Hello, I am Hong Yan, an expert in the Yiche brand, and the compact sedan I bought five years ago can no longer meet the needs of the family, so I plan to buy a medium-sized sedan in the near future. For the hard-working workers, in addition to product strength and word of mouth, I believe that many people will pay attention to the cost of this car in the later stage of this car. To this end, I deliberately rubbed a long test car of the company: SAIC Volkswagen New Passat 330TSI Starry Sky Premium Edition.
Part 1 model introduction
Regarding the new Passat, in fact, we have already done the highlight interpretation before, but there may still be many consumers who do not know much about the changes to this car, and we still come to make some simple reviews of the model.
The 2022 Passat was officially launched at the end of August 2021, and a total of 13 models were launched for the new car, including 10 fuel version models and 3 PHEV models, with an overall price range of 179,900-250,900 yuan. The new model has made some adjustments in the design level and configuration, the most obvious of which is the design of the double front face. The model we actually shot this time is the 330TSI Starry Sky Premium Edition, which adopts a starry sky front face, and there is also a dot matrix Seiko grille, which is also displayed in the 4S shop of this maintenance.
Part 2 Fuel costs
The powertrain setup of the new Passat is still the familiar combination of the EA211+EA888, which is detailed with 1.4TSI (280TSI), 2.0TSI low power (330TSI) and 2.0T high power (380TSI) engines, and all match the 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission. We are driving the 330TSI Starry Sky Premium Edition this time, equipped with a 2.0T low-power engine, this 2.0T engine can output a maximum power of 137kW at 4100-6000rpm, and 320N·m peak torque at 1500rpm.
In the actual driving process, although the book parameters of this engine are not high, but the overall driving is still relatively light, the front section of the throttle is more sensitive, stepping on a third of the gearbox changes decisively downshift.
So what is the fuel cost of this car?
According to the recently used fuel consumption level of 8.2L/100km, the current price of No. 95 gasoline in Beijing area 7.48 yuan / L, the average annual price is 15000km to calculate, the annual fuel cost is about 9200 yuan, the average monthly cost is 766.7 yuan, and the fuel cost per kilometer is 0.613 yuan, which is not high in the B-class car.
Part3 Post-maintenance costs
Since the long-term test vehicle has been close to the 5000km mileage of the first guarantee, I chose to come to the SAIC Volkswagen 4S store on a working day, and by the way, I also explored the maintenance cost of the later stage of the new Passat 330TSI Starry Sky Premium Edition of the Automobile Volkswagen, nonsense is not much, we directly enter the main topic.
The third-generation EA888 turbocharged engine fuel injection mode equipped by the new Passat uses hybrid injection, so the manufacturer recommends the use of 0W-20 synthetic oil, which is priced at 75 yuan / L, which is not expensive, but 6L of oil is needed each time. The price of the oil filter is 67 yuan / one, and each maintenance can be replaced.
However, the new Passat to replace the oil and oil filter element is to remove the locking bolts and sealing rings at the bottom of the engine oil pan, which cannot be reused after removal, that is to say, each maintenance also needs to replace the locking bolts and sealing rings, with a unit price of 15.6 yuan / 12.8 yuan respectively.
(Image source: SAIC Volkswagen official website)
Therefore, the material costs for each small maintenance are: oil 450 yuan (6L), oil filter 67 yuan, lock bolt 15.6 yuan, sealing ring 12.8 yuan, the total material cost is 545.4 yuan. What needs to be explained here is that the manufacturer's after-sales staff told us that with the fluctuation of suppliers and production batches, the material cost is also floating at a certain price, so the actual price of the material is still subject to the arrival of the store (but the cost of man-hours is fixed).
Air conditioning filter filter as a daily wear and tear, the unit price of 58 yuan / one, the manufacturer recommends every 10000km replacement, of course, the actual replacement depends on the use of the environment to decide, if the daily use of the car road conditions more dust, may need to be replaced in advance.
The third generation of EA888 engine because it is a turbocharged engine, so the manufacturer recommends that the spark plug 20,000 kilometers to replace once, but in fact, the durability of the spark plug is still good, the daily driving is not too fierce driving can be determined according to the loss of the spark plug, the new Passat 330TSI Starry Sky Premium Edition of the original spark plug for 76 yuan / piece, each time need to replace 4.
Also in 20,000km need to be replaced is the air filter, mainly filtering the air into the engine, blocking the entry of external dust and pollen, while the aforementioned air conditioning filter filter mainly filters the air into the cab. The unit price of the air filter element is 74 yuan / piece.
At 40,000km/2 years, it is necessary to replace the coolant of the vehicle, and its unit price is 180 yuan / barrel (4L), and each replacement requires the use of about two barrels. The brake oil is first replaced in 60,000km/3 years, and then every 40,000km/2 years, and each replacement requires 2 barrels of brake oil, with a unit price of 76 yuan / barrel. And at 60,000km also need to replace the transmission oil and transmission filter, the new Passat uses a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission codenamed DQ380, the unit price of transmission oil is 119 yuan / L, each replacement needs to use 6L, the unit price of the transmission filter element is 300 yuan / piece.
The above are all material costs, each maintenance in addition to the material cost also need to be counted working hours fee, SAIC Volkswagen's model of the working hours fee calculation is: the model of man-hour fee unit price (unit is hours) * the length of the project, for example, the new Passat working hours cost unit price of 340 yuan / hour, small maintenance (only change the oil / oil filter) the length of 40 minutes, The calculation coefficient in the store is 0.7 (the actual should be 0.66, but it should be rounded to 0.7), so the working hours cost of small maintenance is 238 yuan, counting the material cost of 545.4 yuan above, the cost of small maintenance is about 784 yuan, but the first maintenance is free.
According to the maintenance manual and the working hour fee table, we calculated the maintenance cost of 60,000 kilometers of the new Passat 330TSI Star Premium Edition model, totaling 9921 yuan, with an average maintenance cost of 0.165 yuan per kilometer.
Part4 First Warranty Experience
When the vehicle is close to the maintenance time, the most obvious performance is the increase in fuel consumption level and the increase in engine noise, so on-time maintenance is essential.
The first insurance replacement of the object is relatively simple, only the oil and oil filter, air conditioning filter and air filter in the first insurance do not need to be replaced, just need to take out the cleaning on the line, because the first insurance is free, so the oil we replaced this time is also the original 0W-20 semi-synthetic oil.
Full text summary: In the process of getting along, I am personally very satisfied with the changes in the new Passat, driving this Passat to the airport to pick up people on the weekend, and the new more youthful and distinctive front face can let friends see this car at a glance even in the airport, which is a passat place. At the same time, this excellent powertrain can give me a good driving experience both in the city and the ring road, yes, it is the unique high-end feeling of German cars. Coupled with the fact that the cost of the car in the later period is more economical than I thought, perhaps... Should I put my car on the agenda as soon as possible?