Poussin is known as "a generation of god car", its existence has influenced the concept of generations of people to choose the car, with Santana, walk all over the world are not afraid of advertising words are still familiar, why Poussin can go all over the world, it is because Poussin chassis is high, the height of the old Poussin chassis reached 138mm, indeed higher than the current general car. However, it is not taller than the SUV in the eyes of many people, such as the Haval H6 chassis height is about 190mm when it is unloaded, and the minimum ground clearance of the chassis is about 150mm when it is fully loaded. But why does Poussin give the illusion that the chassis is particularly high?
Why do you think the Poussin chassis is particularly high?
First of all, Poussin's ground clearance is indeed higher than that of the average car, and the minimum ground clearance of the 2018 Langyi model is 115mm. But it looks as if it's taller than the SUV chassis. This is because the old Santana's tires are smaller, only 14 inches large, so the distance between the tires and the wheels is particularly large, so it looks like the ground clearance is large.
In addition, there is another important reason, Santana's front and rear bumpers are straight, and the height from the ground is relatively high, from the front point of view, it does feel that the ground clearance of this car is particularly high. The front and rear bumpers of the current car are surrounded downwards, and the ground clearance is relatively small.
Why did Poussin make a high chassis?
At that time, Poussin's high ground clearance was really a last resort, and the domestic automobile market at that time did not have the concept of SUVs, and the traditional three major pieces were Poussin, Fukang and Jetta. The ground clearance of these three cars is relatively high. Because the domestic road conditions were not good at that time, in order to prevent the bottom, the ground clearance had to be raised a little.
Pros and cons of high ground clearance
In fact, it is not difficult to do a high ground clearance, as long as the height of the suspension is raised. However, the high ground clearance will bring many negative effects in addition to improving the passability. The high ground clearance means that the center of gravity of the vehicle is also high, first of all, it will reduce the handling, the roll of the high-speed cornering is greater, the driving stability is reduced, and the second is that the increase in wind resistance will increase a certain fuel consumption. Finally, too much ground clearance can also reduce some comfort due to roll.
It is precisely because of such shortcomings that with the improvement of domestic road conditions, Poussin has also lowered the chassis, the minimum ground clearance of the Santana 2000 chassis is 120mm, and the minimum ground clearance of santana 3000 is 115mm. Most of the current pavement is paved, and if there is a bad road demand, they have also bought SUVs, so the current car chassis is stable at about 115mm.
So for the car, the ground clearance is not the higher the better, because the car and the SUV are used differently, so the orientation in the design is also different, if you miss Poussin's high chassis, you can go to buy SUV models to ensure better passability.