Riders, freshly baked news, Fox is going to come out of the four cylinders.
According to the 353rd batch of product announcements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the new model will use a 1.5T four-cylinder engine, model CAF479WQ6, and the maximum power is 130kW.
Converted to about 176.8 hp, the performance is roughly equivalent to the current 1.5T three-cylinder engine.
All are back to the four cylinders, and Ford is a little different from other brands.
Buick, for example, retained The Yinglang's 163 hp 1.3T three-cylinder engine and replaced the 1.0T three-cylinder engine with a 1.5L four-cylinder engine, with a maximum power of only 113 horsepower.
The clever thing is to adjust the price of the two models to the same, both 119,900-125,900 yuan.
You can give up power for the four-cylinder, you can also give up the four-cylinder for the power, see how you choose?
Ford's side of the action is relatively large, it can be said that it is a big axe.
The list announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology covers a total of 5 models of tide, ST Line, hatchback and sedan versions, and the engines are CAF479WQ6.
The current Focus is on sale in a total of 7 models, this time directly replaced by 5 models, and the power is similar to the three-cylinder version.
It is inevitable to suspect that Ford may completely abandon the three-cylinder Focus and completely replace it with a four-cylinder system.
Hearing this news, there may be riders who will immediately clap their hands and applaud, "Three-cylinder Fox roll back to Europe!" ”
But Brother K has to be fair and analyze the pros and cons of the gains and losses.
First of all, I have not rejected the three-cylinder, it is just a form of internal combustion engine.
The real flaw in the Fox is not the 1.5T three-cylinder, but the 8AT transmission.
The overall is relatively dull, especially when driving intensely, even if you switch to the sport mode, it takes more than half a second of reaction time, which will affect the driving rhythm, if you run the mountain, you have to open the oil in advance.
Fox is known for his driver's control, and this 8AT gearbox almost ruined his reputation.
The power level of 174 horses is enough, whether it is explosive power or continuous acceleration ability is good, daily transportation or small passion.
The mechanical flaws for Ford have also been optimized, probably not the best, but it has reached a point where it is difficult for ordinary people to detect.
Unless you open the engine compartment and sit on a three-cylinder engine.
However, u1s1, the sound of the three-cylinder engine is really ugly, if it is a person who has a little research on the car, you can find that Fox this sound... A bit cheap.
Simply put, the engine sound is too hollow and not full. Even if the bigfoot throttle accelerates, the roaring sound is weak.
This has no solution, and can only hope for the four-cylinder Fox.
From the model point of view, this 1.5T four-cylinder engine should be the emission optimization version of the older generation of 1.5TWQ4 and WQ5, and it is not a new technology.
In the European market, the main force is still 1.3T+8AT, and the layout of the light mixing system, the technology has been very advanced.
And this CAF479WQ6 is more difficult to match these new powertrains, it should have been eliminated. Now it is forced to be rebuilt in order to sell it, and it is taken out to exert the residual heat.
If Ford were to mess up with the old guy like Buick or Honda, the gearbox might also use the original 6AT, which would be equivalent to switching back to the powertrain for 15 years.
Ps. Old to old, but the shift logic of the old 6AT is much clearer than the new 8AT, and everything is understood.
At this point, everyone should understand that the correct route should be to optimize the 8AT shift logic, improve the control of Fox, and then vigorously publicize.
But without sales, it is not a success, so Ford has taken the right step.
The domestic market is not friendly to the three-cylinder engine, and this time it is replaced by a 1.5T four-cylinder engine, which can save some sales.
Ps. The style of the wheel hub this time is also very suitable for Brother K's appetite, it is simply an official reform kit!
Just use the old engine to plug the mouth of the consumer, which is somewhat meaning to continue harvesting.
In fact, not only ford with iron head, but also another "three-cylinder advocate" Geely has also begun to return to four-cylinder.
The new Geely ICON and Binyue will also use 1.5T four-cylinder engines to fill the gap of four-cylinder engines.
Rather than saying that car companies take the initiative to show favor to consumers, it is more that they are helpless in the face of shrinking markets.
Of course, this is not entirely due to consumer preferences, and the "foil" of peers is also crucial.
Even spray yourself.
To sum up, the car companies that vigorously promoted the three-cylinder engine almost all pressed the new technology on the three-cylinder engine, including the three-cylinder desert fun Qijun.
But in order to save sales, it was forced to move on to the old four-cylinder engine.
There's a bug here that four-cylinder engines and new technologies (such as light hybrid systems) can't go hand in hand.
Is it possible to have the four-cylinder engine and new technology of the above car companies at the same time?
No, it is better to expect more "ID.3".
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