This release was poorly handled. As the hometown of EVITA, I specially went to the store yesterday to attend the release conference, only to witness a hasty announcement of prices and nothing else.
The configurations are barely satisfactory, none of the three configurations are ideal to choose from. The base model requires extra payments for the full interior and exterior appearance. The mid to high-end model forces you to opt for a power sliding door, which is poorly designed and very inconvenient to use. If we compare the mid-range and the base models, the prices are the same, but the low-end model lacks the power door. In fact, the power door is not valuable at all and is poorly made. It would be better not to have it. The overall cost of choosing the showcase car amounts to 400,000 yuan, which is a big disappointment compared to the original promotion price of 350,000 yuan.
The previously mentioned single motor version is nowhere to be seen. The range of CLTC550 is about NEDC450, which reminds me of the industrial garbage ES8, and the range is simply not enough. Version 116 even requires mandatory dual-motor sliding doors. Are the sliding doors really worth nothing? Why not offer a single motor version for more choices for customers? Are you afraid that too many customers will place orders?
The Huawei system seems to be well promoted, but it is impossible to find cars equipped with this system on the road, nor are there any test drive vehicles available. Customers cannot experience the features advertised. Also, if you want customers to be guinea pigs, they should not have to pay for it! Even if you do not want to pay, we cannot let you have free trials!
The rights and interests of the first owner are very poor, even worse than those of extreme luxury EV brands like NIO. The “big surprise” promised before has not been seen at all, and I even wondered whether I missed something. As for the gift of the Huawei system, again, Huawei’s self-driving system is undoubtedly good, but it is not recognized by either customers or the market. How can you brag about it? Customers do not have an obligation to be your test subjects, and yet you are still charging them extra!
I will place an order for now, and I will consider changing to a single motor version when it becomes available. To be honest, as a Chongqing customer who placed an order as early as May 20th, I am very disappointed. Some people might say that if I cannot afford it, I should not buy it, but are you sure I cannot afford it? If I really cannot afford it, I would not go on and on about it here. It’s just that we love this car and and have high hopes for EVITA, and we hope that the brand we like can be loved by more people.
And I hope that EVITA can carefully listen to customer feedback and come up with a modification plan as soon as possible. Otherwise, if things continue as they are, they may not even sell as well as NIO, and we will lose face completely!
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