[AUTOHOME News] On August 5, the new model of Dongfeng Fengshen New Energy 8-series -- Fengshen L8Y made its world debut. The new car is positioned as a global intelligent electric comfort-oriented SUV, specially built for young families who are pragmatic, enterprising and pursue decent enjoyment. It creates the industry's first "Dual Happy C-Positions" concept, solving the pain point of "the driver enjoys premium treatment while the front passenger makes do with mediocre experience". Relying on its hardcore product strengths in comfort, technology, range and safety, it brings users a fully-equipped comfort experience in the 100,000-yuan price range. The new model will be officially launched in August.
Dual Happy C-Positions, Full Comfort Enjoyment
Fengshen L8Y inherits the latest family design language of Dongfeng Fengshen. The front face is equipped with a glowing double-swallow logo matched with a through-type LED light strip, combining both recognition and a sense of technology. The whole vehicle provides 5 exterior colors: Glaze Purple, Ink Silk Black, Cloud Gauze White, Painting Grey and Willow Smoke Silver, and the high-quality paint is eye-catching at first glance. The body size is 4688/1900/1617mm, matched with a 2775mm long wheelbase, giving the vehicle a grand appearance and a spacious and comfortable cockpit. The interior adopts the Rosy Wing Surround Cockpit, providing two interior color options: Purple Rhyme Flowing Light and Sunset Autumn Forest, matched with 256-color ambient lighting, which perfectly fits young people's personalized pursuit of high-end texture and fashion aesthetics.
Fengshen L8Y inherits the brand's comfort gene, and builds a full-dimensional comfortable cockpit from four dimensions: touch, body sensation, smell and hearing:
Comfortable touch: It is equipped with cloud-soft large seats as standard, adopting a 10-layer comfort stack design with a golden ratio of layered thickness. The seat cushion and backrest adopt a high-density foaming process with a density of 70kg per cubic meter, using nearly 40% more materials than the industry mainstream, realizing full-dimensional support for the waist, legs and feet. Both the driver and front passenger seats support functions such as seat massage, ventilation, heating, memory and welcome, and are equipped with three-airbag four-way lumbar support to effectively relieve waist fatigue. Both front seats are C-positions, enjoying equal preferential treatment.
Comfortable body sensation: The whole Fengshen L8Y has anti-motion sickness tuning, making riding and driving comfortable. The whole series is equipped with one-click nap mode as standard, which automatically adjusts the seats, air conditioner and ambient lighting in linkage. When resting while waiting at noon, the car turns into a VIP lounge in seconds. The whole series is equipped with a 6.28L cold and warm storage box as standard, providing cold drinks in summer and hot tea in winter for intimate enjoyment. It is equipped with 50W fast mobile phone charging, saying goodbye to power anxiety when traveling. There are 26 storage spaces and multiple hidden hooks in the whole car, so small personal items have their own exclusive places.
Comfortable smell: The whole car adopts environmentally friendly interior materials to create a formaldehyde-free cockpit; matched with the 60-second rapid deodorization air purification cockpit, it creates a safe and healthy in-vehicle breathing environment for family members.
Comfortable hearing: Fengshen L8Y is equipped with a 14-speaker audio system, supporting three spatial sound effects: live, concert hall and cinema; it is equipped with a driver's private headrest audio, so that navigation and entertainment sounds do not interfere with each other, forming an independent sound field. The whole vehicle adopts library-level NVH design, with a total of 5.5 square meters of sound-absorbing cotton arranged in the whole car, creating a quiet cockpit environment.
Tianyuan Smart Cockpit, Fully Equipped with Technology
In terms of smart cockpit, Fengshen L8Y is equipped with Tianyuan Smart Cockpit, a 15.6-inch 2.5K narrow-bezel eye-friendly central control large screen, matched with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 flagship chip, making the operation smooth and silky. The car is connected to dual AI large models of DeepSeek and Doubao, supporting 100% full-scenario voice control. You can control the air conditioner, music and navigation via voice, and whatever you see can be controlled via voice.
The 50-inch AR-HUD installed brings the same experience as 500,000-yuan luxury cars. You don't need to look down at the navigation when driving, and it can turn into an IMAX giant screen cinema when parking, making waiting no longer boring. The car machine supports mainstream application ecosystems such as Amap, NetEase Cloud Music and Alipay contactless payment. The whole series supports continuous OTA updates, so functions are always up to date. At the same time, it is also equipped with a Bluetooth key, supports NFC card key for contactless unlocking, and is equipped with a 24-hour smart sentry mode and a factory-installed high-definition driving recorder, making travel and parking safe.
Worry-free Range, Full Battery
In terms of power, Fengshen L8Y is equipped with Dongfeng's self-developed Maher Power, adopting a 6-in-1 integrated electric drive, with a maximum power of 135kW, a peak torque of 260N·m, and a maximum speed of 170km/h, realizing a balance between power and efficiency. The chassis adopts a combination of front MacPherson independent suspension and rear multi-link independent suspension, and is tuned based on the CTCC champion chassis, taking both riding comfort and driving pleasure into account.
In terms of range, Fengshen L8Y is equipped with a 61.83kWh large battery, with a pure electric range of 535km, which is a real range without false marking, and only needs to be charged once a week for daily commuting. At the same time, it is matched with 3C fast charging, which only takes 20 minutes to charge the battery from 30% to 80%, eliminating range anxiety. It supports 3.3kW external discharge function, which meets various needs such as camping and emergency power use, making travel more worry-free.
Central Enterprise-level Safety, Full Score Quality Control
Fengshen L8Y adheres to Dongfeng's 57 years of automobile manufacturing heritage, and guards travel safety with military-grade quality.
In terms of battery safety, it is equipped with industry-first 4-layer reinforced battery cells, 1200MPa military vehicle-grade armor protection, which is 5 times the national battery safety standard, and is resistant to puncture, crush, water immersion and drop, and can withstand extreme environmental tests. The efficient battery thermal management system can realize rapid and accurate temperature adjustment of the battery, ensuring stable performance under extreme temperatures from -30℃ to 55℃; its battery cell cycle life is more than 2500 times, which is more durable; the AI battery cloud security guard relies on the BMS integrated remote big data early warning platform and big data AI algorithm to monitor the battery status 24 hours a day, realize early fault warning and eliminate hidden dangers in advance, so that every trip is reassuring.
In terms of passive safety, the whole car is equipped with six airbags, which protect both front and rear seats, fully guaranteeing travel safety; in terms of active safety, it supports a number of L2-level intelligent driving assistance functions such as ACC adaptive cruise control, AEB automatic emergency braking, LKA lane keeping assist, reducing the driver's anxiety and increasing peace of mind; the whole series is equipped with 540° panoramic image + transparent chassis, which brings the blind areas around the vehicle and under the vehicle into the driving vision, giving more confidence when driving on bad roads.
Dongfeng Fengshen L8Y has always adhered to the brand proposition of "building good cars for families", creating a fully equipped pure electric SUV in the 100,000-yuan price range, so that young families no longer make do with their travel experience.