2021 is the transformation year of China's automotive market, the development of conventional cars and SUVs is facing bottlenecks, and major OEMs are embarking on new tracks. In addition to the well-known new energy and sports models, the MPV market has also welcomed a number of heavy players in the past year, including the joint venture brand Toyota Xena and Kia Kahua, as well as the independent brands of Lantu and Roewe.
Although the MPV market is not as segmented as other markets, aesthetics and needs are the same, and more and more MPVs no longer use business reception as their main purpose. Today's iMAX8 and Racing are like this, in the appearance of the tried to pay attention to de-commercialization, both models on the basis of the family design language has been more suitable for the MPV style of the extension, showing the all-round attributes of IKEA IKEA.
In contrast, Xena will be more prosaic, and in terms of freshness, this design language has been used since the Camry four years ago. Eagle Eye's three-dimensional headlights also have a sense of movement, and the front face is integrated into the X element is now a customary design technique, although it is not so stunning but quite attractive. The overall design is sharp enough, and the contour is relatively full. However, this time the Toyota Sai Na Comfort Edition is different from other models in appearance, and the grille of the lowest model is a black plastic, which lowers the sense of grade.
At the same time, the blue and white interior color matching gives a good review, the steering wheel adopts calfskin wrapping, the feel is delicate, and the NAPPA leather with perforated ventilation can effectively enhance the sense of grade in the car. Full LCD instrument + suspension central control large screen is the basis of the interior sense of science and technology. If it is at night, the 256-color ambience lights will fill the atmosphere, and the sense of luxury is not picky.
In contrast, the interior design of Xena is actually not a strong MPV style, and the wide center console is biased towards SUVs and cars. However, the low-end version of the Sai Na will be significantly inferior to the same class of models in the interior materials, the leather is thinner, the touch is hard, and the plastic steering wheel feels moderate, which is also the lowest matching compromise.
At the same time, Xena uses a 4.2-inch mechanical + LCD instrument, this configuration continues to the middle of the configuration, only high-end models are equipped with full LCD instruments, the central control screen size is 8 inches, the display effect is general, and the built-in MOS4.0 multimedia system.
Internet car Venus intelligent system, hardware using MediaTek MYK6 core processor, the entire UI interface is quite close to the digital products we usually use. In the UI design, it is also more inclined to flatten the minimalist style, and the card-type module is similar to the smartphone, which is also the more beautiful arrangement at present. The function basically includes most of the functions that the current car-machine system should have, whether it is intelligent navigation, online music, intelligent connection ecological cloud services, or OTA upgrade iteration, IOT interconnection function, etc.
But in terms of material, the difference between the two cars is larger - both front and rear, Xena uses fabric seats, and the door panels also use a large area of hard plastic material. In fact, even if it is high-end, Xena did not use full leather, such as the front door panel armrest, the center console area in front of the co-driver, the front central armrest are imitation leather materials, which needs to be improved, as the lowest model, the rear entertainment system screen is naturally out of luck, the overall view of Xena's interior is too plain, the cost of suppression is too strong.
In the space section, we invited the experiencers to experience the front and rear spaces of the two cars during the real shooting.
Next, talking about power, Xena is equipped with a 2.5L naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine and an electric motor to form a hybrid system. Among them, the maximum power of the engine is 141 kW/192 hp, the peak torque is 238 Nm, the maximum power of the front motor is 134 kW/270 Nm, and the system has a combined power of 183 kW, matching the E-CVT stepless gearbox.
In terms of acceleration capacity, although the parameters of both cars are good, because the weight of both cars is more than 2 tons, the acceleration time of 0-100km/h is about 8-9 seconds, of course, this result is also enough for an MPV.
The configuration part is often the strength of the self-owned brand, and many configurations are closely related to the driving and riding experience.
The configuration of the lowest version of the saina is actually not cold - the adaptive cruise in the full speed domain, the double-sided sliding door, the keyless entry, and the LED light group are all available, but many places also need to be complained: the co-pilot is still a manual seat at this price, which is already a car with more than 350,000 landings; and only the top version of 405,800 has a panoramic reversing image, which is still very important for an MPV of more than 5 meters.
Toyota Syna is not currently conducting crash tests by China Insurance Research Institute, but we have also found the results of the 2021 Toyota Sienna from the United States Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS) for the North American market last year. The same is the level of "full G", but whether there is a shrinkage in the body skeleton and structural design after domestic production, it is necessary to play a question mark, which is also what we need to pay attention to later.