As China's auto market gradually enters the electrification trend, it seems that the field of pure electric vehicles has become the home of new car-making forces. Whether it is Tesla or the independent brand "Wei Xiaoli", they are all flourishing in this field. However, as more and more traditional car companies successfully transform, the existing pattern in this field seems to be changing again.
As a new energy brand vigorously built by SAIC Motor, Feifan Automobile has been recognized by the market and consumers for its performance in the electrification wave in recent years. Recently, Feifan landed in Chengdu with its medium and large speed SUV, Feifan R7, and held a massive track test drive event here. So as a concrete product of Feifan Automobile's vision for the future, what is the product strength of Feifan R7?
Produced by a major manufacturer, it must be a high-quality product.
For new energy vehicles that are relatively saturated at this stage, if you want to leave a deep impression on consumers, the appearance design must be able to catch the attention of consumers at the first time. Obviously, Feifan R7 has done it.
Overall, the appearance design of Feifan R7 is actually relatively simple. The large slip-back body combined with the not-so-complex combination of lines and surfaces together outline the overall appearance of Feifan R7, giving people an eye-catching visual effect. Specifically, on the front face, Feifan R7 not only shows the sporty characteristics that young consumers like, but also shows its unique avant-garde temperament through the avant-garde and fashionable lamp design.
The design of the side of the body is relatively more complex. In addition to the sporty design of the large fastback, the prominent wheel arches and 21-inch large two-color wheels give it an extremely stable side visual effect, which complements the fastback design. In addition, it can also be seen from the overall side design that the Feifan R7 is a low-wind resistance design model with a wind resistance coefficient of only 0.238cd. The ultra-low wind resistance is helpful to its acceleration time and endurance.
In the design of the rear of the body, Feifan R7 also uses many elements that are popular among young consumers, such as blackened through-type taillights and slightly upturned duck tails. The overall design still focuses on sporty design.
Taking both quality and technology into account
With the popularity of new car-making forces, the concept of simple interior design has also become popular. Among the new car-making forces at this stage, it can be clearly found that both Tesla and "Wei Xiaoli" have adopted extremely simple interior design styles. Feifan R7, endorsed by a traditional car company, has its own ideas for the interpretation of interior design.
Like many new car-making forces, Feifan R7 is also very good at creating a sense of technology. When you walk into the car, you will definitely be attracted by its three large screens: LCD instrument, central control screen and passenger display. The sizes of these three screens reach 10.25 inches, 15.05 inches and 12.3 inches respectively. As the current mainstream design of new energy vehicles, multi-screen interaction brings an excellent sense of technology to the car. The central control screen has a built-in RISING OS interactive system. With the high computing power of Qualcomm 8155 chip, the entire car not only has a fast response speed and a smooth operating experience, but also adds AR real-life navigation and rich multimedia applications in terms of functions, and the use effect is good.
In terms of quality, Feifan R7 also has its own unique understanding. Unlike traditional luxury cars that pile up a lot of leather, the Feifan R7 uses more "advanced plastics", such as piano paint and metal chrome decoration, than the leather interior. The benefit of this design is also obvious, that is, it makes the entire interior more youthful and personalized, and at the same time, it is more in line with the aesthetic needs of young consumers.
Feifan R7 is positioned as a medium-to-large SUV, with body parameters of 4900*1925*1655mm and a wheelbase of 2950mm. From the parameter point of view, the space performance of Feifan R7 is relatively abundant. But judging from actual experience, the rear space of Feifan R7 is actually a bit unsatisfactory.Specifically reflected in the legroom, the author is 173mm tall and sits in these two medium and large SUVs with a length of nearly 5 meters. The legroom is only two fists, and the comfort of the rear seats is obviously slightly inferior to the integrated sports seats in the front row. Fortunately, the trunk of the Feifan R7 is relatively large. The conventional volume of 491L can easily accommodate the luggage that families usually bring for daily travel, and it can be expanded to 1472L after the rear seats are folded down.
Powerful power + sports adjustment create excellent driving control
Since it is a track test drive, the highlight must be the dynamic experience. First, let’s talk about the power system part. The Feifan R7 is available in two power versions: a rear single motor and a front and rear dual motor, with maximum power of 250kW and 400kW respectively, and peak torques of 450N·m and 700N·m respectively. The four-wheel drive high-performance model can accelerate to 100 kilometers in just 3.8 seconds. Even the entry-level model, the acceleration time from 100 kilometers is only 5.8 seconds. Several models have endurance levels of 551km/642km/606km respectively.
The model we tested is the flagship high-end version of the Feifan R7, the most top-notch model in the entire series, which is the model that can accelerate from 100 kilometers to 100 kilometers in 3.8 seconds. First of all, the first item during the test drive is the acceleration test. This item can most intuitively verify whether it can run in 3.8 seconds.
entered the car, turned off the air conditioner, and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. A huge torque of 700N·m was instantly released to the four wheels. The powerful torque made the tires make a skidding sound. Fortunately, ESP intervened in time and did not lose power due to slipping. During the acceleration process, from the perspective of one's own body feeling, Feifan R7's acceleration should exceed 1 G at a certain moment. Finally, under full load, Feifan R7 achieved an acceleration of 100 kilometers in 3.86 seconds. From this, it can also be inferred that with only one driver, Feifan R7 can easily accelerate to 100 kilometers in 3.8 seconds.
Due to the output characteristics of the motor, the acceleration time to 100 kilometers is not difficult for electric vehicles. In fact, many competing models can achieve such results. For electric vehicles, the most difficult part should be the driving experience of the entire vehicle. This is also an issue that many new car-making forces urgently need to solve. And all of this has turned into an advantage for the Feifan R7, which has the technical endorsement of SAIC.
In fact, from the perspective of the suspension system, the Feifan R7 does not use the more advanced double-wishbone suspension of some competing models, but still uses the front MacPherson + rear multi-link suspension system with unclear control orientation. However, the most important thing about the chassis suspension depends on the adjustment method.
During daily driving, Feifan R7's chassis suspension mainly reflects comfort, and the vibration filtering effect is relatively good. Whether it is small bumps or large impact, it can effectively filter out, giving daily driving a sense of quality. Once driven fiercely on the track, Feifan R7's chassis and suspension seem to have changed their style. Whether it is fast cornering or emergency braking, this suspension system is extremely tough and does not produce obvious roll or nodding.
Finally, due to the four-wheel drive, the Feifan R7 does not appear to understeer or oversteer when driving intensely. The overall cornering dynamics are extremely smooth, and the rear tracking performance is also very good. The overall feeling is somewhat like a performance SUV.
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In fact, no matter from any aspect, Feifan R7 is a very competitive product. It has an avant-garde and fashionable design, extremely high-tech configuration and excellent driving experience. And the starting price of 302,500 also makes it show a good price-performance ratio among models of the same level. It is no exaggeration to say that in 2023, when the auto market is about to recover, Feifan R7 is very likely to become a new choice in the 300,000 pure electric SUV segment.
