Changan Lincoln's first luxury car Lincoln Z, is expected to be officially listed in March this year, and since the release of the Guangzhou Auto Show last year and the opening of pre-sale, Lincoln Z has been quite concerned by consumers, and the pre-sale price of 255,000 to 342,000 yuan is not too outrageous, the reason why it is not too outrageous, mainly because of the luxury heritage and brand shown by Lincoln Z, but from the perspective of products, "pull-up" Mondeo, horizontal front-drive, special cars and other labels, but also somewhat make people feel somewhat worthless.
In other words, Lexus ES also has a similar origin, such as the same horizontal front-drive structure, in the ordinary joint venture brand can also find a shell replacement For Asian Dragon, and even has the strange label of "imported special car", then, will the potential displayed by Lincoln Z seize some of the potential customers of Lexus ES?
Although the Lexus ES is more expensive and the positioning is higher, the Lincoln Z has not suffered a little loss in body size, the size of the Lincoln Z is: 4982×1865×1485 mm, the wheelbase is 2930mm, and the three circumferences of the Lexus are: 4975×1866×1447 mm, and the wheelbase is 2870mm, which shows that in addition to the body width, the Lincoln Z occupies a certain advantage in length and wheelbase parameters, which is somewhat inward-rolled.
Car design has always been to look at the new and not to look at the old, Lexus ES has been on the market for a long time, the appearance is only slightly adjusted in terms of design, although there is no lack of texture, but the freshness has passed. Lincoln Z is after all a new model, born from the Lincoln ZEPHYR concept car, and after mass production inherited a large number of concept car elements, and also adopted "i cool" and "i enjoy" respectively to highlight the sports and luxury of the two different elements of the appearance of the kit, obviously Changan Lincoln is spent some thought, the sincerity given in the design is enough, but after all, the appearance of the car design is different, has always been difficult to reconcile, fortunately, Lincoln Z does not have obvious design hard injuries, the overall is still very harmonious, It also conveys the luxurious texture of the Lincoln brand.
Interior, in fact, personally have always believed that the interior of Lexus ES, from the design point of view alone, is the existence of the ceiling pole, with a strong Japanese model style, exquisite and attention to detail, although the material is not luxurious, but enough to support its luxury model positioning, in the daily car convenience also has a unique insight, called the benchmark, if you have to pick a fault, the lack of scientific and technological sense should be counted as one, and the black frame on both sides of the central control screen that looks large in size is really some price drop, Despite the use of watch elements to modify, it is difficult to hide the lack of its design.
Turn around and look at Lincoln Z, it is like entering another dimension, the through-channel panoramic screen, whether there is a point in the design, but the sense of technology is indeed overwhelming, and this screen specification is still quite high, the resolution has reached the 4K level, and the characteristics of high brightness and high color gamut can ensure visibility even under strong light.
Of course, also because of the relationship between the panoramic screen, lincoln Z interior, less than some sense of design, which is somewhat similar to today's mobile phone, the screen accounted for too large, missing a lot of previous stunning design, therefore, can only start from the texture, do their best to buckle out space in other areas for the designer to operate, so, from this point of view, Lincoln Z's interior can not interpret the design too much, but the texture is not bad, such as the luxury car exclusive two steering wheels, visual senses are still relatively outstanding. Of course, the human-computer interaction and technology content of Lincoln Z are naturally incomparable to Lexus ES, whether it is the level of assisted driving or the level of vehicles, it is almost the strongest performance that Lincoln can come up with at present.
As for power, the Lincoln Z series is equipped with a 2.0T turbocharged engine, with a maximum power of 245 horsepower and a peak torque of 376 Nm, which is very eye-catching among all engines of the same displacement, and it is reasonable to match the 8-speed manual transmission.
In contrast, Lexus ES is very shabby, whether it is 2.0L, 2.5L or 2.5L oil-electric hybrid, can not compete with Lincoln Z in parameters, even if you look at all the same level, the same price model, is also the bottom of the existence, of course, here only refers to the parameters, some people joke that Lexus ES200 is a mobile barricade, more or less can explain some problems.
summary:
Speaking of product strength alone, Lincoln Z is hanging Lexus ES, however, the hot sales of Lexus ES, not all of which win with product strength, among them, there are brand, feelings, quality, word of mouth and other factors to decide, there is a kind of "you are stronger than you strong" posture, the product force is stronger than Lexus ES, more to go, but Lexus ES, is really not afraid of cost performance is hanging, "better than Lexus ES" This sentence, as long as one day can cause controversy and battle, Thunder Car will not worry about sales for a day.