ON-AGAIN automaker Good revealed its all-new #5 mid-size SUV mannequin to a world viewers of journalists in Byron Bay, New South Wales, as a part of a broader Australian launch occasion for its #1 and #3 fashions now being offered regionally by way of distributor LSH Auto.
This was the primary time that the production-ready #5 EV was proven within the steel, and it seems to current a extra radical development for the once-revolutionary model than the extra suburban #1 and #3 fashions.
In line with Good’s world chief of promoting Mandy Zhang it’s more likely to be the model’s best-selling automobile too, because it enters the hotly-contested mid-size SUV section at an opportune time.
“We undoubtedly have quantity expectation for #5, as a result of it’s a mid-size SUV and simply by the scale of the section it ought to be already greater than #1 and #3,” Ms Zhang advised GoAuto.
“Purely from quantity, I’ve actually robust expectations for #5.”
A boxy physique form with minimal overhang appears someplace in between the incoming Kia EV5 and older Jeep Renegade, albeit in a futuristic bundle that shares design cues with the #1 and #3 – notably the lighting and physique traces.
The producer didn’t give an excessive amount of away, conserving particulars like engine outputs near its chest, however what we do know is the #5 will utilise an 800-volt structure with a 100kWh battery at its core.
In line with Good the mannequin will supply a driving vary of as much as 740km, however the determine was calculated utilizing the beneficiant CLTC testing protocol, and never the broadly used WLTP normal. It can be juiced from 10 to 80 per cent in quarter-hour, however the most fee of cost is but to be confirmed.
The #5 measures up at 4705mm lengthy with a 2900mm wheelbase, which could be very comparable in measurement to a Tesla Mannequin Y at 4750mm lengthy and with a wheelbase of 2890mm, however the Good’s barely longer wheelbase and huge corner-to-corner physique equates to a large inside.
A configurable structure throughout the cabin supplies a spread of seating choices geared toward each utility and occupant consolation.
In actual fact, a video proven in the course of the presentation demonstrated the ‘mattress mode’, permitting the seats to be folded for a very flat inside house that may match a mattress. This function is presumably geared toward adventurous campers, not these wishing to forego conventional housing.
Good additionally claims the #5 has 34 storage compartments and as much as 1530 litres of storage within the rear. Being an EV, it additionally has a large 72-litre ‘frunk’.
Good has geared up the cabin with a degree of sophistication effectively past what’s present in its #1 and #3 fashions, choosing twin 13.0-inch AMOLED 2.5k screens for the infotainment system – the identical expertise used within the newest Apple iPad Professional fashions – that occupy your entire sprint.
A ten.3-inch digital sprint and massive 25.6-inch heads-up show spherical out the spectacular array of screens inside.
To run all these screens, Good is utilizing the quickest chip obtainable, the AMD V2000, which apparently works at such a tempo it requires water cooling. The infotainment system additionally options generative AI, which implies the automobile can carry out “any web perform” utilizing voice prompts.
Good partnered with German audio supplier Sennheiser to develop the 20-speaker sound system aboard the #5, which blasts out 2000 watts of algorithm-powered audio and goals to supply a studio-quality expertise.
Good says the system guarantees “an immersive audio expertise which leaves drivers and passengers tingling,” which is a declare we’re but to place to the take a look at.
The #5 Summit Version, geared up with the elective Adventurers’ Assortment bundle, garnered probably the most consideration on the reveal occasion and is a case research in what Good has finished up to now: suppose exterior the field.
Those that go for the Adventurers’ Assortment will get off-road centered add-ons like a roof rack, underbody safety, gentle bar, side-mounted storage field and ladder. Nevertheless it’s the usual options of the Summit Version that triggered a stir.
The adventurous mannequin is a film theatre on wheels, with a projector constructed into the entrance bumper for campsite screenings and a transportable Sennheisser speaker system to supply exterior audio. In fact, the mannequin is but to fulfill the Australian Design Requirements, however Good executives advised GoAuto they don’t suppose the projector will pose compliance points.
We had an opportunity to look beneath the Summit Version, spying what seems to be an air suspension setup, however chassis particulars weren’t outlined and being a pre-production automobile, it’s attainable particulars could change.
Whereas Good suggests the #5 is off-road succesful, exhibiting pictures of it being pushed up a steep off-road climb and throughout sand dunes, it’s unlikely to suit the Australian market’s description of a 4×4. It does, nonetheless, function Sand, Snow, Mud and Rock drive modes.
In line with Ms Zhang, the #5 will first launch in China this 12 months, with Europe set to obtain the mannequin nearer to the center of subsequent 12 months. The Australian launch timing remains to be being inked out, although, with the #5 more likely to land Down Below within the second half of 2025.
“First in China, that’ll be quarter 4 this 12 months, after which let’s quarter two (subsequent 12 months) in Europe, and to get the precise time for Australia we nonetheless have to have inner alignment, however I’d say undoubtedly the second half of subsequent 12 months,” she mentioned.
Whereas pricing is but to be revealed, Ms Zhang mentioned Australian costs would require cautious consideration following the automobile’s launch in China, aiming to ascertain a ‘candy spot’ proposition.
“To be trustworthy, we don’t know but,” she mentioned candidly.
“Why? We’re zooming into the Chinese language market now and we wish to have a severe dialogue with LSH right here. However we undoubtedly wish to hear suggestions from the market and LSH, and finally discover a candy spot.”
The one trace GoAuto was given, after additional prompting, is that it’ll value greater than its smaller and fewer refined ‘hashtag’ siblings.
“What I can say is, I feel it’s dearer than the #1,” mentioned Good’s world enterprise director Yifeng Tan.
