Liangrang hotel group

Liangrang Hotel, located next to the ancient town of Tang Xi, is another masterpiece of famous designer Xian Bin. Different from five-star hotel chains, the exquisite rooms of Liangrang Hotel, which face the river and water, are built around a gazebo in a 4,000-square-meter central waterscape courtyard, which skillfully integrates Jiangnan humanities into contemporary exquisite life aesthetics, not only continuing the tradition of one scene in Jiangnan water town, but also shaping a new image of a different resort hotel through art, which is a work of art in itself.

"Organic life" is one of the labels that Liangrang Hotel describes itself. Whether emphasizing the blend of man and nature or eating organic food, Liangrang is conveying an "organic" concept and values. Perhaps because of this, BMW put the test drive of its brand-new new energy vehicle IX3 here, which is so ingenious.

As can be seen from the name, iX3 and X3 have a certain relationship, as can be seen from the appearance. IX3 inherits the design elements of BMW X3 well. Whether it is the traditional SUV shape or the iconic angel eye headlights, it is widely known. The appearance should be more easily accepted by the public, which may be the answer given by traditional car companies to build new energy vehicles at this stage.

But after all, there is a "I" in the name, and there are always design elements of new energy vehicles, so in details, such as the closed design of the kidney grille, the blue BMW Logo, the redesigned bumper shape, the silver I plaque on the side of the car and so on. , all show that it is completely different from an ordinary X3.

For a pure tram, endurance is a very important consideration. For this reason, BMW has made the drag coefficient of iX3 0.29. In addition to the contribution of modeling and active grille, low wind resistance wheel hub also contributed. The exaggerated size of 20 inches, coupled with the design of silver and black petals, is obviously superior to X3 in visual effect. In addition, in the absence of exhaust system, the original position of exhaust pipe was replaced by diffuser with unique shape, which contributed to the aerodynamics of the whole vehicle.

The familiarity of appearance continues to the interior of iX3. The biggest advantage of BMW's design language lies in its maturity and ease of use, although it is very difficult for users who switch from traditional fuel vehicles to new energy vehicles. Similarly, as a traditional luxury brand, the large area of soft materials and fine craftsmanship on the BMW iX3 are commendable, and the high-grade texture created meets the standards of a luxury SUV, which is one of the reasons why most consumers are willing to choose traditional luxury brand cars.

Aside from the overall design, BMW should pay more attention to details if it wants to show that iX3 is a new energy vehicle. In addition to the silver ID plaque of iX3 on the center console, the blue circle Logo on the steering wheel, the sky blue on-off button and the blue decorative strip on the "chicken leg bumper" are the only new energy elements that can be found. Perhaps for some young consumers, the lack of scientific and technological flavor and avant-garde sense will be slightly insufficient when it appears on a new energy vehicle iX3.

In addition, I have to mention BMW's efforts in screen quality. 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel has very good resolution, and the displayed content is rich and clear enough to be easy to read. 10.25 inch central control floating LCD screen is more functional than BMW's previous system. In addition to easy-to-use logic and gesture control, the new system has also been partially optimized. IX3 has been able to support weather query, watermelon video, QQ music, charging pile search and other functions, and the voice system has also added more vehicle function controls, which is better from the user's use level. This excellent screen experience is also an important presentation that BMW, a traditional luxury brand, has always brought us a good impression.

Before coming into contact with BMW iX3, many people may think that it is an oil-to-electricity car. After all, on the surface, it has many similarities with X3, but after reading the power module of iX3, such suspicion is completely unnecessary. BMW iX3 adopts BMW's fifth-generation eDrive system, which is characterized by high modularity and greatly reduces the volume of the whole system.

Just like many models produced by pure electric platform now, the battery module of BMW iX3 is placed at the bottom of the vehicle and under the rear passenger seat, the single motor and single-speed gearbox are integrated on the rear axle, and the electronic control unit is placed in front. This arrangement makes iX3 not occupy the compartment space because of the power system. Its actual internal space and bearing capacity are the same as that of an X3, and its comfort and functionality are maintained. It can be seen that BMW iX3 is not the kind of oil-to-electricity car that everyone thinks. Looking back now, BMW's CLAR platform initially supported plug-in hybrid and pure electric systems at the beginning of design.

BMW's high attainments in power system have long been recognized in its fuel models. Although it is a pure electric SUV, iX3 still inherits the high quality of BMW in driving. Its excitation motor has a maximum power of 286 HP, a peak torque of 400n·m, and an official acceleration of 6.8s per 100 km, which is comparable to the 2.0T BMW X3 in performance.

The rapid acceleration process of fuel vehicle often needs the process of gearbox downshifting and engine speed climbing. Thanks to the direct output characteristics of the motor, the BMW iX3 is quite light to drive, and its dynamic response is agile enough, and its speed-up performance can fully meet the daily driving requirements. However, the greatness of BMW lies in that, unlike most other brands of pure electric vehicles, its driving often has a sense of "jumping", whether in ECO? In PRO, comfort or sports driving mode, the power output of iX3 is very linear, and the power demand can be completely controlled by the depth of the switch, which will not give people the feeling of poor driving control. The only difference is the response speed. After driving a lot of pure trams, the dynamic characteristics of iX3 will really give people a good impression.

Kinetic energy recovery is also an indispensable aspect of this new energy vehicle, which is also a very important point. The adjustment of many car manufacturers is really unsatisfactory. It is worth mentioning that BMW iX3 provides an adaptive kinetic energy recovery function in D mode, which is combined with vehicle-mounted radar. The strength of kinetic energy recovery mainly depends on the distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle. When the vehicle in front is far away or there is no vehicle, the vehicle that releases the accelerator pedal seems to enter the taxiing state. Once approaching the vehicle in front, its increased kinetic energy recovery intensity can play the role of braking, and the actual experience is quite intelligent. It is a model that can be used for a long time.

In daily driving, iX3 still shows BMW's superb skills in chassis adjustment. The integrity of the whole vehicle is sufficient, and the suspension vibrates quickly. The bumps on the filtered road surface are very tough and textured, showing the chassis quality that a luxury car should have. Perhaps because the car is heavier, iX3 chassis has a better sense of weight than X3, but in order to ensure support, the vibration transmitted by iX3 to the car is relatively direct in the face of big bumps, which is understandable.

However, after experiencing the extreme driving of iX3 in Jinka, you won't be stingy to applaud BMW. Because its center of gravity is lower than X3, iX3 has better maneuverability under extreme conditions. Facing the rapid shift of the center of gravity of the vehicle, the suspension of iX3 can support the car body and pull the car body at the same time. On such a small track, delicate and fast steering played an important role. When it is hovering, it will push the accelerator pedal, and the rear of the vehicle will even tend to slide outward to help it turn. It is very flexible and interesting to drive, which is also the practice of many other similar models.

Nowadays, this set of assisted driving on many BMW models is very easy to use, and the adaptive cruise and lane keeping functions are very similar to human operation in the experience. On iX3, this system is optimized again. First, the congestion assist function is added, which is activated when the vehicle speed is lower than 60km/h, which can support the driver to get rid of the steering wheel for a long time; Secondly, unlike other brands that need to give a force to the steering wheel when activating driver assistance to tell the system driver to be ready to take over the vehicle at any time, iX3 adopts a capacitive steering wheel, which can achieve the above effect as long as the hand touches the steering wheel, and the actual experience is better; Thirdly, the newly added lane-changing auxiliary function ensures the safety of lane-changing, and the vehicle lane-changing action is very simple and fast, so it is very willing to be used frequently by drivers.

However, the driver assistance system of BMW iX3 is still not fast enough to identify the stuck vehicle, and there is no prompt sound after the system exits. These aspects need to be further optimized and upgraded. As we all know, BMW's fuel power system is very efficient. The fuel economy of B48 engine has great advantages compared with other brands of engines of the same specification, and this efficiency is also available on iX3. In the face of long-term poor electric vehicles on high-speed sections, BMW iX3 can achieve the energy consumption level of16-17kwh/100km, which is very important for the development of electric vehicles.

Although from the design point of view, BMW iX3 has not brought many new ideas to consumers, from the use level, such familiarity will make a considerable number of consumers switch from fuel vehicles to new energy vehicles, saving a lot of learning costs, which is also the answer for BMW to build new energy vehicles at this stage.

In addition, from the product itself, iX3 really reflects the heritage of BMW as a traditional luxury brand. Whether it is the handling of details, the mechanical adjustment of the vehicle itself, or the use logic of the intelligent equipment of the whole vehicle, it is indeed better and more delicate than many new brands, and this cannot be done overnight. For those consumers who want to buy new energy vehicles, but are eager for quality and security at the same time, BMW iX3 will be a very good choice.

So overall, iX3 is more like a transition and test product of BMW. Perhaps the future iX will be the most anticipated product under BMW's efforts.

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