On February 26, local time in Switzerland, the 2024 Geneva Motor Show will officially open, and at this Geneva Motor Show, there will be a leading automobile group: SAIC's Zhiji and MG will participate in the exhibition, while another Chinese brand is BYD, and it is expected that the exhibited models will be Yangwang, Formula Leopard Leopard 5 and other models.
The European market is SAIC's main overseas export market, and at this year's Geneva Motor Show, SAIC MG and Zhiji brought 10 new electric and intelligent vehicles, among which the Zhiji L6 and MG3 HEV are the world's first all-new models.
At this year's Geneva Motor Show, the two major brands of SAIC Motor brought the world premiere of new cars in the true sense, and the Zhiji L6 and MG3 HEV did not have much information to inquire about even in China. The amount of information revealed by SAIC's official channels is also not large.
As a high-end pure electric smart brand, Zhiji Auto's latest model, the L6, is officially described as "the first mass-produced car that perfectly reproduces the F1 driving experience".
From the official silhouette picture, it can be seen that the Zhiji L6 is a coupe design with a fastback and a short tail, and is equipped with a lidar. According to official information, Zhiji L6 zero-hundred acceleration is among the 2-second club, and the maximum cruising range of CLTC exceeds 1000 kilometers.
In the new car declaration information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, you can see this new model under Zhiji, with a wheelbase of 2950 mm and a body size of 4931 1960 1474 mm, which is expected to be divided into different versions of single motor and dual motor drive.
Compared with the Zhiji L7, the wheelbase and body size of the Zhiji L6 are slightly shorter, and the front face styling is also significantly different from the L7's main technology and futuristic style, and the rear is more aggressive and sporty.
Compared with the high-end intelligent Zhiji L6, the MG3 HEV is mainly home and close to the people, but in terms of gold content, this new model also integrates more of the latest technologies: the use of new Hybrid Plus technology, as well as 100% electrification perception in multiple scenarios, and its strong power, fuel economy and quiet performance advantages are outstanding, and it is also expected to become a global hit model after the MG4 EV.
Although the number of Chinese brands at this year's Geneva Motor Show is not as large as last year, from the perspective of SAIC, being able to come up with two world premieres is enough to reflect the importance it attaches to the European market, after all, the European market is SAIC's first overseas powerhouse where the sales of the first single model MG4 EV exceeded 100,000 units, and in 2023, SAIC's overseas sales will reach 1.21 million units, an increase of 19% year-on-year, of which the total sales in the European market will reach 330,000 units. In 2024, SAIC Motor expects overseas sales to reach 1.35 million units, a record high, so just after the Spring Festival, SAIC's overseas offensive has begun.
Author: Liu Jungang.