Wuling is steadily making the Bingo into a family of vehicles. Following on from the original Bingo hatchback came the larger Bingo Plus, which now has spawned the Bingo SUV. The Bingo SUV is based on the company’s Tianyu M platform, and the car itself is a continuation of the design of the Bingo Plus but in the form of an SUV. The five-door, five-seat car will be available in three configurations, offering ranges of 330 km, 401km, and 510 km.
Currently, the only known dimension is that the wheelbase is 2610 mm, which is the same as that of the Bingo Plus. The Tianyu M platform is designed for EVs of between 3500-4600 mm. Wuling considers these to be medium-sized cars, although, by anyone else’s standard, this would be counted as compact. The Wuling Bingo SUV, therefore, will likely fall within this range and will probably be quite similar to the hatchback’s size of 4090, 1720, and 1575 mm (l/w/h). Obviously, being an SUV the car should be a bit higher than the hatchback.
At the front, the SUV has an enclosed face with two air deflectors to the side and a grille at the bottom of the fender. The headlight clusters are slightly darkened. 15-inch aluminum alloy windbreaker wheels are employed, which are said to reduce drag by 13%, which translates into an increase in range of up to 20 km. At the rear, the SUV has a tail light design similar to that used by the Bingo Plus. Buyers can choose from four colors: Milk Coffee White, Glass Red, Storm Gray, and Aurora Green.
High-strength steel accounts for 74.8% of the vehicle and is employed in the car’s five-ring body structure. High-strength hot-stamping steel with a tensile strength of more than 1500Mpa finds its way into 22 places on the Bingo SUV. It comes with four airbags and ESC stability control as standard. At the front, the Bingo SUV uses MacPherson suspension, and the rear has non-independent suspension with a hydroformed closed torsion beam.
Inside, purchasers have a choice between two colors: Airland Green and Warm Sand White. There’s a floating instrument cluster and an infotainment screen. The driver gains a six-way electrically adjustable seat. Other equipment includes reversing sensors, auto-hold parking, keyless entry and start, and one-button lifting for all four electric windows with an anti-pinch function.
There are 23 storage spaces spread across the car. The rear seat has a 6:4 split folding ratio, and with the seats down, the car’s storage capacity is 1450 liters.
Powering the Wuling Bingo SUV is a 3-in-1 water-cooled flat wire motor with a maximum power of 75 kW and a peak torque of 180 Nm. As is quite typical in such small cars, the acceleration figure is only quoted as a 0-50 km/h time, and it is 3.7 seconds. Depending on the version the all-electric range using CLTC measurements are 330 km, 401 km and 510 km. It’s claimed that energy consumption is as low as 10.1 kWh/100 km and that the cost of driving 100 km is just 6 yuan (0.85 USD). With DC fast charging, the car can go from 30 to 80% SOC in 30-35 minutes.
We will bring you more details about the Wuling Bingo SUV as they become available. It should be noted that Wuling is a joint venture with SAIC the main owner with a 50.1% share, followed by GM with 44% and the remainder belonging to Liuzhou, Guangxi Province, based Wuling. Furthermore, so far this year it is the best selling business unit for SAIC and maybe the only bright spot for General Motors in China.
Source: Autohome
