Nio ET5T
And to the race track and out of town
Guys, good day. A couple of years ago we filmed the Neo ET5 sedan. After some time, they released an additional modification in the liftback body, adding the letter T. I did not want to film it then, because technically it is no different from the sedan. However, the market responded better to it. Sales are almost twice as much as those of the sedan. Neo sells expensive cars. ET 5 is considered the most budget in the entire line. However, for the maximum configuration of these cars they ask as much as for the Li 9 in the maximum configuration. At the same time, their overall sales are higher than for the Li 9. I decided to take a review of the liftback, because they released a restyling for these cars.
Brew yourself something useful. Let's review. We are on a serpentine. They promised me better handling here. I don't remember how it was in the ET 5. I remember that I really liked it then. And I really like it here too. After the BMW 7, I'm just in heaven. I don't need this soft, wadded suspension. That's it. I like cars like this. Technically, the suspension is still the same. Five levers in the front, five in the back. That's very strong. And they added CDC technology, they added adaptive shock absorbers. In the settings, I can make it softer, harder. Right now, everything is maximally compressed. Maybe later, when I like cars like this, when I'm over 60, I'll just want to sit on the couch. But now I don't want that, and I'm just repeating it in heaven.
Honestly, I don't remember, they just don't let you test drive the previous ET 5. I don't remember what it was like anymore. I just remember that I really liked it. But here I can't say that it's gotten better or worse. I just really like the way it drives. That's all. It's tight. It's not a soft suspension, not a couch suspension, a little softer than the Tesla 3 and quieter than the Tesla 3. The noise insulation has definitely improved. If the new troika and the new Model Y, here were the traffic police, they passed very well, but they were not very and not very high. The Model Y and Model 3 have better noise insulation, but on a thin one here a little more than on a thin one, but this is also not a very quiet car, but it has improved.
The power is the same 490 horses, 4 seconds to 100. In principle, there are no questions about the dynamics for the city. On the highway, probably, the more, the faster, the better, but for the city there are none. And it's not that, as I understand it, they are stingy to give more, but they just spent the budget elsewhere. They spent it primarily on the suspension and updated the autopilot, like Li, like Huawei. They are all spending a lot of money on this now. This is what the future is selling. Those car brands that do not invest in this and do not develop the level of their teams in this regard, they will ultimately lose in any case. Horns, I, like probably many others, do not like them. For this price, they should have learned to hide them, like Lotus. Remember, when you press the autopilot button, they either go out or hide. For this price, I think they should have done this.
And this mechanism, I am sure, especially in China, is not expensive to produce. Cars are expensive. And now a small sedan is sold as a li 9. It is a classmate of the BMW three, but costs more at the top than the top five 530 after these huge discounts. They should do this, I think. In general, without them today is definitely impossible. This is the safety of autonomous driving. We live in the twenty-fifth year. Today, people want to press a button and have the car take him while he is tired. Or while he is there doing business on the phone. Look, here is a good example. 330 BMW in the most complete configuration. A classmate of this car after discounts through the bank costs 250,000 yuan, and this car costs 420. That is, BMW sells much cheaper than NO. Remember, I said once that the market will take everyone by the scruff of the neck and put them in their places where they need to be. NiO cannot work even more at a loss, because it is already unprofitable.
By the way, about unprofitability. Tesla was unprofitable for 17 years. In general, it seems to me that any car brand that has just started or is starting now, in any case, will be unprofitable at the beginning. This is a standard scheme for entering the automotive world. According to the information that I know, Neo could already be unprofitable if the owner was not obsessed with quick-change battery stations. He spends a lot of money on this. He fanatically believes in his idea. And many do not share, they think that he is wasting money, and many, on the contrary, think that it will pay off very well, and very soon. See how they sell cars in China. Shopping center, there is Tesla and Nio.
The new 6 too. By the way, this color is interesting, right? Agree. There are no changes here. We put our hand in. The handle comes out. We insert it, don't pull it. It opens and there is a closer. Visually, the front end has been slightly changed, the car breathes better and the headlights have been upgraded. The design has been slightly changed. Inside, there is a screen from the ET9, which is much cooler than the one that was there before. The gear selector was here, it has moved here, and there is now space for two phones with airflow. It is covered with Alcantara. And it is slightly raised. And this is great, because you immediately see, not like this, what is on your screen, but you immediately see. Excellent. The steering wheel has also been slightly changed in design. These materials have remained the same. In principle, everything is the same in terms of materials. They say that Nomi has become much better at understanding when you speak indistinctly, when you are tired. In the previous version, I lacked soundproofing, and they, of course, knew it too. They improved the soundproofing. Double glazing appeared in this car. Here they wrote Dolby Atmos, 21 speakers, 1,000 W. Materials in Nio are always expensive, in all models. Even in the ITP, everything is good. And here, everything is good. True, they saved specifically in this model. There is no bare plastic inside. I stretched the seat to the maximum. Long seat cushion. I can lift it quite well, as I like. I have two more fingers in front of the screen.
A person a little taller than me will also fit here. Not much taller. 187 cm tall. Let me remind you that a display appeared here that broadcasts the camera from behind. There are three buttons here: hazard lights, lock and an empty button that can be bound. The same on the steering wheel. I have an empty button that can be bound now. This is a voice assistant. This button on the steering wheel gives me different information. Catch the focus. This screen is very cool. I love the black theme, so I installed it right away. Look, there is a new HUD projector on the windshield. It shows both the map and look at the camera. The picture is not very clear. In reality, it is much better. Massage, ventilation, heating in the front, only heating in the back.
For those who think that he is a very serious guy and all this does not suit him, this matryoshka can not be taken. The voice assistant will work, there will just be no muzzle. Everything will be very serious. Now NIO has brought its central screen to the level of the absolute top on the planet. This is the level of Tesla, Lixyan and similar cars. So, here it is clear. A very cool picture. I am interested in the climate. Yes, I can change it with my finger. With three, like in BYD, I can not. Oh, well, I want this mold with two. Ah, look, we have the most complete configuration in terms of the power plant, but not the most complete in terms of the interior. Why? Because there is a whole set here. Napa leather plus a ceiling. Something like Alcantara.
They didn’t say Alcantara, but it’s very smooth, very nice. And this is not Napa leather, it’s Haptex, if I read it correctly. And here is regular fabric. Now I’ll add how much the additional Napa costs plus a ceiling made of this. Listen, I would like to sit better. Something like Model Y would be nice, like this, but I would like to sink in. Well, for example, the BYD Seal has an awesome sofa in the back. The Chi L has an awesome sofa in the back. These are inexpensive cars, cheaper than this. And the same size. Well, they made the back seat more comfortable there. Here I feel like I’m in Model Y, normal, adequate, better than in Model 3.
But, although this is not a crossover, it’s a sedan. Here, I would probably like to sink in more. Not a sedan, a liftback. Well, they are the same. They just didn't give us screens in the back, but they did give us two magnets, and in their store they sell displays here with the Neo system. However, you can also stick a regular iPad on a magnet. There is a charger, and you will have to charge it with a cable. There is air here, nothing else. This is a great solution. By the way, it didn't exist before. Without a screen in the back, my wife and I are definitely bored. Okay, well. We have heating here.
There is no curtain, that's a minus. Good. The hook here is of no use. Of nothing at all. Everything is very simple. Yes, everything is extremely simple in the back, but if you buy tablets, it will be a little more interesting. That's all. Well, let's see why we liked the liftback so much instead of the sedan. Yeah, yeah, it matters. Yeah. It's easy to make it smaller, as you can see. And this shelf can also be lowered down. Yeah, it matters. Oh, wait, I want to fold it. Yes, if you fold it, you can take a lot of things. There is a cigarette lighter, there is a light bulb, hooks, there is a net here. In general, yes, it is a more practical car than a sedan. There is a hook one, hook two on top. Our configuration does not have a hook, but you can get it as an extra.
Now I will show you how much it costs. In NIO's place, I would definitely roll out some model that would be at least the same price as the German three, cheaper, for example, an I5 or a smaller Nio ET3 sedan, even smaller and simpler. And the trim is simpler, and there are fewer horses, and the acceleration is lower, well, it’s just simpler in order to make money. But give NE controllability, give software, give these lidars, give everything, everything so that everything is at the highest level, so that it is very pleasant to drive. But so that it is not so fast. And the main thing in terms of interior trim is to save money on this. Look at Lip Motor, at X Pen with its Mono model. Leapmotor also released a couple of inexpensive models. And that’s it, sales soared. The same should be done now by Hi-Fi after it recovers. The market for expensive cars is very small. Very small. Today the price tag of this car is for rich people in China. They are 1% of the population, as in general, in principle, in any country. 1%. And they need to create a model not for the budget, but at least for the average price tag. At least something for 220-230,000. That’s it. Yuan 210 is desirable. There are many more people willing to buy it there. Much. I almost forgot to check for squeaks. Can you imagine? Good. Well, there is something somewhere. Well, it’s good here. Well, well, there is something like that here and there, yeah.
Well, well, not bad. Not bad. The base comes with 19th-size wheels. Here they are. And I had exactly the same wheels on my test drive. 245x45. You can get 255x40 for an extra charge, but I wouldn’t take it. It’s pleasantly tight on these wheels. On a 40th-size profile, it probably won’t be so pleasantly tight. Its handling is already excellent even on these wheels. I don’t think it needs more. So, let’s quickly. It’s comfortable to sit on. There’s enough lateral support, but it can’t be adjusted. The recuperation is strong, there are no issues with the brakes. The handling is excellent, but I don’t know how it is at 200 km/h. I’ve only heard that the Ni has no problems with this. The 100 kWh lithium rollback battery promises 710 km on the CTC cycle. But what about the price now? The ET5 is an expensive car. It costs more than the Tesla 3 Performance and much more than the BMW 330 3, which is sold in China with huge discounts due to the decline in interest in German cars.
Now the main question: are these 5 worth their money? And here I can’t give a short yes or no answer, because it all depends on what we compare it with. In comparison with Tesla, of course, it is worth it. It has better noise insulation, more expensive trim, much richer equipment. In comparison with BMW, the noise insulation is also about the same, but the 3 has the same trim as the Geely, and the equipment is also poorer than the Neo. And if in comparison with the Geely we can say that the BMW is better to drive and has a more informative steering wheel, then in comparison with the NiO, the BMW does not have such bonuses. Why then can’t I give a short yes? Because in comparison with Chinese cars, everything is not so clear. Zeekr 007 is much cheaper, accelerates faster, but it has a worse autopilot and cheaper suspension setup. Yes, friends, in 2025, you need to always keep in mind such a concept as autopilot. Huawei LAN Neo in its restylings, as we have noticed, did not give more horses. They spent money on autopilots, that is, on more powerful chips, lidars, new software. And this is expensive. Then there is SU7. Just a monster. Exploded the market. The best-selling car in China in the segment from 35,000 dollars and above. And here the questions begin. Yes, Xiaomi has a weaker autopilot and equipment for it, but in all other respects it spoils the picture for Neo ET5. The S7 Max version is much cheaper.The equipment is the same, the noise insulation is the same, the interior trim is cheaper, but there is air, and the car accelerates much more fun. The Ultra version, which is only $15,000 more expensive. This is the devil. The day before yesterday, they announced that the serial Xiaomi has already set a new Nurbrückring record. It has overtaken the Taycan and become both the fastest electric car and the fastest four-door serial car in the history of NBGH, which, in my opinion, is not enough ITP for its price. Let's leave out the air suspension and more horses, since many want a better autopilot. But the bottom of the door cards should be sewn up with a nightmare. The lidar should be able to hide. There is not enough active spoiler in the back. The front seats should have adjustable lateral support. The back of the rear sofa should be adjustable with a button. This car, in my opinion, should cost about $3,000 less. That is, not $59.000, but $56.000. Okay, friends, that's all. Thank you for your attention. I say goodbye to you. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. Until next time.