If someone wants to buy Volkswagen and asks me which one to recommend, I will definitely recommend Gower. Because with the Golf you have all the VW models.
Volkswagen Golf – just to replace the Volkswagen Beetle
Seriously, if you are interested in friends can find a few pictures, a little comparison will be surprised to find that the golf elongation is passat, renamed is called Maiteng; then elongated then called Huiteng, heightened chassis is Tiguan; and then hold up the big point is Touareg, shoot flat is cool; shorten the point, is Polo, bend and rub round, that is the Beetle. Of course, this is a ridiculous paragraph on the Internet, but the public is indeed a little skilled in how to confuse the Chinese people and how to enrich their products.
Volkswagen Golf
Mentioning Volkswagen's Langyi, Jetta, Polaris, and Sagitar, many people may be confused. You say they're different, but you can't find much difference. Especially in the face of the matryoshka doll, which is too popular; you say they are the same, but their names are not the same at all. In fact, many of these models can only be seen in the Chinese market, which is what we call China's special supply cars. Although there are a lot of them looking at this model, in fact, their dads are golf. The secret behind this, and I will tell you.
Fast forward to 1974 in the last century, on a dark and windy night in a month, a man named George suddenly had a bold idea to design a national god car to replace the Beetle. It sounds like the tone is indeed not small, in fact, George's history is not simple, he is Italian. As soon as I say italians, you should understand, yes, the design of models like Bugatti, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and so on is related to George. So under his leadership, the first generation of Volkswagen Golf came out.
The first generation of Volkswagen Golf
If you think the name golf comes from golf, you're wrong.
Second, jetta - from consumer feedback
The volkswagen golf car name is actually derived from a warm current in the Gulf of Mexico, santana we are familiar with, in fact, its name comes from a hurricane in the Canyon of the Americas, and the name Passat comes from the monsoon in the southern Atlantic. So many of Volkswagen's models are named after the monsoon.
In addition to the regular version of the golf, Volkswagen also launched the Golf GTI the following year, which was originally produced to allow consumers to enjoy driving even if they buy an economy car. Since then, a new term has been added to the car world, a small steel cannon. Because of its low center of gravity, solid chassis and strong power. The 100-kilometer acceleration of the small steel cannon only takes 9.2 seconds, which is in 1975, when it could run into 10 seconds, which is indeed a veritable small steel cannon. This golf is very popular because it looks good, the price is not expensive, and it has the reputation of a small steel cannon.
Golf GTI
But some people complain, of course, trolls are of any age. Some people have said that golf is only a hatchback version, the space is too small, not practical at all. Seriously, what does Volkswagen do? The public is particularly good at listening to the opinions of the masses, and the psychology of consumers is dead. You think it's okay if golf is small, then I'll give you a big one. So after the release of the second generation of golf, a sedan version was vacated, named Jetta, which is the origin of the first generation of Jetta.
The first generation of the Jetta
You see I said that the golf has been stretched and it is the Jetta, but volkswagen itself does not think so. From the time of the release of the first generation of Jetta, the public emphasized that golf is golf, Jetta is Jetta, to put it bluntly, is not worried about affecting golf's pure blood. It is clear that golf is the pro-son, and the eccentricity of the public is too obvious. In fact, people who like golf will not consider buying a Jetta at all, and people who buy a Jetta will not like golf. But these two cars have their own customer base, so jetta sales are not low. So in 1984 Volkswagen launched the second generation of Jetta, which was introduced into China in 1991. The second-generation Jetta officially rolled off the production line from FAW-Volkswagen's plant.
Third, Volkswagen Bora is a shell Jetta
Huaxi Village everyone has heard of, the world's first village. A particularly interesting one happened in 1993.
In 1993, villagers in Huaxi Village ordered 250 Volkswagen Jettas at a time. There is a saying that Huaxi Village does have money, I am buying toilet paper online, people pour good, in 1993 began to buy cars in groups. In fact, this group purchase also made a very loud advertisement for jetta, and in the following 20 years, the popularity of jetta in China can be said to be comparable to Santana. As jetta's sales and popularity in China continue to rise, FAW-Volkswagen's riot operation has come.
Volkswagen Jetta
In 1997, the German Volkswagen launched the fourth generation of jetta, but I don't know what volkswagen thinks, it may be to find a fortune teller to give him a calculation, to change the name of the jetta, changed to what is called Bora. It is reasonable to say that jetta and Bora should be the same car, but the name has been changed. This does sound like nothing wrong with it, it is true in foreign countries, but it is very different when you come home. The FAW-Volkswagen operation we just talked about began here. After the name change, Bora was introduced to China by FAW-Volkswagen and was later treated as a completely new model, rather than the successor of the Jetta. That is to say, at this time, in China, jetta is jetta, Bora is bora, and both cars exist in the Chinese market at the same time. So where did this Jetta come from?
Fourth generation Jetta
In fact, FAW-Volkswagen made it itself, known as the production of pure German cars, North Volkswagen, no longer needs the technical support of the German headquarters, in the country can develop their own pure German cars, have to admire. So at this time, FAW-Volkswagen has two models, Jetta and Bora, as for the difference between the two, people who understand it naturally understand. What research and development has Bei volkswagen done to its Jetta? The main research and development content is shell change and decommissioning. However, the new Bora is really good, with a 1.8T turbocharged engine. And its shape is also more rounded, and sales are good after listing. This next FAW Volkswagen can be too cool, Jetta, Bora double harvest.
Bora
At this time, the Design of Bora was still dominated by the German Volkswagen. Presumably, everyone should know that Volkswagen has two companies in China, one is FAW-Volkswagen and the other is Shanghai Volkswagen. At this time, Shanghai Volkswagen was still playing with its own Santana, watching the FAW-Volkswagen Jetta and Bora double harvest, and was not happy, so it went to find its german father. German dad said, well, Bora has given you China's FAW-Volkswagen, it is impossible to let you also make Bora. In this way, SAIC Volkswagen you design your own modeling, put forward the configuration requirements, and Dad is responsible for auditing and technical development. Such a Volkswagen, which was designed by Chinese and customized for the middle and Chinese, was born. What's your name?
Fourth, Volkswagen Langyi and Sagitar come from the competition between the north and the south
The origin of this name is actually quite interesting, in 1985, in order to celebrate the establishment of Shanghai Volkswagen, the German Volkswagen in order to celebrate the establishment of Shanghai Volkswagen, the lavida design drawings as a gift to Shanghai Volkswagen, so the car is called Lavida, Chinese name is called Langyi, also known as Tokuhara Lang.
Volkswagen Langyi
Because the Car is Chinese its own design, the appearance is more in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese people, and SAIC Volkswagen naturally has also made a detailed study of the psychology of the Chinese people. Chinese like big, so Lang Yi is bigger than the same level of Bora. Therefore, once Langyi was launched, its sales quickly surpassed FAW-Volkswagen's Bora. At this time, the war between the North and South Volkswagen without gun smoke has begun, and regarding the war between the North and South Volkswagen, we will talk about it later, and we will continue to talk about the model.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Golf, Jetta, Bora and Langyi is clear to us. By the way, where did the sagittarius, which has a shaft that is not strong, come from?
In fact, in the end, Sagittar or Jetta, in 2006, it was called Jetta at the beginning, and later called The car of Bora has been updated to the fifth generation, and the Bora at this time, because the addition of Langyi competitors began to fight a price war, although the sales volume is not as good as Langyi, but it is not low. So FAW-Volkswagen is not a fool, although your foreign Bora has been replaced, but I can't change it when I come to China, because the replacement cost is high, the price has gone up, how can I compete with Langyi. So after the new generation of Bora was introduced to China by FAW-Volkswagen, it changed its name to Sagitar. Faw-Volkswagen's explanation is that it is in line with its big brother Huiteng. In this way, the cost of Bora will not become higher, and it can continue to compete with Langyi, and it has one more model called Sagittarius. Although the shaft was later broken, the sales volume was not bad.
Volkswagen Sagittarius
I have to say that FAW-Volkswagen's operation is really dazzling, so the relationship between these models is that Golf is jetta's father, jetta is Bora's father, Bora and Langyi are brothers, and Sagittarius is Bora's son.