First test drive

From 2065438 to mid-2007, an article entitled "Horse Anxiety: I don't know what young people really want" spread all over the Internet. The article is not long, but a few thousand words, but it fully shows the China's top Internet tycoon's concern about the increasingly unpredictable demand for young consumers.

As the other end of the consumer market, the automobile industry is also facing the same dilemma. Since we left school seven or eight years ago and entered the society after 90, our car buying group has undergone fundamental changes. Many car companies have gradually found that relying solely on high configuration or low price can no longer produce the same effect of stimulating sales as in the past. How to better cater to young people through products has become an important topic on everyone's lips.

In view of the unique tonality of young people, Harvard, as one of the most influential independent automobile brands in China, gave its own answer, even its name is so youthful, which is "? Harvard's first love. "

From the first appearance at the Beijing Auto Show to the announcement of the pre-sale price of 89,000-1 1.5 million yuan, every action made it the focus of the automobile circle, and everyone seemed to be waiting for the moment when Harvard fell in love with Xueba for the first time. So can this car meet all young people's definition of ideal transportation and meet the special status of "young people's first car"? After the test drive, the answer will be announced naturally!

Whether H6 or F7, we seem to be very familiar with Harvard's latest family design language, especially the iconic chrome-plated mouth. The brand-new design language does give the product a very impactful appearance, but just like the "doll design" of the public, it is inevitable to be a little tired after reading too much.

The designer of Haval's first love also realized this problem, and made a key "breakthrough" on the headlights on the basis of keeping the big mouth fine-tuned. It can be clearly seen in the picture that the headlights of Haval's first love are divided into upper and lower floors compared with its bosses. The four LED units on the upper floor are two low beam lights on the outer side and two high beam lights on the inner side, while the lights on the lower floor are used as fog lights and steering auxiliary lights, and the upper and lower floors are separated by an LED strip similar to Volvo's "Raytheon Hammer". The black decorative block under the headlights is the unique design of this car, and the light bar on the decorative block is also a part of daytime running lights, which also plays the role of turn signal.

Coming to the side of the car body, the overall proportion of the car is still familiar. Haval's first love car body length reached 4472mm, and the wheelbase reached 2700mm, which is considered as a medium level in the same class. Coupled with the wide door, the appearance of this car is particularly solid and safe.

Many detailed designs also add a lot to the "side face" of Harvard's first love. 18 inch wheel hub is one of them. It uses five two-color hollowed-out designs, which can show a strong sense of movement whether it is rotating or stationary. Matching it is Kumho's tire, size 225/55? R 18, belonging to SOLUS series, is HS63. Although the price is not expensive, it is extremely cost-effective among many tires.

As for the chrome-plated luggage rack, door and window frame and lower waistline, it is the standard configuration of Haval series models. The front and rear headlights extending to the side of the car body add a sense of trend that conforms to the aesthetics of young people.

Personally, I think the rear of Haval's first love is the most brilliant place in the whole car design. Is the tailgate Harvard? The straight line above the logo and the straight line on the bumper below divide the rear of the car into three parts with obvious layering. This right-angle taillight, known as "love in the corner", is the crowning touch of the whole rear of the car, which suddenly improves the grade sense of Harvard's first love by more than one order of magnitude, especially after lighting, the slender LED position lights and vertically arranged turn signals look exquisite and full.

Although Haval's first love didn't bring strong visual impact like the recently listed Haval Dog or Tank 300, it was better than the balanced design, with almost no shortcomings and many surprises in details, so it was very in line with the preferences of young consumers.

As consumers, the requirements for interior decoration must be both. However, how to choose an interior for a car, especially a car that takes into account the vast number of young consumers in pricing, has become the most concerned issue for consumers. However, at the moment when the door of Harvard's first love opened, all the worries were put down. Elegant color matching, exquisite workmanship and exquisite materials make it hard to imagine that this is a compact SUV with a price of only 6.5438 million.

Look at this steering wheel. The size is moderate, and the style is pleasing to the eye, especially the decorative strips and stitches of rose gold play the role of finishing touch, while the color matching of white and black is more elegant. This design seems to be only seen on expensive luxury models.

The details of the steering wheel are not limited to this. Multifunctional buttons combine L2 adaptive cruise and various multimedia controls, including voice wake-up buttons. The shift paddles on the back can flexibly control this 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, allowing the driver to experience the fun of controlling the vehicle.

Then look at the shift area under the central control. Harvard First Love adopts the most popular knob electronic gear shifting mechanism, which not only greatly enhances the sense of science and technology, but also minimizes the impact of traditional gear shifting lever on space. The electronic handbrake and Autohole at the back are also arranged in the most eye-catching position, which greatly improves the practicality. Of course, the front cell phone slot supports wireless charging function, which is very convenient and easy to use, making the charging cable no longer a necessity.

After talking about the mechanical part of the central control, let's talk about the three screens on Haval's first love car. This first piece is a liquid crystal instrument. If you look at this instrument carefully, only the middle part is liquid crystal, and the two sides are the water temperature and oil quantity displayed by ordinary backlight. In order to balance the cost, this is understandable. Fortunately, the display effect is very clear, and it supports the switching of theme UI, which is very nice to use.

The second is the central control LCD screen, which has a large size and clear display effect, and also integrates the network connection function that many young people like. Listening to music and voice settings online are very smooth, and you can also connect with mobile APP to realize the interconnection function of various mobile phones and cars. I believe that I will never forget it after using it.

The third is the head-up display in front of the driver, which can not only display the vehicle speed, but also display navigation information, adaptive cruise information and whether passengers wear seat belts. , and colorful, the effect is very good.

The key is that three screens can realize information interconnection. For example, after I set the navigation on the central control screen, the information will be synchronized to the head-up display and the LCD instrument, so that the driver can better grasp the driving information.

Harvard, which started as a professional SUV manufacturer, has no doubt about the performance of its products in terms of space comfort. With a wheelbase of 2700mm, Haval First Love has an extremely spacious rear seat, and the experiencer with a height of 180cm can also sit in the back row and tilt his legs when the front row is adjusted to a suitable position. Soft seat is also a big selling point of Harvard's first love. Personally, I think its comfort can be compared with the "big sofa" of Nissan Sylphy.

In order to take good care of the picky young people, the designer of Harvard First Love also arranged two independent air outlets in the back row, two USB charging interfaces with protective covers below, and a storage slot for mobile phones at the bottom. Long-distance driving no longer has to worry about whether to bring a charging treasure.

The driver's expression monitoring system integrated in the A-pillar on the driver's side can judge the driver's mental state at any time, not only remind the driver in time when he is tired or distracted, but also judge his mood according to the driver's expression, thus controlling the on-board system to play different styles of music. Of course, you can also do a face similar to iPhone? The function of ID is also a piece of cake to realize the face recognition of vehicles through it.

Technology, practicality, fashion, comfort ... It can be said that Harvard's first love has raised the comprehensive level of this class of cars to the highest level. I believe that young consumers can feel the sincerity from Harvard at the moment they open the door.

In recent years, platform-based car-making is very popular. Compared with the traditional independent design system of different vehicles, platformization can greatly reduce the research and development time and cost of new vehicles and obviously improve the consistency of vehicle performance. At present, this Harvard first love is the third model based on the Great Wall lemon platform.

Lift the engine compartment, which is a 1.5T four-cylinder turbocharged engine with completely independent intellectual property rights of Great Wall Honeycomb Power. The maximum power is 1 10kW, and the maximum torque is 220Nm. Judging from the parameters, it is a low-power engine.

Bending down to see the chassis of Haval's first love, the torsion beam dependent suspension is impressively presented. Low-power engine+torsion beam suspension, isn't this a low-grade car configuration in the eyes of many people? Don't spray yet! It's not too late to draw a conclusion after driving for dozens of kilometers.

Thanks to the brand-new structure of lemon platform, the weight loss effect of Haval First Love is remarkable, which is completely different from the relatively rich driving experience of Haval cars in the past. Therefore, even if a low-power engine is installed, it will not lose the sense of acceleration of other brother models equipped with high-power engines. As for the torsion beam, although the cost is indeed cheaper, don't forget that for such a compact SUV, the torsion beam occupies less interior space than the independent suspension, which can create more interior seats and luggage space.

Moreover, according to Harvard's consistent kind practice, all the money saved is returned to consumers in the car price. Imagine spending 10,000 yuan to install an independent suspension and saving 10,000 yuan to choose a non-independent suspension. I believe that most potential customers of Haval's first love will choose the latter. Not only that, Haval's first love's chassis suspension adjustment is also excellent, with smooth cornering, soft shock absorption and small tooth steering, which is particularly easy and flexible to drive.

abstract

Good-looking, easy to drive and fun, Harvard's first love almost integrated all young people's demand for cars. Coupled with the strong endorsement of the Haval brand and the further decline in price after the official listing, this car is likely to become an explosion. Ten years ago, Harvard was half won by H6. Ten years later, the performance of Harvard's first love "Houlang" must be impressive. Let's wait and see!

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.