We have entered the era of new energy vehicles. Since BYD announced that it will no longer produce fuel vehicles, this has been a signal.
But to face it, the family car is still the king of fuel vehicles, and Xuanyi and Langyi are still the best representatives of the 150,000 yuan family car market. One of the most important reasons is that the demand for the first car of the family is not urgent, and the most rigid demand for the car will not change. That is, the home car is the heart.
The standard that the family car just needs is nothing more than three points: good-looking, easy to open, and easy to use. These "three standards" are both subjective and objective, as if they are applicable to any car, but drilling the horns to read is more demanding than any standard.
Take new energy vehicles.
We began to accept it because it was energy efficient enough; most new energy vehicles were designed to be more sci-fi; battery sinking made their driving characteristics perform better than that of ordinary fuel vehicles; less post-maintenance and a lot of cabin space freed up to make their use more diverse... Everything is moving towards a better place. However, their price has not dropped to a lower level, and they usually have to consider many factors for charging... All this does not seem to be as good as imagined.
Looking at the fuel vehicle, the good and the bad are in a certain bond with the new energy vehicle. It doesn't matter, who is good and who is not good, but at the moment, where is the consumer's just need?
Usually when we test drive many models, we will unconsciously enter a sense of brainwashing substitution. For example, after driving an electric vehicle for a period of time, it will be "unaccustomed" to driving a fuel vehicle. If you have a good fuel car driving for a while, you start to feel, "This feels very relaxed."
This is not an inertial implant. The reporter had this feeling after driving the Buick Veyron pro for a while, and it was very real.
Yes, Veyron pro has experienced the worst "three-cylinder era" of fuel vehicles, although it is now replaced by a four-cylinder machine, but that period of time is enough for the world to talk about for a long time after dinner. We needlessly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the three-cylinder and four-cylinder or the technical highlights, and bluntly say that the current Veyron pro does give people a lot of interest.
The book data of the 1.5T engine with the CVT gearbox is not bad, not like some brands to adjust the data particularly beautifully, but the actual sensory performance is not satisfactory. Veyron pro's current motivational tenet is adhered to: under the premise of maintaining smoothness and not falling into the handle, sometimes give some energy and sharpness.
This CVT gearbox is hard-working, but based on the characteristics of small displacement turbines, large throttle output, often need to wait for a short time to explode. The release of power is often too violent and may exceed the driver's expectations. But then again, Veyron pro's users are generally daily commuters, and there are very few opportunities to encounter this situation in the case of gentle driving.
As for the performance of sound insulation, vibration filtering and steering, the Veyron pro and the old model, more precisely, the Buick tradition. The tougher chassis and the bias steering that Buick cars have always insisted on making make the Willand pro feel very close to the ground, and it is still a car that makes people have fun driving. The solid chassis and quiet NVH are the foundations of Chinese consumers' recognition of the Buick brand.
In terms of intelligence, Buick is one of the brands that have kept up with the times. At this stage, the importance of intelligence, I believe there is no need to describe too much, it not only represents the fit of young people, but also represents the improvement of the car experience.
The most eye-catching improvement in the veyron pro interior must be the floating dual screen design, which has a built-in Buick eConnect 3.0 system, which supports iFLYTEK Voice, Himalaya APP, music software Carplay, Carlife, OnStar and so on. In fact, throughout the entire joint venture market, Buick's car and machine experience has always been at the forefront, and with the further strengthening, the overall use experience and functionality have been very close to smart mobile devices.
Putting aside the point of intelligence, the Veyron pro's car machine, "convenient human experience" may be more prominent.
Let's talk about the LCD gauge in the driver's seat. Both the rev and the tachometer use a "progressive" appearance. For example, the speed, the initial only 0-20 display, with the increase of the speed, drive to 20km/h, the meter will display "40", drive to 40 will show 60... This design doesn't have much practical effect, but it slows down the driver's state of mind a lot, and he doesn't think too much about chasing speed and accidentally doing something speeding.
Another example is the "virtual road condition" of the central instrument. The virtual Veyron pro on the gauge is not a pure ornament, when you brake, it will also light up the corresponding brake lights. Do you think that "useless cold knowledge" has one more? But I bet you must have imagined, "Usually when I step on the brakes, my brake lights are not broken, whether they are bright, and the cars behind me do not see"; "When I use the automatic parking function, my brake lights are not on".
Maybe the above is really "useless cold details", but if Buick designers can think of these details, it can be seen that I am not the only one who thinks like this.
Calmly looking back at the history of the Buick Veyron series, it seems that it has been remodeled more frequently than other car series. But in each iteration, we find that it is becoming more and more like what we often call a "barrel car".
From the earliest Veyron we criticized its double clutch, to the "pit" three-cylinder machine, and then to the current four-cylinder CVT Veyron pro - the performance of all aspects is more and more balanced, and there is no big fault at all. In particular, since the new car was launched last year, it has assumed an aggressive posture, reminiscent of Buick's determination to fight a hard battle with the opponents of Toyota, Honda, and North and South Volkswagen. It is true that the degree of solidification of the joint venture A+ car market is many times higher than that of 2019, and the benchmark in the hearts of regular customers or consumers on the list is always Xuanyi, Civic, Sagitar and half of Lynk & Co 03, not to mention the tiger's eye of independent brand cars with larger displacement, longer wheelbase and higher configuration.
The best era of the 150,000-yuan family car market, the first is ten years ago, the other is today.
It is precisely because new energy vehicles are involved in various price segments of the market, and because new energy vehicles are in the early stage of setting up a "new standard", fuel car should arouse the original heart of consumers. All the "new standards" must also be based on the original standards and enriched.
Veyron pro, Xuanyi, Civic... They are still the embracers and adherents of this level of intrinsic heart.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Mao Chuan