"Differentiation is the core of enterprise competitiveness, and relative advantage is the greatest advantage." GAC Toyota, which has pushed the new Veranda model from the original pattern to a new height, naturally understands. To this end, in this new era of "electrification" as a spiritual totem, Toyota always lacks some vitality in the "hybrid era". But after trying the Veranda High Performance Edition, you will know that the prejudices of the outside world are nothing more than the work of people's inherent thoughts.
On December 15th, the "Weili 4WD Is One Step Ahead" - GAC Toyota Veranda High Performance Edition "WEIN 4WD Experience Camp" was held in Shanghai. With the blessing of the TNGA-K platform, the High Performance Edition of Willanda on the one hand in the same level of high-performance genes and exclusive tuning, through the scene of various professional test driving subjects, bringing excellent and smooth control texture and luxurious and exquisite travel experience, fully releasing the charm of driving fun that can be "driven" at will, on the other hand, it is also revealing to the outside world the confidence and determination of the Toyota brand in creating multi-category SUVs.
The charm of E-FOUR
The reason why Veylanda is favored, in addition to the excellent channel service reputation of GAC Toyota and the trust of the huge high-end car owner's chassis, it is newly developed based on the TNGA-K high-end platform, whether it is platform, power, four-wheel drive system and configuration, in fact, it is far better than the same level of models. In order to reflect the excellence of The Veranda's four-wheel drive system, the "Mighty Four-Wheel Drive Experience Camp" specially laid two tracks to verify its extraordinary.
The "U" track covers three off-road subjects, namely pulley sets, side ramps and cross-axles. The three subjects mainly test the control of the vehicle to the four-wheel drive system, including the power distribution of the front and rear axles, the reaction speed of the four-wheel drive in Auto mode, etc., by simulating the complex scenes under the real road, so as to reflect the performance of the vehicle four-wheel drive system; and in the combination track with the subjects of sharp acceleration, S bend, elk test, emergency braking, etc., the adaptability of the four-wheel drive system in daily intense driving has also been greatly verified.
In order to let the outside world understand the performance differences under different four-wheel drive structures and four-wheel drive control systems in more detail, in addition to the high-performance version of Veranda, the "Weili Four-Wheel Drive Experience Camp" also brought two competitors to the comparative test, namely SAIC Volkswagen Tiguan L and GUANGQI Honda Haoying.
On the paper parameters, because Tiguan L and Haoying both adopt intelligent control four-wheel drive structure. Among them, the core component of Tiguan L comes from BorgWarner's fifth-generation Haldex, which uses a set of electronically controlled multi-plate clutches in front of the rear axle differential to distribute the power of the front and rear axles, and the maximum front and rear wheel power ratio is 95:5, which cannot achieve 100:0 of the E-FOUR electronic four-wheel drive system. Similarly, Haoying, which uses an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch for power distribution in the front and rear axles, can theoretically only output up to 60% of the power to the rear wheels.
As for the Veranda high-performance version, its E-FOUR electronic four-wheel drive system can be both intelligent, powerful and precise control, when the vehicle is driving on the accelerated and wet and slippery roads in rain and snow, it can easily switch to the four-wheel drive state, improve the drive torque distribution ratio of the rear wheels (front and rear drive torque 100:0-20:80), achieve more accurate control, enjoy the driving pleasure comparable to the rear-drive SUVs; when the vehicle is steered, the system accurately grasps the driver's operating intentions and improves the stability of vehicle control.
It is precisely because of this that in the off-road subjects of the "U" type track, the Veranda High Performance Edition has shown a strong ability to get out of trouble. The E-FOUR electronic four-wheel drive system can control the four-wheel power output in real time when facing the pulley set and the cross shaft, and the power response has zero delay. At the same time, the power output of the rear axle motor is more linear, and the right foot can control the throttle very delicately to avoid the dangerous situation of excessive force scratching the ground and thus the vehicle moving sideways.
In the side slope link, because the vehicle will have a certain angle of the curve after driving into the ramp, so when the center of gravity is shifted to the low side, the most test of the vehicle's distribution of four-wheel power, if the high side power is too much caused by slippage, the vehicle is also prone to the danger of side shift.
In this project, the Four Wheels of the Veranda High Performance Edition firmly grasped the ground, there was no slippage and uneven grip, and the driver did not have to worry about the output of the throttle to hinder the passage except for the direction.
On the other hand, Tiguan L and Haoying, although the two can also cross the shaft and pulley group, but as mentioned above, the central electronic control multi-piece clutch equipped with it will detect that the rear axle or the front axle wheel has signs of slippage, and then lock the power transmission to the adhesion wheel, so there is no sense of calmness in passing. Driving the Veranda High Performance Edition does not even feel the process of skidding, and has already smoothly passed the obstacles.
In other words, based on the low center of gravity design and exclusive tuning created by the TNGA-K platform, the Velanda High Performance Edition has been given powerful handling performance from the beginning of the design, in the S corner, the Velanda High Performance Edition shows precise handling and excellent trackability, and the high rigidity body also exerts a strong balance and stability, giving the driver the greatest confidence to push the vehicle to the limit.
By the way, not only the difference in off-road performance, the strong performance of the leading class makes the Veranda High Performance Edition also lead the opponent in a straight line, and the measured 5.92s 100 km acceleration time has entered the threshold of the performance SUV. And because the E-FOUR electronic four-wheel drive system is better than Haoying and Tiguan L in terms of reaction time, the stability of the Veranda High Performance Edition will be better in the corners.
Strength is more than four-wheel drive
Returning to the product details, thanks to Toyota's 24 years of electrification technology accumulation, while having excellent performance, the Veranda High Performance Edition also maintains a strong endurance. 95km EV endurance + 1057km HEV endurance allows The Willanda High Performance Edition to easily obtain the "one vehicle, two uses" mode, zero fuel consumption for pure electric commuting in urban areas, the highest endurance of 1057km in heV mode on weekends and holidays, the total endurance is as high as 1152km, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is 1.1L.
In addition, in order to meet the user's pursuit of exquisite life, The Velanda High Performance Edition is also equipped with a series of Comfort Technology configurations, the largest 12.3-inch full LCD instrument of the same level, with a 10.1-inch navigation system with intelligent interconnection, which can realize a number of intelligent functions such as entertainment, audio-visual, remote control and so on. "Hello, Xiaoyue" intelligent voice interaction system supports speech operation in multiple scenarios and has natural situation semantic recognition functions.
Remote air conditioning control system can open the air conditioner anytime and anywhere through the smart phone, the maximum sustainable time of the remote control air conditioner reaches 20 minutes, and the car is adjusted to a comfortable temperature before getting on the car, without fear of cold and warm weather; the on-board WeChat and service travel can realize the full voice of the first WeChat message and voice call, and the location received by the mobile phone WeChat can also be sent to the car to open the navigation conveniently.
In terms of active safety, The Velanda High Performance Edition is equipped with a new generation of Toyota Safety Sense, which integrates the PCS pre-collision safety system (with forward pedestrian recognition and other functions), DRCC dynamic radar cruise control (with full speed domain follow-up function), LTA lane tracking assistance system (with follow-up function) and AHB automatic adjustment high beam system in one, effectively reducing the probability of accidents.
Passively, the Willanda High Performance Edition uses a ring skeleton structure in the body opening, which can control the distortion of the body and achieve excellent handling stability. Ultra-high tension steel plates (hot stamping materials, etc.) are used around the cockpit, or highly rigid polyurethane bonding materials are used at the bonding of the windshield to ensure higher cockpit strength and lighter weight, enhance tranquility and safety, and comprehensively improve vehicle performance.
It can be seen that the veranda high-performance version that combines refinement and tough guy temperament does take into account the needs of daily use and extreme driving at all levels of experience, and also broadens the play attributes of Veranda as an urban SUV.
Throughout 2021, no matter how sinister the external environment is, from the fourth generation highlander, to the new model LingShang and Xena, and then to the launch of the veranda high-performance version, the product matrix under the global architecture of Toyota TNGA has indeed brought great vitality to GAC Toyota, and has made a thorough reinforcement in the improvement of its product camp.
But in the period of brand dividends, for GAC Toyota, the various plans that have fallen in the past year are obviously not enough. As China's SUV market undergoes a fierce reshuffle, the collapse of the inherent pattern has spawned a new consumer atmosphere. When Velanda can become the mainstay of GAC Toyota's sales level with strong strength, we can perceive that from product improvement to brand upgrading, GAC Toyota has a clear answer in completing new production and sales breakthroughs.