The German god car will also be upgraded, and the new FAW-Volkswagen Bora will roll off the production line
One of the best-selling models of FAW-Volkswagen is definitely the classic model of Bora. Just recently, FAW-Volkswagen's mid-term new Bora officially rolled off the production line at the FAW-Volkswagen East China base in Qingdao, and this is also its first public appearance.
FAW-Volkswagen's new Bora rolls off the production line
Judging from the declaration information released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in addition to adjusting the shape, the mid-term reform of Bora has also changed its size, with a length, width and height of 4672/1815/1478mm, and a wheelbase of 2688mm. Not only that, the new Bora will also be equipped with a 1.2T engine, the maximum horsepower of 115 horses, as for other power, the relevant declaration information has not been found for the time being.
FAW-Volkswagen new Bora declaration chart
Although Bora has not been able to squeeze into the top three positions in the compact car sales list for a long time, it is also the sister car of SAIC Volkswagen Langyi, and the product highlights of Langyi are actually relatively close to Bora, so the sales volume is also relatively outstanding, taking January 2022 as an example, its sales reached 18521.
FAW-Volkswagen Bora historical sales data
However, the recent auto market environment is not too good, Bora has been a product of several years ago, and the advantage of product strength has gradually decreased, so the sales volume is not as strong as before. The more important reason is that the public has also been affected by the shortage of chips recently, production has also been limited, and it is difficult for sales to do much.
Therefore, it is time for Bora to change its model, in the fierce market competition, even FAW-Volkswagen, which has one of the largest sales in China, has to constantly innovate. As for how many surprises the new Bora can bring, at present, the official has not announced the product highlights, how much the competitiveness has improved, and we have to wait for follow-up news.
Nissan Qashqai e-POWER is listed in Europe, and it is really fun to mention the three-cylinder machine
Nissan's new generation of Qashqai, which was launched overseas a year ago, recently launched e-POWER equipped with a hybrid system in the European market. If you have an understanding of Xuanyi e-POWER, you should know that the working mode of this hybrid power system is completely different from that of Toyota and Honda, e-POWER technology is driven by electric motors throughout the process, and the engine is only used to generate electricity.
Nissan Qashqai e-POWER
However, the Qashqai e-POWER is no longer a 1.2L three-cylinder engine, but is upgraded to a more powerful 1.5T three-cylinder engine, and equipped with variable compression ratio technology, the compression ratio can be switched between 8:1 and 14:1, and the maximum horsepower is 156 horses. But don't think that its power is very weak, Qashqa e-POWER is mainly driven by a maximum power of 140 kilowatts of electric motors, in short, much stronger than the current domestic version of the Qashqai 2.0L engine.
But in this way, Qashqa will be equipped with a three-cylinder engine in disguise, which may touch the sensitive nerves of consumers. It should be known that after Dongfeng Nissan's new generation of Qijun adopted a new 1.5T three-cylinder engine, sales immediately plummeted, and now sales have fallen below the 3,000 mark. If Nissan introduces the new Qashqai e-POWER into domestic production, the situation of the new X-Trail does not know whether it will be repeated again.
Dongfeng Nissan X-Trail
Historical sales data
However, this concern may also be superfluous, because Xuanyi e-POWER is also equipped with a 1.2L three-cylinder engine, and its sales performance is actually not bad, with monthly sales of about 5,000-6,000 vehicles. If you take another special example, the ideal ONE is also equipped with a 1.2T three-cylinder range extender, and the capacity management technology is not as efficient as Nissan's e-POWER, but with the special status of new energy vehicles, sales can also exceed 10,000.
Dongfeng Nissan Xuanyi e-POWER
Ideal ONE
Therefore, the three-cylinder is not the original sin, the failure of the sales of the new X-Trail, mainly because Nissan is overconfident in this car, the marketing is still the same, let it go unchecked, and did not keep up with the ever-changing market changes. Next, a new generation of Qashqai will also enter the Chinese market, and Dongfeng Nissan should also learn from the failure of X-Trail to avoid repeating the same mistakes.