The last episode talked about Nezha Auto. On the show, I joked whether there were cars called Li Jing and Tota Heavenly King? I think this should not be far away, because the last episode was an ancient mythical figure, and the car I want to talk about in this episode is MULAN, which is homophonic to Mulan. Look, while understanding automobile knowledge, we can not only learn ancient legends, but also understand Chinese history and culture.
Mulan is the ancient heroine Mulan, whose full name is Mulan. So now, domestic cars are becoming more and more adept at naming, just like the Great Wall, which is recognized as the best-name brand in China, such as dogs, cats, rabbits, divine beasts, first love, coffee, tanks, , etc., only you can't imagine, and there is no Great Wall that you dare not take.
So many domestic brands are deeply infected by the Great Wall and are gradually no longer named in the form of letters and numbers. For example, in BYD , there are both dynasty series and ocean series, seal dolphin , and it is estimated that the next one is either a sea dog or a sea lion.
Back to the topic, MG MG recently launched its first pure electric model, Mulan, which is positioned as a compact sedan, priced at 129,800-186,800 yuan. Before its price came out, many people thought it could be lower than BYD dolphins, so they were prepared to buy MG MULAN with the mentality of picking up bargains.
As soon as the price came out, there was a lot of criticism online, saying that the price of this car was too expensive, so I should buy BYD, even if I buy Wuling Hongguang MINIEV. So in this episode today, let’s talk about how this electric car, MG Mulan, is it expensive? How should it choose BYD Dolphin, Yuan PLUS, and GAC Aion Y?
MG MULAN How about this car?
MG MULAN This car is positioned as a compact pure electric sedan and is a compact pure electric car built on the SAIC Xingyun pure electric platform. Unlike the products that were customized to overseas markets earlier, it is said that MG MULAN will be sold in more than 80 countries and regions around the world. According to the plan, it will seize the European market in the fourth quarter of 2022, and plans to enter Australia and New Zealand, Middle East , Mexico , South America and other countries and regions in 2023.
In fact, there is another alias in MULAN, MG4. It is probably also called MULAN in China to follow the cultural trend. But I think Mulan is indeed more memorable than MG4.
MULAN vehicle length, width and height are 4287/1836/1516 mm, and the wheelbase is 2705 mm. The shape of the front of the new car is completely different from the previous MG models. The MG 5 and 6 have a large mouth with a large mouth, which looks very fierce, but MULAN doesn't look so fierce. Moreover, its overall shape is not like many pure electric cars, and its design feels so advanced.
In short, it looks neither like a tram nor a more designed feel than a fuel car. The side of the car is relatively normal, but the rear part feels very compact. Nowadays, cars are designing bigger and bigger, but MULAN doesn't feel like they want to design big.
When it comes to the rear of the car, this shape is indeed quite sporty. The Y-shaped taillights are plus a segmented tail wing, but I feel that this shape is very familiar. The tail wing looks like Changan UNI-T, and the tail lights are like CS75PLUS. Co-authored the designer found inspiration from Changan ?
actually not only MULAN, since the launch of Changan CS75PLUS, Y-shaped taillights have become popular, from Haval magic beast to Hongqi H5, and then to SAIC Maxus G90 and MG MULAN, all of which are Y-shaped taillights. Do you think ordinary taillights look good, or this Y-shaped taillights look good?
came into the car. As a domestic car, MG Mulan is a design that makes it a bit simpler. It also has the minimalist style, and Mulan also has an LCD instrument more than the central control of Tesla MODEL 3, but it just doesn't have that high-end feeling.
I think this is most likely because of the air outlet, because Although Tesla only has one screen, its air outlet is hidden and has a certain overall feeling. Moreover, the central control screen has a large size, small border, and no physical buttons.
Mulan's air outlet is neither hidden nor large enough. There is also a row of physical plastic buttons underneath. This is not a Tesla, as long as you compare it, you can tell who is more advanced. Even the design of its competitor BYD Dolphin is a striking MULAN presence. Moreover, this LCD instrument does not look much larger than the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV next door.
power, Mulan has two power layouts: single-motor rear-drive and dual-motor four-wheel drive, and both are equipped with SAIC's Rubik's Cube batteries. Among them, the single-motor low-power version is priced at 129,800 and 139,800 yuan, the maximum horsepower of is 2,170 horsepower, the maximum torque of is 2,250 Nm, and is equipped with a 51-degree lithium iron phosphate battery, and the CLTC has a range of 425 kilometers. The high-power version has a maximum horsepower of 204 horsepower and a maximum torque of 250 Nm. It is equipped with a 64-degree ternary lithium battery and a CLTC range of 520 kilometers.
However, the top four-wheel drive dual-electric version is more worth mentioning. The maximum horsepower is 428 horsepower, the maximum torque is 600 Nm, and the official acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes only 3.8 seconds. If this acceleration result is real, this top-end will be more cost-effective.
Although electric vehicles are accelerating very fast today, there are still not many that can go through 4 seconds, especially its price is only 186,800 yuan, and it is less than 200,000 yuan. You should know that the price of trams with the same acceleration level is basically above 250,000.
For example, BYD Seal Four-wheel drive high-performance and Han EV four-wheel drive versions are both more than 280,000 yuan, and Zekr 001 dual motors have also landed for more than 300,000 yuan, not to mention the performance version of Tesla Model 3, which has landed for nearly 400,000 yuan. Even the high-performance version of Zero Racing C01 costs 250,000+.
So compared with this, the top-end MULAN seems to be more cost-effective. However, because its battery is the same as the rear-wheel drive high-power version, it has a 64-degree range, so its CLTC range is only 460 kilometers. Therefore, although the MULAN dual-motor four-wheel drive version is very powerful, it cannot be powered on the floor for a long time and is not long-lasting enough.
And there is one thing that needs to be complained about, which is the caliper cover. It is estimated that in order to highlight the performance of the top-end MULAN, the manufacturer has specially equipped an orange caliper cover for four-wheel drive dual motors. Yes, it is just a caliper cover. The caliper cover is just a good-looking appearance, and it is useless except that. It can even affect the heat dissipation of the brakes and cause heat attenuation, so this thing is really an IQ tax. If I had to say, it would be safer to spray the caliper red directly, after all, safety is more important than good-looking. Is the pricing of
MULAN expensive? What are the competitors?
The old rules have to start from two aspects. If you compare the price of abroad, then the price of MULAN is definitely cheap, and it is very cheap . The domestic price of MG MULAN is 129,800-186,800 yuan, while the price of Germany is 31,990 euros, 35,990 euros and 37,990 euros respectively.
If calculated based on the current exchange rate , even the minimum allocation will cost more than 220,000 yuan, and the maximum allocation will cost more than 260,000 yuan, which is twice as expensive as the domestic price. So from this point of view, buying MULAN in the country is much more cost-effective.
But if you compare MULAN with competitors of the same price, the MULAN regular version seems to be less competitive. For example, BYD Dolphins are priced at only 102,800-130,800 yuan. Although the size is smaller than that of Mulan, the power is a little worse, and the waiting time is long, it is cheap, with a top-end configuration of only more than 130,000 yuan, and the lowest-end configuration of Mulan is 130,000 yuan. Although the battery life is less than 20 kilometers in terms of data, it is estimated that the difference between running is only 10 kilometers, which is almost negligible.
and from the configuration point of view, the lowest-equipped version of 129,800 is just used to lower the entry threshold.The rearview mirror is manual, and the whole car only has 2 airbags, plastic steering wheel, fabric seats, and manual adjustment, but the two large screens have not been cut off, and the vehicle networking system is still there. It seems that SAIC is more confident in the Internet.
Therefore, the main sales version of this Mulan car must start from 139,800 yuan, while 139,800 yuan and 129,800 yuan are used for lithium iron phosphate battery , with a battery life of 425km. If you pay an extra 30,000 yuan, you can buy a ternary lithium battery version of 163,800 yuan, with a battery life of 520km, and a complete set of L2-level intelligent driving assistance, the motor has also increased from 125kw to 150kw, and there is also an side airbag , a sports appearance kit, wireless charging of the front mobile phone, 2 speakers, and adaptive high and low beam.
But you are willing to pay 163,800 yuan to buy Mulan, why not just go to the top four-wheel drive version with 186,800 yuan? The front and rear dual motors, 315kw, 600N·m, the official promotion of 100 km acceleration of 3.8 seconds is very exaggerated. If you can achieve this result by just a new energy-saving tire with Tairanzhe, then if you get the whole car and strengthen it, wouldn’t it be like this?
The key is to buy insurance and get a brand, less than 200,000 yuan. It's just a little less battery life, only 460km, but for this kind of small car, ordinary families must have enough daily transportation. The remaining question is that you can trust the car like MG for more than 180,000 yuan?
Moreover, Mulan is MG MG's first pure electric car, and consumers can't believe it in the subsequent quality control and reputation. Although BYD is the most famous hybrid, it also benefits from pure electric models. So even for pure electric, many people choose BYD first.
is the BYD dolphin first. Magnolia is generally a little more expensive than dolphins, but its configuration and performance are stronger than dolphins. The dolphin motor is 95kw, and the Mulan starts at 125kw, which is not a little bit stronger. Secondly, the dolphin tire is 195 wide and the magnolia tire is 215 wide, which is theoretically more stable. Third, the dolphin rear suspension is non-independent suspension , and the mulan is independent suspension . Fourth, the car leader Mulan is longer than the dolphin, but the car is lower. Personal subjective judgment of the appearance makes Mulan better look. Fifth, the dolphin steering wheel is adjusted in two directions, while the mulan is adjusted in four directions, which is more friendly to some thin people.
. I won’t talk about the other advantages of Mulan. You can check it online by yourself. Let’s talk about the disadvantages below. First, the dolphin weighs 1.4 tons and the magnolia weighs 1.6 tons, which weighs about 200 kilograms. Second, the dolphin belt panoramic image model is less than 120,000, while the Mulan is nearly 140,000, and the price is about 20,000 yuan. Of course, you can also modify it later. Third, although both cars have lithium iron phosphate batteries, Dolphin is BYD's own blade battery , Mulan has low-end lithium iron phosphate, and high-end Ningde Yikong's battery cell.
Fourth, the dolphin battery capacity is about 45 degrees, and the Mulan is 51 degrees. Although the Mulan is several degrees higher, it is 200 kilograms in weight, and its battery life should not be as long as the dolphin. In general, the two cars have their own advantages and disadvantages. I have tested the dolphin, and the cheap interior is really unpleasant. As for Mulan, I have already experienced it statically at at Chengdu Auto Show. If the interior materials and workmanship are better, I would like Mulan more.
In addition to dolphins, Mulan can also buy another pure electric car from BYD, Yuan PLUS. Yuan PLUS is priced at 137,800-165,800 yuan. The most popular one currently sells is the 510-Zheng-Type with a size of 147,800 yuan. Not only is it several laps larger than Mulan in size, but it also has a higher configuration and a larger space. The most important thing is it an SUV.
The most important thing consumers who buy this price is cost-effectiveness, so the price of a compact pure electric SUV like Yuan PLUS was a bit expensive before, but compared to Mulan, did it instantly become fragrant? And even if you buy a car now, Mulan's waiting time will be much faster than BYD.
If you want space, especially the rear space, there is a car with a larger rear space, GAC Aion Y.
Although its car production is only 4410 mm, its wheelbase is 2750 mm, and it also has a flat platform, so if you really need to have a large space, GAC Aion Y is more suitable for you. Moreover, its price starts at 137,600 yuan, which is not much more expensive than the lowest-end Mulan package.
However, if you compare Mulan with Volkswagen ID3, it will be more cost-effective. ID3 is priced at 149,888,000 yuan, which is 20,000 yuan more expensive than Mulan. However, the reason for many people to buy Volkswagen ID3 is very simple, it is to look good. Although Mulan's price is 20,000 yuan cheaper than ID3, consumers who buy ID3 will not look at Mulan for a second time, because Mulan's appearance is indeed not as good-looking as ID3.
So relatively speaking, the mid- and low-end version of Mulan is not recommended to buy it. If possible, it is directly used to upgrade to the top-end four-wheel drive version. If you feel that buying a small electric car like MG for more than 180,000 yuan is a bit unwilling to accept, or if you can't afford to come up with so much budget, you can only consider it within 150,000 yuan, then Unless you particularly like the appearance of Mulan or like the MG brand, you should buy BYD Dolphins, GAC Aion AION Y, Ora , and good cats.
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