In recent years, the pace of replacement of Japanese cars can be described as more and more accelerated, in the past need to sell on the market for seven or eight years to replace the model, now four or five years to replace, it can be seen that even if it is as strong as the Japanese car companies, now also began to cater to the needs of the Chinese people.
No, as a Japanese mid-size sedan officially launched in 2019, FAW Toyota Asia Dragon has been sold for just over two years and has recently released a new model. Surprisingly, the front face of the new Asian Dragon has been adjusted, while the space performance is still as large as ever. Therefore, friends who want to buy a family car, this time should be able to buy and leave.
New Asian Dragon
Old Asian Dragon
Looking at the appearance first, the new Asian Dragon has been fine-tuned at the grille of the front face, and the overall feeling is more tense and the sense of luxury is much stronger than that of the current model on sale.
In addition, the new Asian Dragon headlights have added this fishbone LED daytime running light design, which looks more personalized than the current model.
In terms of size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4975/1850/1450mm, and a wheelbase of 2870mm. In terms of space, passengers with a height of 180cm sit in the back row, with 4 fingers of head space and more than two punches of leg space. However, the Asian Dragon's rear platform has a certain bulge, but fortunately the bulge is not very high, so the overall riding performance and comfort are not too much of a problem.
The interior is a T-shaped center console style design, the upright central control screen not only increases in size, but also cancels the physical buttons on the old model, and the overall design becomes a lot simpler and clearer. In front of the co-pilot, there is still a metal chrome trim that runs through the center console, which looks quite textured.
New central control screen
Old central control screen
In general, the interior design of the Asian Dragon takes a simple and bright route, and for elderly middle-aged users, the interior design in the face of such an interior design should also be called "very fragrant".
As for power, the new Asian Dragon still uses two naturally aspirated engines, 2.0L and 2.5L. Its maximum power is 178 hp and 209 hp, respectively, and the transmission is matched by a CVT continuously variable transmission and an 8-speed manual transmission. In addition, the Asian Dragon has a 2.5L dual-engine power option, with a maximum power of 178 horsepower, and the E-CVT stepless transmission is matched.
In the past February, Asia Dragon sold 11,236 new cars in one go, ranking third in the mid-size car market. You know, the competition in the mid-size car market has been very fierce, and the price of the Asian Dragon is set at 189,800-27.98 million yuan, which is not cheap overall. Therefore, in such a market environment, it can also squeeze into the top three monthly sales of the mid-size car market, which shows that its product strength has been highly recognized by consumers.
Finally, although the new Asian Dragon has only slightly modified the front face and interior, as a joint venture brand medium-sized sedan with strong product strength, the Asian Dragon has been loved by many Chinese people. In addition, FAW Toyota has now stopped production of the crown, so manufacturers do need a mid-to-high-end car to fill its market gap in the price range of 200,000-300,000 yuan. In short, the revitalized Asian Dragon believes that it will continue to be favored by consumers, and friends who want to buy it can finally buy it and leave. (Text/Univision Auto Dazhuo)
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