Sales exceed CR-V, in addition to large space + strong power, what advantages does Volkswagen Tuyue have?
In China, since the compact SUV market has been fully opened, compact SUVs have won market share that competes with compact cars by virtue of ample space and good passability. In the face of the broad prospects of the domestic compact SUV market, independent car brands have taken the lead in making efforts, emerging hot SUV models such as Haval H6, Geely Boyue, Changan CS75, etc. The above-mentioned domestic SUV is not only powerful enough, but also has a better functional configuration than the joint venture competitor SUV, which poses a great market threat to the joint venture brand. Based on this environment, Volkswagen Tuyue came into being, the same as the main "cost-effective" product advantages, and in January last year achieved considerable market results, sales of 18927 vehicles, surpassing the Honda CR-V, ranking after the Haval H6, Nissan Qashqai. So, in the increasingly competitive SUV market environment, in addition to the large space and strong power, what advantages does Volkswagen Tuyue have compared to domestic SUVs?
In terms of appearance design, Volkswagen Tuyue is more like a "shy" public style, full and thick chrome trim strips and rectangular LED headlights on both sides through the connection, with the tough front shape, the german flavor is rich, like a miniature version of "Tuang", the visual atmosphere is in place. The side part, limited by the shorter body design, the visual oppression created by the use of flat lines on the front face is gone, but through the raised arch design and the five-frame two-color rim, a certain sense of strength can still be felt. In the rear part, in order to highlight the youth and personality, the car adopts a concave tailgate design, coupled with the rear detailed LED taillights and bilateral double hidden exhaust layout, supplemented by a large area of silver base plate decoration, it looks quite stylish.
In terms of interior, Volkswagen Tuyue also adheres to the design concept of "youthfulness", the center console adopts a large area of coffee color highlighter plate coating, but also uses piano paint and leather sewing technology, and there is a touch air conditioning panel design under the central control screen, the visual effect is clean and generous, in line with the interior aesthetics of most consumers. In terms of configuration, in addition to low-end models, they are equipped with 9.2-inch central control screens, and support GPS navigation, mobile phone interconnection mapping, voice recognition, Internet of Vehicles and other functions. In addition, the car is equipped with LED headlights, monochrome atmosphere lights, in-car air conditioning/pollen filtration, keyless start, rear parking radar, tire pressure alarm and other functions as standard, and the functional configuration is quite rich and practical.
In terms of space, although the body length of Volkswagen Tuyue is only 4453mm, the wheelbase has reached 2680mm, from the perspective of wheelbase size, it has been in line with the product positioning of compact SUVs, but compared with the domestic competitor SUVs with a body length of more than 4600mm, the body length of Volkswagen Tuyue has a large constraint on space and a relatively general loading capacity. In addition, according to the actual measurements, the back row space of Tuyue is very large, especially the longitudinal leg space. However, the rear platform of the car is very high, and the rear seat cushion is short, which cannot provide effective leg support, which is the lack of Tuyue in terms of riding comfort and needs to be continued to improve.
In terms of core power, Volkswagen Tuyue continues to carry Volkswagen's "golden power" combination 1.4T+7DCT, of which the 1.4T engine is not unfamiliar to us, and it is equipped with many of Volkswagen's products, the maximum power of the engine is 150 horsepower, matching the Volkswagen 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission, after years of market verification, this set of powertrains, although the launch time is longer, but the power matching is indeed more brilliant. After actual measurement, it can be seen that the zero hundred acceleration performance of the Volkswagen Tuyue two-wheel drive version is 9.05 seconds, which is better than the domestic competitor SUV of the same level, and because the curb weight is larger, and the body wind resistance coefficient is larger, it is slightly slower than the car equipped with the same power configuration, which is also understandable and can meet the needs of most consumers for power.
epilogue
Overall, in addition to the large space and strong power, Volkswagen Tuyue also meets the expectations of some consumers in terms of product design, configuration materials, and product prices. Although the internal and external design is decent, a standard "Volkswagen" appearance, but will not be associated with "cheap", however, in the face of the domestic competitive SUV with continuous product strength, Volkswagen Tuyue is somewhat incompetent, from the current SUV sales list can be glimpsed in the end, Haval H6, Changan CS75 PLUS, CS55 PLUS three domestic SUV representative works will be a number of joint venture compact SUVs pulled off the horse, it can be seen that compared to the traditional car buying thinking, young people are more inclined to break the "tradition".