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On January 5, Dongfeng Warriors officially released the official map of "Warriors 917". The new car, the first of Dongfeng's new deluxe electric off-road brand, is expected to be mass produced in April 2023 based on the M TECH intelligent off-road structure. There is no official timetable for when it will be delivered.

From the newly released official map, the new car basically continues the design style of the concept car. The front face adopts hexagonal trapezoidal air intake grille, the interior is supplemented by wavy chrome plated strips and smoked black, the middle is the eye-catching logo logo of the brand, and the headlamp groups on both sides are equipped with "cross target" style LED light belt, which has a very high degree of recognition. The front enclosure is wrapped in a sturdy decorative kit to further enhance the flavor of the vehicle's hard off-road vehicle.

On the side of the body, the new car uses a square sharp shape outline, the overall line is strong, the roof creates a suspended visual effect, equipped with AT tires and hidden door handles, the front and rear door handles are embedded in the common layout of new energy vehicles nowadays, in addition, the side of the new car is also equipped with side door pedals, and five-spoke rims are used below.

In the rear part, the new car taillight design style is consistent with the front face, using the "cross target" style taillight design, while equipped with octagonal "small schoolbag" type external spare tire, the rear encirclement is similar to the front encirclement using a similar package package, highlighting the identity of the new car hard off-road vehicle, the rear door is opened sideways, and the tail mark is marked with the words "warrior" and "917". It is expected that the new car will be named "Warrior 917".

In the interior part, the new car adopts an embracing design, and the shape of the central control screen is similar to that of the BYD Tang EV, equipped with a full liquid crystal instrument and a large-size suspension central control screen. On the seat layout, the new car offers two choices of four seats and six seats, the pure electric model has a six seat layout, and the extended range version can choose four seats or six seats. In terms of power, the new car will provide both pure electricity and extended range. the pure electric version will carry four motors with a maximum power of 1000 horsepower, a peak torque of 16000 Nm and an estimated mileage of 500km and 800km respectively.

"Mengshi" is the second high-end electric car brand released by Dongfeng Motor after Lantu. On August 27, 2022, Dongfeng Automobile Group Co., Ltd. officially released the luxury electric off-road brand "fierce" in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and released the brand exclusive "M" logo system. At that time, the "fierce" brand officially unveiled the M-Terrain concept car, and said that no less than one new model would be put on the market every year from 2023, and the launch of more new cars would help Dongfeng Motor seize the market share of high-end electric vehicles.

In addition to Dongfeng "Mengshi 917", there is no doubt that the latest high-end brand released by BYD these days, "look up U8", as the first model of the brand, U8 has made its debut on January 5, positioning the high-end hard off-road SUV, with four motors on the power, and the price is expected to be in the range of 80-1.5 million yuan.

According to Dongfeng's positioning, the price of the car may be around 700000, which means it will compete with BYD's high-end brand "look up U8" if the price range remains the same. at the same time, potential competitors include hard off-road vehicles such as Hummer EV, look up R1 and Mercedes-Benz G-class pure electric version.

As far as the current market is concerned, the high-end hard pure electric SUV belongs to a blank stage, but the automobile industry is concerned that the car companies launched the high-end hard pure electric SUV market is more to enhance the brand image, after all, 1 million yuan of cars are not suitable for mass consumers.

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