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At the beginning of the year, when The Front Lanta was not yet released, it was informally evaluated once. At that time, I wanted to wait until its sister model was released to compare it to see if I could help Toyota correct the name, and the result was naturally disappointing.
Corolla Relis is a global model, formerly known as Corolla Cross, from the foreign shape rendering drawing out, giving people a bright feeling, especially the shape completely subverted the design language of the Corolla sedan, so it has been very concerned.
The sharp middle net is arranged above the front of the car, in the shape of an arch, and countless small arches are also designed to support it. FengLanda's middle net was placed below, and inside was filled with countless calf heads. Compared with the two styles, sharp is more decent, and does not release its charm, but the edge of Landa is more distinct, as its name is "sharp".
The sharply lit daytime running lights are a complete and smooth strip of lights, while the Fenglanda is divided into many small pieces of matrix arrangement.
The FengLanda is 25mm longer than the Sharp Amp, but the wheelbase is the same for both cars. Ruifang and Fenglanda both provide R17 and R18 tires, but the difference is that Ruifang's R18 tires are used in the flagship version of the top, and Fenglanda's R18 tires are placed on the deluxe Plus version of the sub-top match, I don't know what is exquisite. There is also a clear difference in the shape of the wheels, and it is clear that the wheels of the Frontlander look more stylish. However, the gap between the body and the wheel hub of the two cars is relatively large, the spring stroke is relatively long, and the ground clearance is relatively high.
Rui Fang printed the letters OFROLLA CROSS on the decorative strip of the D column through the injection mold, but the color was very dark, not easy to be found, if it could be made into a different color, it might be more eye-catching.
Most of Toyota's off-road vehicles do not like to engage in luggage racks, and the Sharp And Forward And Landa are not equipped with luggage racks except for the top of the line.
The rear of the two models is slightly different in the taillight position: the sharp taillights are square in shape, and the taillights of the Frontlanda have three boomerang-like shapes, which can also be seen from here that The Frontland still wants to be more "sharp". In the bottom reflector position, the sharp release is designed to be obliquely upward, and the front lander is flat.
Now Toyota's new models have a small detail on the taillights, and they like to design different numbers of small tail fins here. For example, Fenglanda, Ruifang, Rongfang, and Xena have such a tail wing here, Veranda has two here, and interested friends can also count how many other Toyota cars there are.
Both Sharp And Forward Landa used a non-independent rear suspension of torque beams, and the only benefit was that the trunk space was good.
However, there are still obvious differences in the exhaust pipe arrangement of the two cars.
Only the top of the sharp release provides electric tailgates, while the Frontlander has electric tailgates in both the top and secondary tops.
Although there are differences in the length of the two cars, the capacity of the trunk is both 438L. The hooks and sides of the trunk are molded into one piece, unlike other models, which are designed as movable.
There is also no space inside the suitcase that provides any fig leaf or coat rack to cover the suitcase.
Interestingly, in the vehicle tool, we found that The Sharps only provides one towbar, while the Frontlanda provides two. We also found two on the Highlander and Veranda before, I don't know if this is a buy-one-get-one-free benefit of GAC, interested friends can also go to see if other FAW Toyota cars are all one. The most important thing is that it has an extra towbar and does not have a special storage position, can not be stored separately from other components, and some friends complain that there are often collisions between the two metal objects after running.
A large part of the controversy over both cars stems from the interior. The reason why Ruifang and Fenglanda are sister models, from this identical interior, are completely twin sisters, and also use the design language of Corolla a few years ago. Logically, the exterior can be redesigned, why can't the interior, is the Toyota designer lacking creativity?
Both the top and the bottom configurations provide a leather steering wheel, and the FrontLanda is only available at the top. The rest of the configuration is a plastic steering wheel, but Toyota's plastic steering wheel feels better than most competitors' leather steering wheels, and it is particularly soft. The multi-function buttons on the steering wheel are also readily available.
The 4.2-inch small LCD display that is still used on the dashboard is only 7 inches highest.
The size of the central control screen of the two cars is significantly different, with the sharp set standard of 9 inches, while the top of the Fenglanda is only 9 inches, and the rest are 8 inches. The style of the outer frame is the same, not to mention the area, but also looks particularly old-fashioned.
Although there is a separate large screen, the air conditioner still retains the physical buttons. In addition, there are no more other functions above the central control, and there is also a USB interface under the sharp central control panel, and the rest of the place is blank. Feng Landa is more crisp, and there is no function.
The two places where the mobile phone is placed are designed in the front of the sub-dashboard, extending deeply, a little inconvenient to take, looking like a mobile phone wireless charging panel, in fact, both cars do not have wireless charging function, it is difficult to imagine that this is the configuration of the new car produced in 2022.
This is not the most serious, the makeup mirror on the visor of both cars does not have lights, and Toyota is not going to do business for female customers?
The layout on the entire sub-dashboard is also very simple, almost facing the sky, and there is no lid to cover the storage space.
The interiors of both cars are made of particularly rudimentary materials, the dashboard and door panels are all plastic, all the stitches are fake stitches, and the weakened airbags on the dashboard are particularly obvious.
The material of this roof reminds me of another Japanese car, the Honda Civic.
The front and rear door handles of the two cars have a different design, the front door has obvious handles, and the rear doors are all used with pull cups. In contrast, the pulling hand of the front door is not comfortable, the width is too wide, and the slightly smaller hand cannot hold it at all, nor does it fit with the hand. Instead, the rear row of pull cups is designed as a bevel, which is very close to the shape of the hand, just after the hand is inserted, it can apply a very suitable torque and facilitate the opening and closing of the door.
The storage space of the two cars on the front and rear door panels is also different design, the rear doors do not have clutter pockets, and a cup holder is arranged in the middle of the door panels.
Toyota, which is so rigid, actually thought of retaining the configuration of the atmosphere light on the door panel, and after closing the door, you can faintly see the faint blue light coming out of the gap in the middle plug. However, Ruifang only has the top match, and Fenglanda has three versions to provide this function.
The lower edge of the door panel is closed with double sealing strips, and many models now have only one left.
If the sense of plastic is too strong, it is a common disease of Japanese cars, but this sharp luxury version does not provide imitation leather seats, and there should be no more vegetarian model than this. But after the real use of it, you will find that Toyota's fabric seat is really comfortable to sit up, although the fabric is almost in support, wrapping, elasticity, but its softness, breathability is imitation leather does not have, you also have to admit that Toyota Boshoku started from weaving, in this regard there is still its unique advantage.
The co-pilot of Ruifang does not support electric adjustment except for the top configuration. The co-pilot of The Frontland does not support electric adjustment in its entire series.
Sharp in the top and secondary top versions are with rear armrests and cup holders, while the entire FrontLander does not have such a function.
The knee support positions of the front and rear seats of both cars are very touching, and the front and landa are particularly bad. Neither car has a high or low adjustment at the front of the seat, and there is no force point when driving with the thigh knee bent on the seat, which is not comfortable when driving long distances.
The angle of the rear seat is very flat, resulting in a low knee position, whether the calf is straight or retracted when riding, the thigh is still a long part suspended in the air, no matter how to sit is not too comfortable.
However, the second row of The Front Landa comes standard with angle adjustment, which adds a little point, while sharp release is a full range of no features.
The space in the entire second row of seats is a bit better than that of the Corolla sedan, but as a compact SUV, it doesn't show much of a space advantage.
Especially when Feng Landa got off the car, the leg space was not enough, after the door panels were all opened, it was only one foot away from the seat, and if the feet were slightly longer, it was easy to get stuck between the B-pillar and the door panels.
The rear of both models excludes the minimum outfit, both with air outlets and charging interfaces, where it is needed, Toyota still does not save you.
In terms of head space, both cars have done a lot of stealing space in the back row to ensure enough head comfort.
Epilogue:
Overall, there are too many similarities between the two models, especially the interior, but there are only a few differences in the configuration of the local position of the seats. But if you want to treat both models exactly as the same car, that's not quite right. After all, the Corolla Cross is a global model, and the Feng Lanta is only a Chinese special model.
Since watching Highlander, Weisa and Lingfang continuously last year, each Japanese model has left us with a lot of bad impressions. Originally, I wanted to justify its name this time, but I really couldn't find too many bright things.
But on the other hand, if Japanese cars are so bad, why can they continue to exist in the market for so many years and still have so many loyal fans? And many of the previous models of The Two Fields have become imitation objects of independent brands, is there any reason for this? These are all places that are well worth thinking about. Judging from the sales volume in March, Fenglanda can reach 7,000 units, which is still a good result, and Ruifang also handed over 5,000 units in the first month of listing. With the aggravation of the epidemic in April, the fuel vehicle market has fallen all the way, whether it is Ruifang wants to "bloom" or Fenglanda wants to "show its sharp edge", it still needs to further wait for the test of the market.
Finally, according to the A (excellent), B (excellent), C (average), D (poor) grades to score it -
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