Buying a seven-seater SUV to open, people who have this idea of buying a car should consider the composition of the family.
Otherwise, who would take five seats for space redundancy when commuting up to 1-2 passengers on a daily commute? Wherever the above considerations are taken into account, it should be more than 5 members of the family. After having seven seats, it means that more than 5 people have a more flexible space performance when traveling, and if you add a label of less than 400,000 to the seven-seater model, it means that you have to pursue the car experience at the same time as "space freedom".
With a price of about 400,000, buy a seven-seat SUV, what kind of choice will you have?
Get used to hybrids, buy another hybrid?
Talk about the vehicle and personnel composition of this car purchase family, Lao Lin is a middle-aged man of about 40 years old, is the kind of person who knows how to spend money on a very cost-effective price, for example, drink American coffee only drink Luckin, 711, because of the high cost performance, are caffeine, there is no need to buy more than 30 yuan starbucks.
Then the vehicle composition is now a Toyota Prius (not going to sell), hybrid kind, the car is still a fabric seat, warm in winter and cool in summer, very comfortable, and has been driving for several years. Old Lin is very pragmatic, working as a programmer in a large factory (now it should be management), marrying late to have children is also late, this year the second child should be born to hear that he also has to respond to the three-child policy, so his long-term plan is to take the indicators of his daughter-in-law and buy a seven-seat SUV.
Because Lao Lin did not particularly like the appearance of MPV, he directly denied all MPV models. The budget to be taken is within 400,000 yuan, the model to be bought is a seven-seat SUV, there is no clear requirement for the vehicle brand; the fuel consumption is best to be lower After all, the hybrid car is used to driving, and the high fuel consumption he really can't accept.
After talking about this, I said, "Wouldn't it be okay for you to pick a hybrid SUV directly in Toyota?" Lao Lin refused on the spot, and said that he was now driving Toyota, and it was best to change the taste. The few days we picked out after that were ford edge, Volkswagen Tourone and Toyota Crown Land.
What's the end of the day? Old Lin can't get around Toyota, to be precise, he can't get around Toyota Hybrid.
The second car is done, or Toyota
After visiting the American and German systems, Lao Lin walked into Toyota's 4S store with expectations. There are a lot of people in the shop, most of them are concentrated around Crown Land, Asian Dragon and Corolla. After registering the information, the staff of the store quickly came to receive us, and after knowing that we were going to see the crown, he first said, "Sir, if you buy this car, you may have to wait a long time."
Of course, Old Lin doesn't care, he has a car to drive, this car is mainly bought for his daughter-in-law to drive (take the children/old people out to play). We also asked straight to the point, is there any discount on this car now? The answer we got was as "no" as we expected, and there was a decorative option to choose from.
After that, I learned about the general situation, the store sold more than 140 crowns last month, the hot model is concentrated on the four-wheel drive luxury version model, the pick-up cycle is about 1 month; if it lands, the total price is expected to be about 360,000 yuan, including about 26,000 yuan of purchase tax, about 9,000 yuan of insurance costs, about 2,000 yuan of license service fees, etc.
The staff introduced the middle and high-end models, Lao Lin took a look at the configuration table, and felt that some of the configurations of the high-end models were not very satisfied, but they had a stronger interest in the top models, so they asked about the price of the top with all the landing. The landing price of the top model is not over budget, and it can be bought.
After that, in the car and test driving experience session, Lao Lin first gave an affirmation of the luxury in the car, and the comfort level may be because he is used to sitting in the fabric seat or he feels that his current Prius is more comfortable sitting (personal opinion), but the sense of luxury is indeed very in place. And the second and third rows of space experience, Lao Lin feels that it is completely enough, and even feels that it is somewhat rich in the short term.
The test drive is not the top model, but it is also a 2.5L hybrid system, with a fuel consumption of 5.8L per 100 kilometers, and there is no essential difference between the overall opening and the top model. Lao Lin went through the test drive procedures with the staff, plus drove for about 20 minutes, and I sat in the third row with them. How does it feel to ride? The third row is not uncomfortable, but it is not a very comfortable kind, at least 20 minutes away I did not feel uncomfortable; Old Lin just opened for a while and began to say" Is this still that feeling, or so comfortable, it seems that you have to choose Toyota."
Not only is it a matter of low fuel consumption, but the smoothness and quietness of the driving compared to gasoline cars are slightly better than the hybrid. After arriving at the store, under the guidance of the staff, Lao Lin completed the order of the model, and then waited for a month or so to pick up the car.
Why didn't you choose American and Ashkenazi brands, let's talk.
A few years younger, definitely buy explorers
In fact, in addition to Toyota this time, Old Lin also has a strong interest in Ford Explorers. Q is 2.3T power + four-wheel drive, let the old Lin feel quite fierce, but the reason why I did not buy it is also because of this 2.3T engine. Stopping the old Lin to buy ford explorers is not the budget, 2.3T + four-wheel drive these two labels put together, the old Lin 400,000 budget can also win the high-end model.
Under the premise that the interior space, comfort and configuration are satisfactory, Lao Lin test-drove a medium and high-end model. The maximum power of the 2.3T engine is 203 kW, the maximum torque is 425 Nm, and with the four-wheel drive system, the most direct feeling is fast and fierce. Lao Lin had only been exposed to such a car as the Toyota Prius before, and it was also the first car he got started, and he had driven until now, and he had no concept of turbocharging or anything, nor was he interested; but as soon as he got started, he found that he really did not contradict the car with the turbine.
But then I thought about it, this car was bought to take care of family members can have a comfortable experience in the car, the disadvantage of accelerating so fiercely is that the turbo pressure in the low speed field does not perform as smoothly as the hybrid. Just, forget it, don't buy it; if you're a few years younger and don't have children, you might consider buying a six-seater Ford Explorer.
Endured the pain of cutting love, Lao Lin gave up the turbo that was just a little interested; then we went to the Volkswagen 4S store to feel the Volkswagen Tuang.
His perception of Volkswagen Tuon began with the new car that his colleague bought last year, and the most intuitive concept was that it was big and cheap. Serious old Lin did not have a complete contact with this car, only stayed in "listening to colleagues", really to his own experience when he found that the interior of this car is too simple, but the space inside the car is indeed large, the third row of seven seats space is also quite spacious, and the endorsement of the Volkswagen brand makes Old Lin want to buy.
After some experience, the final test drive dissuaded Lao Lin. The combination of Volkswagen Tuon 2.0T + 7DCT has been launched in the market for many years, and it is a very mature set of power, but Lao Lin still feels that this gearbox has not performed well when the Gearbox is shifted. If you have to talk about the technical level, in theory, the dual clutch is better than atAT, or the latter does a better job in smoothness (personal opinion, the overall feeling of DCT gearbox tuning now is not significantly different from the atta use feeling). At the end of the test drive, Lao Lin felt that although the volkswagen Tuang had about 20,000 discounts, there was indeed nothing on the product that could attract him, and the fuel consumption of 8.5L per 100 kilometers was directly dissuaded, and then there was the above car purchase experience.
summary
With a budget of about 400,000 yuan, He can definitely win the Ford Explorer he is interested in, but for family reasons, he gave up the more aggressive powertrain of 2.3T, and instead chose the "old acquaintance" Toyota Hybrid, which has better smoothness, tranquility and fuel economy. I think Lao Lin's choice is correct, of course, it can't be said that the Ford Explorer's powertrain must not be suitable for home use, but Lao Lin's experience is somewhat inconsistent with his car needs.
Looking at the retention rate of several cars, the 2020 Ford Explorer, the landing price of the new car is about 358,000 yuan, and the price of the second-hand car after driving 20,000 kilometers is about 298,000 yuan. The 2021 Toyota Crown land release, the new car landing price is about 380,800 yuan, after driving 10,000 kilometers, the second-hand car price is about 398,000 yuan.