Text | Du Debiao
On January 20, a new member of the Carola family was added, Carola Rebbe. This is the latest move of this global top selling single, the market may think that this is a "son by father" story, but there is also suspense, when the SUV market appears another "Corolla" attribute of the product, is it worth the compact SUV market potential customers pay?
From the TNGA architecture, it is almost certain that this car will inherit the technical essence of the current Toyota, but belonging to the Corolla name will some memories that are not far away, and the family attributes of the Corolla that are still talked about today.
Reliable, but not just reliable
"Resistant" is Corolla's golden signboard.
Once chatted with a Car owner in Xinjiang, under the test of traveling hundreds of kilometers at every turn, what car is more reliable? Answer, "Corolla", not only low fuel consumption, from time to time there is no mobile phone signal in the "quasi-no man's land" section, a Corolla can give people the most sense of security.
But this sense of security does not only come from quality stability, but also from the safety factor. Two traditions make up the basic genome of the "Corolla family", such as Last year, Corolla scored a high score in the China Insurance Research Institute.
Under different environments and needs, such underlying genes can change into different forms, such as the "preventive safety" advocated by the current market.
The Corolla Remos comes standard with the "Toyota Safety Sense", the Toyota Collision Avoidance Assist. As the name suggests, it can basically be judged to cover: active braking (PCS collision prevention), driver assistance (DRCC dynamic radar cruise control) and lane keeping (LTA lane following) and so on.
The flaunting configuration itself is not the original intention, and the real attention is the standard of equal treatment of all models, which is definitely a sense of security and honor.
In addition, even the "adaptive far and near light" (AHB automatic adjustment of the high beam system) is also standard in the whole series, which is also the familiar Corolla family gene.
As the world's best single model sales crown, Corolla's secret lies in "close to the people", which is a "no pick" product series, and the people come from "price", "positioning" and strong basic attributes such as durability, driving inclusiveness, etc., and now this kind of people-friendly performance is reflected in the safety factor of "sharp release", which can be transformed into language that "safety and no preciousness", I believe that it is not only a gospel for users, but also worth weighing by friends in the industry.
Power technology is a glorious tradition
The history of the Corolla's internal combustion engine can be told for a day.
However, whether it is the 8th and 9th generation products that take the lead in adopting the intake and exhaust dual VVT technology, all-aluminum materials, or to the 11th generation model began to enter the hybrid technology, to the later plug-in mix, "energy saving" is always the main line of change.
Corolla Reifang certainly follows this fine tradition.
Although as an SUV, its energy consumption per 100 kilometers is only 5.9L, and in the more demanding WLC new standard test, the fuel consumption performance is only 6.18L.
Excellent energy consumption comes from internal combustion engine technology, such as hybrid injection, manifold + direct injection in cylinder, and electronically controlled valve timing (valve stacking) and, of course, a high compression ratio of 13:1 that is difficult to ignore.
Among the 120,000-level SUVs, it seems that it is difficult to find an engine with this technical content. Even putting aside fuel consumption data and simply appreciating these technologies, although a little metaphysical, there must be capital to show off in professional circles.
Corolla's contribution is that, at the technical level, the energy-saving tradition and power technology that the Corolla family values have been brought into the compact SUV area, not only is the attitude still close to the people - a relatively ordinary price can be started, but also improves the average of the industry's power technology level.
Of course, with the blessing of the TNGA architecture, the previous vehicle tuning that was committed to accommodating most of the driver's characteristics has also undergone a certain transformation, and the Corolla Ruifang inherits the low center of gravity feature emphasized by TNGA, while matching the adjusted geometric front overhang, as well as the newly developed rear overhang, including the use of high durability rubber bushings, not only has easy to control properties - such as a minimum turning radius of only 5.2 meters, but also still has the comfort genes of the Corolla family.
The details are still unclear
In an era when leather was not yet widespread, how did the previous Corolla make the A-Class a delicate feeling? The answer is craftsmanship.
For example, in order to solve the problem of large seams between the door panel and the interior (many cars at that time had this problem, but there were few beautiful products), corolla chose to thicken the door panel, so that the seam with the interior table was tighter, inadvertently solving an industry problem.
And in the context of many brand products still designing the functional area and the center console into a flat background, Corolla took the lead in making it "independent" and opened a precedent of "layering".
Nowadays, Corolla Sharp is placed on the LCD instrument, the central control screen, the leather material under the blessing, the texture is naturally not the same, and the way to enhance the texture is also much more convenient, but many details can still be seen in the family tradition.
For example, in addition to ergonomic instruments, adjustable rear seats, interior atmosphere lights, etc., the Toyota Zhixing interconnection system equipped with Ruifang has many worth experiencing, such as remotely activating air conditioning through mobile phone APP, finding the location of the vehicle through the positioning function, forgetting the negligence reminder function when locking the car, and remote diagnosis services and stolen tracking functions.
Of course, in terms of safety, it also includes emergency rescue services, after the airbag pops out, the customer service center will grasp the location of the accident, contact the relevant agencies to carry out rescue, speaking of airbags, Ruifang also treats the knee airbags as standard for all models.
At the same time, in some difficult to detect mechanical details, Ruifang also reflects the durable features, such as the side door pedal using a 3 bracket design, strong and not easy to deform; the chassis is equipped with engine under the guard; and the car uses waterproof foot pads, and the trunk cover material is a high-temperature TPO environmental protection material.
The amount of information is relatively large, but it is a blessing for the car, and the more details there are, the more it proves that this is a pure Corolla family production.
Diverse needs in the transition period
In the context of pure electric energy to summon the future, the launch of internal combustion engine products seems to have the color of not moving, but this is representing the transition period of diversified market demand, in fact, there is no standard answer in the market at this stage, if there is, that is, there can be a corresponding product in each market segment.
This is the advantage of traditional giants in the crossover stage.
The launch of Ruifang is, to some extent, a consolidation of the "old-school" values of the Corolla family, such as reliability, energy saving, etc., and at the same time, with the blessing of the scientific and technological wind, it has an expression of keeping pace with the times in terms of safety, which is a formal evolution. On the industry side, its power technology and safety configuration have also increased the industry average in the range.
Corolla can stand at the top of the global single model sales crown, representing its inclusiveness to many different types of users, and the sharp "card" bit is still accurate: old fans can still identify those family attributes on it, and new fans can find popular and intelligent elements, including space, the wheelbase reaches the mainstream level of 2640mm, and in the specific experience is still beyond expectations and other traditional advantages, especially the head space performance is remarkable, which links yesterday, today and tomorrow -
Still in line with the consensus of most people, this is very "Corolla".