“Suit” is a symbol of elegance and gentleman. Just like the Landtour in eight appropriate appearances of Cloud Clear Blue, Qinghai Blue, Qingyun Gray, Xuan Ying Black, Du Ru White, Flowing Golden, Bao Yu Blue, and Fei Yu Green, it is like a modest gentleman with a gentle temperament. Just a glimpse, the low-key and elegant image of Landtour, suitable for home and house, arises.
“Beast” is a Landtour with muscles and violence. Under the elegant appearance, it has a horsepower of 694, a torque of 1040, and an acceleration of breaking one hundred kilometers in 4.5 seconds. With adjustable air suspension, it’s like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Step on the gas pedal, and you will fly like the wind and the meteor, pushing you forward to conquer the world.
This is the Landtour in a suit and beast, a guy who was elegant one second and punching the next. The punches are brutal and bloody, but simple, rough, clean and neat.
At the end of April this year, without much consideration, after a test drive, I rapidly decided to buy the extended range luxury version of Landtour. After driving for over four thousand kilometers for more than four months, I have gained a profound understanding of the car and now share my driving experience with everyone.
💡Buying Background
The main purpose of buying a car is for commuting to work and occasional holiday travel and camping. As I cannot get a license plate for regular cars in Shenzhen for years, I set my sights on the hybrid new energy car. Considering that I will get married and have children in the future, I thought I would buy an SUV this time. When I was browsing the App, I accidentally saw the Landtour. The salesperson immediately provided me with a test drive service, and the result was satisfactory. Then, I made up my mind to buy this car.
💡 Selection Experience
When I was considering buying a car, my first choice was the BYD Tang, and the backup plans were the LI One, NIO, and XPeng. Since I was sure to buy a hybrid, I eliminated XPeng and NIO from the list, although the appearance of NIO was quite beautiful.
The Tang and One represent plug-in hybrid and extended-range hybrid, respectively. In my opinion, there is not much difference between them except for their appearances. They both support switching between petrol and electricity, and it’s enough to get a green license plate for environmental protection. A little difference in fuel consumption does not matter much. However, the appearance of the One is quite ordinary to me, and the driving experience was not as good as the Tang’s, and its price was several thousand yuan higher than the Tang’s. As the main user of the car, if I cannot satisfy my driving experience and pleasure, I might as well take the subway or taxi. So I removed the One from my selection list and finally paid the deposit of 1,000 yuan for the BYD Tang before the Spring Festival.I should have been driving the BYD Tang DMI now, but unfortunately, BYD had a series of spontaneous combustion incidents at the beginning of the year. Besides, I had to wait for three to four months to get the top configuration of the Chidi Red version that I wanted. I was getting impatient during this period. Fortunately, I came across a post about the Voyah Free. Although I only thought that the glowing logo was cool at that time, I did not investigate further. Later, a sales representative contacted me for a test drive, and my girlfriend and I tried Voyah. Within two days after the test drive, I cancelled the order for BYD Tang, handed over a deposit of 5,000 yuan for Voyah, and finally picked up the car at the end of April. The main reasons include: 0-100 acceleration in 4.5 seconds, spacious interior, air suspension at the million-dollar level, high-end configuration (massage, ventilation, power tailgate, etc.), lifetime quality assurance, and the crucial factor that there are cars in stock and no need to wait.
I was very excited when I just picked up the car and always wanted to go out for a spin. Within two days after I got it, I had a film and a crystal coating applied to it. My girlfriend also added many accessories to the car interior and we enjoyed the fun of decoration together.
💡 User Experience
I. Advantages
【Suspension Adjustment】 The front double-wishbone suspension and the rear multi-link suspension, combined with multiple levels of air suspension, provide a good overall shock absorption experience, which can filter out the unnecessary and trivial sensation of the road surface. The supportive ability of the suspension for quick cornering and intense driving is also excellent, which is worth it at this price.
【Steering Feel】 The car comes with five options: “Economy,” “Comfort,” “High Energy,” “Outing,” and “Custom” for selection. For daily driving, you can choose the “Economy” or “Comfort” mode. The suspension height of the two modes is the same. One has strong kinetic energy recovery and saves electricity, and the other has weak kinetic energy recovery and a driving feeling similar to a gasoline-powered car. The steering feel of the “High Energy” mode is slightly harder than that of the “Comfort” mode. However, there is not much difference in feeling, but the driving direction is extremely precise. It can give confidence during intense driving.
### Power Output
With a violent output of 694 horsepower and 1040 Newton-meters of torque, the power output is extremely abundant! The 4.5-second acceleration in performance mode is very thrilling, while the daily power output outside of performance mode is around 7 seconds, fully satisfying the power demand for overtaking within the city, highways, and expressways. The power attenuation is not significant under the hybrid mode. Although the limit of 4.5 seconds couldn’t be reached, it can still maintain output at around 7 seconds per 100 kilometers, which is more than enough!
Air Suspension
The FREE air suspension has an adjustment space of 5cm from the lowest to the highest, except for the performance mode’s lowest and the touring mode’s highest, which are situated in the middle. The car’s lowest ground clearance is 163mm, the highest is 213mm, and the other modes are situated in the middle.
Power Consumption
Daily Driving: Electricity consumption is around 20 kilowatt-hours per 100 kilometers, which requires almost no gasoline. Aggressive Driving: Electricity consumption is around 26-30 kilowatt-hours, gasoline consumption is around 11 liters. Non-Electricity Consumption: Average gasoline consumption is 7.5 liters. Electricity Consumption: Average gasoline consumption is around 9-10 liters.
Under normal circumstances, 1% of electricity consumption can travel approximately 1.3-1.5 kilometers.
In pure electric mode, the vehicle can drive around 100 kilometers when the battery level is at 20% in spring and autumn, and about 80 kilometers in summer and winter, which basically satisfies daily commuting needs.
Charging Rate
Below 65%, the charging rate is around 35 kilowatt-hours.
In the 65-80% range, the charging rate is around 17 kilowatt-hours.
Above 80%, the charging rate is around 7 kilowatt-hours.
It takes about 90 minutes to charge from 20% to 100%, which is significantly different from the official announcement. It is recommended to set the charging percentage to 95%, which is said to be better for the battery.
Automatic Parking and Adaptive Cruise
The automatic parking function works really well for standard parking spaces (parking spaces with no rear-wheel iron railings), and the recognition and success rate are not low. However, it is not recommended to use it for complex environments and parking spaces with rear-wheel iron railings. The LanTu cannot recognize the rear-wheel iron railings in parking spaces and will directly roll over them. Personally, I do not use it because reversing oneself is faster, more convenient, and avoids turning in place.
In terms of adaptive cruise, I feel that it is quite useful. Changing lanes would not affect the adaptive cruise, and braking will cancel it. It is particularly useful on highways. However, it is still recommended that vehicle owners should not rely too much on it, and insist on putting people first.
Audio Effect
Thanks to the Danner’s audio effect, the car’s audio effect is still very good. However, because the initial parameter setting cannot fully play the quality of the audio equipment, it still requires personal EQ adjustments based on individual preferences. Based on the settings of other car owners, the EQ can be adjusted to [8-10-6-6] to reach a certain degree of sweet high pitch, prominent middle pitch, and mellow bass.
Range Extender Start
Thanks to the four-cylinder engine, there is basically no feeling when the range extender starts during driving, while the sound of the engine can be heard occasionally when the car is stopped (during high power operation). The experience of driving with the range extender under hybrid mode changes very little, which deserves praise.
Insufficient### Extended range charging restrictions
According to the communication and discussions among the car enthusiasts on the app, it is concluded that the Voyah electric vehicle may have certain battery charging protection settings in fast charging, resulting in lower charging power and longer charging time when the battery level is above 70%. So, it is advised to charge only up to 80% if you are in a hurry.
Noticeable tire and wind noise
Regarding tire noise, all the small sound effects on the road can basically be transmitted to the car compartment, coupled with the whooshing sound of wind noise, it feels not very pleasant to drive at speeds above 60 kilometers per hour. Even if the in-car audio volume is not turned up high, outside noises are still clear while playing music. It’s easy to imagine the sound insulation effect. Some car enthusiasts have installed sound insulation cotton, which reportedly has a satisfactory effect.
Vehicle computer chip
The vehicle computer chip is equipped with domestic NXP chip, with a performance equivalent to 820A according to official evaluation. In practical use, there is still a noticeable delay in screen interaction and the artificial intelligence function is a bit dumb, occasionally making some inexplicable suggestions. Fortunately, it is upgradable despite being inferior to other car manufacturers who provide free upgrades. Taking into account that I can upgrade for free, I won’t criticize it anymore. Without upgrading, the car’s chip would not match its price.
Trunk lighting
The trunk lighting illuminates deep inside the trunk on both sides, but this position is basically blocked by luggage, making the lighting almost useless. It needs to be user-friendly optimized, for example, by adding self-provided lighting.
Conclusion
- The exterior appearance is beautiful, and the car turns heads when driving on the road, especially when the one-piece headlights and the logo light up at night, making it look high-end.\
\ - There is no need to say much about the power, the 4.5-second acceleration to one hundred kilometers per hour is really responsive, and the push-back sensation at high speeds when stepping on the pedal is only known by those who have experienced it.\
- I got the Western Blue interior, which looks particularly pleasing to the eye due to its blue-white color. The car is equipped with a one-piece lift-up three-screen and an adjustable transparent panoramic sunroof, and I suggest experiencing this luxury firsthand.\
\ - It’s also worth mentioning that there is almost no odor in the car. There were no strange smells when I got the new car, which is really considerate and nice.
In short, it is a matter of tolerating the imperfections to appreciate the wonderful quality. I recommend everyone to go for a test drive and believe it will not disappoint.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.