This is a Xiaomi SU7 and it’s an electric Chinese luxury sedan. The SU7 boasts amazing acceleration and is filled with crazy quirks. Unfortunately I’m going to review it and show you all the crazy quirks and features. I’m also going to get behind the wheel and show you what it’s like to drive.
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The SU7 was developed under codename MS11. The design team was led by chief designer Li Tianyuan, who was poached from BMW. According to Lei Jun, he rejected three design proposals due to durability concerns. Xiaomi benchmarked the car against the Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model S.
The sedan is equipped with air suspension with adaptive dampers, an active shutter grille and an active rear wing with four adjustment levels. The company claims the drag coefficient of the SU7 is the world’s lowest at 0.195. The SU7 is equipped with a 16.1-inch touchscreen infotainment center with 3K resolution.
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The SU7 uses many international suppliers for its parts, including Bosch, Brembo, Continental, ThyssenKrupp, ZF Friedrichshafen, Benteler, Schaeffler Group and Nexteer Automotive, and supports Apple’s Car Play to interact with the iPap. The base, rear-wheel drive SU7 uses a FinDreams Battery-supplied 73.6 kWh LFP blade battery operating at 400 V.
