To say that the working time is long, in addition to the taxi running on the road, it should be the coach car of the driving school, and unlike the taxi, the coach car of the driving school is in the low gear for a long time, the fuel consumption is high, and the carbon deposit problem is more serious, but the very strange phenomenon is that the driving school car is basically based on volkswagen and Citroen, there are almost no Japanese cars, is it not that the Japanese car is durable? Why do driving schools rarely see Japanese cars?
Many netizens seem to want to verify from this point that Japanese cars are not as good as the quality stability said on the Internet, but the driving school car has little to do with quality stability, and the driving school is mainly Volkswagen and Citroën models, which also has historical reasons.
1. The driving school car follows the driving test
In fact, for the driving school, the pass rate is the most fundamental, quality stability is not the focus of their consideration at all, and the driving school's car is followed by the driving test car, that is, what car is used in the official examination, what car is used in the driving school, so that the students are familiar with the operation of the vehicle and it is easier to pass the examination. Think about it, when you learn to drive a car, you drive Toyota, but when you take the exam, it is a Volkswagen, which will inevitably make you feel a little inappropriate.
2. Why do you use Volkswagen more for the driving test?
So the question is, why are the cars used in the exam basically Volkswagen or Citroen models? This is also a historical reason, in 1985, the Ministry of Public Security issued the interim measures for the urban motor vehicle driver test, in the 90s, driving schools began to appear, but at that time, there were very few cars that could be used for driving tests, some places used Beijing jeeps, and some places simply used pickup trucks. In 1984, Shanghai Volkswagen began to produce Santana, the initial price sold to more than 200,000, and at the beginning of the new century, it began to sell to about 130,000, at that time Santana began to be popular. At this time, many driving schools also bought a batch of second-hand Santana as coach cars, and slowly Santana began to use as the standard for coach cars.
On the other hand, Japanese brands, entering the Chinese market are relatively late, Honda is the earliest, but also to 1998, Toyota is 2002, these Japanese brands in the early stage of entering the country, there is no price can be compared with Santana, Jetta model, in 2002, a Toyota Camry sold to 390,000 yuan, naturally deterred many driving schools.
3. The stability of low-end Volkswagen models is acceptable
It is said that the quality of Japanese cars is stable, and the failure rate of Volkswagen models is high, in fact, it is mainly Volkswagen's turbocharging and dual-clutch transmission that drags its hind legs, in fact, volkswagen's self-priming engine plus manual transmission combination, stability is still good. On the other hand, due to the huge amount of Santana and Jeddah, the accessories are very easy to find, any repair shop on the side of the road can be repaired, and maintenance is also very cheap, so that the cost of driving schools in terms of car use is much lower.
In addition, it has to be mentioned that the Volkswagen's manual transmission gear is clear, the suction feeling is very good, the stroke of the gear removal and shifting is particularly clear, I believe that many friends who have learned to drive have a deep understanding, which is for novices, it can help them better familiarize themselves with the operation of the manual gear.
For these reasons, Volkswagen and Citroën models have become the mainstream models of driving schools, and have continued to this day, but many driving schools have begun to eliminate the old Volkswagen Santana and replace them with electric models, and perhaps in another decade, there will be another major update of driving school cars.