When it comes to Santana, I believe many students know more about this car, whether it is the old square box-style styling or the current model that often appears in driving schools. With the passage of time, the monthly sales of today's Volkswagen Santana have dropped to 1 unit, or even 0 units, after all, in the environment of rapid development of the automobile market, these traditional joint venture models will indeed seem out of place. However, among them, Volkswagen Lavida has a model called "Xinrui", although this car is said to be a special edition model in Lavida, but in terms of the size and line design of the vehicle, it is more like a replacement for Santana.
After comparison, it can be found that the length, width and height of Volkswagen Lavida are 4561 1740 1494 mm, and the wheelbase is 2651 mm. Compared with the normal Volkswagen Lavida, the Lavida Xinrui is relatively shorter and narrower in body width, and compared with the Volkswagen Santana, the body size of the Volkswagen Lavida Xinrui is very close to it. For reference, the length, width and height of the Volkswagen Santana are 4475 1706 1469 mm with a wheelbase of 2603 mm. So in a sense, Volkswagen Lavida is a replacement product of Santana.
So from the perspective of exterior styling, Lavida Xinrui adopts the latest design language of the family, and at the same time, from the body color and front face shape provided by the product, it is not difficult to find that the car has also embarked on a young and fashionable route. For example, the grille area is smaller in shape, and at the same time, the bottom is also integrated with a through honeycomb air intake, which does make the front face of the car a little more youthful and sporty with the blessing of the design language of the Star version of the model.
From the side of the car, Lavida Xinrui also integrates a narrow waistline on the side, running from the front fender to the rear of the car, plus multi-spoke two-tone wheels, which also makes the side of the car look more refined. From the rear, in addition to the changes in the shape of the taillight clusters on both sides and the new letter logo on the lower right, the tail profile of Lavida is indeed very close to Santana. However, there is one thing to say, the blackened taillight clusters on both sides can still add some youthful and fashionable atmosphere, and at the same time, the entire rear of the car also creates a good sense of layering.
In terms of interior, Lavida Xinrui adopts a built-in central control screen design, and the shape of the entire center console also adopts the previous family-style design of Volkswagen. However, it is worth praising that the Lavida cutting-edge entry version is given an 8-inch full LCD instrument and an 8-inch central control screen, compared to Santana, these configurations are indeed more eye-catching. In addition, Lavida's cutting-edge mid-range and high-end models also provide on-board CarPlay and CarLife, while the rear seats also support the whole row of reversing, plus the cosmetic mirror provided by the main and co-pilot, which is not bad in terms of practicality and can meet the basic needs of the car.
However, it is worth mentioning that all Lavida Xinrui systems use plastic steering wheels, and only the top configuration is provided with imitation leather seats. In addition, for the high-end version of the Lavida Xinrui, the car is also equipped with a single roof sunroof, keyless start, keyless entry, as well as reversing camera and lane departure warning and other functions.
In the power part, Lavida Xinrui is also equipped with a 110 horsepower 1The 5-liter self-aspirated engine, which has a maximum horsepower of only 110 horsepower, does not require too much power as a family car, but this set of power can indeed seem very bulky during daily commuting, and can only be described as barely enough. In addition, Lavida Xinrui also provides two models, manual transmission and automatic transmission, and the traditional mechanical handbrake is also a ......
As for the chassis suspension, for joint ventures at this price, their rear suspension is basically a torsion beam type non-independent suspension, which is beyond doubt. The stiffer chassis tuning can bring some handling, but the performance in terms of comfort is really average, especially through some large potholes, and passengers sitting in the back will feel a more stiff impact.
Editor's summary
For ordinary people, most of them are still willing to choose the so-called joint venture brand, and Lavida Xinrui can be said to be the best replacement for Santana, and the starting price of this car after the discount is only 6590,000 yuan. So if you buy a more worry-free scooter at this price now, then Lavida Xinrui may be a good choice.