In the icy environment, Toyota cars that can do this job, we may only have the impression of prado, Land Cruiser and other hardcore SUVs, because the image of the Toyota model is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, we usually do not associate them with this scene.
Toyota Prado
Of course, this is prejudice as a Southerner who has rarely seen snow. Many Toyota models are sold worldwide, even in their hometown of Japan, there is an ice and snow road environment, so it should be reasonable for a Toyota car to drive in an ice and snow environment.
FAW Toyota Asiatic Lion
Therefore, the ice and snow test drive meeting held by FAW Toyota on Shangdu Lake under the blue flag of Inner Mongolia's Xilin Gol League not only broke everyone's misunderstanding of Toyota, but also showed Toyota's unexpected side.
Driving a FAW Toyota, wild in the snow and ice
As a snow test drive activity of FAW Toyota, it must also be indispensable to the display of all models of the FAW Toyota family, and even the Corolla Ruifang, which has just opened the pre-sale, has also appeared in a conspicuous position. However, we are most concerned about the snow and ice driving experience.
FAW Toyota family model
Driving on the ice is actually not too difficult for most cars, but the premise is to replace it with a special nail tire. If you just use ordinary summer tires, even if it is a BMW with better control, it can only concede defeat.
The models we have tested this time include FAW Toyota's Asiatic Lion, Asian Dragon Dual Engine, LingFang Dual Engine, Crown Lufang, Yize Dual Engine, these five cars, although the models and body types are different, they are all models built under the TNGA architecture, and the driving experience still has something in common.
For example, their steering is particularly light, the kind that can be rotated with a small thumb, and their chassis tuning is relatively soft and comfortable, which is a homely style that can be called easy to drive in everyday driving. Despite this, driving on the ice, they steer much more precisely than expected, and the driver can feel the communication from the road through the steering wheel, even on the ice that will break the grip limit at any time, the body is still well controlled.
Of course, they are different cars after all, so each shows different personalities. The Asiatic Lion is light and has a low center of gravity, and although it is only equipped with a 2.0L engine, it is the weakest in the test drive model, but it is quite fun in ice drift. The Asian dragon is like the Asiatic lion that has become larger and more powerful, and it feels more relaxed in the fierce driving.
FAW Toyota Asia Dragon Dual Engine
As for the Two SUVs, LingFang Dual Engine and Crown Land Release, although the weight of the car is larger and the center of gravity is also much higher, they are equipped with the E-four electronic four-wheel drive system, in addition to running more steadily in the fierce driving on the ice surface, if you can find out their temper, through driving technology, you can also promote the rear wheel to obtain greater torque distribution, and achieve a more sustained, better looking drift posture. When the coach took us to feel the drift, he also broadcast the DJ remix version of "Let's Swing the Oars", which was particularly appropriate.
FAW Toyota Lingfang dual engine
FAW Toyota Crown Land Release
And the most interesting car in the whole field, not Yize Double Engine, although it is known as an SUV, but in fact its driving sense is particularly close to a small steel gun, light body, low close to the car-like center of gravity, relatively short wheelbase, with a slightly stronger than the fuel version of the THS II hybrid system, in the ice surface cornering shows outstanding flexibility and control, out of the corner is natural to shake the tail, but can be completely under your control, compared to FAW Toyota a number of peaceful models, Yize Double Engine appears more passionate.
FAW Toyota Yize Dual Engine
Some people say that the size of the SUV is so small, especially the dual engine version equipped with the hybrid system, the price is indeed a bit expensive. But for those who love to drive, the handling pleasure brought by Yize is definitely only priced. Moreover, recently FAW Toyota has once again pushed the Yize Shuangqing Yixing version of the model, so that its dual engine version of the entry threshold has been lowered, for people who play with cars, the money saved can also be used to upgrade in other places.
Another concern that is easy to overlook in the ice and snow test drive experience is the reliability of the dual-engine version of the model equipped with the THS II hybrid system in the extreme cold environment of minus ten degrees Celsius. In fact, there is already a clear answer in repeated and intense driving, they can still maintain a good power responsiveness, and there is no nest, even the air conditioning system in the car provides sufficient heating at all times, and there is no sense of anything unusual about the vehicle.
At last
Faw Toyota's ice and snow test drive can prove something. First of all, FAW Toyota's models still maintain the characteristics of easy driving under ice and snow conditions, and the handling experience brought by the TNGA architecture is better than expected, even if it is not strong. Secondly, in the extreme cold environment of minus ten degrees Celsius, all the MODELS of FAW Toyota that were tested this time did not drop the chain because of this, and the reliability was still relatively good.
Of course, we are also looking forward to being able to test drive to the upcoming Corolla Sharp Fang in the future, although this time only do static display, but this new SUV model with the pragmatic principles that Corolla adheres to is likely to be the car that many consumers need.