When many car companies carry out relatively large upgrades to their products, they always add suffixes such as L, PLUS, MAX, etc. after the model name, so that users will have different understanding of the model when they see new products. Of course, some of these brands only appear as gimmicks, but is the Lingdu L of this Volkswagen brand we are going to talk about today a gimmick? Let's take a look.
Lingdu this model is a compact sedan product under SAIC Volkswagen, since entering the market in 2015, it has been 7 years, that year was also an earlier model to play the coupe slogan, but with the emergence of a series of independent brand sports cars, Lingdu's product strength is slowly compared, although each update will have a different shape adjustment, but the range of adjustment is very limited, at least in appearance has lagged behind the independent brand, when we think that Lingdu will slowly decline, The 2022 Lingdu L appeared. The Lingdu L has launched a total of 4 configurations, namely 280TSI hot and spicy, 280TSI hot and spicy, 280TSI hot and spicy, and 280TSI super spicy flagship, with a price of 149,900-189,900.
2022 new Lingdu L appearance changes are very large, compared to the old Lingdu, Lingdu L in many aspects of the vehicle have been upgraded and adjusted, first of all, let's take a look at the appearance design.
The sporty sense of Lingdu L vehicle is still good, the feeling of wide-body coupe is very clear, the front of the car is extremely aggressive, the design of the clamshell hood makes the front of the car more integrated, and the front half of the face adopts a grilleless design. Dynamic through-beam LOGO and IQ.Light full LED matrix headlights connected, the shape of the headlights outside the high and low inside, showing a more obvious attack posture, bringing people a sense of sprinting, in terms of function there is also a humanized design, AFS follow-up steering function can be convenient for users to reduce visual blind spots when driving at night, is a more convenient function.
The bumper under the front face is designed with a large size of the large mouth intake grille, giving people a feeling of bad teeth and a bad smile, and the whole front of the car gives me a feeling more like a shark with bad teeth and is preparing to attack its prey, but when I think of its title of "spicy steamed buns", compared to the smile of the pepper bomb in "Plants vs. Zombies", the more I think about it, the more I feel like a god!
The side lines of Lingdu L are relatively simple and smooth, because the lingdu L adopts a slippery design design after upgrading. Not only will the lines of the body be smoother, because the sneakback design Lingdu L also designs a hatchback open tailgate, which brings a larger opening for the user, which has a good effect on the convenience of the user's daily access to and place items or the connection of space, which is an advantage that the traditional sedan does not have. Frameless door design is another highlight of Lingdu L's upgrade, which is also a fairly rare configuration in the same level of products, and it still has a great effect on improving the movement of the vehicle.
The roof position slowly tilts down from the B-pillar, the C-pillar tilts at a large angle, directly connected to the rear of the car, and at the end of the tail, the ducktail spoiler is tilted upwards, the overall streamline is smooth without abrupt bends, the existence of the duckling's tail, so that the movement attributes of the tail are increased, the lower through-type LED taillights and the LOGO logo that can be lit are more eye-catching under the wrapping of black trim, the pulsed streamer LED taillight group and the hierarchical lines, compared to the previous generation, the recognition of the tail is much higher, It also further enhances the sportiness of the whole vehicle.
In general, the appearance design of Lingdu L, whether it is the line design of the entire body, or the design of the front and rear headlight groups, is much higher than the recognition of the current Lingdu, and it is no longer a "classic" volkswagen nesting doll design, and the appearance of the sneakback design, hatchback tailgate, frameless door and other elements are added, so that the appearance of the whole vehicle is full of sports attributes. Whether you like this look or hate it, at least it will allow you to see it and remember it.
The interior part of the vehicle also adopts a new design, the first feeling of the central control part is similar to the eighth generation golf, all of which adopt the digital cockpit design concept design of the Volkswagen family, and the first thing that comes into view in the car is definitely two large-size screens, using a floating double screen design of 10-inch full LCD instrument and 12-inch multimedia central control screen, and the multimedia screen also has a certain tilt to the driver's side, with the W-HUD head-up display system, so that the scientific and technological atmosphere in the car is improved a lot. The co-pilot side adopts a through-channel air outlet design, with the metallic decorative strip below, the sense of layering is more obvious. The buttons in the car are touch-sensitive, which is also a major feature of the digital cockpit.
There are 30-color streamer mood lights in the front and rear rows of the car, in addition to the keyless entry + one-button start of the whole car, the three-spoke multi-function steering wheel (some models have a heating function), perforated leather seats, a sun visor with illumination, front and rear touch LED reading lights, and 8 Beats speakers equipped with high-end models, etc., which are also thick in detail.
In terms of vehicle space, Lingdu L is based on volkswagen group MQB EVO modular architecture to build, belongs to Volkswagen's transverse engine modular architecture platform, the advantages of the EVO platform are mainly the upgrade of space, Lingdu L's three-dimensional size is 4784x1831x1469mm, the wheelbase is 2731mm, compared to the previous generation of Lingdu's 2656mm wheelbase progress is larger, increased by 75mm, which is a significant increase in the legroom of the rear members, This size also has a good advantage in the same class of models, the rear seat height of 180cm adult male ride, the head can spare four fingers of space, the legs also have two fists of space, long-distance travel rear seat comfort is more secure.
Lingdu L used in the hatchback induction electric tailgate, the opening size of the trunk I think can be comparable to the SUV, the trunk and the rear seats are connected, the trunk originally has a volume of 523L, if we usually need to carry a larger volume of items when we usually use the car, you can put the rear seats down, the rear seat can be lowered after the volume can be provided with 1446L, which is larger than the trunk volume of many sedan cars, and the larger trunk for our users also improves the convenience of our daily car. This is also a good model highlight brought about by the upgrade of Lingdu L.
In terms of power, Lingdu L is equipped with Volkswagen Group's EA211 series 1.4TSI turbo engine matching 7-speed dry dual-clutch transmission, the maximum output power of the engine is 110kW, and its peak torque is 250N·m, many riders should be familiar with this power system, and it is present in many models under the Volkswagen brand. There are some domestic brands in the development of their own engines when the benchmark is a lot of this 1.4T turbo engine, this engine stability and power output are relatively good, I believe there is no need to introduce too much about this engine. The comprehensive transmission efficiency of the 7-speed dry double clutch is high, which is also conducive to reducing the daily fuel consumption of the vehicle, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of the WLTC 100 km of Lingdu L is 5.92L/100km
Lingdu L's brand official positioning as an A+ class sedan, compared to the previous generation of Lingdu, it feels that SAIC Volkswagen has a more obvious change in the concept of car manufacturing, this new car is a good change, a change in the past calm shape, in the appearance of the design has also become radical. In the configuration of the interior, the intelligent improvement of the cabin in the car is obvious, and some of the more popular configurations can also be seen in Lingdu L, such as the welcome light outside the car, the welcome light curtain, the multi-colored atmosphere light in the car, the wireless charging of mobile phones, the W-HUD head-up display system, etc., which is also attractive to the current young car buyer group.
2022 Lingdu L four models price from 149,900 yuan - 189,900 yuan, the price gap of 40,000 yuan, many small partners may hesitate between different price configurations, we found according to the configuration of the four models of the comparison, the configuration differences of the four models are mainly in the active and passive safety, auxiliary driving, interior seats these several large convenience and some detailed, comfortable design. Let's take a look at it in turn.
In terms of appearance and power introduced earlier, the four cars are basically the same, but there are differences in wheel size, the hot version priced at 149,900 yuan and the hot version of 159,900 yuan use 17-inch aluminum alloy wheels, while the cool version with a price of 169,900 yuan and the super spicy flagship version of 189,900 yuan use 18-inch aluminum alloy wheels, while such as reversing side warning, automatic parking, steering wheel heating, A series of functional configurations such as HUD head-up display only appear on the super spicy flagship version priced at 189,900 yuan, which is also the difference in configuration brought about by the price gap between the cool spicy version and the super spicy flagship version of 20,000 yuan, most of which belong to the auxiliary driving class or the configuration to improve comfort, and the budget is sufficient or it is recommended to choose the super spicy flagship version.
Cool spicy version of the sandwich between the hot version and the super spicy flagship version is still a more awkward position, more than the hot version of ten thousand yuan, more than the hot version of the more than a number of functions I personally think is dispensable configuration, the difference in the size of the central control screen and tire size in the actual use of the impact is not large, like the electric rear door, mobile phone wireless charging, 30 colors in the car atmosphere lights, dual-zone air conditioning and other functions, even if there is no these functions will not bring much trouble in the use of the car.
In fact, the price of 159,900 yuan of the hot version to my experience is the small partners can give priority to the configuration, as for the price of 149,900 yuan of hot version, indeed in the configuration of the almost meaning, in the budget slightly increased by 10,000 yuan to buy the hot version, you can get a good boost in driving assistance, safety, comfort, So my suggestion is that the small partner with a small budget can target the hot version with a price of 159,900 yuan, and the small partner with a sufficient budget will directly target the super spicy flagship version with a price of 189,900 yuan, as for the other two models, it is a bit of a "high or low" feeling.
Lingdu L this product this product is indeed obvious, everyone thinks Lingdu L where is the most attractive to you? Which configuration is right to start with? Welcome to discuss in the comments section.