BYD LEOPARD 3 SUV was much cheaper than expected

In the Middle Kingdom, applications were opened for the “younger” model of the Fangchengbao Satter. The base Leopard 3 costs only 140 thousand yuan (19 thousand dollars): 40% cheaper than the Leopard 5 frame SUV! The secret is simple: in the range there is a rear -wheel drive version with a simplified battery and electric system. The all -wheel drive “Troika” begins with 164 thousand yuan (22.5 thousand dollars).

FCB Leopard 3 appearance and salon are already declassified, and now technical details have arrived. The Troika is based on the Square platform, it can only be an electric car with a load-bearing body and spring suspension. In the rear-wheel drive (218 hp, 310 Nm) versions 400-volt electrical system and a battery with a capacity of 65.3 kilowatt hours. At all-wheel drive (421 hp, 510 nm) modifications 800-volt filling and a battery with a capacity of 73 or 78.7 kilowatt hours.

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Regardless of the modification of the cell, the lithium-zelezo-phosphate, and the declared supply of the course is 501 kilometers (CLTC). At the same time, the top version has a quadrocopter on the roof that can explore the road in front. Other unusual functions for this price segment are autopilot, drift mode and thermobox in the cabin. Chinese dealers began to receive the first Leopard 3, but the car will get to all salons by the end of the month.

The most expensive FCB Leopard 3 with a quadrocopter and a closed box on the roof costs 204 thousand yuan (28 thousand dollars), although the applicability of the device is doubtful. Nevertheless, the novelty has every chance of becoming a brand bestseller, because frame SUVs with a hybrid system on a mass consumer are more oriented. Although, in general, the demand for gasoline-electrical models in China is growing.

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