Recently, a Oubao brand under Stellantis Group negotiated cooperation with Dongfeng Group , hoping to return to the Chinese market as a domestic product in the future. The news that the Opel brand has disappeared in the domestic market for 7 years has broken the silence of OPE brand disappearing in the domestic market.
"Lightning" logo's Opel brand cannot be said to be known to everyone before, but in the early years, whether it was Opel under General or the sponsor of major teams in European football, it cannot be said to be prosperous, but the Opel brand has at least been considered brilliant. However, as brand influence and sales gradually weaken in China, the Opel brand also announced its temporary withdrawal from the Chinese market in 2015. Since then, the development of the Opel brand has not been smooth sailing, whether in Europe or other countries. Now that we have gone from General to Stellantis Group, with more shadows of PSA, what will happen if Opel can really return to China to conduct a "second entrepreneurship"?
After years of development, the Opel brand has also transformed with the electrification transformation of the automotive world. In addition to internal combustion engines, its models have also launched their own plug-in hybrid models and pure electric models. The Mokka-e that I want to mention today is the pure electric one among the Opel brand.
Mokka-e As a pure electric model of the Opel brand, it is not actually a brand new model. The name and style of Mokka are actually quite related to the domestic market. For example, in the past few years, in addition to the Opel logo hanging on the front of the car, the overall shape is the Encore launched by our domestic Buick . Looking so familiar, it actually confirms the embarrassment that the Opel brand and the GM Buick brand were too similar in the domestic market.
Let’s look at the brand new Mokka-e. It is definitely not Opel’s first creation to drive vehicles with electricity. Regardless of the redesigned Opel Mokka-e, it does allow us to see the results of the "multi-party integration" after the Stellantis Group.
is different from the general-purpose Opel Mokka's round shape. Today's Opel Mokka models use more edges to interpret the vehicle. Whether it is the fuel version or the pure electric version we mentioned today, the Mokka model and the current vehicle design of the entire Opel brand have got rid of the previous shadow, and the short front overhang design also keeps the vehicle in a "four wheels and four corners" state as much as possible. Sometimes when I think about it, I really should thank the global electrification trend. Although electrification still has a long way to go, the fact that internal combustion engines occupied too much interior space before was easy to solve in pure electric models.
In addition to the overall square vehicle, Mokka-e also retains more layering in the front and rear of the car. The use of front and rear LED light sources and the use of headlights with intelligent lighting systems make Mokka-e safer and more convenient during driving. Although Mokka-e has many brand new designs, after all, being in the Stellantis Group, seeing the wheel style and the internal design that you will talk about for a while can also remind people of two other brands: Jeep and Citroon .
OK, when you come to the car, the same gear shift button as the Citroen model mentioned just now can also be reflected on the Opel Mokka-e. In addition, for the most attractive screen area in the interior, the Mokka-e also continues the Opel Vizor concept used in the front face, allowing the pure panel design not only to appear in the original "air intake grille" on the front of the car, but also in the interior screen. 10-inch + 12-inch. Although the screen size is not outstanding, the pure panel design mentioned just now still makes the Mokka-e look very simple. At the same time, the center console area and physical buttons that are tilted to the driver's side can also make it more convenient for the driver to use the vehicle, and will not become completely "touch-sensitive" because this is a pure electric model.
On the Mokka-e, it is equipped with an electric motor with a maximum power of 100 kilowatts and a peak torque of 260 Nm. It also provides three driving modes for consumers to choose from, ordinary, energy-saving and sports. Ideally, the Mokka-e, equipped with a 50-kilowatt-hour battery pack, has a maximum cruise of 322 kilometers, and uses a 100-kilowatt DC fast charging system, which can complete 80% of the battery charging in 30 minutes. Although many domestic new energy vehicle companies have increased their range to 500 kilometers, we see that the endurance of many European car brands still exists between 300 and 400 kilometers. Although daily use is not affected, it is still unknown whether consumers can buy it in the domestic market.
Finally, although Stellantis Group and Dongfeng Motor Group have not yet had a final result for Opel brand to return to the domestic market, once Opel brand returns to China in the future, it will inevitably use pure electric models to join the domestic new energy market war. Whether to make its models and Peugeot Citroen collines domestically, or to use Opel brand to create another "personal brand", we do not know at present, but it can bring Opel brand back to the domestic market again. Although the road is difficult, we are still looking forward to it.
