Among the many joint venture car companies, Dongfeng Nissan is also on the list, and has won the love of many people in the many years since it entered the country, and its sales performance is also considerable. The reason why it can do this has a lot to do with the mature car manufacturing experience accumulated over the years, but since the new energy wave hit, the performance of many joint venture car companies, including Dongfeng Nissan, is not so satisfactory. In the new energy market, it has not done anything for a long time, and even if it has launched a representative model, it has no sense of existence after it is launched, and the sales performance is even more dismal. Today, Dongfeng Nissan has aimed its development goal at fuel vehicles, and resolutely introduced the global model Pathfinder, which was named Tanlu after being introduced into China, hoping to usher in new development opportunities again.
In fact, I have never understood why Dongfeng Nissan chose to introduce Tanlu at this time, to be honest, the current development momentum of new energy models is so rapid. The launch of any fuel vehicle will face great challenges, and the same is true for Tanlu, which will invisibly bring great difficulties to its development. Facts have proved that this is indeed the case, from the listing to the present, Tanlu does not have a sense of existence, although it has not been on the market for a long time, but it is indeed not a good sign, whether the situation can be reversed in the future depends on whether consumers recognize its product power.
First of all, Tanlu shows the sense of volume that a medium and large SUV should have, no matter where it is, it is very conspicuous, and with the blessing of the family's latest design language, it looks quite fashionable, of course, it is not comparable with the popular new energy models on the market. The body posture is mainly flat, which is not only in line with the consistent aesthetics of the Chinese people, but also represents that it has spacious space. There are no particularly impressive highlights, but they will not go out of style in a short period of time, and it is personally recommended to consider the contrasting body rather than the solid color body, and the visual effect is not so monotonous and boring.
In the interior design part, Tanlu has a strong Nissan flavor, and the overall design tone is calm and atmospheric, which is more in line with the aesthetic preferences of family users. The interior is covered in a large area of brown soft leather, which is embellished with stitching to help enhance the texture of the interior. Equipped with the current popular large-size central control screen, although it does not form a dual-screen design with the dashboard, the screen size is large enough, which also helps to enhance the sense of interior technology, which is still very different from traditional Nissan models.
The built-in technology functions of the screen have been optimized locally, and the screen UI interface design is simple and generous, compared with the current mainstream independent models on the market, the functions are not so rich, but there is no pressure to cope with daily car use. Considering the practicality, there are still a lot of physical buttons and knobs in the car, and the layout of the gear shift area is very traditional, and there is no learning cost.
The main target audience of this exploration is the family user, so space is one of its strengths, first of all, it has a body length of more than 5.1m, plus a wheelbase of 2.9m, which lays a good foundation for creating a spacious space. Specifically, Tanlu offers two layout designs, six and seven seats, and the seven-seat version adopts a 2+3+2 layout. For a medium and large SUV, the second-row space performance is generally not a problem, but the seven-seat version is equipped with three seats in the second row will inevitably affect the ride comfort. In order to allow passengers to have a relatively open line of sight, the second row of platforms has been heightened, which invisibly affects the headroom. Especially for men who are more than 1.8m tall, it will be a little cramped, and the space performance of the third-row seats is decent, which is more suitable for petite passengers, and men will definitely be aggrieved to ride.
What is more surprising is the volume of the trunk, which has been sunken under the platform, so that the cover can be lifted when storing large luggage. After the rear two rows of seats are folded down, they can form a nearly flat space with the trunk, and the space flexibility is relatively high. The power part is equipped with a 2.0T engine as standard, and the actual handling experience is a pure fuel vehicle, which belongs to the ordinary category.
How to say it, as a traditional fuel vehicle, Tanlu's performance in all aspects is very decent, and there is no special crotch pull for daily households. It's just that it doesn't have any competitive advantage in the current market environment, for example, in terms of comfort configuration, Chinese people at the same price may be able to get more on other models. Coupled with the influence of other factors, Tanlu has no sense of existence since its launch, and its sales performance is not ideal, and it is indeed difficult to usher in a breakthrough in a short period of time at present, do you think it has any hope of becoming a popular model in the future?