

This power combination is even comparable to the power of a 2.5T engine. Such excellent power also allows the new car to accelerate from 0-100km/h in 7.4 seconds, which is not easy for a car weighing 1.8 tons.

During this test drive, the Borui ePro started briskly on various road sections. As the vehicle speed increases, the engine intervenes, and you can clearly feel that this power system has sufficient reserves. As long as the foot is in place, the power will be available at any time. . Thanks to the new car's "core calculation" e-hybrid AI actuarial system, the Borui ePro's fuel consumption performance is satisfactory. A rough calculation of the vehicle's fuel consumption during the test drive that day showed that it was less than 7L per 100 kilometers.

Although this kind of performance is no match for the Camry Hybrid, such fuel consumption performance is already very rare for a mid-sized car with a length of nearly 5 meters. During this test drive, we encountered a long period of heavy rain. There were two worlds inside and outside the car. Thanks to the new car’s engine compartment and interior sound insulation, you can only feel the engine noise when accelerating at full throttle. This car The car's NVH is pretty good.

Road noise isolation is also good. It filters out fine vibrations very well. Even when walking over bumpy speed bumps, it can absorb the impact of external forces. The overall comfort is suitable for home use. The identity of the car, such comfort even makes people feel like driving a luxury car. It can be said that this is a B-class car that enjoys the style of a "big car" and only costs the cost of a "small car".

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Through our one-day test drive, the overall performance of Borui ePro can be said to have exceeded expectations. It is not only eye-catching in appearance, but also has technological and safety configurations. , space are better than the same class, coupled with large space, strong power, low fuel consumption and easy control, it is a very pragmatic B-class car.

In fact, after Borui was launched that year, it performed well among models of the same class. It focused on cost-effectiveness and once became the most low-key domestic B-class car, and its market performance exceeded expectations. With the subsequent digestion and upgrade of Volvo's technology, especially Geely's rapid development and technology and design accumulation in recent years, the power and other aspects of the Borui have been greatly improved after the mid-term facelift.

The Borui ePro tested this time has further enriched Geely’s flagship sedan product lineup, and it also shows that it is closely following the development trend of new energy vehicles. Nowadays, hybrid models are very popular among Chinese people. Rui's market performance of more than 200,000 units is enough to illustrate this car's status among domestic cars of the same level. Isn't it nice to buy a B-class hybrid car for the price of a joint venture A-class sedan?

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