Recently, Kaiyi Automobile's colorful mini car - Kaiyi Shiyue was launched, injecting vitality into the mini car market again. This car is currently available in two models, mainly in terms of battery life, and the prices are 5390,000 yuan to 6between 990,000 yuan. The car is built on the i-EA pure electric platform, and according to official sources, this car will also be available in other power, range and 5-door versions in the future. So how exactly does this car perform, and is it worth buying? Let's take a closer look.
In terms of appearance, this car still adopts the design style commonly used in current mini cars, with a cute and technological appearance. In terms of the design of the front face, this car also adopts a common closed layout, the front grille is decorated with black chrome trim strips around it, and the internal decoration is similar to a honeycomb groove, which is very designed; The LED headlights on both sides adopt a triangular design, but the angle has a sense of abruptness, adding a lively and cute atmosphere to the car. The middle of the headlights is run through with a chrome trim strip, and the Red Arrow is the brand's logo, which improves the recognition of the car. The side of the body adopts a hidden door handle design, the waist line is slender, running through the front and rear of the car, and the hidden side pillars create a visual experience of a floating roof, the wheels are designed in silver and black, and the middle decoration is a petal-like design, which is very recognizable when turned. The design of the rear echoes the front face, using blackened through-type taillights, and the fog lights and reversing lights are set at the position of the rear bumper, which is very conspicuous and can improve the safety of driving.
In terms of interior design, as a more people-friendly mini car, the configuration in the car is mainly made of plastic, but the design of the details is not sloppy, through the color arrangement of two-color splicing and the design of the panel texture, the refinement of the car is improved. The center console is equipped with a 67-inch floating LCD instrument cluster and 10The 25-inch floating central control screen supports original interconnection, 360-degree panoramic image, Bluetooth, dash cam, tire pressure monitoring, voice recognition control and mobile APP remote control, which can bring people a pretty good interpersonal interaction experience. At the bottom of the center console, some of the commonly used physical buttons and knobs are retained, making it more convenient for users to operate.
In terms of power performance, this car adopts a front-mounted single-motor layout, with a maximum power of 35 kilowatts and a maximum torque of 87 Nm, equipped with Guoxuan Hi-Tech 1769 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack, with a range of 201 km under CLTC working conditions, but does not support fast charging; The motor has a maximum power of 40 kW and a maximum torque of 110 Nm, and is equipped with CATL 2808 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack, with a range of 301 kilometers under CLTC working conditions, supports fast charging, and can charge from 30% to 80% in 30 minutes. But even with the configuration of the entry-level version, the overall performance is quite good for a car of the same level, which can meet the driving needs in most scenarios.
Overall, no matter from which point of view, Kaiyi Shiyue's performance is very good. Although the influence of the brand may not be as good as that of big brands such as Wuling and BAIC, the future development of this car is also worth looking forward to.