In recent times, the topic that everyone pays the most attention to is definitely the Winter Olympic Games, and I believe that everyone is happy to see our Olympic athletes win glory for the country. In fact, in addition to the good results achieved in the Winter Olympics, the products made in China in recent years have gradually been recognized by the people, whether it is Huawei and Xiaomi in mobile phone brands, or ANTA and Hongxing Erke in sports brands, or Geely, Changan and Haval in automobile brands, which are the focus of people's purchase.
Take myself for example, at the end of last year I bought my first car in my life, which was a Changan Auchan X7 PLUS, and I bought the 2022 1.5T Blue Whale Automatic Zhizun type, which belongs to the high-end version of the whole series, and the total number of 130,000 is down. In fact, at that time, many people around me advised me not to buy domestic cars, thinking that the joint venture car is more valuable, but after I opened my friend's Honda XR-V, I found that my own Auchan X7 PLUS is more comfortable, let's talk about some of the feelings these two cars give me.
First talk about the friend's XR-V bar, he bought a 1.5T comfort version, landed nearly 150,000, this car gives me the feeling that the advantages and disadvantages are more obvious, the advantages are mainly that the space is large enough, don't look at XR-V is a small SUV, the wheelbase is only 2610mm, but Honda does do a very good job in terms of space utilization, the rear row is very spacious, the trunk is also large enough, and the other 1.5T + CVT power combination is both light and smooth, and the fuel consumption is very low, friends have been driving for more than a year, The actual comprehensive fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is only more than 7L, which is more fuel-efficient than many cars.
But the disadvantages of XR-V are also very obvious, first of all, the sound insulation is too poor, maybe this is also a common problem of Honda, as long as the car is opened, tire noise, wind noise and engine noise will follow, can only open the music to cover up, followed by the configuration and materials are not good, most of the car is hard plastic and fabric, no sense of premium, and only give some very basic configuration, even reversing radar, keyless start, headlights are also halogen, and then there is this car chassis is very hard, When passing the speed bump, the bumps in the car are more obvious.
Let's talk about my Changan Auchan X7 PLUS, compared with my friend's XR-V, my car has a very obvious advantage in size and level, the length, width and height of this car are 4730/1870/1720mm, the wheelbase reaches 2786mm, although the positioning of the compact SUV, but actually close to the level of the medium SUV, so the interior space is very spacious, I myself am 1 meter 74 tall, adjust the front driver's seat to the appropriate sitting posture, The distance to the legs in the back row is close to three fists, and the middle floor is very flat, and the trunk is wide and deep, which is particularly practical for loading things.
Regarding the appearance, now the domestic brand has its own design language, Auchan X7 PLUS also adopts a family design, the big mouth in the net with sharp headlights, the fog lights on both sides are like fangs, the entire front face looks very offensive, the silhouette of the body side is thick and thick, the rim is 19 inches, the visual proportion is also very atmospheric, the rear of the car uses the current popular through-type taillight design, the bottom with bilateral exhaust ports, although these two exhaust ports only play a decorative role, But for the whole car, the sense of sportiness is still greatly improved.
As for the interior, the interior texture of Changan Auchan X7 PLUS is also much better than that of friends' XR-V, the materials used in the car are mainly soft plastic materials, the areas often touched by daily elbows are soft bags, and the stitch treatment is also extremely meticulous. My car uses a 7-inch LCD dashboard with a 12.3-inch LCD touch screen, there are not many physical buttons retained in the car, most of the functions can be completed through the screen, and there are exquisite electronic gears, a sense of grade and technology for this price point of the car has done very well.
As for the configuration, this aspect has always been the strength of domestic cars, my car than the friend's XR-V has a lot of functions, like lane departure warning, active braking, front and rear radar, 360-degree panoramic image, full speed adaptive cruise, keyless start/entry, remote start, leather steering wheel, built-in driving recorder, imitation leather seats, seat heating ventilation, LED headlights, automatic headlights, rearview mirror heating and rear seat air outlet, usually very practical to use, in addition to the front row also uses multiple layers of soundproof glass, The overall sound insulation effect of the car is much better than that of the XR-V.
In terms of power, my car is equipped with a Changan 1.5T Blue Whale series engine, the maximum power is 188 horsepower, the maximum torque is 300 Nm, the performance is not lost at all to the Honda Earth Dream, the gearbox uses a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, the gear change is fast, and there is no obvious setback when driving at low speed, as for the chassis front and rear wheels are independent suspension, and XR-V uses non-independent suspension, so the chassis comfort is also better for my car. As for fuel consumption, I have been driving for more than two months, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of the table is 7.6L/100 kilometers, and it does not cost fuel.
The above is some of my actual feelings about these two cars, to be honest, I am used to driving Changan Auchan X7 PLUS and then driving a friend's Honda XR-V, I feel that the gap is still quite large, Honda's brand influence is large, the quality reputation is better, the retention rate is also higher, but the actual drive is not so comfortable, on the contrary, my own car, regardless of space, materials, configuration, power are better, so I think it is not so wise to buy a car now to blindly pursue the brand or retention rate, after all, the car is opened for yourself, Usually open comfortable is the most important, I don't know if you agree with my view?