The debate about domestic production or joint ventures has not stopped, and on the Internet, independent brands are generally relatively strong, after all, "the amount is large and the tube is full". As the same medium-sized 7-seat SUV, but also using hybrid technology BYD Tang DM-i and GAC Toyota Highlander, from the beginning of car purchase, to the use of the car for 6 years, how much will the difference in experience and cost of use be?
BYD Don DM-i
Guide price: 19.28-21.98 yuan
Terminal offer: None
First of all, let's look at the BYD Tang DM-i (hereinafter referred to as Tang), the shape of this car basically follows the BYD Tang EV, DM, that is, pure electric and strong plug and mixed version. The design concept used is BYD's family "dragon face", but it is not the latest set, because BYD has many car series, and the update will not be too fast. The size of the net is very large, accounting for almost half of the area of the front of the car, and the main body is a hexagonal shape with a transverse grille. The headlights are relatively flat, with the posture of expanding to both sides, the interior is the LED light source, matrix layout, automatic opening and closing and adaptive near and far light are arranged, all standard.
The windows and pillars of the side rear are painted dark, which is often referred to as the suspended roof, and the wheel rim follows the usual style of the Tang car system, with a standard 20-inch rim. The overall shape of the tail is still relatively traditional, such as the small tail wing on the roof and the through-type taillights. Some small sports details were made in the lower encirclement, and the exhaust pipe was not exposed.
BYD's recent new energy vehicles have used a slightly simple interior style, such as the center console is a whole panel, basically without buttons, the central control screen suspension design, independent in the center. The central passage is in order from top to bottom of the air conditioning outlet, storage compartment with cover plate, electronic gear lever, and some buttons related to vehicle control, such as one-button start, double flash, cruise control, etc. You can see some Chinese in this area, which is very intimate.
The seat comfort is not bad, low imitation leather high with leather, front with electric adjustment, high with heating, ventilation. The second row of space is not bad, with front and rear and backrest angle adjustments. However, the third row is more general, it is not recommended to ride for a long time, and when the third row is used, the trunk space will become very cramped and can be expanded by proportional down.
Tang DM-i's powertrain consists of an engine and an electric motor, the engine part is 1.5T, which is more of a role in maintaining power in the city, and the speed will also drive the wheels directly. There are two kinds of electric motor parts, one is 145kW, corresponding to 52km pure electric endurance, and the other is 160kW, corresponding to 112km endurance. Acceleration is definitely the latter faster, the official data is 8.5 seconds to complete 0-100km/h acceleration. The corresponding fuel consumption is also higher, and the fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is 5.5L in the case of power loss, and the former is 5.3L, which can be said to be relatively excellent.
GAC Toyota Highlander
Guidance price: 26.88-34.88 million yuan
The GAC Toyota Highlander we are discussing today is a new version of last year's launch, and the new car has changed from the inside out. The front face is the latest generation of Toyota family design, the middle net is trapezoidal, and the upper part of the middle has Toyota's bull head logo and flying wing-like trim strips extended on both sides. The headlight adopts an LED light source with automatic opening and closing function, if you want to adapt to the far and near light, you need to buy a high match. The lower encirclement is very solid, a little sense of power, and brings some aura to the front of the car.
The lines on the side are not very complicated, there is a certain shape, and it is still a soft one. The tail spoiler has a certain sheet metal shape, the rear tail lights are more traditional, and the shape of the bottom trim plate is also more regular, and there is also no exposed exhaust.
The style of the interior is also moving closer to the minimalist, and the central screen and some control buttons below are combined together, which visually gives people a very wide feeling. The platform section can see vertically arranged cup holders, some charging ports, mechanical gear levers, and physical buttons such as driving mode switching and electronic parking. It can be seen that Highlander is more traditional, there are a large number of physical buttons, friendly to old drivers, and the physical buttons are more expensive than all collected on the screen, which is a good review.
Interior space is Highlander's traditional strength, and in the mid-size SUV class, there are almost no opponents. The second row is the most comfortable in the whole car, which is beyond doubt, and the third row is slightly better than Tang.com. However, it can only be said that the structure of the SUV is doomed to fatigue in the third row for a long time. The material of the seat is not as good as Tang, the low-end is still fabric, and the premium version and the supreme version have leather seats.
The power system part, still we are very familiar with the dual engine hybrid, consisting of a 2.5L engine and motor, the maximum horsepower of the engine is 192Ps, the two-wheel drive version of the motor power is 134kW, and the four-wheel drive version adds a rear axle motor on the basis of the two-wheel drive version, with a power of 40kW. This system relies more on the internal combustion engine, the motor is responsible for a shorter range, the comprehensive fuel consumption of 5.3-5.8L / 100km.
After introducing the model, if everyone is still difficult to decide on them, then we should talk about the purchase cost of these two cars. The first is the price of the car, and the price of the vehicle determines their user group. In this regard, it is obviously more advantageous than BYD Tang, and the guidance price is around 200,000 yuan, which is easier to buy.
We each chose their mid-range model as a comparison, namely:
BYD Tang 2021 DM-i 112KM Premium Guide Price: 202,800 yuan
GAC Toyota Highlander 2022 Twin Engine 2.5L Two-Wheel Drive Premium Edition 7-seat Guide Price: 318,800 yuan
When this generation of Highlander is listed, Toyota should be determined not to increase the price, book through official channels, and pick up the car offline. As for whether the 4S store has imposed decoration, it is difficult to say, each region is different. In fact, at the end of the previous generation of Highlander, there was no need to increase prices in some stores.
In this way, we do not need to consider the offers and mark-ups, and judge according to the guide price. At this time, the difference between the two cars was already 116,000 yuan.
After the car price is fixed, the purchase tax and insurance are also a big head, let's talk about insurance first, because the car price of Highlander is higher than Tang, so the amount of car damage insurance will be higher, and the difference will be about 2,000 yuan. The purchase tax part, because some regions for Tang DM-i models are tax-free policies, so in this regard, Highlander will spend up to 28212 yuan more than Tang. If the purchase tax is not exempted in the area, the difference is about 10,000 yuan.
In addition, it is necessary to mention that if you live in Shanghai and buy a car in Shanghai, then the advantages of Tang DM-i are even greater, because Shanghai's plug-in hybrid models can apply for shanghai licenses for free, compared to the high price of ordinary fuel vehicle licenses, which is equivalent to saving 90,000 yuan, of course, this is not representative, because the policies are different everywhere.
The cost of buying a car is actually more obvious, or can not pay attention to, let's continue to look down. After buying a car, we face the cost of using a car every day, month, and year. We do not calculate the indefinite expenditure such as parking fees, but look at the maintenance and fuel costs, which can be objectively compared.
In the car and vessel tax part, the Tang DM-i model enjoys free car and boat tax in some areas, while highlander needs to pay the vehicle and vessel tax according to the displacement, and the displacement of 2.5L is 660 yuan per year. The fuel cost part is also very well calculated, the fuel consumption of the model we selected is very close, according to the current 92 oil calculation, 8.01 yuan / L, driving 10000km per year, Tang's fuel consumption is 4405.5 yuan, Highlander is slightly lower, 4245.3 yuan.
The maintenance part is more complicated, because the DM-i model has just been on the market, and the Highlander is also a new model. We refer to the DM model and the Willanda, which also uses a 2.5L dual-engine hybrid. It can be concluded that their 60,000 km maintenance price is about 9779 yuan and 2782 yuan. The gap here is relatively large, but after all, it is not very accurate, and we will not count the final conclusion.
BYD Tang DM-i and Highlander are both excellent models in this class, and both cars have their own characteristics in terms of styling and design, and we do not make too many judgments. In terms of configuration level, Tang DM-i, which is definitely an independent brand, has more advantages, and the price is also cheap, and the difference between the same models can reach more than 100,000 yuan, if it is in Shanghai, then the gap will be even greater. Then there is the gap between purchase tax, maintenance, insurance and so on. Under the extreme circumstances, Tang DM-i will save 200,000 yuan more than Highlander, and the gap is quite obvious. However, this is only the limit of the situation, many parts of the country do not have auction licenses, nor are they tax-exempt for mixing. So the gap is very small, basically the difference in car prices. In general, Tang DM-i is still more cost-effective than Highlander, unless there is a preference for Highlander, such as design, driving texture, etc., that is another way of saying.