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If you want to choose the most talked about car in 2021, there must be a Xena in the Top3. After the auto show was exhibited, although it did not dare to say that it was an empty alley, it was also a bit of a feeling of being eager and expensive in Luoyang. At the beginning of the year, Sai Na officially began to deliver in China, from the perspective of the number of bookings in the first few months, it did not achieve an expected effect, many places are rumored that Sai Na is about to land on the ground at an affordable price, when the market tends to be rational, we also go to experience this car to see if it has advantages worth consumers to increase the price.
【Appearance details】
There are several eye-catching elements on the front face of Xena, the electroplated strips on the side of the headlights form a classic Toyota horn shape, and the highlight surface effect is made around the Logo, making the entire bull head look very domineering. If you choose a white body color, it may be slightly worse to look at, because the silver and white colors of the electroplated parts are too close. The paint on the surface of the net also adds pearlescent powder, which is full of texture when you look at the golden sparkle up close.
The most designed of the tail of the Xena is this taillight, which is designed with a black decorative panel that slopes downward to extend the shape, forming a large Y shape, which also matches the lines of the rear of the body. The area of the D-pillar is large enough to be oblique enough to affect the view of the third row of windows a little bit. The upturned line of the side door is also more designed than the old model, does it look very similar to highlander?
In addition to the standard double-sided sliding door, the top of the Xena series can also achieve kick induction, which is stronger than the Odyssey, GL8 and Kustur, because the low-end configuration of these cars is only double-sided manual or one-sided electric mode. In addition, Xena can also realize an electric tailgate in addition to the minimum configuration.
【Interior details】
The Xena dashboard has smooth lines, practical simplicity, and no excessive drag of mud and water. From the side, there is no complex structure and sharp bulges.
Only the middle one on the entire dashboard is covered in leather with real stitching, and the rest are hard plastic, with a Highlander-like storage box hidden inside.
The rest of the dashboard and door panels are basically hard plastic, but the style of its surface texture is well designed, which can play a role in fake real, making people think that it is a soft material from a distance.
The speaker cover on the dashboard has a distinct shadow in the center, which is also the most difficult place to control this dense mesh part, mainly caused by the depth of the mesh and the curvature of the opening, as well as the size of the rib structure behind it, which is a test of mold design and processing technology.
The weakening line in the airbag area is very eye-catching.
Only the highest version of the Xena will use a 12.3-inch full LCD dashboard, and the rest are poorly small 4.2-inch interfaces with mechanical hands. Although this is stronger than the Odyssey, which only has a standard 7-inch instrument in the whole series, it is much worse than the Jiahua that is equipped with a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument standard in the whole series.
Xena's low-to-mid-range only uses an 8-inch display, and the style is slightly old-fashioned, and only the high-end will increase to 12.3 inches. In contrast, the Odyssey is standard 10.1 inches, The Jawa standard is 12.3 inches, the GL8 is low with 10 inches, the high is 12.3 inches, and the middle match will add a 12-inch combination.
Despite the use of a multi-function display, many physical buttons are retained and can be adjusted by flicking up and down.
The shift lever of Xena is better than the regular gear handlebars of the Highlander and Rongfang Toyota models, and somewhat borrows the idea of the cockpit gear of the aircraft.
Xena's sub-instrument panel is designed to be a popular skeleton structure, and the geometric line arrangement of the surface is also very neat.
The layout of the handrail box is different from the conventional model, the cover plate of the armrest box is designed very low, flush with the cover plate of the auxiliary dashboard, and the opening and closing is achieved by sliding on one side, and the surface is not covered with a large area of soft material, but a very narrow soft material armrest is added on both sides of the armrest box, which is convenient for the driving side and the crew side to rely on the elbow, but the height cannot be adjusted. This design saves on the material of the coating. Two charging interfaces are also placed in a conspicuous position at the rear of the handrail, and in order to make this piece look less obtrusive and monotonous, the English of Xena is printed next to it to decorate it.
In addition to the two cup holders itself, there are two hidden cup holders on the Xena's sub-dashboard, which are obscured by the flip of this lid. The entire car is decorated with this color similar to metallic copper, which looks like a wooden trim panel, but is actually just the effect of spray paint.
There is a lot of storage space in the skeleton structure, and the bottom plate can also be taken out, but the surface is not very scratch-resistant, and there are also partitioned storage compartments on the bottom plate. The front row mobile phone wireless charging function can only be used with the highest match, although it is stronger than the FRONT ROW of the GL8 and The Whole Jawa series, but it is worse than the Odyssey in addition to the low-end full-band wireless charging.
The Xena driver's side seat does not provide a waist rest except for the Platinum version, which is stronger than the Odyssey but not as good as the GL8 - the Odyssey series does not have a waist support, and the GL8 has many configurations with a waist rest. As an MPV, whether it is domestic or commercial, there are many opportunities to run long distances, 300,000 cars in the driver's seat without a waist rest, or a little unfriendly to the driver.
The floor of Xena is designed to be relatively high, and when riding a car at a height of 172cm, it is difficult to touch the ground directly from the seat.
In addition to the lowest match, the seats are all assembled with imitation leather and leather, and the foam of the cushions is relatively soft, but the skin of the protective surface is not as soft as that of the Odyssey. There are fewer slits on the cushion, and it is bulging up before it is sitting, and it is not very close to the cushion.
The floor of the Xena into the second row is also relatively high, so it designs the grip on the B-pillar to be longer and lower, with a clear extension downwards, which is convenient for children to grasp when getting on and off the car.
The second row of seats in Xena has a relatively simple function, even if it is high-ended, it only has a leg rest and an electric adjustment function, and it cannot move left and right like the Odyssey, nor does it have a shoulder adjustment, nor can it be adjusted like the GL8 with a waist, nor can it be adjusted like Kustu. But it is still a little stronger than all the configurations of The Joyce without electric adjustment.
Compared with the Odyssey, the second row of seats in the Xena has no error-proofing device, and can be pulled to the end in one breath and let people lie flat.
Because the width of the Sai Na body is relatively wide, the gap between the second row of seats is very wide, larger than 20 cm, which is very conducive to entering and exiting the third row, which is stronger than the Odyssey.
There is a small table board between the two rows of seats that can be folded, but the height is relatively low, and the surface material is only ordinary plastic, which is more than one grade worse than the decorative board of the Odyssey. Although there are already two cup holders in front of the second row of seats, there are still four places for cups on this table. When the table is folded, there is also a slot on the side where items are placed.
The armrests of the second row of the Sai Na are relatively short, making it easy to get in and out of the seat even if you don't put it away.
The display screens of the two rows of adjusted air conditioners are smaller than those of the Odyssey, and the appearance is slightly old-fashioned. If it is the top of the line, there will also be an LCD TV that can be folded.
The reading light on the ceiling can be rolled to adjust the angle.
Compared with gl8 and odyssey, Xena has more rear sunshades, but due to the special-shaped design of the rear windows, the effective shading area is not large. Compared to the Cuztu hook facing the outside of the car, the Sai Na is designed to face inward, which is more convenient to use, but the quality is not as good as the Khustu in terms of fabric material and corner cutting.
When the second row of seats was adjusted to its normal position, the knee space in the third row was only a punch away, much smaller than the Odyssey, which was mainly due to the size of the length direction giving way to the storage space in the trunk, so a part of the third row of space was sacrificed.
The third row of the floor of Xena has a slight rise over the first two rows, the roof is a nearly flat shape, and there is no obvious design of stealing space, when the rear seat angle is adjusted more vertically, the head space is not large, if you want to improve the head space, you must adjust the three rows of seat backrest angles to a little more backwards, but that will affect the storage space of the trunk.
The third row of cushions and the side backrests are not full-size, obviously missing a corner, the width of the seat cushion itself is not enough, the rear space is not large enough, the floor is slightly cushioned, the seat height is not raised, and it is not too comfortable to ride.
The headrests in the third row are not designed to be regularly adjusted up and down, but flip back and forth.
The third row of pull straps for the angle adjustment of the backrest is placed on the front of the seat, and the adjustment can be pulled directly without turning the head.
The third row of side windows is affected by the D-pillar, the trapezoidal bevel is more oblique, and the field of view is not as wide as the Odyssey.
A spare tire is hidden under the black side cover in the far leftmost position of the third row of seats, using space to the limit.
Xena must be the world's largest number of MPV with cup holders, three for each front door, one for each back door, six for each secondary dashboard, four on the second row of small tables, and three in the third row, so that each position can be rain and dew after the rain and dew are still redundant.
Two Type C interfaces are also arranged on the right side of the seats in the third row. If it is the top match, there is also a headphone jack here.
As an MPV second only to GL8 in length, Xena has an advantage over the space of the trunk - the sunken space of Odyssey here is forced to extend a section of the rear seat, and part of the upward space is limited by the seat, and Xena is completely unaffected by the seat here, and the space can be fully displayed, so the storage space is more advantageous.
The seat of the xena needs to be spread out, it is directly pulled back, and then the backrest can be folded, which is simpler than the way of the Odyssey, and the odyssey also needs to reverse the bottom of the seat.
Like gl8 and odyssey, only the high-end has a large sectional sunroof, and the low-end is a small sunroof, which is not as good as the standard segmented sunroof.
The door panels of Xena are all transverse elements, in addition to the three places where the cups are placed on the bottom side of the bottom side, there is also a separate storage box on the lower side of the armrest, but the edge of the storage box is not too thick, and it is easy to deform it with one force.
At the overlap of the dashboard and the door panel, the lines are very artistically connected, and the view of the triangle window is also relatively wide.
Taken together, the exterior design of Xena is better than the old model, and it is more in line with the aesthetic trend than the GL8, but it still follows Toyota's consistent cost-saving approach in terms of specific materials and details. In terms of space size, the race is large enough, especially the second row of seats, the trunk space and the storage space of the whole car are in line with the positioning of the MPV, but the design of the third row of seats does not make good use of such a large space, and the comfort cannot catch up with the Odyssey.
In terms of configuration, except for the top platinum version, the rest of the configuration is not too high, if used as a business reception is not as good as the GL8 and Odyssey's same configuration has a card face. In terms of dynamics, the fourth-generation THS II hybrid technology will add some points, but not to the extent that consumers can accept the price increase.
Finally, according to the A (excellent), B (excellent), C (average), D (poor) grades to score it -
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