From 2012 to 2014, Changan Ford Focus won the annual sales championship of domestic cars for three consecutive years, and even in 2017, it can still maintain monthly sales of more than 10,000 vehicles.
In 2018, Changan released the fourth generation of Fox, which only provides three three-cylinder engines of 1.0T/1.5L/1.5T.
The three-cylinder directly reduced the Focus to a fringe model, with sales hovering around 2,000 units all year round, in sharp contrast to the annual sales of up to 390,000 vehicles. Of course, In 2019, Ford's entire brand of passenger car sales were only 230,000 units. On this point of sales, it is still counted as Jiangling Ford.
Because Fox still retains a strong appeal among domestic consumers, there have been rumors that Ford will replace the Focus with a four-cylinder engine, until recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's declaration information really appeared in the four-cylinder Forts, implementing this rumor.
This year, not only Fox will be equipped with a four-cylinder engine, but also Geely's one-ticket model. Will switching to a four-cylinder machine bring them back to the top?
Changan Ford Fokker
Current manufacturer guidance price: 108,800 ~ 153,800
Wheelbase: 2750mm
Powertrain: 1.5T(L4) + 8AT
Ford Focus this time to replace the 1.5T four-cylinder engine is a small modification, there are some adjustments in the appearance of details, headlights, mid-grid, and both side air intakes have no small changes, the overall style to last year's Ford China Design Center dominated by evos closer.
At the same time, Fox also added a Sedition version to the previous ST-Line, with more black pulls on the cover and bumper, and the wheel hub became shiny black.
Of course, the most concerned about this small modification is this 1.5T four-cylinder engine, which shows that its model is CAF479WQ6 in the declaration information. Friends familiar with Changan Ford's product line may have found that this is the current Mondeo and the old 1.5T engine on the Impreza, but the parameters have been adjusted, and the maximum output power is only 130kW, that is, 177 horses, even less than the 181 horsepower of the previous generation Of Fox.
In order to adapt to the emissions of China VI, the calibrated power has dropped from the earliest 184 horses to 174 horses, and now this three-cylinder machine is not only not dominant in the number of cylinders, but also has no advantage in power, and it is expected that most consumers will choose the 1.5T four-cylinder version in the future.
Of course, from a technical point of view, the current 1.5T three-cylinder adopts a mid-mounted direct injection GDI injector + airway injection PFI dual injection system, as well as a unique three-cylinder engine extinguishing technology, which can be said to be one of the most advanced three-cylinder engines at present, and has also won the "Ward Top Ten Engines".
So would you choose a four-cylinder engine with older technology but 3 hp more horsepower, or a more technologically advanced three-cylinder engine?
Auspicious Binyue
Current manufacturer guidance price: 7.58 ~ 119,800
Wheelbase: 2600mm
Powertrain: 1.5T(L4) + 7DCT
Although the Fox on this old 1.5T is somewhat lacking in sincerity, we can also expect: in recent years, Ford bet on the 1.0T, 1.5T three-cylinder engine, and in the North American market All in Lincoln, it is really impossible to take out a new 1.5T engine like the North American hometown GM, and with the four-cylinder Fox a batch of declarations, Geely, brought three four-cylinder cars at a time.
In addition, GM released the eighth generation of Ecotec 1.5T four-cylinder direct injection turbo engine last year, its high-power version of the maximum power reached 155kW, is the best parameter of the 1.5T engine, the current Buick Encore S and Weilang will be the original three-cylinder engine, replaced by this 1.5T four-cylinder engine. Buick's small SUV, the Oncora, also has a good chance of being replaced with a low-power version of the 1.5T four-cylinder this year.
At present, Geely's price models below 100,000 yuan will generally be equipped with a 1.4T cast iron EFI four-cylinder engine; at the price of 100,000 yuan, it will be equipped with a 1.5T three-cylinder direct injection engine.
On the Geely Binyue, these two powertrains are directly provided: the Italian three-cylinder can choose 1.4T; the acceleration capacity is required, and the acceleration ability can be selected to choose 1.5T with an acceleration time of 7.9 seconds from 0-100km/h.
Geely's playing style is also very effective, and Since its launch in October 2018, Binyue has sold more than 400,000 vehicles, which is the best-selling model at a price of 100,000 yuan.
However, last year, MG 5 and Changan Auchan X5 also cut into this market, with a longer wheelbase, more powerful 1.5T four-cylinder engine, but also won more than 10,000 monthly sales, so Geely finally pulled out this 1.5T four-cylinder engine.
In the Binyue information for the mid-term redesign declared by Geely in February, the engine column became a four-cylinder engine code-named "BHE15-EFZ" with a maximum horsepower of 181 horses (133 kW). The parameters are not much different from the 173-horse MG 5, 180-horse Changan Auchan X5, which proves that geely still spent some thought on this engine.
In terms of appearance, Geely's new cars at a price of 100,000 yuan recently follow the design language of Vision Starburst, which is expected to have a lot of appeal to young consumers.
Geely ICON
Current manufacturer guidance price: 9.98 ~ 132,021 million
Wheelbase: 2640mm
On the Geely ICON, which is priced at 9.98 to play, the whole series is equipped with a 1.5T three-cylinder engine, of which the high-end model is a 48V light mix, and this time Geely also replaced the ICON with a new 1.5T four-cylinder engine.
However, icon's original design style is its own style, so this mid-term redesign did not make a fuss about the appearance.
On the contrary, the positioning is lower, using the 1.4T cast iron four-cylinder engine of Binrui in the replacement of the new 1.5T four-cylinder engine, the appearance of the vision Starburst concept car style, the value of the soaring, Geely this declaration of the three cars, on the number of Binrui upgrades the largest.
In addition, it should be noted that Geely's new 1.5T four-cylinder is born for 100,000-class models, and will only be installed on Binrui, Binyue and other models, and many people care about Lynk & Co who will not use this 1.5T four-cylinder machine.
Of course, except for the Lynk & Co 06, which uses the BMA platform, this car still has a high probability of being on this four-cylinder machine.