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On January 29, 1886, the German Karl Benz designed the first tricycle, which is considered to be the first car in human history. Although the design looks crude now, the development at that time is enough to stir the world. With the advance of the industrial revolution, intelligence and electrification have become the business card of the development of the automobile industry. However, under this trend of the times, the retro trend began to be respected.

Great Wall WEY unveiled a new retro concept car at the Chengdu Auto Show, which opened on Aug. 29, which is officially called "vintage Chao Drive" because the new car has not yet been named. From the overall design point of view, the new car uses an extremely retro exaggerated style, but in the retro can see a lot of elements combined with modern science and technology.

From the point of view of the appearance of the real car, the front part of the new car completely adopts a retro design, the large-size forward air grille almost occupies the entire front face, the internal dense chrome-plated middle net runs across the whole middle net, and the headlights on both sides are set on the front wing. The circular headlamp style further enhances the sense of retro. In addition, the front of the new car also uses a large number of chrome strips, if it does not show the WEY logo, it may really think that this is a model from the 1950s and 1960s.

From the side, the new car has the same retro flavor. The new car uses a four-door design, the entire roof line uses a very smooth design, the front and rear wings are wide out of the body to form a wide body visual effect, and under the door there is a chrome strip decoration that runs through the body, making the body look less monotonous. In the rear part, there is a raised drum bag in the trunk of the new car, which also restores the design sense of some old cars. The taillights are sampled in an oval style, with the same chrome-plated rear surround, which further reflects the retro feeling of the new car. In addition, the dense multi-format wheels are also very retro and look very interesting.

In the interior part, the new car also adopts the combination of retro and modern style, the full LCD dashboard is equipped with a retro-style touch double-spoke multi-function steering wheel, and the central multimedia display screen adopts an embedded design. the overall design of the center console also has a trace of retro style, but with a large number of chrome decoration and pink bright color coating, so that the modern sense of the new car is enhanced a lot.

For this model, some netizens said, "if I buy it, I will buckle the following three letters, which will slightly affect the overall appearance," while others said that "once plagiarism was called 'salute', but now the fake name is' retro'. People will die in peace!"

Great Wall seems to be pushing the retro trend. In addition to the WEY brand, the Euler brand also unveiled a new model at the Chengdu Auto Show, named Ballet Cat. The appearance of the new car is very similar to that of the punk cat previously unveiled at the Shanghai auto show, but there are some differences in details, such as the Euler ballet cat's headlights with rounded rectangles and a brand new chrome-plated front bumper style. and will also be equipped with front radar sensors. There are also some changes in the rear of the car. Ballet cats have smoother tail lines, while punk cats are more rounded. In addition, the ballet cat has added a small tail, the taillight has been changed from an oval to a semicircular design, and is equipped with parking radar and a reversing video camera.

In terms of interior decoration, the new car adopts a new design, and the dashboard and center console continue the screen design, but the round-edged rectangular style with air conditioning outlets on both sides looks more coordinated and lovely. In addition, the retro style of the steering wheel and seat shape also echoes with the retro appearance.

Whether it is WEY or Euler, although the launch of retro models has attracted some nostalgic users and attracted market attention to some extent, it has also fallen into the public opinion of plagiarizing retro models at the same time.

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