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On February 18, the new hard off-road vehicle "Mengshi MS600" developed by Dongfeng Special equipment Division (Dongfeng off-road vehicle Co., Ltd.) was officially put on the market, with the new car positioning as high-end off-road SUV, with a total of 4 models with a price range of 48.68-638800 yuan.

The new car can be regarded as the second civil model launched by Dongfeng Special equipment Division after the M50. The new car is based on the new "MS-1" technology platform. It is understood that the platform is a new platform independently developed by Dongfeng Mengshi for civilian use on the basis of the military platform.

In terms of appearance, the appearance of the new car adopts hard machine armor design style, the front face is a large trapezoidal intake grille design, the interior is inlaid with "fierce" Chinese logo and "Dongfeng" brand LOGO, and the two sides are equipped with a split headlight group composed of strip lights and round lights, which not only has a high degree of recognition, but also makes the new car look powerful. On the side of the body, the new car has a side open rear door, a raised spare tire cover and longitudinal LED taillights to make the whole look thick and heavy, while the straight roof and larger side windows also show that the car has good seating space. In addition, due to the new car positioning hard cross-country reasons, the new car has a higher chassis suspension, with rugged wheel eyebrows to make the shape of the whole car look stronger.

The size of the new car is also very exaggerated, the new car provides two kinds of body size options, among which, the length, width and height of the long rear suspension plate is 5970/2160/2155mm, the wheelbase is 3700mm; the short rear suspension plate is 5850/2160/2155mm, the wheelbase is 3700mm.

In the interior part, the new car uses the current mainstream suspended central control screen shape, with the "fierce" Chinese font logo, and below is a single row of physical keys, with the traditional block shape. In the seat layout, the new car offers a 2-to-2-seat seven-seat layout, with double freestanding seats in the second row, with leather wrap and freestanding armrests.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with Dongfeng Cummins 6.7L diesel electronically controlled supercharged engine, with a maximum power of 231kW, a peak torque of 1050 Nm, a transmission system matching a six-gear automatic transmission and a central differential lock. The front and rear suspension of the chassis adopts double cross-arm independent suspension.

When it comes to "warriors", perhaps everyone's impression is more in the impression of military off-road vehicles. Dongfeng Mengshi is an off-road truck produced by Dongfeng off-road vehicle Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Dongfeng Automobile Group Co., Ltd., which is mainly used for military purposes. Its shape design is similar to that of American Hummer, but its performance is better than Hummer. At present, Dongfeng warriors not only produce military models, but also produce civil models, and the price of the civilian version is higher than that of the military version. The main parts of the civil version, such as engine and gearbox, are imported. Fierce civilian models are intended to create high-end off-road products for military products.

In July 2021, Dongfeng Warriors launched the first civilian M50 model with a price of 668800 yuan. It is a civilian high-performance special vehicle independently developed by Dongfeng company on the basis of Dongfeng warrior military technology, and it is also the first special vehicle for military conversion to civilian use in China. The power is equipped with a 4.0T diesel engine with a maximum power of 200 horsepower, a peak torque of 600N ·m and a full-time all-wheel drive system.

From the overall performance of the new car, compared with the M50, the new car appearance and interior design are more exquisite, but also more in line with the passenger market, or more bright spots. According to the official statement, the new car is defined as a "multi-purpose off-road vehicle" and is mainly sold to the "civilian security market" and the "off-road modification market" after listing.

After tank 300, the domestic market segment of hard off-road vehicles is extremely popular, and more and more manufacturers have launched off-road vehicle series, but most of them are mainly urban SUV. After entering 2023, BYD, which has always played a major role in 10-300000 class models, has also begun to layout the off-road vehicle market and price millions of off-road luxury cars. On January 5, BYD's high-end brand looked up to the debut of its first model, the U8, positioning the high-end hardline off-road SUV, which is also powered by four motors and is expected to sell in the range of 80-1.5 million yuan. With more and more off-road models in the car market, the competition in this market segment will become more and more fierce.

The automotive industry has noted that in addition to the listing of Dongfeng Warrior MS600, officials have also unveiled the Mengshi SUV model and mute communication command vehicle based on Dongfeng Warrior MS600, which is expected to be available in April 2023. As for the Dongfeng warrior who has the military vehicle "pedigree" model to layout the civilian market again, what kind of market performance do you think this car will have in the future?

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