In the past two years, everyone likes to use "involution" to describe the automobile market, although car companies are indeed under a lot of competitive pressure, but this is good news for consumers, buying cars is getting cheaper and cheaper, and the configuration is getting higher and higher. For example, when your car purchase budget is more than 100,000 yuan, you can choose a good joint venture A+ class car, including the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model that has just been launched, and the classic German car Volkswagen Sutar, which will be a reliable choice.
So for consumers, which one is more worthy of the first choice? Let's choose the new 408 Latu Edition, and the 2023 Sutar 300TSI DSG Beyond Edition as a comparison model, with official prices of 118,700 yuan and 158,900 yuan respectively. Although the price of Suteng is higher, the price after the discount is in the early 120,000s, and the price of the new 408 Lang Lu itself is much closer to the people than Suteng, and now there are many benefits for buying a car, including a limited-time discount of up to 20,000, intimate financial gifts 2 into a down payment, ultra-long 60 periods of low interest / 36 periods of 0 interest, etc., you can save more and more when buying a car.
The appearance of the family sedan is very important, which one has a high appearance value and a large space?
When you choose a car, you usually look at the appearance first, and design has always been the advantage of French cars, after all, "the world's art center is in France". The new 408 model is based on the unique aesthetics of the lion soul, and is good at integrating lion elements in the design, and the unruly style is more suitable for consumers who pursue individuality. On this basis, the new 408 model is available in three colors, namely Cézanne white, Monet gray, and Degas black, all of which are more classic and durable, which are easy to accept for household consumers.
In contrast, Suteng is naturally inseparable from the Volkswagen "nesting doll face" in design, and the vehicle style looks mediocre, the advantage is that it is not easy to make mistakes, but it does lack personality and is not brilliant enough. Therefore, in terms of appearance alone, the new 408 model is more designed, and it can be said that among the joint venture cars, the French car has not lost in terms of design and appearance.
Of course, the space performance is also very important when choosing a car, domestic consumers generally like large cars, and the riding experience is more comfortable, and from the comparison of the size of the two cars:
| Models | The new 408 model | Suteng |
| Length (mm) | 4750 | 4791 |
| Width (mm) | 1820 | 1801 |
| Height (mm) | 1488 | 1465 |
| Wheelbase (mm) | 2730 | 2731 |
The wheelbase of the two cars is at the same level, but the width and height of the new 408 model are more advantageous, which will be more friendly to tall passengers, and the rear row will not be too crowded around with three people, and the comfort will be more secure than that of the Suteng.
The configuration should be comprehensive, which one is more sincere?
In terms of interior, both cars pay great attention to creating a sense of science and technology, which is obviously indispensable for today's models, which are remarkable from the naked eye, multi-function steering wheel, LCD instrument, and central control screen are not absent. The difference is that the new 408 model is based on the Blue-i 3.0 intelligent network system, which can realize intelligent voice recognition, OTA upgrades, etc., but the version selected by Suteng does not support OTA upgrades, so the intelligent experience will be relatively limited.
In addition, the main driver's seat of the new 408 model supports 8-way electric adjustment, while the seats of the Sutar are manually adjusted, so there is actually a significant gap between the two car configurations, and these configurations belong to the whole system standard configuration of the new 408 model, so in terms of configuration sincerity, the new 408 model wins.
Not to mention the new 408 Latu version and Lafite version, it is also equipped with a 360° panoramic high-definition reversing image + transparent chassis, which is a completely leapfrog configuration for the same level of joint venture cars, after all, the whole Suteng system is only equipped with a reversing image. Therefore, in terms of travel safety, the new 408 model can achieve a leapfrog level, which is not only from the blessing of the configuration, the new 408 model also attaches great importance to passive safety, the strength of the hot-stamping steel used is as high as 1600Mpa, and the proportion of high-strength steel in the vehicle is more than 70%, so the vehicle structure is more solid and reliable. It is based on both active and passive safety that the safety level of the new 408 model is far ahead, which can bring all-round safety guarantee for travel.
The same level of models often have this level of safety is satisfied, but the new 408 model keeps improving, the interior uses a large number of skin-friendly leather materials, as well as the original ecological environmental protection sound insulation cotton, and the manufacturing process is reduced as much as possible, directly from the source to solve the pollution of harmful substances to the cockpit. Because of this, the new 408 is also the first 100,000-level family sedan that has passed the child priority (green cockpit) certification, which is very friendly to families with children, and parents can rest assured that they can travel with their babies.
Obviously, the new 408 model in the configuration, will be more abundant and humane than the Suteng, not only to take care of the user's basic travel needs, but also in the passive safety, health and environmental protection is not lax, even if this does not belong to the "face project", the new 408 model is still conscientious, very in line with the consistent solid style of the French car, belongs to a veritable conscience car.
Power and control are essential, which one is more enjoyable to drive?
Of course, whether a car is worth buying is inseparable from the blessing of power and handling, and there is indeed a certain gap between the new 408 and Sutar in terms of power.
| Models | The new 408 model | Suteng |
| motor | 4th generation 360THP | 1.5T |
| Maximum power (kW) | 127 | 118 |
| Maximum torque(N·m) | 255 | 250 |
| Maximum speed(km/h) | 225 | 200 |
| Gearbox | 6AT | 7DCT |
In terms of book parameters, the new 408 is better than the power performance, so the speed ceiling is also higher, which can bring more hearty acceleration performance. On this basis, the new 408 model also has a CLDR master-tuned chassis, and the handling performance is also smoother and more precise, so in terms of power and handling, the new 408 model is also more advantageous than the Suteng.
In fact, at the time of the previous listing, the new 408 model was tested at full load on the high-speed loop, with a maximum speed of up to 221km/h, which also fully confirms its power and handling level.
Comparison Summary:
Through some comparison, it is not difficult to see that the new 408 model has a higher appearance, larger space, richer configuration, and a leading level of safety and environmental protection, and also has excellent power and control blessings, which is equivalent to having comprehensive advantages in appearance, space, power, handling, environmental protection and safety, and can be said to be a well-deserved "French hexagonal warrior". At the same time, the price of the new 408 is much cheaper than that of Suteng, and now the benefits of buying a car are also very rich, it can be said that the value and price are all winning, and the value is absolutely worth the money, there is no doubt that this is the most ideal choice!