Since domestic brands embarked on the road to high-end, their models in the mid-size SUV market have gradually increased, but whether it is a new domestic mid-size SUV entering the market, or many old joint venture mid-size SUV models, it is difficult to shake the status of Highlander, therefore, most medium-sized SUVs choose to take the price differentiation route, not with highlander. Of course, there is no shortage of models that choose to confront Highlander, such as Ford Ruijie, Nissan Loulan, and Honda Guandao, which we want to talk about today, all of which have joint venture brands as endorsements, and the top price is more than 300,000 yuan.
The main reason why it will be in highlander's many competitors, the choice of guandao as the protagonist of this article, the main reason is that Honda's sales in China now, but also directly behind Highland Toyota, plus guandao also has good qualifications, is Highlander can not underestimate the opponent. In fact, in 2016, the crown road that entered the mid-size SUV market, since entering the market, monthly sales have stabilized at several thousand, although it has not surpassed highlander, but it has also become the leader in the same category with a price of more than 300,000 yuan, completely unsure of selling, nor living up to Honda's high hopes. So, let's take a look at the product strength of Guandao together.
In the sale of Guandao in March 2020 listed, so far almost 2 years, then everyone is not unfamiliar with the design of the car, therefore, let's directly look at the hardcore product force part. For example, in terms of size, the car has 4858/1942/1675 (1670) mm three circumference, as well as 2820mm wheelbase, compared to the 4965/1930/1750mm three-circumference, 2850mm wheelbase of the new Highlander, you can find that the crown road in the length, wheelbase part, are not dominant, but fortunately the gap between the two wheelbase is not large, plus the crown road to Honda's "double M space concept" blessing, so that the actual space of the car is not bad.
In terms of actual riding space, when a man with a height of 182cm sits in the main driver's seat, after adjusting the appropriate driving posture, the head can have the remaining space of 1 punch and 2 fingers; the front row is not moving, sitting in the rear row, hindering the roof of the sneak-back design, so that the rear row only has 4 fingers of head remaining space, compared with the performance of the front row is slightly insufficient, but in the same level of models is still considered to be a large space; and the leg part has the actual remaining space of more than 2 punches. Such leg performance in the entire mid-size SUV market is a car with a lot of rear space, after all, the Highlander, known as a large space, the second row of space is not as spacious as the crown road.
In terms of loading space, the loading space of the car is divided into two parts: the cockpit and the trunk, of which the cockpit can store items: front \ rear door panel, under the center console, glove box, central armrest, etc., this part mainly accommodates some trivial items, such as water cups, chargers, handbags and so on. Different from the small storage space in the cockpit, the trunk is the main load of the car, in the conventional situation, the car with a 501L volume of the trunk, it can easily accommodate a number of size over 20-inch luggage, if you need to load large items, you can also put the rear seat down, after the fall can form a new loading space with the trunk, bringing good practicality.
As for the power, Guandao is equipped with two engines, 1.5T and 2.0T, respectively, matching the CVT transmission and the 9AT gearbox, respectively, with a maximum power of 193 horsepower and 272 horsepower, of which the model equipped with high power also has 7.41 seconds of 100 km measured speed and 39.24 meters of 100 km measured braking. Thanks to this performance, the heavy body will not affect the driving experience, when the vehicle just started to lightly step on the accelerator, the car can react immediately; and when speeding up, the gearbox upshift and the engine cooperation is also very smooth; if it is adjusted to the sport mode, and accelerate in this mode, you can clearly feel the agitation of the car, which brings a good driving experience.
Summary: The leg space owned by Guandao can indeed become a major selling point of the car, and the diversity of power can bring a variety of choices to car buyers with different needs, not only that, the double-colored body and the back-up style, so that it has not been changed for nearly 2 years, it is still in the mainstream car circle of fashion, in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese. In addition, with the entry of the new generation of Highlander into the market, with the budget of the new Highlander version of the model, you can start with the two-wheel drive crown road with 2.0T in the middle and high, and the version of the crown road, whether in terms of configuration or power, is stronger than the Highlander version of the model, so instead of raising the Price Taguda, it is better to look at the crown road.