The new Porsche 718 sports car is listed, the price is increased by 20,000 yuan, is it worth buying?

If buying a large space SUV or MPV model is to better take care of your family, then buying a sports car must be a gift for yourself. In the luxury car market, there are many sports cars with distinct personalities, the history they carry, the topic is very rich, you can chat with friends when you have a wealth of talk, and among the many luxury sports cars, Porsche 718 is the dream car of many young people.

Recently, the 2022 Porsche 718 family was officially launched, and there are 9 configurations of the new car, of which there are 4 hard-top versions, with a price range of 565,000 to 895,000 yuan, and the soft-top convertible version has 5 models, with a price range of 58.50 to 91.50 million yuan. As a small modification model, the new car has not changed in terms of internal and external design and configuration, mainly for the price adjustment, and then the car uncle will focus on a detailed analysis of the hardtop version of the model to see how the car performs.

Exterior design

The new Porsche 718 still maintains the Porsche family design style in terms of appearance, the shape is quite sporty, and the lines of the whole vehicle are more rounded. The new car is equipped with a three-stage air intake at the bottom of the front face, and the prominent front lip further strengthens the sporty atmosphere of the whole car. In addition, the model is also equipped with the iconic frog eye headlights at both ends of the hood, driving it on the road, there will definitely be a very high return rate.

In terms of body size, the specific length, width and height of the hardtop version model are 4379/4393×1801×1295/1276/1286 mm, and the wheelbase is 2475mm. The side shape of the new car is more slender, with a hatchback-style hard roof structure, showing a full of combat atmosphere, and the black air intake is added behind the door to further strengthen the sports atmosphere of the whole car, in addition, because the car is a mid-mounted rear-drive layout, so the rear shape is short.

The tail design of the Porsche 718 is relatively flat, the smooth grain and decoration are quite flexible, the left and right tail light groups are still rounded shapes, which have a certain echo with the headlights, and the middle part is connected by the piano paint trim plate, which extends the lateral visual effect of the tail to a certain extent. At the same time, the exhaust of the new car uses a mid-mounted double-out layout, and the visual effect is quite good.

Interior design

Porsche 718 in the interior design has a strong family atmosphere, T-shaped center console is full of functional buttons, in today's era of respect for large screens, Porsche brand still retains the purpose of practicality, a 7-inch display screen is the only element that can find a sense of technology on the center console. Among them, the car is equipped with a motion steering wheel with multimedia buttons, which can allow the driver to return to the origin of vehicle driving, and the three-gun dashboard is full of the charm of the times, which can also bring you a relatively good pure texture experience.

Depending on the configuration, the interior seats of this model are wrapped in leather, fabric and imitation leather + Alcantara material, and the functions provide electric adjustment of the main and passenger seats, heating of the front seats, and memory of the driver's seats. The interior seats of the new model adopt a sporty one-piece design, the internal filling is moderately soft and hard, and the backrest is close to the human body, which is extremely wrapped.

Porsche 718 adopts a two-door, two-seat layout, equipped with a front compartment and a trunk, of which the conventional volume of the trunk is 425 liters, the internal platform is relatively flat, and the daily storage of luggage is still not too much of a problem.

dynamical system

The new Porsche 718 Hardtop Edition is powered by two turbocharged engines, 2.0T and 2.5T, and each engine is divided into two versions, high and low power, of which the maximum output of the 2.0T engine is 250 hp and 300 hp, the peak torque is 310 Nm and 380 Nm, the maximum output of the 2.5T engine is 350 hp and 366 hp, and the peak torque is 420 Nm and 430 Nm. In terms of drivetrain, the engine is matched by a 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission.

Model configuration and purchase recommendations

As a regular annual redesign, the new Porsche 718 family has not changed in terms of configuration, design, etc., mainly due to the adjustment of prices, of which the price of new cars has increased by 20,000 yuan compared with the old models, which may have a certain relationship with the current increase in international raw material prices. Among the 9 models launched by the new car this time, there are 4 hardtop versions. The price range is 565,000 to 895,000 yuan, let's analyze them one by one to see which configuration is more cost-effective.

2022 model 718 2.0T

Referral Index: ★★★★

Configuration comments: The basic configuration is comprehensive enough and cost-effective

The guidance price is 565,000 yuan, and the functional aspect has body stability control, driving mode switching, brake assist, suspension soft and hard adjustment, variable steering ratio, electric spoiler, frameless doors, leather steering wheel, steering wheel manual four-way adjustment, steering wheel shift, electric adjustment of the main passenger seat, front seat heating, electric seat memory, 7-inch touch LCD screen, voice recognition control, LED daytime running lights, automatic headlights, headlight height adjustable, headlight delay closure, window anti-pinch hand, heating sprinkler, automatic air conditioning, temperature zone control, etc. The basic configuration performance is comprehensive enough, and the overall cost performance is high.

2022款718T 2.0T

Referral Index: ★

Configuration comments: power increase, function reduction

The guidance price is 661,000 yuan, matching the 2.0T high-power engine. The maximum output power was increased from 250 horsepower to 300 horsepower, and the official 100 km/h acceleration performance was increased from 5.6 seconds to 4.9 seconds, but the function was reduced to the driver's seat power memory, the main and passenger seat makeup mirror lights, etc., in addition, the seat material was adjusted from leather to fabric, the function was reduced, and the cost performance was low.

2022款718S 2.5T

Referral Index: ★★★

Configuration review: Match 2.5T engine

The guidance price is 798,000 yuan, the power is equipped with a 2.5T turbocharged engine, the maximum output is 350 horsepower, and the official 100 km acceleration performance is increased from 4.9 seconds to 4.4 seconds.

2022款718GTS 2.5T

Referral Index: ★★

Configuration review: The power increase is low

The guidance price is 895,000 yuan, matching the 2.5T high-power engine, the maximum output power is 366 horsepower, and the official 100-kilometer acceleration performance is only 0.1 seconds higher.

Uncle Che summed up

In general, the main changes in the new Porsche 718 are reflected in the price, the price of the whole series increased by 20,000 yuan, the cost performance is lower than the old model, of course, for the potential users of the model, this change has little impact. Porsche 718 still only provides a basic configuration, most of the functions need to be optional, in the 4 configurations that The uncle focuses on today, the entry-level 2022 2.0T has a perfect functional configuration under the premise of the lowest price system, and the 5.6 seconds of 100 km acceleration performance is also enough to satisfy most consumers, and the overall cost performance is higher. From the perspective of the entire market, among the sports cars currently sold in China, models such as BMW Z4, Toyota Supra and Jaguar F-TYPE have a certain price overlap with the Porsche 718, and there is a direct competitive relationship, but the influence of the Porsche brand is not available in other models, and friends who like it can consider it.