"Car Matrix" new car preview: With the weakening of Volkswagen's influence in the Chinese automobile market, the market share of Volkswagen's classic fuel vehicles in the north and south has been "eroded" by domestic new energy models, and the shrinking market has a sense of urgency for major car manufacturers like Volkswagen. While stepping up the process of new energy, Volkswagen has also upgraded its existing fuel vehicles, in order to make a breakthrough on the basis of stable market sales, make a long-lasting sense of freshness, and enhance its core competitiveness.
Volkswagen Sutar has a high reputation and influence in the field of family cars after being produced in China, ranking among the top 10 domestic car sales for a long time, and the competition between Nissan Sylphy, Volkswagen Lavida, Toyota Corolla and other competing products of the same level is also extremely fierce. In terms of cost performance and preferential strength, Volkswagen Sutar is obviously inferior to Nissan Sylphy and Lavida, so that sales have been hovering at the bottom of the mainstream sedan sales ranking for a long time. Volkswagen Sutar, which is facing a mid-term facelift, has officially released a teaser of the original overseas models Jetta and Jetta GLI, and the domestic version is expected to be launched in the third quarter of 2024, or the BYD Qin PLUS may be the main competitor. From the exposed teaser picture, it can be seen that the front face of the Volkswagen mid-term facelift Jetta GLI is similar to the Golf GTI, with a large honeycomb grille, a through-type light strip at the front and rear, and a red GLI model-exclusive badge built into the middle grille. The interior of the car may adopt the same design elements as the Volkswagen Golf, such as electronic dials, full LCD instrument cluster, and a large floating central control LCD screen. It will be powered by Volkswagen's 1.5-liter turbocharged engine and 2.0-liter turbocharged engine, with the 2.0-liter engine producing a maximum output of 170 kW mated to a six-speed manual or seven-speed dual-clutch transmission.
It is understandable to say that Volkswagen Sutar still has a certain market competitiveness at present, and how long can this competitiveness be maintained in the process of continuous penetration of new energy vehicles and the gradual change of people's consumption concepts? Although the new Sutar has the blessing of Volkswagen's 1.5T engine, how to pass the hurdle of new energy is the place where Volkswagen will focus on thinking in the future. Do you think the new Sutar will be able to continue its former glory with only the gasoline version?