Nowadays, more and more people can afford to buy a car. Both joint ventures and domestic vehicles have their own markets. Our production team of more than a dozen households has about ten cars. In addition to daily test drives and driving the cars of relatives and friends, I have basically driven joint venture cars, domestic cars, cheap cars, and expensive cars.
After driving around, I found that there is indeed a gap between domestic cars and joint venture cars, which is worth mentioning. Domestically produced PK joint venture - exterior and interior. The shape of the Tang DM car is very imposing, with a large mouth at the front and a dragon whisker that extends all the way to the rear headlights. The inside of the lamp group is embellished with blue, which looks like a dragon's eye emitting blue light, and the visual effect is very smart and domineering.
The side of the body adopts a double waistline floating roof design, coupled with 22-inch wheels and very conspicuous oversized brake calipers, highlighting a strong sense of hierarchy and sportiness. In the actual experience, the large 22-inch wheels will bring a lot of vibration and noise to the car, which will slightly affect the driving experience, but the large wheels do look very handsome.
The interior of Tang DM is made of slush molding, high-gloss piano lacquer, suede and other materials. It feels very good in the hand and in the hand. But the piano paint area is too large. Although the visual effect is good, it is easy to leave fingerprints and needs to be used frequently. Scrub. The interior of the Tang DM has a strong sense of quality. With a price of more than 200,000 yuan, the sense of luxury has caught up with that of German luxury cars.
Domestically produced PK joint venture - exterior and interior. Tang DM's exquisite styling blends Chinese and Western aesthetics, with a distinctive large-mouth grille and eye-catching dragon claw headlights on both sides, which cleverly integrates oriental elements. There are some blue accents inside the lamp cavity, which shines brightly and lifelike under the sunlight, like a giant dragon awakening.
The straight lines on the side of the body stretch smoothly, and the overall proportions are harmonious without bulking. The floating roof, combined with eye-catching Brembo six-piston calipers and large 22-inch wheels, underlines the high-end design and is extremely sporty. The interior of Tang DM is full of layering.
The use of large areas of piano lacquer trim, suede and leather fabric coverings not only elevates the sense of class, but also brings a refined sense of luxury, both visually and tactilely. The Don DM gives a very luxurious feel. More than 200,000 ** can bring a sense of grade to 500,000 luxury brands. It can be said that it has the ability to catch up with joint venture cars and even first-line brands.
The overall design of the Toyota Highlander has always been decent and steady. The narrow horizontal chrome plating of the front and the wide bottom blend in with the headlights on both sides, broadening the visual experience in disguise and looking tense. Compared to the current mainstream models, it seems to have a lot of signs of aging.
In terms of power, the engine and transmission of domestic cars have always been flawed. Whether it is materials, workmanship, matching, and testing, it is not as good as the joint venture car. It is mainly manifested in weak power, low power, high fuel consumption, strong frustration of gear shifting, uneven and discontinuous power connection, etc. Previously, they all relied on the best advantage to compete, so the displacement was generally small.
Weak power. Joint venture cars often have more than half a century of accumulation, advanced technology, mature matching experience, and can achieve large displacement, low fuel consumption, good power, and comfortable matching. It really makes people feel that the power moves with the feet, is transmitted at any time, the power connection is smooth, and the overtaking is confident. The core components usually refer to the engine, chassis and gearbox.
The most important thing here is the engine. The engine is the heart of the car. Its quality is directly related to the reliability and stability of the car. The engine has long been a shortcoming of domestic cars. Fortunately, much progress has been made in this area in recent years. Leading manufacturers have mastered the technology to manufacture engines in-house. However, there is still a slight gap in durability compared to the engine of the joint venture car.
At the same time, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the overall average level of domestic engines. All in all, it's not that independent brands are bad, but that development requires a process. Blindly believing in patriotism and thinking that buying a domestic car is the greatest patriotism, I personally think it is irrational. Recognize the advantages of joint ventures, recognize the disadvantages of independence, and just work hard. Sooner or later you will surpass it, but not now!
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