In 2023, both the new energy market and the fuel vehicle market have entered a state of fierce competition. The major car companies are crazy about the price and allocation of vehicles, and the reason is also to make the market share up. Among them, BYD has brought the champion model with lower price, which has indeed added a lot of help to its sales. Now Chery’s champion model has arrived as scheduled.
A few days ago, Chery Automobile announced that the Tiggo 8 PRO Champion Edition and PHEV Champion Edition models were officially launched. The price range of the Tiggo 8 PRO Champion Edition was 126,900-163,900 yuan, and the price range of the Tiggo 8 New Energy Champion Edition was 137,900-159,900 yuan.
In terms of car purchase benefits, Chery has also brought you a six-fold car purchase gift, including paying 1,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan in cash-filled red envelopes, enjoying a replacement subsidy of 15,000 yuan at the highest level, a lifetime warranty for the whole vehicle, a financial discount of 7,000 yuan, and a lifetime free basic flow, etc., which is full of sincerity.
Both cars are sincere.
In terms of appearance, the new car focuses on adding time gray body color, and adjusts the shape of the new car’s air intake grille, providing a fiercer air intake grille, a shiny Chery Logo and decorative strips. In addition, the new car also provides larger body wheels, such as 18-inch and 19-inch wheels and different styles, which greatly improves the visual effect. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4745/1860/1745mm and the wheelbase is 2710mm respectively.
The interior and configuration are basically the same, and the interior is the same as the cash. It adopts a three-spoke flat-bottomed steering wheel, equipped with a 12.3-inch curved double screen, and adopts the Lion car system. A large number of metal decorative pieces are used in the interior, which further enhances the luxury of the interior.
Among them, the Tiggo 8 PRO Champion Edition has added a black and light brown color scheme. As a medium-sized SUV, it also provides a seven-seat layout that can be used in an emergency. The new car has also introduced the well-received Queen’s co-pilot seat, but it has changed greatly in terms of the car. It has been replaced with a more mainstream Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip, which can realize the functions of video playback with 4K resolution, 3D navigation, panoramic images and so on, and supports 5G network and V2X car networking technology.
In addition, the Tiggo 8 PRO Champion Edition also provides a series of comfort configurations and intelligent configurations such as 540-degree reversing image, electric heating of exterior rearview mirror, driving recorder, inductive tailgate, front seat heating, lane keeping, reversing side warning, HUD head-up display and so on.
In terms of power, the Tiggo 8 PRO Champion Edition continues to use the current 1.6T and 2.0T engines. Among them, the 1.6T turbocharged engine has a maximum power of 145kW and a maximum torque of 290 N m; The maximum power and torque of 2.0T engine are 187kW and 390 N m respectively. The transmission system is matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and the high-equipped models will also be equipped with a four-wheel drive system.
Tiggo 8 New Energy Champion Edition is equipped with the power combination of 1.5T super-efficient engine and dual motors for hybrid power. The comprehensive power of the system is 240kW, and the comprehensive torque is 545N.m It only takes 7.2 seconds to accelerate 100 km, and at the same time, it realizes super power output in full speed range, 2 seconds for 0-30km, 3.1 seconds for 30-70km and 3.8 seconds for 60-100km.
Tiggo 8 New Energy Champion Edition is equipped with a hybrid special 3-speed DHT electric hybrid system and a hybrid special ternary lithium battery, which can achieve a comprehensive battery life of 1000km+. At the same time, the car is also a "fuel-saving weapon", and the minimum fuel consumption under WLTC working condition is 5.95L/100km, which fits the user’s pursuit of fuel economy to the maximum extent. Moreover, the Tiggo 8 New Energy Champion Edition supports fast/slow charging, and the 220V power supply can be charged at will. It takes only 25 minutes to charge the power from 30% to 80%, making it more convenient for users to travel long distances.
Can you break the championship battle?
Since the beginning of the year, China auto market is experiencing an unprecedented price storm, which has spread to every corner of fuel vehicles and new energy sources. It is this storm that broke the traditional product pattern and consumption concept in the past. If Tesla’s official demotion at the beginning of the year was the first shot to start this year’s price war, then BYD Qin PLUS DM-i Champion Edition was the most powerful response of its own brand, and one after another "Champion Edition" models that followed it completely brought the story to a climax.
Especially in BYD Song plus, a market segment, it has become the king. It not only beat down the price of cooperative brand SUVs, but also made independent brand SUVs follow suit crazily, and launched brand-new products to compete with it, such as Geely’s Galaxy L7, Harvard’s Xiaolong and other new energy products, which made the competition in this market segment more intense. Now the sales of the latter two have steadily increased, which is enough to show that the market is very inclusive as long as the product strength and price are appropriate.
In addition to the Tiggo 8 PRO Champion Edition with high cost performance, the Tiggo 8 New Energy Champion Edition has launched a 55km leading edition, a 100km glory edition and a 100km king edition to meet the diversified car needs of users. At the same time, with the price range of 130,000-150,000 yuan and the Tiggo 8 New Energy Champion Edition, it achieved "the same price of oil and electricity" and entered the increasingly competitive mixed market, becoming the best solution in the minds of potential users.
Since its launch, Chery Tiggo 8 series has won the market and reputation with its excellent product strength and high cost performance. It sold 20,440 new cars in July, and the cumulative sales from January to July this year reached 117,799. Now Chery has brought a lower-priced champion model on the basis of the high product strength of the Tiggo 8, and there is also a new energy champion version of the Tiggo 8 with the same price of oil and electricity. I believe that in the future, it will also seize and occupy a place in the increasingly "involuted" mixed market, so that more users can have more suitable and higher-value new choices, and at the same time, the sales of the Tiggo 8 series will be further improved.