Three cylinder or four cylinder, this is the hottest topic in recent years, when Buick spent hundreds of millions of yuan to develop and produce a number of three-cylinder models that were most unacceptable to the market Sales plummeted, the Buick brand instantly fell to the bottom, these years gradually adjusted the policy of the model back to the four-cylinder machine, sales rose at once, coupled with a large discount, Buick returned to the state of peak sales, especially its Yinglang, Veyron sales were mentioned at once, which greatly alleviated the sales pressure of Buick, and also gave consumers more choices.
Three-cylinder engine has a lower displacement and better emission standards, although the research and development costs are higher and the manufacturing process is complex, but the production cost is lower, all in recent years by the car companies welcome, but Chinese consumers have a deep-rooted prejudice against the three-cylinder engine, that the three-cylinder machine is synonymous with the low-end, coupled with the three-cylinder engine inherently smooth is not good enough, the vibration is large and other issues Consumers are more reluctant to choose, all without exception is the three-cylinder car can not sell the same level of the same price of the competitor model.
But in recent years, many brands have finally woken up to this truth, consumers will not accept the three-cylinder car anyway, all many models began to replace the new engine, back to the team of four-cylinder cars to regain the trust of consumers, in addition to the Buick series we mentioned above, Geely and Ford, the two three-cylinder big households have also replaced the four-cylinder engine, today we will look at which models.
Ford – the new Focus
Fox may be one of the biggest victims of the three-cylinder engine, once one of the few sports car in China, but also the overlord of the domestic hatchback, is a model that can break the wrist with the Golf, but replaced by a three-cylinder engine sales is not as good as before, has become a cold model, but the recent Ministry of Industry and Information Technology exposed the declaration shows that Fox finally replaced the four-cylinder machine, back to the four-cylinder engine camp so that consumers see hope. According to the disclosure of the declaration information, Ford matched a 1.5T four-cylinder engine code-named CAF479WQ6 for the Fox, which is an upgraded model of the old EcoBoost 1.5T engine, which meets the National VI emission standards, and is not equipped with the Changan 1.5T four-cylinder engine, which has a maximum power of 130kW and is more powerful than the current three-cylinder engine. The appearance is also more sporty, using a new middle net, headlights, and surrounding the overall shape is more sharp and sporty. The engine will be mated to a 6AT transmission, and although it is not equipped with an 8AT gearbox, this powertrain is a ceiling in its class.
Gilly Binyue
Funyue is the top beam column model of Geely's small SUV, and it is also a model with very good sales in recent years, but the 1.5T engine equipped with the main model is a three-cylinder engine and an entry-level 1.0T three-cylinder model, all sales still can not break the wrist with the four-cylinder engine, although the 1.0T has been replaced by the four-cylinder engine of the 1.4T model, but the power performance is general. Now Geely has finally sacrificed the 1.5T four-cylinder engine code-named BHE15-EFZ as the main model of Binyue, which has a maximum power of 133 kilowatts and excellent parameters. The appearance has been upgraded to a certain extent, and the overall shape of the mid-net design similar to boyue X has been more sporty.
Geely ICON
As a part of Geely's high-end models, ICON and Lynk & Co 06 belong to the same platform products, and the product performance is also excellent, but a three-cylinder machine has blocked consumers out, and now it has also been replaced by a 1.5T four-cylinder engine code-named BHE15-EFZ, and its sales will certainly be able to go to a higher level in the future. In addition, there have been small upgrades in the middle net, front bar, bracketing shape and color matching, and the shape is more sporty and avant-garde.
Gili Binrui
Geely is one of the few sports cars, the price is not expensive but in the Geely car product line but sold badly, the main reason is its three-cylinder machine to cause trouble, Binrui first and Binyue the same use of 1.0T and 1.5T three-cylinder engine, sales have not been able to go up, the back also introduced 1.4T model, but the parameters are generally sorry for its identity as a sports car, this time Binrui also replaced with a 1.5T four-cylinder engine, the performance increased significantly. Coupled with the new appearance design, it is more sporty in line with the aesthetics of consumers.
Summary: the return of the four-cylinder engine is inevitable, the choice of consumers is the direction of the car company's efforts, now most of the three-cylinder engine models are gradually replaced with four-cylinder engine, three-cylinder machine is bound to become a cluster of snowflakes in the long history of the Chinese automobile market, becoming a historical witness, I believe that the future of the Chinese market belongs to the four-cylinder engine and new energy. (Text/Univision Auto Haoyang)
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