On the evening of December 6, Wuling Starlight will officially announce its listing. The pre-sale price of the new car was announced at the Guangzhou Auto Show on November 1738-10.980,000 yuan, 2 configuration models. The new car will only be available in a plug-in hybrid version in the early stage, and a pure electric version will be launched in the later stage.
Wuling Xingguang is SAIC-GM-Wuling's first A-class sedan, and the self-proclaimed "what the people need, Wuling will build" Wuling brand has been focusing on A00 and A0 class sedans and small SUV models, and has never dabbled in A-class cars. So the launch of the A-class family sedan Starlight means that consumers' demand for medium-sized cars is still very large.
In addition, the Wuling Starlight is not only the first mid-size car (actually an A-class sedan), but also the first model equipped with a plug-in hybrid, and there are still quite a lot of new labels on its back. Among the market segments that Wuling Starlight will land in, the largest selling model is the BYD Qin PLUS DM-i.
At the design level, the front face of Wuling Starlight uses a spread-wing design, the front grille size is larger, and it is equipped with Xinghuan daytime running lights, which has a strong visual impact and the characteristics of new energy vehicles, full of a sense of future technology. In addition, the front face of the all-electric version of the new car will be different from the current version.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4835 1860 1515mm, and the wheelbase is 2800mm, positioning between the A-class sedan and the B-class sedan. In terms of styling, the side of the car is quite stretched, with straight lines and curved surfaces to form a visual impact, giving people a more stretched feeling, with a suspended roof and a fastback shape, reaching a relatively low level of wind resistance.
At the rear, the new car adopts through-type taillights, with flat straight lines, to achieve a good recognition, and the ring taillights also echo the headlight group.
Inside, the new car is available in two color schemes, with both light and dark tones available. The new car uses a symmetrical layout, and the center console is more layered, with high-gloss black and metal chrome decorations, reflecting a good sense of class. It is worth mentioning that the new car does not provide a sunroof, which is intended to control costs, which is quite unusual in the market environment of sunroofs, but it is difficult to say that Wuling does not understand consumers.
In terms of power, the new car is equipped with 1The 5-liter naturally aspirated hybrid engine is matched with an electric motor to form a hybrid system, with a comprehensive range of up to 1400km, of which the maximum power of the motor is 100kW and the maximum attack rate of the engine is 78kW.