In the sales ranking in March this year, the Buick GL8 achieved sales of nearly 8,000 vehicles, and it was not the Honda Odyssey, Trumpchi M8 and other veterans who followed the pace of the Buick GL8, but the recently listed Toyota Xena SIENNA, which achieved monthly sales of more than 6,000 vehicles that month, compared with the monthly sales gap of gl8. The reason for this situation is that on the one hand, the product strength of Xena SIENNA is worthy of recognition, and on the other hand, the increase in the seven-seat family car market. In fact, in addition to Toyota's new 7-seat family car, Wuling has also launched a new 7-seater car, which is Wuling Jiachen.
Wuling Jiachen will open pre-sale on April 28, Jiachen is the third model of the Wuling Silver Label series, and the first 7-seat family car of the Silver Label, so Jiachen not only plays an expanding audience for the Wuling Silver Label car series, but also shoulders the task of making the series gain a firm foothold in the 7-seat family car market. Although Wuling is still quite accomplished in creating a 7-seat model, this is after all the first 7-seat family car that may be positioned at the 100,000-seat level, so I am still quite curious about Jiachen's performance. With the off-line of Jiachen's first batch of vehicles, the 4S shop also has a test drive, so I test-drove a new 7-seater car in Wuling a few days ago, so I will talk to you about my test driving experience.
I test drive is the car color for the child dream blue Jiachen, dark car color combined with the silver decorative strips on the surface of the Jiachen body, looking or quite textured, the whole vehicle aura is not weak. The upper width and the narrow large-size grille, inlaid with silver Wuling car logo in the middle, the upper middle net equipped with silver decorative strips, the height and width are similar to the two sides of the Wuling car logo, the spacing of the lower middle net is similar to the upper middle net, but the decorative strip is thin and long, in the same grille, bringing two different visual effects, looking quite exquisite.
The front and rear eyebrows on the side of the body are slightly raised, and the 16-inch tires, combined with the wide bodywork, seem to be somewhat contradictory, but under the cover of the suspension roof, not many people should notice this detail. The triangular taillights equipped with the rear of the car seem to be consistent with the taillight shape of the stars, and the silver decorative strip surface layer equipped in the middle is also engraved with the word WULING, combined with the penetrating silver decorative strip at the rear bumper, which widens the visual width of the rear rear while also improving the exquisite sense of the whole vehicle.
I am 176cm tall, and after sitting in the main driving position and adjusting the appropriate position, I have the remaining space of 1 punch and three fingers on my head. The design of the seat is ergonomic, the wrapping after sitting is not bad, not only that, the seat is also wrapped in brown leather, the cushion and the backrest surface, and the diamond design is carved through the seams, which looks quite advanced. The front console is double-decked, the second-level console is decorated with brown leather, and the 10.25-inch center console is suspended here. The three-frame multi-functional steering wheel is also quite atmospheric, but the steering wheel does not use a black and brown double color design, I think there are still some small regrets.
When I adjusted the remaining legroom of the second row of seats to 1 punch, I was able to sit in the third row. Probably blessed by the "theater ladder" design, the view of the third row is also good. If you look closely, you can actually find that the size of Jiachen's rear window has expanded a lot, so that the rear row is not bad in the case of no sunroof. In addition, the third row of seats is not bad flexibility, can be folded and folded proportionally, in this state of the trunk, the depth of 830mm, can easily store multiple suitcases, even tents and other outdoor camping equipment, can also be easily stored.
Jiachen comes standard with a 1.5T engine, and the one I test-drove also offers a simulated 8-speed CVT transmission, bringing a maximum power of 108kW. When I hung up gear to D gear and lightly stepped on the accelerator, Jiachen slowly started, a gentle starting action, for a family car, it is still quite intimate. However, personally, I am not very satisfied with its performance, so I switched from D gear to S gear, at this time, when I stepped on the accelerator deeply, I can get a more positive experience, but in general, I think it is better not to have high expectations for the driving performance of a family 7-seater car like Jiachen.
Finally, from the static to the dynamic test drive process, I think Jiachen as a family car, in the comfort part is more careful, but the performance can not bring a full sense of driving experience, and it is indeed a deficiency of Jiachen, however, the Capgemini in the Wuling Silver Label series is equipped with a 1.5T high-power version, so I still look forward to Jiachen being equipped with a high-power 1.5T in the later stage.