At that point, who cares if it runs fast or not.
It's enough to have something that looks like a sports car when you drive it out and attract attention.
Head-turning rate?
That must be.
Although Uncle Wang next door would mutter, "Why does this Geely look so weird?"
In those years, we chased the "lookalike goods" together
Beauty Leopard, Chinese Dragon, and the hard-top convertible BYD S8.
Yes, I'm talking about you.
Looking back at those pictures now, I wish I could dig my toes out of the three bedrooms and one living room.
The "childishness" at that time was actually quite cute, just like a primary school student secretly putting on an adult's suit. Even if he was wearing a school uniform underneath, he still had to tie his tie tightly.
In fact, I didn’t know anything about building a car at that time.
If you can tinker with this thing from the assembly line, you have the courage to rush forward.
The turning point came quite suddenly.
Suddenly one day, I heard that a brand called "Qiantu" had built an electric sports car that could actually drive.
Not Geely, not BYD.
It was done by a design company called Great Wall Huaguan .
Wait, a design company can also build cars?
The game-breaker called "Future"
K50.
The announcement in 2016 that it would be launched on the market greatly aroused people's appetite. However, it was actually 2018 when it was actually put into the hands of users.
But when you first see it, you will still be shocked.
The wide body has a width of 2064mm, which is wider than many supercars.
Low profile, fast back, full body carbon fiber covering.
Was this thing really designed by the Chinese themselves?
The data is also quite shocking.
Dual motors front and rear, 408 horsepower, 650 Nm.
Breaking 100 in 4.6 seconds.
In that era, who would dare to think of this number for domestically produced cars?
But what impresses me most is not the data.
is its origin.
There is a company called Great Wall Huaguan, which has been designing cars for others for half a lifetime. Finally, it could no longer hold back and personally participated in the field of car manufacturing.
Like a painter who has drawn countless drawings for others, he finally wants to draw one for himself.
The cruel reality and the unchanging original intention
But the reality is quite harsh.
The price is 686,800.
Who would be willing to spend 700,000 to buy a domestic electric sports car at that time?
Everyone would rather buy a Porsche 718, at least the sticker is worth the money.
So the K50 is not selling well, this is a fact.
The cumulative sales may only be one or two hundred units.
Later, Qiantu's capital chain also encountered problems, and production even stopped for a time.
Sound like a tragedy?
No, I don't think it's a tragedy.
Think about it, when everyone thinks that Chinese cars are only worth selling for 100,000 yuan.
When everyone thinks that domestic sports cars are at the level of "Beauty Leopard".
There are some people who are willing to sell iron at all costs, using aluminum alloy as the frame, carbon fiber as the covering parts, and equipped with double-wishbone suspension devices, intending to build a truly meaningful sports car.
This is a belief in itself.
Even if it's not perfect.
Even if its battery life is only more than 300 kilometers.
Even if it accelerates, it still can't beat Tesla.
But it proves that Chinese companies can build supercars that look the part .
It tore off the label of "domestic sports car = copycat".
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Now let’s look at the K50.
Still think it's a beautiful car.
That kind of beauty is not the kind of beauty that is shown with heavy makeup, but a kind of beauty that is restrained and contains power.
The dragonfly logo looks very light with its wings spread.
Sometimes I think about Chinese cars.
Isn't it just relying on these seemingly "gaudy" dreams to survive step by step?
The beautiful leopard had a dream, so he made his first attempt.
K50 has a dream, so it has its first real challenge.
As for the ending?
It doesn't matter anymore.
At least for that moment, it allowed us to see the future.
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