As early as March 6, 2022, the second "China Automotive Awards" held a shortlisting and release ceremony, and after the voting of enterprise self-recommendation and judging experts, 31 models were finally shortlisted, and there were 8 shortlisted for the Special Award of the Jury.
Citroën's new sales lead Versailles C5 X is expected to win the "Best comfort" award
Since the release of the list of shortlisted models, Auto Network Review has analyzed a number of models and predicted that the shortlisted models will eventually receive what awards, including Civic, AION V Plus, Changan UNI-K, GAC Trumpchi Shadow Leopard, Audi A3, BYD Qin PLUS DM-i and other models. In addition to the above models, which other models are expected to win the award? In the editor's opinion, Dongfeng Citroen Versailles C5 X may win the "best comfort" award.
Versailles C5 X is Dongfeng Citroen 2021 launched a blockbuster model, officially listed at the end of September 2021, after the listing of the rapid for Dongfeng Citroën sales to make an important contribution, the data show that by December 2021, Versailles C5 X cumulative sales reached 12140 vehicles, becoming dongfeng Citroen's best-selling model, and help Dongfeng Citroen's annual sales increased by 137% year-on-year.
Achievements are the embodiment of strength, Versailles C5 X can get a kind of consumer fans and favor and its excellent product power is naturally inseparable, but in its many highlights, Xiaobian believes that its comfortable performance is extremely prominent.
Designed to empower space and passability, comfort is more assured
"Undefined self-illumination" is the value of the Citroën Versailles C5 X, which can be understood in many ways, but there is one that most people should think about, that is, is it a car or an SUV? I still remember that Dongfeng Citroen executives once shared that someone asked them, is Versailles a sedan or an SUV? They gave the "undefined, self-illuminating" answer.
The Versailles C5 X design is indeed very personal, and the Frenchman's uninhibited romance is everywhere. In fact, this design not only looks personal, but also intentionally or unintentionally brings more advantages, including comfort.
For example, the design of the short front and rear suspension, on this point, most people know that the design can effectively improve the handling of the vehicle, while the four wheels are closer to the four corners of the rear, the center of gravity of the vehicle will be more stable, bringing a stable driving feeling, and the comfort can naturally be better guaranteed. On the other hand, this can also lead to a longer wheelbase, so that the driving space in the car can also be effectively improved, then there will naturally be higher comfort in the driving space.
The second is that the Versailles C5 X is designed like a sedan and not a sedan, which has a minimum ground clearance of 193cm, an approach angle of 18 degrees and a departure angle of 23 degrees. Many people should encounter too steep and sharp ramps, or relatively high pits, bumps and bad roads, such as car scenes, ground clearance, approach angle and departure angle of the large model can be easier to pass, can effectively avoid dragging the bottom or bumping the front and rear bars, so this is also a major embodiment of improving comfort.
Citroën patented PHC adaptive hydraulic suspension
If some of the features and thoughts on the design are not enough, then the PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology that is standard throughout the series must be extremely convincing.
Relevant information shows that PHC adaptive hydraulic stability technology originated from the car rally, as we all know, most of the European car brands participate in the rally in ten minutes, but the road conditions of the rally are generally very bad, how to reduce the damage of the vehicle in the extremely bumpy road conditions after a large jump and landing and improve the comfort of the racers has become the direction of research of many manufacturers, in this context Citroen has developed a PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology with 20 patented technologies.
In general, the ordinary shock absorber is the flow rate of the oil in the cylinder to dynamically control the soft and hard of the shock absorber, if the piston convection hole is larger, then the flow rate of the oil is faster, the shock absorber is relatively softer, the vehicle dynamic driving experience is more comfortable, if the piston convection hole is smaller, then the flow rate of the oil is slower, the shock absorption performance will be harder, and the dynamic driving experience of the vehicle is more moving.
Obviously, ordinary shock absorbers can only choose one of the two, soft or hard, the result is that either the suspension adjustment is too comfortable, affecting the sense of handling, or too hard to affect comfort. However, PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology solves this problem very well and avoids losing sight of one or the other.
PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology is simply to design the convection hole of the shock absorber as asymptotic variable, which adds progressive hydraulic shock absorbers at the upper and lower ends of the shock absorber, the upper end buffer is used for stretching, the lower end is compression, and is divided into upper and lower parts.
When the normal road surface, the upper and lower parts of the hydraulic shock absorber at the lower end are in a separate state, at this time, it is basically the same as the ordinary shock absorber, but it is reported that the piston hole of the PHC shock absorber will be larger than the ordinary shock absorber, so the comfort in the conventional state will be better than the general shock absorber filter effect, so it will be more comfortable. However, when the vibration intensifies, the upper and lower parts of the lower end buffer begin to contact, and the more violent the vibration, the deeper the contact between the two, and at this time, the progressive oil valve hole of the upper part of the lower end hydraulic shock absorber will gradually change from large to small, and the speed of oil passing through will become slower and slower, and naturally, the damping of the shock absorber will become larger and larger. Conversely, when the vehicle moves from a bumpy road to a flat road, the buffer used for stretching at the upper end will play the same role.
The way the shock absorber achieves the size of the shock absorber damping is simpler than air suspension and electromagnetic adaptive suspension, the structure is more reliable, and the cost is lower, but it can bring the same effect, and even because the effect of improving comfort is obvious, it is also called "magic carpet" suspension.
Of course, not only the PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology brings excellent comfort to the chassis, its power system part also provides help for the comfort of the Versailles C5 X, the third generation of PSA 1.6T engine with 8AT transmission, in terms of Xiaobian's test drive experience, the whole set of power matching is smooth, and the overall feeling is light and fast, and the sense of experience is very high.
Auto network review: comfortable performance is excellent The probability of winning is not low
In fact, citroën Versailles C5 X is also very distinctive in terms of design, but for the editor who has driven this model for a day, he believes that its comfort is more commendable, and it is more likely to win the "Best Comfort" award in the "China Automobile Festival". In addition to the above-mentioned spatial performance, passability, PHC adaptive hydraulic stabilization technology and excellently tuned powertrain, the Versailles C5 X can add points to its comfort in ergonomics and environmental protection of interior materials and comfortable configurations, so its winning in comfort projects is more likely.