Toyota "Asian Dragon" is a "placebo" after toyota crown production, but I did not expect that this car brought us unlimited surprises! First of all, from its positioning, it is higher than the current Camry, and some of the series of this car also overlap with the Camry in terms of price, which is also considered to be the achievement of this car on the side! Such a big advantage also allows Toyota to have a new idea for this car, that is, "bigger". At the end of last year, Toyota has released the news that Toyota's "Asian Dragon" will become an exclusive model in the Chinese market, and the US market, as the starting country, will officially stop production of this car! At the same time, Toyota will increase the development of domestic "Asian Dragon", which will lay the groundwork for the arrival of the 2022 Asian Dragon!
In addition to adding more localization elements to the new version, the original North American design has also been continued. Therefore, for the first time, the new model adopts two kinds of grille layout, namely the more traditional horizontal bar trim in Figure 1 and the dot matrix structure in Figure 2, which do not have much change in size, but the effect is completely different! In other words, the two will correspond to different user groups. But no matter what kind of design, compared with the previous generation of products, it is indeed more bold in design, and the visual changes brought about are more direct!
Both models have dimensions of 4990mm*1850mm*1450mm and a wheelbase of 2870mm. Its body shape is consistent with the old model, so on the side we will not see changes in the new car, of course, in the details can still see the so-called difference. For example, the waistline is less sharp, but it is more powerful! Toyota has also added a number of brand new wheels to the car, providing more personalized options! In the tail, the new car is equipped with an upturned "ducktail" shape, the taillights adopt a penetrating design, with the upper and lower sides of the double exhaust layout, the overall tail is concave and convex, but also enhances the three-dimensional sense, so in terms of appearance, the new Asian dragon is indeed more in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese, especially in the details of the performance.
In the interior, the new Asian Dragon still continues the layout of the previous generation of products, and the sense of luxury and technology has been significantly improved. For example, the button area below the central control screen has been completely replaced by a touch-type structure. The whole car adopts a large area of high-quality leather wrapping, and the sport version also adopts a red and black stitching layout, so that the sports elements of the whole car have been continued! In the position of the center console, the car is still equipped with a three-spoke multi-function steering wheel, a 7-inch instrument panel / 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel and a 10.1-inch suspension center control, and the double embedded center console feels that the angle is larger and the sense of hierarchy is stronger! The door lining also adopts a large area of grid-like layout, which looks more luxurious!
In terms of power, the new car has been replaced by a domestic engine (in fact, some of the old models are already domestic engines), still for the 2.0L and 2.5L two fuel-powered versions and 2.5L engine + motor hybrid version, the maximum power of the engine is 131kW, 154kW and 160kW, the maximum torque is 210N·m, 250N·m and 221N·m, the transmission system is matched with the CVT stepless transmission, 8-speed automatic transmission and E-CVT continuously variable transmission. The chassis features a front McPherson type and a rear E type multi-link independent suspension.
The new car has also been significantly improved in terms of configuration compared with the previous version, such as the fuel version of the 2.0 model has added TSS2.5 zhixing safety system, keyless entry for the co-pilot and wireless charging of mobile phones. In addition, the new car is also equipped with knee airbags, tire pressure display, lane departure warning system, lane keeping assist system, full speed adaptive cruise, automatic parking and exterior mirror electric adjustment / electric folding / heating / automatic folding of the lock car as standard. It is also more attractive from the configuration point of view! So Xiaobian still sees its future performance very much, and I don't know what you think of this car!