On February 13th, the official and declaration drawings of SAIC-GM-Wuling’s first pure electric SUV model were announced. The new car was named Yep in English and "Baojun Yueye" in Chinese, and it is expected to be listed within this year. In fact, as early as last year’s launch conference of the 2023 Baojun KiWi EV, SAIC-GM-Wuling Baojun predicted a square-box car that positioned the SUV as "urban fun fashion", which attracted a lot of attention at that time, and this car was "Baojun Yueye".
Judging from the official map and the declaration map, the overall new car is mainly square and tough design style, which is very similar to Suzuki Jimny model. The front face adopts a penetrating narrow-strip black enclosed grille, which is connected with the light groups on both sides. The LED headlight is composed of four horizontal light groups, which is highly recognizable. Under the new car, the off-road style front bumper shape is adopted, and the visual impact is quite good with the rib line raised by the hood.
On the side of the car body, the new car adopts off-road vehicle style elements and two-door four-seat design, and the bottom is designed with wide wheel eyebrows. The short and pithy car body with wide wheel eyebrows looks muscular. In terms of dimensions, the length, width and height of the new car are 3381/1685/1721mm and the wheelbase is 2110mm respectively. In contrast, Suzuki Jimny has a length, width and height of 3550/1645/1720mm and a wheelbase of 2250. In the rear part, the new car also adopts the design of "square box+side door", a very popular hard-core off-road vehicle. The taillights are arranged vertically, showing a ring shape after lighting, and the trunk door is side-opened. The rear enclosure also adopts a generous off-road style, which echoes the front face and is very harmonious in overall collocation.
Unfortunately, as of now, Wuling officials have not announced the interior of the new car, and it is still impossible to judge the texture of the interior of the new car. However, the spy photos of the interior show that the new car will adopt KiVi EV’s interior design language, with an integrated central control panel and dashboard design and a three-position steering wheel.
As a micro electric vehicle, the new car is driven by rear-mounted rear-drive and equipped with permanent magnet synchronous motor, with a maximum power of 50 kW and a peak torque of 140 Nm. In addition, the new car is equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery with a cruising range of 303 kilometers.
On the whole, the appearance of the new car is really surprising. As the first pure electric SUV model of Wuling, it is officially defined as "urban fun SUV", but people in the industry prefer to call it "electric Jimny". As we all know, due to the restrictions of emission regulations and other factors, Jimny was not directly made in China, but was introduced into the China market as a parallel import. However, the high price of parallel import made many people flinch. For the emergence of "Baojun Yueye", the industry believes that the positioning of this new car is similar to that of Suzuki Jimny, so it may become a replacement for Jimny. The 303-kilometer battery life is indeed a good choice as a daily scooter. In addition, at present, most mini-electric vehicles and small pure electric vehicles in the domestic automobile market are cars, and the listing of new cars just makes up for the gap in this market. Of course, whether the new car can sell well depends on whether the price of the vehicle is appropriate. It is estimated that the price will be around 80,000-90,000 yuan.
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