With the advantage of "Japanese large 7-seat SUV", Toyota Highlander has successfully promoted to the best-selling 7-seat SUV in China since entering the domestic market, and even if many car companies have launched the same level of large 7-seat SUV models, it seems that it has not had much impact on Highlander.
However, the market may change in the future, it is reported that as one of the biggest enemies of Toyota Highlander in the North American market - Nissan Pathfinder (Pathfinder), it is expected to achieve domestic production this year, and will be listed before the end of the year, positioning medium and large SUVs. At present, the car starts at $33,410 in the North American market, or about 210,000 yuan.
In view of the fact that the new Nissan Pathfinder officially ushered in a replacement last year, the upcoming domestic Pathfinder will be introduced with a new shape, which basically continues the Nissan family V-motion design language in appearance, and is similar to the new X-Jun and Qashqai as a whole.
On the side of the body, in addition to continuing the suspension roof of the new Qashqa and new Qijun, the new car does not adopt the traditional style window modeling, but the third row of windows is designed independently to make it more fashionable, but the whole car still maintains a relatively rough body design, in line with the family style.
As a medium and large SUV, the car has a length, width and height size of 5004*1961*1768mm, and a wheelbase of 2900mm, although the size of the older model has been reduced, but it still belongs to the standard medium and large SUV size.
In terms of the tail, the new car adopts a relatively simple design, perhaps in order to echo the new flat LOGO, the through-type taillight design is also very technological, with the name of the model printed with "Pathfinder" below, it is also very advanced.
As for the interior, the new car basically adopts the consistent shape of the new Qi Jun, which is also presented with a suspended central control screen, which is somewhat lazy.
And the new car, as a model with higher positioning, has not given people a more advanced feeling, and still reflects the style of home, which may also be the style of Nissan Motor.
In the rear part, the new car supports 2+2+3 and 2+3+3 layouts, and with the third row of seats fully enabled, the trunk of the car is even 470L larger than the new Highlander, which is very practical.
In terms of power, the current US version of the model is equipped with a 3.5L V6 engine, a maximum power of 212 kW (288 hp), a maximum torque of 351 Nm, matching a 9AT transmission, and supporting two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive models.
However, considering that The Dongfeng Infiniti QX60, which has also been positioned as a medium-sized SUV, is expected to use this power system in the new car, which is equipped with a 2.0T VC TURBO turbo engine.
As for the drivetrain, in view of the fact that the QX60 is also matched with the 9AT gearbox, so as a model built on the same platform, the domestic Pathfinder will also use a 9AT gearbox, after all, it may be controversial to replace the CVT gearbox, right?
Also as a medium and large SUV built for the North American market, the future of the car will be directly benchmarked after the realization of domestic production of Toyota Highlander and more SUV of the same level.
Toyota Highlander
Guidance price: 25.88-34.88 million yuan
Ford Explorer
Guidance price: 30.98-39.98 million yuan
In fact, as early as last year, Dongfeng Nissan's plan to make a domestic Pathfinder has been exposed. According to previous news, Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company is bidding for the "P42Q" project, and the information released by insiders shows that "P42Q" is the product code name of Nissan's medium and large SUV Pathfinder.
It can be guessed that with Nissan taking the lead in launching a three-cylinder engine, X-Trail, in the case of relatively weak market performance, still only considers returning to the old four-cylinder model, perhaps also related to the upcoming medium-sized SUV equipped with a four-cylinder engine, after all, there is a gap in positioning between the two.
According to the data, the Nissan Pathfinder series has been updated to the fifth generation since its birth in 1985. Among them, the fourth-generation model was imported into China through parallel imports in 2016, and the car dealer quoted about 400,000 yuan, and it is expected that the new car will highlight the advantages of the new car in terms of price after the new car is domestically produced.
Netizen 1: 230,000 is OK, just afraid of 320,000, look at the pricing of QX60...
Netizen 2: If the domestic post-pathfinder is a CVT gearbox, it is not worth starting.
Netizen 3: The main model Qijun did not understand the whole thing, and also introduced others, it is estimated that it is also white.
Netizen 4: This car should be really domestic, it is estimated that the pressure of Highlander is great!
Netizen 5: Answer upstairs, the premise is to use QX60's 2.0T+9AT.