In 2018, a car company adhered to the concept of "building better cars", bringing together the innovative design and top technology of its TNGA architecture to create an SUV model known as "trend new species". And with the spirit of the newborn calf not being afraid of tigers, with ultra-high quality and outstanding appearance, it has become a "sexy special thing" that young people cannot avoid when buying a joint venture small SUV, which is GAC Toyota C-HR. Last year, the new C-HR was fully upgraded again, and a dual-engine model with a 2.0L engine was also introduced, hoping to win the attention of young people again. So in the current domestic market with such fierce competition, can the new Toyota C-HR continue to write a legend?
Want to make the current young people pay, the degree of intelligence has become a very important measure of each car, the appearance is cool, the interior is luxurious, if there is no car-machine interconnection, intelligent navigation and other functions, I believe most young people are not interested. Therefore, this article will mainly experience and evaluate the smart cockpit of the new Toyota C-HR to see how much power it has in the degree of intelligence. We got the dual engine 2.0L E-CVT premium version model this time, the guidance price is 190,800 yuan, and the power system is equipped with the new 2.0L hybrid system.
First, intelligent hardware evaluation
Previously, toyota C-HR gave me a very personal impression, and after many years of looking at it, this feeling has not changed at all, it is still a creative and energetic post-90s trend "single product". It can be seen that Toyota had a strong forward-looking design in that year. However, after entering the interior, the traditional central control layout and non-full LCD instruments do have some "sense of age" now, and it is not like a small SUV that focuses on young and fashionable.
When most models use a central control screen of more than 10 inches, Toyota C-HR only provides 8-inch and 9-inch screens of different sizes, and only the fuel version and the dual engine version of the high-end model size can reach 9 inches, and there are wide black edges around it, which affects the aesthetics and sense of technology of the entire screen. However, the better point is that the entire center console is shifted to the driver's seat, creating a visual effect of the wrap-around cockpit and improving the user's convenience of operation.
From the perspective of intelligent hardware configuration in the car, if the new Toyota C-HR wants to keep up with the pace of domestic intelligence, at least in the screen quality, screen size, HUD, streaming media rearview mirrors and other hardware configurations to work hardware, the current performance for young people is indeed still lacking some attractiveness, compared with the 2018 just launched compared with not much change.
Second, the software part of the evaluation
The new Toyota C-HR car engine system and the current Corolla basically maintain the same level, providing QQ music, Himalaya, voice control and other functions, the overall view is not particularly rich, but basically covers the daily need to use the function. The operating logic of the car machine system is also relatively clear, using a modular layout, and the main functions can be quickly found in the secondary menu. There is also a column of shortcut keys on the left side of the screen, which can be directly clicked to enter navigation, QQ music, voice control and so on. The speed of entering the application process is still relatively fast, but the fluency still needs to be improved when sliding the screen left and right, and there is still a certain gap with the current mainstream car machine.
When the speech recognition system is more and more integrated into our car life, most consumers have basically developed the habit of being able to move their mouths and do as little as possible. The Toyota C-HR is also equipped with voice control, which can be operated by giving instructions to navigate, make calls, turn on air conditioning, and open sunroofs/windows. After the command is issued, it takes about 2 seconds for the car machine system to be able to react, the recognition accuracy rate is relatively good, and there are few recognition errors in the test drive process in these days.
The new C-HR is equipped with Toyota's self-developed navigation system, which can display real-time traffic information, traffic jam sections are marked in red, and the time and distance required for the trip are judged according to the traffic information. Vehicle satellite positioning is also relatively accurate, only in the basement and other scenes there is a chance of delay or can not locate the problem, other times basically can ensure the vehicle location and the location in the map synchronization. The navigation system does not provide too many functions, but it can also guarantee our daily use.
The new Toyota C-HR vehicle system also adds the Fengyun Enjoyment function, which is more conducive to consumers to understand and view vehicle information through mobile phones. After downloading the APP, the user binds the vehicle information, and the APP will display the vehicle's real-time mileage, remaining fuel, average fuel consumption, vehicle status and so on. And when you forget to bring the car key or forget to lock the car door when you go out, you can also lock/unlock the car door through the mobile phone APP, bringing consumers a more intelligent and convenient car experience.
The software part is scored 4 points, and the new Toyota C-HR has achieved 1.9 points, which also reflects the more obvious drawbacks of this car in the domestic market, that is, it is not particularly rich in function and intelligence, and only "enough" is not enough to meet the higher demand of the current generation of consumers for the car machine system. Moreover, in the speech recognition system and the vehicle-machine system, there is still room for improvement in fluency compared with the same level of models.
3. Auxiliary functions/advanced functions
Finally, in the accessibility and advanced functions, toyota C-HR scored 1.75 points and 1.2 points respectively. In terms of accessibility functions, the C-HR is only equipped with basic functions such as hill assist, automatic parking, cruise assist, and lane departure. In terms of advanced functions, it only scored on the full-speed domain adaptive cruise, side impact warning and emergency braking.
In the end, in terms of intelligent evaluation, the new Toyota C-HR achieved a score of 5.45 points, which was indeed a good performance when Toyota C-HR just entered the country in 2018, but due to the slower iterative update speed, coupled with the Japanese brand's "start" in intelligent driving, it also led to the Toyota C-HR compared with the same level of models is not dominant, and even fell behind a large margin.
Fourth, the digital score comparison
Finally, we also selected several more representative models in the previous test programs and compared them with the Toyota C-HR, namely Xuanyi e-POWER, which is also a Japanese brand; Lynk & Co 06, a self-owned brand model with a similar price; and the fourth-generation Highlander, which is trained in the same door but has been upgraded to the latest car and machine system;
Judging from the table, the first rank is the Lynk & Co 06, the second is the fourth generation Highlander, the third is the Xuanyi e-POWER, and the last in the ranking is today's protagonist, the new Toyota C-HR. In contrast, the fourth-generation Highlander has reached a level very close to our domestic brand Lynk & Co 06, while Xuanyi e-POWER has only scored 6 points. Therefore, among the three giants of japan, Toyota has been regarded as a brand with a relatively high level of intelligence. Then we also have reason to believe that when C-HR is updated to the latest car machine system, the overall intelligent performance will also be qualitatively improved, reaching the domestic mainstream level, then what we need to do now is to give it a little time.