Geely Panda Cross, a glamorous and dynamic mini city crossover, was launched in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province on March 30. With a brand-new image of cute and cool look, spacious riding room, five-star safety standards and superior power, Geely aims to define Panda Cross as a vogue and dynamic mini crossover SUV. The four models of 1.3L and 1.5L launched this time will be sold between 50, 900 yuan and 59,900 yuan.
As a model of A00-class high-end car defined as “mini city crossover”, Panda Cross is set to meet the aesthetic needs of the younger generation to purse freedom, realize self-fulfillment and express personality. In a stylish and creative form of "colorful party", the launching ceremony of the model staged a fantastic visual feast and fully presented the slogan of the buyers of the Geely Panda Cross: "for what I like".
Making mini crossover SUV with cute and cool appearance
While inheriting the fashionable look, five-star safety standards, comprehensive configuration and exquisite quality from the “Panda family”, Geely Panda Cross creatively applies the design concept of “bionic engineering” and innovatively combines cuddly look of panda with SUV’s appeal of individuality, endowing the whole car with a cute and cool temperament.
The model retains the V-shaped smiling face adopted by the Taiwan version of the Panda Cross. The large-sized logo, the sport-style and blackened grille as well as the fog lamps contribute to a sense of athleticism and add cute, cool, stiff and vigorous elements to the model.
Panda Cross is also equipped with a two-tune luggage rack and an external spare wheel, which are rarely adopted by its counterparts. The adoption of an external spare wheel and the metallic wheel cover allows the users to have personalized DIY creation and satisfies the young people’s demands of pursuing a lifestyle with their own individuality. To meet the diversified demands of consumers, four more colors are available in particular and they are orange, red, blue and white.
Stylish and exquisite interior with compact body and spacious riding space
Adopting a two-tune design, the interior of Panda Cross is exquisite in both the workmanship and the materials. Following a bionics concept, the round elements in the “pandas” are widely applied in the layout of center stack, the designs of button, air-conditioning outlet and the black and white seats. The steering wheel follows the popular three-spoke design and looks more elegant. The brushed metal is also extensively used in center stack, door trim panel and air vents, which adds more athletic and vigorous elements to this cute Panda model. The brand-new and quality chairs, made from leather, see a better encapsulation and supporting force, with the red stitches design further highlighting the car’s sporty sense.
The model enjoys a large body size of 3815/1648/1530mm and a wheelbase of 2340mm. An optimized interior layout brings the inner space of the car into full play and provides the car with a compact body and spacious riding space. The curved roof offers the driver and passengers with optimized overhead space and leg room. An external spare wheel saves more room for the trunk. The 4/6 split folding and horizontal folding rear seats further expand the storage room and bring the space of the trunk to match that of compact two-compartment vehicle. In addition, by the adoption of NVH noise reduction technology, the inside noise of the model has decreased to 42 dB.
Five-star safety standards
Geely Panda Cross strictly follows the Geely Total Safety Management (GTSM) concept and inherits the five-star safety standards of the Panda family. It is equipped with comprehensive security configuration, providing the occupants with all-round protections and winning the reputation of “compact car with high safety guarantee”.
Designed in accordance with C-NCAP five-star standards, the strong front beam with high energy absorption, anti-collision girder in the front and tail and the steel frame in both two sides and the roof jointly constitute the impregnable and cage-shaped car body of five-star standards. In particular, the adoption of the beam with double anti-collision effects in the door is rare among A00 class cars and can effectively reduce the damage caused by side crashes. In addition, some other designs for passive driving safety, including dual airbags for front seats, six-polymer macromolecular explosion-proof fuel tank, ATE ABS+EBD system from Germany, collapsible energy-absorbing steering column and ISO-FIX child seat connector, offer the occupants with all-round and all-dimensional passive safety protection.
Geely Panda Cross is also designed to protect pedestrian safety. Various user-friendly safety configuration works together to reduce the injuries to pedestrians in the event of a car-pedestrian crash.
Great power brings pleasant driving experience
Panda Cross perfectly explains the connotation of “compact car with great power”. Equipped with 5MT\4AT transmission, Panda Cross is available in 1.3L and 1.5L models, giving the buyers more choices. The minimum ground clearance of 160mm boosts the car’s ability of passage and off-road performance. Moreover, thanks to the optimization and upgrading in the performance of the engine and transmission, the fuel consumption efficiency has been improved.
With the booming development of the Chinese SUV market,, the market segmentation is increasingly mature. The consumers are no longer satisfied with the previous needs of spacious room, great power and high ability of passage, and they have more demands for individuality. As the only high-end Cross model in A00 class market, Panda Cross expounds on the youth groups’ lifestyle of "for what I like" by its outstanding performance in appearance, power, safety and user-friendly configuration. It is believed that the Panda Cross will reshape the traditional SUV market and embrace a bright future.