Due to the impact of the pandemic, Roewe’s offline launch event cannot be held temporarily. Therefore, Roewe brought two cars’ online “Early Access Event”, which can be understood as a pre-sale launch event. Roewe Longmao and Roewe Whale are positioned as compact SUVs, but Roewe Whale’s positioning is slightly higher. It is worth mentioning that Longmao is Roewe’s first HEV hybrid model.
Roewe Longmao
Roewe Longmao pre-sale price is 125,800-129,800 yuan, equipped with a hybrid system composed of a 1.5L engine and a motor, and the maximum power of the engine is 88 kW.
In terms of car purchasing rights, Longmao provides services such as 36-month 0-interest installment, lifetime quality assurance, lifetime free basic flow, and home service:
Exterior \& Interior
Longmao’s length, width, and height are 4,440 × 1,810 × 1,634mm, and the wheelbase is 2,625 mm. In order to emphasize the hybrid positioning, Longmao’s front and rear bumpers are decorated with blue accents.
Although it is a hybrid model, Longmao still uses a front face design similar to a closed style, which matches sharp headlights and full-width daytime running lights, showing a durable style. Longmao’s taillights have a very strong Roewe family style, with high recognition.
In addition, besides the conventional “baby blue” and “snowball white” body paint, Roewe also provides personalized coloring services, where users can choose agile green, ballet pink, or velvet gold.
In terms of the interior, Longmao adopts dual 12.3-inch screens. The infotainment system is equipped with a voice assistant, which supports continuous conversation for up to 90 seconds while allowing users to speak and think freely and activate it anytime. Furthermore, Longmao is also equipped with a 360-degree panoramic view.
### Power & Assisted Driving
The Roewe Longmao (Whale Cat) uses HEV hybrid technology, and the battery and motor information have not been disclosed yet. Equipped with a 1.5L engine with a maximum power of 88 kW. Roewe claims that with the support of the hybrid engine and E-CVT hybrid gearbox, the Whale Cat can achieve “4L level” fuel consumption in the NEDC test, and the vehicle supports automatic switching among pure electric, hybrid, and fuel modes.
Although priced affordably, the Whale Cat is still equipped with some basic assisted driving functions. The new car supports autonomous cruise control on highways and automatic following in congested traffic.
Roewe Jing
The pre-sale price of Roewe Jing is 166,800-192,800 yuan, and it is divided into three models: Baijing (White Whale), Hujing (Tiger Whale), and Lanjing (Blue Whale), with a 36-month 0% interest financing option (up to 13,000 yuan) and lifetime original factory warranty.
Exterior & Interior
The Roewe Jing has a body size of 4,702 × 1,903 × 1,691 and a wheelbase of 2,760 mm, positioning itself as a compact SUV. The front grille of the new car looks like a whale chin with folds, and the daytime running lights and high beam and low beam headlights are designed as separate units with a daytime running light strip running through the middle, resembling a whale’s whiskers.
The side of the car looks sporty with a sloping back design and a waistline that is low in the front and high in the back, making the car appear to be diving forward. The top of the rear of the car houses two vertical high brake lights. In addition to the through-type taillights, the left and right sides of the new car each have two parts of the light unit, with an “X” pattern inside, which is unique and recognizable. The top narrow and bottom wide design lowers the visual center, and the rear of the car does not appear top-heavy.
In terms of interior, the Roewe Jing has a 12.3-inch LCD instrument panel and center console screen, and a highlight is the Chinese character “Whale” logo on the steering wheel. The car’s chip adopts the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155, and supports downloading third-party apps. Roewe Jing’s voice assistant is Tmall Genie. In addition, the vehicle is equipped with a panoramic sunroof and BOSE stereo sound.
Powertrain & ADAS
The Roewe Whale is equipped with the same 2.0T engine as the RX5 MAX, with a maximum power of 231Ps and a maximum torque of 370 N·m, and an Aisin 8AT gearbox.
The advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) of the Roewe Whale is worth mentioning. Although the top configuration price is only 200,000 yuan, the new car is equipped with 29 sensors, centimeter-level high-precision maps, and a 16 TOPS computing power Texas Instruments intelligent driving chip. It reaches L2 level in terms of function and supports functions such as ACC adaptive cruise, BLIS blind spot monitoring, FCW forward collision warning, LDW lane departure warning, TJA traffic jam assistance, and ICA comprehensive cruise assistance. The steering wheel is also equipped with DMS fatigue detection system.
Roewe said that ALC autonomous lane change and ILC intelligent avoidance of large vehicles, and NGP intelligent driving navigation system will be pushed in the third quarter of 2022. We will follow up on actual performance. From the perspective of price, the Roewe Whale’s ADAS can achieve many rich and functional capabilities.
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