Affected by the full liberalization of the three-child policy and consumer upgrades, the domestic medium and large SUV market is further expanding, and more and more joint venture manufacturers are beginning to involve in this field. At this level, with the advantage of pre-emptive strike, SAIC Volkswagen Tuang has seized a lot of markets. However, with the launch of more manufacturers of medium and large SUVs, Tu Ang's "one brother" status is about to usher in challenges. One of the most threatening is the nissan Pathfinder, which is about to be domestically produced. The main reason is that Nissan Pathfinder not only has a body size comparable to Volkswagen Tuon, but also has more delicate and reliable product attributes, so the question is, can Nissan Pathway win the Volkswagen Tuon in the future? Look at the comparison between the two cars.
In addition to the conventional volume of the trunk, the others are still very large
Domestic patent diagram
When it comes to Nissan Pathfinder, it may be strange to domestic consumers, but this car is not a new car in the true sense, but has a history of five generations of models, and is a medium and large SUV launched by Nissan specifically for the US market. Judging from the exposed patent diagram, the new car is highly consistent with the appearance of the Nissan Pathway previously unveiled overseas, and the huge "V-Motion" grille and split headlights have high recognition, and the unique C-pillar shape is more unique in the same class.
In contrast, the shape of the Volkswagen Tuang is tough and rough, the straight lines are rarely excessive, although there is less movement, but the aura is still quite powerful.
The overall length, width and height of the Tuon car are 5052/1989/1773mm, with a wheelbase of 2980mm, while the US version of nissan Pathfinder has a body size of 5004/1979/1778mm and a wheelbase of 2901mm. Tuon is larger in size, even compared to other medium and large SUVs, it is also the leading level, which is also the advantage of Tuon. However, the conventional volume of the Nissan Pathfinder's trunk is good, reaching 470L, which is much more spacious than Tuon's 286L, which also means that the Nissan Pathway has a stronger loading capacity when fully loaded.
Tuon car is quite humane, helpless opponent is Nissan
After the mid-term redesign, the biggest change in the Volkswagen Tourang is the interior design, the new center console shape is younger and more fashionable than before, and the suspension of the central control screen, as well as more materials, the use of color also makes the car have a "warm" feeling. More importantly, in addition to driver assistance systems, active safety, full-speed adaptive cruise, suspension soft and hard adjustment, HUD, Harman Kardon audio, Internet of Vehicles and other configurations, Tu on the human aspect of the heart.
For example, under the electronic gear handle has been hollowed out, a good storage space has been designed, the B pillar still has a small hook, and the third row of C pillars in the car is designed with air conditioning outlets, etc., hoping to bring users the image of "warm men".
However, in the face of Nissan Pathfinder, who is more humane, Tuon has become a "little trick". It can be seen that the interior design of Nissan Pathfinder is actually not very troublesome, but it is very rustic, but through the use of a large number of soft packages, as well as the creation of the design, the interior of the car looks more comfortable. Nissan Pathfinder also has a double-layer armrest box, four door panels also have storage compartments, but compared to Tuon has more independent rear central armrest box, and there are 2 cup holders at the rear door armrest, which is often the design of MPV models, it is very convenient to take mobile phones, wallets and other items.
In addition, we also learned that Nissan Pathfinder will also be equipped with 8-inch/9-inch central control screen, BOSE audio, 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel, electronic gear handle and other configurations, I believe that the corresponding configuration will be adjusted after domestic production.
Pathfinder 2.0T 32 horsepower more, more cost-effective than Tuon 2.0T?
In terms of powertrain, the overseas version of nissan Pathfinder uses a 3.5L V6 naturally aspirated engine with a maximum power of 288 hp and a maximum torque of 351 Nm, matching a 9-speed manual transmission. According to our understanding, the future domestic version of Nissan Pathfinder will most likely use a 2.0T VC-Turbo engine + 9AT power combination, that is, the just domestic Infiniti QX60 with the same powertrain, the maximum horsepower of 252 horses, the maximum torque of 376 Nm, after all, the two cars are from the same platform. In addition, Nissan Pathfinder has a four-wheel drive system to choose from and offers 7 driving modes.
Volkswagen Tuon's power system we are more familiar with, in addition to the 2.0T high and low power version (maximum horsepower 220 horses, 186 horses) engine, there are powerful 2.5T V6 engine (maximum horsepower 299 horses) optional, and the whole series is matched with 7-speed wet double clutch, in the 380TSI models are equipped with four-wheel drive system.
Comparing the power of the two cars, we can see that the power combination of the 2.0T VC-Turbo engine + 9AT used by Nissan Pathfinder is not as good as the 2.5T version of Tuon in terms of parameters, but it is still much stronger than the 2.0T version of Tuon's main sales model. In addition, according to our previous test drive experience, the Tuon 2.0T version of the model does have shortcomings in driving control, comfort, power, etc., and is not like a Volkswagen SUV in simple terms. Therefore, Nissan Pathfinder has a higher cost-effective advantage than the Tuon 2.0T version of the model with the help of a more balanced power system, and does a better job in terms of adding humanization, as long as it makes good use of the advantage of late strike and defeats the Volkswagen Tuon, it is still very promising.
epilogue:
It can be seen that the biggest advantage of Volkswagen Tuon is that it is spacious, and other aspects, including power, comfort and other aspects, are more general, but due to the early launch time, it has seized the market share of many medium and large SUVs. However, with the launch of more medium-sized and large SUVs and the addition of more experienced joint ventures, volkswagen Touron's position is bound to be challenged. In this regard, Nissan Pathfinder's future impact on volkswagen Tuon is bound to be the greatest. In addition, in terms of power, humanization and other aspects, Nissan Pathfinder, which is more balanced, seems to be more able to meet the needs of Chinese people for medium and large SUVs. So on the whole, if Volkswagen Tuang does not have a better way to deal with it, I am afraid that it will only do some articles on terminal discounts, so let's wait and see.