Impassion I have no feelings, Santana's "old and broken" who has little value should have withdrawn from the stage of history a long time ago.
Santana's glory should be 20 years ago, in fact, after 2010 Santana has no need to exist, if it were not for the PQ25 platform pulled out a Chinese special version of Santana, this car should have been removed from the Chinese passenger car market a long time ago.
Some people believe in Santana feelings, and only feelings.
The Santana is actually the Passat B2 version, it was a model developed by Volkswagen in 1980, you heard it right, Santana (normal version) is 31 years old from today.
This means that Santana does not have any advantages, safety, handling, power, fuel consumption, space, sense of technology and stability, it is extremely backward in this era.
There is always wishful thinking: If volkswagen resumes Santana, I will buy one.
About ten years ago, SAIC Volkswagen began the research and development of a new Santana, and today we see that santana, which is still on sale, is actually the product of the PQ25 platform, and Volkswagen itself feels that the design of the old Santana is not good to fool consumers.
The advantage of the PQ25 platform is that it has a certain young design concept, and the interior looks like that, and it is equipped with Volkswagen's more mainstream EA211 engine, and the whole vehicle can be opened.
At least in 2013, you can buy the 2010 model, not the Passat B2 that was developed in 1980.
After the revamp, Santana also ran rampant for several years, and as of 2017, it actually had a good market share, and achieved excellent results in the market like the mass-produced Jetta.
However, with the rise of Chinese brands and the advent of the era of technology, these old models developed by PQ25 can no longer meet the needs of user groups.
Looking back, what else is there in Santana that is being sold now?
The guidance price of more than 97,900 automatic entry models is only equipped with dual airbags, reversing radar, reversing image, sunroof, steering wheel shift, aluminum alloy wheels, leather seats, these configurations, sorry all of them.
What is Santana with a guide price of close to 100,000? There are two horns, an engine, 5 seats, and even the soundproof cotton is not willing to give you more, its definition can only be a car.
The inferior configuration and materials have made many people flee from the entry public, for the market, this is a volkswagen without any attraction, nothing more.
What has become of a Chinese brand at the same price?
For example, the guidance price is also more than 90,000 Changan Yidong PLUS bar, 1.4T engine, intelligent networked car machine system, more airbags, multi-function steering wheels, panoramic sunroofs, leather seats and so on are readily available.
Home consumers want not only a simple brand, but also a daily use of the feeling, Santana's configuration is obviously not up to date with the development of this era, even if it is Santana. Products can not bring a better experience to the market, and it is only a matter of time before they are eliminated.
Remember Kaiyue? In the Chinese market, 2.68 million units of the god car were sold, and after the sincerity faded, it was quickly eliminated.
The development of the market must follow the development of consumption changes, Santana in terms of safety, comfort, power, technology are far behind the Chinese brand, in the mass brand has a significant decline today, Santana's significance of existence, just to meet the feelings of some people?
You know, today's mainstream consumers are post-90s or even post-00s, you ask them if they have Santana feelings?