The calm luxury medium and large sedan market has become delicate again with the arrival of spoiler SAIC Audi A7L. As saicid's first fist product of Audi, audi A7L has made many optimizations and adjustments on the basis of A7, making it more youthful and trendy in product performance, and will inevitably win a certain market share from the mouths of predecessors in the future. Today we will briefly understand whether the Audi A7L should be tasted when it meets the veteran Mercedes-Benz CLS.
First of all, in terms of price, the official guidance price of SAIC Audi A7L is 459,700-777,700 yuan, providing 2.0T and 3.0T two powered 11 models. Although the official guidance price of the 2022 Mercedes-Benz CLS is 576,800-78.38 million yuan, it has a small 70,000 yuan discount in terminal sales, providing 2.0T low, medium and high power 4 models. After localization, the A7L is obviously more comprehensive in terms of product segmentation, power diversification and price reduction, and the audience covered by its models will be relatively higher. However, Mercedes-Benz CLS has a unique attraction to some consumers due to the halo blessing of import status.
These two cars in the appearance of the pursuit of elegance and atmosphere, but A7L limited so SAIC Audi's first model, in the design need to take into account too many elements, but also make A7L in the styling design more biased towards the commercial, although the body after the lengthening of the butt attracted a lot of "original" powder criticism, but thanks to the designer's skillful hand, this design not only did not destroy the sense of unity of the whole vehicle, but also added a sense of elegance.
In contrast, the big Mercedes-Benz family in the pursuit of self-worth, there is no need to have too much concern, the family-style front face design with the iconic three-pronged star emblem, full of aura, and the back of the tail also adds a bit of uniqueness to it, this more personalized design, and A7L's business atmosphere to form a significant difference.
In terms of body size, the Audi A7L is 5076/1908/1429mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase is 3026mm. Mercedes-Benz CLS is 4996/1890/1432mm in length, width and height, and wheelbase is 2939mm. Although the former has more advantages in size, in the actual riding experience, the space difference between the two is not too large, and the impact on ride comfort is almost negligible.
The interior of the Audi A7L still continues the same design concept as the imported version of the A7, simple and full of business sense. The center console does not have too much chrome decoration, and the touch LCD screen with a stepped layout brings a good sense of technology, but in my opinion, the Audi A7L's 8.6-inch air conditioning function screen is not as convenient as the traditional CLS button adjustment in operation. The interior of mercedes-Benz CLS focuses on luxury and sportiness. The suspension dual screen design is combined with the iconic circular air conditioning outlet, which gives a new interpretation of its luxury and aura.
The configuration will not be too much comparison, Audi A7L after the domestic production of the sincerity in the configuration can be described as full, this imported Mercedes-Benz CLS is beyond reach. It is no exaggeration to say that even if the low-end model of the A7L and the mid-to-high-end model of cls compete on the same stage, the former also has the strength to fight.
In terms of power, the Audi A7L offers two powertrains, 2.0T and 3.0T+48 hybrid, of which the 2.0T engine has a maximum output of 245 horsepower, while the 3.0T engine has a maximum output of 340 horsepower, and the transmission system matches a 7-blocking dual clutch. The Mercedes-Benz CLS is equipped with a 2.0T engine, which is divided into three power versions: low (197 hp) medium (258 hp) high (top model, 299 hp + 48 light mix), and matches the 9AT gearbox. In fact, from the 3.0T engine and the 48 light mix alone, the Audi A7L is more sincere and attractive than the Mercedes-Benz CLS, but because of its main business style, it is not as sporty as clS in driving control.
Market competitiveness and brand aura is not enough, then use sincerity to make up, Audi A7L is well versed in this, not only in the price of the correct attitude, in the configuration and power of the sincere. However, due to the title of "domestic special supply" on the head, there is still a significant gap between the grade and the imported CLS. So if the pursuit of cost performance, the identity premium brought by imported models is not too cold, Audi A7L is still worth trying.
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