Toyota has always been a sales legend in the automotive industry, with the "two-car strategy" launched a number of best-selling models with monthly sales of more than 10,000, but such a powerful Toyota, but in the Asiatic Lion and LingShang sister models planted a heel.
Asiatic Lion and LingShang are toyota's models to compete with Volkswagen Sagittarius and win the A+ segment, but now it seems to be the opposite of what it wants, and neither of these two high-hope models has helped Toyota achieve its goals.
The monthly sales of Asiatic lions listed first are stable at about 3,000 or 4,000 units, and LingShang, which was listed in the late months, has an average monthly sales of less than 1,000 units. According to data from the Car 300 used car APP, LingShang only sold 782 cars in February, which is the lowest level among all Toyota models.
In appearance, Ling Shang's front face shape is like a mixture of Leiling and Camry, the headlight group shape is more similar to the Leiling Sports Version, and the style of the large-size grille has a bit of Camry's shadow.
The side of the body adopts a straight and tough waistline, which can clearly see ling shang in the position of the rear door for an extended treatment. The highlight of the rear part is the bright black trim in the middle of the taillights, which has a visual effect of penetrating taillights when lit.
In terms of body dimensions, the length, width and height are 4695/1780/1435 mm, and the wheelbase reaches 2750 mm, of which the length and wheelbase are 55 mm and 50 mm more than the Raling.
However, lingshang's width and height have not increased, the rear row is only an increase in legroom, it is still crowded to sit three people, and the head space will be small.
The interior is a Toyota family design style, the overall practicality is the mainstay, equipped with a 12.3-inch LCD instrument, a 9-inch central control screen, and the TSS 2.0 Zhixing security system is standard, and the screen display effect is delicate.
On the material, a large amount of leather wrapping is added to the car, which has a better touch. In addition, the high-end model also adopts two-color seats and is equipped with rose gold trim strips, which is more classy.
Powered by the Camry's 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine, the drivetrain is mated to a simulated 10-speed CVT transmission with a maximum power of 171 hp and a maximum torque of 205 Nm. Power can be said to be the biggest difference between Ling Shang and Lei Ling.
Overall, the performance of Lingshang in all aspects of this car is still good, but as a special car, Lingshang does not have a prototype car overseas, and there is no accumulation of word of mouth. Coupled with the "matryoshka doll" design of the exterior and interior, this car does not show novelty and sincerity.
Moreover, Lingshang only offers two models in the whole series, and consumer choices are very limited.
In addition, Lingshang's model positioning is also more awkward, although the positioning is higher than Leiling, but the product power is not completely distinguished, Lingshang 14.88-15.88 million yuan price and Leiling's 1.2T hybrid version price also has a high degree of overlap.
At the same price, everyone prefers to choose a more abundant configuration and a higher fuel economy of Ralink. It is not difficult to understand why Ling Shang has such a sales performance.