In addition to the interior is full of advantages, sales into the third place, how long can the Toyota Asian Dragon maintain?
Ten years ago, people's impression of medium-sized cars to volkswagen Passat, Toyota Camry, Buick LaCrosse, Honda Accord and other models as representatives, in the above models, there is a strong business atmosphere, from the outside to the inside of the black decoration makes people feel calm and atmospheric, there is a sense of maturity. And when the light and shadow of the white colt passed the gap, the former commercial vehicle benchmark: Volkswagen Passat, Buick LaCrosse gradually retreated to the second line, and the monthly sales were even higher than the higher Audi A4L and BMW 3 series. Judging from the performance of the existing mid-size car market, young people have become the main consumers of the automobile market, and the strong business style seems to be unable to meet their aesthetic needs. However, there is a new car that can break through the shackles as a commercial vehicle and be favored by young consumers, it is the Toyota Asian Dragon.
In the newly released February 2022 mid-size car sales ranking, the Toyota Asian Dragon's sales ranking jumped from 12 places last month to no. 3, following the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, becoming the "darling" of the mid-size SUV market. However, before that, Toyota Asia Dragon had also been "disliked" because of its strong business atmosphere, interior materials, and old-fashioned design. So, how long can the Toyota Asian Dragon, which has come to the third place in sales, maintain its known product strength?
In terms of appearance, the Toyota Asian Dragon and camry have a high degree of similarity in shape, both inherit the latest design style of the Toyota family, and the visual atmosphere is bold and recognizable. Both cars are based on the Toyota TNGA-K platform, but the Asian Dragon seems to have received more Lexus ES genetics, the vehicle size length, width and height are: 4975/1850/1450mm, wheelbase 2870mm, in addition to the width and height relative to the Lexus ES slightly shorter 16, slightly higher than 3mm, the other dimensions are consistent. From the side shape, thanks to the body length of nearly 5 meters, the Asian Dragon's body posture looks slender and sharp, coupled with the 18-inch gun gray wheel shape, compared to the Camry, the Asian Dragon's side design is more imposing.
In addition, the design of the Toyota Asian Dragon in the front face and the rear is also quite different from the Camry, the front face of the middle net using a large size of the opening design, supplemented by a multi-segment banner grille strip from top to bottom through the middle net, coupled with the chrome trim decoration around the grille, as well as the front face on both sides of the narrow LED light group shape, not only sharpens the visual impact of the front face, but also highlights a sense of luxury.
The rear part of the car, the most eye-catching is the slim and delicate through-led taillights, with blackening treatment, which has enough recognition in daylight, and the "AVALON" model logo is also adhered through the center of the lamp body, which echoes with the bilateral double chrome wide vent, which increases the visual sense of the rear. Unfortunately, however, the car's through-line taillights are not really "through-through" lighting, but fortunately, the details after the LED taillights are lit are full enough to make a deep impression.
In terms of interior, in addition to the smooth center console design, other design elements in the interior can be called "business atmosphere" full, the interior materials are mainly based on plastic soft materials, the interior color is not black or gray, and the leather wrapped place is relatively small, it is difficult to bring more interior sense. In addition, Toyota Asia Dragon also adopts an embedded 9-inch central control screen design, although the operation of the car machine response is smooth, blind exercise is more relaxed, but the central control car machine menu UI interface is single, coupled with the car is standard with 7-inch non-full LCD instruments, it is difficult to create an interior texture that meets the preferences of young consumers.
In terms of power, Toyota Asia Dragon and Camry are consistent, both provide 2.0L/2.5L/2.5L hybrid system for consumers to choose, the maximum power of the system is: 131/154/160 kW, the peak torque is: 210/250/221 Nm, of which the 2.0L version matches the CVT gearbox, the 2.5L version matches the 8AT transmission, the 2.5L hybrid version matches the E-CVT gearbox, and the NEDC 100 km comprehensive fuel consumption is 5.8/ 6.2/4.3 liters, although the power parameters are decent, but people seem to care more about its stable and reliable power quality, and the lower fuel consumption is the icing on the cake.
epilogue
As people say, in addition to the interior design, the materials are not too careful, other aspects can be said to have no obvious shortcomings, whether it is similar to the Lexus ES size, shape, or with the Camry to maintain the same power, control, Asia Dragon has a solid product force to meet consumer preferences. However, in terms of price, Toyota Asian Dragon has no advantage over Camry and Accord, and it is difficult for Asian Dragon to consistently maintain hot sales in the market in the case of a large price difference and almost the same product force.