As a "civilian super-run" with high playability, high preservation rate and high value, it has also been dubbed by many netizens as buying an engine to send a car. Fit is a household name. It is such a car with a price of 8-65438+100000 yuan, which can set off huge waves every time it is replaced. Taking the fourth generation Fit as an example, how to inherit the evolution in the market environment where the third generation Fit is still hot? The answer it gives is-adopting brand-new design language, higher-tech configuration and bringing SPORT Tide Pro series (model code GR9) and CROSSTAR Tide Max series (model code GS 1), also known as sports version and cross-border version. The model tested this time is the official guide price 108800 yuan, which is beyond the Max version.
Just like us, we all want to show our best to others. This is the same reason that this long-distance measuring car chose to use the top model, in order to show everyone all its model functions. Coincidentally, when the editor got this fourth-generation Fit, he was already the old owner of the third-generation Fit (model code GK5), which means that in the next 30 days, I will have two generations of Fit at the same time. Before, I jokingly said to myself, "When I get rich, I'll buy seven Fit cars with different colors, which won't be too heavy." I didn't expect to get closer and closer to this small goal now.
Although I can only be the "master" of GS 1 for 30 days, it is enough. As the old saying goes, I don't want to last forever but I want to have it. Get to the point, tell me what impression it gave me and what attracted me during the 30 days I came into contact with this fourth-generation Fit GS 1.
Maybe you will think that the fourth generation Fit is not as athletic and powerful as the previous generation, but if you think about it carefully, isn't it a manifestation of inheritance and return? After a few more eyes, you can find that it has the "essence" design of the first generation GD model and the second generation GE model, such as the short nose design with downward dive and similar body proportion.
At present, the fourth generation Fit * * * has launched six models. This kind of LED headlight is only equipped on three mid-to-high-end models (Super Pro version, Super Max version and Super Max version), and the middle and low-end models are halogen light sources. It is worth mentioning that this original LED headlight has lenses and is equipped with automatic switching function of far and near light. If you have enough budget for car purchase, I still suggest that you install LED headlights directly. First, I think this is the "soul" of the appearance of the whole vehicle, and second, it also saves the security risks caused by upgrading and replacing LED headlights in the later stage. Even if the low-grade halogen headlights are replaced with original LED headlights, there is a risk of being judged by the traffic police to modify the lights without authorization.
Some users may think: "The fourth generation Fit is re-developed on the platform of the old car series, and the wheelbase has not changed, which is very insincere." But from the word of mouth of GK5 users, we can easily find that it has a good natural foundation, which is also an important reason why it can gallop on major tracks in recent years. So the development on GK5 platform is like standing on the shoulders of giants. As for whether its chassis performance is further, we will talk about it later.
There are always netizens who say that the fourth-generation Fit has decreased, and I am the first to express my dissatisfaction. Do you believe that the original factory is equipped with Deng Lupu ENASAVE? EC300+ fuel-saving tire and previous generation Fit (Deng Lupu ENASAVE? EC300), with an extra "+". Although I can't think of any advantages of this series of tires except fuel economy, at least the tires have not been paired, right?
The design of A-pillar is my biggest surprise. By moving the A-pillar backward and adding the slender front pillar, this design is very thoughtful, which will not affect the impact transmission during frontal collision, but also expand the driver's perspective and reduce the blind area. This design is very Honda.
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Different from GR9, the audience of GS 1 is more "practical at home". After all, it is a cross-border shape with higher configuration. Decorative pieces with two-color roof and roof rack look more versatile and personalized than GR9.
Whether my car has the key entry/start function or not, the specific use method is also very simple: hold the key, whether in the trouser pocket or backpack, close to the vehicle, reach out and touch the inside of the door handle, pull the door handle at normal speed, and then you will hear the prompt sound of "Didi" and the unlocking sound of "Click", that is, the whole process can be said to be very smooth, and the delay in touching the unlocking process is also very small. One-button start function, the whole process from getting on the bus to driving in one go, without picking up the key. Just like the current smart phone unlocking, you can use fingerprints or face recognition, which saves the tedious steps of entering passwords. It is worth mentioning that the white backlight with one-button start function will flash like a person's breathing frequency after the vehicle is unlocked, and the backlight will turn red after the driver presses it, accompanied by the engine sound during ignition. The whole process is very ritualized.
Want to know about Tesla models? There is only one reversing light, which leads to being teased by many netizens-in order to save electricity! The author found a pair of reversing lights on this GS 1. Even compared with the same level and price model, Fit is very kind in this respect.
However, in the actual process of using the car, the author basically can't understand the advantages of double reversing lights, because the fourth generation Fit is not equipped with a reversing camera. If you are a novice driver, driving such a car without reversing radar and reversing camera, you should really judge the surrounding situation when reversing.
When you open the door and get in, the first thing to do is to adjust the seat, steering wheel and rearview mirror. Because the steering wheel of this GS 1 supports four-way manual adjustment (front/back/up/down), it can basically meet the needs of most users. You should know my own 20 16 flying.
After actually experiencing the interior of GS 1, I feel that the interior designer of this car seems to have listened to the suggestions of many Fit riders. Believe it or not, the most classic and practical designs of the second generation Fit have returned, such as the cup holder on the right side of the center console and the upper and lower storage boxes. Because there is no central armrest box, this storage box can store our usual bills, change, keys and so on. The cup holders on both sides are just designed at the air outlet of the air conditioner. In summer,
If the new car launched in 2020 is still designed four or five years ago, I think such a new car needs careful consideration. Fortunately, the fourth generation Fit didn't let me down. After a month's test, I got used to the sense of technology and richness brought by LCD dual screen, and then used the old Fit, which actually produced an obvious sense of gap. I think this is the performance of GS 1 strength, which is the "evolution" mentioned in the title of this article.
Although the multi-function key marks on the steering wheel are clear and easy to understand, considering that there are some white drivers among our netizens, the author introduces these key functions from left to right in the form of pictures and words: "VOL+, VOL-" is to increase or decrease the media volume; The button like a house is "Home", and the scroll wheel next to it can control the display content of the dashboard; "Source"? It is a media source, and the system can cycle among the sound source modes of "FM 1→FM2→AM→USB 1 Music →USB2 music →iPod music → Bluetooth music → Baidu CarLife". If there is no audio source in the system at that time, it will be skipped directly. "Up/down switch", when playing media music, the key is to cut songs, when playing radio audio, the key is to switch to the next radio station, and long press is to search for radio stations; "Answer/Hang up" means that you can answer or hang up the phone by pressing it under the Bluetooth connection of the mobile phone; The car needs to use "speech recognition" to connect Baidu CarLife, but Baidu's "small" voice assistant is called out because the car doesn't have its own voice assistant. ? As for the button on the right side of the steering wheel, Honda? Sensing the control button of the driver assistance system, and pressing the cruise button to enter the cruise standby state; When the vehicle speed is 30- 180km/h, press "RES/+, RES/-" to start the ACC adaptive cruise function, set the vehicle speed as the current vehicle speed, and "Cancel" means to quit the cruise; The following "car-following distance adjustment" can set four different car-following distances. Press "lane keeping assist" to make the vehicle automatically keep straight in the clearly marked lane.
This latest Honda? SENSING is a monocular wide-angle camera located above the front windshield, which is used to detect the front and side objects (the viewing angle reaches 100). It has ACC adaptive cruise function (working range is 30- 180km/h), RDM lane departure warning and maintenance function, active braking function and so on. The biggest highlight is that the CMBS anti-collision braking system has the function of turning left and going straight to avoid collision (when turning left, it is detected that your vehicle may collide with a straight vehicle, and the vehicle will stop on its own initiative). These active safety configurations are the milestone progress of the fourth generation Fit. You know, this car is not equipped with millimeter-wave radar, and only a forward-looking wide-angle camera can complete the above functions.
If you want to tap many functions of this GS 1 LCD dashboard, you still need to do it in the parking state. The style of the dashboard is different from the traditional style. The tachometer and speed are at the top, and the auxiliary information is in the middle and below. The water temperature meter and oil meter are on both sides, which may be confusing for the first time, but once you get used to it, you will understand that Honda is really good at putting as much information as possible on the 7-inch screen. Press the home button on the left side of the steering wheel to enter the menu settings, which are concise mode, mileage and fuel consumption, vehicle speed and time, seat belt, safety support, settings, user settings and warning information in turn. Among them, "concise mode" can make the dashboard look much simpler; "Safety Support" can turn on and off CMBS collision mitigation braking system and lane departure warning system; "User Settings" can control vehicle settings, such as tire pressure alarm, intelligent switching between low and high beams, automatic headlights associated with wipers, intelligent locking when leaving the vehicle, etc.
This in-vehicle system is not rich in functions, but it basically covers the functions of our daily car, such as radio, Bluetooth music, Baidu CarLife, USB connection, iPod mode and so on. The following mainly selects Baidu CarLife commonly used by everyone. First, you need a smart phone, download a "Baidu Carlife" app (both Android and iOS systems are available), and then click the "Smart Internet Access" module to connect the phone with the USB port of the central control panel with a data cable. After the system is connected, you can enter Baidu CarLife.
Although Honda has spent a lot of effort on the design of the control panel of the fourth generation Fit air conditioner, the manual air conditioner of all models is not as good as the automatic air conditioner. Fortunately, all three knobs have a ratchet-like mechanical feeling, and it is still very fun to screw them up. As for the power interface, the whole vehicle only provides two USB interfaces and one 12V cigarette lighter interface. According to the author's daily experience, the USB interface on the left side is often used for mobile phone interconnection mapping, and the right side is reserved for the co-pilot mobile phone to charge, and the driving recorder is connected to the 12V cigarette lighter interface. The three interfaces are clearly arranged, and friends in the back row can only bring their own charging treasures at full load.
According to official data, I found that the fourth-generation Fit seats have been greatly improved compared with the previous generation. For example, the thickness of the front seat hip pad has increased by 30mm, the rear seat cushion has increased by 24mm, and the inclination of the rear seat backrest has also increased. These improvements have improved the actual car, but the back seat is still thin and hard. I guess this is a concession to form a nearly flat platform when putting down the back of the rear seat, which we can understand.
We still don't need to worry about the seating space and storage space of the fourth generation Fit. Although it is positioned as a small car, through the careful design of "Space Magician", everything we see is a storage compartment, and the space also has leapfrog performance. You can take a look at the specific performance of the test drive article, so I won't go into details here.
Of course, this is an article about car use. The reason why I introduced so much before is actually to introduce how my 30-day "temporary owner" upgraded and installed this GS 1 without violating the rules. The theme is "Low-cost transformation makes a Fit better". Spoiler first, that is, install CarPlay, reversing image and central armrest box.
Just like the first thing you do after buying a new mobile phone is to "stick a toughened film, wear a protective case and install an APP", in order to be more worry-free, safer and more comfortable to use in the future; When I got this GS 1, I first scoured on e-commerce. "CarLife to CarPlay Box", "high-definition fish-eye reversing camera", "central mobile phone case" and so on. Although this car is not the editor's private property, in order to show you the most real car condition, I will regard it as my own car, try my best to improve it and give you a reference by the way.
The whole process of upgrading CarPlay is "buy an expansion box → open Baidu CarLife→ car's → plug the box into the USB interface of the car → connect the mobile phone with the car's WiFi Bluetooth → realize wireless Apple?" CarPlay connection ",without disassembling the screen of the original car, realizes plug and play. This carplay box is compatible with the buttons of the original car, and can also be controlled by the touch buttons and multi-function steering wheel buttons on the control panel of the original car. (provided that the original car comes with Baidu CarLife intelligent interconnection)
Similarly, if you are a Huawei mobile phone user, buying the corresponding HiCar box can also help Huawei mobile phone. HiCar system is mapped to the central control screen of GS 1.
As mentioned above, all the fourth-generation Fit models are not equipped with reversing images and radar, but the central control panel and tailgate of the Beyond Max models are reserved with reversing image holes, and we only need to add them to realize reversing images. The installation process is as follows:
The process of installing the reversing image took three hours, and the main difficulty focused on the route from the trunk to the tailgate. Moreover, the seller also provides a detailed installation video tutorial, and the owners with strong hands-on ability can do it themselves.
For the model beyond Max, the central control panel of the original car has its own reversing image interface and reserved hole for reversing camera, which can be perfectly adapted by connecting the camera, so it needs to be installed.
Details of the above expenses: CarPlay expansion box 250-300 yuan, installed by itself; Reversing camera 100- 150 yuan, the installation cost is about 100 yuan; Central armrest box around 50 yuan, installed by itself; I also suggest that you install one. The above prices are for reference only. After all, the working hours in different cities are different, and the pricing of different brands will be slightly different because of product quality. There is no need to entangle the price. The main purpose of this article is to share my personal car experience with you.
Write at the end:
Indeed, many netizens mentioned that Guangqi Honda's fourth-generation Fit has fewer reversing images, fewer rear wheel disc brakes and fewer apples than overseas models. CarPlay, central armrest, rear seat central armrest, electronic handbrake, automatic parking, etc. However, considering its price, I feel excusable, and some of these configurations can be improved through post-installation. Well, the appearance, interior and space I mainly share with you in this issue are all here. In the next issue, I will talk to you about the feelings of this GS 1 daily trip. (Figure/text/figure? Car home? Zhong Weiqi)