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On the evening of August 16, the first model "Leopard 5" of BYD's high-end brand equation Leopard was officially unveiled. The new car is based on BYD's new DMO super hybrid off-road platform, equipped with Yunxing intelligent body control system and integrated mileage 1200km. The new car will be unveiled at the Chengdu Auto Show 9 days later. In addition to Leopard 5, this conference equation Leopard also unveiled Leopard 8 and Leopard 3 two models, the follow-up three cars together constitute the equation Leopard 583 hard faction family.

In terms of appearance, the overall shape of the new car is square. The front grille is connected to the headlights on both sides, and the two groups of penetrating LED lights are arranged up and down to form a circular light belt, which looks very cool. The grille is inlaid with equation Leopard brand LOGO in the center and blends with horizontal spokes. In addition, the front bumper trim and lower guard of the new car are also very thick and rough, showing a hard core gas field.

On the side of the body, the lines of the new car are smooth and slender, and the door handle does not adopt the popular hidden design, but uses the traditional door handle, with the outer cam arch shape and the black treatment of the multi-spoke rims below. to a certain extent, enhance the sense of movement of the whole car. In addition, the C-pillar of the new car is decorated with a sturdy body panel of the same color, and is inlaid with an equation leopard logo, making the vehicle more hardline. The roof is equipped with black luggage rack and panoramic skylight to improve practicality and comfort. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4890/1970/1920mm and the wheelbase is 2800mm.

In the rear part, the shape of the new car is also more square. The rear lights on both sides adopt matrix shape design, with protruding wheel eyebrows and external spare tire, which further promotes the side open design of the hard cross-country rear door of the whole vehicle, which is convenient for loading and unloading luggage. The lower surround is decorated with silver guard plate, and the exhaust layout with a total of four sides also highlights the sports performance of the new car.

In terms of interior decoration, the new car also has a hard-line design style. The car is wrapped in a large area of brown leather, the center console is symmetrical, the middle is equipped with a suspended LCD screen, and the instrument panel is designed with full liquid crystal. In addition, the new car control area is also equipped with a row of mechanical physical buttons, equipped with a small gear shift mechanism, looks luxurious.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a brand-new DM-o hybrid system, a 1.5T high-efficiency hybrid engine with front and rear double electric units, the maximum power of the front motor 200kW and the maximum power of the rear motor 285kW, the comprehensive power of the system exceeds 500kW, the amplified comprehensive torque exceeds 32000N ·m, and zero acceleration reaches 4s.

Equation Leopard, a brand new brand owned by BYD, announced its brand name in June and LOGO in July. Previously, BYD said that equation Leopard is a multi-category professional new energy model created by BYD to meet the individual needs of users, which is located between momentum and looking up, and the product matrix will cover different types of models such as sports cars, off-road cars and sedan cars.

With the listing of equation Leopard 5, BYD's five major product series have also been officially finalized. in the future, BYD's passenger car business section will be composed of dynasty net, ocean net, momentum and high-end brands. Among them, high-end brands include look up to the brand and equation Leopard, the products cover 300000 to more than 1 million yuan of luxury new energy vehicle market. In other words, the price of BYD products ranges from one million luxury to 100000 yuan.

According to the positioning and price of Leopard 5, the new car will compete with Toyota Prado, Great Wall tank series and other models, especially the Tank 500. as a reference, the current price of the tank is 335000-395000 yuan.

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