Luxury B-class cars, Lincoln Z heat is very high, this price of 25.28-340,800 yuan of American luxury family car to see, summed up its advantages, mainly: 1, the body size is large (length 4982mm); 2, 2.0T engine only high-power version (246 horsepower / 376 Nm), no low-power version; 3, interior technology, equipped with a through-through large screen; 4, spacious space; 5, sound insulation effect is good.
Similarly, there are advantages that are bound to be accompanied by shortcomings, and its shortcomings are mainly: 1, based on the horizontal front-drive platform, reflecting a good luxury style (the same platform as Ford Mondeo); 2, the front suspension is a McPherson-style independent suspension, not the mainstream front double wishbond or front multi-link in luxury B-class cars; 3, compared with the first-line luxury brand such as BBA, Lincoln Motor is only a second-line luxury brand, and the brand tone is almost meaningless. 4, Lincoln Z's used car retention rate is low; 5, don't look at the low pricing of Lincoln Z, but its terminal price is higher than cadillac CT5 and Volvo S60 (the latter two are very favorable). On the whole, although the Lincoln Z is hot, sales are decent (1821 units sold in March).
Therefore, if more than 200,000 people want to buy luxury B-class cars, I recommend models in first-tier luxury brands rather than models under second-tier luxury brands.
If you want both a brand and a price-performance ratio, you can take a look at the Audi A4L. In my opinion, audi A4L is Audi's entry-level sedan, not Audi A3, the basis is very simple, Audi A3 is just to cater to those who have a low car purchase budget, but also want to "face" the needs of young people to buy a car, in fact, it in addition to the logo is Audi, other aspects are "Volkswagen", and Audi A3 there is the same situation as audi Q2L and Audi Q3, these cars are based on the Volkswagen MQB horizontal platform to build, and Audi A4L is based on the MLB vertical platform to build, From the Audi A4L and above (including the Audi A4L), models such as the Audi Q5L, Audi A6L, Audi Q7 and other models were born on the MLB platform, and the Audi A4L is the cheapest model created by the MLB platform, so I said that it is a real Audi entry-level sedan. If you're just going for the "logo", consider the Audi A3.
In terms of price, we learned from Jinan, Shandong Province, that the current Audi A4L has a maximum of 65,300 yuan of concessions, and the actual price of its standard model is lower than that of Lincoln Z, but the 35 TFSI model is currently discontinued and on sale, and there are no 35 models in 2022, and there are no 35 existing cars in some areas. Compared with Lincoln Z, the power output of audi A4L 35 TFSI models is almost meaningless, don't look at it is also a 2.0T engine, but the book data is similar to Volkswagen's 1.4T engine, 150 horsepower / 270 Nm of book data is decent, 9.7 seconds of breaking the hundred time to make it a "grocery car", but its advantages are also very prominent, the retention rate is by no means comparable to Lincoln Z, the sense of grade of the Audi brand is also stronger than the Lincoln brand, if you do not pay much attention to power output, Consider this car.
For most people, I recommend the 40 TFSI model, which has a maximum power of 190 hp, a maximum torque of 320 Nm, and under the matching of a 7-stop wet dual-clutch transmission, it breaks 100 in 8.2 seconds, which is enough for most people. If the front suspension of the model created by the MQB platform is McPherson, then the front suspension of the model created by the MLB platform is multi-link, and the Audi A4L adopts the independent suspension of the front and rear five links, and its chassis texture is better than that of the Lincoln Z. There is also handling, the overall tuning of the car itself is more sporty, coupled with the longitudinal placement of the engine and gearbox, the center of gravity is shifted to the middle of the body, the counterweight is more uniform, whether it is linear acceleration, or sharp over-bending, the body posture is good, which can bring sufficient confidence to the driver.
Of course, if you want to experience the "peak state" of the Audi A4L, you can't do without the 45 TFSI model, which is the high-performance version of the 2.0T engine, and also comes with a quattro all-wheel drive system, 252 hp / 370 Nm · The power parameter of the meter can be 6.6 seconds to break the hundred, has touched the edge of the performance car, its quattro four-wheel drive system is not to improve its ability to get out of trouble (after all, the Audi A4L is only a car, not an SUV or off-road vehicle), but to improve its road driving stability, as well as the reliability of travel in rain and snow. According to the owner's reputation, the Audi A4L has shortcomings such as small front storage space, large interior odor, low speed of the transmission, small fuel tank (56L), and large tire noise.
Finally, for about the same price, would you choose a Lincoln Z? Or the Audi A4L?