In 2021, SAIC launched the first model of cooperation with Audi, that is, SAIC Audi A7L, which is positioned in the medium and large car market and was listed at the beginning of this year, the overall topic heat is not bad, is expected to break the blockade of FAW Audi A6L, BMW Brilliance 5 Series, Beijing Mercedes-Benz E-class, and rank among the top three sales in this market. In fact, SAIC Motor's action this year is not small, in addition to the listing of audi A7L, its SAIC Volkswagen also launched 2 new cars at once, one with frameless door design, one is a small Passat.
The first one: the new Volkswagen Lingdu L
Lingdu is a veteran of Volkswagen's layout in the compact car market, although today's monthly sales are stable at several thousand, but the car has also achieved monthly sales of nearly 20,000 units for many consecutive months, which is the "star car" in this market segment, and also makes great contributions to Volkswagen. Of course, in the monthly sales of Lingdu, compared with the peak period, the gap is indeed not small, coupled with the fact that the main consumption force of today's automobile market is changing, therefore, SAIC Volkswagen will choose to launch a new Lingdu L, which I think is also very reasonable.
At present, Lingdu L has made its debut in January this year, which is positioned as a "wide-body coupe", and after the design of the MQB EVO platform, it brings a younger and cooler appearance. Like the front part, the headlights, logos, and light strips in between can be directly lit, and the large size of the cover shows a large curvature and integrates with the oversized honeycomb grille to create an exaggerated visual impact.
The side of the body adopts a double waist line design, in which the high waist line is also slightly raised, creating a swooping design effect. Silver trim strips are set between the windows and the body, creating a visual blend, but when you open the doors, you'll find that the car is actually designed with frameless doors. The wheels with double color puzzles before and after are concavely carved with a "Y" shape design, which highlights the sports atmosphere and improves youthfulness.
The rear of the car is equipped with through-type tail lights, and if you look down, you can see the black lower guard plate, which is inlaid with a through-type silver decorative strip on the surface, and the decorative strip also surrounds the two exhaust decorative ports at both ends, retaining the sporty atmosphere of the rear of the car.
The central control screen and the inner door panels on both sides of the car are equipped with silver decorative panels and red decorative strips, which bring about a wrap-around cockpit design. The center console also adopts a folding angle design, which successfully brings a clear dividing line between the main and passenger seats. While this design does not allow co-pilot passengers to view the multimedia built into the center console at the best possible angle, it further expands the legroom in this section.
The second paragraph: the new Volkswagen Langyi
Langyi and Lingdu have the same positioning, also belong to the compact car, and are also the veterans of Volkswagen. The difference is that the current Langyi has a monthly sales of tens of thousands of vehicles, which is still the top sales volume in the compact car market. In addition, Langyi has launched a replacement model as early as a few years ago, so the new Langyi launched this time is actually a mid-term revamped version. However, the new car has not yet been officially unveiled, and friends who want to get started with the car still have to wait.
In terms of appearance, the new Langyi launched this time launched two different shapes of the grille, of which the ordinary version still uses a multi-banner middle grid grid, and the lower grille is also dominated by a black banner design, while the starry sky version of the middle net adopts a star-studded design, and the lower grille is also dominated by mesh shape.
Coming to the side, whether it is the normal version or the starry sky version, the surface layer adopts a multi-line design, and the high waist line runs from the front of the car to the taillights, improving the fluidity of this part. The difference is that the wheel hub of the ordinary version adopts a multi-spoke dense shape, and the high-end feeling is not inferior to the Passat, while the starry sky version adopts a willow leaf narrow shape, which adds a lot of youthfulness and can also improve recognition.
The gap between the rear of the car is not large, the slightly warped duckling tail is not absent, the inner narrow outer width of the taillights are placed on the lower edge of the two sides, the large size of the rear surround and the black guard plate, but also inlaid with a penetrating red light strip, coupled with the black guard plate surface inlaid through the silver decorative strip, all widen the visual width of the tail, indeed called the small "Passat".
In fact, not only is the exterior design similar to the Passat, but the interior part also has similarities, such as the surface of the new Langyi center console, which is also inlaid with wide-body silver decorative strips, and extends to the inner door panels on both sides, but compared with the decorative strips carried by the Passat, it is still much wider. In addition, the central control screen originally embedded in the center console is now suspended on the center console, does this mean that the size of the screen has increased?
Summary: Lingdu and Langyi are saicue Volkswagen's ace models, both have made great achievements, among them, although Langyi is not a new replacement model, but the change in product strength is not small, and the appearance design is in line with the theme of the current market rejuvenation, therefore, after the listing of these two cars, it is estimated to attract the attention of a large wave of young people. However, Volkswagen's sales in recent years have indeed declined to varying degrees, the reason for the sudden launch of 2 new cars, I am afraid that it is also to save the lost market, do you think Volkswagen can return to the original grand situation?