【Introduction: Product movement, rejuvenation has become a recognized trend in the automotive industry, and electrification, intelligence, countless car manufacturers are trying to attract more young users of the product as the future of R & D and manufacturing focus. Looking at the terminal market, the sports route used by mainstream passenger cars can be divided into two directions, one only pays attention to "external", the other pursues "internal and external blossoming", the biggest difference between the two is that looking at sports often does not necessarily have high performance, and the car that has overcome performance has begun to seek the comprehensive development of 'multi-functional home'. 】
Written by | Yun Li and edited by | Hezi
After the test drive of the toyota Veranda high-performance version, the idea of differentiation of terminal movement routes in the industry has once again been confirmed. Surprisingly, family cars with good performance do not rely on "sacrificing household and practicality" to achieve the so-called "sports bonus". This has been contrary to habitual cognition in the past, after all, for a long time in the past, it was difficult to have both "high performance" and "comfort", "practicality", "economy" and other characteristics at the same time.
Therefore, being able to balance the selling points in different directions is refreshing enough. It can be said that this is a new trend, it can also be said that this is a new attempt by car companies, at least one thing is determined, and the family car modeled by the High Performance Edition of Willanda is changing the perception of consumers and even the entire industry.
"High performance" has never been anyone's patent
Before contacting the high-performance version of Veranda, for such a name, it will unconsciously be regarded as a trick for manufacturers to attract attention and create gimmicks, and the bottom of the heart is more "strange" and "not taken seriously".
However, the GAC Toyota Velanda High Performance Edition has taught many people who despise it a lesson with practical actions, and it has also proved that "high performance" is not the patent of those performance sports cars, at least the performance of a home SUV like Willanda is redefining the category of "performance".
In the habitual impression, Toyota does not lack performance cars. Toyota has Land Cruiser, Hilux, SUPRA, the new product sequence like GR86, GR YARIS is also a model of "sports car, performance car sinking", it can be said that many of Toyota's car series do not lack strong performance roles; but Toyota's family car "lack", the past volume of household models rarely with "performance" or "sports" edge, replaced by "economy", "durable", "old and stable".
Therefore, the former Toyota family car and the blood-soaked sports elements are like parallel wiring harnesses, and there will never be an intersection, so that some insiders have bluntly said that "the so-called 'sports gene' injected into the previous family car is 'not doing the right thing'".
To say that the family car, Toyota is not without attempts to sport, the 2.5L V6 rear-drive ruizhi is the best proof, but the final suspension of production also made Toyota's family car sports road in the middle of the road collapse.
Driven by the new era, new markets and new needs, even Toyota, which has been deeply rooted in the marrow of family cars, still has to regain its sportiness and try to diversify. The whole environment needs Toyota to change, from the user side, the past purchase of "tools", and now began to shift from "tools" to "toys"; from the enterprise side, the autonomous camp like SAIC, GAC, Great Wall, Changan, Haval, Geely, etc. have launched young sports-oriented products, and the joint venture camp in Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen, GM and other enterprises also continue to exert efforts in the market segment.
In any case, Toyota needs to make a difference in the performance construction of the family car, preferably to stand out. Strictly speaking, the Veranda High Performance Edition is an attempt to "break the performance circle" of Toyota's family car.
First of all, from the perspective of vehicle naming, this is a car with a very clear attitude. Looking through toyota's domestic product list, it is almost impossible to find the second model with the word "high performance" in its name. It can be seen that the high-performance version of Wilanda is born to break the circle.
But if you want to break the stereotype and change the industry's perception of family models, you must have excellent strength. Where is the strength of the Veranda High Performance Edition?
After a test drive, Velanda's dynamic performance was extremely impressive. Objectively speaking, the vehicle is essentially a plug-in hybrid model, in the Tiguan L new energy, CR-V new energy and other similar competitors are generally equipped with PHEV technology today, Veranda PHEV does not have much novelty.
However, compared with the opponent's 1.4T or 2.0L matching single motor setting, Toyota's 2.5L naturally aspirated plus dual motor (front + rear) power system is enough to make people shine. The maximum power output of the 132kW and 224N·m engines combined with the comprehensive output of the 174kW and 391N·m motors makes the SUV with a curb weight of nearly 2 tons can easily accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h from rest within 6s. In the Toyota family car sequence, this is a unique existence, even in the same level of plug-in hybrid camp, such a performance is unprecedented.
From the perspective of such power performance alone, the Veranda new energy model is worthy of the name "high-performance version".
The "performance car" can also be based on the everyday and the present
In fact, the power performance of the Velanda High Performance Edition is only one aspect of its changing industry perception, and in the process of daily use, the dynamic feedback of the vehicle to the driver and occupant is completely beyond people's cognition of performance cars.
In terms of comfort, the Velanda High Performance Edition can be said to have set a new fashion and standard for performance cars, and also officially distinguished performance cars into "traditional" and "new".
The new performance car represented by the Veranda High Performance Edition has completely improved the disadvantages of traditional performance cars at the comfort level, and the "comfort obstacles" that are common in performance cars such as "hard" (suspension), "noisy" (noise), "breaking" (sudden setback) have been basically eradicated.
As a 1690mm high SUV model, the vehicle does not hide too much of the shift in the body center of gravity during sharp braking or sharp turns, in other words, there is a certain front or roll of the body, but the degree is not unexpected, all within the controllable range.
It can be seen that although the high-performance version of Veranda has a very good acceleration ability with the blessing of dual motors, in terms of suspension, the vehicle still retains the calibration of family cars. The advantage of this is that the owner can enjoy a sufficient power reserve without having to endure the discomfort of the daily commute of traditional performance cars. The Veranda High Performance Edition's suspension is tough enough to shake the body when facing some of the larger road undulations on the Military Road, but there is no unnecessary movement, and the overall dynamic is clean and clean; and when passing through small bumps, potholes and uneven road joints, fine vibrations can also be filtered.
In addition, the relatively ideal comfort of the vehicle is also reflected in the excellent sound insulation and smooth power output. Especially in terms of power connection, every engine intervention of the vehicle occurs quietly. Even after the engine intervenes, the speed increase remains extremely linear. All this is thanks to Toyota's E-CVT transmission, which has thus become the key to the Veranda High Performance Edition across "performance" and "comfort".
With comfort, the Veranda High Performance Edition has the capital to be competent for "family roles" and the opportunity to base itself on the daily commuting scene.
With the deepening of electrification, it is increasingly difficult for traditional performance vehicles to gain a foothold in niche markets. In the past, the "performance monster" with large displacement and high fuel consumption gradually lost its meaning and value in the face of more direct power output and lower fuel consumption or even pure electric vehicles. Taking the Veranda High Performance Edition as an example, in the case of "HV" mode and relatively high battery power, the vehicle will prefer electric drive to start, even if the speed is up but there is no need to "accelerate again", the vehicle will still choose the electric drive. Unless the "deep throttle" or "sharp acceleration" breaks the cruising state at low or medium and low speeds, the engine will choose to intervene. After a few days of test drives on urban roads, the "EV proportion" shown by the driving computer is as high as 80%, while the comprehensive fuel consumption is less than 6L/100km.
In addition, with the E-FOUR electronic all-wheel drive system 100:0-20:80 front and rear wheel torque distribution, The Velanda High Performance can provide both good driving pleasure and stability and passability, and the degree of controllability and safety is beyond the reach of traditional high-horsepower rear-drive vehicles.
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Taken together, Veranda's high-performance models combine "comfort", "economy" and "safety". While sitting on high performance, it balances the elements that consumers need for their daily commute. Toyota like this, consumers are both familiar and unfamiliar. The familiar thing is that looking at any advantage alone is what Toyota is good at; but the strange point is that toyota did not integrate all its strengths, and it would not tie the seemingly contradictory and intolerable selling points to the same model. Therefore, Toyota is breaking the norm with the help of Willanda's high-performance models to change the industry's perception.
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