Fans with a bit of seniority, when they hear the title of "King of Corners", they will naturally think of a brand - Mazda. The legend of Mazda's control has been circulating in the rivers and lakes for a long time, so much so that it has bred a huge group of millions of orders of magnitude in the domestic market: Mazda fans (Ma fans for short). Once, I was quite prejudiced against this group of horse fans who always talked about metaphysical words such as "invincible corners", "people and horses are one", and "zoom-zoom", until one day, it was my turn to drive Mazda's classic model, the Mazda3 Ankesaila, and I suddenly had an epiphany ......
Why is there such a driving experience event?I've always heard people say that mazda3 was born for sports, but how did this label come about?Let's make up for the lesson: In the 60s of the last century, Mazda launched the Familia series, the predecessor of the Mazda 3 series, which has achieved unprecedented success in the global market with its stylish and sporty styling design and light and comfortable driving experienceIn 2003, the current Mazda3 series was launched, taking over the baton from Familia and continuing to make a sporty move in the compact car marketAs of 2023, Mazda3 has gone through a full 20 years of development, the shape continues to evolve, and it also has the Chinese name "Angkesaila" in the Chinese market, and the new and old users have approached 1.3 million, but the characteristic that has remained unchanged is "sports". 
Looking back at the development of Mazda3 products for more than half a century, it is easy to find that every Mazda3 is born with sports genes, and manufacturers have been positioning themselves as a sports sedan to continue its legend - when a label continues to be mentioned on different occasions, it is gradually solidified. In order to make the sports attributes of Mazda3 Ankesaila perceived by more people, the manufacturer simply opened a "Super Driving Fun Academy", the first stop at Zhuhai International Circuit, set up track projects and field projects, and you can feel it when you have driven the car. 
Continuous narrow bends can also be passedThe test drive for us to experience this event is the **Angkesaila 2., which was launched in July this year0L model. Compared with the old model, the starting price of the Angkesaila has been reduced a lot, 15L model 8From 990,000 yuan, 20L model 9Starting from 990,000 yuan, this cost performance has risen all of a sudden, and the most intuitive reflection is the sales volume: in the past 11 months, Changan Mazda's sales reached 9,360 units, a year-on-year increase of more than 63%, and since the third quarter of this year, sales have risen 4 times in a row year-on-year. 
Back to this event. The venue experience project set up by the organizer is very targeted, and the routes arranged with piles are narrow roads + continuous bends, just to show the control flexibility of Ankesaila. After the starting point, it is necessary to complete a high-speed pile wrapping with a pile distance of 18 meters, mainly to experience the steering and avoidance reaction of the vehicle under high-speed dynamics. 
*Angkesaila is equipped with 2The upgraded SKYACTIV-G engine is not only linear but also full, and as long as you are willing to step on the accelerator at the moment of starting, the speed can be quickly raised to cope with the challenges of high-speed pile-winding areas. **In the process of high-speed pile winding, the swing amplitude of the body can also be controlled when the large alternating steering is large, and the direct feedback of the suspension is stable, and the excellent handling can be shown in the first project. 
After completing the high-speed pile winding, the next step is the combination area of the figure-8 pile winding and the U-bend. Under the restriction of the narrow lane, although every turn has to be full of direction and always feels that the vehicle has been crazy on the edge of scratching, you can completely rest assured, because the ** Ankesaila still has the ability to maintain the stability of the body and a small turning radius in an extreme state - from a technical point of view, it is due to the new car adopts a larger swing arm angle, strengthens the rigidity of the shock absorber connection point, and adopts fisheye bushings and other measures to enhance the driver's perception and interaction ability of the vehicle itself; To put it more bluntly, the car has become easier to drive and more controllable. 
Coming out of the U-shaped bend, followed by an M-shaped curve, in the extremely narrow lane, you need to constantly steer, accelerate, and steer, in addition to experiencing the agile steering avoidance reaction of ** Angkesaila in the process of handling, you can also feel the stable performance of the suspension. As long as the operation is done properly, you don't need to touch any pile to pass through this continuous curve smoothly, and you can pass the corner with one hand, and really do "where to hit".
Finally, after a continuous laying of speed bumps, the Angkesaila suspension also has a very good performance for the filtering effect of large vibrations, and you can feel that the shock absorber is trying to calm the amplitude of the spring, and the bouncing attitude of the body is well suppressed, and the feeling of sitting in the car is not uncomfortable. After wading through the speed bump, the whole venue experience project is completed.
After experiencing the ** Ankesaila, the organizer also prepared two competing models of the same price for everyone to test drive and compare. After driving the competition, you can find that in terms of steering feel, roll control, handling accuracy, suspension response speed, etc., **Angkesaila has obvious advantages, and this advantage can be directly felt through test driving. How do you describe the feeling?I am short of words, and the only thing I can think of is "people and horses are one".
The sports genes are all in the details**The sports genes of Ankesaila can also be presented to users through some details of product settings, the most obvious one is the organ-style accelerator pedal. This kind of extremely sporty configuration is unique in the same price range, and is often only found in luxury sports models. This pedal can control the power output more delicately and precisely during intense driving, and the foot feel is quite good.
In addition, the sitting position and forward vision of the Angkesaila can also reflect the basic literacy that a sports positioning model should have. The official introduction said that the cockpit layout is inspired by the natural angle of the astronaut's "space floating" joints, and the layout of the seat and driving control equipment is adjusted according to the angle, so that drivers of different heights, weights and physiques can find a suitable sitting position, so that the muscles and joints can be relaxed, and finally form an ideal driving position.
In practice, this set of chairs can really easily adjust to a comfortable posture for yourself. This kind of ergonomic setting is actually a test of the car manufacturing skills of the main engine factory, seemingly simple things, it is often difficult to achieve perfection, but the answer sheet handed over by Angkesaila can get high scores.
After adjusting to the right sitting position, you can find that the test car has a wide field of vision, driving in narrow fields can better observe the space, coupled with precise and textured steering, the whole driving difficulty is also reduced, which is also the key to the "easy to drive" attribute of this car.
As for the rear torsion beam suspension of the **Angkesaila, it is still complained by many keyboard warriors, which is even more unreasonable. "The overall performance of the chassis is closely related to the tuning skills, and the suspension structure is not the decisive factor", which is already the category of hot knowledge. Here I insert a question: which is the car company that also plays with the adjustment of the torsion beam?Friends who know the answer are welcome to post it in the comment area.
If you want to say that it is insufficient, that is, the tires equipped with the test drive are more comfortable positioning, and under extreme operation, the limit of the tires is easily broken.
What can Ankesaila dare to call himself the "King of Corners"?Thank you for the invitation, I am in the pearl race, and I have just transferred from the venue experience project, and I am ready to get off the track, just to chat. The climax of Changan Mazda's "Super Driving Academy" this time is the track experience of **Ankesaila. What's even more exciting is that Mazda's exclusive title of "Corner King" actually has an English version: "Wonder King" ......The official personally went out to play homophonic stalks and died of laughter.
There are a total of 14 corners on the Zhuhai circuit, many of which are high-angle corners, which have high requirements for vehicle steering and handling. The test drive for us to experience the track is still the Angkesaila 2The power output of the upgraded SKYACTIV-G engine on the track will be more direct than the experience on the track. Its smooth, linear, and full power delivery comes in handy on the big straights and in the acceleration phase of the exit corner.
After three laps, the performance of the Angkesaila on the track was the ceiling of the original family car. In the face of corners, as long as you grasp the braking point and the entry point, you can rest assured that you can play the direction of the corner, the vehicle's precise steering can ensure that the vehicle maintains a reasonable trajectory in the corner, drive to the corner point that the eyes are focused on, and the last foot of the accelerator accelerates out of the corner, and the whole process is completed in one go. However, it is still necessary to take it easy to run the track with the original configuration, after all, the brake settings and tire limits of the family car are not according to the requirements of the racing car, and it is still necessary to do what you can.
In this most critical corner performance, ** Angkesaila actually relies on a "corner black technology" to maintain the title of "corner king".
*Angkesaila's "Cornering Black Technology" is actually an upgraded version of the **C Plus acceleration vector control system. This system can intelligently control the torque output of the engine according to the driver's operation of the steering wheel, integrate and control the acceleration in the lateral and front and rear directions, optimize the pressure distribution of the four wheels to the ground, and finally make the operation of the vehicle meet the driver's driving intention, and reduce the driver's fine-tuning of the steering wheel in straight and curved roads. To put it bluntly, this system makes it much easier to drive on the track, and it also makes the process of driving on the track safer. Full text summaryPractice is the only criterion for testing the truth, "invincible curves", "unity of man and horse" these words that sound very metaphysical, only after you have personally experienced Mazda** Ankesaila, you will understand that what is said is true, which is also the main purpose of Changan Mazda to open the "Super Driving Academy". With the combined blessing of the upgraded SKYACTIV-G high-compression ratio gasoline direct injection engine and the upgraded version of the C Plus acceleration vectoring control system, the dynamic performance of the Angkesaila in the original state is amazing enough and can be called the benchmark of sports attributes among products in its class.
In the context of new energy vehicles becoming a major trend, this kind of "pure oil car" + "self-priming engine" + "track experience" + "handling feeling" too many elements of the manufacturer activities have become very scarce, it is really one less time to participate;However, there are still many people who like the pure driving control of fuel vehicles, fortunately, there are also technical car companies such as Changan Mazda insisting on creating fuel vehicles with outstanding playability, even in the process of urgent transformation, they can also take the time to launch a ** Ankesaila This kind of control masterpiece - the luck of our generation, like to buy quickly.
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