For many people, the name "Santana" not only represents a car, but also witnesses an era. The Volkswagen Santana we bought is the 2021 1.5L automatic fashion version, the official guide price is 97,900, what has become of Santana now? Let's take a look at the car first.
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Exterior design
Matter
The exterior design of this Volkswagen Santana is completely devoid of the atmosphere of the old Santana in the past, and it looks like a "car" at a glance.
The vehicle size is 4475x1706x1469 mm, the wheelbase is 2603 mm, and the basic and small POLO are one class. In addition, the front and rear wheels of this car are the cheapest steel wheels, with a layer of plastic decorative cover on the outside, not even aluminum alloy wheels, and the rear wheels are still the cheapest drum brakes.
After the front and rear doors of this car are closed, the position of the B-pillar is not directly aligned, leaving a little width, which is very similar to the polo.
Unlike the current new Volkswagen, this car does not have letters under the logo, and it is still a more traditional design.
The trunk space is not large, but the height is not bad, the trunk actually has a layer of steel plate inside, do not need to see whether there is steel plate on the back of the rear seat back.
Interior design
Shabby
The interior basically has no "design" to speak of, full of hard plastic, quite "simple" and "straightforward".
The doors are also made directly with black hard plastic, without any beautification.
Not only is there no skylight in the ceiling, there is not even a handle, not even the co-pilot and the rear position, there is no handle!
The steering wheel is also relatively direct, that is, a plastic circle, without any decoration and buttons, and the steering wheel can only be adjusted up and down, not before and after.
The dashboard is an old-fashioned pointer meter, and the display is just a monochrome LCD screen, which can display very limited content.
This car has no center control screen, only a radio, function ... There is no function.
The air conditioner is an old-fashioned pure manual air conditioner, which is now rare, and it is all hard-connected pull cords, which feel very poor, but are strong and durable.
The car comes with automatic engine start-stop and tire pressure monitoring.
Equipped with a 6AT automatic transmission, the gear lever design is too cheap.
The most traditional hand-pulled robotic handbrake.
Seat space
The seat of this car is the cheapest fabric seat, not only the cushion is thin, but also the left and right packages are relatively poor, and if you drive for a long time, it will increase fatigue.
The car has a wheelbase of only 2.6 meters, and although the front seats also have a concave design, the rear legroom can only be said to be enough. The rear floor has a raised center, no independent air conditioning outlet, only a cup holder.
The comfort of the rear seats is also relatively poor, the cushions are still very thin, and the length is short, and the support for the thighs is completely insufficient. In addition, in order to increase the thigh space, the position of the rear seat is relatively backward, resulting in a rather limited head space in the rear, which will feel a certain sense of depression.
summary
In 2021, such simplicity is rare
The current Volkswagen Santana, in simple terms, is "how to save, how to save." There is hardly any superfluous decoration inside and outside the car, directly on the original materials. The hard plastic interior of the whole car is now rare, and there is not even a handrail on the roof... This cost control can be said to be admired by the "five bodies to the ground".
So what about the driving quality of this car? Please also continue to pay attention to the subsequent dismantling content. (The conclusions of the measurement data in this article and video are only responsible for this vehicle, and the measurement data is responsible for the published experimental methods.) ）