How to choose a 7-seater 150,000-class family car? Just look at this comparison

With the support and guidance of policies, multi-child families are becoming more and more common, so the seven-seat family car segment is also becoming more and more popular every day. Especially after independent brands have also begun to exert efforts in this field, they have directly pulled the "minimum consumption" of more than 200,000 yuan in the past to 150,000 or even 100,000, which is almost the same as many A-class family cars. Many families who were once unable to ask for 7-seat products because of budget problems now finally have the opportunity to choose.

From no choice to have to choose is of course a good thing, but there are too many choices, in fact, it is quite tangled, just take the range of 10 to 150,000 as an example, there are several products that meet the conditions, so how can we choose the most worthwhile boutique models?

For most consumers, from the beginning through the exclusion method, directly frame the selection range in the segment of the most popular, the most famous mainstream products, is a good method, not only greatly save energy / time consumption, and in general, in this range how to choose will not be wrong, there is only a suitable and more appropriate difference.

For example, this time, we have followed this logic, found a fresh pre-sale of popular products Popular Yacht, and the forerunner of this market segment Wuling Capgemini (high-power version) to compare, I believe that by putting these two very representative models together, it can bring a lot of reference value to readers, especially consumers with this demand.

It's about strength, but design is also particularly important

Family cars, especially 7-seater family cars with obvious practical sexual orientation, are supposedly very intrinsic and strength categories, but in my opinion, internal and external design is also an important factor affecting the final purchase decision. The reason behind this is very simple, if a 7-seater car is not visually different from a commercial "van", then consumers may not consider choosing it for their home at all.

Therefore, when Wuling launched Capgemini, we obviously saw that it and many of Wuling's past 7-seat products were cut in shape, and by lowering the body height and making the front part of the car closer to the car shape, we can see that Wuling is trying to avoid the so-called "bread flavor" on Capgemini.

But in contrast, the design team of Fengxing Yacht is more able to see the essence through the phenomenon than Wuling. According to the design concept of front dynamics, the appearance of the whole vehicle adds a lot of visual factors of cars and SUVs, while avoiding the traditional boxy silhouette, adding "galaxy flow light group" (including front LED headlight group, grille breathing light and through LED tail light group), "wind and wave type front grille" and other design elements, as well as similar to the D pillar on the highlight black 3D modeling trim and other details of the polish, so that the grade of the wind yacht is obviously to a higher level.

Entering the interior of the vehicle, although both models have adopted a sedan-based central control layout to create a home atmosphere, in contrast, The Wind Yacht has joined nappa leather high-grade materials and diamond-shaped stitching and other processes, coupled with a more warm color scheme, and its interior atmosphere can make me feel a stronger home atmosphere as an experiencer. It is worth mentioning that the wrap-around layout, for the name "yacht", is enough to be praised.

For home, it is necessary to provide comfortable space

Another important difference between a family 7-seater car and a traditional MPV is that although both are 7-seater designs, the latter does not pay enough attention to every passenger on the car, while the former must make all passengers have a good enough riding experience.

At this point, in fact, whether it is a popular yacht or Wuling Capgemini, the differentiation is very obvious when compared with the more commercial products of the brand. One of the most impressive was the windy yacht, the front seats offer up to 10 directions of electric adjustment, with heating and ventilation function, full of dignity.

As for the comfort of the second row of seats that many 7-seater users value, the performance of both cars is relatively ideal, both of which support four-way sliding and can achieve parent-child seat functions. But in the details, the Fengxing Yacht provides a second row of seat electric adjustment, as well as heating and ventilation functions, while the passenger accessible part of the material is better, the decoration process is more exquisite, and there is also a foldable small table, the overall sense of grade and experience is better than Capgemini.

To its credit, the second row of seats in both cars is equipped with extended features that enhance the experience. In terms of Wuling Capgemini, with the unique storage design of the third row of seats, in the state of the third row upside down and retracted, not only can the trunk space be expanded, but the second row of seats can be slid back significantly to get a more spacious and stretched second row riding experience than usual.

In terms of popular yachts, it can be connected with the second row of seats by completely lowering the first row of seats to form two "single beds" that can lie flat and can be half lying down, with almost the largest panoramic skylight in the same class, lying down to see the stars when camping in the wild is still very cool, and even if necessary, it is really necessary to deal with a night's sleep in the car, which is also completely ok, and the space flexibility of the 7-seater car should be brought to the extreme.

Not only to sit coolly, but also to open coolly

As a family car, consumers' expectations for its power performance are also much higher than those of commercial vehicles. Therefore, the two products compared this time, as representative models in the segment, have invariably chosen a 1.5T engine that can better balance power performance and economy.

Of course, the displacement is on the one hand, the technical indicators and adjustment of the machine itself also play a more important role, taking Wuling Capgemini as an example, although the 2020 model is also equipped with a 1.5T engine, but the output power is only 108kW, as a family car is still a bit reluctant. To this time we used to compare the 2022 high-power version of the model, the power has been significantly enhanced, the output parameters rose to 130kW/290Nm, with the CVT gearbox, the smoothness and dynamic performance are more ideal, which is to make up for the shortcomings of the past.

However, even after the redesign, Capgemini's power performance can only be regarded as up to standard, not to the extent of surprise, especially in the comparison with the popular yacht, it does not show any advantages. Equipped with an engine with the same specifications as 1.5T, the output parameters of the Fengxing Yacht are much higher than those of the revamped Capgemini High Power Version, reaching 145kW/285Nm, and with the high-efficiency 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission from Magna, the overall power performance is very abundant and the responsiveness is also better. What is particularly commendable is that the power of the low and medium speeds is quite fat, and when the occupants are fully loaded, they can also accelerate lightly and lightly, and will never let the hoarse engine disturb the children and the elderly in the back row.

But the power performance is not the most impressive aspect of the dynamic experience of the popular yacht, and its chassis tuning and driving assistance functions make me more satisfied. The first is the chassis, which is the in-depth understanding of domestic consumer preferences by Fengxing as an independent brand, and the final solution can be described as balanced. What particularly surprised me was that its treatment of big bumps/big bumps such as speed bumps was not only soft enough in impact absorption, but also very crisp and clean in terms of rebound control, which showed quite a lot of skill.

As for driving assistance, unlike Capgemini, which only has ACC function, the wind yacht is equipped with L2+ level driving assistance functions including a series of complete configurations such as full-speed domain adaptive cruise, lane keeping, active braking, traffic sign recognition, etc., which can greatly alleviate the pressure on the driver under long-distance use conditions, and the safety can be better guaranteed when encountering scenarios such as family self-driving tours.

Write at the end

Do not feel that because of the pursuit of cost-effective and choose their own brand 7-seater model of these consumers, the quality and experience requirements are not high, in fact, their expectations of the vehicle is even higher than the same price range of car users, only good enough products, in order to make them truly satisfied.

Wuling has a deep understanding of this, so even if Capgemini directly quoted a surprising people-friendly price at the beginning of its birth, it is still not disappointing in terms of quality and configuration, especially after the launch of the 2022 remodel, the power shortage can also be regarded as making up for it, and it is already an excellent product that exceeds expectations.

Of course, it is also capgemini's excellence that can further set off the excellence of the popular yacht, compared to Capgemini, the yacht has a more ideal performance in terms of design, power, configuration, chassis, etc., and fully meets all the expectations of users for 7-seater family cars. The official has announced the pre-sale price of the popular yacht: 12.19-15.49 million yuan, the actual price may be lower, combined with the product strength of the yacht, this price can be said to be very sincere, I believe that for the fish and bear paws want to have both consumers, the yacht will be a more suitable choice.