Honda, Toyota, and Nissan, as the top three Japanese companies, have always paid great attention to them in China, and their products in various model segments are also affectionately called Japanese sanjie by consumers. However, in the field of joint venture mid-size SUVs, it can be seen that in addition to Toyota's Highlander, honda and Nissan do not have a mid-size SUV that can be sold.
Recently, it was revealed that Honda's 7-seat medium-sized SUV Passport and Nissan Pathfinder may be introduced into The Country, when they will compete with Toyota Highlander in a new round, and today we will take a sneak peek.
First of all, from the most intuitive appearance, all three adopt a more rigid design style. The 2022 Highlander's front face features a larger, iconic inverted trapezoidal shape, complemented by flying wing chrome trims that look more atmospheric but with a touch of youthful fashion. However, fortunately, the side Highlander uses a very sharp body line, equipped with an upward waist line, the whole car looks very advanced, coupled with the 4965mm body length, to the Highlander to bring a more slender visual effect.
Let's take a look at the Honda Passport, the black grid design used on the front face, supplemented by black plastic surrounding, although after adding matrix LED headlights, slightly moving, but the overall front face shape, it is really difficult to find the sense of beauty, and on the sense of business, can not find that sense of calm, can only say that it is indeed too hard, not like a 7-seat city SUV.
The Nissan Pathfinder, which still adopts the classic V-motion family design, the large area of the grid grid is equipped with wide chrome strips on both sides, highlighting a strong movement momentum, the split LED headlights appear very advanced, and the intake separator and guard plate used below, personally believe that it is the sublimation of the front face, can give people a solid feeling, with the horizontal and vertical body shape, the overall shape is very atmospheric.
Looking at the interior, the 2022 Highlander still adopts Toyota's classic design, the suspension central control screen shape is decent, the overall shape is biased towards the shield design, the recognition is relatively high, plus the whole car uses a large number of soft packages, and the interior texture is still very good.
The Honda Passport also uses Honda's classic design, which is similar to the interior of the Odyssey, and the gears are electronic buttons, making the center console area more concise and clear. The embedded central control screen, the overall shape is simple and practical, there is no too much fancy, but compared to Highlander's sense of technology is still weaker.
Looking at pathfinder again, its central control layout is similar to the design of the new generation of QiJun, and the combination of 12.3-inch suspended central control screen and full LCD dashboard is slightly better than Highlander and Honda Passport in terms of technology.
In terms of space, the full size of the Highlander is 4965/1930/1750mm, the wheelbase is 2850mm, although the pathfinder has no specific parameters, but according to the overseas version of the 5004/1961/1768mm body size and the wheelbase of 2900mm, the difference will not be too big after domestic production, and the Honda Passport body size is 4839/1996/1834mm, and the wheelbase is 2817mm, so in the interior space, the pathfinder is undoubtedly the best.
In terms of power, although honda Passport has no detailed data, it is a medium-sized SUV after all, and it is likely to be equipped with the same 2.0T turbo engine of the Accord, and the overseas 3.5L natural suction should not be introduced into China. The 2022 Highlander is equipped with a 2.5L dual engine version and is released together with the existing 2021 2.0T turbo version. The Pathfinder is also most likely equipped with the same 2.0T turbo engine of Tianlai, and the overseas version of the 3.5L will basically not be used in the domestic market.
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Combined with the situation of the three, whether in the appearance or in the spatial performance, Nissan Pathfinder is undoubtedly the best, but Nissan's brand power in recent years has been declining, far less than the appeal of the two fields, if the pricing of the new car is not attractive (there are rumors that the price is 30-35 million), I believe it is difficult for consumers to pay for it. In this regard, I don't know what everyone thinks, how much do you think pathfinder is suitable for sale?