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Wuling, which makes whatever the people need, has launched a small electric car, or "colorful fruit". Automotive industry concern from the latest issue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology declaration catalogue, Wuling brand-new model "colorful fruit" declaration map has appeared in the declaration catalogue. According to the comprehensive declaration map information, different from other electric models of the Wuling family, the new car adopts a more round and retro design style and is positioned higher than the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV. As a reference, the price range of the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV currently on sale is 328-99900 yuan, and the starting price of the new car is expected to be around 50, 000 yuan, which may compete with small electric cars such as Ola good cats when it goes public in the future.

Specifically, in terms of appearance, the new car uses the Wuling family brand-new design language, the overall shape is round and retro, very lovely and delightful. The front face of the new car is designed with a closed grille, with oval on both sides and a group of headlights decorated with fumigation, and below is a slender through-and-through chrome trim, which visually increases the layering of the front face. On the side of the body, the lines of the new car are very smooth, with ordinary door handle design, blackened windows and 15-inch petal-shaped wheels, a raised line gives a good three-dimensional feel at the rear. In the rear part, the new car also adopts a round shape design, which echoes with the front face. the brake lights under the oval taillights are connected by a chrome strip, and the Chinese logo "Wuling fruit" is hung at the rear of the car. if there is no accident, the new car may be named "colorful fruit".

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car is 3950/1708/1580mm, the wheelbase is 2560mm, and the positioning of a small pure electric car is higher than that of Wuling Hongguang MINIEV. As a comparison, the length, width and height of the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV are 2917/1493/1621mm, and the wheelbase is 1940mm. Except for the height, the overall size of the new car is larger than that of the Wuling Hongguang MINIEV, in which the length increases 889mm, the width increases 188mm, and the wheelbase increases 550mm. In the seat layout, the new car will be designed with four doors and four seats. The power side is equipped with a single motor configuration, the maximum power is 30kW, and the range is expected to be about 200km to 300km.

Since the explosion of Wuling Hongguang MINIEV, the pure tram market has formed two completely different grades, one is to focus on the high-end luxury car market, and the other is the entry-level low-end car market represented by Wuling Hongguang MINIEV. Although the latter has a low positioning, it is quickly recognized by consumers at low prices and grabs this market segment. According to data from the Federation of passengers, from January to October 2022, the domestic narrow passenger car market sold a total of 16.716 million vehicles, an increase of 3.0 percent over the same period last year, while new energy passenger vehicles totaled 4.432 million, an increase of 107.5 percent over the same period last year. In mid-October, sales in the domestic narrow passenger car market were 1.84 million, up 7.3% from the same period last year, down 4.3% from the previous month, of which 556000 were new energy passenger vehicles, up 75.2% from the same period last year and down 9.0% from the previous month.

Among the specific models, take the new energy vehicle sales list in October as an example, Wuling Hongguang MINIEV sold 41255 vehicles in October, ranking second on the sales list, second only to BYD Song (56138). If Wuling colorful fruit is not sold at a high price, it is expected to become another popular Wuling model.

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