New Car Notes
Written by | Zeng Wei
On March 13, SAIC Volkswagen MPV was officially launched, with a total of 5 models with an official guidance price of 286,800-399,800 yuan. As a mid-term revamp, the biggest highlight of the new Weiran is the use of Volkswagen MQB-EVO digital intelligent architecture, which is mainly reflected in two aspects: first, the interior is renewed; second, the level of intelligence is significantly advanced.
So the question is, compared with KiaGawar and Toyota Syna, which were listed last year, how competitive is Volkswagen's new Weiran? The author may wish to make a comparative interpretation of several competing models, which is stronger and weaker, and the facts speak.
The longest in its class, with plenty of seating and storage space
Choose MPV, the space requirement must be the first. Volkswagen has always been well aware of the large demand of domestic consumers, and New Weiran will naturally not lose to its opponents in the block.
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Through the comparison, it can be seen that the length of the body of the four mainstream joint venture MPV is more than 5 meters, and the new Weiran is more than 5 meters 3, and from the visual effect, its side looks indeed longer. It is worth mentioning that the wheelbase of the new Weiran is also the longest of the four cars, reaching 3180mm, which has an advantage of about 10 centimeters compared to the other three opponents, which means that the interior space of the new Weiran will be more abundant.
In terms of riding performance, the new Weiran Executive Class second row courtesy seats are the highlight of the whole car. The new listing function is upgraded synchronously, providing electric backrest adjustment, comfortable headrest, pneumatic massage, concierge armrest, electric leg rest and so on. The leg rest adjustment angle has been upgraded to adjust to the horizontal position. The author actually experienced the new Weiran set of seats, which brings a stronger sense of luxury than Agawa and Toyota Syna. The fly in the ointment is that the seat padding of the new Weiran is slightly stiffer, and the softness is not as comfortable as that of toyota Saina.
As a large MPV, storage space is also a must-have item. In this regard, the MPV can be described as a collective crush of the same level of SUVs. When I experienced Kia Ka Wah and Toyota Racing before, I was impressed to see that each seat in the third row had its own storage space and charging interface. The new Weiran is no exception, with more than 50 spaces in the car.
It is worth noting that the central armrest area of the new Vierant has been newly designed to expand the storage space and further increase the practicality. In addition, a total of 10 USB ports are designed in the new Weiran car (there are 3 more in the race), which can facilitate every passenger to make full use of electronic products.
The loading advantage is also reflected in the trunk, especially when all three rows of seats are put into use, which can also ensure a large trunk volume. It can be seen that in terms of the conventional space of the trunk of several models, Toyota Xena and Buick GL8 Luzun have advantages. But after putting down the third row of seats, Volkswagen's new Weiran and Toyota Syna trunk expansion advantages are the most prominent.
The comfort configuration has been upgraded, and the competitiveness of the medium-equipped models has become stronger
Taking the similar price of the medium-equipped models as an example, this time the redesign and upgrade, the new Weiran comfort configuration is quite rich. Domestic consumers very much like the LCD dashboard plus 12.3-inch central control large screen, panoramic sunroof, wireless mobile phone charging, induction electric trunk and other configurations have been given, which has some advantages in the same price of competitors.
Through the following configuration comparison, it is not difficult to find that in the 5 configuration models of the new Weiran, the official guidance price of 321,800 yuan 380TSI Zunchi Edition is the most worth buying, if you are interested in buying the new Weiran, you may wish to pay more attention to this model.
In addition, intelligence is also the focus of Weiran's reform, in addition to the new human-computer interaction system, the new car is also equipped with Travel Assist full-journey intelligent driving assistance system, which has functions such as cruise, automatic follow-up, lane centering and so on. It is worth mentioning that the new Vierant has delegated the driver assistance system to more model versions. For example, the entire range is equipped with PLA 3.0 all-round intelligent park assist system, Front Assist front assist system (with automatic brakes) and Lane Assist lane keeping system, while the ACC adaptive cruise system is equipped from the lowest level.
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As a medium-modified model, the new Weiran has not changed in terms of power, and the whole series is still equipped with a Volkswagen 2.0T engine, providing high and low power two power versions, and matching a 7-stop wet dual-clutch transmission. Of course, Volkswagen continues to put this classic powertrain on the new Weiran, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Although the powertrain has not changed, but through the appeal comparison, we can still feel the sincerity of volkswagen - especially in the consumer value of intelligence, the configuration of the new Weiran is very obvious, many core configurations are delegated to the low and medium models, and most of the competitive models still tend to "high or low", so that in the 300,000 or so joint venture MPV, the comprehensive cost-effective advantage of the new Weiran is more prominent.
I have to say that in order to get better sales, Volkswagen has become more and more pragmatic.
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