Although Venucia is already an undoubted success in the joint venture independent brand camp, it is undeniable that the image of Venucia in the eyes of users is not high, it is just a cheap version of Nissan. With the intensification of the "involution" of the auto market, the affordable brands are still expanding their discounts, so how can the brand with the "cheap" label have a better time? This is true for Skoda, Chevrolet, Jetta, and Venucia.
Fortunately, Venucia has changed. From cheap Nissan to Dongfeng Nissan new energy, the new brand positioning is the manifestation of Venucia's ambition. Of course, the key to supporting ambition is still the product.
As the first PHEV product launched by Venucia and the first PHEV product of Dongfeng Nissan's layout, for Dongfeng Nissan and for the Venucia brand, there is no doubt that the Venucia V DD-I super hybrid (hereinafter referred to as the Venucia V DD-I) is heavy. But I also have to admit that there is obviously still a long way to go between the popularity of the car and the mainstream independent brand PHEV products, and the terminal sales can only be regarded as average.
However, after a deep reflection, it turned out that this car was really seriously underestimated.
In Brother Yi's view, the following three highlights on the new body:
First, the hybrid system of the new car is not inferior to the first-line camp.
At first glance, the hybrid system equipped with the Venucia big V DD-i is a simple single-gear series-parallel hybrid, without a multi-gear structure, and there is no innovation at the architecture level, which is almost no bright spot at the moment, but in the opinion of one brother, as long as the experience is good enough, whether it is advanced or not, whether it is innovative or not is not so important, after all, BYD, which is far ahead in sales, is equipped with the most unpretentious single-speed series-parallel hybrid.
With one foot on the accelerator, you will find that the power of the Venucia big V DD-i is surprisingly good, and because the motor is responsible for the output in the early stage, the first brother feels even faster. According to official data, the acceleration time of the car to 100 kilometers is 79s。
The power of the Venucia big V DD-i is much stronger than the best-selling BYD Song Pro DM-i at the same price, although the hybrid structure of the two is the same, but the Venucia big V DD-i uses 1The 5T engine has a maximum power of 39kW and a peak torque of 95N·m, while in terms of motor performance, the maximum power of the Venucia V DD-I is 5kW higher, and the peak torque of the Song Pro DM-i is 5N·m higher.
In addition to the dynamics, the Venucia DD-i hybrid is also small enough when switching working conditions, and the engine intervention is almost imperceptible when the throttle is slowly pressed, and even if the throttle is stepped deeply, the driver will not feel abrupt by the change of the drive unit.
However, the tuning style of the new car except for the powertrain is more comfort-oriented, especially the chassis, so although the car is very powerful, it is still necessary to look at this car from the perspective of a family car, and power is only an added value.
Secondly, the design of the new car can be on par with the new forces.
Although the new positioning of the Venucia brand is Dongfeng Nissan New Energy, as far as this Venucia big V DD-i is concerned, there is no trace of Nissan flavor on the new body, not to mention that compared with conservative Japanese brands, even compared with traditional independent brands that keep up with the trend, the design of the new car still has too many advanced points.
For example, the appearance, the new car pays more attention to the use of lines, and this makes the new car look more powerful, and coupled with the trendy color scheme, if you don't understand Venucia, you will never think that this car has anything to do with Nissan.
In the car, the new car is even more unconventional, the entire center console, in addition to the steering wheel is two screens, so simple that it can't be more concise, and even the gear lever is made into a small enough paddle, just to go further on the road of simplicity.
In addition, Venucia big V DD-i does not provide a start button, after unlocking the gear, you can get out of the car and lock the car after parking, and the rearview mirror adjustment is also locked on the central control screen + steering wheel button, such an operation logic is the same as that of the new power electric products.
When it comes to the beauty and ugliness of design, no one has a fixed answer, but what is certain is that if you only compare the Venucia DD-i with the Nissan brand products, then the advantages of the new car are absolutely overwhelming.
Third, the cost performance of the new car is higher than that of ordinary independent brands.
First-line power and avant-garde design are certainly advantages, but the most important thing to measure the competitiveness of a car is undoubtedly the first.
It is said that BYD is "volume", but in fact, Venucia big V DD-i has been aiming at BYD, as if it has long forgotten the brand premium of Nissan, which is bound to be more "volume" than the "volume king".
Taking the 110km IT version of the model that Brother Yi experienced this time as an example, the guide price of the car is 14990,000 yuan, only 100 yuan more expensive than the BYD Song Pro Champion Edition DM-i 110KM Transcendence Edition, but the value of the car to users is far more than 100 yuan.
Among them, the Venucia big V DD-i wheel size is larger, the intelligent assisted driving function is more complete, the electric induction trunk, seat heating and ventilation are all available, and if you want to get these on the BYD Song Pro, sorry, ** budget.
Write at the end
Benchmarks have always been "surpassed", of course, generally for latecomers, being more sincere than benchmarks does not mean that they can become new benchmarks, this is actually just a prerequisite for being recognized.
However, this situation does not apply to Venucia, because Venucia is not an ordinary independent brand, and the quality endorsement of Dongfeng Nissan is the shortcoming of traditional independent brands. Therefore, Brother Yi believes that the cost-effective, high-quality Venucia big V DD-i is a plug-in hybrid player that is worth buying, combined with the current sales, the new car is indeed seriously underestimated by users.