Although the increase in SUVs in the current car market is still rapid, MPV is the new favorite of multi-child families, sports cars, station wagons are niche, but in any case, sedans are still the first choice that many consumers will give priority to when buying a car. After all, compared with SUVs, the price of sedans in the same size class is more advantageous, while the comfort and fuel economy performance is also better. Other types of models are more like embellishments and symbols of identity and character, and you just have to look at the sedan.
Since it is a family's just-needed model, it means that this car must be a "hexagonal warrior" general model, with high configuration, novel design, large space, low fuel consumption, and leather durability. Looking at the model market, mid-size cars seem to have more such potential, and today we will go to see the Asian Dragon, which just happens to be new.
First, the appearance
Yes, for a car company like Toyota that is eager to update and sell for five years, it is not easy to wait for it to produce a new model. Although the new Asian Dragon is still a mid-term redesign, but the overall change is still relatively large, let's first look at the design part.
Look at the eye, part of the change in the front of the car is the largest, of which the most eye-catching is the change of the headlight group, although the whole is still the triple bead design of the independent photo unit, but the following increase in the horizontal "fishbone-like" daytime lamp design, although the change is small, but it is really neutralized the old too greasy middle-aged feeling, there is a lot of fashion sense.
Secondly, the design of the new Asian Dragon's central network has also been optimized, that is, from the previous simple multi-frame horizontal grille to the design with intermittent arrangement of chrome decoration inside, which not only can more effectively stretch the horizontal visual width, but also ensure the longitudinal visual experience.
In addition, the new Asian Dragon is very likely to adopt a dual-look strategy, we are shooting a normal version of the model, and it is likely that there will be a sports version of the honeycomb mesh intake grille.
Coming to the side, the overall shape design has not changed particularly much, and it still gives people a slender and atmospheric design feeling. Because it is a mid-term redesign, it is expected that the body size of the new car will not change much, and for reference, the body size of the old model is 4975/1850/1450mm The wheelbase has reached 2870mm.
The biggest change is the use of the latest shape of the rim, 17 inches of silver and black contrast ten-spoke rim, the size is indeed not too big for the B-class car, but the shape is still quite atmospheric. Paired with a 215/55 R17 MainLywood Comfortable Yokohama BlueEarth-GT tire, whether it is comfort, quietness or later replacement is more worry-free and cost-effective.
In the tail styling, in the declaration drawing previously exposed, the new Asian Dragon adopts a hidden layout, but it is not difficult to find that in the mass production version of the model we shot, it still uses the same bilateral double exhaust layout as the old model.
The other design parts of the tail have not changed much, and the overall shape is a typical calm and restrained design. The shape of the taillights is very three-dimensional and is still a penetrating design, and the logo of the "AVALON" in the middle is very eye-catching, which also adds some fashion sense.
Second, the interior
Coming to the interior part, the biggest change is the central control screen part, which cancels the physical buttons on all screens, but retains three touch-type buttons on the left side, which are screen switches and volume adjustment buttons. As a result, the size of the display part of the screen has also been further increased.
In addition, the operation interface of the car machine system has also been greatly optimized, and the overall UI design is more designed. The operation of the overall system is more simple and easy to operate, and it is also more intelligent than the old model in terms of functions, equipped with functions such as Baidu Map, Car Home Interconnection and so on.
In addition, the overall design of the new Asian Dragon interior has not changed much, and although the style is much younger, it is still difficult to hide Toyota's iconic moderate style. The material is a large area of plastic material, the overall black color matching with brown imitation wood grain decorative panel design is still somewhat dynamic.
The design of the steering wheel is still familiar, and the traditional three-spoke design with leather material is definitely the favorite of the middle-aged uncle. Three or nine points of position a variety of functional buttons, let people use at a glance, convenience is not picked, it is worth mentioning that the new car's speech recognition system is also a considerable degree of improvement, including the recognition rate and control function increased.
Unfortunately, the model we shot is the top model of the 2.0L self-priming version, and does not use a full LCD dashboard, which is still the same mechanical instrument and the combination of the LCD display part of the old model, but from the previous spy photos, it is expected that the full LCD dashboard will be equipped in the dual-engine version of the high-end model.
The new Asian Dragon still has Toyota's excellent storage space capabilities, the lower part of the T-shaped area in addition to the water cup holder, the space of the handrail box is still large and scary, almost reaching the depth of a bottle of water, but also made a functional partition, after placing the partition, it can be used to place change, bills, mobile phones and other items.
In terms of seat configuration, the convenience configuration is still very complete, including 10-way electric adjustment for the main driver, 4-way electric adjustment for the co-pilot, and the boss button in the rear. But in terms of comfort configuration, both seat heating and seat ventilation will be absent.
Come to the rear row, the configuration is naturally not to worry, independent air conditioning outlet and two rear charging ports are equipped. The fly in the ointment is that the height of the platform is still touching.
Third, the power
In terms of power, the new Asian Dragon is expected to still be equipped with 2.0L, 2.5L and 2.5L hybrid systems, this time we are shooting the model with the 2.0L self-priming version codenamed M20E with a simulated 10-speed CVT transmission, referring to the power data of the current model, the maximum power of this powertrain is 131kW, and the maximum torque is 210N·m.
summary:
Although it is a mid-term redesign, the overall design has not changed much, but the recognition generated by the improvement of details is enough to make potential users willing to pay for it. Moreover, because toyota's most unassuring before is the vehicle-machine interaction system and the speech recognition system, this mid-term redesign has been updated for these contents, effectively improving the convenience of users, and truly making the Asian Dragon a model that keeps up with the times.
In addition, the new Asian Dragon also inherits the excellent space performance and convenience design points of the old model, while the stable and efficient mechanical literacy is also the advantage of the old model and the entire Toyota brand, it can be said that this mid-term redesign is an update to make up for the shortcomings, the whole vehicle is more comprehensive, more like a "hexagon warrior".