As a medium-sized model that can meet the travel of many people in the family, the medium-sized SUV is often particularly loved by the Chinese in the automobile consumer market.
However, in the current auto market, there are also many fake medium-sized SUV models that "lie about height". For this type of model, the Chinese people can be described as both love and hate.
I love that they are much cheaper than the mainstream standard size mid-size SUVs, and hate that they can only be regarded as compact SUVs in size, and they look very small.
So if this is the case, is this really a manufacturer playing with consumers as a monkey? Today we will take stock of 4 positioning mid-size SUVs, but in fact, it is a compact size of the joint venture SUV, to see if you will choose to buy after understanding their size.
The first paragraph, the public exploration
Body size: 4589/1860/1660mm
Wheelbase: 2731mm
FAW-Volkswagen's official definition of Tanyue is a medium-sized SUV, and the price has also come to the range of 204,900-26.49 million yuan. But in fact, by looking at the size data of the car, we can find that the body size of the Tanyue 4589/1860/1660mm is only the "body" of a compact SUV.
In addition, the wheelbase of Volkswagen Tanyue is only 2731mm, compared with many joint venture compact SUVs with slightly larger sizes, it even has no advantage at all, so such a "medium-sized SUV" that does not live up to the name, will you still buy it?
The second paragraph, chevrolet explorers
Body size: 4646/1843/1684mm
Wheelbase: 2725mm
Also from SAIC-GM, the Chevrolet brand's Explorer positioning is also a medium-sized SUV. In terms of price, the explorer guidance price is only 169,900-23.99 million yuan, and the terminal has more than 40,000 discounts, and overall its price is also at a lower compact SUV level. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the explorers are 4646/1843/1684mm, which is also smaller than Encore overall.
In terms of wheelbase, the explorer parameter is 2725mm, and the actual space in the car is not large, so in fact, it is still the performance of a compact SUV. In short, the Explorer is definitely a compact SUV, and its space is indeed not large, and the price is also the range of normal compact SUV, so it is not uneconomical to buy it, just buy a compact SUV in the name of a medium-sized SUV.
The third paragraph, Jeep Free Light
Body size: 4669/1865/1691mm
Wheelbase: 2707mm
I don't know when it started, Jeep also began to play the trick of "leapfrog positioning". No, Jeep Free light as a length of only 4669mm, wheelbase is only 2707mm SUV, but it was positioned by GAC FCA Jeep into a medium-sized SUV, do you say that it is not called abuse of size level?
Of course, the free light is not completely useless, after all, the manufacturer still arranged 2.0T+9AT for its entire series, so in terms of power system performance, it is also worthy of the identity of the medium-sized SUV. In addition, in terms of price, the free light is also a proper medium-sized SUV pricing, directly sold to the range of 196,800-319,800 yuan, which has attracted many netizens to call the price too high. The latter things everyone knows, this so-called "medium-sized SUV" free light now sells only a few dozen units a month, which can be described as a proper unsought-after model.
The fourth paragraph, Jetta VS7
Body size: 4624/1841/1633mm
Wheelbase: 2730mm
To be honest, in fact, I still have a good feeling for the Jetta VS7 car. After all, people use the price range of 10.68-14.58 million yuan to give a larger SUV whose size will reach the standard of a medium-sized SUV, which seems to be worth a lot. Of course, the main reason for this phenomenon is that the brand influence of jetta is too low, after all, it is a new brand, so it is reasonable to give a low price while giving a large size.
But then again, that is, the convenience of the VS7 this car is more cost-effective, but through the actual size we can still see that the Jetta VS7 4624/1841/1633mm of length, width and height can only be regarded as a compact SUV. In addition, the wheelbase of 2730mm is not up to the standard of mainstream mid-size SUVs, so we believe that the Jetta VS7 is still a compact SUV, and it is recommended that manufacturers optimize the model positioning in the later stage.
Written in the end: In general, if you look at the standard of toyota Highlander, the "sales overlord" of medium-sized SUVs, then the above 4 so-called "medium-sized SUVs" are actually obviously not worthy of the name. It is precisely because these 4 SUVs are just a larger compact SUV, and the manufacturer has defined them as medium-sized SUVs, which has caused consumers and netizens to complain about them. In short, as an automobile manufacturer, we feel that we should still be strict with ourselves, and avoid doing things that make users complain and resent, do you say this is the truth? (Text/Univision Auto Dazhuo)
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