"More than 100,000 budgets, what good car recommendations?" When you browse the website, you will often see such a question.
If you put it in the past, it would be good to buy a Volkswagen Santana for 100,000 yuan, but now you will feel that it is not good enough. It is normal to feel that "not good enough" is normal, because "good" is not fixed, and today's "good" is likely to become "not good enough" tomorrow, after all, the quality standard is always keeping pace with the times.
So how do we define the criteria for a "good car"?
I think that if a model priced at 100,000 yuan has the quality and configuration of more than 150,000 models, and the driving experience is beyond your expectations, then this car can be called a "good car".
According to this standard, is the newly launched UNI-V a good car? Let's take the Civic as a reference and compare it.
UNI-V and Civic have a high degree of attention, representing the latest design level of the brand, and the price and market positioning are relatively close.
Design comparison: both are young but each has its own characteristics
French aircraft designer Marcel Dassault once said, "Beautiful aircraft performance is often not bad." ”
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In fact, many things are like this, and the reason why you think it looks good is because its design is in line with functional requirements, and the same is true for cars.
Styling, UNI-V and Civic have similar design ideas, both adopt a "low body, short front suspension, long wheelbase" design, the advantages of such a design of course is not only good-looking, but more importantly, the significance is good to open.
The low body not only makes the whole car look more low and more dynamic, but also effectively reduces the mass center of the vehicle. With a low center of mass, the vehicle's handling limit is greatly improved when cornering.
The longer the suspension in front of and behind the body, the more serious the push head and tail will be when driving violently. Conversely, the shorter the front and rear suspensions, the more concentrated the weight toward the centroid, the easier it is to maneuver.
However, in moving closer to the young sports style, UNI-V's shape is more eye-catching, visually more impactful, and highly recognizable.
Civic style is less aggressive and has a little more homely flavor.
Good design often comes with excellent functionality. As an important representative of industrial design, every design of the car is closely related to its function. If you think a car looks good, this is precisely the externalization of its internal quality to a certain extent.
The UNI-V design is really good, especially the ingenious interior, after seeing many similar and sleepy interior designs, the moment you open the UNI-V door, it is refreshing.
Sitting in the car, you will find that the use of 3 + 1 joint screen UNI-V, the main driver in front of the instrument is defined as the main display, the important information in driving is displayed in the instrument, the advantage of this is that you can effectively distinguish the primary and secondary relationship of information, so that the driver can more easily see the important information.
Time, speed, temperature, fuel consumption, wind direction, vehicle information and other major information are displayed on the meter.
The size and position of the central control screen are set just right, unlike some cars that seek to be large, resulting in the driver's line of sight being blocked.
Civic inherits the traditional interior layout, with clear and concise functional partitions.
In terms of ease of operation, both cars are good, much better than some models that eliminate physical buttons and integrate almost all functions on the screen in order to pursue a sense of technology.
In addition to aesthetics, car design must also pay attention to the user experience, and interior layouts like this are serious problems. Some commonly used operations, physical buttons are the simplest and fastest, such as volume size, temperature level adjustment; cancel the dashboard, but also cause safety hazards, such as looking at the speed, you have to turn your head to look at the central control screen, which is very dangerous in driving.
If you look at the details, I personally think that the UNI-V interior will be a little warmer - the designers have used a lot of soft materials, including leather, to wrap, and the color matching style is diverse, so that the interior highlights the sense of premium without losing its freshness.
On the Civic, although it can also be seen that the designer intends to create a sense of layering for the center console through the staggered decorative panels, the monotonous color matching and similar plastic materials still inevitably give people a hard feeling.
The interiors of both cars can correspond to the aesthetics of young people. If you like fashion simplicity you can look at the Civic, if you like to like the modern sense of technology, UNI-V is definitely your dish.
Compared with the configuration, the overall configuration of UNI-V is higher
In terms of intelligent configuration, both vehicles are equipped with car navigation, multimedia entertainment, touch LCD screen and other configurations, human-computer interaction is very smooth, and the design of the vehicle-machine interface also has its own characteristics. After meeting the most basic intelligent applications, UNI-V also comes with some bright configurations.
The automatically raised rear wing can provide the vehicle with an extreme downforce of 25KG.
Exhaust sound wave (exclusive to the Sport version).
235/40 R19 92V Dunlop SP SPORT MAXX tires (exclusive to Sport).
92 represents a single tire with a maximum load-bearing force of 630 kg, the larger the number, the better, V is to indicate that the maximum speed of the tire is 240 km / h.
In addition, there are Face ID face recognition system, full speed adaptive cruise, active braking, tire pressure display, 540 ° degree panoramic image (360 ° panorama + transparent chassis function) and other configurations, which greatly improve the convenience of driving.
The most worth mentioning is the price, the UNI-V Sport Edition (sub-top) with so many configurations is priced at 123,900 yuan, which is lower than the price of the Civic Entry Edition of 129,900 yuan!
Size comparison: Both Civic and UNI-V perform well
In terms of size, consumers did not consider sports cars in the past, because compared with family cars, their space is slightly cramped, and consumers who pursue practicality are unwilling to compromise, and now fish and bear paws can be combined.
After the replacement of the Civic, there are significant improvements in the length and wheelbase, and the larger body size will naturally bring more space in the car. UNI-V also performed well, I am 177cm tall, sitting in the back row, there is a small punch in the head, and there is more than one punch left in the leg, which is enough space to meet the travel needs of most families.
Civic and UNI-V ride space improvement is obvious, thanks to the Honda Architecture platform and Ark architecture used by each other, and the familiar Volkswagen MQB, Toyota TNGA platform similar, in addition to improving the generalization of parts, another significant advantage is to optimize the vehicle layout more effectively, the utilization of space in the car has been greatly improved.
Power comparison: The UNI-V is more powerful
Some people may say that no matter how large the size and no matter how much configuration, it is not as important as the "three major pieces", and the real embodiment of the strength of a car depends on the engine.
From the perspective of power parameters, UNI-V, whether it is power or torque, has been comparable to or even surpassed many of the old joint venture products in the same class.
The UNI-V is powered by a 1.5T Blue Whale engine with a maximum power of 138 kW and a maximum torque of 300 N·m. For comparison, the Civic 240TURBO is equipped with a maximum output of 134 kW and 240 N·m, respectively, and the BMW 1 Series has a maximum output of 103 kW and 220 N·m.
UNI-V's Blue Whale power engine data is so eye-catching because it uses many of the world's leading technologies:
The world's first and the only dual outlet integrated exhaust manifold in the same class;
World premiere production of Schaeffler Smart Phaser cam phaser – nearly twice as fast as a normal valve timing adjustable system;
Industry-first AGILE efficient ultra-clean combustion system;
World-leading, the only National 6B single-stage catalytic converter in the same class;
The world's advanced low-viscosity oil engine technology - the first domestic mass production of 0W20 low-viscosity oil, to achieve fuel saving of 1.5%;
The first fully variable displacement oil pump in China;
Camshafts with the world's best friction level;
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It can be said that this engine will not be obsolete for 10 years.
It is reported that UNI-V 2.0T has been declared, or launched in the second half of this year, which also makes me full of expectations for its performance.
Control comparison: UNI-V takes care of comfort while exercising, and Civic emphasizes sport
Data is only a dimension of whether the engine is good or not, whether the car is good or not, you have to try it yourself.
The superior power output, coupled with the Blue Whale 7DCT transmission with a transmission efficiency of up to 94.3%, and the switching of multiple driving modes, the UNI-V can better balance movement and comfort.
When driving normally, the quietness of the engine is very good, the gearbox shift is also very smooth, and the speed below 2000 rpm can obtain sufficient power output.
Of course, "power enough" is only its most basic requirements, when switching to SUPERRACE (track mode), the power response will become very positive, with the increase in speed, you can easily feel the refreshing feeling of strong power, and the thick exhaust sound wave makes the driving process more passionate.
After switching to track mode, the tail wing automatically rises, the dashboard AI changes, the sound of the tail row becomes thick, and the steering wheel damping also shows a calm feel.
Driving the UNI-V is a lot of fun, not only does it have enough power, the chassis tuning is also very supportive, and the dual D steering wheel can make people feel full of control.
From sight to hearing to touch, I thought I was driving a racing car, and during the test drive, I found myself in a state of oblivion, and I would involuntarily step on the accelerator to the end, trying to challenge the limits of the car.
I remember myself on the mountain road, galloping, chopping, and unconsciously laughing happily! That's where the fun of running a mountain comes in.
Of course, all the performance of the UNI-V is based on excellent NVH and smoothness, which is a car that can not only make passengers sit comfortably, but also bring driving pleasure to the driver. This point of Civic is different from it, although the Civic home flavor seems to be stronger, but in the chassis adjustment, Civic pays more attention to the ultimate handling.
brief summary:
Regarding the cognition of Chinese brand cars, it is time for everyone to refresh.
Once a hundred thousand yuan was used to buy a joint venture car, it will not go wrong; but the same price is used to buy a Chinese brand car, no matter who it is replaced by, it is inevitable that you will be worried and afraid of buying the wrong one. This is actually normal, and the brand is also a major factor affecting the purchase of a car.
However, times are changing, and so are standards.
After rapid development in recent years, I think that Chinese brands have made great progress in product strength, and although there is still a distance between brand influence and joint venture brands, they are constantly being closer.
Just like this comparison, my biggest feeling is: it's not that Civic is not excellent, it's that UNI-V is working harder.
Responsibly, both UNI-V and Civic have done what they promised, but in terms of material craftsmanship and configuration power, UNI-V has come ahead of The Civic.
Text | Deer Xiaofeng
(This article is the author's personal opinion only and does not represent the position of DearAuto.) )
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