In the 150,000-class compact SUV market, Nissan Qashqai has always had a very good sales performance with the characteristics of low threshold and excellent product strength, and after the launch of a new generation of models, Nissan announced Qashqai's e-POWER model some time ago, which is also Nissan's second hybrid model. Compact SUV, hybrid technology these two elements together, after the new car on the market, will inevitably have a certain impact on the same Japanese hybrid Toyota RAV4 Rongfang dual engine. So for consumers, is it necessary to take the time to wait for a new generation of Qashqai to go public? Which car is more worth choosing, Toyota Rongfang Dual Engine and the new generation of Qashqai?
"Positive trapezoid" opposite "Inverted trapezoid"
As a replacement model, the new generation of Nissan Qashqai has made some adjustments in the appearance details, and the front face is obviously much more exquisite, but the overall taste of "oil car" is retained. Specifically, the new Qashqai still uses the iconic inverted trapezoidal grille design, but the gap between the current Qashqai upper net and the headlights is cancelled, and instead filled with chrome and black trims, and the headlights on both sides adopt the popular split shape, and the fog lights and the lower surrounding area are also changed. However, unlike the exquisite sense of Qashqai, Toyota's rongfang double engine's middle net is expanding downwards, like a positive trapezoidal design, with the headlight shape of the two sides, but it gives people a sense of uninhibited "grandfather".
On the side of the Nissan Qashqai body, you can see many popular design elements, including a suspended roof, two-color body, petal wheels and a concave waistline design, compared to the current model, the new car will be very sporty, and the new car also added e-POWER logo on the door and tailgate, more recognizable. The side of the Toyota Rongfang double engine also belongs to the bold faction, without making too many details, compared to the Qashqai, there is less sense of design.
Is the "hovering screen" a standard japanese car?
However, the official did not release pictures of the interior of the new car, but with reference to the design of the fuel version of the model, the new generation of Nissan Qashqai completely changed the style of the current model, closer to the interior design style of the new X-Trail, more fashionable and technological than the original. The new car is equipped with a full LCD dashboard and a floating central control screen, and the Built-in Nissan Connect 2.0 car machine system, including voice control, online navigation and other functions, has added a lot of points to creating a scientific and technological atmosphere. In addition, the wood grain decoration in the center console area and the addition of a new gear handle style also make the new car more youthful and fashionable.
Toyota Rongfang double engine also has a floating central control screen design, the center console is not wrapped in leather like the Qashqai, but uses a layered shape, the texture is somewhat lacking, but the visual is more layered, the car also uses a large number of chrome trim embellishments, it does not look too monotonous. Overall, compared with the current market to pursue a sense of luxury and technology models, the new generation of Qashqai and Rongfang dual engine are not so brilliant, giving people a simple and unpretentious feeling.
e-POWER fuel saving acceleration fast, Toyota is not inferior?
In terms of power, the new generation of Qashqa e-POWER will be equipped with the new X-Jun's same 1.5T three-cylinder engine, and the motor will be combined into a hybrid system. However, this engine only undertakes the function of charging the battery or powering the motor in the e-POWER hybrid system, and does not directly drive the vehicle, and there is no need to worry about the problem of three-cylinder engine jitter on the Qashqai e-POWER, which also makes the new car have a more rapid response ability when starting and accelerating, bringing better power output than fuel vehicles. In addition, under the e-POWER hybrid system, the comprehensive power of Qashqa e-POWER can reach 140kW, the maximum torque is 330N·m, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of this car is 5.3L/100km, which has excellent fuel economy.
The Toyota RAV4 Rongfang dual engine is equipped with a hybrid system, consisting of a 2.5L engine and motor, matching the E-CVT gearbox, the system's comprehensive power is 160kW, and the power performance is stronger than that of Qashqa e-POWER. Toyota's THS hybrid system has a very good fuel economy performance, can be driven with pure electricity when the internal combustion engine efficiency is the lowest, to avoid unnecessary fuel loss, and due to the addition of the motor, even at low speed, the power output is relatively abundant, and the power performance brought by the stepless gearbox is very linear. From the official data, this car in the NEDC standard, 100 km fuel consumption is also 4.7-5L, considering the test results under different standards, in fact, perhaps Qashqai e-POWER is more fuel-efficient.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the new Qashqai has a significant increase in body size, the length, width and height are 4436/1869/1618mm, the wheelbase has also increased by 20mm, reaching 2666mm, which can be said to be a circle larger than the current model, and the new car must have a more spacious ride and loading space. However, even after the size is improved, it is still slightly inferior to the wheelbase of nearly 2.7 meters of the Rongfang dual engine.
Write at the end
As a new replacement model of Nissan Qashqai, the new generation of Qashqai has a more obvious improvement in appearance and space, and the addition of e-POWER hybrid technology also makes the new car more powerful and lower fuel consumption. Compared with Toyota RAV4 Rongfang Double Engine, the new Qashqai product strength is not much worse, and if the starting price can be less than 200,000 yuan, presumably the future market competitiveness will not be lower than Rongfang Double Engine. If you want to buy a moderately priced home SUV and recognize the Japanese product brand, etc. A new generation of Qashqai is also a good choice.