5月31日晚，众泰旗下最高端车型T700正式上市，10.68万元至15.58万元的售价，不仅让众泰有机会向更级别市场发起冲击，更重要的是，从T700开始，众泰开启了自己的正向研发之路。“T700在开发阶段一共投入了300多辆实验用车，总行驶里程超过300万公里。其中，仅ACC系统，就在全国30个城市进行了路况验证。”众泰汽车副总裁兼汽车工程研究院院长刘慧军，用一组数据印证了众泰已踏上自主正向研发的道路；而投影在大屏幕上的众泰产品开发流程图，则做出了更全面的阐述。对众泰而言，这显然是一个不小的进步。众泰T700的诞生是众泰汽车从制造到创造的开端。众泰T700定位中大型SUV市场，其竞争对手也主要瞄准在同级合资车型，包括：昂科威、汉兰达、锐界。与这三款车相比，众泰T700轴距表现远远超过了汉兰达以及昂科威，与锐界齐平。更值得注意的是，在高端配置的表现上也不如众泰T700，包括电动吸合门、智能伸缩踏板、旋钮换挡、律动氛围灯等等高端科技配置均是这三款车型上所没有的。作为众泰汽车旗下第一款中大型豪华SUV，T700优势融入这些高端配置的同时，其售价却显得十分的亲民，比这三款合资车型要低得多，这也充分说明了众泰T700其整体表现在同级别车型中占据地位，甚至有超越合资车型的常规表现。
Zotye T700’s designing idea comes from a local opera
On the night of May 31st, Zotye’s top-end model T700 was launched with the selling price from RMB 106,800 to 155,800, starting its R&D path.
“More than 300 experimental vehicles are invested in the R&D period with a total range of more than 3m kilometers. The ACC system has been conducted road condition verification in more than 30 cities across the nation.” Liu Huijun, Vice President and President of Automotive Engineering Research Institute, made comprehensive elaboration on Zotye’s product development flow chart.
It marks Zotye’s great progress in the market. The birth of Zotye T700 sets the beginning of “create in Zotye Auto”. Positioned in middle-and-large-size SUV market, the main competitors of Zotye Z700 are joint-venture models including Envision, Highlander and Edge. Statistical data shows that the wheelbase performance of T700 is greater than Highlander and Envision, and keeps the same level with Edge. Besides, T700 has better high-end configurations than the three joint-venture models, such as electric pull doors, automotive smart steps, knob shifts and rhythm atmosphere lamps. As Zotye’s first middle-and-large-size luxury SUV, T700 has a relatively low price compared with its competitors, showing its competitive power in the market.