Can the resurgent Haval H9 compete with Prado in the hard-core off-road market?

In the cross-country circle, there is a chain of contempt: hard-core cross-country despises urban SUVs, and urban SUVs despise driving cars and go wherever they want. In terms of brand, joint venture off-road vehicles will despise their own brands. However, there is a hard-core SUV, but it has been screened with magical existence and has become a banner of its own brand in the hard-core off-road field.

This is the Great Wall Haval H9, a car that has vowed to aim at Prado since its birth. During this year's Shanghai International Auto Show, Great Wall Motor released a modified model of Haval H9. In addition to fully meeting the national six emissions, the upgrade in power and configuration is also full of highlights. Recently, Haval H9 officially opened the pre-sale of modified models, with the pre-sale price of 23.18-257,800 yuan.

No matter how the weather vane of the market changes, the niche market of hard-core SUVs still has its rationality. For example, Mitsubishi Pajero stopped selling in Japan, but will continue to sell in China, which shows that it attaches importance to China's hard-core off-road market.

What's more, no matter how popular urban SUVs are, most men have a place in cross-country in their hearts. What they need is a chance to light their dreams. There is no war in peacetime, and only by conquering nature can we reflect our own value. Hard-core SUVs that can climb mountains and mountains are the best tools and carriers.

And from the practical use, such as field geological exploration, no man's land crossing, archaeological exploration, hard-core off-road vehicles are still essential. In this usage scenario, no matter how expensive the luxury off-road vehicle is, it has become a "flower shelf". This also gives Haval H9 a reason to exist. ? There are few self-owned brand models in hard-core SUV, and Haval H9 is an eye-catching model. Although many people regard the slogan of Prado as a joke, some people think that their own brand SUV is not worth the price. Although there is still a gap between the brand preservation rate and durability and the joint venture brand, the product strength is actually not bad.

Judging from the redesigned Haval H9 products, the improvement and change in all aspects are obvious. But in Che Xun's view, the most important thing is the change of four-wheel drive and power.

From the performance point of view, Haval H9 adopts a non-loaded body structure and is equipped with a four-wheel drive system, which can amplify the torque by 2.48 times in the low-speed four-wheel drive mode. Coupled with the blessing of Borgwarner's central multi-disc clutch limited-slip differential, the ability to get out of trouble has improved a lot.

In terms of power, Haval H9 adopts a power combination of 2.0T+8AT, with the maximum engine power 185kW and the peak torque of 355n·m, and the power level is equivalent to that of Mitsubishi Pajero 3.0L In addition, there is a diesel version, which consists of a 2.0T diesel engine and a +8AT gearbox.

In driving mode, Haval H9' s all-terrain control system covers automatic, mud, sand, snow and sports modes, and can basically cover a variety of off-road scenes.

But there are still many excellent players in this market, such as Nissan Toure and Mitsubishi Pajero. Haval H9 still needs to work hard to establish the stability of product quality and maintain the rate of preservation. But it's not without opportunities. It is also related to the front of the Great Wall Haval car. This model represents the strength and level of Great Wall Motor SUV, and Great Wall has no reason not to do it well.