SUV turns on "mini" blue sea

â–  The main character Buick's first domestically produced SUV, Angkola ENCORE, officially showed itself to young consumers. On Wednesday, Angola ENCORE launched four models with a price range of 149,900 yuan - 196,900,000 yuan. It will be booked at more than 500 4S shops in Buick.

Angola ENCORE is based on GM's latest globally-advanced compact four-wheel drive SUV platform and is designed for new and emerging young generations. It combines the versatility and high sitting position of the SUV with the efficient and flexible handling of a compact sports car, providing urban young consumers with a choice of new SUV models beyond the traditional sedan and hatchback, opening up 150,000. -20 million high-end compact SUV Blue Ocean market.

As a new product of GM's global heavyweight SUVs, the Beek Encore and sister models will be listed successively in Europe, China, and North America, making it a truly global model. Ye Yongming, general manager of Shanghai General Motors, said: “The accumulated sales of Buick brand in China have exceeded 4 million units and stood at a new starting point for brand development. The arrival of Buick Encore ENCORE will activate Buick’s young genes and inject new brand into the brand. The passion and strength of the brand will also bring Buick into the brand-new era of 'Global Technology and Innovative Experience' while opening the brand's new round of leap-forward development."

With the listing of ENCOORE, Buick has 11 series and 48 models in China, forming a comprehensive layout of three high-end comfort models, high-end coupe models and high-end SUV models.

The day before yesterday, Shanghai GM Buick, the first domestic SUV Encore Encore, was announced. The joint venture model has since entered the compact SUV segment. In addition to Biekeangkola, Changan Ford expects to launch a compact wing SUV equipped with a 1.0T engine during the year. Judging from the current market reaction, this will be another blue ocean in the passenger car market, which will bring new growth potential to the SUV market.

Filed debut compact SUV <br> <br> price 149900-196900 yuan do not Keangkela led to strong new car effect, that the market for mini-SUV of great interest and potential demand. The opening of a new product cycle for Buick by Angkola also shows the ingenuity of Shanghai GM.

The Angola is based on the universal global latest four-wheel drive compact SUV platform. It has a wheelbase of only 2.55 meters and is an authentic compact model. Judging from the Chinese naming, Shanghai GM intends to allow Angkola and Encore to form a synergy in the market, and Angkola has also been known as the “Little Angkor” one morning.

In addition to its beautiful appearance, good technical performance is obviously a necessary selling point for compact SUVs, otherwise it will be difficult to demarcate with many cross-border cars. The biggest technical highlight of Angkola is that the entire system comes standard with imported 1.4T dual variable valve timing turbocharged engines derived from Opel technology. This engine can output 103kW of maximum power and 200Nm maximum torque, matching the import of 6-speed manual transmission and a new generation of 6-speed tiptronic gearbox, integrated operating conditions, fuel consumption as low as 6.9L per hundred kilometers.

From this perspective, Angola's pursuit of performance is unambiguous. In terms of configuration, Angkola will be equipped with ESC electronic body stability control system and 18-inch wheels as standard. High-end models will also be equipped with an intelligent four-wheel-drive system, which ensures vehicle performance under low-adhesion conditions and non-paved roads.

Small-displacement turbocharging into a trend

The application of small-displacement turbocharged engines on compact SUVs will become a major trend. The most special case will be Changan Ford's soon-to-be-made wing-wing, which will be the first SUV equipped with a 1.0T engine.

With the wing of the carnival and the platform, the shape is also quite outstanding. The technical highlight of this product is that it will be powered by the newest 1.0L EcoBoost engine in the Ford EcoBoost family. According to reports, this 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine is very compact and can even be placed on an A4 size paper, which helps reduce weight and fuel consumption.

In spite of reduced emissions and volume, the 1.0-liter EcoBoost uses advanced power technologies such as turbocharger, direct fuel injection, and dual independent variable valve timing to ensure the same excellent performance and superior performance as the same series of engines. Fuel economy. The data show that this engine's power output and performance can be compared with the ordinary 1.6-liter naturally aspirated engine, and has a more excellent fuel economy, its carbon dioxide emissions is only 140 grams per kilometer, with 88 kilowatts of power and 170 Nm. torque output. Because of these technical highlights, Ford Wing will not only be an energy-saving SUV suitable for driving in the city, but also a hardcore SUV that can cope with the roads in the countryside.

It is reported that Peugeot will also launch A0 SUV models in China in 2008, using 208 platforms to build, the engine will also use Peugeot 208's four gasoline engines 1.2L, 1.4L, 1.6L, 1.6T, power range up to 60KW- 115KW.

Market outlook is promising <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br He Junjie, general manager of the former Changan Ford Motor Sales Co., once told the Nanfang Daily that the SUV will definitely have a few years of hot periods. The only thing that can slow the SUV market is fuel economy issues. This is also Ford. The reason for introducing a small-displacement SUV model.

In September, although the overall passenger car market fell into a negative year-on-year growth again, only the SUVs in all major market segments maintained a year-on-year growth, and their anti-fluctuation capabilities were extremely strong. This ongoing SUV boom will also give the SUV market a positive outlook.

This judgment is also confirmed by the latest survey data of Nanfang Daily Automotive Weekly. According to a survey conducted by the highly popular NetEase automotive community, as many as 69.6% of voters believe that "compact SUVs as a new market segment are promising," while only 27.9% of voters believe that "on the SUV, It's boring to be big and small." The rest of the small number of voters said that the market outlook remains to be seen. This shows that the market has a strong interest in mainstream brands launching compact SUVs.