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My friends and I were stunned!
Written by: CH_ Chen Han
Before officially entering today's article, let's play a game - let's come to the stubble and see what is the difference between the two cars below?
FAW Toyota bZ4X, image source Autohome
GAC Toyota bZ4X, image source Autohome
The answer is: the colors are different.
Then, there is no then.
The car on the picture is the new pure electric "medium-sized" SUV that Toyota has just launched in China - bZ4X.
The reason why the word "medium" is double-quoted is because the body size of this car is only 4690 * 1860 * 1650 (mm), although it has a wheelbase of 2850mm, but in fact, its length is 40mm longer than GAC AION V Plus, the wheelbase is 20mm longer, and the width of the car is 60mm smaller, calling it a medium-sized SUV is really a bit far-fetched. However, in the era of electrification, the division of model classes is not so clear, and since the official insists that it is a mid-size SUV, let's count it as it.
In order to match the identity of the bZ4X medium SUV, Toyota also set a pre-price for a medium SUV: 220,000-300,000.
More importantly, the bZ4X will be produced and sold at the same time by FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota, and the models of North and South Toyota are completely consistent in appearance, interior, power, and endurance, and the configuration and pricing are almost identical.
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From "Sister Car" to "Clone Car"
The practice of eating more than one chicken has long been a traditional art for Toyota, from low level to high level, North and South Toyota is now on sale zhixiang and Vios, Leiling and Corolla, Lingshang and Asiatic Lion, Fenglanda and Ruifang, C-HR and Yize, Willanda and Rongfang, Weisa and Lingfang, Highlander and Lufang, all of which are sister cars!
A car slightly changed the appearance, interior and configuration, and then changed the name, and then put two manufacturers to produce, sell, you can achieve the effect of 1 + 1>2, this practice is not uncommon in the automotive industry, these years Toyota has also tasted the sweetness.
However, even the name of bZ4X is put into two manufacturers at the same time to produce and sell without changing the name, which should be unprecedented in China.
If the previous "chicken eat more" model was a "sister car", then now GAC Toyota and FAW Toyota's bZ4X are "clone cars".
Toyota no longer bothered to study the variety of ways to eat chickens, and directly cut a white cut chicken in half and placed it in front of us.
Last night, after the release of the bZ4X of North-South Toyota, it is no exaggeration to say that my friends and I were stunned! After repeated confirmations to many people in the industry, I dare to believe that this car is really produced in the north and south Toyota at the same time, rather than one production for two sales.
Model Y integrates 70 parts into 2 parts
It's simply going against the grain. At a time when Tesla is constantly pushing to integrate small parts into large parts, simplify production lines and model configurations, and greatly improve production efficiency and reduce production costs, some people will split a model with an unclear future into two places.
People who know a little about automobile manufacturing should know that this means that Toyota needs to pay twice the production line and mold development costs, unless the combined load of the two production lines can be close to 100%, otherwise it is a waste of resources and increased costs, and the final cost of the bill, think about who it is.
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Is the Toyota bZ4X worth buying?
Back to the Toyota bZ4X itself, what about its product strength?
Combined with the pre-sale price of 22-300,000, it can only be said that it is OK.
The first thing to emphasize is that toyota bZ4X is a brand new product developed based on the e-TNGA pure electric architecture, although it looks like a fuel car, but it is really not an oil-to-electric model.
In appearance, the bZ4X does not use a very electric four-wheel four-corner layout like the Volkswagen ID series, it still has a long front and rear overhang, but through the walking body design and the large area of high-gloss black material embellishment of the front and rear wheel arches, the bZ4X still shows its bold side different from the previous Toyota fuel vehicles.
Of course, whether it looks good or not is a matter of opinion.
In terms of interior, the bZ4X is definitely its special-shaped steering wheel, and unlike the anti-human design of tesla Model S that only cuts the steering wheel in half and the transmission ratio does not change at all, the bZ4X's special-shaped steering wheel uses steering-by-wire to replace the traditional mechanical transmission structure, making the steering wheel steering angle only plus or minus 150 °, truly achieving a formula-like driving experience.
However, the bZ4X, which was first listed in China, is not equipped with a special-shaped steering wheel. And its low-end interior, looks like this...
Image credits Autohome
Fairy tales are not necessarily all deceitful, but the official diagram of the Toyota bZ4X is really "cheating".
This dark black color scheme, this big black edge of the central control screen, this plastic steering wheel, this fabric fabric... Standing in 2022, this interior is not worth 220,000, I believe everyone has a number in mind.
However, the configuration of bZ4X also has a conscience, the whole series is equipped with 8 airbags and Toyota's third-generation TSS smart security system, continuing the high-safety characteristics of Toyota's TNGA architecture, and the low-end model is equipped with Apple Carplay, Huawei HiCar and active brakes, full-speed domain ACC, lane centering and other functions, which also makes its intelligence not backward in this era.
Coupled with Toyota's consistently excellent ergonomic design and large space for a wheelbase of more than 2 meters 8, there is no doubt that the bZ4X will also be a safe and worry-free family car.
In terms of power and endurance, the bZ4X has two power versions of front-drive and four-wheel drive and 50.3kWh and 66.7kWh batteries, and the CLTC has a range of 400-615km. The battery materials are all ternary lithium, and the supplier is NINGDE times.
What is more amazing is that the front-drive version of the bZ4X is equipped with a 150kW motor, the official zero hundred score is 8.4s, while the four-wheel drive version is equipped with an 80kW motor in front and behind, with a comprehensive power of 160kW, which is only 10kW more than the two-wheel drive version, and the official zero hundred score is 7.7s.
Moreover, the BZ4X X-MODE four-wheel drive system, developed in cooperation with Subaru, focuses not on road performance, but on off-road escape. A pure electric SUV with a load-bearing body focuses on off-road escape, which is also a confusing setting.
In addition, the bZ4X also offers a solar charging dome option, according to Toyota's official estimates, the bZ4X "can drive 1750km per year through solar power generation, if you drive 10,000 kilometers a year to convert, nearly 20% of the mileage energy comes from solar energy." Of course, the reality may not be so ideal, but the solar panels should have no problem maintaining the power supply of air conditioners, car machines and other electrical appliances in the car outdoors.
In short, in addition to the expensive price and low-end car interior is too plain, as toyota's first pure electric vehicle launched in China, the bZ4X is still a bit of material.
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Choose GAC Toyota or FAW Toyota?
When faced with two plates of identical white cut chicken, perhaps some white cut chicken lovers will still struggle:
Good choice of GAC Toyota? Or is it better to choose FAW Toyota?
My advice: just do as you like.
Last night, after Toyota China, FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota held 3 consecutive press conferences, the configuration table of FAW Toyota bZ4X can now be checked, while GAC Toyota's bZ4X has only announced the main configuration for the time being, and at present, the price and configuration of the two cars are almost exactly the same.
Under the premise that the exterior interior and other basic parameters are the same, for the time being, there are only slight differences in the booking policy and service.
Chickens are all the same chicken, but the dipping sauce is different.
In terms of warranty, the policy of North and South Toyota is basically the same, both provide bZ4X with 10 years or 200,000 kilometers of free basic maintenance and 10 years or 200,000 kilometers of electric drive system free warranty, the battery attenuation during the warranty period is greater than 30% can be replaced for free, and there is no restriction for the first owner, which is still very good!
In terms of subsidies, FAW Toyota provides up to 8,000 yuan replacement subsidies, 6,000 yuan additional purchase subsidies and 1,888 yuan of electrical card subsidies, while GAC Toyota provides up to 6,000 yuan replacement subsidies or 2,000 yuan additional purchase subsidies. In terms of services, FAW Toyota provides free services for valet charging and valet maintenance, while GAC Toyota provides free vehicle use rights for pre-sale waiting period scooters and star models (Xena, etc.) up to 7 days after delivery.
The subsidy and service policy prerequisites and applicable models of the two companies are different, but in essence, there is not much difference, which side of the policy is liked, or which manufacturer has a higher degree of recognition, choose which one.
So, for a price of 22-30 million, would you choose bZ4X?
If so, will you choose GAC Toyota or FAW Toyota?
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