On 29 October, at the 2024 Xiaomi Group New Products Conference, the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra production version saw its debut and opened for pre-sale, with a pre-sale price of 814,900 yuan. The new car will be officially released in March 2025, and the booking will be opened at 22:30 on 29 October, with an intention deposit of 10,000 yuan. Although the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra is based on the SU7 exterior, it is not an advanced version of the SU7 MAX, but rather applies the track performance and technology of the SU7 Ultra prototype to the vehicle. The new car will be equipped with the same dual V8s + V6s three-motor all-wheel drive system as the prototype, and its output can reach 1,548 hp. Previously, Xiaomi officially announced the SU7 Ultra prototype in the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 6 minutes 46 seconds 874, becoming the ‘New Year's North’ of the world's fastest four-door models, which also makes us look forward to the performance of the SU7 Ultra. Ten minutes after the launch Xiaomi SU7 Ultra production version of small orders exceeded 3680 units.
Xiaomi SU7 Ultra Features of the new car
Highly saturated yellow paint + dark track graphics, continuation of the prototype's aerodynamic design, carbon fibre in 17 places throughout the car
The exterior of the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra features a highly saturated yellow paintwork with dark track graphics and blacked out details. The vehicle continues the aerodynamic design of the prototype, with a sporty front lip underneath and a double ‘U’ design similar to that of the prototype. The roof part we can see, the vehicle will use carbon fibre roof and equipped with LiDAR. Officially, the vehicle is made of carbon fibre in 17 places, and the overall aerodynamic design provides a maximum downforce of 285kg.
Larger body size and a more aggressive stance
Side of the body, the overall shape of the vehicle and millet SU7 is not too different, the door below the new side skirt design, and added a pull flower design and Ultra logo embellishment, further reflecting the performance attributes of the vehicle. Other details, the new car adopts ‘U’ type double five-spoke wheels, and with yellow outline embellishment, in the vehicle front wing panel position we can also see the ‘U’ type logo, further highlighting the ‘Ultra The ‘U’ logo can also be seen on the front wings of the vehicle, further highlighting the ‘Ultra’ attributes of the vehicle. Body dimensions, vehicle length, width and height were 5115/1970/1465mm, wheelbase 3000mm, Xiaomi SU7 body dimensions of 4997/1963/1455 (1440) mm, wheelbase 3000mm, the new car, in addition to the wheelbase and the ordinary version of the same model, the rest of the dimensions have increased.
○ Fried configuration: carbon ceramic brake discs + front six rear four Archipelago brake calipers + Bilstein EVO T1 stranded shock absorbers
Next, let's take a look at the two hardcore configurations behind the wheel, first of all, the brakes, this time Xiaomi SU7 Ultra is equipped with carbon ceramic discs and brake calipers from Archipollo (front six and rear four), which, according to the official statement, is able to operate at a maximum temperature of more than 1,300 degrees. In addition, the new car will also be equipped with optional Bilstein EVO T1 stranded shock absorbers, which are able to balance street and track performance, and support 10-step adjustment knob, which can be tuned according to different road conditions as well as driving needs.
Interior, Xiaomi SU7 Ultra still adopts a sports atmosphere full of black and yellow colour scheme, the overall layout is the same as the ordinary models, but in the details of the material added more carbon fibre and Alcantara material collocation, the whole car is equipped with 17 carbon fibre material, interior Alcantara material amount as high as 5 square metres. The new car upgraded a new sports steering wheel and sports seats, the centre control screen provides exclusive cockpit UI design, three kinds of simulated sports sound and built-in ‘track master’ function, sensory mood pull full. In terms of details, the vehicle's central armrest area, seat back panels and door welcoming strips are also replaced with carbon fibre panels, which, combined with the overall exquisite yellow stitching, yellow seat belts and the ‘Ultra’ logo embellishment, show the full performance attributes. In addition, the vehicle will also cancel the panoramic sunroof, and the armrests above the doors will be replaced with leather to achieve a better lightweight effect. In addition, the car adopts a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip and uses the Xiaomi hyperOS system. The new car will also be equipped with Xiaomi Pilot Smart Driving, 2 Orin X Smart Driving chips with 508 TOPS of arithmetic power.
○ Same core technical capabilities as the prototype such as three motor system, track version battery, thermal management system, etc.
In terms of power, the production version of the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra will be equipped with the same three-motor system, track version of the battery, thermal management system and other core technical capabilities as the prototype. The vehicle adopts dual V8s + V6s three-motor all-wheel drive system, the V8 motor maximum speed of 27200rpm, the output power can reach 1548hp, 0-100km/h acceleration time of 1.98 seconds, 0-200km/h acceleration time of 5.86 seconds, 0-400m acceleration of 9.23 seconds, the top speed will also be more than 350km/h. The vehicle's CLTC range is 620km. The vehicle's CLTC range is 620km, with an electric consumption of 16.5kWh/100km, a total mass of <2400kg, a minimum turning diameter of 11.7m, and a braking distance of 30.8m. 5.2C maximum charging multiplier, 897V high-voltage architecture, and a fast charging of 10%-80% in 11 minutes. The new car is also equipped with a three-motor torque vectoring control system, which achieves motor torque control 500 times per second, and motor torque adjustment from 0-90% takes only 15ms. track mode allows real-time lap time display, and supports external sound.
In terms of Smart Driving, Xiaomi SU7 will open the full volume push of City Pilot on October 30, City Pilot can achieve the whole country can be driven, to achieve the parking space to parking space automatic assisted driving, support for end-to-end big model, VLM visual language big model, get on the car and use it, support for the automatic passage of ETC gates, the passage of the narrow road and the car park automatic space-seeking parking. In terms of time, Xiaomi SU7 Smart Driving will be directed to invite internal testing at the end of November, and pushed to the pioneer version of the model at the end of December.
In terms of competing models, you certainly can't get around the Extreme Kryptonite 001FR, the Tesla Model S Plaid Edition, the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, and the Rutgers EMEYA Flourish R+ in the realm of new-energy, pure-electric performance cars. All of these models offer performance versions with over 1,000 hp, and statistically speaking, the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra is more powerful and has a more favourable price tag. Also a high-performance pure-electric model from the Chinese brand, the Extreme Krypton 001FR matched with a four-motor motor has 1,265 hp, and is the closest to the SU7 Ultra in terms of power figures. However, the two models have different attributes and personalities in terms of appearance and positioning, and the choice of a high-performance car is based more on subjective aesthetic preferences and recognition of the brand's value, in addition to paper data. Finally, we also expect Xiaomi SU7 Ultra to have more real-world data released.