If you study the sales data of Chinese cars, you will find that 130,000-160,000 is currently the priority price point for Chinese consumers when buying a car. This price point can bring a better experience than the low-price market within 100,000, and at the same time, it is more accessible to the people than the high-end price point of more than 200,000.
At this price point, the joint venture cars are compact cars such as Nissan Xuanyi, Volkswagen Langyi, toyota Corolla and so on. The joint venture SUV is based on Honda Binzhi, XR-V and Nissan Qashqai. Toyota, as the boss of the Japanese series, has always lacked an entry-level SUV that is biased towards a practical style at a price of 130,000-160,000. Despite the C-HR/Yize two coupe SUV models, it is difficult for traditional Chinese consumers to recognize the overly individual shape and the lack of practical back seat performance.
In fact, not only in China, but even if you look at the global market, Toyota has never had a decent global car in the field of entry-level SUVs. Until last year, they released the Corolla Cross based on the TNGA-C platform overseas, and the car finally filled the gap in the entry-level SUV market under the Toyota RAV4. Subsequently, FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota successively introduced domestic production, of which the 1ho version adopted the design of southeast Asian and American models, called Corolla Ruifang, while the Guangfeng version used the front face of the Japanese version of the model, called Fenglanda. As for pricing, Fenglanda's current guidance price is 12.58-16.98 million, which also makes it toyota's cheapest SUV in China.
Since this car has been released for a while, we don't want to dwell too much on its shape design. To put it simply, the shape of this car is a very regular SUV proportion, no exaggerated slipback, no low roof, at a glance is what many people understand, SUV should look like. Of course, this does not mean that it looks old-fashioned, on the contrary, if you look at its real car, you will find that Fenglanda still looks quite young, even if it is driven after 95 and 00, it will not feel old-fashioned.
In terms of size, although Fenglanda is the same compact SUV as its big brother Veranda, it is more like an entry-level compact SUV, and similarly positioned products include Nissan Qashqai and Volkswagen Tuyue.
Compared with the appearance that looks good, the interior of Fenglanda is relatively flat, after all, this car is the product of the same platform as Corolla/Leiling, and even the name has a great correlation overseas, so fenglanda's interior also basically continues the design style of Leiling, simple and practical, there is no fancy design. The central control material is also based on soft molding, and good cleaning is one of the few advantages.
The 9-inch central control screen is equipped with a set of car machine system with car networking and voice interaction functions, and also supports online navigation, OTA upgrades, online music and other functions, and the delicacy of the screen and UI style are also good, at least for Toyota, such a car is not a short board.
In addition to the top model, the rest of the Fenglanda configuration adopts a mechanical instrument with a 4.2-inch LCD screen design, the information display is intuitive enough, and there is no fancy theme style. The advantage of this is that no matter how many cars you have driven before, as long as you sit in the car of the FrontLander, you will never lose sight of any information directly related to driving because of the design of the dashboard. But the disadvantage is that it is not very trendy and cool, and for some big-screen parties, it may not be too cold.
Don't look at the interior of The Frontlanda doesn't look advanced, but there are surprises in terms of configurability! First of all, in terms of passive safety configuration, The Frontlander is equipped with 7 airbags and air curtains as standard, including the main driver's knee airbag. The top-of-the-line model has increased the number of airbags to 9, and the rear side airbags have been added. In addition, the vehicle is also equipped with digital tire pressure display function as standard throughout the series, while electronic handbrakes, automatic parking, and automatic headlights are also standard in all series.
In addition, in addition to the minimum model, Fenglanda is also equipped with the TSS2.0 intelligent travel safety system as standard, including full-speed domain adaptive cruise with automatic follow-up function, active lane keeping, automatic braking, pedestrian monitoring and so on. At the same time, the sub-low and above models are also equipped with adaptive near and far light, keyless entry, electric sunroof and other configurations as standard. That said, while The Interior of The Frontlander looks unremarkable, the safety configuration is fairly in place.
At the same time, the C-HR rear row does not have a short board of air outlets and charging ports. The middle and above models provide rear air conditioner air outlets and dual USB Type-C charging interfaces, which are quite practical.
The acclaimed rear door panel cup holder on the C-HR remains, and it's easy to hold some large milk cups.
The comfort of the seats is impeccable, without sacrificing sporty styling and wrapping for comfort, while the soft padding combined with the solid skeleton inside provides an excellent ride. In addition, thanks to the change of roof shape, Fenglanda's interior vision is extremely transparent, and there is no longer C-HR's "iron window tears". As for the space, as long as it is not full of 5 passengers over 185cm in height at the same time, the space of Fenglanda will not make people complain.
Also improved is the trunk space, which is directly improved to 438 liters compared to the C-HR's poor 295 liter volume, and the rear backrest also supports a 4/6 fold down, further improving the vehicle's ability to handle large parts.
In terms of power, the fenglanda series is equipped with a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine codenamed M20C, with a maximum power of 171 horsepower and a maximum torque of 205 Nm. Don't think this is a backward self-priming machine, it is a toyota TNGA era newly developed Dynamic Force series engine, thermal efficiency of up to 40%, is currently one of the most advanced naturally aspirated engines.
The gearbox is naturally the DirectShift CVT gearbox that is bound to the M20C, with starting gear transmission function and can simulate 10 gears. Compared with traditional CVT transmissions, D-CVT transmissions can provide a more direct starting power response, while at the same time having better ride than dual-clutch, AT transmissions.
Is the 2.0L engine power enough? I believe this is a concern for many people. In terms of absolute acceleration performance, breaking through 100 in 9 seconds is indeed not too fast. But to be fair, China's highest-selling Langyi, Xuanyi, its main sales models are 1.5L, 1.6L naturally aspirated version, 100 km acceleration is generally 12 seconds away, can still sell hundreds of thousands of new cars every year. So many ordinary people say that it is enough, so how can a car with more than 9 seconds be not enough?
In fact, judging whether the vehicle is good or not usually does not only look at the acceleration performance of 0-100km/h. Because this acceleration is measured in the case of ejection starting and floor oil, how many people drive for more than ten years and step on floor oil every day to start? Even if you want to drive like this, I believe that the family sitting in the co-pilot and the back seat will not agree to your driving like this. Therefore, absolute acceleration performance in most family cars, its priority is very low, even far below the vehicle's throttle heel and transmission response speed.
When it comes to these two indicators, Toyota's combination of 2.0L + CVT is very vocal. Because the gearbox adopts a starting gear transmission, the vehicle does not have the feeling of the traditional CVT gearbox being sluggish when starting, and even has a pleasant feeling after the manual transmission gear bites. At the same time, because the engine technology is very advanced, the internal operation resistance is extremely small, coupled with the basic displacement of 2.0L natural suction, the engine response speed to the throttle is also very fast, and the four words of turbine hysteresis do not exist in the face of natural inhalation.
In the uniform cruising state, when you need to accelerate overtaking, as long as you step on the accelerator pedal, the vehicle will respond immediately, the gearbox will quickly "shift" to a reasonable speed, the power will come, and the whole set of actions will be completed in one go. At the risk of being sprayed by everyone, I still want to say from an objective point of view, Toyota's 2.0L + CVT combination of 2.0L + CVT combination for the power response, enough to win most of the so-called performance cars and steel guns. Note that this is only about dynamic response speed, and does not involve acceleration performance.
The steering feel is a typical TNGA model style in recent years, whether it is low speed or high speed, it is not light. This benefit is to give the driver a very reassuring feeling, even if the speed reaches 120km/h, it will not make people feel any fluttering. At the same time, the front of the car can also be satisfied with the speed of steering, at least as an SUV positioned for grocery shopping, you will not have any complaints about the steering of the Front Landa.
Because the vehicle adopts the suspension structure of the front McPherson and the rear torque beam, it is considered to be a relative C-HR reduction in the eyes of many people. But what you need to know is that the starting price of Fenglanda is nearly 20,000 yuan cheaper in size than C-HR and the same power, which is bound to get the cost back in some places where consumers don't care much. Not to mention the Binzhi and XR-V at the same price, in fact, they are all torsional beam suspensions.
It doesn't make sense to look at the parameters alone, the actual performance is the key. The overall chassis tuning of the Front Landa is biased towards a comfortable style, but the difference between the front and rear suspensions can also be clearly perceived. There's nothing to be faulty about the front suspension, it's satisfying in terms of both the filtering and the heaviness, and it's comfortable and clean enough even after obstacles like speed bumps. The rear suspension has no problem dealing with small bumps, but when the vehicle presses over the speed bump, the rear suspension is still slightly stiff, and the entire tail will be lifted, less independent action of the left and right wheels.
In terms of sound insulation, Fenglanda has not shrunk in any way because of its cheap price, and is even better than the more expensive C-HR, Lingshang and other models. In addition to the sound of the engine when accelerating sharply, as long as the speed does not exceed 100km/h, the NVH performance of the vehicle is very good, whether it is tire noise or wind noise is considered to be the upper middle level of the same level.
There is no doubt that Toyota is well aware of the positioning of Fenglanda, it is an entry-level home SUV with inexpensive price, safety in place, practical space, and excellent quality, no exaggerated design, no complicated configuration, only hardware and feelings for daily use and wholehearted service. Maybe such a car looks ordinary, but it is actually what most consumers need. As for the self-owned brand models with excellent product strength such as The Star Yue L at the same price, in fact, it will not necessarily become the choice of users who buy Toyota cars, after all, the size is too large in some cases, and the brand and reputation are hard enough, but they are playing their own value all the time.