List of high-quality authors Imported Volvo XC90 latest ** dynamics:
The average preferential range can reach 150,000 yuan, and the highest registration for stores in first-tier cities is 17.18 million yuan.
The guide price of the Volvo CX90 is 6389-78.190,000 yuan, the lowest starting price after the discount can be reduced to 480,000 yuan, and the main version is within 55 yuan;The discount margin of this car will be really very large, so there are also some car enthusiasts who pay attention to this car and ask related questions, is it worth choosing?
Let's look at the design of the car first, the visual effect of XC90 is still very good, and the body size has reached 4953*1958*1778 and the wheelbase is 2984 mm.
In all fairness, Volvo Cars understands design, and the XC90 has the temperament of a high-end SUV;For example, the front overhang is very short, the rear overhang is large, and the wheelbase is very long, such a proportion will make the body appear calm, and there is a "small view of the mountains" temperament. In fact, most high-end cars have such characteristics, but the real high-end cars generally use the "longitudinal engine" platform, the engine compartment has to be relatively long, and the L113 has to be relatively large, so it will have a slender body and a backward visual effect. However, all fuel vehicles of the Volvo brand do not use a longitudinal engine layout, because this brand does not have a longitudinal rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive architecture;All of its gasoline-powered models have a transverse engine architecture, and all two-wheel drive vehicles are front-wheel drive, and there are also four-wheel drive models based on front-wheel drive platforms.
So the XC90 shouldn't really have that feature, but Volvo does know the design.
Which vehicles use transverse platforms, which cars use longitudinal platforms, and what is the difference between the two types of drive platforms?
Reference model: Cadillac XT6
Volkswagen Touron. Toyota Highlander (fuel version).
Trumpchi GS8, etc.
These cars all use transverse engine architecture, of which the highest is XT6, so the sales of this car has not been high, and the discount margin is also very large - most of the vehicles using transverse engine architecture are mid-range cars and mainstream cars, and on the other hand, this drive platform is basically not used for high-end models. There are only a handful of brands in the high-end car camp that use transverse engine platforms, one is Volvo, the other is some Lincoln sedans, and of course, if Lexus is also a luxury brand, it also has several transverse engine cars in its product line.
BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, the three major German luxury brands of the high-end models all use longitudinal engine platform, only BMW 1 Series, Mercedes-Benz A-class, Audi A3 and other entry-level cars will use the lower-cost front-wheel drive platform;Higher-end brands such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Ferrari, McLaren and other brands do not use this drive platform, so the real product positioning of Volvo XC90 is not high, and it is nothing more than the above cars.
Refer to the two joint venture brand SUVs:
Volkswagen Touron 25t-v6
Old Ford Edge 27t-v6
Both cars are available with a six-cylinder engine, and although they have a transverse engine architecture, the six-cylinder engine always improves the positioning of the two carsHowever, the six-cylinder version of these two cars is only priced at three or four hundred thousand, so the positioning of the same level of fuel vehicles with four-cylinder engines and transverse architecture should obviously be lower.
The engine used in the Volvo XC90 is 20t-l4, which is 20-liter inline-four turbocharged engine.
The power reserve of its B5 (low-power version) is only 184kW 350N·m, ** less than 200,000 Trumpchi GS8 has higher power and more torque;The B6 version achieves the 220kW 420N·m standard with dual boost technology, but the Touron 2The 5T-V6 has a maximum torque of 500N·m on the premise of comparable power, and the old sharp 2The 7T-V6 reached 242kW and 475N·m.
So say 20t is 20t, even if the torque is increased by double supercharging, the upper limit will not be very high.
The Volvo XC90 is not only inferior in the transverse engine architecture, but also the lack of a six-cylinder engine option is also a major flaw.
It is also necessary to briefly talk about the full-time all-wheel drive of the Volvo XC90, which is equipped with the Haldex 5th generation transverse four-wheel drive system used in several brandsIn the regular mode, the ratio of the front and rear axles is 95:5, and the rear axle output is actually very low, which is the same as the Volkswagen Touron, and this full-time all-wheel drive is not the kind that is commonly understood.
This is the reason why Volvo XC90 will have a large discount, and people who really understand the car are often not very able to accept the transverse four-wheel drive 2 in this **band0t suv；However, high-end car users generally have rich car experience, and even if they are not interested in the vehicle, they will be exposed to it in the process of long-term car use, so this car is destined to become a best-selling car. It's like a hamburger with all kinds of high-end condiments, no matter what condiments you use, it's only a hamburger, and it's not a serious Western food.
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