Guangzhou Auto Show: Equation Leopard 8 vs. yangwang U8, BYD finally from Huawei

  The Leopard 8 is priced at Rs 379,800-407,800, and from this point of view, the Leopard 8 has the ambition of trying to replace the Toyota Land Cruiser's position in the jungle. But interestingly, big data shows that Toyota Land Cruiser is actually not the core competitor of Leopard 8. Big data screening results found that consumers who searched for the Leopard 8 most frequently, their next search frequency ranked the top four, in order, is the Leopard 5, Tank 700, yangwang U8 and AITO M9.

  Searching for the Leopard 5 is a tangle of chicken heads and phoenix tails, searching for the Tank 700 is based on a tit-for-tat rivalry, searching for the AITO M9 is a swing between a hardcore crossover plug-in SUV and an urban extended-range electric SUV, so what's the deal with searching for the yangwang U8? Whichever way you look at it, the CNY400,000 Leopard 8 and the million-dollar U8 can't be competitive at all, so there's only one answer, and it's pure curiosity. After all, under BYD's system, among hardcore off-road SUVs, below the U8 is the Leopard 8, and consumers just want to see how much of the U8's power the Leopard 8 has inherited.

  In terms of power composition, the Leopard 8 is equipped with the same (model BYD487QD) 200kW/380N-m 2.0T engine as the U8, with the difference lying in the composition of the motors, their power and battery capacity. The Leopard 8 is equipped with front and rear dual motors, so it does not have the U8's ability to turn around a tank in place with the centre of the crossover axle as the centre of the circle that requires four motors to achieve, but it can still achieve a round-rule turnaround with one locking tyre as the centre of the circle. In terms of motor output the Leopard 8 is quite a bit lower compared to the U8, but because the body is also a bit lighter, it can also break 100 in under 5 seconds.

  The battery capacity of the Leopard 8 is 25% lower than that of the Yangwang U8, but the fuel tank is much larger than that of the Yangwang U8, reaching 91.5 litres, while the Yangwang U8 has only 75 litres. Coupled with a smaller wind resistance cross-section and a lighter body, the Leopard 8‘s fuel economy is also much better than the U8’s. With a full tank of fuel and a full charge, the Leopard 8 can achieve a range of 1,200 kilometres, which is far above that of the Yangwang U8.

  As for the cabin, the Leopard 8 passenger multimedia screen is much smaller than the U8, but the centre console screen size is larger than the U8. However, the Leopard 8 is equipped with MediaTek to BYD custom BYD9000 chip, performance equivalent to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155, while Yangwang U8 equipped with 8475, so the U8 car machine performance is better. However, this is also the difference in the book data only, it is difficult to feel the difference between the two in actual use.

 the Leopard 8 really surpasses the U8 is the Smart Drive. Leopard 8 is BYD's first model equipped with Huawei's high-level Smart Driving, supporting Huawei Qian Kun Smart Driving ADS 3.0 system, which is capable of automatic parking, parking chauffeur, remote car moving, etc., and the degree of intelligence is at the leading level. However, the city Smart Driving Pilot function needs to be optional, which is a small slot in the Leopard 8 Smart Driving.The U8 is equipped with LiDAR originating from RoboSense, with 96 lines and a detection distance of 200 metres. The Leopard 8 is equipped with a 192-line Huawei LiDAR with a detection range of 250 metres.

As you can see, BYD ultimately went from Huawei.