Recently, Honda Motor officially released a new generation of STEP WGN in the Japanese market, which is the sixth generation of the MPV model. It is worth mentioning that 2022 is also the 25th anniversary of the birth of Honda STEP WGN, and the new car will be officially delivered in the Japanese domestic market in the spring of 2022. As Honda's best-selling model in Japan, the new owner is playing convenience, practicality, and cost performance.
Let's briefly review some of the performance of the past five generations of models, which were officially put into production in May 1996. The first generation was built on a Civic chassis, with a body size of 4705x1695x1815mm and a wheelbase of 2855mm. Paired with a single-sided sliding door, it is equipped with a 2.0-liter in-line four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 125 horsepower, matching a 4-speed automatic transmission. In 2015, the fifth-generation model was launched, and in terms of power, it is equipped with a 1.5T direct-injection turbocharged engine.
Let's come back to the sixth generation of models, in terms of appearance, the new generation of STEP WGN is generally not much different from the previous 5 generations, it is still a traditional MPV van body design, which is built by using a horizontal front-drive platform, and the long front layout is also a major feature of it.
In terms of the front face, Honda's latest family design, the grille interior is a punched style, and the LED light source technology is used in the light group on both sides, this generation of models is obviously more refined, no longer giving people a sense of cheapness, perhaps for younger family users.
Come to the side of the body, because of the van body design, the use of straight lines, very square, double A-pillar design with a large area of side windows and a large front windshield area, creating a wide field of vision in the car, the ground clearance of the new car is very low, and the common Guangqi Honda Odyssey in the country is almost the same design concept, in addition to the convenience of passengers on and off the vehicle are shortcomings, chassis noise, tire noise, wind noise and passability are all shortcomings, which is also the advantages and disadvantages of STEP WGN.
Of course, the side slider design is still preserved in this car, and like all Of Honda's MPVs, it will be available in a variety of welfare car versions, including an accessible version and a side seat lift version.
The rear is very box design style, square, very ordinary MPV and van design, the area of the trunk is also considerable. The trunk door also supports the choice of one-sided push-pull, also to adapt to more user groups and scenarios.
In the interior part of the car, the layout of the new car is a simple and traditional design, mainly from a practical and reliable point of view, with almost no aesthetics. In addition to the upgrade of the central control part and the large-size LCD screen, the new car is also a traditional style, and there is no hook with the young, fashionable, and advanced. However, it can be seen that the details of the new car are very well designed in terms of convenience. From the official picture we have exposed, the new car will also be equipped with more driving assistance functions.
The second row of seats looks very wide, but the fabric used is leather + flannel, which looks cheap as a whole, and the second row is equipped with small table boards, leg drags, armrests and other practical configurations. The third row of seats is also equipped with cup holders on both sides. The new car is still equipped with a tailgate with a variety of opening methods to adapt to the use of various scenarios.
In terms of power, a gasoline version and an e:HEV hybrid version will be available. Foreign media speculate that the gasoline version of the model will most likely follow the 1.5T engine equipped with the fifth generation model.
The editor has something to say:
In fact, vans and MPV is a major advantage of Honda, the domestic Odyssey and Alexand also have a good market performance, especially their feedback in the domestic market is good, at present these two products have ushered in the mid-term reform, and the new generation of STEP WGN also ushered in a replacement, many netizens look forward to the new car can come to The country, the new car until the sixth generation still has no news to introduce china, netizens: it is a pity. (Photo: Source motor1; Text: Wang Liang, editor)