When almost all car companies are changing their cars to a sporty style, the benchmark of the sports car, Dongfeng Honda Civic, has abandoned the original aggressive design of the word of mouth.
Half a year ago, the eleventh generation of Civic debuted, it caused a hot discussion on the whole network, some people said that this time Dongfeng Honda lost the soul of the Civic, some people said that car companies gave up their dreams in order to sell, in short, there were not many people who understood this change at that time.
Now, the eleventh generation Of Civic has been listed for half a year, what is the situation?
First of all, the sales volume in the first month of listing was more than 10,000 units, and from the sales point of view, the eleventh generation Civic was successful. Now we sink our hearts and carefully analyze the secret of the success of the eleventh generation Civic? It was found that compared with the tenth generation of Civic, the current Civic is not in transformation, but in upgrading, from a single subject to an excellent student.
From expressing yourself to meeting more people
I have never objected to car companies using a variety of complex design languages to express their personalization, perhaps this is also the easiest way for brands to highlight their own characteristics in the context of increasingly serious homogeneous competition. But the problem is that some complex designs, designed for the sake of differentiation, do not bring functional improvement, in fact, this is a waste, and also let us form aesthetic fatigue.
However, when you see the eleventh generation of Civic, I feel that the eyes are bright, the design of the complex and simple feels very fresh, the waistline that runs through the simplicity, the distance between the integrated door handle and the waistline are equal width, the door handle has no exposed gap, the less the exposed gap, the more comfortable the vehicle is.
In addition to the smoothness brought by the side of the body, the roof cancels the black decorative strip, which may cause the misunderstanding of ordinary consumers, the cancellation of the black trim strip, not to reduce the cost of saving, in fact, the biggest role of the decorative strip is to block the solder joint. The 11th-generation Civic roof features laser welding technology, and the shoulder protrusions are 1.7mm lower than the Accord. That is to say, smoother roof welding, no longer need to be covered with trim, which is through the process of upgrading, to achieve a more beautiful effect of the body.
These simpler designs not only make the appearance of the body look lighter, but also affect the mood of the occupants, sitting in the car, through the A-pillar backward 50mm design, the horizontal viewing angle in the eleventh generation Civic car is expanded to 87°, and the larger glass area creates better lighting and cabin permeability.
In my eyes, the eleventh generation of Civic, the change is indeed not small, to sum up, if the tenth generation is expressing itself with personalization, then the eleventh generation model is using design to meet more people.
Let the details sublimate the experience and take care of more people
Of course, we don't care about the different opinions brought about by the difference in subjective aesthetic standards, and only use our own bodies to experience the changes in the eleventh generation of civics, good or bad.
In the same class of models, the wheelbase of the eleventh generation Civic has surpassed the A+ class model, and Dongfeng Honda, as a space master, is still very good at planning the space of the eleventh generation Civic. From a detail, it can reflect the strength of the space master, many car companies on the right side of the driver's seat, in order to be able to place a larger cup, the size of the cup holder in the car increases, but they often ignore the size of the cup holder in the role, will definitely affect the driver's operation. I once had the trouble of putting a hot drink in the saucer, accidentally bumping over when changing gears, and spilling a cart of milk tea.
The eleventh generation of Civic, for such details is handled very well, the gear handle is tilted 5 ° to the left, this small change, to solve the "contradiction" between the cup and the barrier. In fact, the reflection of whether a car is excellent or not, not in how many functions it provides you, but in how many functions you can achieve conveniently and safely, only the function is called stacking, and the function can solve the problem, which is called design.
It is worth emphasizing that the eleventh generation of air conditioning air outlet uses a mesh design, there is a retro style, the wind direction of the adjustment knob, changed to a lever shape, strong sense of machinery, I said above, to design to pursue personalization, is the practice of most car companies, but the eleventh generation Civic is indeed different, it emphasizes personalization at the same time, the air conditioning facial air supply angle expanded by 12 °, the upper body air supply angle expanded by 21 °. The biggest benefit is that you no longer blow your face directly. In the 11th generation of Civic, I really realized that the highest state of the high-grade sense of air conditioning in the car is to feel the temperature, but not the wind, which is the feeling of home air conditioning.
Or is it driver-oriented, and every change, the ultimate purpose, is to make the driver more comfortable. This is the essence of the eleventh generation Civic.
Can accompany you to "chat about juvenile madness", but also give you stable happiness
I like the eleventh generation of Civic because its target group is a wider age group, especially in middle age, I like the comfort of this generation of Civic, but when I want to "talk about juvenile madness", it can also accompany me crazy once, in places where others can't see, I can release another self.
The 1.5T of the eleventh generation of Civic is divided into two versions, high power and low power, of which the low-power model, 180 TURBO maximum power 95kW, maximum torque 180N·m, high-power model 240TURBO maximum power 134kW, maximum torque 240N·m, matching CVT gearbox, Honda's excellent set of CVT gearbox, has been verified in previous generations of Civic.
The throttle response is more heeled, the power is on call, the acceleration has a sense of continuity, the feeling that the power has been in reserve, has not been completely exploded, it can be said that the driver's control of the power feels more intense, how much to give, the pedal response is particularly accurate. At the same time, due to the increase in wheelbase and rear wheelbase, the vehicle performs better in the corners, the handling is better, and it is a very brisk and smooth cornering feeling.
If the tenth generation of Civic is a car with sports attributes, then the eleventh generation of Civic is under the premise of sports attributes, improve comfort, and safety, the eleventh generation Of Civic strengthens the body structure, the use of aluminum alloy materials, high-strength steel materials, to achieve lightweight at the same time, there is a guarantee of safety performance, while through the body material and structure optimization, to achieve torsional rigidity increased by 8%, bending rigidity increased by 13%. The whole series is equipped with 10 airbags as standard, which can withstand the test of rigorous crash tests at home and abroad.
In my understanding, the eleventh generation of Civic is not moving for the sake of flaunting, but also under the premise of comfort and safety, hiding a sports heart, wanting to release, you can release it with confidence.
In other words, for sports, the eleventh generation of Civic is very subtle, but very powerful.
Written in the end: the real experience will understand that Dongfeng Honda in the eleventh generation of civic, indeed did not lose the soul of sports, but after insight into the changes in market demand, the original emphasis on the radical sporty appearance has been optimized, while the details of the vehicle has been comprehensively upgraded, so that this car is suitable for a wider customer group.
The eleventh generation of Civic, no longer the single branch that only emphasizes sportsity, but has grown into a superior student with balanced development in all aspects, and in the same level of models, Civic is still a benchmark model, whether in the new car market or the second-hand car market.
I love this generation of Civic!