As a user of imported station wagons, I certainly have a natural affinity for the Volkswagen Arteon SR. Also as a car editor, we seem to have such a "spiritual cleanliness", that is, to buy a car must be original, do not extend the version, prefer station wagons, and of course, do not like what "special". Indeed, because of love, so the feelings are priceless, even if the price of this pure import arteon SR reached 348,000 yuan, but for it, I still have a certain impulse to own it.
Speaking of which, we also have to mention FAW-Volkswagen's CC hunting vehicle. Although I personally have a hard demand for cross-border design, after all, as an attribute of travel, I also hope that it can have a stronger passability. It's just that this set of wheel eyebrows appears in the public Weilan Alltrack is not any violation, but as the shape of the hunting coupe, it is still natural to feel that this set of Chinese "special" wheel eyebrows is somewhat redundant.
However, this time, the new Arteon SR brought to us by imported Volkswagen, even the name is completely synchronized with overseas. Removing this circle of wheel eyebrows, the overall low-lying shape, with the same phantom blue as the R version, looks extremely beautiful. In the process of shooting, I also met countless passers-by inquiring about the news and price of this car.
In terms of design, the front half of this new car synchronizes the design of the overseas sedan version of Arteon's mid-term redesign, its grille position is very low, and the two L-shaped light strips extended by the headlights are completely integrated with the middle net, and the eagle eye on both sides looks murderous.
At the same time, the air vents on both sides of the front bar have also made a shape like the vertical tail of the aircraft, and the overall visual impact is extremely strong. At the same time, as a coupe, its clamshell bonnet, which is lower in the gap position between it and the fenders, blends with the wheel brow, and looks very similar to the Audi TT.
From the side, the Arteon SR is indeed much more comfortable than the CC Hunting Edition. Its short front, long body, looks very stretched. The rear side windows of the station wagon are also just right, making a coupe-like arc, but also reflecting the slenderness of the station wagon, combining sport and elegance seamlessly. In terms of body size, its length, width and height are 4866x1871x1447mm, the wheelbase is 2840mm, and the overall data is also a circle larger than Weilan, which is closer to many B+ class cars on the market.
As a lover of station wagons, I have to say that its tail design is very charming. Its tail window line is not straight up and down like Wei Lan, but has a large inclination, but it is not as exaggerated as the Mercedes-Benz CLS or CLA hunting suit looks, at least it maintains more of the characteristics of the station wagon, and combined with the slender rear overhang, it also creates an oversized luggage compartment space.
However, its taillight design does not have too many characteristics, and to avoid "hustle and bustle", the use of L-shaped light strips combined with several dots, at a glance can identify the typical popular style. The square tail row makes a four-out design, but it does not look conspicuous, and it may be that the designer prefers the elegant atmosphere to the movement, or to be able to gain the upper hand.
When you open the door, the first thing you can feel is, of course, its frameless door. For boys, putting their hands on the lowered window is a typical "handsome" action of a sports car, which can now be achieved in a station wagon with a slight "straight man" label, which may make the girl's view of this type of model change a little.
Regarding the interior design, arteon SR may not have many characteristics compared to domestic CC, but if compared with the domestic Magotan or imported Weilan, it still brings a full sense of luxury, at least in the design does not have a brain to adopt the through-style outlet as cheesy. Among them, its central control uses silver trim through the left and right and door panels, when you look closely at its reflective texture, you will find that it has a texture like carbon fiber, such a design also reminds me of the classic, Volkswagen R36 interior panel.
At the same time, the black piano paint is also used underneath, which is visually integrated with the large screen of the car machine and the gear lever below, and the sense of light and shadow in the car is more distinct.
The meter still uses the most traditional design of the current Volkswagen and supports full map projection. There are not many scalable functions of the car system, but at least it has natural semantic recognition, through "Hello Volkswagen, I'm going to go...", or easily searched my home community. Although the map and system have nothing to do with the current mainstream Android, the ease of use is still acceptable.
The HARMAN Caton sound in the car, with 12 speakers, the bass effect is still very good, and the layering performance of the treble and midrange can also be satisfactory.
Artone SR's sports seat is also very different from the domestic CC, it uses an integrated headrest, in which the lateral wrapping of the shoulders is also very thick. It's just that the lateral wrapping of the seat cushion is not particularly strong, and it is more convenient for the driver to get on and off the car, in short, although such a seat does not have the extreme wrapping of the performance car, but it is slightly more intense to drive, and the lateral direction will not have too much sliding.
Thanks to its wheelbase is longer than Wei Lan, the rear leg space is actually sufficient enough, the wheelbase is only 31mm shorter than the domestic Magotan, so the rear seat ride experience has not been demoted because of its coupe design, but has been upgraded, which is also very valuable. The rear is also equipped with individual air conditioning control.
To say the significance of buying a station wagon, in addition to satisfying some of their own petty bourgeois feelings, its oversized luggage compartment can hold more life and travel items. Thanks to the advantages of body size and rear overhang length, the depth of the Artone SR luggage compartment is indeed very large, and its sneaky shape does not have much impact on the space of the divider, and the practicality is almost not much different from the mid-size SUV.
In terms of power, the Volkswagen Arteon SR is equipped with the EA888-DUN 2.0T engine, with a maximum power of 190 horsepower and a peak torque of 320 N·m, equivalent to the standard of 330 TSI, matching a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. This set of power is indeed a very familiar public taste, and the response is very rapid when starting to accelerate, accompanied by a crisp and not noisy sound wave, especially the transmission efficiency of the double clutch is extremely high, and the response of the power to the throttle is very direct.
The advantages of this set of dual-clutch shift speeds are also very obvious, but occasionally a slight setback is felt, and the shift response is also very sensitive, which can better execute the driver's intentions, and the acceleration action can be completed in one go. However, when overtaking at medium and high speeds, the staying power of this set will still be slightly insufficient, and such characteristics are like many luxury brand low-power models, similar to BMW's 325Li or Volvo's T4. But despite this, such power has been able to bring a very sufficient sense of sport when driving every day.
In terms of chassis performance, although Arteon SR does not have the heavy feeling of luxury brands, when driving intensely, it can also feel the tightness of the assembly process of the whole vehicle, the rebound of the suspension is also very crisp, there is no excess shaking at all, the overall adjustment is also very sporty, of course, it is not as extreme as the performance car, and it also fully takes care of the overall comfort.
Among them, the virtual position of the steering is almost insensible, the sensitivity is very high, and the driver's intention is accurately executed. The chassis is also very tough and tough, and when driving fiercely or cornering quickly, it can be said that there is a sense of stability like flying close to the ground. It is true that compared to Magotan or Weilan, the car has a higher cornering limit and a better driving pleasure. After all, the Artone SR is also in the name of a coupe, and the driving sense must be different.
Summary: From this all-round experience, you can feel that the imported Volkswagen Arteon SR not only has the appearance of the coupe, the practicality brought by the large space, but also has a very excellent performance and driving experience, with this R-Line suit like a "suit thug". However, choosing it, in addition to rationally considering their actual needs, the feelings of feelings will still dominate. Although in terms of price, Arteon SR is still much more expensive than the domestic CC hunting version, but the original imported model is now rare, it is actually not a volume model, the greater significance is still as a Volkswagen brand image. Of course, if it can have more terminal discounts like Weilan, it can convert more loyal fans into actual sales.