Never expected! March's SUV monthly sales ranking will be like this, Haval H6 directly fell out of the top three, before we only worried that Changan CS75 may surpass it, now it seems... The pattern is still small.
Tesla, BYD have risen, and even Changan CS55 to roll up a wave, when the SUV market pattern ushered in a reshuffle, when we have the impression that the evergreen tree is no longer beautiful, which also shows a problem from the side, the future has come, we can only keep up with the pace of the times to keep pace with the times, but some cars do not believe in evil.
As a global strategic model in toyota's big seven-seater SUV market, Highlander has been in a state of solitude for many years since it was introduced to the Chinese market in 2009, but since the arrival of the new model, there may be no car to imitate him again.
According to relevant data, since the new Highlander was listed last year, sales have risen steadily under the joint efforts of the new and old products, but when the old models gradually withdrew, the new models gradually began to exert force, and terminal sales became more and more sluggish.
After entering 2022, Highlander sales have fallen off a cliff, with only 7,486 units sold in January this year, down nearly 48% month-on-month, and even more so in February to 4,969 units. You know, the previous monthly sales of the car were basically close to the level of 10,000 units, but now it has slipped here!
Don't... Have consumers found these problems?
The screws of the new car are rusty
In fact, the problem of the new Highlander is not a case, in a car owner's forum, just a screenshot has a number of various problems about it, the vehicle is abnormal, the use of less than half a year of shock absorption began to leak oil and so on.
One of them, "The newly purchased Highlander chassis screws are rusty", attracted the attention of the brother, is it the ideal ONE possession?
The netizen said: "These two days to watch the big Biao brother's car dismantling video, said that the Highlander 22 model chassis has a few screws rusty, and is a common disease of Toyota, my honor four-wheel drive ran two thousand kilometers, today the top up to see is indeed." ”
I thought that netizens saw this situation instantly frying pan, but I didn't expect them to be so calm, and they were still commenting on various tricks below.
Someone asked the owner to spray "WD-40" (rust removal and rust-proof stuff).
Some people joked that the owner "congratulated the purchase of an authentic Toyota car.".
Some netizens also feel deeply affected by "you look under the seat".
Master Qiu, an auto repair expert, said: "In fact, the rust of the exposed screws is not a big deal, as long as the rust is worn, the manufacturer will generally apply rust inhibitors and the like when producing, but this situation is still rare in new cars, and it has occasionally been seen on domestic cars before, but with the improvement of technology, this situation cannot be encountered now." ”
Metal tailgate for "resin"
In fact, as the netizen said above, before it found that the screws were rusty, the teacher of the automotive media "Big Drag Racing" had disassembled the new Highlander, not only found that the chassis had several rusty screws, but also harvested several "serendipities", such as the second and third rows of seats without steel plate support, and the trunk material was replaced by the previous metal door to plastic material, which could not help but remind the brother of a Japanese brand.
Because the tailgate of its trunk is made of plastic, an accident was directly destroyed.
Of course, the new Highlander tailgate may also use the same fiberglass material as Volvo, which is much stronger than the plastic door, but it... The results obtained after the dismantling of the car by the automotive media "Big Drag Race" have nothing to do with the frP material.
"This car is neither glass fiber nor glass cylinder, it is just an ordinary interior plastic."
On this question, the dealer also gave us a more correct answer.
"Highlander tailgate is not made of plastic material, but resin, due to the higher relationship of the body, so in the event of a rear-end accident, it will be affected by the rear bar, will not affect the tailgate, to a certain extent, this generation of Highlander after the cancellation of the metal tailgate, the weight is reduced a lot, more fuel economy."
As for the steel plate problem of the two or three rows of seats, the sales staff also gave affirmation, "indeed there is no more." When an accident occurs... Don't be fooled! Dealers have said that the impact will be borne by the rear bar.
Master Qiu believes: "If the rear seat back is not protected by steel plates, once a more serious rear-end accident occurs, the rear passengers are very likely to become human flesh cushions, with steel plates and no steel plate protection, and there is a big difference in safety." ”
You can understand that this is a reduction, or it can be considered an adjustment to localization, after all, the final interpretation is in the hands of others, and we can't say it indiscriminately.
Rear suspension "silly and unclear"
Speaking of this problem, I believe that you in front of the screen will certainly not be unfamiliar, after all, brother has published an article about the Xena suspension before.
In this article, in fact, it has been explained very clearly, and the new Highlander in front of us has made the same problem, although the name is double wishbone suspension, but it is actually far different from the double wishbone structure that we are familiar with, and not long ago, the auto media "Big Drag Racing", the results of the disassembly of the new Highlander also show that it has nothing to do with the double wishbones.
"Four-link structure of three vertical and one horizontal".
In this regard, The brother also conducted a field visit and photographed the chassis suspension of the new Highlander.
Master Qiu said: From this point of view, it should be a multi-link structure, which is quite different from the double wishbone double A structure that we are familiar with, but the specific need to be raised to see it can be determined.
It should be noted that compared with the name of Xena, this time the official will be the new Highlander APP, the promotional page on the official website, and the name of the rear suspension in the configuration table are uniformly marked as double wishbone "type" suspension.
This operation is really 6 very good, but also makes people a little silly and unclear.
Not "TNGA" at all
In the process of introducing the product to the brother, the sales staff has been emphasizing that the overall intelligent performance of the new Highlander is more outstanding, and the use of a new TNGA platform, this platform is believed to be very familiar to everyone, the biggest feature of the product is that even the entry-level model configuration is also very high.
For example, the low-end Asian Dragon is equipped with lane departure warning, pre-collision safety system and so on. The same is true on The Corolla's side, but the new Highlander is here, bare.
Not only that, but in terms of other configurations, the performance of the new Highlander is also unsatisfactory.
When consumers happily spend more than 280,000 yuan to buy a new car, but find that there is no reversing image, even the most basic parking radar does not give us, this... It's too hard!
At this time, if you want to adjust the main driver's seat, you have to do it yourself.
Obviously there is nothing, but the price is 27,000 yuan more expensive than the same model of the previous generation.
The sales staff said: "Compared with the new model, the old model is more popular, after all, it is 30,000 yuan less than the new model, but due to the suspension of the old model, it has been sold out in February this year, and there are only new models at present." "From this point of view, it is still the old model that is more popular, but it took more than half a year to clean up the inventory, and this pressure library is not a little too serious."
In fact, with the improvement of the car market, the market provides more and more choices for consumers, in the price of 300,000 yuan, consumers can buy Lynk & Co 09, FAW-Volkswagen, or FAW Toyota Crown, and even rise to luxury brands Cadillac XT5, Volvo XC60 and so on.
The addition of new car-making forces has made the 300,000-level SUV market a "new continent" that various manufacturers are chasing, but our protagonist today is still "nibbling on the old", as this price, size level has been the sales benchmark, how to live more and more confused?
The pictures in this article are from the Internet