In the second quarter of 2022, Ford will launch a new generation of Fox, and the three-cylinder engine on the current Focus will be "honorably retired". The new-generation Focus will be powered by 1.6L and 1.6T four-cylinder engines, and the transmission will be matched with a 6-speed manual and 8AT transmission.
Frankly speaking, Fox is equipped with this three-cylinder engine, to say that it is the best three-cylinder engine on the market at present, no one has come out to raise the bar, this engine is difficult to pick out whether it is power, fuel consumption control and NVH performance.
However, the attitude of the domestic market to the three-cylinder engine is really not very friendly, talking about tiger discoloration. You see that after the Nissan Qijun four-cylinder for three-cylinder, the sales volume was eager to get 20% discount, and it was almost directly sentenced to death. In less than half a year, the emergency resumption of the old four-cylinder version of X-Trail can make consumers accept the three-cylinder engine, which is not only a matter of technical maturity. Consumer acceptance is determined by many factors.
To paraphrase Ah Q's phrase "Lao Tzu's ancestors were also wide!" This sentence seems so apt to Fox. Fox once in the domestic consumer market, is also the existence of benchmarks, in 2005 the second generation of Fox into the country, suddenly like a spring breeze, the domestic streets can see this classic model everywhere, sales list on the monthly list, the annual list Fox was once a champion level player.
In 2013, Fox sold more than 400,000 vehicles in the whole year, and the average monthly sales volume exceeded 30,000 vehicles, which is a very strong sales performance even now. In contrast, now, in 2021, Fox's cumulative sales volume is more than 20,000 yuan, compared with the previous sales performance, this data is really not available.
In 2011, the third generation of Fox, unexpectedly replaced with a dual-clutch transmission, a series of problems with abnormal noise and high failure rate followed, which was the beginning of Fox's walking off the altar, even if the appearance of the small modification in 2015 was replaced by Martin's face, the sense of grade was raised, and it was difficult to recover the decline. In 2018, Fox replaced the entire series with a three-cylinder engine, and the results can be imagined. In the environment where the whole network is shouting and buying a car without buying a three-cylinder engine, the Fox is destined to become a niche model.
In addition to the new Fox back to the four-cylinder engine, there are also obvious changes in appearance, it is reported that the front face of the revised Fox adopts a honeycomb-shaped mid-mesh design, and the headlights will use matrix-type LED daytime running lights, which has more sports atmosphere. It looks more in line with today's design style. The side of the body is designed with a waist line running from the front fender to the rear of the car, and the body side adopts a curved design, which looks a little more powerful. The tail is made of split headlights, and the exhaust combination of one-sided double out, compared with the front face, the tail design style is more conservative.
The most obvious change in the interior is that the central control screen has become larger, and the new model will have a 13.2-inch central control display with a built-in SYNC 4 central control system and support for OTA upgrades as well as wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto features.
The new generation of Fox will be equipped with 1.6L and 1.6T four-cylinder engines, the specific parameters have not yet been announced, and the specific data will wait for the official release.
A car can achieve good sales, in addition to the appearance, interior, power, market pricing is also one of the determining factors. The current Focus new car guidance price is 108,800-153,800. Switching back to the new Four-Cylinder Fox, what price do you think is more appropriate?