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"Car Matrix" car evaluation: The "contest" between the north and south Volkswagens has long been no secret, FAW-Volkswagen due to the large number of models coupled with the help of FAW Audi in the annual sales of saic motor Volkswagen always "pressure" a head, 2021 FAW-Volkswagen is once again with a sales volume of 1.8578 million units to win the domestic passenger car sales champion, SAIC Volkswagen whether in terms of prestige or model is "inferior" a lot. Since Volkswagen opened its new energy layout in China, volkswagen's pure electric ID series has been laid out in the north and south of Volkswagen in the same way as Toyota's dual-vehicle strategy, striving to achieve a balance, and Volkswagen, as an advocate of "electrification in the future", has obviously opened a rapid layout in China.
As a traditional fuel vehicle is still the main force of Volkswagen's sales in China, especially the family car model is the most popular in the market, while vigorously developing pure electric vehicle models, SAIC Volkswagen is still methodically updating for fuel vehicles, and in 2022 there will be 4 heavy fuel model updates, namely the new Langyi, the new Lingdu, the new Weiran, the new Tuyue, both cars and SUVs, let's take a look.
As a mid-term modification, the new Langyi adopts two design styles similar to the new Passat, the front face shape has two kinds of banner intake grille and starry sky dot matrix grille, the body size is slightly increased to 4678x1806x1474mm, wheelbase is 2688mm, 1.5L/1.4T/1.2T three engines, matching the 7-speed dry dual-clutch transmission.
The new Lingdu's frameless doors and slipback shape have become the biggest selling points, resembling the new Golf's family-style front face design, the body size has been increased to 4784x1831x1469mm, and the wheelbase is 2731mm. The power is based on a combination of 1.4T engine + 7-speed dry-type dual-clutch transmission.
Weiran, which is based on volkswagen's MQB Evo platform, obviously did not achieve the purpose of SAIC Volkswagen, and its dismal sales were unable to "compete on the same stage" with buick GL8. The improvement of the new Weiran seems to be urgent, of course, the luxurious sense of the interior is an indispensable part, with a full LCD dashboard + suspension large-size central control LCD screen, the latest in-vehicle interconnection system, the latest driver assistance system, Harman Karton audio, etc., while supporting the second row of seat massage ventilation heating. It is powered by a 2.0T engine + a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission.
Tuyue's competitiveness is significantly lower than that of the Honda CR-V/Toyota RAV4 Rongfang, as a home compact SUV, the new Tuyue improvements mainly include fenders, front door sidewalls and so on. It will be powered by a 1.4T engine/2.0T engine and matched with a 7-speed dry/wet dual-clutch transmission.
Although SAIC Volkswagen has star models such as Passat, SUV Tuguan L and Tuon, passat's "slump" since the crash test of The China Insurance Research Institute has affected many models, and the 4 main models updated in 2022 have a larger number of ownership in the market, so they cannot be sloppy, and these updated new models may help SAIC Volkswagen's sales in 2022 to "leap by leaps and bounds".