The first statement is that the vehicle we tested this time is still an engineering trial vehicle, not the final finalized mass production vehicle; the factory also emphasized this point for us, stating that the condition of the vehicle is not the best. The trial car I drove has run more than 10,000 kilometers in the factory internal test, so everything is not ideal, but this should be the closest to the mass production specification, so we can still feel the general condition of the vehicle.
Hailar at -30° during the day
Hailar has been extremely cold in the past few days. The temperature during the day is only minus 30 degrees, and it is even colder at night; if you forget to wear a hat and gloves when you get out of the car, you will feel numb from the cold in a few seconds. At such a low temperature, there is no problem with the diesel engine itself, and it will start normally; what affects the start is the electronic equipment around the power system, such as various electronic sensors. Whether they can withstand this low temperature will become a problem. The weakest link.
The Ruiqi 6 we drove encountered the problem of starting at extremely low temperature; because we wanted to test the starting performance of the Ruiqi 6 after being stored at extremely low temperature, we put the car at about -30° overnight. Outdoors, it turned out that it started normally for the first two days, but it failed when it reached -32° on the third day—the engine couldn’t start; the reason for the inability to start was not the engine itself, but the gear sensor of the gearbox that couldn’t detect it because the temperature was too low The neutral position caused the engine to fail to start.
There is no need to fix this problem, just put it indoors and warm it up for ten or twenty minutes. Therefore, in an extremely low temperature environment, there can be a place to block the wind, even if it is not a warm storage, this problem will not occur.
After removing the screws, the tires are already frozen hard …
Three times in four days
When the Ruiqi 6 was delivered, it was equipped with the original four-season tires. After arriving in Hailar, the 25570R16 snow tires of the same specification could not be bought at all, and there was no second best. After thinking about the few days, we simply used all-season tires. run. The snow on the main roads in Hailar city and out of the city was cleaned up, and it snowed all night in the middle of the day, and there was no snow on the road when I got up in the morning. This is especially thanks to the sanitation workers, because many years ago in Harbin, I experienced the situation where the roads were covered with ice, and the snow was compacted by the tires, no matter what kind of tires it was, it was useless.
In fact, we also considered running on the glacier with nailed tires, but the crown of the original tires was too thin, and we were very worried that the tires would leak after the nailed tires were penetrated; because Lu Binglong’s training car was the nailed tires that were nailed by ourselves, and it was us. This reason of worry causes the tires to always leak, which greatly delays the training time. As a result, although we considered this point, the tires of the car still had problems frequently. In the first four days, the tires broke three times. The slag then causes a slow air leak.
The other one is the dead branches on the bank of the glacier. Don’t underestimate how big they are. After they dry up, they can pierce through the tread directly; I drove over without paying attention, but after the tire rolled a circle, it was pierced with more than a dozen holes, and I couldn’t even mend it, so I had to throw it away. Therefore, there are so many things to pay attention to when driving on non-paved wild roads, especially in extremely cold low temperatures, a little carelessness can cause big troubles.
Dongfeng Qingfa M9T engine
The former M9T diesel engine of Dongfeng Qingfa of Ruiqi 6 is the YS23DDT engine of French Renault. Megane), Koleos, Espace, commercial vehicle (master), etc., in terms of the number of vehicles in this market, it is enough to show its excellent performance.
There are two versions of YS23DDT; the single-turbo version can achieve 120kw380nm, and the twin-turbo version can achieve 140kw450nm. Dongfeng Qingfa introduced a model named M9T, which was first launched with a single turbo version; it can reach a peak torque of 380NM at 1500rpm, and it continues to 2750rpm, and the torque is above 300 NM in the range of about 1200-3600rpm, which is also The speed-up and mid-way re-acceleration capabilities of the Rich 6 are very good.
In terms of the feeling of speed up, the feeling of Rich 6 is quite good; because it is normal for the engine speed to be at 1500rpm under normal driving conditions, and this is already its maximum torque output, so as long as the speed is increased, Rich 6 It can work at the maximum torque output almost at any time, and transition to the maximum power state, so the overall acceleration feeling can be said to completely exceed all 2.0L diesel engines that have been tried before.
Our Rich 6 with manual transmission is matched with a 6-speed manual transmission; the fact that the manual transmission is listed first is definitely to enter its traditional customer group with stronger product power – logistics commercial customers; and then it will be equipped with ZF 8-speed automatic transmission, this is to further expand the individual user groups.
However, the shifting feel of this manual gearbox is average, which should be partly related to the engineering prototype car. The automatic box with high power and multiple gears is a powerful weapon for pickup trucks to enter the family market in the past two years. This has been verified by the domestic market, so we will see more and more such configurations in the domestic market in the future.
Comfortable suspension and interior
If we talk about comfort, then the steel plate structure of the rear axle of the Rich 6 feels “pretty good”; In addition to the “squatting” posture, the bumpiness of the steel plate of the rear axle is guaranteed to leave a deep impression on you, which is a problem brought out by the D22 series pickup tires, so even the Ruiqi is the same.
So later that car really became a logistics car, with what to pack, because the rear cargo box will be more comfortable after being loaded; and this Ruiqi 6 really does not have this problem, and it is relatively easy to run empty. comfortable.
The exterior and interior of a car has always been a very personal thing, and there is no way to describe it in terms of personal aesthetics; for example, I couldn’t bear to look at Ssangyong’s Actyons before, but Ssangyong also sold tens of thousands of cars in China every year in the past few years. It’s eight thousand, so don’t those who buy it also think it’s ugly? Absolutely not, so for appearance, everyone should have a balance in their hearts, so I won’t say much.
As for the interior, the consistent style of self-owned brands is to install high-end products on the top; the Ruiqi 6 is naturally not unavoidable, and everything that can be piled up is trying to pile up. Not much to say about the advantages, but it’s still not excellent; the interior has improved compared to the previous Ruiqi products, but it is still rough compared to the best products on the market, and the configuration is not high. The reversing camera and the so-called 360 The surround view system doesn’t feel good to use, I’d rather use the rearview mirror to look behind. The whole interior has a strong sense of plastic, the fake riding stitches look nondescript, and the carplay system needs to be downloaded before it can be used, so I simply don’t use carplay, these are things that look uncomfortable and use it smoothly .
We will then release a video version of the Rich 6 test drive, the content focus will be different from this version.
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