Lingdu L recently is really quite hot, we did a real car shop program last week, only two days of broadcast volume exceeded one million, but also a little frightened us, recommended in the [snail car history] search to see. Then it is very natural that many car buyers will compare and tangle with the "god car" civic. But the current official price of Lingdu L has not yet come out, so I can't do too professional and in-depth hard comparison, first briefly talk about Ha.
In terms of design style, compared to the old Lingdu, including all the previous Volkswagen mid-level sedans, you can see a lot of changes. The appearance is not at all the face of the matryoshka doll that we are familiar with, including a lot of sharp lines on the body, and the evil mouth of the front face, as well as the frameless door and the large back of the tail, which is rare in low-cost German cars. However, it also did not completely lose the Style of the Volkswagen than the full and rounded silhouette. Therefore, no matter how you spray its shape on the Internet, I can personally give it a high score. At present, it is not known that this shape style of Lingdu L is only to cater to the aesthetics of the domestic market and the preferences of young consumers? Or does it represent the direction of change for Volkswagen's next generation of cars? It's hard to say, because Passat is also about to change.
Including the car of Lingdu L, although the main body is still a board and a glance of the Volkswagen standard polytechnic men's style, it can also be seen that there are huge adjustments and changes that cater to young people, such as the connecting screen that slopes to the driver's side, the simple line of the through-line air conditioner is good at the air outlet, the TYPE-C interface, including air conditioning control and some auxiliary functions to give a separate touch-like button, etc.; so I don't remember where to see a comment, which makes a lot of sense: "Two cars are not a style, but the same positioning." "The shape design of the car is too subjective to distinguish between high and low, but I believe that if you like the shape and image positioning of civic, there is a high probability that you will not reject LingDu L." Interestingly, the official promotional color of Lingdu L is also almost the same as the big red color of the Civic.
Of course, when buying a family mid-level car, you can't just decide from the emotional likes or dislikes. Then we move on to the rational part: in the competition between the previous generation of Lingdu and civic, space is a clear disadvantage. However, as we all know, the size of the new generation of Civic has not increased significantly compared with the previous generation, but Lingdu, this L has been lengthened by 16.9 centimeters, including width and height have increased, and its current length, width and height have exceeded the Civic. The wheelbase has also been extended to 2731 mm, only 4 mm shorter than the Civic; coupled with the Tail Compartment structure of the Lingdu L hatchback. In terms of space and practicality, it is no less than the "space master" Honda. Even, there are advantages, such as the width of the rear row and the height of the central platform of the rear row, if your car will often sit three people in the back seat, I think the passenger in the middle will strongly encourage you to give up the Civic and choose Lingdu L.
Looking at the power system, Lingdu L is still a combination of Volkswagen Kanjiabao's EA211 1.4T turbo engine and DSG 7-speed dual-clutch; while the Civic is a high and low power version of the 1.5T turbo engine plus CVT CVT continuously variable transmission, not to mention the new and old engine, from the power point of view, EA211 is cooked, 150 horsepower, while the Civic high-power 240TURBO version has 182 horsepower, the gap is still very obvious. So although the maximum torque of the two cars is similar, one 250 Nm, one 240 Nm, although Volkswagen's DSG dual clutch is faster than the CVT infinity gearbox, the acceleration is still the Civic 240TURBO dominant. Judging from the actual measurements, the eleventh generation of Civic 100 km acceleration can almost reach about 7.5 seconds, but Lingdu L should die 8 seconds away. In addition, the oil consumption performance of the Civic 1.5T is slightly better than volkswagen's 1.4T, and it supports No. 92 oil; I have always felt that the Volkswagen EA211 is a small displacement engine, you have to add No. 95 oil, which is really a very bad thing.
So, if you care a lot about power and acceleration, and have a good budget, then give priority to the High Power version of the Civic 240TURBO, or, just wait for Volkswagen to wait for the new 1.5T engine installed on the Lingdu, and see how it performs.
Of course, many people still don't care about the power, or the budget is tight, can only buy the Civic 180TURBO low-power version, then you may wish to at least wait until the official price of Lingdu L comes out, and then make a decision. After all, Lingdu L this entry is a full power version of 150 horsepower, if its starting price can be close to the Civic 180TURBO, such as pulling to about 140,000, then for home use, Lingdu L's advantages are very obvious
What we talked about earlier is the consideration of the family angle. Of course, I know that a large part of civic fans are car fans and car players, isn't there a saying: "Civic does not change, it is better to push down to the sea"? I saw the old Civic on the streets of Shenzhen, and indeed many of them have been modified, or upgraded in appearance, which is also a popular fashion and car fun.
For these groups, both now and beyond, I believe that Lingdu L poses no threat to Civic at all. On the variety of modified parts, decorative parts, and the abundance of budget choices by people, there are really few cars that can be compared with the Civic, not to mention the Lingdu series that is only for the Chinese market. But then again, for these people, don't you get a golf?