As we all know, many consumers nowadays will take German and Japanese cars as the first choice when buying cars, take about 200,000 B-class cars, The Japanese "Three Musketeers" Honda Accord, Toyota Camry and Nissan Tianlai sales in these two years are very good, easy to sell 10,000 or 20,000 units per month, compared to the same level of American, Korean, French cars seem to be a little niche, but the niche models must be bad? Some time ago, I accompanied my friend to buy a car, and after trying out the Nissan Tianlai and Citroen Versailles C5 X, I think the difference between the two cars is still quite large.
First of all, let's talk about Nissan Tianlai, friends due to limited budget, if you choose Tianlai, you can only buy the 2.0L power version, so we test drive the 2.0L model. First of all, let's talk about the appearance, the appearance of this generation of natural sounds is relatively beautiful, the overall style is very fashionable and sporty, V-Motion's big mouth front face is full of aggression, there is a black trim strip above the side C pillar that extends to the rear of the car, forming a suspended roof effect, and the design of the rear is relatively stable, not as dynamic as the front face and the side of the car.
When you come to the car, you can feel that Tianlai as Nissan's flagship sedan, whether it is materials or space, comfort has reached the middle and upper level of this level, the seat is very soft and comfortable, and sitting on it does have the feeling of a large sofa. However, after driving up, I think the power of this car is still slightly weaker, after all, the maximum horsepower of the engine is only 156 horses, the matching is still CVT gearbox, fuel saving, smooth is no problem, only the speed is more "gentle", suitable for people who are not impatient, if you want to drive fiercely, there is basically no play.
Later friends went to see the Accord and Camry, the results are over budget, unless you buy the lowest model, but the configuration is too shabby, when passing through a Citroen dealership, friends suddenly remembered that the Versailles C5 X listed some time ago was recently more popular, so he went in to take a look.
After seeing the real car, we found that the appearance of versailles C5 X is more handsome than on the picture, the whole owner plays a cross-border style, the X-type middle net looks quite fierce, the split headlights are also very personality, the side uses a slipback + suspension roof design, the 19-inch diamond type five-frame wheel hub is painted red, it looks particularly sporty, I heard that now you can also choose 18-inch rim, more suitable for daily commuting, the rear of the car uses a hatchback tail box design, after opening the opening is very large, The loading capacity is also stronger than that of ordinary sedans.
Come to the car, you can see that the interior design of Versailles is not as ostentatious as the appearance, but compared with the decent Japanese car, there is still a certain difference, the steering wheel size is not large, the upper and lower are flat-bottom structure, the grip is a bit of a racing feeling, the size of the full LCD dashboard and the central control screen are 7 inches and 12 inches, the center console is covered with a large number of imitation wood grain trim panels, the gear shift mechanism uses a button shift, the leather seat feels delicate to the touch, and the whole interior is still relatively in place for the creation of a sense of luxury.
As for the configuration, we test drive is the top model, the configuration can be said to be very complete, the whole car is equipped with a total of 6 airbags, and parallel assist, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, road traffic sign recognition, active braking, fatigue driving tips, front and rear radar, 360-degree panoramic image, reversing side warning and full speed adaptive cruise and other active and passive safety configurations and intelligent driving assistance functions, it is no wonder that five-star C-NCAP safety certification, in addition to the panoramic sunroof, electric induction trunk, Leather steering wheel, paddle shifter, mobile phone wireless charging, HUD head-up display, seat heating/ventilation/massage, seat memory, rear boss key, induction wipers, automatic partition air conditioning these comfortable and practical configurations are not absent, the car machine also supports CarPlay and CarLife mobile phone interconnection, easy enough to use.
Regarding the ride and driving experience, my friend is 1.76 meters tall, I am 1.74 meters tall, I sat in the back row when he was driving, there was still a distance of two fists in the legroom, although the size of Versailles was not very large in the B-class car, but the space was still fully enough for daily use. In addition, this car is equipped with a 1.6T turbocharged engine, the maximum horsepower is 175 horses, matching the 8AT gearbox, the power comes quickly when accelerating, the deep throttle can feel the feeling of pushing back, the 8AT gearbox is also very smooth, the chassis also has PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology, driving up is particularly stable, this aspect has always been the strength of the French car.
After the test car, my friends and I agreed that the overall performance of this top Versailles C5 X and the low-end Nissan Tianlai are still quite different, the price of the two cars is relatively close, but Versailles is better in terms of configuration and power, the appearance is more fashionable and sporty, more suitable for young people to drive, while Tianlai is mainly comfortable, smooth, fuel-efficient, more suitable for daily grocery shopping with baby, although friends did not order cars on the spot, it can be seen that he still prefers Versailles C5 X more, I wonder what you think about this car?