All along, the domestic high-end MPV market is very lacking in vitality, always on sale are those models, they change every year and almost do not do the essence of the product upgrade. Until this year, the market began to grow, and some powerful MPVs joined the battle, which kicked off this wave of product upgrades, and Kia's fourth-generation Jawa with intelligent security as the core is such an open situation model.
Of course, there are leaders who naturally have followers, and soon after the listing of the fourth generation of Jawa, Honda Odyssey also hastily made a replacement, making adjustments to the car and other aspects. However, can such an upgrade really catch up with the fourth generation of Jawa? Today, Uncle Che used the comparison of two cars to tell everyone the answer.
The scientific and technological configuration is not only unique to the same level, but also "the standard of the whole system"
Generally speaking, the low-end version of a model can best see the sincerity of the manufacturer. Although the Odyssey has a sharp and enjoyable version priced at 235,800 yuan, this car has no central control screen, no radar, no electric sliding door, not to mention the driving assistance function, and even the whole vehicle speaker is only two, obviously it can only be seen as a small means for Honda to lower the starting price, and the real entry version is still to see the Odyssey 275,800 yuan sharp smart version.
Under the background of Odyssey, the fourth generation of Jawa is very generous, only in terms of scientific and technological functions, the whole series is equipped with Kia Connect intelligent network system, double 12.3-inch screen, three-zone automatic air conditioning, intelligent electric sliding door & tailgate and NSCC intelligent cruise control function, which truly achieves "entry is luxury".
Among them, the NSCC intelligent cruise control function, after opening the cruise, can automatically identify the speed limit sign and the interval speed measurement camera based on the information of the navigation system, adjust the speed to the speed limit range, and actively avoid the occurrence of speed violations.
And when cornering, the fourth generation of Jawa will also automatically reduce the speed of the car to a safe speed, through the curve and then accelerate to the driver set the speed. Such features not only make the cruise function more practical and intelligent, but also greatly improve the comfort and safety of passengers. Compared with Odyssey's normal ACC adaptive cruise, the NSCC intelligent cruise control function is more like the new era of driving assistance functions should look like.
When it comes to high-end and top-mate models, the gap between Odyssey and fourth-generation Jawa is even more obvious. For example, even if the Odyssey reaches the top model, it only provides a convex mirror on the glasses case to observe the movement of the children in the rear row, and many car owners feedback that it is impossible to see this observation mirror in a normal driving posture. As for the communication with the rear passengers, under the tire noise and wind noise of the highway, the Owner of the Odd Racing car can only rely on shouting.
The fourth generation of Jawa obviously pays more attention to the care of technology for rear passengers, and the three functions of the same level are unique rear dialogue mode, rear quiet mode and rear visual function. The top of the rear row is equipped with a camera, which can always observe the child's movement on the central control screen, and when the child is crying, the driver can communicate with the child sitting in the back row through the front microphone, so as to appease the child while avoiding too much distraction of the driver's attention and making driving safer.
There's absolute physical space first, and then we're going to talk about "space utilization."
Although the prices of the main sales models basically overlap, the fourth generation of Jawa and Odyssey are actually different classes of models, the fourth generation of Jawa has an external dimension of 5155/1995/1795 mm, and the wheelbase has reached a staggering 3090mm, which belongs to the standard medium and large MPV, and the absolute physical space occupies a great advantage even in the same class.
The external size of the Odyssey is only 4861/1820/1712 mm, which is more than one lap smaller than the fourth generation of Jawa, and the 2900mm wheelbase also confirms its medium-sized MPV identity. Although MPV emphasizes space utilization, this must also be improved based on absolute physical space, and if it is one level lower, then the available space will inevitably shrink a lot.
Uncle Che and MPV senior users have talked, he does not consider a big reason for Odyssey, that is, in the case of full capacity, Odyssey has almost no trunk to speak of, can only barely put down a few backpacks, can not meet the needs of long-distance travel. In this case, the entire Odyssey series did not have a roof rack, almost cutting off the possibility of a full long-distance self-driving.
The trunk space is the strength of the fourth generation of Jawa, of course, this is also the benefit of higher level positioning. It also has 627L of trunk space when it is fully occupied in 7 seats, and if the third row is reversed, it can reach the extremely exaggerated figure of 1793L. Although the third row of both cars supports sunken concealment, the third row of the Odyssey can only sink as a whole, while the fourth generation of Jawa is much more flexible, can be 6/4 ratio of sinking and hiding, coupled with the fourth generation of Jawa all series of standard roof luggage racks, in the use of the scene, undoubtedly much more comprehensive than the Odyssey.
As for the seating space, it goes without saying that although the second row of seats in both cars supports forward and backward and left and right movement, because the fourth generation of Jawa has a larger absolute physical space, the seats move much larger than the Odyssey. This makes the central aisle of the fourth generation Jawa more spacious, and passengers can not only enter and exit the third row more easily, but also have more lateral and legroom.
Active and passive security configuration complete MPV should be "people-oriented"
MPVs have the highest occupancy rates, so safety requirements are often higher than other models. As a real new car, the fourth generation of Jawa is based on Kia's new i-GPM platform to build, the whole car not only uses more high-strength steel, but also adopts cutting-edge designs such as front multi-skeleton structure, front side double component structure and impact dispersion structure in the structure, which ensures the rigidity of the whole vehicle from both material and design aspects, and the car system is equipped with 7 airbags including knee airbags, and passive safety is very in place.
In contrast, although the latest model on the market is called the "new generation", the body structure is actually the design of 7 years ago, and only the engine and the interior details of the front row have been replaced. Outrageously, the Odyssey series of five models, three of which do not have front and rear head airbags, knee airbags are all absent, it is difficult for the car uncle to understand such a main family car MPV, why in the number of airbags to save and save.
In terms of active safety, the fourth generation of Jawa comes standard with L2+ level intelligent driver assistance functions, not only the REGULAR advanced functions of FAC Forward Collision Avoidance Assist, LFA Lane Following Assist and BAC Blind Zone Collision Avoidance Assist. It is also equipped with the roa rear passenger forgetfulness reminder and THE SAFE get-off assist function unique to the class.
Among them, the ROA rear passenger forgetting reminder function can automatically detect whether the rear passenger has disembarked in the case of the vehicle turning off and opening the main driving door, and prompt the driver in time. If there is someone in the back seat, the driver will automatically honk and push a prompt text message to the bound mobile phone if the driver continues to lock the car, preventing the owner from forgetting the child or pet in the car in advance.
SEA Safe Exit Assist can use the radar on the car to actively monitor the incoming car, and if there is a vehicle passing, the vehicle will remain locked at the rear door. In this case, if an attempt is made to open the doors, an alarm will sound inside the car and it will not be possible to open the doors from inside the car, and the rear passengers will only be allowed to get out of the car if the surrounding environment is confirmed to be safe. And this feature also has a manual unlock function on the left side of the driver's seat to avoid the disadvantages of not being able to leave the vehicle in an emergency.
It can be seen from here that the fourth generation of Jawa pays attention not only to driving safety, but also to extend the safety concept to the parking and leaving the vehicle, and to use intelligent technology to comprehensively guard every trip.
Uncle Che summed up
Compared with the new generation of Odyssey, the fourth generation of Jiahua, in addition to the three advantages mentioned earlier in the article, in fact, there are also great advantages in absolute power and control experience, etc., these advantages that are not mentioned, I believe that everyone can have a very intuitive experience when test driving experience. Therefore, Uncle Che very much recommends that you go to kia 4S store to actually experience the strong product power brought by the fourth generation of Jiahua. As for the Odyssey, although it is advertised as a new generation of models, in fact, only the engine and the central control have been replaced, and other aspects have lagged far behind the times and are not worth considering more.