The Porsche Cayenne's five-year-old fishhook test record has been crushed into "dust" by a Chinese SUV. Recently, the newly launched Denza N9 conquered the "death curve" at twice the national standard speed—a ferocious 160 km/h—setting the auto world abuzz. This extreme challenge, which makes even veteran drivers' palms sweat, not only gave the Denza N9 a silky-smooth feel like a "rail car" but also redefined a new "height" of safety for large SUVs. The 500,000-yuan-class SUV market seems about to shift once again.
The fishhook test is known as the "death curve" of the automotive world, stricter than the moose test: the vehicle must make a sharp 270° turn at 56–80 km/h, then counter-steer the wheel 540° within 2 seconds, with a steering rate of 720°/s. Even professional drivers call this "inhuman," but the Denza N9 went straight into "hell mode": with a curb weight of over 3 tons and speed doubled to 160 km/h.
Even more exaggerated, after the test engineers found that the combo of "DiSus-A air suspension + e³ torque magic modification" made the N9's four wheels seem magnetically sucked to the ground during testing, with ground clearance always kept within 5.08 cm—showing that 160 km/h is nowhere near the N9's limit. Netizens joked that this is clearly a high-speed train with four wheels.
How on earth did the Denza N9 pull this off? The answer actually lies in two technologies.
The DiSus-A intelligent air suspension scans road conditions a thousand times per second, adjusting damping and stiffness in real time. Through corners the body is "soft as cotton," and the instant it exits the corner it's "hard as steel," as if the vehicle were fitted with a "liquid skeleton." The e³ torque magic modification system features three-motor independent drive + rear-wheel dual-motor steering, so during sharp turns every wheel can "think independently." In a high-speed tire blowout test, the moment a rear tire blew, the system was able to reverse-output torque to "pull" the body, turning loss of control into a "controllable drift." Stacking these two technologies is equivalent to fitting the car with a "dynamic balancer + electronic stabilizer." That's how the "four-wheel ground-sucking technique" was mastered.
The Denza N9's ambitions go far beyond being a "safety maniac"—its "145" code unlocks the all-around charm of a flagship SUV.
As the world's first flagship SUV equipped with "e³," this 5.25-meter full-size SUV can effortlessly handle four major scenarios: urban, off-road, family, and business.
For urban commuting, the minimum turning radius is 4.65 meters, so it clears hutong alleys in one go, and the intelligent crab-walk mode makes parking easier than the "subject 2" driving test; for off-road fun, three motors unleash 680 kW of power, paired with DiSus-A's 50 mm suspension adjustment, conquering mud, sand, and snow. The hidden roof rack + onboard refrigerator instantly turn it into a "mobile camping base"; for business receptions, electric side steps + Devialet retractable speakers deliver a sense of ceremony rivaling first class. The whole cabin features equal-rights design—even the third row lets you "slouch like Ge You"; for family trips, all six seats offer VIP treatment, and the middle-row zero-gravity seats + rear-row big-bed mode let you literally "lie flat."
In addition, the N9's luxurious interior and tech features are equally stunning. Million-level quiet cabin, dual wrap-around cockpit, dual 50W wireless supercharging floating islands, Devialet retractable speaker towers… every detail reveals the Denza N9's pursuit of quality. And the 10-screen interconnection, 50-inch AR-HUD, streaming interior and exterior rearview mirrors, and more are fully loaded, putting intelligent interaction at your fingertips.
The powertrain combo is equally ferocious: plug-in hybrid 2.0T + EHS electric hybrid system, 0–100 km/h in 3.9 seconds, top speed 230 km/h, paired with DiSus-A air suspension and e³ technology—nimble through the city, smooth as flat ground off-road. Intelligent driving assistance also covers all scenarios: automatic parking and valet parking easily solve parking headaches; highway adaptive cruise + intelligent navigation makes long drives effortless.
In addition, the all-new electronic and electrical architecture empowers the entire vehicle with surging transmission efficiency, and black technologies such as the star-dome smart control island, five-zone climate control, and Dolby Atmos push the N9's luxury, technology, and safety to new heights.
Even more absurd is the price: starting at 389,800 yuan, with the 2.0T super hybrid, dual-chamber air suspension, and high-level intelligent driving standard across the entire range. Netizens joked that if this were a "BBA," it would carry a 500,000-yuan markup.
Editor's Note
From the fishhook test to the "145" code, the Denza N9 is turning safety from mysticism into science. Its unique "pyramid safety system" takes passive safety as the foundation and layers on active safety, information privacy, and health safety, even using aerospace-grade materials for the body steel. This obsession with "technology surplus" leaves peers crying "enormous pressure."
In fact, the Denza N9's "tech involution" was premeditated. From the Yangwang U8's tire blowout test to the Denza Z9GT's moose test record, BYD's "tech dream team" is redefining luxury SUVs with hardcore strength: safety isn't a parameter on a spec sheet, but the confidence to move the laboratory onto the open road.
So here's the question: when SUVs start "involution-ing" Newton's laws, what record will be broken next? But for Denza N9 owners, it no longer matters—because they're probably already getting ready to show off on Moments.
