Although NIO's first sedan, the ET7, released early last year, has not yet been launched, they released their second sedan, THE5, at NIO DAY last month.
Friends who don't care much about new energy vehicles may not know much about ET5, but Weilai founder Li Bin's remarks after the press conference believe that most friends have heard: "I simply don't understand why everyone still buys fuel trucks now." This is how nostalgic it is to buy a gas car, and now the oil car can smell a little gasoline, what other benefits? ”
There is no doubt that these words are just a way for Li Bin to attract media attention.
Li Bin, as an auto industry person who founded e-car network in 2000, if he really does not know why consumers choose oil trucks at this stage, then he can be said to have done nothing in the past twenty years, and e-car network can also choose to close the station.
However, today we do not want to refute Li Bin, we just want to talk about the following typical nostalgic fuel vehicles, and the feelings do not increase the price, the price is only more than 100,000.
Dongfeng Honda Civic Hatchback Manual Driving Fun Control
Manufacturer guidance price: 159,900
Wheelbase: 2.70 m
Powertrain: 1.5T (177Ps) + 6-speed manual
Nostalgic highlights: manual, hatchback
An indisputable fact is that hatchbacks have become more and more unsellable, even if they are as strong as golf, monthly sales in recent years are difficult to cross the 10,000 mark, but Dongfeng Honda still resolutely introduced the Civic Hatchback in 2020, that is, the overseas version of the Hatchback.
After all, in the eyes of traditional performance car enthusiasts, civilian sports cars should be hatchbacks, and Civic is also the most classic hatchback.
Not only that, in the context of the mainstream joint venture compact cars canceling the manual transmission, the Civic Hatchback not only retains the manual transmission, but also appears on the top model.
Top-of-the-line manual gear – all sports car enthusiasts know that this is for them.
In addition, as a sports car, the Civic Hatchback naturally cannot use leather seats, so in addition to the difference between the transmission and the automatic top, the material of the seats is also different, and the fabric seats of the same material as the Golf GTI are used.
Of course, manual is manual after all, if your daily commute is seriously congested, or give up manual.
Changan Mazda Artez 2.5L
Manufacturer guidance price: 19.98 ~ 239,800
Wheelbase: 2.83 m
Powertrain: 2.5L (192Ps) + 6 block hand self-contained
Nostalgic highlight: Naturally aspirated engine
In September last year, Changan Mazda acquired FAW Mazda, and now the sales channels have been basically integrated, and the FAW Mazda in front of Artez has also become Changan Mazda. Judging from the situation when I last maintained it, I walked around the Changan Mazda 4S store next door, and the merger of Changma and Yima did not affect the sales and maintenance of its models.
Whether Mazda really bet on the wrong direction of the car, the indisputable fact is that the Mazda Artez is already the cheapest, well-powered civilian "high-displacement" naturally aspirated sedan we can buy.
Of course, the premise is that you choose the 2.5L version, or the press-fired version. If you're unlucky enough to choose the 1.5L Unxella, believe me, even a bus can plug you in, and this 117-horsepower engine will definitely make you give up driving to work.
However, it should be noted that although the 2.5L machine of Artez accelerates linearly and the sound wave is good, the 192 horsepower and 202 Nm of torque are not enough in front of today's 1.5T engines with more than 200 horsepower.
This car is more suitable for those who commute on expressways and township roads for a long time, and only by pulling the speed to more than 4,000 rpm can they experience the happiness of self-absorption.
If you ask me: Did you buy a self-congratulatory car for 200,000?
That answer is indeed so, the adult world is like this, everything is equivalent, you only have two hundred thousand, then there must be sacrifices, the following car sacrifice is even greater.
Cadillac CT4
Manufacturer guidance price: 23.97 ~ 239,800
Wheelbase: 2.77 m
Powertrain: 2.0T (237Ps) + 6 block hand self-contained
Nostalgic highlights: vertical rear-drive, 50:50 body counterweight
The GeniseyS G70, which was listed some time ago, made many fans call "hardcore", but in fact, at the price of early 200,000, there is a more hardcore and uncompromising sports car, that is, cadillac CT4.
Of course, if the car company does not compromise, then the consumer must compromise. The Cadillac CT4 retains the standard wheelbase of the overseas version of the model, which is only 2.77 meters. What is the concept of this wheelbase? It's even two centimeters shorter than Mercedes-Benz's compact Sedan A-Class.
More importantly, the CT4 is equipped with a set of longitudinal rear-drive powertrains, and the engine requires more space than the general horizontal platform, so the ct4's rear space is smaller than the average compact sedan. This is the sacrifice that consumers must face when choosing CT4.
But putting aside the regrets of space, the CT4 longitudinal rear drive, 50:50 front and rear weight distribution, is definitely the most fun original car you can buy at the same price. Compared with the CT5, the engine power parameters of the two are the same, but the CT4 is more than 100 kilograms lighter, and the gear ratio of the front three gears of the 8AT transmission is also more conducive to the power demand of urban sections.
Regardless of the rear, is there a tram in the city that is more fun to drive than the CT4? Even if there is, it will not be sold at this price.