The second car in the Geely Galaxy series, the L6, will be officially launched in the third quarter of this year.
There is no need to avoid it. This is another fierce offensive launched by Geely against the BYD camp after the Galaxy L7 pursued the BYD Song PLUS DM-i, and the target of this attack will be the Qin PLUS DM-i.
In the face of the Galaxy L7’s sales performance of nearly 10,000 vehicles in the first month of listing, it seems that the Galaxy L6 will also "gain momentum".
Is intelligence a false proposition?
In recent years, with the rise of intelligent cockpits and intelligent driving tracks, the topic of intelligence has been very popular in the automotive industry, but at the same time, some users believe that it is the most important to improve driving performance and add more comfortable configurations. The so-called intelligence only needs to be given an easy-to-use navigation function.
Regarding the demand for intelligence, I believe that users of different ages, car experience and model prices may have different opinions, but if this thing is "you can’t go back after using it", then the most important thing that car companies need to do is to popularize intelligence.
In fact, from the perspective of popularization and intelligence, whether BYD’s continued popularity in recent years is also related to its strategy of realizing intelligent cockpits for all models, the answer to this question is probably clear to everyone.
Further, in order to strengthen the popularization of market intelligence, more traditional car companies with large volume and wide enough price coverage need to work together. Therefore, for Geely, especially for the Galaxy L6 in the entry-level market, the car needs to shoulder this noble mission from the beginning of the project.
Geely said that the Galaxy L6 project was completed in 2020 at the earliest. Looking back at the market environment at that time, it was the stage when the Model 3 with the task of intelligent revolution took off.
Due to this, a major advantage of the Galaxy L6 is its intelligence.
To this end, the new car has prepared a 13.2-inch central control vertical screen + 8155 chip combination, while following the Galaxy L7 with a new generation of Galaxy N OS intelligent operating system, in addition to bringing a number of commonly used Internet applications, the system can also support 60 seconds continuous voice dialogue, including one by one to complete the "open the window, air conditioning, play music" and other instructions, the overall running fluency of the car and automatic speech recognition accuracy can be satisfactory.
It is worth mentioning that this time the Galaxy L6 car uses Geely map navigation, and the official said that by using cloud AI technology and computing power to collect and analyze road data in real time, the traffic light countdown countdown can be synchronized on the map.
While enhancing the ease of navigation, the official adoption of their own navigation software should also be said to be paving the way for better development of smart driving routes.
In addition, as a product that focuses on the 100,000 market, the Galaxy L6 compartment can hardly find the existence of physical buttons, which combined with the new car also replaced with a fashionable embrace design, it can be seen that the Geely Galaxy series is holding great determination to transform intelligent.
With such determination to subvert traditional car habits, it is not difficult to find that the Galaxy series is focusing on young consumers.
In other words, if you are still a person with a traditional car mindset, the Galaxy series is not your cup of tea.
Of course, the current pursuit of simple design of smart cockpit style is not the only Geely Galaxy, how to make differentiation is the highlight.
In this regard, the Galaxy L6 has proposed an off-board voice control function that is full of "She Niu" attributes.
On the one hand, when the system detects that the car key is outside the car, the voice interaction function will automatically switch from the car to the outside scene. At this time, the user can voice control to open the window glass, turn on the air conditioner in the car, open the trunk of the vehicle, play music, and other practical functions.
In addition, the new car can also "speak", and users can click the screen or voice control to let the vehicle replace the voice in different scenarios.
For example, after arriving at a gas station, the Galaxy L6 can say "Please add No. 92 oil" through the speaker outside the car; in addition, when reversing reminders and courteous pedestrians, the car can also make safety reminders by voice outside the car, which provides more convenience.
What’s more interesting is that the new car can further play its "social cow" attribute when unlocking/unlocking, and users can customize the greeting within 20 words. This, combined with the front face lamp that can beat with the music melody, can be said to be the youthful feeling of the Galaxy L6.
In the interior, the main vertical screen, the outside of the car also highlights the through-type light group and light language, as well as the emphasis on intelligent voice function, coupled with the vehicle’s shape resembling the Xiaopeng P5, the Galaxy L6 does have the former taste.
If you want to find reasons for the poor performance of Xiaopeng P5, one of them is probably inseparable from its starting price of over 150,000 yuan.
In this regard, under Geely’s vast manufacturing system, it is believed that the Galaxy L6 will give full play to its price advantage.
The Galaxy L6 is destined to go up in volume.
Previously, it was reported that the Galaxy L6 was initially positioned internally as an Emgrand L replacement model, allowing it to use the CMA architecture. It was also pointed out that there were various plans such as 1.5T fuel version, hybrid version, and plug-in version in the early planning, but with Geely’s full commitment to the new energy track, only the 1.5T plug-in version was ultimately retained.
After the current official naming the architecture used by the plug-in hybrid model as "e-CMA intelligent electric hybrid architecture", Geely engineers revealed that the Galaxy L6 will be the smallest model with the lowest price threshold under this architecture.
This also means that the new car needs to shoulder the main volume mission while also assuming the facade of the Geely Galaxy series.
In this regard, the Galaxy L6 has prepared a measurement of 4782x1875x1489mm and a wheelbase of 2752mm. After referring to the 4765x1837x1495mm and 2718mm parameters of the Qin PLUS DM-i, it is not difficult to find that the Galaxy L6 has gained a certain advantage.
In addition, the official said that the rear seat of the new car has an elevation angle of 30 degrees, and the sitting position better fits the spine curve. At the same time, the horizontal distance from the cushion to the front seat back is 1000mm, thus highlighting the ample rear space of the Galaxy L6.
From a simple experience, the rear legroom of the new car is indeed more prominent at the price of 100,000 yuan, but the length of the seat cushion can be increased a little to improve the sense of support. In addition, because there is a large battery hidden under the platform, the height of the seat cushion inevitably needs to be designed lower to steal space. Fortunately, there is a place for feet under the front seat, and it is not difficult for rear users to find a suitable sitting position.
In addition, although the Galaxy L6 is not equipped with the fashionable Queen’s passenger seat, the car is also equipped with a passenger seat with a large enough angle to see the entire canopy after lying down, which can also meet the needs of more front-row users.
In addition, regarding the panoramic canopy equipped with the new car, the official said that it is the only one in the same class that uses silver-plated + LOW-E technology, which can isolate 99.9% of ultraviolet rays. Interestingly, this time Geely has added a stringer-type baffle shape in the middle of the canopy, and there is also a light strip design for ambient lights, which is worthy of praise for pursuing a unique spirit.
After meeting the user’s requirements for comfort, another power point of the Galaxy L6 is also focused on sports control, which is also an important selling point empowered by the e-CMA architecture.
Among them, the new car is equipped with a multi-link rear independent suspension. In terms of material selection, it is better to press the rear torque beam suspension of the Qin PLUS DM-i. At the same time, the Galaxy L6 has the strongest torsional stiffness of the same level of 29100N · m/deg. Such outstanding rigidity not only brings better NVH levels, but also further enhances the vehicle’s handling strength
The official said that the Galaxy L6 uses 183 NVH optimization technologies, making the cockpit noise level comparable to that of pure electricity. This performance will undoubtedly bring a sense of leapfrog quality to the car.
On this basis, it is the power combination of 1.5T + 3-speed variable frequency electric drive DHT Pro that can better demonstrate the strength of the vehicle. After the comprehensive maximum power and torque reach 287kW and 535 Nm respectively, the Galaxy L6 can achieve practical test speed of 247km/h, 6.3 seconds to break the hundred and 36.5 meters to 100 kilometers braking distance, so the performance in the same market can be said to be a rolling level.
In addition, the Galaxy L6 also has an energy-saving side. In addition to bringing a 125-kilometer pure electric battery life in CLTC conditions longer than the Galaxy L7, the new car also has the highest thermal efficiency of 44.26% mass production, helping the vehicle achieve the lowest WLTC operating conditions in the same class. 4.55L 100-kilometer power loss fuel consumption, and a comprehensive battery life of up to 1370 kilometers.
It can be said that the Galaxy L6 has taken into account the sports control of young people, the quiet riding experience needs of home users, and the battery life anxiety concerns of mainstream users to a considerable extent.
For such a product that is compatible with the needs of different groups, especially the current market positioning of the only model with the Qin PLUS DM-i, the Galaxy L6 seems to have no reason not to achieve a big sale.
After the L7, it is worth looking forward to whether the Galaxy L6 will become a hit as soon as it is launched.
More than two months ago, the Galaxy L7 debuted at a lower price than the Song PLUS DM-i 138,700, so the pricing can be said to have laid a line for its hot sales.
As for the Galaxy L6, which has a lower digital positioning, and is facing the more ruthless price of the Qin PLUS DM-i, whether the former will offer a surprising price when it goes on sale is believed to be the most concerned issue in the current market.
Of course, from the current perspective of Geely as a chaser, it doesn’t have much choice, it can only choose to fight bayonets forward.