Chinese consumers only took three months to pour out the arrogance of Xena markup, compared with the previous Highlander, Lexus ES long-term practice of disguised price increase behavior, "Xena mark up" this battle, Chinese consumers with rich experience and rational brain to win the victory. In the game with the joint venture brand, such a victory is unprecedented.
Although there are still consumers complaining that Xena has decoration fees ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 yuan, but at least it has been affordable; unlike the previous price increase of 50,000 or 60,000 yuan, in addition to being able to pick up the car as soon as possible, nothing can be obtained.
After returning to normalcy, Sai Na sold 4,120 vehicles in February. From the data point of view, it is closer to the Buick GL8, but do not forget that this is likely to be the previous order backlog, in fact, it is still releasing the previous sales, as for how many new orders, we do not know. How the future sales trend can only be said to be full of uncertainty.
Recently, some netizens broke the news that on the official website of GAC Toyota, it was found that Xena was equipped with a front McPherson-style suspension and a rear double wishbone independent suspension. This is puzzling, and on many third-party car websites, the Xena configuration table is marked with a rear multi-link independent suspension.
Several mainstream MPV models in the market, buick GL8 is equipped with a multi-link independent suspension, limited to models of more than 340,000 yuan; Trumpchi M8 is equipped with a multi-link independent suspension, and Alisson is equipped with a torsion beam non-independent suspension. The price of Xena is 30.98-40.58 million yuan, if this price point is really using a double wishbone independent suspension, then the price increase is reasonable.
However, this is not the case, and if we look closely, we can see that Xena still uses a multi-link independent suspension, which is almost the same as Highlander. So we not only have to ask GAC Toyota why it officially claims to be a double wishbone independent suspension, is this not hanging a sheep's head to sell dog meat, this is blatantly deceiving consumers, such an act, more hateful than a price increase.
As we all know, double wishbone independent suspension is rare on models below 500,000 yuan, which can be said to be the standard of luxury cars. Its small roll, large tire grounding area, excellent grip performance, high stability, complex and difficult setting of positioning parameters, of course, the cost is also very high, such as BMW X5 is a front double wishbone independent suspension, Mercedes-Benz GLS is a front / rear double wishbone independent suspension.
In fact, Civic has also used a double wishbone independent suspension a long time ago, which should be a double wishbone independent suspension to be precise, and the simple understanding is a simplified version of the double wishbone, between the double wishbone and the multi-link. Therefore, the reason why Civic has a good market performance, the double horizontal arm suspension is indispensable.
The reason why the current Civic has eliminated the double cross-arm and replaced it with multiple connecting rods is largely due to the high cost. And the Civic has gradually shifted from sport to comfort and closer to home.
Among the independent brands, products with double wishbone independent suspension are also rare, and the tank 300 is one of them, which is the front double wishbone independent suspension. The popularity of the tank 300 is obvious to all, and it is difficult to find a car in the early stage of listing, and there is a situation of price increase, but the follow-up manufacturer issued an announcement to stop this evil atmosphere in time.
Therefore, the success of the Tank 300 is not only the Great Wall's many years of SUV manufacturing experience, stunning appearance, rich configuration, the most important thing is that the materials are solid and realistic. But where a product has a strong enough strength, there is no need to play false prosperity, just one hundred and fifty to show to consumers, naturally will achieve excellent sales.
At present, whether it is from the chassis construction or the actual material, Xena uses a multi-link independent suspension, rather than the official double wishbone independent suspension. Why there is such a huge deviation between the official publicity configuration and the actual configuration, we hope that GAC Toyota will give an explanation so that consumers have a safe car purchase environment.
If you trace the origin, before the Xena was listed, there was a configuration table circulating on the Internet, marking the front McPherson rear multi-link independent suspension, as well as full-speed adaptive cruise, double-sided electric sliding doors and other configurations. In this way, it is more consistent with the configuration of the real car.
Many netizens speculate that GAC Toyota is playing word games, so it is too much to take consumers seriously, and really Chinese consumers are car whites and do not understand cars. You should know that from the time when Sai Na was rumored to be domestic, it maintained a high degree of heat, and it was very familiar with Sai Na. The most vocal is the four-wheel drive system, and as a result, everyone knows that not only is there no four-wheel drive, but also the multi-link is described as a double wishbone.
Does GAC Toyota really think that Chinese consumers only care about appearance, space, and intelligent technology configuration, and don't care about the three major pieces, of course not? Just did not expect that GAC Toyota will suddenly come to such a hand, it is really unexpected, who can think that GAC Toyota, which has been working in China for more than ten years, will deceive consumers on core accessories.
Conclusion: Recently, affected by the epidemic and chip shortage, many car companies have more or less reduced allocation and false publicity. However, the chassis suspension will not be affected, if it is true as netizens speculate, GAC Toyota lures consumers to buy a car with double wishbones, then it is a deception of consumers, and there is a loophole in brand integrity. And Xena has just come out of the negative storm of price increases, and consumers still choose to continue to support and complain with virtue. I hope that manufacturers will not chill people's hearts, respond as soon as possible, and come up with reasonable solutions to compensate car owners.