Speaking of the A-class sedan of about 150,000 yuan, it is estimated that many people can think of the Honda Civic, with a wealth of configurations, good power in the market to win excellent sales, but also laid its benchmark position in the sports compact car. However, in this field, Civic will usher in a competitive model, that is, the upcoming Changan UNI-V. The car is sporty in appearance and price, and its top model can be bought at the price of the Civic entry-level version. So, with a budget of around 150,000, how should we choose Changan UNI-V and Honda Civic? Let's analyze it next.
UNI-V with more electric tails, more athletic than the Civic?
If you want to choose a sports car, the appearance of Changan UNI-V will inevitably make you feel bright. The boundless air grille shape and the narrow headlights on both sides, coupled with the overall coupe-style shape, can be said to integrate the two words of sports into all aspects of the design, in addition, the most reflective UNI-V sense of movement, on the rear of the electric lifting tail, quite recognizable. The sense of sportiness in the appearance of the Civic is not as strong and straightforward as UNI-V, giving people the feeling of being more like a family car, although there are also small tail fin designs, but compared to UNI-V, it is still slightly lacking in the creation of a sense of sport.
Walking into the car of Changan UNI-V, you can also feel the atmosphere of youth and sports, and the various devices with different shapes in the car are enough to express its pursuit of personalization, and the up and down flush steering wheel, the alternating instrument panel and the central control screen, the aircraft gear shape, etc. all show the distinctive characteristics of UNI-V. In comparison, civic's interior style is more traditional, although it can be seen to make changes to meet the times, such as the addition of elements such as the suspension of the central control screen and the through-type air conditioning outlet, but it still does not jump out of the family design style.
Can you exchange a low-end Civic for the UNI-V top?
Judging from the price announced by Changan UNI-V this time, it is enough to reflect the full sincerity of domestic cars, and the price of the top model of more than 130,000 yuan is put on the side of the Civic, but it is only enough to buy a 1.5T low-power entry-level model. In addition, Changan Automobile has always had a good reputation in terms of cost performance, and we can also feel this advantage on the configuration list of UNI-V, compared with the joint venture Civic, and even reach the degree of "complete victory".
First of all, in terms of safety configuration, the two cars are very good in the active and passive safety configuration, basically have active braking, uphill assist and other functions, but compared to the Civic's extra knee airbags, passive pedestrian protection, etc., the tire pressure display on the UNI-V, front and rear parking radar and 360-degree panoramic images and other functions seem to be more practical in daily driving.
In addition, in terms of scientific and technological level, Civic's weakness is more obvious. In addition to meeting the basic speech recognition control, Internet of Vehicles and other functions, UNI-V also introduced facial recognition, gesture control and other popular scientific and technological functions, in addition, UNI-V equipped with a remote intelligent parking system, but also through the mobile phone to control the automatic parking of vehicles, which is undoubtedly more friendly to novices, and these functions are lacking in the Civic. In addition, in the intelligent driver assistance system, UNI-V has also made the functions of lane departure warning, active braking and adaptive cruise standard in the whole series, but if you want to experience these functions on the Civic, you will have to come up with at least nearly 10,000 more budgets.
Similarly, UNI-V also gives a rich enough configuration to ensure the comfort of driving. The UNI-V has quite a personalized sports seat, which can highlight the sporty positioning of the whole vehicle more than the Civic, but the comfort of sitting up is not much different. However, the UNI-V top also adds driver's seat heating/ventilation, and the front seats also support electric adjustment, which is not seen in the Civic. In general, as a car of more than 100,000 people, UNI-V has brought many surprises in the configuration, and the practicality of the tire pressure display, seat ventilation/heating and remote control parking with its own characteristics is also very good, and it has more advantages than the Civic in terms of safety, technology and comfort, and the price has also brought full sincerity.
The wheelbase is more than 2.7 meters, and the UNI-V 1.5T is 1.5T faster than accelerating?
As for the body size, the UNI-V has a length, width and height of 4680/1838/1430mm and a wheelbase of 2750mm, while the Civic has a length, width and height of 4674/1802/1415mm and a wheelbase of 2735mm. The gap is not particularly obvious, but they are all at the same level of excellence in terms of length and width, and the UNI-V also uses a rare hatchback structure, which can bring more flexible storage space, basically without worrying about the ride and storage space.
Since they are all based on sports as the main label, these two cars naturally have to make a lot of effort in terms of power performance. Changan UNI-V is equipped with a 1.5T engine, the maximum horsepower can reach 188Ps, the maximum torque is 300N·m, the gearbox matches the 7-speed wet dual clutch, this set of power combinations can be seen in many models under Changan, zero hundred acceleration time is only 7.3 seconds, power and fuel consumption performance belong to the excellent level of the same level of models. Relatively speaking, the 1.5T Civic also belongs to the first echelon of the A-class car in terms of performance, but even the Civic's 1.5T high-power version has a horsepower output of up to 182Ps that is slightly inferior to the UNI-V, and the maximum torque is only 240N·m, matching the CVT gearbox, and the zero hundred acceleration time is 8.43 seconds. From these book data, UNI-V seems to have a slight advantage in terms of power output and acceleration.
In addition to the need for good driving fun in terms of power, on the other hand, as a family car, it is also necessary to ensure fuel economy as much as possible. In terms of fuel consumption, the two cars need to add No. 92 gasoline, which to a certain extent reduces the fuel cost of the later car. In addition, the comprehensive fuel consumption of UNI-V's WLTC is 6.2L/100km, while the Civic has a maximum fuel consumption of 5.9L per 100 kilometers under the NEDC standard, considering the fuel consumption tested under different conditions, it is expected that the actual fuel consumption gap between them will not be too large.
Write at the end
After exploring the SUV market, Changan Automobile has targeted the UNI series to the popular sports car field and launched UNI-V models in its early 100,000s. In the face of the popular sports car Honda Civic that already exists on the market, UNI-V not only runs through the young sports more thoroughly, but also makes sufficient efforts in the fields of technology, personality, and power that young consumers care about. In contrast, the Civic seems to have lost the label of the previous movement and embarked on the road of home, but many years of user reputation and brand advantages have also made it have a good market competitiveness, and whether UNI-V can get a piece of the pie in the future also needs to be tested by consumers after listing.