To be honest, there are really fewer and fewer fuel cars worth driving in this era, and there are many fuel vehicles that can be replaced by trams, fortunately, the Shadow Leopard R is a model that is likely to continue the mantle of fuel vehicles, and it is also called the same level of "small steel cannon" by car friends in the industry, and the power is 20TGDI+8AT This ** power combination, the maximum torque of the engine is 400N·m, and the fastest acceleration of 0-100km h is 57s, this acceleration is also comparable to the tram, looking at the official data is really exciting, but I pay more attention to the field driving experience.
Let's take a look at the static experience of the appearance of the Shadow Leopard R, at first glance, this appearance is a young and sporty design style, the low-lying wide-body posture looks very combative, and from the front, you can see the official name of the fighter wide-body airway shape and dot matrix grille, especially the bright gray with orange design is very fashionable and sporty.
The big slip back on the side with a sharp waistline is also the main young fan, the blackened wheels are also a more popular design at the moment, the tire model is 245 35 R19, the wheel is an orange caliper design, and it is the first four-piston high-performance caliper, to be honest, this tire is relatively flat, can play a role in reducing the height of the body, more suitable for high-speed driving, but usually on the country road driving comfort is average, especially when the speed is too fast, it is easy to cause the tire to bag.
The most eye-catching tail is the suspension tail, not only for good looks and more designed to provide airflow downforce, but I found that this tail wing will have a little vibration during a high-speed test drive, I don't know if this is the tail wing material rigidity is insufficient or the speed is too fast, the airflow is too large, but it does not affect my love for it, the tail of the large wide-body diffuser design with bilateral quad exhaust shape is not very handsome, and the tail row inside is also with valve control, if you want to listen to its roar, you only need to open the tail row inside the flap。
The interior design of the Shadow Leopard R is basically the same as that of the Shadow Leopard, using a double 1025-inch integrated screen design, for a performance car, in fact, the mechanical instrument is more feeling, the details have added some suede design on the instrument panel, and the four-door glass is all a one-key window design, which is a rare configuration for models of the same level, in fact, the most worthy of improvement of the Shadow Leopard R is the response speed of the central control screen, which is not advantageous in the same level of models.
When you come to the interior of the Shadow Leopard R, you will find that the interior style of this car is also biased towards the racing version, integrated barrel sports seats, to be honest, this kind of sports seat is generally comfortable but very wrapping, especially when driving at high speeds, it feels very stable to sit on it, especially the side support of the waist and hips is really good, and the shoulder position of the seat also has a hollow chrome design, which looks quite dazzling, and it can fully meet the needs of the family from the perspective of the riding space.
The best test drive plan for the Shadow Leopard R is to drive on the track, but due to time reasons, I found a test drive on a road that had just been built, and first looked at the power data of the Shadow Leopard R, with a high performance ** total 20TGDI+8AT, the maximum power of the engine is 195kW, the maximum horsepower is 265PS horsepower, the maximum torque of the same level is 400N·m, and the acceleration from zero to 100 is 57s, to be honest, this official data looks very good, but I still really test drive and feel a gearbox tuning, the start is indeed relatively fast, can be compared with the general tram, especially the second half of the force than the general tram more stamina, because I use the sports mode, the gearbox is more direct when adding and reducing gears, from the low speed after stepping on the accelerator deeply, you will see that the gearbox first downshifts and then feels a sense of pushing back, and then the car will appear continuous upshift, the power is relatively strong, especially high-speed overtaking can really be done with ease.
For the performance car of the Shadow Leopard R, I specially test drive to feel its chassis stability, especially the roll performance when cornering at high speed, the chassis adopts the front MacPherson independent suspension and the rear multi-link is independent suspension, the overall performance is more suitable for daily roads, the chassis is slightly softer when driving on the track by the standard of performance cars, the roll is slightly larger when cornering at extreme speed, the chassis is mainly comfortable, especially the upper and lower vibration treatment is relatively tight, and several consecutive big jumps during the test drive are very calm, and there will be no nervous sense of control, in fact, the opportunity for the owner of this car to go on the track is relatively small, so I think this suspension is just right。
If JDM can't get around a Civic, then the rise of CDM is inseparable from a Shadow Leopard, it is said that the Civic is a model that young people love, but the 100,000-level sports sedan Shadow Leopard can be said to have taken off the aura of the Civic, both in terms of appearance and power performance, the Shadow Leopard R is stronger than the Civic, Shadow Leopard R 20T+8AT can completely beat the Civic 15T+CVT, in the current tram is not particularly recognized by the general public, the Shadow Leopard R can be regarded as a fuel car with tram consciousness, do you think the test drive experience of the Shadow Leopard R can be comparable to the tram?