Chinese buy a car, the value is the cost performance. As a hard-working and pragmatic nation, in fact, we buy anything first to see the cost performance, and buying a car is certainly no exception. What is value for money? Spend the same money, buy more affordable, of course, is cost-effective. Therefore, if you want to buy a car and find a cost-effective car, functionality is very important. This is also the reason why the SUV market is hot. Born with more functions than cars.
But in fact, SUV is not yet a multi-functional car. Purely functionally, there is another car that has more functions than an SUV. Because of its model positioning, it is called "multi-purpose vehicle". The protagonist of our article today is such a multi-functional vehicle, the Zhengzhou Nissan Palazzo that has just been listed.
When it comes to Palazzo, I don't know if you have a feeling that is both strange and a little familiar, but I feel that way anyway. Because it is only one word away from the name of zhengzhou Nissan Palatine, which was in the limelight before. Paladin believes that everyone should be familiar with it, some people use it to load goods, some people use it to convert it into a simple motorhome to travel through Xinjiang into Tibet, some people drive it to catch bad guys, not to mention the various Paradin modified cars on the rally. In my eyes, the Paladin is a pioneer in the domestic utility vehicle segment and a successful model.
A qualified successor must surpass his predecessor in all aspects to completely take over the mantle. Palazzo did a good job of this, even the name was better than his predecessor. Paladin's name is a personal name, called "Paladin", and Palazzo is actually a place name called "Hero's Mountain". There must be a lot of heroes in the place where heroes are produced, which is obviously more cattle than a hero.
Although from the model positioning and name, the Palazzo is derived from the Paladin, but from the model, in fact, the Paraso is derived from the more technologically advanced Navarra platform. I think it's also a well-thought-out choice. Navarra's platform meets the design requirements of both commercial and passenger cars, making it ideal for Palazzo. In fact, the technology of the Navarra platform is more advanced, absorbing Nissan's advantageous technology. The key is that multi-purpose vehicles belong to the category of passenger cars and can be sold in the city, while Navarre itself is a passenger car route abroad, and many details at the beginning of the design are more in line with the needs of passenger cars.
There is no problem with the model and platform, and the core technology must of course be more excellent. This time, Zhengzhou Nissan did not select a power unit within the group, but chose to cooperate with external suppliers, and the right one is good. The Palazzo is equipped with the BMW CE18 Prince engine led by BMW, which adopts turbocharging technology, with a displacement of 1.8 liters, a gasoline engine, a rated power of 170 kW, and a torque of 300 N·m.
If you only talk about code name and power, many people will feel a little strange. But it's actually an engine that everyone is very familiar with, because it has been in service on many of the BMW series models that we are familiar with. The second generation of BMW 1 series, later the domestic 3 series 316i, and the famous MINI cooper S, all use this CE18 engine, but the tuning and engine placement form is slightly different.
In 2017, BMW officially licensed the Prince series engine technology to Xinchen Power, which is responsible for production by Xinchen Power and can be sold to third-party enterprises. The high-power version of the engine project lasted about four years, and BMW set up project offices in Mianyang and Munich, with a team of 16 experts to support it full-time.
The PARAZART PARAY CE18 has been boosted in torque to enhance the engine's performance in the low-rev zone. At the same time, the fuel economy has also been improved to a certain extent, CVVL, VVT, GDI high-precision direct injection and dual-channel supercharger and other BMW TVDI patent technology blessing, so that the wheelbase of more than 3 meters, the weight of the car in about 2 tons of big guys, the average fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is only 8.7L. This data was almost unimaginable in previous years.
With excellent core power as a guarantee, the engineers of the manufacturer have more room to play. Palazzo offers two-wheel drive & four-wheel drive, two models for consumers to choose from. In addition, even four-wheel drive models also use a time-sharing four-wheel drive function, and manual intervention can be made at any time when necessary. The time-sharing four-wheel drive model has both the economy of a two-wheel drive and the passability of a four-wheel drive, which is actually a very good configuration choice in my opinion.
There are girders, four-wheel drive, more than 20cm ground clearance and more than 2 cubic meters of oversized trunk, super practicality, off-road comparable to hardcore off-road vehicles, convenience better than urban SUVs. And this is exactly what Paraso called "multifunctional".
Whether it's a hardcore off-road vehicle or an urban SUV, the Palazzo will have more features than them, as its name suggests, and it's a veritable utility vehicle. And Paraso has very few competitors, and if you want to own a utility car, there are not many options. Of course, I don't think you need a lot of options, because I believe that Palazzo can definitely meet your needs.