At the previous "2020 Guangzhou International Auto Show", Zhang Yuesai, general manager of GAC Passenger Car , said: "The thermal efficiency of the engine under the GAC saw wave power system has reached the world's top level of 42.1%. Although this thermal efficiency is indeed at a high level from the data, what is the actual performance?
First talk about the internet celebrity model of GAC Trumpchi . It is undeniable that this car has a high appearance, benchmarking against young consumer groups, and its price is relatively not expensive. It is obvious that GAC Trumpchi wants to make it a large-scale product. Everyone was really optimistic about this car at the beginning of its launch, but the subsequent performance made users extremely disappointed with it, and the root cause of the disappointment lies in its power system.
GAC Trumpchi Yingbao is equipped with a Julang Power 1.5T turbocharged engine , and the transmission system is matched with a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission. Let’s not talk about the problem of shifting, but only the power level of this car. From the official website, we can learn that GAC Trumpchi Shadow Leopard, equipped with a 1.5T engine, has a maximum horsepower of of 177Ps and a peak torque of 270N·m. The official announcement of the time for acceleration of 100 kilometers is 6.95s, but the time required for acceleration of 100 kilometers measured by many media exceeds 8s. Some people may say that there are many factors that affect acceleration, such as altitude, humidity, temperature, etc., but after actual testing, a professional team found that the horsepower achievement rate of GAC Trumpchi Shadow Leopard is also very average. It is said that the design horsepower of GAC Trumpchi Yingbao 1.5T engine can reach 200Ps, but the final adjustment level is really bad. When the 1.5T engines of the same-class models reach more than 180Ps or even about 200Ps, Yingbao did not even make a breakthrough in 180Ps. Is he not confident in his "world's top engine"?
In addition, Uncle Che believes that the "world's top engine" mentioned by Zhang Yuesai should not be just that the thermal efficiency is high enough, and the engine stability must be strong enough, that is, it must be reliable enough during use, so that it can be worthy of the word "top". However, judging from the complaints on the relevant platforms, the reliability of Julang Power is not satisfactory. Specifically, the GAC Trumpchi Yingbao and the second-generation GAC Trumpchi GS8 fuel versions currently on sale are equipped with Julang Power. Judging from the relevant websites, the engines of these two models are also frequently malfunctioning.
From the above two pictures, both the Shadow Leopard and the second-generation GS8 have defects in the power system, and even the second-generation GS8 has lost power. It is definitely very dangerous if such a problem suddenly occurs when driving on the highway. It should also be noted that there are many problems in Shadow Leopard and GS8 in other aspects, and this is just the result of querying on one website. Of course, not all users will complain online after discovering the problem, so there may be more actual number of faults.
So how should Zhang Yuesai, general manager of GAC Passenger Cars, explain this situation? At the "2020 Guangzhou International Auto Show", he boasted that the engine under the Julang power system reached the world's top level. However, in the face of problems such as the false standard of Yingbao's power, GAC Trumpchi official did not come out to respond. This will inevitably make users who chose Yingbao's car unrestrained. After all, Yingbao's promotional selling point in the early stage of its launch was to accelerate by 6.95s per 100 kilometers, but the actual products they bought could not complete the acceleration of 100 kilometers within 8s, and they were basically out of 8s. So is this considered false publicity? Although some users do not pay too much attention to the acceleration performance of cars, since the official has made publicity, it must have the corresponding strength, so Uncle Che believes that this is false publicity.
Uncle Car Summary
Even if it is an international century-old car company, how many people dare to call the engines they use "the world's top"? Even if there is, it will definitely be a brand that can withstand the test of large-scale events, and has high-performance products as support, and delegate excellent technology to civilian models, and has won the recognition of consumers, so that it can be called "the world's top", instead of bragging like Zhang Yuesai, and in the end the product strength is seriously inconsistent with publicity. The word "top" has a very heavy weight, and "the world's top" does not take those century-old car companies seriously. Zhang Yuesai, are you sure GAC has such strength now?
