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For China, 2022 is undoubtedly another Olympic year, and the Beijing Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have joined forces to show the world a higher, faster, stronger and more united Olympic spirit, and the beauty of ice and snow sports has been vividly displayed.
The athletes involved shone like stars, and what impressed Huluxia was the pair skating "onion barrel combination" Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, who won the championship with the only difficult action of "twisting around". The champion's aura is dazzling, but their 15 years of ALL IN's unremitting struggle and hard work are even more moving.
In fact, the automotive industry is more like a never-ending "Olympic arena", people see not only the fierce competition between new models, but also the continuous evolution of each product and each brand behind the competition. GAC Toyota Weisa is one of the "new stars".
It is said to be a "new star", in fact, from the first generation of Toyota HARRIER to the current US version of VENZA (that is, the fourth generation OF HARRIER), it has gone through four generations of 25 years of ALL IN, luxury genes continue to iteratively evolve, bringing consumers a different "new luxury" experience. This is very similar to the persistence and continuous progress of the "onion barrel combination" Sui Wenjing and Han Cong for many years, and because of this, they have become "Wei Sa New Luxury Tasting Officers". And what kind of resonance will occur between them and Wei Sa?
With such a question, Huluxia came to the warm coastal city of Xiamen and had a zero-distance "intimate contact" with GAC Toyota Weisa.
The most exquisite Toyota car within 300,000
Deserved
If you want to talk about the most direct common point between the "onion barrel combination" and Weisa, it is "gorgeous and dazzling beauty". They are like the embodiment of "ice butterflies" on the ice rink, flying like a dragon, bringing beauty to every audience. The first impression that Wei Sa gave to Huluxia was "glittering", especially the five personality body colors of platinum pearl white, ink crystal black, titanium silver, opal silver, and yaodong red, which shone in the sun, and the elegant temperament was naturally revealed, which made people can't help but be moved.
This elegance stems from its "Refined-tech Simplicity" design concept. The front face of Wei Sa adopts a more three-dimensional "X" shape, with a large area of grille, and the sense of luxury of atmospheric stability comes to the face.
Weisa's lighting system highlights its sophistication and technological standards. The use of slender "double L" shape LED led strip headlight shape sharp, the same level of rare daily lights, position lights, turn signal integrated light system, after lighting, the same area can present different colors and intensities, the effect is very advanced. Correspondingly, it is an integrated through-layout LED taillight, which greatly enhances the sense of grade and technology, and is highly recognizable.
Weisa's body adopts a large-area curved shape, combined with an elegant slipback shape, the cockpit is gradually tightened from front to back, creating a visual feeling of low center of gravity, coupled with the forward-leaning and downward pressure posture of the front of the car, making the vehicle look very beautiful and dynamic during driving.
Corresponding to the appearance, it is the sense of luxury felt when entering the Wei Sa car, and in the three interior colors of black, gray and brown, Huluxia prefers gray and appears more advanced.
Everywhere within easy reach of the car, it is covered with a large area of high-grade soft and leather fabrics, which are soft and comfortable, and the decorative processes such as metal chrome, piano paint and stitching are used in a large number of ways, which are more fashionable and elegant.
In order to further create a luxurious atmosphere, the WISA seats are made of natural, environmentally friendly and renewable imported leather, which is plump and tight to the touch, excellent wrapping, and the front seats provide ventilation and heating functions.
At the same time, thanks to the 4780mm/1855mm/1660mm body size and 2690mm wheelbase, as well as the reasonable distribution of the battery pack, the space inside the Wesa car is very spacious, which is also in line with the positioning of its intermediate SUV, plus the dimmable panoramic canopy, which is more transparent. According to reports, this dimmable panoramic canopy is the only joint venture brand, Toyota's global initiative, 1 second can switch dimming mode and transmission mode, both modes can block more than 99% of ultraviolet rays, lighting area of 0.76 m, the same level of leadership.
I have to say that the exquisite luxury of Weisa's interior is much better than Highlander's, and the hulu man, who is extremely sensitive to smell, entered the Weisa who is still a new car, and did not smell any peculiar smell, to say that it is the most exquisite Toyota car within 300,000, it is not exaggerated at all.
The charm of the dual engine is as good as ever
Quietness reflects the luxury of Wei Sa
On the field, the "onion barrel combination" showed absolute gold medal strength with speed and strength, while the "moving" GAC Toyota Weisa, compared with the Olympic champion, has no less charm.
Based on the TNGA-K high-end platform, wesa is equipped with two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive versions of 2.0L and 2.5L HEV. In this test drive, Huluxia chose a 2.5L HEV four-drive force. Among them, its TNGA 2.5L Dynamic Force engine has a thermal efficiency of 41%, the fuel consumption of WLTC 100 kilometers is as low as 5.25L, and the cruising range can reach more than 1000 kilometers.
The 2.5L dual-engine model adopts the new fourth-generation THS II. Toyota hybrid system, with a maximum output of 163kW, matching the new generation of E-CVT electronic stepless transmission system, which is very fast in power response and has no frustration during the acceleration process.
During the test drive, there are urban areas and there are also high-speeds. In the face of the road conditions of stopping and walking in the city, the overall feeling given to me by Weisa is a "shun" word, there is no low-speed jitter and starting delay, click the throttle, and the power is given immediately. On the high speed, the continuous "push back feeling" and the decisive acceleration make people full of confidence. During the entire dynamic driving process, thanks to the front McPherson type and rear double wishbone independent suspension, the vibration from the road surface is filtered very cleanly, this more comfortable adjustment will not appear "soft", and the chassis as a whole gives people a "very advanced" texture.
Huluxia also experienced a unique E-FOUR electronic four-wheel drive system on the beach, using a front and rear axle dual drive motor, which can intelligently realize the large range of adjustment of the front and rear axle drive force from 100:0 to 20:80. The "psychological shadow" caused by The Gourd Man's inability to move in the sand pit has also been healed by Wei Sa.
Another point worth mentioning is The NVH performance of Wei Sa. In Huluxia's view, the tranquility in the car is one of the hardest criteria to measure whether a car is truly luxurious. The Weisa has taken the same level of sound insulation measures as the luxury car, including adding and optimizing a large number of sound-absorbing materials throughout the body, the use of double-layer noise-reducing glass for the front side windows, and the addition of door frame seals, etc., which will raise the tranquility of the vehicle NVH to a new level, if Huluxia says that it is the quietest Toyota car within 300,000, it is not an exaggeration.
Close the windows and play a martian "Uptown Funk", the dynamic melody comes out of JBL's advanced surround sound system, and the cinematic high-fidelity music experience is obtained.
Intelligence evolves with the times
There is still room for improvement
Huluxia experienced the use of voice to navigate, control air conditioning, play music, and several functions that need to be experienced by real car owners, including binding smart home appliances to realize the linkage between car machines and home appliances; face recognition without perception login account; and remote control of Fengyun Yuexiang Car Networking. I have to say that in terms of intelligent interconnection and active security technology, Wesa has made people feel the progress of Toyota with the times. However, a sentence of "Hello, Xiaoyue", the wake-up time of the Weisa car machine is slightly longer, and the human-computer interaction is delayed, in this regard, it should be the space for this luxury SUV to be improved.
In terms of hardware, the dual 12.3-inch LCD instrument and the central control screen in the Weisa car will create a sense of science and technology in the car quite in place, and the information display realizes the linkage with the HUD three-screen, which is quite convenient.
In addition to vehicle information, the content displayed by Weisa's HUD heads-up also includes information such as DRCC dynamic radar cruise and LTA lane tracking assistance, which minimizes the number of times the driver's gaze moves during driving and allows the driver to be more focused.
In addition, there are streaming media rearview mirrors, mobile phone wireless charging, the latest nanoeX (Nanoi) air purification system, rain induction wiper (intermittently adjustable), inductive electric tailgate, PVM panoramic monitoring system, reversing image (with dynamic guidance line), etc., both mainstream and comprehensive, so that Huluxia has completely changed the level of intelligence of toyota vehicles.
There is intellectual evolution, and there is also a security inheritance. Not surprisingly, we are equipped with Toyota Safety Sense Safety (Toyota Collision Avoidance Assist Kit), which can achieve quasi-L2 automatic driving, including PCS pre-collision safety system, DRCC dynamic radar cruise control, LTA lane tracking assistance system and AHB automatic adjustment high beam system.
In addition, Wesa is also equipped with the same ICS intelligent radar belt auxiliary brake system of the luxury car, and the ACA active steering assist system and LED front fog lights are equipped as standard. These advanced configurations greatly enhance the driver's confidence in dealing with complex road conditions.
epilogue
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, Weisa, derived from the fourth generation of HARRIER North American global version model, was named Toyota VENZA in the North American market, officially launched in 2020, and its luxury sense is quite close to lexus NX, winning a good market reputation. Today, this Global Model of Toyota is domestically produced by GAC Toyota, whether it is the design reduction or the creation of luxury texture, Weisa has shown its due sincerity.
After this test drive, with the TNGA architecture + dual engine hybrid technology + Toyota high QDR gene jointly blessed by weisa, let Huluxia feel the elegant charm and luxury taste from the inside out, and the "new luxury" it has made to create, in Huluxia's view, with "the most exquisite Toyota car within 300,000" to summarize, it is appropriate and deserved.
In the face of the general trend of domestic automobile consumption upgrading, I believe that such a high-value SUV with "global leading" strength will win good market results, and we will wait and see.
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