More than ten years ago, the automobile market was the most missed by the brother, when the models of various brands were in full bloom, and different levels of models had their own exclusive designs, which were different in driving, unlike now Langyi and Passat. Moreover, at that time, car companies built cars at such a cost, launching a premium version on some mid-to-high-end cars, exclusively for the group of low-key car owners, which made people have a sense of admiration.
Toyota - Crown 4.3L
I don't know if you remember, in 2010, FAW Toyota released a crown with a guidance price of up to 899,600 yuan, which is the top version with a displacement of 4.3L. It is basically the same as the ordinary 2.5/3.0 crown in appearance, although the body length reaches 5005mm, but the aura is still much inferior to the 7 Series and other cars at the same price, and it can only be said that the buyer of this car is quite low-key and connotative.
Don't doubt that this is indeed the interior of the crown, and it is the interior of this 4.3 crown. Rear seat ventilation/heating, electric backrest adjustment, electric leg drag, on-board refrigerator, small table board, 22 speakers and other configurations are quite anti-weather, completely inferior to today's Alpha, German 5 Series, A6L and other cars even if they are on the top can not have such a configuration. With these two cars, whether it is driving in the front seat, listening to the pleasant sound of the V8, or sitting in the back seat and enjoying the comfort of skipping the level, it is quite a happy thing. Writing this, I can fully understand the mentality of the consumers who bought this car at that time.
Volkswagen - Phaeton
Friends who love cars know that there will never be less paragraphs about Phaeton. Although today we are very familiar with Phaeton, but also recognize the volkswagen label with letters under the honor, see this car will not have much reaction, but more than a decade ago, Phaeton's low-key is unimaginable to everyone, when this car appeared on the road, my family also asked me whether this car is passat expensive, I explained to them, they showed a surprised expression, after all, in that Mercedes-Benz BMW is king and lack of car media in the era, who would have thought that a "Passat" can sell for 1 million.
From the above picture, we can see that Phaeton's high-end model adopts a four-seat layout, which is quite remarkable in the era when Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8L and other models are the main five-seat version. Functions such as electric adjustment and heating of the rear seats were also the exclusive configuration of the D-class car of that year. At that time, Huiteng also broke the ground with a 6.0L W12 naturally aspirated engine, priced at more than 2 million yuan, sitting in the back of this car", the "big brother", should not care much about the outside world's evaluation of their own value. Buying a "Passat" at this price was also difficult for me to accept at that time.
Nissan-CIMA
With Nissan's generally largely preferential prices now, it is difficult for us to imagine that Nissan's models more than a decade ago had a fairly high style. 200,000 yuan of Xuanyi, 300,000 yuan of natural sounds often appear around us, their comfortable seats, large area of leather wrapped interior, more advanced than the same level of two-field car. That year, Nissan also produced a flagship sedan, called CIMA, which is completely different from The Sima. The naturally aspirated engine of the 4.3L V8, with its front-facing rear-drive layout, is destined to be a car that is not simple.
CiMA's space is not as large as that of the price model, but the seat comfort is not comparable to the extended A6L and 5 Series, and the rear electric adjustment, seat heating and other configurations are also the favorite of Japanese luxury cars. The car is a good car, but the car with the Nissan target sold to more than 600,000, and consumers did not buy it, after all, you are not Toyota or Lexus, and only the Guangdong region has some visibility. Brother Understand believes that this car is as low-key as the Crown 4.3.
Write at the end
In addition to CIMA, everyone should be familiar with the rest of the models. Crown from the peak of the price of 900,000 to more than 200,000, discounts but can not sell the end, and finally stopped production; although Phaeton hangs a public standard, but the strong strength of W12 to pull the Volkswagen brand up several levels, perhaps this is the meaning of its existence, after all, do not care about the brand of consumers are not many; CIMA is not to mention, only in the nissan's most "dream" era appeared, today's Nissan relies on price reduction, high configuration to win the market, although everyone often mentions its "big sofa", But that's one of its few highlights, and there's not much more to say about it.