Another tram opened pre-sale, with a range of up to 615km and 220,000, analyzing FAW Toyota bZ4X

GM, Ford, Peugeot, Honda, and now Toyota, traditional car companies are speeding up their new energy layout in the Chinese market, Toyota, which has tried to expand the plug-in hybrid lineup to resist the impact of Chinese brands, has seen one opponent after another enter the era of pure electric, and finally can't sit still. As we expected, Toyota handed over the production task of the first pure electric vehicle to FAW, and the main cross-border style first entered the mid-size SUV market and chose a more friendly pricing strategy than the Volkswagen ID. series, which is the FAW Toyota bZ4X with a pre-priced price of 220,000-300,000 yuan.

Unlike the Honda e:NS1, the FAW Toyota bZ4X also has the visual elements of the current fuel vehicle when designed, but they are just embellishments. The branding on the front face is placed in a hood extension panel, which is something that many coupe models do, and cars such as the Ling Shang use similar elements. At the same time, it can be seen that the functional areas including headlights, diversion holes, lower air holes, etc. are reducing their visual proportion, but their respective small confluences, in the front of the car position through a variety of undulating changes, muscle and sharpness make it appear avant-garde enough.

Through the observation of the whole vehicle, we will find that the body panel of FAW Toyota bZ4X has brought out very complicated panel changes through the stamping process, and the zigzag lines are all around the body. Especially on the side door panels, many of the zigzag lines look extremely sharp and apply a variety of light and shadow variations to enrich the visual effect of the vehicle.

At the same time, we saw the taillight effect through the tail end, the lighting interval at both ends of the use of triangular shape, and the central slender strip of light strips is at the end of the large inclined angle hatchback, with the high lift of the rear bumper, the overall visual movement tendency will be more obvious, and although we have seen it on the Lexus UX model, each of its details style is the first time to appear in the Toyota SUV.

The interior and cockpit layout of the FAW Toyota bZ4X may not be something that everyone will like, and we see a similar style in the Highlander.

The center console has a strong integration, the air conditioning touch panel is closely fitted to the 12.3-inch touch screen, and the driver assistance operations, including electronic parking, panoramic images, automatic parking, etc., are arranged around the gear change knob in the form of physical buttons, and the latter's slightly inclined layout will be more conducive to direct contact and operation of the driver.

The steering wheel has been redesigned, and the two-spoke structure is laid out with rich multimedia and accessibility buttons at each end, making the vertical arrangement more sequential and easy to use. But in the front of the steering wheel, although the dashboard is described as a 7.0-inch full LCD, in fact, it presents two parts of the LCD display + functional warning light, and the sense of science and technology is still lacking compared to the new strength of the moment.

The e-TNGA platform architecture also brings the TSS smart safety system to the vehicle, in addition to the standardized 8 SRS airbags, it also provides active safety systems including forward collision warning, among which full-speed adaptive cruise will be assisted by dynamic cruise control, lane departure warning and lane change assist, making assisted driving easier and more practical. In addition, the X-MODE off-road driving mode developed by Subaru has entered the FAW Toyota bZ4X, and with the Grip-Control intelligent multi-road condition adaptation system, the vehicle's multi-road condition ability will also be improved in addition to urban cruising.

In terms of space, the 4690/1860/1650mm three-dimensional size standard will be slightly higher than the compact SUV, but there is still a significant gap compared with the medium SUV we often say. However, the wheelbase of FAW Toyota bZ4X has reached 2850mm, and the "plus-size A-class" including Qijun and others have not been able to reach its height, which also brings us 176cm tall experiencers up to 3 punches of rear seat leg space, and the head space of the front and rear rows can also reach 1 punch and a half and 4 fingers.

Then again, FAW Toyota bZ4X is still not Japanese enough in terms of materials, including the front bezel, center console, inner door panel and seat, including many areas, have reduced the application of real leather. Although this does improve the environmental protection level of the vehicle, it is dragged back in the tactile and visual grades.

In terms of power, FAW Toyota bZ4X has prepared two sets of pure electric assemblies, the two-wheel drive version will obtain a front-mounted single motor with a power of 150kW, while the four-wheel drive version will add a rear-mounted motor with a power of 80kWh in the rear axle, but it can only increase the comprehensive power of the system from 150kW to 160kW, which is more significant in improving the comprehensive control capability of driving. In the battery part, two sets of capacity batteries of 50.3kWh and 66.7kWh will be arranged on different models, providing a cruising range of 400km, 500km, 560km or 615km.

Write at the end

Volkswagen chose to start with the compact SUV model ID.4, while Honda took the lead in entering the small SUV market through e:NS1 on the new platform, and it can be seen that the big manufacturers are more advanced in choosing to fire the first shot. Today, FAW Toyota bZ4X with a pre-sale threshold of 220,000 yuan to enter the medium-sized SUV market, can not be said to be bold, but this price matches the identity of the medium-sized SUV, and then there is a 2850mm wheelbase to ensure sufficient space, with X-MODE mode four-wheel drive system to establish a comprehensive driving advantage, with its continued advantages in standard auxiliary safety, perhaps it will be faster than the Volkswagen ID. series to establish its own fan base among Chinese consumers.