How to look at the gold content of a car company through products? That depends on the B-Class cars in its products.
Because of the technical content, there are C-class and D-class cars on top of the B-class cars, and the most advanced technology of the car companies will not be preferentially delegated to the B-class cars; on the market share, the share of the B-class cars is not as good as the price of the A-class SUVs, and it is not as good as the lower price of the A-class cars.
Therefore, whether it can create an excellent B-class car is a major basis for judging the comprehensive ability of car companies. To take an easy-to-understand example, the B-class car is like the last answer to the math test paper of the college entrance examination, with a high score and very difficulty. Those who dare to do it, and can do it well, are often top students. Perhaps for this reason, Changan Ford also upgraded its B-class car, the Mondeo, and opened pre-sales on March 18.
What is its product strength? We may wish to compare it with the important model of the B-segment car market, FAW-Volkswagen Magotan. As an important model of the two car companies, between Mondeo and Magotan, who is better?
Compare the main models in the two car series - the Mondeo EcoBoost 245 Extreme (hereinafter referred to as Mondeo) and the 2022 Magotan 330TSI DSG Luxury (hereinafter referred to as Magotan). Perhaps, the choice is not difficult.
Appearance Who is better?
It is said that it begins with the appearance value, and the first joy in the heart comes from the visual love.
From the outside, Mondeo feels like it's broken. What is breaking? It overturned Ford's long-standing design style and brought a new design language to the eye.
Through-type headlights effectively increase the visual width of the front of the car. The wide grille also gives Mondeo a more sporty feel. The split headlights are equally memorable, with the upper light set consisting of three-stage turn signals and boomerang-shaped daytime running lights, which are slender and sharp. The square far/low beam below is practical. Combined with the blackening treatment and exaggerated front lip, the front of the new Mondeo also presents the attack necessary for a sporty model.
From the side, the sneaky shape, the double-colored bodywork, the slender front cabin and the layered side lines make the whole car look very stretched and the proportions are very coordinated; you can feel that the new Mondeo is also going to a younger sports route. Of course, details such as multi-spoke rims and hidden door handles can also prove this.
In short, it gives you the feeling of a new look that has not been seen in the B-class body for a long time.
In contrast, The Magotan design is more conservative. For example, the typical Volkswagen family design can improve the recognition of the model; the chrome trim extends from the middle net to the light group, and the chrome trim in the middle adopts a vertical dot matrix layout, which does make The Magotan look more stable, but in the face of the increasingly young B-class car market, this design is obviously too old-fashioned.
Looking at the size of the two cars, after all, for a B-class car, the length directly affects the comfort.
In terms of size, Mondeo's length, width and height are 4935/1875/1500mm; Magotan's length, width and height are 4865/1832/1471mm, and Mondeo has surpassed Magot in three aspects, which means that Mondeo has more space in the car; it is worth mentioning that Mondeo's wheelbase is the longest 2945mm in the same class, which is 74mm more than Maiten, which makes sitting in the back row of Mondeo more comfortable than sitting in the back of Maiteng.
Quality Who stands out?
Every long-term love depends on quality.
Driving experience is an important influencing factor in judging the quality of a model; and the factor that directly affects the driving experience is the power.
In terms of power, the new Mondeo is also sincere enough, without matching different engines on different models, without the difference in high and low power, and truly treating everyone equally. It is equipped with a Ford EcoBoost 2.0T engine with a maximum power of 175 kW and a peak torque of 376 N·m, and is equipped with an 8AT gearbox.
In contrast, The Magotan is also equipped with a 2.0T engine, which is matched by a 7DSG transmission. In terms of data, The maximum power of Maiten is 137Kw, the peak torque is 320N·m, and the data is still ahead of Magotan.
What is even more touching is that the Mondeo 2.0T engine can still use No. 92 gasoline in the case of up to 175 kW; Andrten needs to add No. 95 gasoline. This means that even with the addition of No. 92 gasoline on a daily basis, the power of the new Mondeo is strong enough, in contrast, The Magotan is not only slightly weaker, but also higher in the cost of daily use.
Safety has always been an unavoidable topic in the history of automobile development. With the improvement of car ownership, the more stringent the requirements for car safety performance, which is also an important driving force for the evolution and upgrading of automobile history. In terms of safety configuration, the two cars also have some differences.
Here we need to popularize a knowledge first. As we all know, the A-pillar and roof side beams of the general model are welded from multiple steel plates. In order to create a strong, light and compact A-pillar, Ford used a 3D roller pressing process, that is, by pressing the 1700Mpa ultra-high-strength steel roller into a closed structure of the steel pipe, to undertake the protection task from A-column to C-pillar. This technology was first used by Ford Edge, and then applied to new cars such as the Ford Explorer.
In fact, the 3D roller structure is not on paper, taking the 25% bias collision and the roof strength test of the China Insurance Research Institute as an example, and has obtained G (excellent) results. Among them, in the roof load mass test, which represents the strength of the roof, Ruiji has achieved a compressive performance equivalent to 5.62 times its own weight, even better than the Volvo XC60 and Audi Q5L.
Mondeo's A-to-C columns also use 1700Mpa strength 3D roller pressure tubes, and there is hardly any stronger material in its class. It is worth mentioning that the Mondeo is 2.8-4.5kg lighter than the stamping welding form used by other models, which ensures safety performance while taking into account fuel economy.
On the other hand, Maiten, as a model with the same platform as the Passat, both cars are built on the MQB transverse front-drive platform, and its body steel structure is 1500Mpa steel, which has a certain anti-collision ability, but from the point of view of perfection, it is obvious that Mondeo has more advantages. After all, when an accident occurs, the passive safety of the car is the last hurdle to protect the safety of the user's life, and any small detail may evolve into a huge regret. Obviously, Magotan still has a lot of room for improvement in this regard.
Smart Who is better?
When intelligence has become a very frequent vocabulary in the mouths of many car companies, what kind of configuration is convenient and practical for a B-class car? We may wish to look for some answers from the comparison of the two models.
Let's start with Mondeo. Sitting in the Mondeo car, the 1.1-meter giant screen composed of a 12.3-inch LCD instrument and a 27-inch 4K central control touch screen has a strong sense of visual impact, and such a screen size is definitely one of the best in the new forces. In the 150,000-200,000 joint venture brand mid-size car market, the new Mondeo is the only model to introduce a large through-screen into the car, which is very praiseworthy.
And Mondeo is also equipped with the SYNC+ car machine system known as the "best joint venture car machine", which can not only recognize a variety of voices, but also separate the main driving screen from the co-driver, so that the two needs do not interfere with each other. In addition to the large screen and easy to use, the new Mondeo also shares a new electronic and electrical architecture with Ford's electric vehicles, supporting the OTA upgrade of the whole vehicle, such as assisted driving, power-related modules can all be upgraded online, which is also the only one in the 200,000-priceD B-class car fuel vehicle. From the current point of view, the Mondeo EcoBoost 245 Extreme can support more than a dozen driver assistance functions, which can effectively reduce the incidence of accidents.
Looking at Magotan, from the perspective of the size of the interior LCD screen, the 10.3-inch LCD dashboard and the 9.2-inch central control screen are still not as large as a central control screen in Mondeo. The CNS 3.0 car engine system it is equipped with is also simpler in function, far less abundant than Mondeo, and it is worth mentioning that its driving assistance function is only 2, far less than Mondeo's more than a dozen driving assistance functions. And the functions carried on the Mondeo, such as the whole vehicle OTA, did not appear on The Magotan.
In addition to the intelligent configuration of the interior and the machine, the two cars are also very different in other configurations.
For example, Mondeo is equipped with 19-inch wheels, and Magotan's wheels are 17 inches; Mondeo's full-speed adaptive cruise has become a fixed-speed cruise on Magotan; for example, hidden door handles, actively closed air intake grilles, brand audio, black roof, Wolong awakening welcome system, remote start, gesture control, facial recognition and reversing side warning and other functions on Mondeo have not appeared on Magen.
It is worth mentioning the price of both.
In terms of the market terminal transaction price, the pre-sale price of the Mondeo EcoBoost 245 Extreme type is 199,800 yuan, and the price of the Magotan 330TSI DSG luxury type is 233,900 yuan, minus the preferential margin, the average transaction price is about 211,200 yuan.
Looking at the transaction price alone, Mondeo is 11400 yuan less than Magotan, plus its configuration is more than Magotan, the value is about 19000 yuan, so that the cost performance of Mondeo is 30400 yuan higher than That of Magotan.
Write at the end:
From the perspective of market position, both models have a very important position in their own model matrix, and they are two very bright cars in the B-class car market.
Through comparison, we found that although Maiten has a very high market share, its performance in terms of power level, size space, intelligent configuration, etc., is inferior to Mondeo, and at the same time, the price of Mondeo is obviously more real than That of Magotione. It is understood that now ordering Mondeo, you can also participate in the exclusive activities of "6 plus 6" and get exclusive gifts such as departure gifts, car gifts and pet powder gifts, which once again highlights its price advantage.
So what choice will you make between these two cars?