Speaking of the history of Volkswagen, the most representative model is the Golf, but as the most classic model of Volkswagen, like the Golf, Sagitar also has important significance in the history of the development of the world automobile industry, and compared with the Chinese market, sagittarius' practical significance is extraordinary.
Since its launch in 2006, Sagitar has been galloping in the Chinese automotive market for 16 years, not only creating a blue ocean in the A+ class sedan market, but also gaining the support and trust of more than 3.5 million users.
Looking back, shortly after the Golf's introduction in 1974, Volkswagen quickly discovered the need to expand the Golf's model range with a sedan to keep pace with the hatchback Golf. Guided by this idea, in 1979, a compact sedan family sedan based on golf came into being, the Jetta A1, the predecessor of Sagittarius.
In 2005, Volkswagen developed the fifth-generation Jetta A5 based on the new PQ35 platform, which was officially released at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the United States; in 2006, also based on the PQ 35 platform, the domestic FAW-Volkswagen officially released the Sagitar sagitar model, taking the lead in opening up a new A+ segment.
Since then, the original Sagitar has opened a new era of family cars. Subsequently, it quickly grew into a well-deserved benchmark product in China's A+ segment.
According to the explanation given by Volkswagen China at that time, the new car was named Satigar Sagittarius, which is a combination of the naming method of Volkswagen's top luxury product "Huiteng" and is a natural continuation of Volkswagen's "Teng" series. Sagitar is actually Latin, meaning "Sagittarius" in Greek mythology.
The exterior of the original Sagittarius adopted a more aerodynamic streamlined body with beautiful lines, and the front face used the large-mouth face of the Volkswagen family at that time.
Excellent body size guarantees a seating space in the car. In addition, the rear suspension adopts a multi-link structure, which not only ensures comfort but also improves handling, making the performance of the original Sagitar more balanced.
Since its listing in 2006, the first generation of Sagitar with its original Ashkenazi pedigree and fine manufacturing process has given domestic consumers a new choice in addition to the plain, moderate traditional A-class sedan, opening up the real A+ class family car segment, and setting an example for latecomers to catch up.
In the year of the 2008 Olympic Games, FAW-Volkswagen launched the Sagittarius Champion Edition with a championship style. Inspired by the Olympic champion, the car applied the design concept of the champion to multiple details, and was sold in a limited quantity at the time, with a national limit of 900 units.
In terms of design, sagittarius champions version features black exterior paint with a black front grille frame, blackened sports headlights, 17-inch sports aluminum wheels, cherry red rear taillights and chrome trim strips on the luggage cover to highlight the sense of sportiness and fashion.
Of course, another highlight of the Sagitar Champion Edition was that it was equipped with a very advanced EA888 1.8TSI engine at that time, with a maximum power of 118 kW and a maximum torque of 250N·m, which became a super powerful Sagitar model at that time, and further strengthened the performance style of Sagitar.
In 2012, six years after the initial sagitar was listed, sagitar ushered in the first generation of sagittarius, and the second generation sagitar was officially listed in March of that year.
Different from the rounded appearance style of the first generation of models, the second generation of Sagitar adopts the Bauhaus style "painting style mutation", compared with the first Sagitar's cute and fashionable shape, adding a lot of hard lines, the overall look is more straight, the car edges and corners are sharper, making the whole car more tough and domineering in fashion.
In order to further meet the needs of domestic users, the second generation of Sagitar body size has been fully lengthened compared with the original generation, with length, width and height of 4644×1778×1482mm, and the wheelbase has reached 2651mm, an increase of 73mm compared with the original generation.
In terms of power, during this period, the Volkswagen Group further promoted the turbocharged power system, and the second generation Sagitar released 10 models with three displacements, including 1.6L, 1.4T and 1.8T, to meet the different needs of more users for power.
Volkswagen engineers believe that the new car should abandon unnecessary complexity, reflect taste, style and texture, and integrate cutting-edge innovation and humane care technology and technology, and soon after the listing, the second generation sagitar will become a benchmark for market segments.
If the first generation of Sagitar set up a flag, then the second generation inserted the wings of Ascendas, and by the end of 2012, Sagitar's sales had soared to nearly 200,000 vehicles, ranking first in the market segment.
Also in 2012, the Sagitar Blue Drive model was introduced.
The ice blue body, exclusive logo and exclusive front grille and bumper shape have become the distinctive symbols of Sagittarius Blue Drive. The listing of Sagitar Blue Drive further enriches the FAW-Volkswagen Blue Drive product lineup.
In terms of power, Sagitar Blue Drive is equipped with an advanced 1.4TSI+7-speed DSG powertrain, which ensures that the car still has good power and control, and the start-stop technology, brake energy recovery, etc. further reduces the energy consumption and emissions of the vehicle, and establishes a new energy-saving and environmental protection concept for the internal combustion engine model at that time.
Many people know that golf has a GTI performance version and has a good reputation in the field of small steel cannons, but in fact, Sagitar also has its own high-performance version - Sagitar GLI. In 2013, FAW-Volkswagen Sagittarius GLI was officially launched at the Shanghai Auto Show.
The difference between Sagitar GLI and the ordinary version of Sagitar is mainly in the details, the main difference is reflected in the front grille, GLI logo, front fog lights and bumpers, etc., the blackened middle net and the eye-catching red line decoration is more eye-catching. The interior of the vehicle is designed in all black, the steering wheel, the shift lever holster and the seat are decorated with red stitching, and the atmosphere inside the car is quite similar to that of the Golf GTI at that time.
In terms of power, sagitar GLI is equipped with a relatively mature 2.0TSI turbocharged engine + 6-speed DSG wet dual-clutch transmission. Among them, the 2.0T turbocharged engine has a maximum power of 147 kW, a maximum torque of 280 N·m, and an official 100 km/h acceleration of 7.3 seconds. Different from the normal version, sagittarius GLI rear suspension adopts multi-link independent suspension, which improves handling and stability a lot.
As a high-performance version of Sagitar, sagitar GLI is priced at the same price as the Golf GTI, and the rich handling fun makes many enthusiast fans who do not like hatchback small steel cannons but like to pursue power have new choices.
In 2015, FAW-Volkswagen launched the 2015 version of Sagitar, and the new car was built on the MQB platform, raising the quality standards of A+ class cars to a new height, winning the affirmation of the market again, and sales volume was rising.
By 2016, the 10th anniversary of its birth, Sagitar has firmly occupied the C position at the top of the sales list and has steadily become a benchmark model in the A+ market. In that year, Sagitar sold 335,959 units nationwide, a record high, an increase of 21.0% year-on-year.
So far, FAW-Volkswagen Sagittarius has sold a total of 1,893,962 vehicles in China for 10 years, constantly refreshing the sales record of the A+ market segment. Even at that time, many people bought cars without choosing Volkswagen, feeling as if they had not bought in place, Sagitar has become a veritable "god car" in the market segment, and the limelight is the same.
In 2019, entering the 13th year of Sagitar's advent, Sagitar ushered in the third generation of models - the new generation sagitar Long-Wheelbase.
The third generation sagitar was launched on March 18 of that year, launching a total of 8 models, with a guiding price of 131,800-19.68 million yuan. While retaining the design genes of the overseas version of the model, the size and wheelbase of the new car have been further enlarged, and the configuration has been greatly upgraded to meet the immediate needs of domestic users.
Thanks to the advantages of the MQB A2 platform, the third generation sagitar has a wider driving space, which we can see from the name of the vehicle "the new generation sagitar Long-Wheelbase" (long wheelbase).
Compared with the previous model, the body length of the third generation Sagitar has increased by 98mm, which is 104mm longer than the Honda Civic, and the wheelbase is also 80mm longer than the previous model. In the field of traditional space advantages of Japanese cars, FAW-Volkswagen achieved "anti-general and one army" at that time, the second row of space in the third generation of sagittarius is very generous, leg space can even be described by the word "open-minded", and the legs of Stilt Erlang are not a problem, further catering to the strong needs of Chinese users for space.
The third generation sagitar powertrain is equipped with 1.2T, 1.4T two engines, matched with a 5-speed manual and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, of which the 1.4T turbo engine has a maximum power of 110 kW, the engine can burst out a maximum torque of 250 N·m at 1750 rpm, and the automatic model matches a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.
As a new journey of Sagitar, the third generation of Sagitar has achieved "super evolution" and has once again become a benchmark in the A+ class sedan market after listing.
In 2022, that is, this year, the third generation of Sagitar will usher in a mid-term overhaul - the new Sagittarius will be launched in May, the new car appearance breakthrough, internal configuration upgrades, and the addition of 1.5T power options.
In fact, the new Sagitar has been officially released at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November last year, design details, the front face of the new car adopts the latest design style of the Volkswagen family, the Xinghui style front grille replaces the three-strip type on the current model, the net shape looks more three-dimensional, with full LED headlights with IQ.LIGHT technology, giving people a sense of "little Passat".
On the side of the body, the C-pillar shape similar to the coupe style and the more slender body add a little trendy and sporty atmosphere to the body curve, and the body is also lengthened to nearly 4.8 meters, which looks more like a B-class sedan.
The most eye-catching thing about the new Sagitar interior is that it is equipped with a 12-inch suspension central control screen, which has built-in Volkswagen's latest car-machine system, which performs well in first-line joint venture cars. In addition, at the level of interior touch, the new Sagitar uses a large number of soft materials wrapped, wood grain trim, diamond-shaped check stitching, which shows a sense of grade, changing the inherent impression of netizens on the interior of the A+ level first-line joint venture car.
What is more eye-catching is that the new Sagitar will be the first in China to be equipped with the latest EA211 1.5T EVO engine, compared to the current 1.4TSI engine, the new 1.5T engine is better in fuel consumption performance, fuel saving efficiency will be increased by 10%-15%, in line with the needs of the new generation of consumers for power and fuel consumption, and this engine has been put in overseas markets for a period of time, the performance is good reputation.
Although it is only a mid-term revamp, the attention of the new Sagitar far exceeds other competitors, and even becomes a highlight model during last year's Guangzhou International Auto Show, attracting a large number of young people who pursue innovation and are loyal to the driving experience, forming their own fan circle culture, and will also bring the ultimate driving experience to enterprising young people in the new era.
Write at the end:
From the introduction of the first generation of Sagitar in 2006 by FAW-Volkswagen and Volkswagen of Germany, to the mid-term modification of the third generation sagitar based on the leading platform MQB A2, sixteen years of change and innovation have made sagittarius sales exceed 3.5 million vehicles, and its value has long exceeded the product itself, but has become a symbol of quality, taste and exquisite life, and the leader of the A+ market has set an industry benchmark for competitors.