On January 10, the much-watched GAC Toyota Wesa was officially launched, with a total of six new models priced at between 216,800 yuan and 303,800 yuan, and two power forms of 2.0L gasoline and 2.5L dual-engine hybrid, as well as two four-wheel drive forms.
Although GAC Toyota's sales in China have always been in the forefront, most of the user's impression of GAC Toyota is reliable and practical, and it is rarely associated with the word "luxury". But for brands like GAC Toyota, only if you are willing to do it, users want luxury, Toyota can give you luxury.
Who says Toyota isn't luxurious?
Wesa is strictly speaking, its first TNGA medium-sized SUV featuring luxury, and although positioned like Velanda, its relationship with Veranda is more like a complement. Wilanda is an urban SUV with a certain off-road capability, and Wesa is more luxurious and elegant on this basis.
In fact, from the appearance design, it can be seen that Weisa is relatively "elegant" a lot, the whole vehicle does not have tough lines, but instead a variety of relatively more textured curved design, which looks more like the design of a car, especially after the vehicle moves, the light and shadow reflections spliced out by a large number of curved surfaces are very textured.
Similar to the new Subar's "X" front face, with a larger forward grille, the three-dimensional sense is relatively stronger. In the lighting part, the front and rear headlights of Weisa are LED light sources, the headlights adopt a "double L" design, which looks slim and textured, and the rear tail lights adopt the popular through-type taillight design, with high brake lights, full of science and technology.
Of course, the best place to reflect the luxurious positioning of Weisa is its interior part. Before experiencing the car, pay special attention to the workmanship and materials of its interior, compared with most GAC Toyota models, Wesa is indeed very powerful in this regard, very in line with everyone's requirements for a luxury car.
First of all, in the material part of the entire interior, almost what you can see, that is, like the dashboard, the center console, the inner door panel, including the steering wheel, the shift lever, the door armrest, these places, all of which are high-grade leather or leather coatings of soft materials, and the coating in many places is very thick and textured.
In addition to a large number of leather coatings, in the processing of sewing threads and the use of interior decorations, Weisa is also very sufficient, think of what piano paint, metal chrome these elements commonly used in luxury cars, Weisa is the same.
I have to say that wesa's car does incorporate a lot of innovative elements at the design level, changing everyone's inherent image of GAC Toyota. GAC Toyota is not only reliable, practical, and technical, but also has luxury, honor, and high-end sense.
More elaborate, so more advanced?
Of course, Toyota's understanding of luxury is by no means as simple as a simple "stacking", but a luxurious fit that pays more attention to design and configuration. For example, its central armrest is a shape similar to a "saddle", and today the horse is an animal that is definitely a symbol of nobility, and the design of the saddle is more likely to be associated with luxury.
And the design of its center console and handrail is also different from the conventional straight waterfall design or suspension design, but the embedded design, which can hide more buttons in a concentrated manner, and present the clean plane of the largest atmosphere to the user, bringing more advanced visual enjoyment.
Of course, in addition to these materials, workmanship and design that can be seen at a glance, Weisa is almost full in configuration. For example, its two seats in the front row are not only leather wrapped, but also equipped with ventilation and heating functions, and in terms of previous experience, the comfort and texture of the ride are superior.
In addition, there is a very interesting highlight of the interior design of the car, which is its advanced dimmable panoramic canopy. This canopy can not only switch between the two modes in 1 second, but also its blocking rate for ultraviolet rays reaches 99%, which can not only bring you different cabin atmospheres in different environments, but also very practical.
In the part of the impression that is highly valued in many luxury cars, Wei Sa is not ambiguous. In the Premium Edition and above, the vehicle is equipped with a 9-speaker JBL advanced surround sound system, and uses Clair-Fi sound source restoration technology and JBL's iconic treble horn technology to bring advanced listening enjoyment in addition to touch and vision.
Based on the domestic users' love for large screens, Weisa also brought the three-screen linkage technology to the car, the full LCD instrument and the central control screen are 12.3 inches, including a 10-inch HUD head-up display system, and the three-screen linkage also brings a large number of application systems on the basis of the three-screen linkage, compared with the previous product experience and practicality have been greatly improved.
The superior means of driving texture
For an SUV that focuses on luxury, driving and riding experience is absolutely the top priority, and it is an important factor in determining whether a car is luxurious or not. The answer given by Wesa to this is enough comfortable power, plus a sufficiently quiet cabin environment, plus enough easy to use driving assistance and safety.
In line with Veranda, WISA also offers two major power units, the 2.0L and 2.5L HEV, as well as two-wheel drive and two four-wheel drive models. For these two sets of power systems, including DTC intelligent four-wheel drive system and the same level of unique E-FOUR electronic four-wheel drive system these two four-wheel drive forms, basically many users have also experienced, as for the evaluation has no longer need to use any words to praise, good is good.
The driving texture brought by different powertrains is completely different, and relatively speaking, I may be more looking forward to Weisa's 2.5L dual-engine model, after all, it can indeed bring a more comfortable driving experience on the basis of more fuel saving, including tranquility and power smoothness.
However, as a pure fuel version, its 2.0L Dynamic Force engine, thanks to its extremely high thermal efficiency, is also good in terms of fuel consumption. Coupled with the matching CVT gearbox that can simulate 10 gears, it is presumably satisfactory in terms of smoothness.
As a main luxury sports SUV, Wesa is bound to be equipped with the latest zhixing safety system of the family at the safety level, and all the functions of intelligent assistance are very complete, such as automatic headlights, pre-collision safety systems, cruise control systems, etc., which basically reach the quasi-L2 level experience.
Finally, it is important to provide a quieter ride space. In this regard, WISA has added a large number of sound insulation materials to many places in the body, especially around the dashboard, fender lining, door interior panels, and under the trunk, which are very easy to generate noise and vibration.
Including the entire interior of the engine compartment, Wesa also arranged a large number of sound-absorbing materials. In addition to increasing the application area of acoustic isolation materials, Wesa also thickens sound insulation materials in many places. Like the thickening of the floor vibration barrier layer, as well as the thickening treatment of the window glass of the whole car, etc., the transmission of noise and vibration is greatly reduced.
Even in order to reduce the vibration of the whole vehicle, Wesa also uses special shock absorbers, the purpose is to optimize all the factors affecting comfort and tranquility to the best level, which is the most advanced and superior means, grasping all the details with the spirit of craftsmanship, and bringing the most valuable luxury experience at the same price.
In fact, the first feeling that Wesa gave me was very much like Lexus, but it was completely different from Lexus, and Wesa was a benchmark that proved that Toyota could be as luxurious. For GAC Toyota, which is about to enter the eighteen-year-old coming-of-age ceremony in 2022, the launch of Weisa is just right, it will help Guangfeng move towards 1 million, and will also help the Guangfeng SUV family enter a more powerful new era.