On October 23, the Dongfeng Fengshen L8+ was officially launched. As soon as the price came out, several of my friends who were looking at family SUVs came to ask: with a limited-time trade-in price of 129,900 to 159,900 yuan, and the 700TOPS computing power version starting at 149,900 yuan, can you really buy 700TOPS intelligent driving for under 150,000? This has to start with that CCTV livestream.
CCTV moved the test ground to the 108 turns of Mount Everest: high cold, low oxygen, no signal, no lane markings, no high-precision maps, with gravel roads, water crossings, washboard roads, cliff parking, livestock blocking the road, and truck passing all included, and the Fengshen L8+ completed the entire run with zero takeovers. You can say this is showing off its muscles, but daring to livestream an extreme scenario at least shows that this system did not drop the ball. For ordinary users, what matters more than specs is whether it can stay stable on real roads.
700TOPS + Momenta R7, intelligent driving is not a futures product
The Fengshen L8+ is the world's first to be equipped with the Tianyuan Intelligent Driving T800, with hardware featuring the NVIDIA Thor-U 700TOPS chip, making it the only intelligent driving SUV under 150,000 with 700TOPS computing power. The official claim is that its computing power reaches 3.5 times that of mainstream models in the same class and can support software iterations for the next 5 years. In my view, high computing power is the foundation, but do not mythologize the number; what really determines the experience is the algorithm, data, and tuning.
In terms of algorithms, the Tianyuan Intelligent Driving T800 integrates the Momenta R7 world model, and the official claim is that its capability is comparable to Huawei Qian ADS Max. At present, mid-to-high-end products such as the Volkswagen ID.ERA9X, Mercedes-Benz GLC, and Cadillac XT5 PHEV are among the first to carry it, and some models still need to wait for OTA. The Fengshen L8+ does not need to wait and comes directly with it available on delivery - do not underestimate the words "no need to wait for OTA"; many cars require waiting half a year after purchase for intelligent driving functions, and the user experience is completely different.
More critically, it uses 700TOPS computing power to connect the four major domains of intelligent driving, chassis, power, and intelligent cabin, creating the industry's first intelligent driving whole-vehicle tuning, with no dragging during acceleration, more linear deceleration, and more precise steering, specifically solving motion sickness caused by intelligent driving. This approach is right: intelligent driving is not a separate module; it must work in coordination with the whole vehicle, and only when the ride is comfortable will people dare to use it often.
It can park by itself and run rural NOA; everyday scenarios are the real test ground
The Fengshen L8+ supports true parking-space-to-parking-space intelligent driving, starting with one click from the origin parking space, autonomously entering and exiting parking lots, and automatically parking at the destination, with zero takeovers throughout. Parking supports remote parking and self-drawn parking spaces, as well as cross-floor memory parking for up to 3 kilometers, up to 7 floors, and up to 10 routes remembered. It can park in ultra-narrow spaces, dead-end spaces, and spaces without lane markings; if there is no parking space, it can draw one itself and still park, making it arguably the number one parking system in the 150,000 class. For family users, parking is more frequent than highway NOA, and these functions are the real pain points.
It also has all-domain mapless NOA, getting rid of dependence on high-precision maps, and can drive on highways and in cities wherever there is a road, and can also be used in remote villages and the wilderness, which is called "rural NOA," and the official claim is that it is the safest SUV for long trips. In the 20 test items of "Intelligent Driving Evening Peak," the Fengshen L8+ passed all of them, becoming the first full-score contestant in the program's 3 years, and the test ground was moved from Beijing to 8D Chongqing, making it even harder. On a narrow two-lane road, U-turns are completed smoothly with an extra reverse if needed; in urban villages with mixed pedestrian and vehicle traffic, it can borrow lanes, yield, and squeeze through gaps; at highway speeds within 140 km/h, simultaneous same-side double tire blowouts do not cause loss of control or tail sliding. These scenarios are rarely used in daily life, but at critical moments they can save lives.
4-speed electric hybrid + five-piece luxury set, covering the rigid needs of long-distance families
In terms of power, the Fengshen L8+ is equipped with a 4-speed Mach electric hybrid, with engine thermal efficiency of 45.18%, and a 30.3kWh battery bringing CLTC pure electric range of 220 km and combined range of over 1,500 km, with no need to recharge midway from Chengdu to Lhasa. The official claim is that power is comparable to a 3.0T fuel engine and does not decline even in thin plateau air. For families who enjoy road trips, long range and no shrinkage in plateau power are more practical than 0-100 km/h acceleration.
In terms of comfort, cloud-soft large sofa, rear ceiling-mounted entertainment screen, rear heating and cooling box, aviation-style small table, and 19-speaker WANOS panoramic sound system form the "five-piece luxury set," along with a heated capacitive steering wheel, driver and front passenger seat memory, welcome function, ventilation, and heated seats for the entire vehicle including front and rear rows. The China Automotive Technology and Research Center-certified "zero formaldehyde" healthy cabin, combined with Tianyuan OS2.0, means that for families with elderly people and children, health is more substantial than an extra screen.
Safety is the underlying foundation of central SOE Dongfeng. The Mach battery adopts 1200MPa military-vehicle-grade armored protection, with safety standards far exceeding the new national standard, no fire, no leakage, no explosion, and it also offers a three-electric spontaneous combustion backstop guarantee of "no limit to the first owner, no limit to mileage." This backstop condition is rare in the industry, and second-hand car owners also benefit, showing that Dongfeng has confidence in battery safety.
Final thoughts
The 150,000-class SUV market is highly competitive, but most competition is over price and equipment lists. What the Fengshen L8+ competes on is the implementation of intelligent driving and comfort experience: 700TOPS computing power + Momenta R7 fully available on delivery, CCTV livestream of zero takeovers on the 108 turns of Mount Everest, full marks in Intelligent Driving Evening Peak, 4-speed electric hybrid long range, the five-piece luxury set, plus the three-electric spontaneous combustion backstop. It breaks the convention that "high-end equals high price," bringing 300,000-class intelligent driving and comfort experience down to the 150,000 class, and can be called a "dual flagship of intelligent driving and comfort."
Of course, whether a product is good ultimately has to be decided by users. Brand awareness and channel service still need further improvement for Fengshen. But at least from the perspective of product strength, price, and backstop policy, the Fengshen L8+ has set an example for 150,000-class family SUVs: high-level intelligent driving should not be exclusive to models above 300,000, and ordinary families also deserve to have it. If you have a budget of 150,000 and want an SUV with good intelligent driving, a comfortable ride, and no long-distance anxiety, it is recommended to go to the store for a test drive - specs are specs, experience is experience.
