Speaking of GAC Toyota Wesa this car, I believe many people will be unfamiliar with this, after all, the new car debuted at last year's Guangzhou Auto Show, and it was not officially launched until January this year. But in fact, the labels on this body are not many at all, and they are very recognizable, one is the nickname of its "most beautiful Toyota SUV", and the other is that the media peers have given it the title of "domestic Lexus".
In fact, whether it is the high evaluation of the new car of Weisa by the outside world, or the positioning of "luxury medium-sized SUV" given to it by Guangfeng, it proves that the new car this time is very different from the Toyota medium-sized SUV we have seen in the past. On March 12, GAC Toyota Wesa's first national media test drive meeting was held in the coastal city of Xiamen, so with questions about whether the new car can carry the "Toyota luxury SUV banner", I had an "immersive experience" with Wei Sa.
The texture is upgraded, and the elegance is overflowing
First of all, as the face value bearer in the Toyota SUV family, Wei Sa, which is known as the "most beautiful Toyota SUV", the most interesting thing for me is its appearance. In fact, when I first saw this car, it completely broke my stereotype of Toyota SUV "affordable" in the past.
Specifically, the most conspicuous of the front of the Weisa car is the lower huge trapezoidal grille, in today's road there are many closed front faces of the new energy vehicle era, Weisa's front face gave me a new feeling again, it is still reminding me that the era of fuel vehicles has not passed, and the sunken intake grille gives people a momentum of not being angry.
The silver chrome embellishment at the bottom also enhances the luxury of the entire front. Up the grille, is toyota's LOGO, extending from the black lines on both sides of the center to the headlights, and then with the slender headlight group, the entire front of the car looks more wide. In addition, the double L-shaped daytime running lights inside the light group look sharp and fierce.
Coming to the side, Wei Sa did not use too many complicated lines, only a shallow waist line from the rear door to the rear, and the whole car looked very simple and elegant. The blackened rearview mirrors and door frames, coupled with the sneaky back shape of the roof, can be described as full of sportsmanship, catering to the tastes of young consumers.
The side skirt of the lower part of the car side is also blackened with silver chrome trim, and continues the bottom of the car. We have seen a lot of car bottom blackening treatment is frosted scratch-proof material, but there are really few bright black styles like Weisa.
Wei Sa's ass is the most beautiful place that I think the whole car reflects the most sporty and beautiful, and the huge blackened tail wing, coupled with the sneaky shape, embodies the word Coupe to the fullest. The through-type slender taillights are like cutting the rear part of the car from the middle, combined with the embellishment of the bottom of the car, if I don't look at the standard, I can't even recognize this as a Toyota car.
Sitting in the car, Wesa once again broke my previous understanding of the "plastic feeling" of Toyota's interior, its cockpit uses a large number of leather wrapping, chrome decorative parts and stitching process, luxury and texture jump on the paper, which is also in line with GAC Toyota's claimed light luxury style. And whether it is from the perspective of materials or workmanship, Weisa has indeed achieved the level that luxury cars should have.
At the same time, the T-shaped center console appears to be symmetrical left and right, and the 12.3-inch touch screen on the center control is matched with the physical buttons, as well as the embedded style, which takes into account the technical sense of the interior and the practicality of the operation. Moreover, in addition to the lowest model, the JBL audio of the whole series of Wesa is equipped with 9 speakers this time, which is quite sincere.
In terms of vehicle system, Weisa's car machine this time has made great progress compared to the previous Toyota car, in addition to online map navigation, online music, voice recognition control and other network applications, but also imported Tencent Mini Program, car WeChat and other more trendy functions, the actual operation of the experience is also good. However, I really want to say that this set of car machines is still not the industry leader, can only be said to be decent, this quite "retro" ATMOSPHERE UI interface must first be changed. In addition, the owner can use the mobile app "Fengyun Yuexiang" to understand the vehicle situation and control the vehicle on the mobile phone in real time.
Small body and large space, Wei Sa is very able to install
In fact, a big slot point for the outside world for Weisa should be its 4780/1855/1660mm body trim, as well as the wheelbase of 2690mm, although such book data is also decent in a number of joint venture medium-sized SUV models, but in other car companies to take the lead in rolling up the body size of the moment, Weisa's 2690mm wheelbase is indeed not enough to see.
At first, I also thought that Wei Sa's ride and storage space would be a little cramped, but after touching the real car, I dismissed this idea. First of all, when the front seat maintains my driving posture, I sit in the upper leg space of the back row and have more than two punches, and the handsome back shape of wei sa does not have much impact on the "encroachment" of the rear head space, and the 173cm tall Xiaobian still has more than 1 fist of space, so it will not feel any depression.
In terms of storage, what I like most is that the door handle is a closed embedded door handle, xiaobian's personal habit of getting on the car likes to put the mobile phone in the doorknob position, so that it is convenient to take the mobile phone, and the mobile phone will not run randomly. There is also a lot of storage space under the door panels, and it is no problem to put down a few bottles of water.
There is also a lot of storage space in front of the stall handle, which is enough to put some miscellaneous things. It is equipped with two Type-C charging ports as well as a USB port.
The seat section supports 8-way + 2-way electric adjustment to the waist, and all models are equipped with seat ventilation/heating functions except for the lowest model. The seat actually sits up soft and moderate, the waist support is very sufficient, even if the whole 100km of urban road test drive down will not be tired, can be adjusted to a very comfortable position. In addition, the second row of seats supports backrest adjustment, which is very friendly to the rear passengers.
The ride is comfortable and the texture is comparable to that of a thunder car
In addition to having enough eye-catching appearance and calm riding space, we must also put forward high requirements for the driving texture of Wei Sa, after all, it is positioned as a "luxury medium-sized SUV".
First of all, let's talk about the two sets of powertrains provided by Wesa, in fact, everyone is already familiar with them, one is the powertrain of the 2.0L naturally aspirated engine + CVT transmission, the maximum power is 126kW, the peak torque is 209N·m; the other is the new fourth-generation THSII. Toyota hybrid system, which is composed of a 2.5L naturally aspirated engine + electric motor and an E-CVT transmission, and due to different drive layouts, The maximum system power is 160 kW and 163 kW (4WD dual motor).
The model version I tested this time is the Wei Sa Dual Engine 2.5L CVT two-wheel drive premium version, and when it is actually driven, the car can give me enough support in the continuous lane change or turn on the medium and high speed. At the same time, its sound insulation effect is also very quiet, coupled with the JBL sound to bring me a sense of high-grade, even in the traffic jam, driving this car I feel particularly enjoyable.
And this enjoyment also comes from the chassis to give me feedback, when my driving mode is adjusted to the state of comfort mode, Wei Sa can be said to be a "sheep in wolf skin", under the appearance of such a radical movement, the driving texture of the whole vehicle is particularly quiet and elegant, the filter of the chassis is very soft and comfortable, and the fine vibration of the road surface can hardly be felt. But if you switch it to the sport mode, Wei Sa seems to be exposed again, echoing the sporty appearance, one foot on the throttle, bringing me a strong sense of pushing back, driving so many Toyota cars, Wei Sa gives me a feeling that is really very different from other Toyota cars, it can really find a good balance between comfort and sports.
Write at the end
All in all, the guidance price range of 216,800-303,800 yuan given by Guangfeng to Weisa is actually quite reasonable, because whether it is the appearance, the materials used for workmanship, or the driving experience, it is the forefront of the joint venture medium-sized SUV market at this price. In fact, after this test drive, if I want to briefly evaluate the Weisa car, I should not hesitate to borrow the netizen's "trumpet Lexus", after all, this sentence can indeed concisely and clearly summarize the excellent product power of Weisa.