With the country encouraging the second tire and letting go of the third child, MPV has become a model that more and more families pay attention to, and in this market, there are both veterans who have been fighting for many years and gaining the first-mover advantage, and there are also new players who are ready to enter. In the past 2021, the most concerned MPV in the market is of course not Xena, on January 1, 2022, Xena fully launched user delivery, and we are also at the delivery site, witnessing the hot market performance of Xena.
After the delivery of the event, I borrowed a Racing top with a platinum version of the car, and spent a few days with it, personally experience it, to see what is the fragrance of it that is positioned by GAC Toyota as the global flagship MPV.
To evaluate a high-end MPV, we have to look at it from two dimensions, first of all, is it a practical and easy to use MPV? Further, how is its experience, and where is the high-end embodiment?
In terms of body contour size, the sena is 5165mm long, the width is 1995mm, the wheelbase is 3060mm, compared with the GL8, Xena is wider, and in terms of interior space design, Xena is also more brilliant.
Of course, such a large outer dimension also provides enough space in the car, and the first row of two seats is equipped with a large armrest box, and the peeping leopard in the tube can also see how wide it is.
The core of an MPV must be the second row, Xena and GL8 are using a 2+2+3 layout, and the double side of Xena is an electric side slider door, which is standard in the whole series.
For aesthetics, Sai Na hides the slide rail under the window, which has high requirements for craftsmanship and reflects Sai Na's strict demand for details.
Inside the car, the Senna platform is about the same height as the GL8, and the Syna provides an extra-long handle to help passengers with less convenient legs and feet. The two mid-row seats are particularly functional, and our Platinum model is equipped with a rear entertainment system, while the two mid-row seats also provide seat ventilation and heating.
In addition, its movable range is also large enough, adjusted to the backmost position, with the leg rest, the second row of passengers can fully straighten the legs, which is a fantastic feeling.
Entering the third row, the three seats of the Sai Na benefit from the width of the car nearly 2 meters, the full load is still spacious enough, the length and height of the cushions are also good performance, and the riding comfort is good. And even the third row, the charging interface, water cup holder, air conditioning outlet are also configured, it can be said that the practicality is excellent.
In fact, the third row of seats in Xena still has a lot of clever design. First of all, in the 7-seat state, you can see that the trunk is a sunken design, so in the 7-seat state, it is also very easy to accommodate 7 people's luggage.
Pull the handle on the back of the chair, the entire seat can be quickly sunk and stored, and after storage, the entire trunk can form a nearly flat space, which is also impossible for gl8 to do.
After reading this, we can say that Sai Na is an MPV product with large size, spacious space and excellent practicality. So what is its experience, and where is the high-end reflected?
Let's start with the driving experience, this generation of Syna is based on the TNGA-K platform, in addition to reducing the center of gravity, the chassis texture has also made great progress. And Xena also uses a 2.5L dual engine system drive, for such a behemoth, the hybrid system is first of all to help reduce fuel consumption, I drove a total of more than 400 kilometers in the few days, the performance of fuel consumption is only 5.8L / 100km, referring to the size and weight of Xena, this performance can be said to be quite surprising.
In addition, the hybrid system provides a smoother driving experience and improved power response at the start. It can be said that the hybrid system is an important highlight of Xena's comparison with GL8.
In terms of safety configuration, Xena as a model under the TNGA architecture is also particularly thick, Toyota Zhixing safety system TSS is the standard of the whole series, which includes a series of active safety functions such as full-speed adaptive cruise, lane keeping assist, collision warning, automatic near and far light headlights. In terms of passive safety, Xena uses high-strength steel to build the body, which increases the strength of the vehicle and provides 9 airbags.
What I said above is not exclusive to this top-of-the-top platinum version of the model, but the whole series of models is treated equally. But it is also these standard functions, the material is the high-end of Xena, one to the chassis texture, hybrid system, safety configuration can not pass the late installation, and second, through these standards, Xena significantly improved the PPV driving experience is poor, fuel consumption is high, the safety configuration is relatively backward weakness.
After a few days of contact, we saw the hot performance of Xena in the terminal, and the actual experience was down, in terms of product strength, it can be said that Sai Na is an MPV with almost no shortcomings. On the one hand, it has some wide body dimensions, generous space and excellent interior design. At the same time, the good chassis texture, hybrid system, rich active and passive safety configuration is actually the standard of the whole series, it can be said that the entry also has a high starting point, called it the global flagship MPV, it really makes sense! Finally, A reminder, now that Xena has fully arrived at the store, interested friends can go to the test drive experience and feel the flagship charm of Xena.