Time is the most wonderful thing in the world. Time can soothe the pain, can also pour out the fanaticism, through time we can let go of a lot of things that we once scorned, and even like it. For example, the latest generation of "spicy steamed buns". Oh no, it's the latest generation of Lingdu.
Remember that in December, I just looked at the declaration map of the new generation of Lingdu, and several question marks directly appeared above the author's head: This is changed to this for no reason, what is the designer doing?
As a result, just over a month later, and then looking back at Lingdu's declaration chart, the author felt that the appearance of the new Lingdu was very pleasing to the eye, and even felt a little good.
Sure enough, time is the most wonderful thing in the world. Just like when the BMW headlights opened the corners of the eyes, the angel eyes daytime lights changed shape, and even replaced with the square kidney grille of "standing on top of the sky", everyone said ugly at the beginning, and the results were later "true incense" large-scale scenes. The 10th generation of Civic has said that the design is too exaggerated and radical, but from the listing to the replacement, the sales have always been outstanding.
Therefore, whether a design looks good or not may really take some time to verify.
On January 12, SAIC Volkswagen released the above teaser on the official Weibo, and it is not difficult to see from the text in the picture that this is a warm-up of the new Lingdu, which will meet with us on January 17.
In fact, the launch of the new Lingdu so quickly is also a harbinger, before the SAIC Volkswagen Yizheng factory 2022-2023 model technical transformation project plan mentioned that the production capacity of some models needs to be adjusted, of which the VW371/8CS series may be the new Lingdu.
Regarding the appearance of the new Lingdu, everyone may have seen the previous declaration chart. To put it simply, the new Lingdu uses a design style that is not the current Volkswagen family, the flatter front of the car has a hint of cool taste, the chrome lattice grille almost occupies the lateral width of the entire front, and the remaining little position on both sides is that the designer "kindly" left a small place to place the front wheel air vent.
As for fog lights, since domestic regulations do not require it, and as long as the headlight penetration is sufficient, it should not be left alone.
However, with such a low front end as the visual center, Lingdu's body looks like a normal height, and the side looks more ordinary.
Moreover, in order to make the line design of the roof look good enough, LingDu also adopted a slippery back shape, which is bound to affect the head space of the rear row.
But it is not a big problem for SAIC Volkswagen, saic motor Volkswagen already has a family car killer. In the past December 2021, Langyi sold 42,779 vehicles, with annual sales of nearly 400,000 vehicles.
Therefore, Xinlingdu only needs to serve its target group, and the saying "have more children is good to fight" has been played by SAIC Volkswagen to the fullest. Judging from the publicity map flowing out synchronously, the new Lingdu does use a borderless door. After the new Lingdu is listed, it will also become the cheapest Volkswagen borderless door sedan.
As for the advertising phrase "luxury wide-body coupe", which was originally used on the first generation of Lingdu, it is actually more suitable for the new Lingdu now. After all, the body length, width and height of the new Lingdu are 4784/1831/1469mm, the body width is 21mm wider than the Mercedes-Benz C coupe, and the maximum power of the 1.4T high-power engine is only 5kW less than that of the C200 coupe. Mercedes-Benz C coupe can be called coupe, how can the new Lingdu not be?
As for the interior, the official did not release other information, from the previous spy photos will use a new steering wheel, a new gear lever, dual screen and other designs. Whether it looks good or not depends on your taste.
In fact, the ridicule is ridicule, the author still welcomes the arrival of the new Lingdu, after all, the new Lingdu may be the most personalized model in the 150,000 level. After getting used to Volkswagen's family design, the new Lingdu can be said to be a clear stream (of course, it may also be a mudslide) in the Volkswagen car system, which is a good thing for consumers who like Volkswagen but want to be special. Of course, if the new Lingdu involves your aesthetic blind spots, then do not buy, after all, there are more cars on the market, choose your favorite.