If you want to say what is the most comfortable thing in July and August, it is probably driving to the mountains with beautiful scenery, cool and comfortable for vacation.
On July 6, we tested a very interesting car in Anji, Zhejiang, which is the 2023 Roewe iMAX8 .
The length, width, and height of this car are 5016mm, 1909mm, and 1782mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 3000mm. It is a luxurious and large 7-seater MPV.
Let's start with the appearance.
The 2023 Roewe iMAX8 looks very domineering and powerful, especially its brand-new starry sky crystal diamond grille, which is very eye-catching.
According to the official disclosure, the entire grille has 66 pieces of diamond-cut craft decoration, six or six smooth, this meaning is still very good.
Coming to the side of the car body, a waistline is directly connected from the headlights to the rear of the car, visually dividing the upper and lower parts of the car body, which is quite interesting.
The windows and the lower skirt are decorated with chrome, and the D-pillar is decorated with chrome panels to enhance the viewing experience.
The wheels are 18-inch aluminum alloy two-color Xingyao wheels, which adopt fine car technology, high-gloss black with aluminum alloy primary color, five-spoke + five-pointed star-like parametric wheel inserts, it looks very delicate, but if it can be bigger , the whole car looks more powerful.
When it comes to the rear of the car, it is much more solid visually, and the exhaust also uses a hidden design, which improves the look and feel.
I don’t know how you rate the appearance of the 2023 Roewe iMAX8.
Inside, there are too many places worth expanding.
The official name of this set of interior is the design of the wing-style center console. The entire interior is mainly gray, which matches the large wood grain veneer. The through-type string air outlet echoes the decorative bright strip , highlighting the sense of hierarchy.
The combination of 12.3-inch combined virtual instrument + 10.25-inch high-definition touch screen is now very common, and many operations can be completed on the central control screen.
However, the Roewe iMAX8 does not overly pursue the sense of technology, and still retains a lot of physical buttons, such as air conditioning, volume and other common controls can find the corresponding buttons, give it a good review.
In the middle of the seat is Roewe's first magic bar, which is equipped with a dual-temperature silent refrigerator, which can provide hot and cold drinks for the family.
At the same time, because the magic bar is movable, the interior space of the car becomes more flexible, eliminating the inconvenience of getting on and off the car in a narrow parking space.
The sound comes from Bose, 11-speaker BOSE surround sound, with simulated surround and sound field positioning, as well as professional sound tuning, the experience is not bad.
As an MPV, the most intuitive attention is naturally the experience of the second row and the third row.
Let's start with the third row.
The driving seat is adjusted to my comfortable position, and the second row is adjusted to a little more than a fistful position. At this time, there are still about three fingers in the third row, and the space is not too large.
However, what is worth mentioning is that its third row also supports movement, which can achieve ultra-long distance movement of 200mm front and rear.This is currently the only model in its class that has this feature.
When the three rows of seats are moved to the end, my leg room is full of two punches (PS: Of course, this will sacrifice part of the trunk space).
Considering my height of 178, this performance is really great. With this front and rear movable function, the driver can easily find a more comfortable riding position.
Although it is the third row, this car did not sacrifice the riding experience of the third row. The length of the three-row seat cushion is 510mm, and the support is also very good. At this time, I still have room for a punch on the head, so there will be no Depressed feeling.
In addition, the three rows of seats also support 6-speed 10° angle adjustment, and are equipped with sleep headrests, so the comfort has been improved a lot.
I give full marks to this third row experience.
The newly upgraded aviation seats in the second row, according to the official statement, are based on the force characteristics of Chinese human bones and muscles, reasonably distribute body pressure, and are repeatedly optimized and adjusted according to the working conditions of MPV.
The seat supports a variety of electric adjustments, including 4-way electric adjustment of the lumbar support, 64-degree electric adjustment of the leg rest, and 6-way adjustment of the headrest, electric adjustment of the backrest angle, and electric unlocking functions. Ventilation, massage and other configurations are all available.
From my own experience, the whole seat experience is really good. You can feel its solid material as soon as you sit on it. At the same time, the backrest and wide leg rest can be electrically adjusted at a large angle, which can provide a good seat. Coverage and support.
In addition, through the touchpad on the armrest, you can easily realize any electric adjustment of the 360mm ultra-long distance sliding front and rear of the seat, the 69° ultra-large angle backrest and the 64° golden decompression angle leg rest. The final state looks like this:
The experience is really good, I strongly recommend everyone to experience it.
At the same time, the second row also has two small table boards, allowing you to work and rest.
One more thing to add here is that because of the MPV exclusive platform chassis layout, the iMAX8 has an ultra-low platform height of 385mm, and with intelligent anti-pinch electric sliding doors on both sides, the elderly and children can easily get on and off the car.
Even the first row, the entire seat is also very good.S-Nappa high-grade perforated calfskin material, electric 6-way adjustment of the driver's seat with manual lumbar adjustment, the seat is not too soft, but also very supportive, and I didn't feel tired after driving dozens of kilometers that day , The front row also has a seat ventilation and heating function, which is really just needed in the hot summer.
As for space, its standard state is this:
However, the third row of seats in iMAX8 has added a second folding function to further expand the trunk volume. The maximum volume can reach 1564L. It looks like this, let’s feel it:
At this time, there is room for about one punch in the second row.In official words:
'Usually when a family of four goes out for a picnic or a group self-driving tour, the trunk can hold tents, ovens, baby carriages and more luggage, even if it is loaded with refrigerators, color TVs and other home appliances or large household items, it is not a problem at all. Down.'
At the same time, the secondary folding function also makes the trunk more flat and easy to load.
I have to boast that it is really a very practical design.
In terms of the quietness of the vehicle, the 23 Roewe iMAX8 really put a lot of effort into it.
In terms of performance, iMAX8 is equipped with an NF2 2.0TG high-pressure direct-injection turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 172kW and a maximum torque of 360Nm. It is matched with an Aisin 8-speed automatic manual transmission. During driving, the shifting is fairly smooth and the dynamic response is also very good. Positive, even if you want to overtake, you can respond quickly.
The suspension adopts the front McPherson independent suspension/rear multi-link independent suspension. The shock filtering performance is also very good when passing through various ridges, and there will not be too much impact transmitted to the car. I give it a good review.
The steering wheel turns very precisely, with a small vacant position, which can basically be used to point and hit, and the steering wheel is adjusted moderately, even if it is a girl who drives it, it will not feel laborious.
However, in terms of the foot feel of the brakes, the front part will be a bit soft, and you need to step on it deeply to have greater braking force. This requires a little getting used to.
In addition, this car is also equipped with L2 assisted driving function, commonly used functions such as adaptive cruise, lane keeping, etc., this car has it. After it is turned on, it can indeed reduce the driving burden to a certain extent, but it is a bit cumbersome to turn on the assisted driving function. A little more, I hope that the startup logic can be optimized in the future.
It is worth mentioning that Roewe has really put a lot of effort into creating the quietness of the vehicle.
The front and rear of the whole vehicle are covered with "sandwich type" silent steel plates, which can efficiently absorb and isolate the noise inside and outside the vehicle.
Through the soft connection design of the front and rear sub-frames, multi-level vibration isolation from the road surface to the vehicle body is created; the engine balance shaft design achieves the best level of silence in its class; the suspension adopts a dual-hydraulic design to reduce the vibration transmission of the power system; The fine pipe clamp position and vibration isolation form design reduce the vibration and noise transmitted to the vehicle body.
In addition, the windshield, front and rear rows have used three layers of silent glass with a thickness of 5mm.That's right, you read that right, it's triple-layer silent glass, and it's standard for all models.
Even, the tires are the fourth-generation Haoyue tires customized by the original Michelin factory, which adopt the international leading high-performance rubber formula, and self-locking pieces are placed in the tread grooves, which can reduce the deformation of the tread blocks and achieve better tires. Water drainage performance, grip and quiet performance.
With the help of various means, the NVH performance of this car is very good. At idle speed, if you don’t listen to it deliberately, you can hardly hear too much noise. In high-speed road conditions, you can hardly hear obvious tire noise and road noise. , which is really a big plus.
In general, the 2023 Roewe iMAX8 is an impressive MPV.
Finally, I would like to ask a question, if you buy an MPV model, which aspects (appearance, configuration, space, control, intelligence) are the most important?
Comments are welcome.
