In the luxury mid-size SUV market, the most competitive is nothing more than Mercedes-Benz GLC, Audi Q5L and BMW X3 (ranked in order), their average monthly sales can exceed 10,000, but in the terminal market, the situation is very different, in most cases, Mercedes-Benz GLC has the smallest discount, BMW X3 second, Audi Q5L the largest. In other words, although these three models are first-line luxury brands of the same level of SUVs, the terminal price is very different, the actual situation is like this: the price of the Mercedes-Benz GLC low-power model is roughly the same as the BMW X3 high-power model, and the price of the BMW X3 low-power model is roughly the same as the Audi Q5L high-power model. That is to say, the price of the Mercedes-Benz GLC low-power model may be more expensive than the Audi Q5L high-power model. It can be seen that the first-line luxury brands are also divided into three, six and nine.
Today we will take a look at the "king of cost performance" of the mid-size SUV under the first-line luxury brand - Audi Q5L. When the car first entered the Chinese market, there was no opponent, at that time it was equipped with a 2.0T+8AT powertrain, equipped with a Tolson-style quattro full-time four-wheel drive system, although it needed to increase the price of the car, but it was still in short supply. Even if BMW later introduced the X3 and Mercedes-Benz introduced the GLK (the predecessor of GLC), it was not a rival to the Audi Q5 at all in terms of sales. It wasn't until Audi replaced the Q5 with the Q5L (extended), Mercedes-Benz upgraded the GLK to GLC, and BMW made the X3 domestic, that the luxury mid-size SUV market really "changed the day".
Audi Q5L is more in line with the needs of Chinese cars after the extension, it is reasonable to say that it should be more popular, but why does the sales not increase but decline? On the one hand, the competitiveness of Mercedes-Benz GRC and BMW X3 has been enhanced, on the one hand, Audi Q5L replaced the ZF 8AT transmission with a 7-speed wet-fast dual-clutch transmission, replaced the quattro full-time four-wheel drive system with a quadtro timely four-wheel drive system, Audi's idea is very simple, Audi Q5L is an urban SUV, mainly based on household attributes, most consumers do not need such a powerful four-wheel drive system, they are more concerned about fuel consumption performance, and 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission (fast gear change, The combination of high transmission efficiency) + timely four-wheel drive system (mainly two-wheel drive driving, automatic switching four-wheel drive in extreme road conditions) can effectively reduce fuel consumption, most consumers should prefer this change, right?
But for consumers, it is not such a thing, they will feel that the Audi Q5L is in the "simple match", in everyone's subconscious there is an 8AT gearbox than the 7 wet dual-clutch transmission "advanced" concept, full-time four-wheel drive system than the timely four-wheel drive system cost higher concept, although this is nonsense.
This generation of Audi Q5L still has some shortcomings, such as its front storage space is small, the MMI panel is cancelled after directly taking out a storage compartment, but the practicality of this storage compartment is not strong, can only put the car keys, can not put the mobile phone, the right side of the mobile phone storage compartment size is also very small, some large size smartphones can not be put in. And its front floor table does not have a cup holder, the cup holder is hidden in the middle of the armrest box, there is a storage compartment on the top, if you put a bottle of drink, this storage compartment must be pushed inside, the design is not reasonable.
The rear space of the Audi Q5L is very spacious, basically between the Mercedes-Benz GLC and the Bozhong, but its rear seat backrest cannot be adjusted, the backrest angle is also very straight, you have to sit in front of the precarious, and it is not comfortable for a long time. The rear platform is also raised, and the middle seat is basically impossible to sit adults. Its trunk space is very regular, the volume is also very large, after the rear seats 4/2/4 down, can further expand the space, improve the loading capacity.
After experiencing the "little arrogance" of the "lack of core" period, at this stage Audi Q5L finally lowered its posture, we learned from the Beijing area that the audi Q5L has a maximum discount of 87,700 yuan, but this is the top model, the cost performance is not high, its volume model is 40T luxury dynamic type, preferential 74,800 yuan, 45T luxury dynamic discount 81,000 yuan, but to meet the conditions of in-store insurance, in-store licensing, local license and so on. Nationwide, the preferential treatment in Beijing is also very large, you can refer to this price, you can get the best, can not get it is also very normal.
In terms of sales, mercedes-benz GRC, Audi Q5L and BMW X3 sales in February were 11944 units, 10330 units and 7786 units, respectively, although the Audi Q5L offer is very large, but it is still inferior to Mercedes-Benz GLC. So, what do you think about the mid-size SUVs of the three first-line luxury brands of Mercedes-Benz GRC, Audi Q5L and BMW X3?