When it comes to buying a car, in the field of joint venture models, most of the consumers' main car purchase choices are still concentrated in Japanese German models, and few people can think of French cars. In recent years, the presence of French cars in the domestic market has become weaker and weaker, and its unique design style and product strength characteristics do not seem to be Chinese liked. However, the Versailles C5 X launched by Dongfeng Citroen has changed this situation, and it has attracted much attention since its listing in September last year, with cumulative sales exceeding 10,000 units. So what about the car's current offers in the market and the current car? Let's investigate.
There is no discount for no existing car, but it is easier to buy a car in installments
We visited a Dongfeng Citroen 4S store in Beijing and learned that the store sold a total of 47 new cars last month, of which the Versailles C5 X sold 15 units, accounting for about 30% of the total sales of the store, and the best model sold was the "2021 1.6T Collar Extraordinary" priced at 173,700 yuan, which belonged to the sub-top model of the whole series, and most of the colors were black and gray. Versailles C5 X is powered by a 1.6T engine and matches an 8AT transmission, which performs quite well, so the biggest difference between this car and the rest of the car is in the configuration. It is 13,000 yuan cheaper than the top match, mainly in terms of comfort and safety, less leather seats, front seat ventilation and massage and passive pedestrian protection and other functions, but these functions do not have a big impact on our usual driving, it is the icing on the cake, no and no harm.
Compared with the "extraordinary" of 15,000 yuan, the practical performance of the "leading extraordinary" configuration is more prominent. In addition to the safety features such as parallel assist, front parking radar, and 360-degree panoramic image, there are also functions such as front seat heating, electric trunk, and HUD head-up digital display, which are highly practical when driving. Since most users buy this car for home use, they pay more attention to practicality, and from this point of view, the "2021 1.6T Collar Extraordinary" is indeed more cost-effective. However, at present, the Versailles C5 X series in the store does not have a current car, and it is about to wait for nearly 1 month after booking, and it may take 1 and a half months to wait for a long time, and friends who want to go home with a new car before the Spring Festival may be disappointed.
In addition, in terms of car purchase discounts that everyone cares about, since its listing last year, versailles C5 X has not been discounted, and we take the hot-selling "2021 1.6T Leading Extraordinary" as an analysis model to specifically analyze its preferential situation.
1. Full purchase of the car: on the basis of the guidance price of the hot-selling model of 173700 yuan, plus the hard car purchase cost, including the purchase tax (about 14846 yuan), the license fee (about 1000 yuan) and the insurance fee (about 5500 yuan), the final landing price of this car is about 195046 yuan.
2. Installment / replacement car purchase: Although there is no cash discount, there can be a loan amount of 70,000 yuan, and the current installment can be exempted from financial fees, then the road cost of this car is almost 103700 yuan, in 24 installments, each period needs to repay about 2917 yuan. If you buy a car, the same brand has a replacement subsidy of 6,000 yuan, and other brands also have 4,000 yuan.
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As for the consumer population of Versailles C5 X, the sales staff told us that at present, the owners of the car to see the owner of the store should be mostly young customers, they are more pursuing hot models, and seeing that the Versailles C5 X has a high degree of discussion on the Internet, they will come to see the car. At the same time, they also attach great importance to the cost performance, although versailles C5 X has not been preferential, but fortunately, the current price is still relatively reasonable, most customers said that they can accept it, and they are more willing to choose to buy cars in installments. In addition to valuing versailles C5 X is a new model, with a unique appearance on the road can have a good recognition, they feel that this car in the product strength performance is also excellent, all aspects of the configuration is very comprehensive and rich, and the chassis control is precise, the power is not lost to the same level of model.
The offer is not as good as the Asiatic Lion, but the Versailles C5 X is more cost-effective
When consumers with about 150,000 yuan in hand choose family cars, in addition to the Versailles C5 X that is now listed recently, there is a high degree of heat, many people will also consider being very close to the threshold of Toyota AsiaticUs, although it is an A+ class sedan, but Asiatic Lion has had tens of thousands of yuan of discounts since its listing, as well as the blessing of Toyota's reputation, and the strength performance is not bad. So how to choose the Versailles C5 X and Asiatic Lions?
Just from the model positioning, you can know that the Versailles C5 X is one size larger than the Asiatic Lion in terms of body size. In addition, with the slogan of "entry is Versailles", the Versailles C5 X, the entry-level model is less than 1,000 yuan expensive, but the configuration is one level higher than the Asiatic Lion, which can be described as full of sincerity. In terms of power, the Versailles C5 X is equipped with a powertrain of 1.6T+8AT, and the Asiatic Lion is a 2.0L self-priming engine matching the CVT transmission, although the driving texture of Toyota cars has nothing to say, but the Versailles C5 X is not lost at all in power. It can be seen that the Versailles C5 X seems to be more dominant in terms of space, configuration and power, so even if this car has no discounts, its price-performance ratio is relatively higher.
Next, let's analyze the car information of the two cars.
Citroën Versailles C5 X maintains once every interval of 7500 kilometers, small maintenance is 430 yuan, large maintenance is 1756 yuan, assuming three years of driving 60000 kilometers, a total of about 6259 yuan of maintenance costs, on average, it is almost 2086 yuan per year.
Toyota Asiatic Lion maintenance interval is 10,000 kilometers, of which the cost of small maintenance is about 617 yuan, the cost of large maintenance is about 1709 yuan, then the maintenance cost of three years to 60,000 kilometers is a total of about 5595 yuan, the average annual is 1865 yuan. It can be seen that although the single maintenance price of the Asiatic Lion is much higher than that of the Versailles C5 X, the more frequent maintenance cycle of the Versailles C5 X still raises the overall maintenance cost.
In addition to the problem of using the car, the residual value rate of the vehicle is also of great concern to everyone.
The Citroën Versailles C5 X didn't last long, so there wasn't much used car information to refer to. However, the official introduction of similar 3-year 65% commitment and other "value preservation" and financial product policies to solve the problem of rapid depreciation of French cars, in the current second-hand car market is not bad.
Toyota Asiatic Lion is also a relatively new model, and there is not much used car information at present. We learned from a mainstream second-hand car platform that for its "2021 2.0L luxury version", after buying a car for less than 3 months and driving 100 kilometers, the landing price at that time was about 170,000 yuan, and the current residual value of the second-hand car was 155,900 yuan.
Write at the end
Since its listing in September last year, Citroën Versailles C5 X has not had cash offers, but fortunately, the price is more reasonable, the acceptance of consumers is relatively high, and the installment can have a loan amount of 70,000 yuan, free of handling fees and interest, which is more cost-effective than buying a car in full. However, there are still no existing cars in the store, and it will take at least 1 month to wait for the car to be booked. Overall, as a model priced at about 150,000 yuan, the comprehensive strength of versailles C5 X is quite good, the space and configuration are more sincere than the same level of models, and, after looking at the Japanese German car, the unique appearance of versailles C5 X is unique, even if there is no discount, but it is still very competitive compared to the same level of models.