How to choose U8 and Land Rover Defender if you want to be extravagant and wild？

At present, consumers’ enthusiasm for off-road models is unprecedented, and off-road gameplay is more diverse. The old-fashioned Land Rover, with its excellent sales, proved its own strength. However, with the development of new energy and the change of intelligence, it has created a different gameplay from the era of fuel vehicles, and thus gained a high degree of heat. However, Dongfeng has been built with more than 50 years of experience in building cars, and has a military background gene. The strength of putting a number of military-grade technologies on civilian models cannot be underestimated, and the product strength and car experience of off-road models have been subverted. Then, it is necessary to have a more extreme off-road experience and to be more suitable for the actual car environment. How do you choose these cars?

A big gap between the experience of old-school fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles lies in the intelligent cockpit in the car. In terms of human-computer interaction, 917 hard-core off-road collides with intelligent technology. The 12.3-inch full LCD instrument screen, 15.6-inch central control screen, 12.3-inch passenger screen, HUD enhanced head-up display system and rear center armrest screen form an overall layout of five-screen interaction, which matches the new Confidence series 16-speaker sound system of Shangdan, and integrates the five senses from car control to entertainment, and can realize 5G remote smart phone, Bluetooth key, vehicle status monitoring and remote parking. At the same time, technologies to improve safety, such as parking security and infrared night vision, all come from the military, which are not only quite powerful, but also strengthen the sense of luxury and technology, making it more worry-free during the journey.

The Warrior 917 also has a full-scene intelligent voice interaction inside the car, which is simpler and more practical to operate. The multi-round dialogue function also makes the experience of voice control closer to the real communication scene, unlike the voice control of other models, which only gets a cold voice assistant response. At the same time, Warrior 917 also supports up to 2000+HMI pages to open customized voice, and personifies a variety of emotional voice interactive experiences, which can realize a rich and more personalized full-scene intelligent voice interactive experience. Looking up at the U8 cockpit, the visual experience of the three large screens is also quite excellent, but the functionality is not as comprehensive as that of the Warrior 917. However, the cockpit function of Land Rover Defender is still at a more traditional level, and its functionality and interactive experience are quite limited.

There are different opinions on the appearance, but the Warrior 917 inherits the aesthetic design of military industry and adopts the hard-core mecha style, which is quite full of military flavor. From the book data, it has the maximum ground clearance of 335mm, the maximum wading depth of 900mm, the maximum approach angle of 36.8, the maximum departure angle of 37.5 and the maximum through angle of 27.9, even 100% climbing slope (equivalent to 45) and 40% side slope (equivalent to 21.8).

In the era of electrification, the Warrior 917, as a new energy off-road vehicle, adopts the intelligent off-road chassis with global access and the M TECH intelligent off-road architecture. In addition to the intelligent adjustable air suspension, it also adds the CDC continuous damping adjustable vibration reduction system. Even the unpaved roads, washboards, gravel roads and other scenes during long-distance crossing ensure the stability and ride comfort of the vehicle. The dynamic domain control of VMC chassis can also improve the freedom of adjustment and driving experience. The Warrior 917, which is added with black technology, does not lose the look of U8 equipped with Yunqi -P system.

It has to be mentioned that the air suspension of Warrior 917 adopts BWI Jingxi AeroRide multi-stage intelligent adjustable air suspension. As a representative product of Jingxi high-end suspension, it is mostly used in Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche and other high-end models, which can achieve a lift speed of 5 mm/s, and the lift height is far more than 100 mm of similar products, reaching a fairly objective 150 mm, which brings considerable hardware redundancy to Warrior 917.

In addition to the chassis, the electric-driven Warrior 917 has more advanced functions and gameplay than Land Rover Defender. The Warrior 917 power system is driven by a larger battery pack, which makes the off-road capability more durable. Compared with the single-tooth ratio reducer, the 2-speed reducer is also harder, which can bring stronger off-road stability performance. In the actual experience, compared with the most eye-catching U-turn function, Bravissimo 917′ s rear-wheel steering by wire is more practical. As the first off-road vehicle equipped with rear-wheel steering technology, it has only a turning radius of 5.1m, allowing it to turn flexibly on narrow roads, and there is also a "crab-walking mode" that allows vehicles to drive laterally on special sections, greatly improving the ability of walking in the wild and cities.

China has a vast territory, various landforms, great differences between east, west, north and south, and complex off-road environment, so the durability and reliability of vehicles are extremely important. In this respect, U8 has passed four rounds of loop test of equivalent user driving 1 million kilometers and thousands of kilometers of real off-road road test, and accumulated more than 5 million kilometers of equivalent user mileage, with good durability.

However, even in the face of looking up to U8 with BYD’s technical endorsement, the Warrior 917, supported by Dongfeng’s experience in building cars for more than 50 years, did not fall in the wind. Warrior 917 is based on the durability test standard of military vehicles. Reliability and stability are the core strength of Warrior 917. As the only vehicle in China that has passed the durability test of "National Military Standard" (GJB).

The comprehensive field test of Bravissimo 917 shows that the reliability and durability of the whole vehicle are verified in 28 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions across the country, covering more than 99.5% of the user’s use scenarios, including off-road conditions, mountain areas and mining areas, accounting for 50%, and covering the high temperature, cold and plateau three high tests of military off-road vehicles, and passing the military leap, obstacle impact and step climbing. Verified by the national standard of reliability and durability for four rounds of 1 million kilometers of military off-road vehicles, the strength reaches ten times that of ordinary passenger cars, and the actual mileage of equivalent users reaches 6 million kilometers beyond looking up at U8. The super coping ability in extreme environment can make the owner go wild, and Warrior 917 can always take the owner home safely.

In terms of safety, Warrior 917 decentralized the technology of military safety and reliability to civilian use, and the frame adopted an integrated internal high-pressure longitudinal beam with high strength and high rigidity, which was also the first passenger car in China. The frame structure adopted high-strength materials with a coverage of 600-800 MPa ≥85%, the tensile strength of the integrated thermoformed threshold structure reached 1500MPa, and the tensile strength of the thermoformed reinforced seat beam reached 1,800 MPa. The compressive strength of the roof is 110kN. Compared with the traditional longitudinal beam, the integrated internal high-pressure longitudinal beam of Warrior 917 improves the mechanical properties by 10% and reduces the weight of the system by 15%. Some beam structures are further reduced by aluminum alloy die casting, and the torsional stiffness is as high as 1180 nm/degree, which greatly improves the off-road handling of the whole vehicle and ensures excellent stability and durability under long-term use.

In contrast, although the brand-new Land Rover Defender has a body structure made of high-strength aluminum alloy, the "all-terrain platinum geometric body" has laid a solid foundation for it to conquer bad road conditions, but the brand-new Land Rover Defender has been replaced by a body, and the body stiffness in extreme off-road environment will still be slightly inferior to the structural strength.

As a new energy off-road vehicle, many people will worry about battery safety and whether it can meet the extreme situation that off-road vehicles need to face. The battery pack box of Dongfeng Warrior 917 adopts military aluminum alloy frame with lightning protection and energy absorption honeycomb structure, equipped with 1500 MPa integrated stamping high-strength bottom guard plate and multi-layer composite materials, which can ensure the safety of the vehicle under extreme working conditions such as bottoming and rubbing. The side surface of the battery box is also made of hot-formed high-strength steel plate exceeding 1500Mpa, which further effectively protects the safety of the battery pack.

In addition, the pure electric version of Warrior 917 also comes standard with front and rear 1800Mpa high-strength steel plate bottom guards; The extended-range version also comes standard with 1800Mpa high-strength steel plate bottom guards for the front and fuel tanks, and can also support the optional installation of 8mm magnesium-aluminum alloy front and rear guard plates, which can well avoid the damage caused by bumping the bottom of the car during high-strength off-road, and can be more confident when facing more complicated road conditions. IP67/IPX9 protection grade is also adopted in the key controller of the whole vehicle, and IP68 dustproof and waterproof grade is adopted in the part of the three electric systems, which can easily cope with the challenges brought by harsh terrain environment without maintenance even after wading.

In addition to its strong off-road strength, one of the highlights of Warriors 917 lies in its full personalization and off-road expansion ability. Off-road vehicles are partners rather than pure tools for players. It supports high-end customization and personalized modification, and provides rich personalized options and customized modification services for vehicle interior trim, exterior trim and chassis parts, such as DINAMICA? environment-friendly suede ceiling, 20-inch forged wheel hub/anti-falling wheel hub with all-terrain tires, roof expansion platform kit, electric winch, electric side pedal and simulated sound waves, etc., all of which can achieve high personalized customization and meet the differentiated scene requirements of one person and one car user, with high playability and such freedom.

Moreover, Warrior 917 also built three stylized official optional kits around the user’s differentiated scene requirements for consumers with various needs, aesthetics and uses to choose, and truly formed a customized product of "one car, one price, one person, one car", which can let players play by themselves and make a group of off-road veterans easily show their unique personality in the off-road circle.

Compared with the old-fashioned fuel off-road vehicle, the Warrior 917 is more entertaining, smarter and easier off-road, and brings a better car experience. Compared with looking up at U8, Warrior 917 is not only hard-core enough for off-road, but also convenient for urban travel. In addition, as a brand that meets the operational needs of the army, Warrior’s aesthetic design and national military standards are the reasons why people used to see Warrior’s cars on the road to admire and admire them, which represents the manufacturing level of off-road vehicles recognized by the state. Finally, the high customization differentiation and the freedom of optional installation make it full of playability. In the off-road circle, it can be recognized by off-road old guns by highlighting the taste and quality. Warrior 917 brings military-grade hard-core products into civilian use, satisfying more people’s military dreams and off-road dreams.