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According to the official news of the tank, the tank will be officially launched on March 18. according to previous reports from the automobile industry, the tank 500 is the second production car of the tank brand. in addition, pre-sale was launched at last year's Guangzhou Auto Show, with a total of three versions of the new car. including the business version, the sports version and the customized version, of which the commercial version and the sports version both launch 4 models, the pre-price range is 335000-363000 yuan. A total of 1 model has been launched in the customized version, with an advance price of 395000 yuan. In addition, the business and sports versions will offer 5-seater and 7-seater models for consumers to choose from. In addition, the tank 500 also launched the Black Samurai version, the pre-sale period is limited to the sale of 500 units, the pre-sale price is 365000 yuan. According to the official release, the pre-sale of the Tank 500s stopped at 24:00 on March 1st, and pre-order users of the Black Samurai can switch their orders to other versions within 72 hours after their launch, otherwise they cannot be changed.

The tank 500 is based on the tank platform and uses a non-load-bearing body. in terms of appearance, the front face of the new car uses a large hexagonal intake grille and the front bumper uses a through design, which makes it look domineering as a whole. In the rear part, the shape of the new car is more square, and the taillights on both sides are arranged longitudinally, of which the most conspicuous is the external spare tire, which not only highlights the positioning of the whole car, but also improves the aura of the whole car. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 5070mm/1934mm/1905mm, wheelbase 2850mm, positioning medium and large SUV, on the whole, the size of the new car is slightly larger than Prado.

In the interior part, the new car will be equipped with a full LCD dashboard and a large suspension screen, and the sub-instrument desk area will also be equipped with an electronic shift mechanism and knob-type function control keys. In terms of seat layout, the new car will be available in 5-seat and 7-seat models.

In terms of power, the biggest highlight of the new car is the 3.0T V6 engine independently developed by the Great Wall, the maximum power of the new car is 260kW, the maximum torque is 500Nm, and the transmission part, the new car matches a 9-speed manual self-integrated gearbox, 100km acceleration time of 7.3s, WLTC comprehensive fuel consumption of 10.79L.

In recent days, espionage photos of the tank PHEV model have also been posted on the Internet. Although the spy photos of the new car are covered with strict camouflage, it is easier to identify the new car as a tank 500 model from the shape of the middle net, headlights and other detailed features. According to the network exposure, the car is a brand-new version of the PHEV, a plug-in hybrid. The appearance of the plug-in hybrid model is basically the same as that of the fuel version of the tank 500, except that a circular cover is added to the right rear side of the body.

According to previous articles concerned by the automobile industry, after the tank 500 was pre-sold last year, orders for new cars exceeded 13000 in just 20 minutes. At the same time, tank brand officials also said that some of the orders were resold by using screenshots on the order page. After the final investigation, there were more than 200 suspected orders issued many times in the order system, but before that. There is also a lot of transaction information about the transfer of tank 500 orders on a second-hand trading platform, and additional "transfer fees" ranging from 1000 to 10000 will be charged for transfer orders, among which the "transfer fee" is as high as 10,000 yuan because the Black Samurai version of Tank 500 is a limited edition. To this end, tank brand officials stressed that tank APP is the only pre-sale channel, the price is completely transparent, all tank products will be ordered on APP, there will be no price increase by dealers, and the brand has strict control over dealers.

Data show that so far, tank brand products only tank 300 a model for sale, with the tank 500 on the market, the new car will compete with Toyota Prado, Rand Coolut, Jeep horse herders and other hard-line off-road vehicles. In terms of price, the price of Prado 2700 version is about 410000 yuan, and the price of Coolut 4000 version is about 760000 yuan, while the pre-price range of tank 4000 is 33.5-395000 yuan, so the new car seems to have more price advantages. in addition, tank 500 is the first to take the 3.0T+9AT, and the chief marketing officer of the tank brand once said in an interview at the auto show. The 3.0T twin-turbine V6 engine carried by the tank 500 is the ceiling work of Chinese fuel vehicles, so it is not difficult to know that the tank 500 has a certain market position in the current domestic SUV. As for the final market performance of the new car on the market, we'd better wait and see.

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