Today, with the integration of the global economy, the automobile industry has developed by leaps and bounds, especially China has jumped to become the world's largest automobile consumer market. Naturally many car companies look at the Chinese auto market, but foreign car companies have many models that are not sold in China, which has China's national conditions, of course, there are their own cost calculations, so today Chede Steel takes everyone to see what overseas models are worth looking forward to entering the country.
Mercedes T-Class
Mercedes-Benz T-Class positioning is a multi-purpose MPV, at first glance looks a bit like a "van" and a bit like a "small box of goods", focusing on the domestic MPV market, and is a new car series of Mercedes-Benz. The car adopts the rear double-sided sliding door design, which is convenient for people to get on and off the car, and has a high interior space, and will also launch a long wheelbase 7-seat version in the future. This kind of multi-purpose MPV also has a relatively large luggage space, and it is convenient to take a pet with you for daily self-driving trips or moving some things.
The Mercedes-Benz T-Class is primarily aimed at the European market and is positioned as a cheaper model to carry as much luggage and tools as possible while allowing family members to ride comfortably, which is somewhat similar to the use of pickup trucks in the United States. However, many parts of Europe have narrow roads and are not suitable for larger pickup trucks, so this type of model is deeply loved by everyone. So the question is, with the increasing demand for vehicles by domestic consumers, gradually liking the form of self-driving travel, coupled with a variety of policy reasons for pickup trucks, will this kind of multi-purpose MPV be more popular? Before the Volkswagen Kaidi also introduced this model, but the sales are not high, obviously the timing is not grasped, if the Mercedes-Benz T-Class into the country, everyone said how much is the right amount to sell?
Honda Passport
Honda Passport is positioned as a medium-sized SUV, mainly in the North American market, this car is equipped with a 3.5-liter V6 engine, maximum horsepower of 280 hp, peak torque of 355 Nm, matching a 9AT gearbox, but also applied a four-wheel drive system improved from acura SH-AWD, officially known as the i-VTM4 four-wheel drive system, this four-wheel drive system can transmit 70% of the power to the rear wheels, and at the same time 100% of the rear wheel power output on the left rear/right rear wheels.
Obviously, an off-road performance is not bad, and the space is wide SUV not only liked by Americans, but also by many people in China. First of all, because of Honda's brand culture, which will be more popular in the domestic market, and secondly, on top of Honda UR-V and Guandao, the domestic Honda model is no longer a larger SUV model, and Honda UR-V and Guandao have not been updated for two years, honda also needs a model that can compete with Toyota Highlander, Volkswagen Tuon and so on, so there are also rumors that this car will be introduced into the domestic market. Of course, according to the emission limit, it will not be equipped with the power system of overseas models, and it is likely that the 2.0T and 2.0L hybrid powertrains will be used in China to match the CVT gearbox. At present, the model is priced at $37,870 (two-wheel drive) in the United States, which is equivalent to about 250,000 yuan.
Peugeot 208
Peugeot 206, 207 everyone should be familiar with, when Peugeot is a good time to catch up with China, is in the stage of increasing demand for cars in Chinese families, with small but exquisite, economic and cheap advantages, sales in the country has been good. However, with the improvement of the cost-effective advantage of domestic independent brands, people's demand for large-space models has increased, and this kind of car has become less and less in the Chinese market. Peugeot is certainly not without better small cars, and the 208 is currently a model of Peugeot's higher sales in the European market.
Peugeot 208 adopts Peugeot's latest CMP platform development, the design is dynamic and stylish, length/width/height are 4055/1745/1430mm, and the wheelbase is 2540mm. The interior design also uses the most popular style of the moment, just like sitting in a space battleship, which is the same as the current Peugeot model, and also has 8-color mood lights. The Peugeot 208 is available in a fuel 1.2T three-cylinder turbocharged engine version that matches a 5-speed manual, 6-speed manual, 6-speed automatic and 8-speed automatic transmission, as well as a 1.5-liter four-cylinder diesel version and a pure electric version with a range of 340 kilometers. At present, the domestic demand for small cars has begun to increase, and more and more women need a small car with a stylish appearance, light and easy to drive, which coincides with the advantages of the Peugeot 208. However, nowadays, the cost-effective advantage of domestic independent brands is obvious, and the final price of small cars produced in the form of joint ventures will undoubtedly be between 80,000 and 120,000 yuan, which will have no competitive advantage. Coupled with the use of three-cylinder engines for fuel vehicles, it will not be popular in China, diesel vehicles will certainly not be introduced, and the mileage advantage of pure electric models is not obvious, but if you upgrade pure electric technology, it may be a good choice to enter the country.
Toyota AQUA
Toyota's highest-selling model in China's domestic market in recent years is definitely the Corolla, with the outstanding advantages of the TNGA architecture and reasonable price positioning, sitting in the top few positions of the car sales list. But in fact, Toyota has another car with excellent sales overseas, that is, the Toyota AQUA. This name may be a little strange, but the Prius should be very familiar to everyone, once sold in China for a while, it can also be said that Toyota in the Chinese market hybrid model originator, we can understand the Toyota AQUA as a small Toyota Prius.
Toyota AQUA uses Toyota TNGA-B architecture to build, the wheelbase reached 2600mm, but thanks to the excellent layout of the TNGA architecture, Toyota AQUA's interior space performance is still good, and the storage space is very rich, better than Toyota Corolla. The car also uses a gasoline-electric hybrid system, equipped with a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated engine, and the fuel consumption is only 2.8 liters per 100 kilometers. At present, Toyota's small cars in China only have Vios, Vios FS and YARiS L Zhixiang, YARiS L Zhixuan, Vios needless to say that it has not been replaced for a long time, and YARiS models have long been irrelevant to overseas YARiS, they are several generations behind, basically Toyota has no hot models under the Corolla. If Toyota AQUA is introduced into The country, with Toyota's reputation in China, it can not only win the love of many young consumers, but also allow many consumers to add or change cars at home to bring new choices, not to mention the dual engine power blessing, but also make the current domestic small hatchback more choices.
Fiat 500 Series
Fiat's fate in China is really ups and downs... Since the 126P "big toe shoes" in the 80s, Chinese have known the brand. Later, Nanjing Fiat's Palio, Sienna, weekend wind sales are also good, and then later GAC Fiat period marketing can not keep up, poor product competitiveness, poor service and other reasons, directly sent Fiat back to Italy. Many people may not know that Fiat was founded in 1899 and is one of the oldest car brands, while the famous sports car brands Ferrari, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, as well as the president's car Lancia, we know Iveco, JEEP, Chrysler and so on are all brands of Fiat Motors Group.
Why say so much Fiat history? BMW MINI, Volkswagen Beetle and once-popular Mercedes-Benz smart, how many people have really learned about their history? You can't choose because it's expensive, because it has a different look, the Fiat 500 has the same history as them and is a classic model. Once the Fiat 500 also entered the country in the form of imports for a period of time, but due to the low price of the previous Fiat model, Chinese did not think that driving a Fiat 500 was a "face-saving" thing. Today, the Fiat 500 series has Fiat 500, 500 new energy, 500L, 500X and other models, covering small cars, compact cars and SUVs. Nowadays, China has gradually begun to enter the era of new energy, if the Fiat 500 new energy model can enter the Chinese market again, I hope you can have a good understanding of its history, this appearance is not lost BMW MINI!
Chedegang Summary:
After reading today's article, have you found a problem, in recent years, the small cars of joint venture brands have become less and less, not that car companies have not developed, but have not been put into the Chinese market. Because if introduced to the Chinese car consumer market, the price of this car will not be too low, generally around 80,000-12 million or even more expensive, from the current Honda Fit and Volkswagen polo we can see such a situation. Obviously, there is not much advantage in terms of price, especially compared with domestic independent brands, the cost performance is not good. But this does not mean that Chinese do not need small cars, Che de steel also hopes that more and more practical small cars are listed in the Chinese market.