At this time, keep the front seat position unchanged, and I still have 1 fist 4 fingers in the rear leg space, which is relatively spacious. However, there are only two fingers left on the top of the head. If the hair is luxuriant, it is almost inevitable to wipe it. It can be seen that although the leg space of Asian lions is good, the head space is still a little cramped, and sitting in the back row always feels a little depressed and not transparent enough. Of course, after all, the leg space of Asian lions is spacious enough, even if they sit down a little, they won't kick, which can leave more room for their heads.
The point to be emphasized here is that the padding of the Asian lion's back seat cushion is softer and more comfortable than that of Corolla, and the cushion is very thick, which is much thicker than that of many luxury brands' medium and large cars. Even the thickness will make passengers feel that the back seat is sitting a little high and the thigh support is too strong.
However, the back seat of the Asian lion also has a small shortcoming. Due to the body width of 1780mm, the rear seat width of the Asian lion is actually relatively narrow. In addition, the C-pillar near the two sides of the car door is not covered with soft material, but still a large piece of hard plastic (in the upper yellow frame), which leads to the direct contact with this hard plastic when there are three people in the back row or when the passengers sit slightly in the direction of the car door, which reduces the sense of advanced riding to a certain extent.
Because the model of this test drive is the top version, the seat design of suede and leather is adopted, which is very suitable for both ride comfort and package feeling. However, although the fur material on the seat cushion and backrest has excellent friction, it is neither cold in winter nor hot in summer, but it is not very resistant to dirt, which may not be a good thing for family cars.
It is worth mentioning that the Asian lion's co-pilot seat not only supports the normal adjustment of the front and rear, backrest angles, but also supports the height adjustment and the adjustment of the pitch angle at the front of the cushion. Although this function is only available for top models, it is still rare to put it on compact cars below 654.38+0.8 million! After all, looking at the 300,000-class medium-sized car, it is rare for the co-pilot to provide cushion pitch adjustment!
Through the static experience, it can be found that the Asian lion is indeed more spacious than Corolla, but there are still some problems in width and head space. Therefore, I personally think that space is not the biggest selling point of Asian lions, especially after I experienced the dynamic performance of this car, I have strengthened this view!
The Asian Lion is equipped with a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine of DynamicForce series, with the maximum power 17 1 horsepower and the maximum torque of 205 N m. This is a brand-new engine under the framework of Toyota TNGA, and its thermal efficiency is as high as 40%. Matching this engine, it is also a DirectShift CVT gearbox, which has the direct transmission function of starting gear and can simulate 10 gear. This powertrain has been used in ES200, Asian Dragon, RAV4 and other models, but among domestic compact cars, Asian Lion is the first one.
In terms of power parameters, the power output of17/205n·m horsepower is higher than that of 1.2T and 1.8L! Moreover, thanks to the basic displacement of 2.0L and the structural design of the D-CVT gearbox, the Asian lion still feels very light when driving, and the acceleration power performance within 80km/h can even be described as very abundant. For this reason, although the vehicle weight of the Asian Lion exceeds 1.4 tons, which is about 90kg heavier than that of the Corolla, it can still achieve the acceleration ability of 0- 100km/h in 8.8 seconds, which is not backward compared with the performance measured by Volkswagen Sagitar 1.4T 9 seconds.
In addition to the intuitive acceleration ability, the matching of this 2.0L+CVT combination is also quite in place, and the dynamic response speed is quite excellent. The "downshift" response of the gearbox when stepping on the accelerator deeply can even be compared with some well-tuned sports models. After switching to Sport driving mode, this CVT gearbox can maintain a high speed range even when it is accelerating and decelerating continuously on the track, with excellent rhythm.
"If you are a person who needs motivation, Asian lions are obviously more suitable for you than Corolla."
In terms of body dynamic performance, students who have driven TNGA Corolla should know that the chassis mobility of this generation of Corolla is very good, while the Asian lion is further on the original basis. First of all, the Asian lion's steering feel is light, and it is relatively family-style at first, but the front of the car is very sensitive, and there is no sluggish greasy feeling of some family cars.
When driving fiercely, the Asian lion's turn can provide very good feedback. With the increase of the angle, the damping of the steering wheel will gradually increase in a linear way, and the feel is very solid. Although limited by the positioning of family cars and the structure of electric power assistance, the steering of Asian lions will not provide much road sense feedback, but accurate, lightweight and weightless steering adjustment is still the representative of family cars.
In terms of chassis, the Asian lion adopted the former McPherson rear E-type multi-link four-wheel independent suspension. When passing through the continuous speed bump, the chassis of the Asian lion moves very simply, without unnecessary vibration and feeling cheap and loose. There was only a heavy bang in the car. It can be said that Corolla's lack of high-grade chassis has been filled by Asian lions. At the same time, I can tell you responsibly that the chassis texture of Asian lion is much better than that of Volkswagen Sagitar at the same level.
When driving violently on the track, the front and rear wheel tracks of the Asian Lion are 3mm and 9mm wider than those of the Corolla respectively, and the top model is equipped with four Michelin PS4 tires with specifications of 225/40 R 18. Results The chassis stability of Asian lion is surprisingly good, and it is also in a very balanced state when it breaks through the limit, and there is no obvious direction of pushing head or swinging tail, which is quite controllable. In addition, the Asian lion's shock absorber is quite tough, not the silly and soft type. Moreover, although the wheelbase has reached 2750mm, it still continues Corolla's excellent rear-end collision, and the rhythm of the front and rear axles is quite consistent, which belongs to the type of steady and quick.
When driving on daily roads, Asian lions will transmit the road feeling to the car when dealing with the joints and bumps on the road surface, so that the driver can clearly perceive the changes in the road surface. However, due to the heavy texture of its chassis, this road feeling feedback will not appear loose and cheap.
However, when going through bumps and potholes, the middle and rear parts of the Asian lion's shock absorber have good shock absorption and filtering performance, and will not transmit the vibration to the car stiffly, but absorb the impact from the road surface in a relatively crisp and neat way, and the comfort inside the car can still be guaranteed. I have to say that the chassis of the Asian lion retains a clear sense of the road for small bumps, and at the same time, it has a good filtering ability in the face of big shocks, and the adjustment skills are really excellent.
In addition, in the daily driving process, the powertrain of 2.0L+CVT can show excellent riding comfort, so the Asian lion has taken a step further than Corolla in the dimension of "good driving" in terms of chassis and power. Therefore, I personally think that the driving experience is the real core competitiveness of Asian lions. Even if we don't compare our brother Corolla, but looking at the whole compact car market, Yashi's driving experience is also the first echelon.
If the Asian lion performs well in space and driving experience, the interior is definitely one of the shortcomings of the Asian lion. As an A+ class car, the interior design of the Asian lion has always maintained the style of Corolla, and it does not look so advanced.
However, Asian Lion's 12.3-inch full LCD instrument has a very good look and feel, the display effect is very delicate, the UI interface is relatively trendy, the functions are very rich, and the fluency of function switching is also very good. It can be regarded as a rare model with a certain sense of science and technology among Toyota models.
Another place that has not been significantly improved compared with Corolla is sound insulation. Although it has been raining in Zhuzhou where I am located on the day of the test drive, we can still feel the sound insulation performance of Asian lions from details such as wind noise and wheel arch noise. At the same time, on the hardware level, Asian lions have not tried to upgrade by upgrading double-layer laminated glass.
Finally, I return to the problem that many people are entangled in. Can the price difference between Asian lion and Corolla be reflected in the product strength? If we compare the two configurations, we will find that the terminal price of 1.2T Corolla is only about 20,000 yuan cheaper than the lowest Asian lion.
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