Kinglong: Winning & Running in China Report III

Through nearly a month of planning, Xiamen Kinglong United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd (Kinglong for short as below) kicked off its long-distance trial run of new devices and technology on August 31, 2009 in Hebei province. After finished the itineracy exhibition in the cities of Qinghuangdao and Chengde, Kinglong bus fleet went to Zhangjiakou on September 2, 2009. It spent seven hours in total to complete this leg that is from Chengde to Zhangjiakou. During this time, Kinglong tested the acceleration, noise etc for each vehicle.

Kinglong Bus on the Move

According to Kinglong says the road condition of this leg is hilly. New Jieguan series bus has very good performance and modern appearance. There are many humanized design in this bus, especially in the driving area. All of these devices can be easy operated by driver.

Clients Study Kinglong Bus

The acceleration performance of this bus is excellent. It only needs 18 seconds to complete the acceleration from 0km/h to 50km/h and from 50km/h to 80km/h it only requires 11.2 seconds. Kinglong says this test result is under the hilly road condition. If this bus runs in the flat road, the result will be better than this.

Regarding the noise test, it also gets a very good result. According to related rules and engine position, the inner carriage noise must be under the 86db and 78db. Kinglong mounts high performance engine YC4G200-30 for new Jieguan series bus that the noise in carriage is much lower than national standard.

According to subdivision of the market, Jieguan series bus has different kind of models for clients choosing, including 8 meters bus and 9 meters bus.