I have driven the Buick GL8, but also driven the hyundai Kustu, after a period of comparison, I found that the gap between Korean cars and American cars is really not a star and a half, although the advantages are obvious, but there are 8 major shortcomings, I advise friends who want to buy Kustu must think twice, avoid regretting it after buying a car!
In the MPV market in 2022, it can be described as "a hundred cars competing", before there is a "handle" Buick GL8 firmly occupies the leading throne in the commercial vehicle market, and then there is the honda odyssey and Alison siege, coupled with the domestic Trumpchi M8 and Roewe imax8 force, basically filled the gap in the MPV market, so if you want to get a share in the commercial vehicle market, you need to show a different place.
And Hyundai Kustur was born in this situation, with the quality of the joint venture car, the price of domestic cars to challenge a number of opponents, and the price of the entry-level naked car was once pressed to less than 160,000, so that the MPV model is not in the high price of the representative, but such a dimensionality reduction blow has not gained much effect, mainly because the hyundai Kustu although there are 5 major advantages, but there are still 8 unbearable shortcomings, so the plan wants to buy a modern Kustu friend, may wish to understand first!
A brief review of the car selection process
Before I drove a 2012 Buick Kaiyue, because the age of the car is too long, so more and more small problems, had to plan to change the car, considering the needs of the family occasional travel, so this time the car selection is set at about 200,000 MPV models.
People around me recommend buying Buick GL8 and Honda Odyssey and Alexand, although I also think that these three cars are the benchmark of MPV models, but considering the price factor, I can only choose to give up in the end, and turn to look at the domestic MPV - Trumpchi M8 and Roewe IMAX8, to be honest, these two cars, whether it is the appearance or interior, are enough to match millions of luxury cars, but I finally gave up, mainly because as a family car, in addition to price, I pay more attention to stability.
Because someone around me has driven the Soba, so I have been recommending modern cars with me, and the moment I finally saw the Kusstu, I knew that this was the MPV model I wanted, and the final set was the top-equipped Kustu, which landed less than 230,000.
5 places to be sure about Hyundai Kustu
In fact, the emergence of hyundai Kustu has met the needs of a large part of consumers for MPV models, that is, the quality of the joint venture car purchased at the price of domestic cars, and Hyundai Kustu has just done this, but the weakening of brand influence and the rise of domestic cars have become the main problems restricting the sales of Kustu, but it is undeniable that the advantages of Hyundai Kustu are still many.
The product pricing is worthy of the quality of the vehicle, and the price is very high.
Hyundai Kustu launched a total of 5 models, two of which are 1.5T models 169,800 and 179,800, the remaining three are 2.0T models, the guidance price is 192,800, 203,800 and 218,800, the current cash discount in most regions is about 10,000 yuan, the replacement subsidy is 5000-8000 yuan, that is to say, the naked car price of the entry-level model directly down to less than 160,000, in addition to the MPV, joint venture car, 7-seater, 8AT these labels, The value for money is still very high.
The whole series is equipped with 8AT standard, one is "good to listen", and the other is better in smoothness
For Hyundai for the Kustu car, or high hopes, the standard 8AT gearbox can be said to be quite thick, this has two major benefits, one is to say more good when the brand promotion, the second is that the 8AT gearbox in the middle and rear section of the acceleration, compared to the dual clutch transmission, the power connection will be more smooth, will not appear so abrupt, so the 8AT gearbox for this level of model, the advantage is still very large.
The front axle is McPherson-style independent suspension, and the rear axle is torsional beam non-independent suspension
Many readers may have a question, the Front Suspension of the Kussuit is a McPherson-style independent suspension, and the driving experience is very good and understandable, but the rear wheel uses torsion beam type non-independent suspension, which is obviously cutting corners!
But I think this is not the case, although many high-end MPV rear suspension are independent suspension design, but the mainstream of the MPV model including Odyssey and GL8, etc., still use the rear torque beam non-independent suspension, the advantages of such a design are also very obvious, for manufacturers, the production cost is lower, maintenance is more convenient, but for the owner, the design of the torque beam, the need for less space, means that the third row of MPV models has more space.
Not picky eaters, the whole series can add No. 92 oil
As of now, the domestic No. 92 oil price is 8.43 yuan / liter, No. 95 oil is 8.97 yuan / liter, No. 98 oil is 9.65 yuan / liter, and there is a rising trend, so the oil price is directly related to our fuel consumption, and the modern Kustu only needs to fill the most basic No. 92 oil, can meet the daily use needs, it has to be said that it is still very good to feed, on the contrary, Buick GL8 is the whole series needs to be filled with more than 95 gasoline, otherwise there may be a situation of lighting up fault lights.
Space utilization is higher
Hyundai Kustu has a wheelbase of 3055mm and is somewhere between Odyssey and GL8!
In terms of ride performance, the second row of space is the best performance, after adjusting to the appropriate sitting position, the passengers in the third row can still get a good sense of space, which is still worth affirming. The trunk design of the modern Kustu is more inclined to the feel of the SUV, the conventional volume is 262L, but after putting down the third row of seats, it can reach 707L, which is completely enough for daily use.
8 places that can't stand it
Although the advantages of modern Kusitu are very many, but the shortcomings are equally obvious, and these shortcomings have reached the point where people are completely intolerable, let's take a look at the 6 major shortcomings of modern Kustu, see if you can tolerate it?
The design is difficult to describe, and the retention rate is ridiculously low
The exterior design of the hyundai Kustu continues the design style of the Korean car - compact, the overall look is not very atmospheric, coupled with the front low and high body posture, at first glance it is simply an SUV, no wonder many owners complain that the Kustu is an SUV model, compared to gl8 and Odyssey These models, the Kustu lacks the solemnity and atmosphere of the MPV model.
Coupled with the fact that the brand influence of Korean cars in China is getting smaller and smaller, and the extremely low sales volume plus less ownership make the status of Korean cars in the second-hand car market comparable to that of domestic cars, so friends who buy this car must be mentally prepared to wait until the time to sell the car can not receive such a high depreciation rate.
The price span is large, and the configuration span is even larger
Although the configuration is high is the label of Korean cars, but in the modern Kustu has not been perfectly reflected, first of all, look at the guide price of 169,800 1.5T minimum model, almost no active safety configuration, such as active braking and lane keeping, etc., not to mention some other auxiliary driving functions, so want to buy 1.5T models of friends, can only choose the guidance price of 179,800 high-end models.
As for the 2.0T model is also the same, the guide price of 192,800 minimum model, but also to nothing, the only can be counted as a high-tech configuration may be a unilateral electric sliding door, so the 2.0T model is best to directly on the top of the top, including bilateral electric sliding doors, 360 panoramic reversing, full-speed adaptive cruise, reversing early warning function and electric tailgate, etc., the configuration can be said to be very rich.
The headlight lighting effect is too poor
Although the standard of the modern Kustu series is LED near and far lights, but the lighting effect is really unsatisfactory, it is simply not as cool as the car photos of more than 100,000 cars before me, the overall lighting brightness is low, not to mention, the angle of illumination is also very problematic, go to the 4S shop to adjust 2 times, and there is not much change.
The front parking radar is simply a chicken rib
The design of the front parking radar of the modern Kustu is simply "take off the pants and fart", the activation of the front parking radar needs to be done in the case of reversing, if the vehicle is forward, it needs to use the front parking radar, it needs to be manually opened, for this level of model, low speed forward, the front parking radar should take the initiative to work, which is really the designer lazy.
Wind noise, wind noise, wind noise is really too big
The sound insulation effect of the modern Kustu is really not the performance of this level, when the speed of the vehicle exceeds 100km/h on the high speed, the car can simply be described by lightning and thunder, compared to the natural sound I opened before, the effect is not a star and a half, and finally can only use the sound of increased music to cover up the noise.
Fuel consumption is on the high side
From the perspective of the product layout of Kusitu, Kusitu is obviously the main promotion of 2.0T models, and the 2.0T model officially given neDC comprehensive fuel consumption in 100 kilometers 6.5L, but it may be because I have been driving in the city for a long time, and the average fuel consumption has reached 26.9L/100 kilometers, but this is not counted, wait for the car to run for a period of time to see.
Cheng also twists the beam, and defeats also twist the beam
The long-wheelbase MPV uses the structure of the rear torque beam, which was originally to get better space, but also sacrificed a certain degree of comfort, the overall riding experience is that although it is relatively stable, but the filtering of fine bumps is relatively poor, when passing through the bumpy road, the first row is not obvious, but the second and third rows are very bumpy!
The instrument is too stingy, it looks uncomfortable, and the interior is strongly plastic and looks very cheap
The central control design of the modern Kustu is still good, the large screen can achieve a lot of interior functions, only this LCD instrument, it looks dirty and cheap, the overall appearance is very slender, very affecting our driving experience, I hope that the future can change it.
The overall interior design is hard, without the use of a large number of leather packages, compared to the Buick GL8, the sense of cheapness is more obvious, but for less than 200,000 prices, these seem dispensable!
At last
From an objective point of view, at a price of about 200,000, the lowest models of Buick GL8, Odyssey and Alexand cannot be bought, and although the domestic cars in this price point are well configured, they are still slightly lacking in stability.
On the other hand, the modern Kustu, although there are no obvious advantages, but there are no obvious shortcomings, belongs to a decent model, but it is precisely because of such mediocrity, it is more stable for consumers, so aside from the brand factor, the comprehensive strength of Kustu is still quite good.