The MPV market sold 1.093 million units last year, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%, which led to multiple reasons for the popularity of MPVs. On the one hand, because of the liberalization of the country's birth policy, the proportion of second-child and three-child families has increased, and ordinary 5-seater sedans or SUVs can no longer meet the needs of families of 6-7 people. On the other hand, the improvement of living standards, although the economic environment in 2024 is not good, but many families have accumulated a lot of wealth in the past, or continue to get rich with hard core strength, MPV at this time acts as a supplementary vehicle for the family, so that the family can enjoy more during the journey, and at the same time facilitate the family's travel, after all, MPV is more comfortable than other models. There is also the last reason, that is, the major car companies are aiming at this blue ocean market, so that the MPV market will compete for a while.
Although MPVs are hot, there are still few MPVs that are really designed for families, and many MPVs are mainly used for both home and business, resulting in the optimal design of sacrificing another attribute (business/home) for one attribute (business/home). This time, we started from getting on the car, and it is also the point that can best reflect the humanized design, the height of the car.
The floor height of a car, also known as the minimum height above the ground, refers to the minimum distance from the chassis of the car to the ground. This is a pain point for MPV, because the platform of MPV is generally higher than that of sedans, and then put it in the field of MPV home, the height of the platform will affect the convenience of getting on and off the car every day, especially for friends with elderly and children at home. If the height of the platform is too high, the legs of the elderly are inconvenient, and every time the legs are raised, it is a torture, and the children are also difficult to get on the car without the help of adults. Is there an MPV that fully takes into account the pain point of families in the car? The answer is Odyssey. Odyssey has been in China for 21 years, and has always adhered to the pure home design, for the sake of each family's rigid need for the car, and is the best choice for just needed family MPV.
The Odyssey is different from other MPVs, with a floor clearance height of only 126mm and a threshold height of only 330mm, which is equivalent to the height of a small staircase, even a short-legged corgi can easily go up and down, let alone the elderly and children. And the benefits of the low platform are not only the convenience of getting on and off the car, the lower the chassis, the stronger the stability of high-speed driving, and if the chassis is better closed, then the air resistance will be smaller, and the fuel economy at high speed will be better. With a low center of gravity and a home-based 2900mm wheelbase design, the Odyssey has a turning radius as low as 5.4m. With the blessing of the low center of gravity and the i-MMD dual-motor hybrid system, the fuel consumption of the Odyssey is as low as 5.88L per 100 kilometers, making every family trip more economical.
Most people think that sports cars are cool and beautiful, partly because of the cool design of the sports car itself, and partly because of the low floor. There is one last benefit of the low floor, improve the aesthetics of the vehicle, the lower floor height can make the vehicle look more compact and sporty, and enhance the appearance of the vehicle, the Odyssey can be said to be the most sporty, youthful MPV, the appearance design of the home does not have the greasy feeling of the business MPV, it is worth loving young families.
To sum up, the Odyssey meets the rigid needs of the family's car life, and when you drive the Odyssey, you may be impressed by its pure home design and be diagnosed with Odyssey worry-free. At present, the Odyssey terminal has a lot of discounts, which is a pretty good time to start, and if you are interested, you can consult the local Guangqi Honda special store to understand or test drive it in person, and give your family a MPV that is more in line with the needs of the family.