On March 30, FAW Toyota's flagship sedan, the new Asia Dragon, was officially launched, and the new car launched a total of 9 models with three kinds of power of 2.0L gasoline, 2.5L gasoline and 2.5L dual engine, priced at 19.98-27.98 million yuan. The new Asian Dragon has been upgraded in appearance, interior and configuration, but the starting price remains the same, and the top price has been reduced by 10,000 yuan, which can be said to have been strengthened again.
As the flagship sedan under the Toyota TNGA architecture, The Asian Dragon has always had a good reputation in terms of design, configuration, safety and other aspects, and the cumulative sales volume in the global market has reached 2.05 million, which is already a very remarkable achievement in the middle and high-end cars. As an upgrade of FAW Toyota's flagship sedan, what new breakthroughs will it bring?
First of all, the appearance, the new Asian Dragon adopts a double front face design, of which the 2.0L gasoline version and the 2.5L dual engine version, using the upper and lower body highlight module type front grille, on the basis of the original horizontal grille added a lot of longitudinal grain, relatively more layered. The 2.5L gasoline version adopts a dot matrix honeycomb grille, and the overall sense of movement has been significantly improved, and it is believed that this grille will be more popular with young consumers.
In addition, the new Asian Dragon headlights also adopt a new design, in the streamlined daytime running lights, the headlight group appears more slender, and plays a role in the finishing touch, making the whole vehicle more dynamic.
The lines on the side of the body have not changed much, but the length of the body has increased from the original 4975mm to 4990mm, the width and height have not changed, and the wheelbase is still 2870mm. And corresponding to different models, the new Asian Dragon is equipped with different styles of wheels, of which the 17-inch wheels adopt a new cutting piano black shape, with sharp lines and shapes; The 18-inch wheels for the dual-engine model are designed for the new "W" shape, with a bright silver texture, all of which have been improved in the sense of refinement; Gasoline Power Premium Edition and Premium Edition with 18-inch titanium gray wheels, full of dynamics.
Entering the car, it is obvious that the new Asian Dragon has upgraded the 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, the physical buttons at both ends of the central control screen have also been cancelled, and the display area has been expanded to 10.1 inches. At the same time, the air conditioning control panel below the screen has also been changed to full touch operation, which is more technological as a whole. Equipped with Toyota's latest TSS system, the new Asia Dragon is equipped with 10 SRS airbags as standard, and the Toyota Zhixing Interconnection System is also equipped with the toyota Zhixing interconnection system as standard, with remote diagnosis, health reporting, theft tracking, emergency rescue and other functions.
In terms of power, the new Asian Dragon, like the current model, will be available in fuel version and hybrid version. Among them, the fuel version is divided into 2.0L and 2.5L two kinds of power, the maximum power is 131kW, 154kW, the peak torque is 210N·m, 250N·m, the transmission system is matched with CVT stepless gearbox and 8-speed manual transmission, respectively. The hybrid version is equipped with a 2.5L dual-engine powertrain, and the drivetrain is matched with the E-CVT stepless transmission.
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Because the Asian Dragon and the luxury car Lexus ES are built on the same platform, and the wheelbase is exactly the same, it also shares a large number of components including the powertrain. Therefore, when the Asian Dragon was listed in 2019, it was once called the "spoiler" of the mid-to-high-end car market.
Now in less than 3 years, Asia Dragon's cumulative sales in China have exceeded 300,000 vehicles, although recently affected by the epidemic and other factors, but the monthly sales in January and February this year have remained above 10,000 units, has become a benchmark model in the B+ class sedan market. After this upgrade, the new Asian Dragon not only has the appearance and interior become younger, but also the product value has been further enhanced through the upgrade of the configuration. Although there are more and more competitors in the segment, the benchmark position of the new Asian Dragon is still unshakable.