For Toyota's car, people who appreciate it will never care about its appearance, but will savor its inner "way of keeping in good health". This is like the tea ceremony culture, in which the layman watches the excitement and the expert watches the doorway. Only those who really blend in will feel its charm and know how to use tea to cultivate one's self-cultivation lifestyle.
Toyota used to be such a car, you need to refine it slowly. However, after I spent a whole day with this brand-new TNGA-based car with the car keys of Wilanda, the feeling different from that of previous Toyota cars still haunted me, and the "health soup" I once remembered seemed to become slightly spicy.
Subvert the previous design
To tell the truth, the appearance, interior and configuration of Willanda were basically exposed before listing, so that there are not many secrets now. However, face value is still very important. After all, many people also live by their face value, don't they?
As another new car under TNGA architecture, Willanda also has a younger design orientation. The "X" shape with the front face of the large mesh has a Lexus momentum, but the rounded front brings a little affinity. Of course, as a member of the "Landa" family, Willanda has the shadow of his eldest brother Highlander on the side, especially the black square wheel arch brings a little toughness.
Hard cross-country often makes men want to stop. Although Willanda is only a medium-sized city SUV, its numerous straight lines and sharp edges and corners determine that it will be the object of men's love at first sight, and of course I am no exception. However, Willanda is more like a walking work of art.
When you really look carefully, you will find that all parts of Willanda are very harmonious, and it is said that details are the highlights of skills, which shows that Willanda's manufacturing technology is "exquisite".
At the same time, the gloss of the car body paint is excellent, which reminds me of the exquisite car paint of Lexus. Is this the so-called "ingenuity"?
Toyota's old-fashioned interior has also been subverted on Willanda. If you don't like it, it is to deny Wilanda's "Interior of Ten Wards". The impressive "T" center console never seems out of date, and the 10. 1 inch floating central control panel also conforms to the trend of the times.
Texture may be a brand-new concept given by TNGA. Velanda's interior uses a lot of soft materials, stitching technology is used in many places, and even the air conditioning knob is wrapped in rubber, which has a better touch.
Moreover, the integrated seat is very ergonomic for Asians and won't make you feel tired at all. Is this a "fitness way"?
Who says urban SUVs can't cross-country?
I have to admit that in the eyes of a group of old cross-country guns, the urban SUV four-wheel drive system is just a superficial article, and there is no off-road fun at all. However, Willanda is afraid of subverting this perception. Depending on the configuration, Wilanda provides up to three different four-wheel drive systems. Can you stand it?
Specifically, the 2.0L model provides DTC intelligent four-wheel drive and DTV dynamic torque vector four-wheel drive system (hereinafter referred to as DTV four-wheel drive), and the 2.5L dual-engine model provides E-Four electronic four-wheel drive system, among which DTV and E-Four four-wheel drive are newly developed systems. What's the difference between the three four-wheel drive systems?
Intelligent four-wheel drive system for digital TV
It can be regarded as the most basic four-wheel drive system in Wilanda. Through the electromagnetic coupling of multi-disc clutches, the front and rear axles can distribute power between 100: 0 and 50: 50, and the driving torque can be appropriately distributed to the rear wheels according to the tire slip. It can be seen that the purpose of this four-wheel drive system is to improve the stability of the vehicle, and it can be easily handled whether it is wet or muddy gravel sections.
This test drive, GAC Toyota specially prepared a professional off-road venue for us, but the model we tested was a 2.0L model equipped with DTV four-wheel drive system.
Digital TV Dynamic Vector Four-wheel Drive System
Compared with DTC intelligent four-wheel drive system, this four-wheel drive system adds independent electric control coupling mechanisms on the left and right rear wheels, which can not only distribute power between the front and rear axles, but also independently distribute power between the left and right wheels of the rear axle, with the adjustment range of 0: 100 to100: 0; At the same time, the multi-disc clutch structure between shafts can be completely disconnected to realize the two-drive mode.
The performance of this four-wheel drive system is closer to the traditional off-road vehicle. It can not only achieve pure two-wheel drive driving on paved roads, but also bring better fuel economy. At the same time, relying on stronger ability to get rid of difficulties can also bring some off-road fun.
In the actual off-road test drive, DTV dynamic vector four-wheel drive system can easily cope with light off-road environment such as hump road, cross shaft, tire array, shell pit, steep slope and side slope. It can be said that this Willanda breaks through the off-road limit of traditional urban SUVs and can bring some off-road fun to drivers.
E-Four electronic four-wheel drive system
This system is the exclusive configuration of the 2.5L hybrid version. Its advantage is that the power ratio of the front and rear wheels can reach 20:80, which means that it can concentrate the power mainly on the rear axle, bringing a driving feeling close to the rear drive. In addition, the Willanda hybrid four-wheel drive model is also equipped with a multi-terrain TRAIL four-wheel drive mode, and the power of the front and rear wheels is relatively large, which can also bring a certain degree of difficulty relief.
However, this cross-country test drive did not use the hybrid version, but walking on the city road may be a better choice.
How about a Wilanda twin engine?
Whether a car drives well is actually whether the car drives well. It can be said that driving a Willanda twin engine will give you a calm feeling. Willanda's accelerator pedal adopts organ pedal, which is not only more comfortable than suspension pedal, but also more textured.
Not only the accelerator pedal, but also the brake pedal is very sensitive, which reminds me of the Lexus UX tested before. Moreover, the Willanda twin engine adopts a 2.5L hybrid system, and the power can be said to be on call. Lightly stepping on the accelerator, the vehicle started quietly, without any setbacks, and that feeling seemed to return to the previous "Buddha system" of Toyota.
But when you put the oil on the floor, the Willanda twin engines will bring you a strong sense of pushing back with the rapid rise, which is obviously beyond the reach of Toyota cars, especially Toyota SUVs. The hard work of the motor matches the roar of the engine, and the feeling of continuous acceleration is incomparable to most turbocharged models.
Not only that, the front McPherson and rear double wishbone four-wheel independent suspension, coupled with TNGA's inherent low center of gravity, can still bring some passion, thus creating the driving pleasure of Willanda similar to a high-speed self-priming engine. The feeling of linear power is completely without the abrupt feeling of turbocharged models.
In addition, what impressed me was that the Wilanda twin-engine was extremely quiet when driving in pure electric mode, but when the right foot stepped on the accelerator pedal deeply, the sudden intervention of the engine would not be noticed at all. The subtle handling shows the real skill of Toyota's hybrid system.
When it comes to the skill of Toyota's hybrid system, we have to say the "black technology" of Wilanda dual engine. The most exciting thing is this TNGA 2.5L power engine, with a thermal efficiency of 465,438+0%, which is unparalleled so far. With the support of the latest THS II system and the new generation of E-CVT, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of the Willanda dual-engine comprehensive working condition is as low as 4.6L
Write it at the end
In fact, after spending a whole day with Willanda, I still feel the same Toyota feeling as before, especially the details can still make me feel the ingenuity of Toyota's plan to "focus on lean research and manufacturing", and TNGA's blessing is obviously to inject new spices, fashion, sports and passion into this "healthy soup".
Willanda is more like an SUV that can meet people's more needs. The so-called "you can't have your cake and eat it" doesn't seem to apply here. After all, it is still a comfortable home SUV, and it can bring you a little passion different from the past. It is obviously an excellent student in SUV.
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