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On September 22, Ideal Auto officially announced that the new generation of Ideal ONE, named Ideal L8, will be officially launched on September 30. At the same time, Ideal Car posted instructions on its official APP to respond to the concerns of Ideal ONE owners. Ideal car means that the ideal ONE owner will enjoy the same after-sales service as the new model, and the users who enjoy the lifetime warranty rights of the first owner will not be affected. In terms of software assurance, Ideal will continue to provide OTA upgrade services. In terms of data services, ideally, 20G of free traffic per month for three years will be added to the original basis. In terms of after-sales guarantee, the production and supply guarantee of original after-sales spare parts will be increased to no less than 12 years after the shutdown.

Ideal Car reveals why Ideal ONE was renamed Ideal L9. The ideal car indicates that the ideal car is establishing a more complete and clear product sequence, L represents the SUV series of extended range electric platform, and the number size represents the model size class: Ideal L9 is a family smart flagship six-seat SUV (full size, less than RMB 500,000), ideal L8 is a family smart luxury six-seat SUV (medium and large, less than RMB 400,000), ideal L7 is a family smart flagship five-seat SUV (medium and large, less than RMB 400,000), ideal L6 is a family smart luxury five-seat SUV (medium, less than RMB 300,000). It is revealed that the ideal L7 will be officially released and delivered in the first quarter of 2023.

For the product sequence, ideal car founder Li wants to use house and mobile phone analogy on Weibo to explain the relationship between products:

Ideal L9 (full size six seats)=iPhone15 Ultra=180 square meters large three-bedroom;

Ideal L8 (medium and large six seats)=iPhone15 Pro=120 square meters three bedrooms;

Ideal L7 (medium and large five-seat)=iPhone15 Plus=120 square meters large two-bedroom;

Ideal L6 (medium-sized five-seat)=iPhone15=90 square meters two-bedroom;

Of course, there were also many doubtful voices in the comment section. Some netizens mentioned,"According to the body size calculation, If the ideal L8 is 120 flat words, Then the ideal L9 does not exceed 130 flat." To this, Li wanted to reply,"The real car experience is really 180 square meters three rooms and 120 square meters three rooms feeling, Do not believe in early October to go to the store experience." In addition, there are netizens said,"For us to order the ideal L9 car owners, Heart mixed Chen, Also not to say L9 is not good, But think L8 is more suitable, Configuration enough, Price is lower, size is smaller more convenient parking, And when booking L9 did not know there is L8 this car, This interval is only a few months L9 did not deliver the car, L8 was released, And are ideal under the car can not transfer order, A little by the overlord clause taste." However, Li Xiang did not respond to this.

As a vertical replacement model of the ideal ONE, the ideal L8 almost copies the design of the ideal L 9 in appearance. In terms of appearance, the ideal L8 completely abandons the large size grille design of the ideal ONE and adopts the closed mid-net design of electric vehicle style. However, as an extended range model, in order to ensure the air intake volume, the opening of the lower air intake of the vehicle becomes very large, and an active air intake grille is introduced. In addition, the ideal L8 also adopts split-type headlights, the upper part of the through-type lamp belt can be retained, the headlight group is located on the left and right sides, and connected with the lower grille, presenting a concave shape. At the rear of the car, the ideal L8 and ideal L9 have changed significantly. Although equipped with through-type taillights that echo the front face, the license plate frame of the L8 has moved from the tailgate to the rear bumper position, which is also the easiest place for the naked eye to distinguish between the two models.

In terms of size, the ideal L8 has a length, width and height of 5080/1995/1800mm and a wheelbase of 3005 mm. For comparison, the ideal ONE has a length, width and height of 5030/1960/1760mm and a wheelbase of 2935 mm. The ideal L9 has a length, width and height of 5218/1998/1800mm and a wheelbase of 3105 mm. That is to say, the ideal L8 as a replacement is fully upgraded in size. The ideal L8 is 138mm shorter than the ideal L9 in length and 100mm shorter in wheelbase, but the ideal L8 is 70mm longer than the ideal ONE wheelbase.

As for the interior, although no relevant information is disclosed in the declaration drawing, referring to the spy photos previously exposed, the interior of the ideal L8 basically continues the design of the ideal L9, the traditional instrument panel is cancelled, the central control screen and the co-driver screen adopt an integrated design, with the ability of multi-screen interaction. As for whether the rear row will continue the ideal L9 layout, there is no relevant information at present.

In terms of power, the ideal L8 is equipped with the same 1.5T four-cylinder range extender as the ideal L9, provided by Sichuan Ideal Xinchen Technology Co., Ltd., with a maximum power of 113kW. It is understood that the minimum charge fuel consumption of the ideal L8 is 7.7L/100km (WLTC operating condition), while the minimum charge fuel consumption of the ideal ONE is 8.8L/100km (WLTC operating condition).

In recent days, the ideal ONE owners around the "uprising", the reason is that the ideal car did not release the news of the new car listing in advance, and the terminal store promised not to update the year when selling the vehicle, based on the trust of many consumers to buy the ideal ONE directly, who wants to just mention the new car becomes an out-of-print car, and before the production stop, the terminal store also carries out price reduction sales, many owners are indignant.

Owners believe that the ideal car has fraud, concealment, false publicity and other problems, ask for a refund of 20,000 yuan discount, provide lifetime warranty, reserve the right to replace the replacement model at the same price. It can be seen from the owners 'demands that they care not only about price reduction, but that their new cars will soon become out-of-print cars, which will not only affect the maintenance rate of used car transactions, but also increase the cost in maintenance and after-sales service.

At present, the ideal car has responded to the ideal ONE shutdown, and has given a series of warranty measures to appease the mood of the owner, praying for the owner's affirmation and support, from the current point of view, the relevant complaints on major websites have been significantly reduced, the latest warranty measures announced by the ideal car are expected to further alleviate the impact of rights protection events.

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