All along, our Chinese consumers like to be big, like models with excellent space, which is a consumer concept, after all, Chinese people just feel that big things have face. With the increase of family members, the six- or seven-seat model with large space has really become a trend, which explains the fundamental reason why the single-month sales of the Buick GL8 remain high. Therefore, many Chinese consumers want to start a six-seat or seven-seat SUV model, but as far as the current market product positioning is concerned, many six- and seven-seat models are more expensive, such as Highlander, Tuang, Lanjing, etc., which require more than 200,000 to start, and many civilian consumers are really difficult to accept. So under such a premise, I will introduce you to a relatively cost-effective seven-seat SUV, because it is a German system, so it is easier to be accepted by the Chinese, it is Skoda Kodiak, with 2.0T or 7 seats, this German medium-sized SUV is only 160,000, and now the new model is upgraded inside and outside, and it is going to be on fire.
Speaking of Skoda, I believe that many Chinese people still don't know much, in fact, as a sub-brand of Volkswagen, Skoda is really buried, because it is the same as the Volkswagen model in the three major pieces of technology, and does not use a new engine or gearbox, and even open the engine compartment, you can clearly see the Volkswagen logo on the engine, but even so, its sales are much worse than the models with Volkswagen logos. Many people say that it is the reason for brand awareness, I think it is more reasonable, after all, many people know Volkswagen, and do not know Skoda, because Skoda does not have a brand background in China, and many people are very unfamiliar with that car logo. Not only that, Volkswagen also made the Jetta independent, and the brand background of the Jetta was blessed with the title of volkswagen, which once again marginalized Skoda and made Skoda's market presence lower. For this Kodiak, it is a medium-sized SUV from Skoda, with a choice of five and seven seats. The positioning price is 17.79 - 24.79 million, because there is a very good positioning down, so the seven-seat version of this car should be about 160,000 can be started.
But the sales performance of the market is still very general, so the Kodiak car finally ushered in a facelift, the new model can be described as a "big change of blood inside and outside", and now let me take you to a brief understanding of it. After the replacement, the first thing is the change on the front face, where its grille size has become a little larger, and chrome decoration has been used on the edge of the grille to make it look more stylish. In terms of headlights, the new model is much more advanced than the old model, so after making these changes, it also makes this car more in line with the audience. On the side of the body, the waistline stretch of the German car is still maintained, supplemented by the concave outline under the door panel, making the proportion of the entire body very tight. The design comes to the tail, the shape of the tail lamp is much stronger than the old three-dimensional sense, combined with the double exhaust and the embellishment of the Skoda letters, I think it is still more domineering. Finally, there is the body size, the length, width and height of this car are 4701/1883/1676mm with a wheelbase of 2791mm.
Entering the car, the interior is the biggest place for this car to upgrade, the old model is a very standard "T" type structure, the mosaic display is not small in size, but it still looks more age-like. The new model is not the same, the new model uses a suspension display, which is also a latest design concept of Volkswagen, and Tiguan L is very similar, in addition to the suspension display, there is a full LCD instrument, combined with the embellishment of brown leather, so that its luxurious attributes are also jumping on the paper. In terms of configuration, this car has not been specifically announced, but it can be seen that it uses an integrated sports seat, the seat has electric adjustment, heating, ventilation and main driver seat memory function, etc., and other aspects, as well as blind zone monitoring, 360 panoramic images, ACC adaptive cruise, simple gesture control, etc., compared to the old model in the configuration, there is also a certain improvement.
In terms of power, this car should be consistent with the old model, the whole series should be equipped with a 2.0T engine, but this 2.0T engine is high and low power, the maximum low power is 186 horsepower, the high power is 220 horsepower, and the high-power version of this car is with four-wheel drive. Matching it is the seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, which is familiar to everyone, because it is already seen too much on Volkswagen's models. Because the body size of this car is not very large, for our daily home, choosing a 186-horse low-power engine is absolutely enough, because on the old model, this power system can also achieve 8.8S to break the hundred. And the high-power 2.0T version, especially with the blessing of four-wheel drive, is really a little strong, because its 100-kilometer acceleration can reach 7.5S, which is very powerful, but in general, we consumers will not choose this version, because this version is a price, that is, the highest match, the highest match is inevitably a little high, and there are more other options on the market.
In general, the current automobile consumer market, like the space is large and is a seven-seat consumer is still quite a lot, after all, there are many family members, a five-seater model is really not enough, where to go is not convenient. However, the competition of seven-seat models is also fierce, like Toyota not only has highlander, but also brings crown land release, Volkswagen in addition to Tuang also has a territory, so the competition is invisible. As a not a popular brand of Skoda, can only rely on the cost performance to attract Chinese consumers, I think the old Skoda Kodiak sold badly, a large part of it is also the reason for the appearance, because the appearance of the old model and Komic, Kolok is really almost the same, especially the golden version, giving people a feeling of old-fashioned and cheap. So this time Kodiak has made a small upgrade in appearance, and rendered the interior a unique sense of premium, making it different from other models. Most importantly, its blue version is really young and sporty, so I personally feel that after the listing of this car, if the price is not high, there may be a new market breakthrough, after all, Skoda is really a buried brand, everyone sees the surface, did not see that Skoda is actually a volkswagen.