In layman's terms, German cars and Japanese cars represent two very different ways of building cars, German cars (basically representing the public) are walking on the surface of IKEA, but the spiritual core is sports, control of the road, the Volkswagen ride comfort is very good, but also adhering to the driver responsible attitude, from the power, gearbox, chassis to the overall adjustment including interior, configuration and other static aspects of the design, are committed to handling and driving fun, people who like to drive basically like volkswagen.
And the Japanese car is more friendly to the passengers sitting in the car, the power output is linear and smooth, the chassis is soft... Of course, these are not as good as volkswagen to impress consumers, after all, the people who buy a car are basically people who drive, how big is the difference between the two car series, test drive to understand. The author has a friend who wants to buy an SUV of about 200,000 yuan, looked at the Rongfang RAV4, the appearance design of this car is more in line with the aesthetics of young people, the test results of the Zhongbao Research Institute are also very good, the version has 7 airbags, but this car feels not interesting after driving, after the test drive through the Roadview L, it is more: "No contrast, no harm". Tangled up a lot of circles, he still chose Tiguan L, the reason said through, I roughly summarized three points.
Rongfang RAV4 is weakly powered, and Tiguan L is more powerful
Strong power does not mean that the engine is good, tuning, smoothness, reliability, fuel economy... Are to measure the powertrain is good or bad factors, but the user in the driving vehicle experience is the most intuitive or power strength, a car engine quality is very good, fuel consumption is very provincial, very smooth, the advantages said a lot, a hand and "soft" and "meat", sensory it is difficult to make people feel good. The Tiguan L's 2.0T has high and low power modes, with maximum horsepower of 186 and 220 hp and peak torque of 320 and 350 Nm respectively, matched with a 7-stop dual-clutch transmission. The Rongfang RAV4 is equipped with a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine, although its maximum power is 171 horsepower, it seems that this performance is not bad, but the peak torque is only 209 Nm, matching the CVT gearbox.
Look at the 100 km acceleration performance to know that the low-power version of Tiguan L can break the 100 in 8.7 seconds, while the 100 km acceleration of the Rongfang RAV4 is close to 11 seconds, and the performance gap is still relatively obvious.
Tiguan L has a stronger driving texture and is cool to drive
Of course, the driving texture and driving pleasure of a car are not only in the performance of the engine, the weight of the steering wheel, the speed of the gear change, the smoothness of the power connection, whether the shift logic can understand the owner's intention, body following and roll, shock absorption characteristics, NVH engineering and even the interior work materials can affect the driving texture. From the actual experience, in addition to the smoothness of the RaV4 is better than tiguan L, and the power output is linear, it is almost inferior to tiguan L.
Tiguan L has some flaws in the acceleration stage, the power is meaty when starting normally, and there are occasional setbacks in the second and third gears, the characteristics of this car are that the response in the front section is not fierce, of course, if you are willing to give oil, it is another world. After the turbo intervention, overtaking is very easy, the chassis adjustment is also very solid, usually commuting is enough, there is overtaking or climbing action to switch S gear, the cooperation between the two states is perfect.
Tiguan L's interior is more premium
When many people mention the advantages of German cars, they will use a ridiculous tone to say: Volkswagen has a higher sense of luxury, and this sentence is about to be "played" into a pejorative meaning. In fact, Volkswagen in the interior materials, workmanship including design is indeed more advanced than Toyota, Nissan, Tiguan L's interior itself is that kind of calm, atmospheric style, looks introverted, low-key, this modeling design combined with a large area of leather material coverage and chrome decorative panels, in the pure black main color of the background, there is a feeling of light luxury. Relatively speaking, Rongfang RAV4 is relatively cheap, from the design level, there is no highlight, it is a family grocery cart.
Of course, Rongfang RAV4 also has its own advantages, such as the tough atmosphere slightly off-road vehicle style appearance, smooth and silky power experience, reliable and stable quality, which makes Rongfang RAV4 sit on a higher retention rate. The key is that the performance of Rongfang RAV4 in the test of Zhongbao Research Institute is better than that of Tiguan L, although the actual safety performance is difficult to define, but the test results of Rongfang RAV4 are good, and the rongfang RAV4 version is equipped with 7 airbags, the practice is also very thick, if you do not care about driving pleasure, driving texture, the requirements for the car are home, comfortable, safe, reliable, fuel-saving, then there is no problem in choosing Rongfang RAV4.