Last year, I waited and watched for a year, and finally concluded that buying a car still can't wait for the market, and it is true to buy early and enjoy early. So I recently decided to buy a scooter, and the local FAW-Volkswagen 4S store is not far from the Mazda 4S store, so I took a look at the models of both brands. After test driving the 2.0L automatic quality elegant version of Volkswagen Sagitar's 280TSI DSG Flyover Edition 2022 model, the former landed just within the budget, while the latter exceeded the budget by about 15,000, and had to borrow some money. After the test drive of both cars, the difference is clear at a glance!
The characteristics of the two cars in the design may seem to be very different, but in fact they are the same thing. Sagittarius is a Volkswagen family-style front face, with a flat front, horizontal striped chrome metal grille, and wide and long headlights connected to the sides, which is decent in shape, but also has a very wide audience. The Onxella's large-mouthed net-smoked black grille, with narrower and longer headlights on both sides, is also Mazda's family design. The side doors are supple and slightly concave. Both are standard sedans, in fact, the appearance is at the same level, but The Axela can choose the two body colors of Crystal Soul Red and Platinum Steel Gray, and in the case of choosing these two colors, the appearance value is higher than that of Sagittarius.
Inside the car, the interior of The Axela is filled with a lot of leather materials, a whole piece of oversized leather central control panels, 8.8-inch suspension LCD central control screen, but does not support touch, and the operation knob is behind the gear. The disadvantage of this mode of operation is that it is not high-tech enough, but the advantage is that after proficiency, you can operate with muscle memory, and you do not need to look at the screen to drive at high speed. As for the voice recognition control, both cars have it, but I don't like to use it, especially when there are other people in the car, and it feels silly to talk to a car in front of others.
The interior of Volkswagen Sagittarius adopts glossy black trim panels, 8-inch recessed LCD touch screen, and a classic Volkswagen three-frame steering wheel. The car also retains more physical buttons, which are very suitable for daily use and are more humane in design. Compared with the interior of the two cars, I personally prefer Axela, and the materials are more textured.
The body size of the Onxella is 4662*1797*1445mm, the wheelbase is 2726mm, and the front McPherson is single-overhang, and the rear torsion beam is not independently suspended, that is, the plate suspension. Sales said that this is Mazda's development of the butterfly-shaped bionic plate suspension, suspension control and the previous multi-link solo suspension is no difference, and the size is smaller, saving the chassis layout space, to ensure the ride in the car. But this argument is clearly untenable: Since this board is so well suspended, why not use it on the CX-5?
Sagittarius body size is 4753*1800*1462mm, wheelbase 2731mm, front McPherson single suspension, rear multi-link solo suspension. Both cars have been tried in the front row, and Axela, with the engine's vector control system, cuts into place the power output timing when cornering and exiting, and is indeed not inferior to volkswagen Sagittarius in handling. However, when passing the speed bump and road surface stone filtering, the solo suspension performance of Sagittarius is better, and the shortcoming of Sagittarius is that the central aisle of the rear row, which is classic of volkswagen family models, is highly uplifted, and the comfort of three people sitting in the rear row is more severe.
Onxella is equipped with a 2.0L self-priming engine with a maximum power of 116 kW and a peak torque of 202N.m, matching a 6AT gearbox. Zero hundred acceleration in early 9 seconds, the comprehensive fuel consumption of 5.8L 100 km. Sagitar is equipped with a 1.4T turbo engine, the maximum power is 110KW, the peak torque is 250N.m, it matches the 7-speed dry dual-clutch transmission, the zero hundred acceleration is also more than 9 seconds, and the comprehensive fuel consumption is 5.6L 100 kilometers. But Sagittarius requires 95 gasoline, and the turbo has a certain lag. Although the engine compression ratio reached 13, the Unxella still only needed 92 gasoline, and the self-priming engine performed better in the first half.
The power system of the two cars is more powerful than the second half of sagittarius, the first half of the throttle is not enough, and the logic of the dual clutch in the downshift position is indeed not as good as the AT transmission, which are all problems on the surface. But the advantage is that the second half of the force is stronger than The Axela, and the powerlessness of the Axela after 80 yards is still more obvious.
On the whole, the difference between the two cars is clear at a glance after comparison. The design of the exterior interior and the materials on the Onksella small excellent, the handling and comfort of the Sagittarius small excellent, the power performance if it is running at high speed, the Sagittarius is better, if the urban driving, the self-priming engine experience of The Axela is better. The owner himself needs to travel frequently, to the next city to buy goods, as well as to maintain some customers, need to often run high-speed, comprehensive feeling or Sagitar is more suitable. If you don't run at high speeds often, Axela is also a good choice.