With the return of the previous generation of four-cylinder X-Trail, The three-cylinder farce of Nissan Motors has officially ended, but the negative impact of this storm on Nissan has not ended, and the once popular Nissan X-Trail may have completely turned into a small car. Many people are puzzled by why General Motors has already tested the insurance before, proving that the three-cylinder engine is completely unpopular in China, and why does Nissan need iron so much? In fact, Nissan riding a 3-cylinder engine is also impossible. It is not that nissan has not seen the fate of Nissan's friends who forced three-cylinder engines in the Chinese market, but Nissan wants to promote three-cylinder engines for the following reasons.
First, Nissan needs a 1.5T engine. Nissan's engine lineup is missing mid-range engines. Previously, Nissan used 2.0L and 2.5L self-priming engines as the main engines of X-Trail, combining the CVT transmission, Volkswagen TSI DSG Group, Toyota Honda's hybrid model, Honda's Earth Dream turbo engine, toyota Nissan has a 2.0T variable compression ratio engine, but this engine is very expensive and difficult to install on low-cost models. Nissan Tianlai equipped with this engine does not account for a high proportion of sales, and the main sales are still 2.0L engines, so this 2.0T engine is difficult to become the main engine product. Therefore, the development of a 1.5T three-cylinder engine became key. Because a 1.5T engine was required, a four-cylinder engine was developed. Why did Nissan die easily and choose a three-cylinder engine?
1. Under the pressure of emission policies, Nissan Motor produced -84,264 new energy points in 2020. At present, the new energy credit has risen to nearly 3,000 yuan, and the fine alone is considerable, but the three-cylinder engine can get a lower test fuel consumption when it is tested on the shelf. This is the internal pressure of Nissan's choice of three-cylinder engines. 2, the consideration of reducing costs. No matter how much the manufacturer conceals, under the same technical conditions, the manufacturing cost of the three-cylinder engine is absolutely lower than that of the four-cylinder engine, which is beyond doubt. Of course, even a three-cylinder engine with a variable compression ratio is a hooliganism compared to a four-cylinder engine with 1.5 self-priming. Although R&D costs are high, they become thinner and thinner depending on the number of units on board. And Nissan's three-cylinder engine was cleverly adopted. This is placed after the third point.
3. Modularity considerations. Nissan also took a shortcut in developing the three-cylinder engine. Because this three-cylinder engine is based on the original 2.0T4 cylinder variable compression ratio engine for magic modification. The reason why it was not designed as a 4-cylinder is because the combination of "0.5L per cylinder" can reduce the research and development cycle and funding. If designed as a 4-cylinder engine, the cylinder bore and stroke are completely different from the previous 2.0t engine, which means that the connecting rod and cylinder need to be redesigned In addition, Nissan engineers believe that because the engine uses variable compression ratio technology, it can compensate for the congenital defect of the three-cylinder engine's jitter to some extent.
I don't say this to wash nissan's land. It is said that Nissan developed this three-cylinder engine to save costs. This one doesn't need to be washed. Just to figure out Nissan's motives for doing so. As the saying goes, "Don't suffer from others, persuade others to do good." Nissan did not know how bad the experience of the three-cylinder engine was for the people in the era of Xiali and Otaku. Generations have influenced the nation. Accepting a three-cylinder engine is not an easy task. Moreover, the three-cylinder engine is not trembling now. Who can guarantee that you won't tremble in the future? No one can hit this guarantee. Today, Nissan has also tasted the bitter fruit of forcibly popularizing the three-cylinder engine. Isn't this cocooning oneself?