Since last month’s surprise MIIT listing of the Geely Geome Xingyuan, more and more information has been appearing about the car, indicating that a launch is probably not far off. Thanks to new spy shots, we now have a reasonable idea of how the interior looks.
The car spied has a two-tone interior using a shade of white and a pastel pink. This indicates that, most likely, the car is aimed at young female buyers. Pink highlights can be seen on the two-tone steering wheel, the covering over the center console cubbyhole, and further up on the center console where it joins with the dashboard, along with possibly on the actual doors. Such cutesy looks have served micro EVs such as the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV well in the Chinese market, and Geely is perhaps hoping to emulate that in a slightly larger car class.
The steering wheel has a two-spoke design with various controls. Surprisingly, given the price point at which the car will compete, the LCD instrument panel seems to be quite large. Forward of the instrument panel is the infotainment screen, which, judging from the picture, appears to have a space behind it. Unfortunately, we can tell little from the spy shot of the rear bench other than that the car is a five-seater; it also looks like the backs of the front seats have small pockets in them. Due to the light, we are unable to see the rear of the center console, so we cannot see whether there are air vents.
Although the car is currently still being referred to as the Geely Geome Xingyuan reports indicate that the car may be called “Paipai” or “Totoro”. The car features a new design language and is believed to be on a new electric vehicle platform. Externally the car takes a youthful theme and gives buyers a choice from 9 different wheel designs. It also features a two-tone color scheme with a different-colored roof. It has a largely enclosed front with just a few air inlets.
There are two separate MIIT listings for the car, with the lowest spec version weighing 1215 kg and having a choice between 15 or 16-inch wheels. Meanwhile, the higher spec version weighs 1285 kg and comes only with 16-inch wheels. Many Chinese sources say that the car will have a choice between batteries from CATL or the Geely Aegis short-blade battery. This, however, contradicts the information previously released by MIIT, which says that CATL produces the battery in both listings. Battery sizes were recently declared by MIIT as 30.12 and 40.16 kWh, giving CLTC ranges of 310 and 410 km, respectively. These are considerably lower than initially expected but indicate that the car will likely come in cheaper as a result.
The new Geely small car measures 4135, 1805, and 1570 mm (l/w/h) and has a wheelbase of 2650 mm. This is considerably larger than the Wuling Bingo, whose length is 3950 mm, and more closely matches the BYD Dolphin, which has dimensions of 4150, 1770, and 1570 mm (l/w/h) and a wheelbase of 2700 mm.
Lower-spec versions of the car have a 58 kW electric motor while the more powerful version uses an 85 kW motor. It’s believed that these are an 11-in-1 intelligent electric drive system, other known information about the car is that it will use a Flyme Auto powered intelligent cockpit.
It’s believed the car may launch later this month (August) and Internet speculation puts starting prices at around 80,000 yuan (11,150 USD).
Source: Autohome
