Recently, the domestic auto market has indeed been lively! All kinds of new energy vehicles "fairy fight", price war has become the word that everyone is most concerned about. New car buyers are looking forward to a more ruthless drop, and old car owners are looking at "how much I have lost today?"
Today, we will draw two representative models in the compact car market, conduct a PK, and see what strength of products can be bought for hundreds of thousands of dollars now. Among the recently launched models, Dongfeng Peugeot's new 408 model has become a model with soaring value due to the use of new engines, intelligent upgrades of the car machine, and 60 mainstream configurations.
For the sake of fairness, let's choose a Japanese joint venture product at the same price, because their product personality is more distinct, which can also make it easier to see the difference in product logic behind the brand.
Focusing on the condition that the manufacturer's price is close to 120,000 yuan, for the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model, we will choose the configuration of the Latu version. The Japanese chose the Corolla 2023 1.2T Elite Edition, which actually sold very well. The two cars can be said to be the representatives of the volume of "more than 100,000 yuan" joint venture oil vehicles in our era.
The difference in size and appearance is actually mysterious
Both are compact cars, and the size of the two cars should be very close, but in fact, the difference in length between the two cars is actually 115 mm, which is a perceptible difference!
The 4,750 mm body of the new 408 is larger, and the Corolla has to be made as an elongated "L" model to be like it. It's a pity that the Corolla doesn't have an extended version.
In fact, as a design representative of the French car, the new 408 is larger than the Japanese representative Corolla in terms of overall size, for example, the car is 1820 mm wide, which is 40 mm wider than the Corolla. This also illustrates a problem that everyone generally recognizes. French cars tend to be wider and flatter, while Japanese cars tend to be lighter and more compact.
Of course, in terms of industrial design aesthetics, such a difference is also quite prominent. The main design focus of the front face of the new 408 model is the new center grille, and a large area of decoration is on the upper side. And the iconic lion's tooth LED daytime running lights have a bolder design and belong to the typical conspicuous bag. Among the Corolla's design elements, the focus of the entire front grille is on the lower air intakes. It is more inclined to the design effect of widening the front face.
I don't want to make a simple comparison list for everyone! For insiders, the biggest difference in appearance is actually in the front door. The new 408 rearview mirror is at the lower end of the A-pillar, and the front door glass area is large, all in one go. And you see where are the exterior mirrors of the Corolla? On the doors, and the front door glass has an irregular little window, which feels a lot more stingy.
Differences in DNA lead to large differences in motivation
As a French car, while focusing on daily use, there is more pursuit of running at high speed. Therefore, the universal legal system car is stronger in power. So the new 408 uses a fourth-generation 360THP all-aluminum twin-scroll turbocharged engine, which is not surprising to me. With an output of 173 hp, it can push the top speed to 225 km/h. The Corolla, which is equipped with a 1.2T engine, has only 116 horsepower, which is only 0.3 liters of displacement, and the power output is 57 horsepower. This is a real surprise!
For example, if we pull the Coroll to a top speed of 180 km/h and weld the throttle to the top speed on a high-speed circuit, if there is a new 408 next to it, it can easily overtake at a speed of 45 km/h, which is a beautiful sight.
However, the use scenario of Corolla 1.2T takes more into account the slow opening in the city. The CVT gearbox is equipped with 10 gears. There is a common sense that the CVT transmission is more fuel-efficient and has a lower cost, while the AT transmission is more expensive, and for dynamic driving, Dongfeng Peugeot's new car also uses Aisin's 6-speed AT gearbox. The completely different mechanics of the two cars made me think that the difference in fuel consumption would be very large, and the WLTC fuel consumption value announced was 5.88 l/100 km for the Corolla, while the new 408 was 6.1 l/100 km. This reminds me of another word – efficiency!
Of course, the above fuel consumption is still achieved when the Corolla uses a smaller tire specification. After all, there are really not many cars that only use 205/55R16 tires now! The new 408 model directly uses 17-inch large tires.
In terms of braking performance, it also has better friction, and some media have measured that the new 408 Lulu model accelerates to 100 kilometers in 8.2 seconds, and the braking distance is 36.9 meters.
The difference between a driver's car and a "life grocery cart".
When the price is about the same, we can see a brand's car-making philosophy by analyzing which configurations the manufacturer uses the cost on, do you believe it?
When I saw that the new 408 model directly uses a small leather multi-function racing steering wheel, and also provides four driving modes: standard, sport, snow and manual, with 8-way power-adjustable seats for the main driver, I knew that Peugeot wants people to drive more cars.
Toyota wants to create a daily means of transportation in this regard, and the plastic steering wheel with simple manually adjustable seats and fabric fabrics is very revealing, as if to say, "It's not that it can't be driven!"
In fact, the difference between the design style of the dashboard and the Japanese system is more obvious. The i-Cockpit used in the new 408 model focuses on the driver with ergonomics and a 10-inch intelligent high-definition touch screen that provides transparent chassis images for reversing. It can make people feel that the manufacturer wants the car to drive better and drive more refreshingly.
Looking at the Corolla's dashboard design, it is typical egalitarianism. Because it is basically arranged in a symmetrical way. A 9-inch LCD screen stands in the middle and becomes the focus of vision. And it doesn't support Carlife and Hicar, such a car machine system seems a bit closed. The Blue-i 3.0 intelligent network system used by Dongfeng Peugeot is much smarter, and the mainstream APP and mobile phone mapping functions are very complete.
Then the Corolla should be more inclined to daily riding, right? But I was confused when I saw that the air conditioning control area of this Corolla is very much like a touch panel, and it is still a manual air conditioner. Let people sit comfortably, why don't you give an automatic air conditioner! This is really just needed.
In this matter, the new 408 is doing better. The automatic air conditioner is configured, and the rear air conditioning outlet is configured. And the most practical temperature zone air conditioner is also configured. Doesn't that make people who drive and people who ride in cars a little happier?
Therefore, everyone said that this year's car market is a special volume. In fact, in the market of more than 100,000 compact fuel vehicles, it is really necessary to roll up models like the new 408 model. Otherwise, the models of some manufacturers are a bit self-contained, and they are too non-CP value.
This comparison can basically only be said here, some people ask: how to control and driving texture has not been compared? So I want to ask, but anyone who has driven a Peugeot car, will feel that in the suspension sports style tuning and heaviness, Peugeot cars and Japanese cars are still necessary to compare?
For example, the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model ran at a speed of 221 km/h on the largest high-speed ring test site in Asia, and its stability and controllability at high speeds were impressive.
From the previous comparative analysis, we can see the huge difference between Dongfeng Peugeot and Toyota in the concept of compact car manufacturing.
The new 408 model wins in terms of interior size and power system, and Toyota Corolla is indeed a pure Toyota car, under the guiding ideology of lean production, it has achieved "enough is good".
In addition, what impresses me is that the value of the new 408 model in terms of practical configuration has been upgraded, making the car machine far more intelligent than the Corolla at the same price. In terms of creating an "environment" for the driver, the new 408 model is more willing to cost, with a leather steering wheel and 8-way power-adjustable seats, which can allow more people to find their comfortable position. The layered partition design of the i-Cockpit makes people focus more on driving and safety. In contrast, Corolla focuses more on cost and quality control when it comes to mass production.
The new 408 is close to 20,000 for a limited time, 2 into a down payment for intimate financial gifts, and policy benefits such as 60 low interest / 36 0 interest rates, bringing consumers practical car purchase benefits and "Five Heart Guardian Action 2.0" intimate service, these are real discounts, do you think it is enough?