The popularity of the MPV market is believed to be in the eyes of everyone, in addition to GL8, Odyssey, Alexandre and other veteran players, Xena, Jiahua, Kustu and other newcomers have also joined the battlefield, for car companies Competition is undoubtedly more intense, but for consumers is a happy trouble, and this trouble will be intensified this year, because the MPV market is going to be new again.
Toyota Granvia
At present, the hottest model in the MPV market is undoubtedly from Toyota's Xena, and its popularity also reflects the growth trend of MPV, so FAW Toyota decided to introduce a new domestic MPV this year - Granvia, which is expected to be released within the year.
Granvia's positioning in overseas markets is a large luxury business MPV, first released in 1995, and now developed into the third generation of products, and is based on Toyota HIACE (toyota hiace), the main sales regions are Asia and Australia. Back to the new car itself, the boxy shape and simple design make it look quite like a large van, its overseas version of the model length, width and height are 5300/1970/1990mm, the wheelbase is 3210mm, far more than the Toyota Syna, in addition to it also provides 2+2+2 six-seat and 2+2+2+3 nine-seat seat seat layout, coupled with luxurious configuration and interior design, its final price will also be higher than the Xena. Of course, it is not excluded that FAW Toyota will introduce the Xena Sports Version and name it Granvia, everything is possible.
It is worth mentioning that FAW Toyota may also introduce a new crown in the form of vehicle imports, which also means that the crown will return in another form after the suspension of production in 2020, do you expect it?
Wei brand MPV
As a high-end brand under the Great Wall, Weipai's SUV models may be more familiar to consumers, but just this year, Weipai finally decided to enter the MPV market, and according to the planning, Weipai will launch medium-sized and medium-sized MPV with internal codenames M81 and M83, respectively, focusing on the home market and the business market, and is expected to be officially unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April.
At present, the Internet has exposed two MPV mule car spy photos, set the VV7 shell for road test, so the specific shape is not yet known, but according to the previous news, Wei brand's first MPV model is long or close to 5 meters, the wheelbase is about 3 meters, the size is very impressive, and the second model exposed retains the design of the charging interface at the right front fender, may use lemon hybrid DHT, in the interior part, the new car uses the latest design style of the Wei brand family, including a suspension central control screen, the lower trackpad, Elements such as crystal grips are the same as mocha, and the materials and textures are good. With the arrival of Xena and Jawa, the MPV market has become lively again, so it is not surprising that Wei brand has entered the game, and compared with these joint venture models, Wei brand will have a certain advantage in price.
This may be the reason why Wei brand brought two MPV models at once, but for the newcomer Wei brand MPV, the competition it faces will be crueler than imagined, are you optimistic about its prospects?
Red Flag MPV
Although many domestic brands are now shouting out the slogan of impacting the high-end, but the real domestic luxury brands still have to look at Hongqi, after experiencing the rapid development of the past two years, Hongqi also decided to enter the MPV market, its first MPV model has been photographed many times to the road test spy photos, the year's listing has become a foregone conclusion.
As a flagship product, Hongqi MPV adopts the latest family design style, the large size of the front face plus the straight waterfall grille is very domineering, of course, Hongqi's iconic vertical LOGO will not be absent, double-sided sliding doors and the size of the large square makes it have a pure MPV style. The interior part, from the spy photo point of view, the new car is equipped with a suspension large-size central control screen and a three-spoke multi-function steering wheel, the second row of seats is also equipped with leg rests, luxury and comfort directly full, as for the power part, combined with the size and positioning, the new car may be equipped with 2.0T turbocharged engine + 48V mix system, 3.0 mechanically supercharged V6 engine, the main competitor after the future listing is GL8 Aivia, in addition to the arrival of domestic high-end MPVs such as Lantu Dreamer will also have an impact on it.
As for the pricing, brother understands that the red flag MPV must run at least 400,000, after all, its goal is the domestic MPV ceiling, do you think it can challenge the status of GL8 Evia?