Author – Qaga User: Chris Walker
There is such a car, zero hundred nearly 9 seconds lateral front-drive structure, deep throttle will be shocked. The reversing image is not good, the steering wheel is adjusted by hand, there is no sunroof, the manual cloth seat is only 6-way adjustment, and the only thing that can be called "configuration" of the whole car may only be Carplay and L2 driver assistance. So what kind of car is this? That's right, this is the Lexus NX350h low match with a list price of 355,800.
Just listening to the configuration and parameters, this car is actually nothing more than the Corolla, and the space is not necessarily much larger than the average A-class car, but it is already very magical to sell for more than 300,000. The top four-wheel drive 350h F Sport even has a list price of 548,800, zero hundred acceleration time to "amazing" 7.7 seconds, if you add 50,000 more can buy the standard shaft imported BMW 540i, if you exclude different displacements lead to differences in taxes, the 540 is cheaper.
The RAV4 and Harrier are both in good driving positions, and there is enough space for four adults, but NX is not. The crew compartment was completely changed, the center console and steering column were lowered as a whole, the seats were raised, and the stretched sitting position on the RAV4 was completely lost. The telescopic distance of the steering wheel ESC posts has also been reduced, and the driver's seat feels more like the Toyota CHR than the RAV4.
Since the front row is so stretched, the back row is somewhat improved, right? In fact, in addition to the more comfortable backrest angle, the rear row may not be as good as Harrier in terms of space and ride comfort, and even the headrest is reluctant to give a fixed card slot.
Coincidentally, the rear space is also similar to CHR, which is a 400,000-level luxury brand SUV.
The opening of the back door is also small and outrageous, and the car is basically squeezed.
The trunk space is not much better, and it is impossible to find where the disappeared space has gone in all dimensions, but the wheelbase that is obviously the same as the RAV4 can be downgraded in both the front row sitting position and the space. Such a look toyota is the real "space magician", said good space, "snap" a bit, is gone.
The powertrain was exactly what I expected, still so noisy, still with a lot of vibration, just a slight improvement from the RAV4, and about the same level as the Harrier. Extreme power is also OK, considering the output delay in common urban conditions, it is still very easy to drive.
The brake pedal is still not very online, the first half of the stroke soft collapse does not have much braking force, to the second half to give people a stronger braking confidence, but it is not difficult to brake smoothly, and it is relatively easy to control. The comparative impact on the experience is the poor consistency of the brake acceleration output of the same brake depth at high speed and low speed, which is also an old problem of Toyota hybrid.
The consistency of the front and back of the filter shock is not good, the front axle is relatively loose, the sense of cheapness is stronger when dealing with the inconsistent bounce between the left and right, and the rear axle will be relatively upside down. By my personal standards, while the inhibition of undulations may be a little better, the overall sense of luxury and comfort is not as good as Harrier's.
The level of sound insulation can also be guessed, but where this 2.5 hybrid system is used, it is basically not related to quietness. The road noise control is not bad, and the tire noise is more obvious at high speed. In addition, low-speed driving is often accompanied by high-frequency whistles, which is a problem that was not often encountered on previous Toyota hybrids.
So I didn't see the significance of spending 400,000 yuan to buy an NX350h, the space is small, the sitting posture is tight, the interior is white, there is no too strong sense of grade, and there is no advantage in opening. It is estimated that the vast majority of consumers still run to the cheap 260 model to buy a car logo, and they don't care at all about what they do, but it is recommended to dig up the powertrain of ES200, so that the probability of product force overturning can be smaller.
In short, NX's feeling to me is that a cheap version of Harrier with a strange layout has a set of luxurious interiors, and I can't understand who this car wants to sell to.