With the advent of the tide of electrification, more and more car companies are no longer obsessed with fuel vehicles, and the consequences that follow are that some classic models are far away from us, of course, there are also some fuel vehicles that have completed the transformation with the new energy wave, appearing in front of the world as electric vehicles, and the following three classic fuel vehicles will embark on this road.
Audi R8
R8 e-tron
In the past few days, the news of the new Audi R8 has suddenly come to the Internet, although we have not yet known about the design and other aspects, but there is a conclusion about the power - the new Audi R8 will be a pure electric model. To be honest, I am not surprised by this, with the arrival of the new energy tide, Audi has gradually shifted its focus to electric vehicles in recent years, after the head of Audi sports product marketing said that the R brand will be fully electrified, and the first model may be R8.
In fact, the Audi R8 has tried to electrify, between 2015 and 2016, Audi has produced less than 100 units of R8 e-tron, but the dismal sales led to its official announcement of production at the end of 2016, allowing Audi to temporarily shelve the plan to develop electric supercars, and with the continuous decline in the cost of electric vehicles and the improvement of efficiency, as well as the success of the Porsche Taycan, Audi rekindled the idea of pure electric R8. According to Audi's current planning, the new Audi R8 may not be officially launched until 2023, but given that BMW and Mercedes-Benz are still obsessed with oil to electricity, and its pure electric platform will wait until 2025 to fully roll out, the pure electric Audi R8 will undoubtedly seize the opportunity.
As one of the most visible sports cars in the BBA, the R8 is actually not short of audience, if the electrified R8 can continue to maintain this price and classic design, I believe that no one should pay, do you think?
Toyota Privia
Don't look at Toyota Alpha and Xena in today's MPV market, in the memory of many people, in the 90s of the last century, the introduction of Previa (Previa) is Toyota's representative model in the MPV field, but unfortunately, nicknamed "Bullet", "Big Bully" It was officially discontinued in 2019, which made many people feel sorry, but recently there are Japanese media broke the news that this product that is very popular in the Toyota car series may be resurrected.
It is reported that the replacement products of Previa will use the e-TNGA platform jointly developed by Toyota and Subaru, which means that the new car will be a pure electric MPV, after this platform has been born Toyota bZ4X and Subaru SOLTERA two pure electric vehicles, of which the former will be introduced by GAC Toyota domestic production, with a ready-made production line, the resurrected pure electric Privia may also be introduced, after all, the popularity of Toyota Xena has been seen in the eyes, For Privia, who has a longer history than Alpha, the popularity and strength are not bad, and no one is worried about paying. In fact, Privia has been selling in China before, but in 2017, it was equipped with a 3.5L engine that it stopped importing because it could not meet the "Average Fuel Consumption Accounting Method for Passenger Car Companies", and then gradually faded out of people's vision.
After becoming a pure electric model in the future, Privia will have no worries, but from the perspective of Xena's aggressive pricing strategy, Previa will not be close to the people even if it is domestic in the future, do you think?
Volkswagen Passat/Maiten
Passat and Maitten are household names in China, and the reputation and fame they have accumulated over the years have kept them extremely hot. However, in overseas markets, they are facing a different picture, at the end of last year, Volkswagen said that the Passat produced at the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee will become its last model in the US market, and it will be completely discontinued in 2023, even in the European market, Volkswagen will only retain the Passat travel version (that is, Volkswagen Weilan) in the future, the European version of the Passat sedan (that is, the domestic Maiten) or officially delisted in 2023, and it will be replaced by the Aero B pure electric sedan.
At present, Aero B has exposed the road test spy photos, although its design inspiration comes from the Volkswagen ID Space Vizzion concept car, but the appearance is almost a copy of the Passat, but the front face is replaced by a closed grille, and also adopts a slippery body design similar to the Volkswagen CC, more importantly, the overseas media said that the model is already "low camouflage" state, all body structures, lines, etc. are the final mass production version, but the new car may be officially released in the future with "ID." The model name at the beginning is consistent with the pure electric vehicles owned by the Volkswagen family. In the power section, the new car may have single-motor and dual-motor versions, and will introduce a performance version of the GTX model, which can break the hundred in just 5.6 seconds.
It is reported that the new car will be officially released in 2023, it is certain that the domestic Passat and Maiten will not be replaced by it, its main opponent will be Tesla Model 3 and Polestar 2 and other electric models, do you think it has a chance of winning?