Leapmotor C11 and BYD Song PLUS DM, how to choose?

Budget of about $20,000, want to get a new energy SUV models, in fact, the choice is still quite a lot, after all, these two years the development of domestic new power brand is really hot, the major new energy vehicle brands to push out the speed of the new is also quite fast, and today we are from a large number of products, we chose two hot, the strength of the models are very good, they are Leapmotor's C11 and BYD's Song PLUS DM, both of which are currently hot in the market.

In the latest December car sales list, Leapmotor's deliveries reached 42,517 units, an increase of 128 per cent year-on-year, precisely because of the excellent sales, so that Leapmotor has become the second new power car companies with positive net profit. Of course, seven consecutive months of sales rose, its Leapmotor C11 can be said to have become the object of competition for home consumers, and BYD's Song PLUS DM by virtue of the family's higher visibility, in the market is also very competitive, that are ‘explosive’ new energy SUVs, the Leapmotor C11 and the BYD Song PLUS DM. The Leapmotor C11 and the BYD Song PLUS DM are both ‘explosive’ new energy SUVs, so how do you choose between them?

Which car has more space? The travelling experience is advanced?

People buy a car is very important to a car space, SUV models can perennial in the market to maintain a high degree of heat, a very important point is also because of the excellent space, Leapmotor C11 (IWOM) positioning is a medium-sized SUV, its body length, width and height of 4780mm, 1905mm, 1675mm, body wheelbase of 2930mm, excellent wheelbase can provide a good riding experience for the rear passengers. The excellent wheelbase can bring a good riding experience for rear passengers, the new trunk volume is 375L, and the rear seats can be expanded to 840L after being put down.

In terms of comfort, the Leapmotor C11's front seats come with automatic heating and ventilation, and the second row seats are heated, with Nappa leather seats and 4-way electric adjustment for the main driver's lumbar support, which is a good way to ensure a premium ride in this car.

BYD Song PLUS DM is positioned as a compact SUV, its body length, width and height are 4775mm, 1890mm, 1670mm, wheelbase is 2765mm, boot space is 574L, the seats can be expanded to 1440L after putting down, the new car's middle and high end models also have front seat heating, ventilation, but the second row of seats do not have a heating function. However, the second row seats are not heated, so the overall comfort level is still a bit different from the Leapmotor C11.

Which car is more intelligent? How is the Smart Driver?

The entire interior design of the cockpit, Leapmotor C11 centre control is equipped with a 10.25-inch full LCD instrumentation and passenger entertainment screen, the centre control uses a 14.6-inch 2.5K screen, a new generation of LEAP OS operating system, equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 cockpit chip, a new generation of voice assistants to support the wake-up free, 60s continuous dialogue, dialect recognition, etc., the daily driving In the process of daily driving, you really only need to move your mouth to be able to complete most of the function operations, in addition to the new 12 Yang music cockpit, can also bring a better sound quality experience.

BYD Song PLUS DM interior traditional a lot, very good to retain the entity control buttons and instrumentation, compact electronic shift mechanism also supports the rotation of the 12.8-inch floating screen, there is a certain sense of technology, but the resolution of the central control is relatively speaking also to be a little worse, and in the car machine chip BYD is using the D100 chip, although it is said to be able to support the general function, but the upper limit is not high.

There is also a clear gap between the two cars' Smart Driving, the Leapmotor C11 supports L2 level assisted driving in the whole system, of which the Smart Driving Edition is also equipped with 30 high-precision perception hardware + Orin X chip 5G communication, and with the support of hardcore configurations such as 12 ultrasonic radars, 1 forward millimetre wave radar, and 4 angular millimetre wave radars, it is able to well achieve 24 driving assistance functions, including speed limit recognition and speeding warning, forward collision warning, lane change warning, door opening warning, full-speed adaptive cruise, adaptive cornering cruise, automatic parking and so on. The BYD PLUS DM only supports L2 assisted driving in the middle and high end models, and is only able to meet basic functions, so the overall experience is not as good as the Leapmotor C11.

What about the safety that consumers care about?

The Leapmotor C11's body structure has a high proportion of 80.84% high-strength steel and 16.79% thermoformed steel, which makes the body structure strong regardless of frontal 25% offset collision or side collision. As for the safety configuration, like the main driver and passenger airbags, side air curtains, side airbags, child seat interface (ISOFIX) and so on, are all equipped, it can be said that the protection of the whole car is still in place. Song PLUS DM-i's body is made of up to 62% high-strength steel, which also improves the vehicle's collision resistance and overall safety to a certain extent.

Power range, which car is better?

Leapmotor C11 has a range-extended version and a pure electric version, in which the range-extended version is equipped with a range-extended power system consisting of a 1.5-litre range extender and an electric motor, with a rear axle drive motor with a maximum power of 200KW, matched with either a 30.1 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery or a 43.74 kWh lithium ternary battery, and a pure electric range corresponding to CLTC working conditions of 200Km and 300Km respectively.

The Song PLUS DM-i is equipped with a 1.5-litre engine with a maximum power of 74 kW, a drive motor with a maximum power of 160 kW and a peak torque of 260 Nm. In terms of battery range, it offers three specifications of lithium iron phosphate blade batteries of 12.9 kWh, 18.3 kWh and 26.6 kWh, which correspond to CLTC working conditions with a pure electric range of 75 km, 112 km and 160 kilometres respectively.

Summary:

In the current market, the price of Leapmotor C11 and BYD Song PLUS DM is basically equal, because Leapmotor C11 this car at the end of the year took out more than 10,000 drop, the entry version of the model is priced at 135,800, and the entry version of BYD Song PLUS DM is also 135,800 from the beginning, it can be said that the price is basically the same situation, the The Leapmotor C11 is a car that does a little better in terms of ride premium, intelligence, smart driving, safety and power range, which is the main reason why Leapmotor C11 sales continue to rise. If you have time, you can test drive these two new energy models separately, and I believe the Leapmotor C11 can bring you greater surprise.