On March 28th, Jiangling Ford officially announced the official guide price for the Ford Lingdu, with a price range of RMB 139,800 to 165,800, which is much lower than before. As a mid-size SUV, the Lingdu completes Jiangling Ford’s coverage from compact SUVs to large SUVs.
What is most surprising about the Ford Lingdu is that intelligent configurations such as lane-changing turn signal, visual fusion parking, and 50-meter reversing tracking are available in the 165,800 yuan top-of-the-line model. Adaptive cruise control and blind spot monitoring configurations are also available in the second highest-priced model with a lower price. It is difficult to find a product with a higher cost performance ratio among joint venture SUVs in the same price range.
In fact, ten days ago, we had already test driven the Lingdu, and we carefully experienced the intelligent performance of this car.
Parking Experience
The Lingdu uses a visual fusion scheme in the parking system, and after testing, the Lingdu’s vertical parking and parallel parking have performed fairly well. We set up a space of 3 meters wide in the field, which would be considered a parking space of no more than 2.5 meters by line marking standards. After parking, the difference in the spacing on the left and right sides is not large, with a distance of 60 cm compared to the left car, and a distance of 62 cm compared to the right side.
It is worth mentioning that after parallel parking, the distance from the yellow line on the side of the Lingdu is only 30 cm, and the distance control is very precise. This also greatly avoids the protrusion of the body and being scratched by electric bicycles, after all, the width of 1,935 mm for the Lingdu is not small.
Driver Assistance
In terms of driver assistance, the Lingdu also performs well in the same price range, and it is currently the cheapest model that is equipped with Mobileye EyeQ4 chip that we can buy.The most surprising thing is that the ability of Ford Lingrui to change lanes with turn signals deserves recognition. It has stable performance relying solely on millimeter-wave without using visual cues in the rear. However, the minimum speed for turning signal assisted lane change is 60 km/h, and it can only be used on highways, which means that this function still has certain limitations.
Finally
The price range of Ford Lingrui is between 139,800 and 165,800 yuan, and there are six car purchase rights along with it.
All models of Lingrui are equipped with the same set of 1.5T engine and humidified 7-speed dual-clutch transmission powertrain. The top and second-top models are both equipped with L2 level assisted driving as standard.
The only features that the second-top version lacks are automatic lane-changing with turn signals and visual fusion parking. If you are someone who pursues technology, spending an extra RMB 10,000 on the top version at RMB 165,800 is a more suitable choice.
If you do not pursue intelligent technology features as much, but still have certain demands on space, fuel economy, and brand, choosing the Jingling model of Lingrui for below RMB 140,000 is also a cost-effective option.
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