Entering 2021, major automakers are competing to launch their own new cars, but the fastest is their own brands. Before the Tank 600 and Tank 900 were exposed one after another, becoming hot new cars on the Internet. A few days ago, Geely Automobile launched a new SUV code-named KX11, which immediately became the focus of discussion in the automotive industry. Recently, Geely Automobile announced the official name of the model – Xingyue L.
It is reported that Xingyue L is based on Geely’s CMA super matrix. The "L" in the name has the meaning of Larger (bigger), Luxury (luxury) and Liberate (subversion), which means the upgrade of body size, space, power and other aspects. According to the declaration information on the MIIT website, the size of Xingyue L is not much different from that of Geely’s previous medium-sized SUV Haoyue. According to Xingrui’s approach, Xingyue L was obviously born to subvert the joint venture compact SUV. After the later listing, it is estimated that it will also compete with the "high half-class" strategy and the joint venture compact SUV.
In the past year or two, the main design of domestic SUV models have come into the market, whether it is Changan’s UNI-T or Tank 300, etc., the presence of independent brands in the SUV market can be said to be getting stronger and stronger. And Geely, as the leading player in the independent brand, will naturally not fall behind. This time, Xingyue L, as a new SUV model, is based on the CMA platform jointly developed by Geely and Volvo. This first distanced itself from Haoyue, because Haoyue came from Geely’s 7-seat car-specific platform – the CV platform.
Looking at Geely’s current model sequence, the current product system of Geely Automobile has formed a family of,, Bing, Bo, and Star series. Under each generation, there are car products and SUV products. For example, under the Bing generation, the car is, the SUV is, under the Bo generation, the car is, the SUV is, to the Star generation, the car is still named after Rui. According to this logic, the SUV products under the Star generation should be named after Yue. Since there is Xingyue, this new product is followed by Xingyue with the L suffix.
In terms of appearance, Xingyue L adopts Geely’s latest family-style design style. The large-sized straight waterfall air intake grille is similar to Xingrui, and the concave shape is quite Volvo-like. The headlights use a matrix LED light source, and with the upper and lower daytime running lights, it presents a three-stage headlight design.
On the side of the car body, the straight waistline gives him a very tough visual sense. The outline of the waistline and the design of the front and rear eyebrows, especially the through trend, are relatively slender visually, creating a strong sense of movement, making the three-dimensional sense of the side of the car more recognizable. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the Geely Xingyue L are 4770 * 1895 * 1689mm, and the wheelbase reaches 2845mm.
In particular, the rear design is very solid, with several tough parallel lines creating a strong sense of hierarchy. At the same time, the through-type taillights are also highly recognizable.
The newly released interior official map shows that the new car adopts a dual-screen design of the central control screen and the co-pilot entertainment screen, and the whole shape is very avant-garde. At the same time, the center console adopts a dual-color design, plus neat stitches and materials, creating a sense of texture and luxury of the new car. This is different from other models currently owned by Geely. With such a high luxury configuration, it can be seen that Geely has given full attention to Geely Xingyue L.
Thanks to the CMA architecture adopted by Geely Xingyue L, it will be equipped with a Drive-E series 2.0T engine with a maximum power of 175kW and a peak torque of 350N · m. At the same time, it will also provide a low-power engine option with a maximum power of 149kW and a peak torque of 300N · m. To match it is an 8-speed automatic gearbox from Aisin. In terms of chassis, Geely Xingyue L adopts a suspension combination of front McPherson and rear multi-bar, and some models will also be equipped with a four-wheel drive system. It seems that Geely Xingyue L will have certain advantages in both power and handling.
On the other hand, Haoyue, which is still equipped with the 1.8T engine, with the cooperation of the 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, is completely the economic orientation of the home, and the configuration of the front drive and rear torque beam of the whole system is also destined to have completely different personality orientations. Obviously, Geely Xingyue L has higher quality and higher positioning, and is expected to become the most expensive model under Geely.
So it seems that Geely Xingyue L not only has a breakthrough in appearance and styling, but also the luxury and technological configuration of the interior is unprecedented, and the CMA architecture has given him very excellent product strength. So as Geely’s new model, can Geely Xingyue L become a new disruptor in the SUV market? We will wait and see.
