Car, first of all to see the automotive industry and technology level.
Look first, the United States selected 2007 of the world's top ten engine (no class, as long as the production of cars):
1. Audi's 2-liter FSI turbo-DOHC I4 engine (applicable vehicle: Audi A3);
2. Audi's 4.2-liter DOHC V-8 engine (applicable vehicle: Audi S4);
3. BMW's 3-liter DOHC engine (applicable vehicle: BMW 330i);
4. Daimler/Chrysler's 5.7-liter Hemi Magnum OHV V-8 engine (applicable vehicle: Dodge CHARGERR/T);
5. Ford's 4.6-liter SOHC V-8 engine (applicable vehicle: Mustang GT);
6. General Motors ' 2-liter supercharged DOHC I4 engine (applicable vehicle: Chevrolet Cobalt SS);
7. General Motors ' 2.8-liter turbocharged DOHC V6 (applicable models: 9-3 Aero);
8. Mazda's 2.3 liter Disi turbocharged DOHC I4 (applicable vehicle: Mazda 6);
9. Nissan's 3.5 liter DOHC V-6 (applicable model: Unlimited G35 6MT);
10. Toyota's 3.5 litre DOHC V-6 (applicable vehicle: Lexus IS 350).
These engines are widely used in direct injection fuel technology (DIG) and booster Inlet technology.
The top four are all from Germany! Japan also has two wins, but the rankings are only 9, 10!
Then look at the second, known as the engine of the Oscars of the Stuttgart Global Annual Engine Award (2006, which is graded according to the classification model):
1-1.4 liter annual engine
Volkswagen 1.4-liter TSI dual supercharged engine
Model of Use: Volkswagen (golf)
1.4-1.8 liter annual engine
Toyota 1.5-liter hybrid engine
Model of Use: Prius (Prius)
1.8-2 liter annual engine
Volkswagen 2-liter FSI turbo engine
Model: Golf GTI, Audi A3, A4, A6, Skoda Ouya (SKODA OCTAVIA), Seat Leon (SEAT Leon)
2-2.5 liter annual engine
Subaru 2.5-liter turbocharged engine
Use model: Subaru Forest Man (FORESTER), Wing Leopard (IMPREZA) Saab 9-2x (Saab)
2.5-3 liter annual engine
BMW 3-liter twin turbocharged diesel engine
Model of use: BMW 535D
3-4-liter grade engine of the year
BMW 3.2-liter engine
Model: BMW M3, Z4 M
Engine of the year above 4 litres
BMW 5 liter V10
Model: BMW M5, M6
Once again, Volkswagen and BMW have dominated most of the winning engines.
Best of all, VW's 1.4-liter TSI dual-boost engine not only gets the best-in-class grouping, but also gets the most valuable overall annual global Best New Engine award!
The engine is the core technology of the automobile, and the German superiority in the core technology still cannot be shaken!
Let's take a look at the technical performance of the vehicle (a comparison of Autohome is quoted here):
Autohome 2006 mid-size car rankings announcement
The nostalgia of the 2006 has passed, in the year the emergence of a large number of new models, Autohome evaluation team also on many of the models have been detailed evaluation, here we have organized the Autohome 2006 model rankings, I hope to take a look at the number of these seemingly good cars in the end who can win from the competition!
Eligibility
1. Must be for Autohome this year personally evaluated the model
2. Vehicles listed in 06 or with a modified model
Selection criteria
1. The annual model selection of the Autohome professional evaluation Team Test data-based
2. Final scoring Specification: (Acceleration line + brake line + Edit score line + price rank) average of total score
3. The lower the final score, the more forward the annual ranking
4. If the final score is the same, the brake performance of the outstanding person as the basis for the annual ranking
List of participating vehicles
Autohome midsize car 0~100 km acceleration ranking
Model time/second speed ranking
CTS 6.705 01
Audi A4 7.743 02
Peugeot 407 7.811 03
BMW 3 Series 7.916 04
Rui Zhi 8.000 05
Accord 9.260 06
Pentium 9.453 07
Passat Dominion 9.474 08
Mazda6 9.696 09
NF-Yu-Xiang 10.370 10
Mondeo 10.516 11
Galant 10.611 12
June Yue 10.900 13
June Jie 11.669 14
View 11.999 15
Note: 0~100 km accelerated results from the Autohome professional evaluation team measured results
Autohome mid-size car 100~0 km brake leaderboard
Model distance/Meter brake rank
BMW 3 Series 39.99 01
Audi A4 41.46 02
CTS 41.66 03
Peugeot 407 42.00 04
Mazda6 42.57 05
Accord 42.57 06
Pentium 42.60 07
Passat Dominion 42.78 08
June Jie 43.10 09
Rui Zhi 43.10 10
Mondeo 43.50 11
Galant 43.53 12
NF-Yu-Xiang 44.25 13
View 45.00 14
June Yue 45.80 15
Note 1:100~0 km brake results from the Autohome professional evaluation team measured results
In addition to the acceleration and braking charts, how does the Autohome editor rate the midsize car and the final leaderboard? Take a look at the final result of the next page!
Autohome Mid-size car editor rating, price ranking and final leaderboard!
Autohome mid-size car edit score Leaderboard
Model score Edit score ranking (can be tied)
BMW 3 Series 9.3 01
Rui Zhi 8.7 02
Peugeot 407 8.3 03
June Jie 8.3 03
Passat Dominion 8.3 03
Accord 8.3 03
MAZDA6 8.0 04
Audi A4 8.0 04
CTS 7.7 05
Galant 7.3 06
Pentium 7.3 06
June Yue 7.3 06
NF-Yu-Xiang 7.3 06
Mondeo 7.3 06
View 6.7 07
Note: The editing score is based on the average of three test edits under each model evaluation article
Autohome Midsize car Price list
Model models of model price/million price rank
June Jie 1.8MT Deluxe 10.58 01
Faithwin 2.0 SLMT 13.99 02
Mondeo 2.0 Classic 16.98 03
Pentium 2.3 Luxury 17.58 04
Galant 2.4 Flagship 21.98 05
Mazda6 2.3MT Coupe 22.28 06
NF Royal 2.4AT Top 22.38 07
Passat 1.8 Hand Hao 22.88 08
Accord 2.4AT Deluxe 25.68 09
Rui Zhi 3.0 V 32.23 10
June Yue 3.0 flagship 32.98 11
Audi A4 2.0T Exclusive 39.91 12
BMW 3 Series 325i lead 46.10 13
Peugeot 407 3.0 Coupe 47.00 14
CTS 3.6 High Performance Motion 51.80 15
Autohome 2007 mid-size car rankings
Total ranking models accelerated ranking brake ranking edit score List price ranking final score
1 BMW 3 Series 04 01 01 13 4.75
2 Audi A4 02 02 04 12 5.00
3 CTS 01 03 05 15 6.00
4 Peugeot 407 03 04 03 14 6.00
5 Mazda6 09 05 04 06 6.00
6 Accord 06 06 03 09 6.00
7 Pentium 07 07 06 04 6.00
8 Dominion 08 08 03 08 6.75
9 June Jie 14 09 03 01 6.75
10 Rui Zhi 05 10 02 10 6.75
11 di Euro 11 11 06 03 7.75
12 GE Blue 12 12 06 05 8.75
NF Imperial 10 13 06 07 9.00
14 June Yue 13 15 06 11 11.25
15 views 15 14 15 02 11.50
This is a combination of the price of the leaderboard, and the lead is still the German car, even if it is often attacked is "by the world to get rid of China to sell" the leader can also be ranked in the middle (the B5 is the Passat is the German in 1996 has been listed, after 11 years can still be the same as the contemporary Japanese car, The German technology leading advantage shows! ), the previous generation of Passat, which has been eliminated by the Germans themselves, can do this, so what is the position of the contemporary product that has just been listed in the world for two years? You might as well think about it! For the Germans themselves have been behind the car, in the world is still a little behind Ah!
The German car's core technology and vehicle technology still has the advantage in the global scope!
Speaking of so many technical aspects of things, it should be said that the most discussed security!
Now a lot of people have taken security as a collision test, I would like to highlight my understanding: Security ≠ crash test! First of all, security includes active security (pre-avoidance) and passive security (ex-ante), and passive security is mainly reflected in the performance after the accident, and the accident is always a variety of, although the collision is a lot of situations, but also can only be regarded as one of the accident, there are top pressure, rollover and many other situations! Even if it is a collision, the direction of the collision in reality, speed, position and so on are changeable, and the test conditions are fixed and unchanged, the impact test can reflect the things are still too little!
I have a friend who likes Japanese car told me that in the United States last year's crash test, the Toyota Crown is the best, although not clear about his specific criteria and conditions, but also trust friends. The problem is that last year the United States Insurance Industry Association issued the "2006 America's Safest Car Award" model is the public Magotan Ah! I think it seems very contradictory, how to understand it?
In fact, there is no contradiction, first, as previously said, security is not equal to the collision test, collision testing is only one of the security, and even only a fraction of one; second, and more importantly, the crash test is just a lab game, fixed conditions and fixed standards, the reality is always different from the experiment, The so-called safest car is supposed to be a more comprehensive reflection of the reality!
What car does the insurance industry like best? Whether it is occupant casualties, or accident responsibility, or vehicle loss, anyway, the less the better, no accident without compensation is better, the insurance industry like this car is certain! What does the insurance industry's endorsement of Magotan mean? This is the most comprehensive interpretation of the concept of security!
What are the limitations of crash testing?
The first limitation, speed limitation. The world's major crash test speed is 60 kilometers or less (China is the highest only 56 kilometers), the people who drive the car know, many times in the city's main road we are more than this speed, and we also know that 60 kilometers per hour of the crash is not dead people, I need you what test? What I want is security at high speed! The Japanese claimed that the Goa suction body in the medium and low speed of course, because of the soft, but the speed is a little higher how to do? Suction can suck to the limit, and then the next step to the cab to suck energy, next is the human body to suck energy! What a horrible thing! What is the use of the high-strength body that the Germans insist on? Low speed may not be able to reflect its advantages (because everyone has not reached the limit), but the impact speed, its advantages will appear, because its body protection limit is higher, it can withstand higher speed! (Do not forget the Japanese car design when the assumed speed standard is 70 km/h lower than the German car!) The design of the car body safety is to persist in meeting the needs of driving safety (and high-speed security needs), while the Japanese car design body safety when the more energy used in how to get better test results! Will you never be more than 60 kilometers when you drive?
Insert an excerpt: Toyota Faw's Maori Enlightenment: "20 years ago, Japan's average annual 10,000 people died in traffic accidents, has now dropped to six thousand or seven thousand people." We also believe that German car safety is better, because there is no speed limit on the highway in Germany, so the German car companies as far as possible to ensure the safety of the car members in the high-speed collision (attention is "high-speed collision" rather than collision test speed of 60 km)! ）。 This is very different from Japan, North America and China's national conditions! (There should be no more convincing than the Japanese are openly admitting that they are not enough!) ）
There is also a problem, when the low-speed accident, the general human body damage is not big, then we will naturally back to the heartache of the car's damage, this time you will also find that the car damage of the Japanese car is more serious than the German car, repair the car when you will start heartache money! (Japanese fans have countered that the German car body plate thickness is not necessarily thick, and the Japanese steel industry is also very developed and so on.) They should go to the relevant professionals to understand the metal heat treatment knowledge, metal can be through different heat treatment methods to increase stiffness, strength, toughness and other qualitative changes, no matter how thin steel plate as long as the use of appropriate processing can also become high-strength! In addition, steel plate factory provides only steel plate, from the steel plate to the body also requires a lot of process processing, you do not handle, to the best steel plate to you what is the use? And the Germans laser welding, actually have day care dare to say that using laser welding body than traditional spot welding, then you go to prove it, if you can prove success, I believe you will get the Nobel Prize, the founder of the new generation of industrial Revolution may be you! I dare not argue with you, because you are a generation of great men! ）
The second limitation of a crash test is the scoring standard. Because just dummy experiment (can not take real people to try AH), so the collision test can only rely on some criteria for the simulation scoring, although this is now the best experimental method, but can never be guaranteed to match the actual. Another important issue is that different configurations have a big impact on scoring, and there are countless items in the car's security configuration, as simple as adding a hint light will improve the test results, for the Japanese who are good at making articles on the configuration is undoubtedly providing the best test Method! As the standards and conditions of testing and assessment are fixed and open, as long as the measurement standards and conditions in advance to make targeted pre-measures, so that the final examination of the car better results are not very difficult!
The third limitation of the crash test is that the vehicle to be tested is provided by the manufacturer. The problem is difficult to change, but it has a great impact on results. The same kind of car often has a lot of configuration and version for consumers to choose, and the test model will only pick one of them, and the Japanese tend to take the top with version, I do not know why, the majority of the Germans are standard version, which in itself there is a great difference, but most people do not know the details, They tend to see only the results, and this interpretation is a bit out of context! The most important problem is also-manufacturers can also be sent to test vehicles to do more adjustment, you go to the market to buy a lot of new cars when there is no test car that level Ah! to the Japanese character, nature will not let such a good chance!
(As for some Japanese manufacturers in order to advertise, their own two car collision test, ah? What are some of the more fishy things? Do you know how many things are inside? And how much credibility is that? Let's think for yourselves! Don't look at it! ）
Based on the limitations of collision testing, the world's major crash testing officials say that this is only the most basic requirements, mainly play the role of market access, as long as the qualified cars are allowed to sell, because the test can get good results, at least in reality should not be too far away- This is the official understanding and attitude of the most authoritative European euro-ncap crash tests, and they announce that the test results are for informational purposes only, and that there is no sense to guide consumers on this basis, and simply to say that the official test only publishes the exam results and refuses to evaluate the car's true safety capabilities!
The Germans ' habit is to build their own cars, they think the test is the inevitable result, so not to cope with the test too much energy, they focus on how to make the car in reality to become more security problems (rather than just for exams), over time the world has a German car general security high collective consensus , this is the best return to their pragmatic attitude! Because of this, the safety of German car has been affirmed, the Germans also naturally no need to use test scores to promote their safety (it will appear superfluous), for this laboratory test, the Germans will naturally not be too much attention!
The Japanese, on the contrary, need to advertise their unrecognized safety by various means, but to build cars like Germans and their thinking is contrary, so out of the market strategy, they can give up the car in the actual driving comprehensive security, but must be desperate to get good results in the test, In this way can use these so-called authority to hype themselves, the day car will naturally spend more energy to test this test! But in reality, do we still have fewer people in the Gaofendineng?
So you have the crown with the crash test good results, but the safest car award or I take the result of Teng!
Appendix: The 2006 most unsafe 6 cars in Forbes magazine and the most unsafe 7 cars of the 2007, Toyota Corolla has been ranked for two consecutive years.
List of the most unsafe vehicles of the 2006:
Hyundai Elantra Hyundai Elantra,
Toyota Corolla Toyoda Corolla,
Nissan Sentra Nissan, Nissan,
Mazda6 Mazda 6,
Kia Optima Kia far-ship,
Suzuki Forenza Suzuki Forenza.
List of the most unsafe vehicles of the 2007:
Toyota Corolla Toyoda Corolla,
Mazda3 Mazda 3,
Suzuki Forenza Suzuki,
Chevrolet Cobalt Chevrolet,
Ford Focus,
Saturn Ion Saturn,
Suzuki Aerio Suzuki.
Corolla frontal collision Five star, side impact four stars. The result seems to be good, but why is it designated as the most unsafe model? What details are hidden beneath the surface of the results? German cars in the global reach of security recognition, not the wave of fame! Superstition Collision test = security of the person equals gambling life, the safety of the German car is all-round, not to mention the German car crash test performance itself is also very good!
Don't think the Germans don't pay attention to the laboratory test on behalf of its crash test results are not ideal AH! We give an example of the recent crown, Fast Teng, think of the crash test in our country to compare (many people simply understand the test results of the star, in fact, the definition of star is also derived from the score, but most people are ignored, and now we will be careful to the score to compare):
Toyota Crown 47.7 points;
44.6 minutes of public speed;
Ben Ridgeline 41.1 points.
Because of the same in the 40~45 division of the interval, so the speed teng and think Di are classified as four-star level, and the crown because more than 45 points and promoted to five-star level, resulting in the surface of the speed and the security is the same as the security, but the crown of safety is higher than the illusion of a grade. In fact, the crown is only more than the speed of 3.1 points, and the speed is more than the 3.5 points, the speed of the crown should be closer to the results, out of the result is with the SI! How, the Japanese to test the rules of the research level and thoughts of everyone now! This is only one of the methods, how many methods will be used? How much can you tell? (Why do Germans not attach importance to testing?) This is also visible, because they only need to provide the speed of the test to the standard version of the top with version, or a little tune to send a test can immediately rushed to the five-star level, after all, it is not difficult to catch 0.4 points, any more than a simple configuration has exceeded! ）
Compare the price, the same sedan (hatchback because the structure is not the same, the characteristics of security are different, so there is no comparability, but now the impact test is not enough to subdivide it), Crown Multi-speed 3.1 points, but with the top with version to test (Fast Teng only with standard version), the price of the crown is more than twice times the price of fast teng, and the speed of more than 3.5 cents, the price is only more than the cost of the 50%, who is more cost-effective security? Do you have any idea!
Also worth mentioning is that the contemporary Crown five-star results, as early as the Volkswagen's previous generation Passat has reached the (from the most authoritative European euro-ncap crash test, five-star is the highest rating of the test), the Germans are still a step ahead of the Japanese! If the last generation of German cars can be compared with modern Japanese cars, do we feel too much? But the reality is really a bit similar!
As mentioned earlier, crash testing can be very limited, and the safety of the car is very comprehensive, such as active safety, top pressure and rollover. So I think, to achieve a comprehensive automotive safety must include braking system, safety testing equipment, car body stability, body protection, passive protection measures, such as a number of excellent comprehensive performance! In addition to the collision tests discussed above, the safety advantages of the German car are much more evident than those of Japanese cars.
First in the braking aspect, esp in most of the German car has become standard, which is not available in the Japanese car, so most of the German car BLL the body stability stronger than the Japanese car, the possibility of braking bias or deflection is also lower, to avoid the brake out of control caused more accidents!
One thing is very important, most of the same-class German car braking distance is shorter than the Japanese car, that is, the braking force is stronger, which will effectively reduce the impact on the front obstacles in the event of accidents, security is self-evident!
Then there is the rollover aspect, the chassis design of the German car is a weight balance of 5:5, and the Japanese car chassis weight is 5:6 relative to the balance is not enough, coupled with the Japanese car nasty bll of the possibility of more large, the possibility of Japanese car rollover more than the German car, then the safety of nature ...
In other words, the top pressure, the so-called trop, the car on the top side suddenly accidentally hit, this is to test the strength of the time, back to see the crash test situation, general impact as long as there is a door can open even if qualified, and basically the German car can be four doors full, the body strength is reassuring, This is important for both the top pressure and the rollover! Japanese car Goa suction Body At this time I'm afraid it will be less than a lot!
There is also a experience to talk about, I do not know that everyone has the same feeling, driving a lot of Japanese car high speed when there is a sense of the body floating (unless it is more expensive), and German cars even the very low-end products do not have this feeling. The steering wheel of the Japanese car is generally lighter, and it starts to feel that the steering wheel is not stable enough and that a tiny control bias can be dangerous when the car is at high speed. I don't know if this is an active security category, but if you can choose, I don't want to happen to me!
On the German-Japanese car safety comparison Summary, I think is, long-term urban low-speed driving people will not feel that there is too much difference, but often go high-speed or accustomed to drive faster people will have deep experience! But I think that we should choose to be more insured, no matter how often we drive fast, but as long as there are one out of 10,000 of dangerous opportunities, at least that's what I see and why I believe in German cars.
Attached: 2007/8 Forbes announces the top 20 most dangerous models currently on sale:
1th Place: 161 grams rendezvous;
2nd place: 153 points Ford ranger/Mazda B series;
3rd place: 145 points Nissan Frontier (Extended-cab version pickup);
4th place: 138 points Ford Escape/mercury Mariner (four-door SUV);
5th place: 132 points Toyota Yaris (four doors);
6th place: 132 minutes modern accent;
7th place: 131 points Toyota matrix/Pontiac Vibe;
8th place: 127 cents Kia Rio;
9th place: 126 min Chevrolet Aveo;
10th place: 125 points Suzuki Reno/forenza (5 Doors/5 Doors);
11th place: 124 points Ford Fox (two-door hatchback);
12th place: 118 min Jeep Liberty (5-door SUV);
13th place: 117 points Dodge Dakota (4-door pickup);
14th place: 117 points Chevrolet cobalt/Pontiac G5 (2 doors);
15th place: 115 points Nissan Xterra (4-door SUV);
16th place: 115 points Saturn Ion (4 doors);
17th place: 114 points Chrysler PT Cruiser;
18th place: 114 min Honda S2000;
19th place: 113 points Toyota Scion TC;
20th place: 113 points Mazda 3 4-door/5-door hatchback.
20 of the most dangerous models, the Japanese car 7 on the list, the German car is not in sight, this is the German car than the Japanese car the most straightforward portrayal of the safety!
There are also a lot of people who mention market satisfaction surveys and car quality issues. I would also like to talk about my views on this issue.
Many daycare centers say that Japanese cars are highly satisfied with many market surveys, and that the vast majority of motorists are not experiencing major traffic accidents and have not had much personal experience with the safety of German cars, which has led most people to fail to rank this as satisfactory. Together with the questionnaire on the results of the investigation has a crucial impact, most of the survey is focused on the daily use of the car problem, and the Japanese car because the technical equipment and design are relatively simple, like the previous purchase of cameras, fool machine of course, the problem will be relatively small, but we can say that the fool machine than professional camera good? There is an answer in everyone's heart! Precision technology and design may bring us a little more use of difficulty, the problem will naturally be relatively more, but if we all use the most primitive things, is not the times backwards?
What's more, the market satisfaction of Japanese cars even in Europe is higher than that of German cars, absurd! Let's take a look at the European car Sales rankings:
Ranking brand 2006 Sales (Units/vehicle)
1 Opel Astra 437673
2 Renault CLIO 431595
3 Ford Fox 418490
4 Volkswagen Golf 417894
5 Fiat PUNTO 401022
6 Ford Fiesta 353296
7 Volkswagen Passat 331414
8 Peugeot 307 306558
9 Volkswagen Polo 294762
10 BMW 3 Series 289053
The 1th, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10-bit are German cars! 7 of the top 10 are German cars! If the market likes Japanese cars, then why not buy it? Why can't I see a Japanese car in the top 10?
Some people say Japanese car failure rate is low, good quality. First of all, we need to figure out what quality is? Quality has two aspects: first, performance quality, second, fault quality. As already discussed, the German car in the performance quality of the absolute leader, there is a very important thing is that the German car after many years of use, its performance basically can still remain the same as the new car, my side of the example of a lot! Japanese car, it is certainly better than the Chinese car, but still less than the German car less than a lot, just a suspension, two or three years later, it is no longer the courage of the year!
Talk about the quality of the fault, the Japanese car failure rate is a good quality factor in, but there is an important factor is just said the principle of the Fool machine, relatively simple equipment and design is the Japanese car failure rate is the important reason!
In addition, automotive professionals point out that there are minor defects and fatal defects in the automobile fault, the so-called light defect refers to the daily use of the impact but not enough to constitute serious consequences, the German car fault problems more concentrated in this category (including oil spills, flame, window lifting problems and so on) , and the so-called fatal defect refers to the occurrence of serious consequences of failure, or due to emergency needs of the body and equipment support but failure, including the crown of spontaneous combustion, the accord of the interruption, the Camry's airbag unexploded and so on, and the recent many Japanese car brand manufacturers in the global or domestic recall the most brake problems belong to this category, All of them are fatal flaws! The so-called quality of Japanese cars only stay on the daily use of the problem, and the most deadly defects are still not keeping up with the quality! But the accident is only a few, meet the people are only a few (but enough to kill), so most of the car is not familiar with the illusion that the Japanese car quality is good, it is not true!
The first period of time the crown of spontaneous combustion, the accord of the Interruption (wedding door event) and suspension, the Camry airbag unexploded, sharp oil spill, how worrying quality! There are day-care said Jetta, Santana problems are also many Ah, even the Passat and Audi have Ah, the first as long as the car must have problems, we just as far as possible to choose the less impact on us, and the consequences of the lighter! Accord was hit interrupted by less than 80 kilometers per hour and a hit, the speed of the Audi was nearly 200 kilometers, but also clip the tree around the circle for a week before the break, this difference is not a disparity ah! The German car also has an air bag is not explosive, but it is a low-speed impact of the unexploded; you camry more than 100 kilometers hit the airbag is not explode, who is the problem? Does it make sense to attack Jetta and Santana all day? It's already been a couple of generations, so what if you win? What about your crown winning the Ferrari 30 years ago? Do day-care workers feel that their Japanese cars only follow generations of German cars? Is the Passat is also the model, only the German car strength enough, even if they are relatively backward models to take out, but also enough to compete with the Japanese car! Look at the above Japanese car problems (or serious problems) crown, Accord, Camry, Rui Zhi, which is not the Japanese car proud of the cars, this is the best car in Japan? Even if the German-car generation and even the last few generations of products and the problem of the Japanese car as much, this answer is the day care workers feel face? Fast Teng, passers-by, polo is a more synchronized German models, as well as the recent domestic listing of Magotan and Octavia, with the improvement of consumer level, the Japanese car can drill the loopholes will be less and fewer!
Recently, I saw many models on the Sina Auto Online voting, in which more than 10 have a German car of two vote, the German car almost all win, there are two of the two are the same German car compared to their own people to defeat their own people, the real failure of only one, winning the high lead day car! Is the result of such a public vote not convincing enough? In fact, the German car is widely recognized!
So let's try to analyze why the German cars are widely accepted in such a two vote, while in the general market research the Japanese cars will get better results. In fact, the difference is that: such an online two vote is free to participate in, and the general market research is determined by the investigation company Target group actively to investigate inquiries. A person walking in the street is questioned by investigators or receiving inquiries, whether it is familiar or not, and he or she is not necessarily familiar with the car, and free participation is greatly different, only you are really interested in this issue will participate in it, and only the car has a certain research (although not necessarily professional, But it must be known) to be interested in these investigations!
In other words, the car has a certain knowledge or research of the majority of people are more recognition of the German car rather than the Japanese car, and the general market research mixed with too many people do not know the car, these people's answer is a lot of only by feeling, it is like talking with women military or football, their views you feel meaningful? Of course, in these market research in the sense of a relatively high degree of satisfaction, but also proved that the market of the Japanese car did a good job, but the market did a good job with the car is not the same thing! It turns out that the people who really do a little research on cars are more in agreement with the German car!
In the consumer satisfaction survey, the Germans also ate a grievances, because traditionally the people of the world recognized that German cars are the best, so the people who buy German cars unconsciously on the vehicle's expectations are also higher, consumer demand for German cars and the requirements of the Japanese car is not the same, the expectation is not the same, The so-called satisfactory standards are not the same, in the psychological impact of consumers, the German train to get people's satisfaction is even greater! Everything has two sides, the world's recognition of the German car is not only a compliment, but also make them unfair treatment!
There is a big difference between German and Japanese cars: the German car is rigorous in every detail, and the Japanese car only exaggerates what is visible and cheat on the unseen!
Germans and Japanese have different priorities when it comes to making cars, and the Germans focus on high-quality guarantees of technical and driving performance, and lack of appearance and relatively less important configuration, but not much influence on motorists; the Japanese focus is on the best places to see and find, Invisible and difficult to find the place can be blindfolded even if a lot of important issues, as long as it is not easy to find the absolute "province" down, the basic performance as long as the usual way to forget, some driving needs not necessarily meet!
We found that the Japanese cars in the market almost all have a lot in common features:
1. Beautiful appearance, but after accidental scratching we know that its paint is very thin, because the number of layers of paint, the use of a long time, only to know that the surface of the old quickly. The German car around me is a lot more than half the life, the lacquer still looks very new (not refurbished)!
2. The interior is equally beautiful, but in fact the material is very poor texture, and the material is very thin, the use of a long time there is a lot of deformation, discoloration, and even burst problems, the original beautiful car is like a long-neglected appearance. The German car is completely different, we are interested to pay more attention to your side of the car's compartment!
3. Rich configuration, what the so-called humanized design is more, but the configuration is rich not equal to the configuration of good performance, equipped with airbag but more than 100 kilometers after the impact did not eject, the Camry is the best example, configuration and what is the use? Good configuration is expensive, not more expensive!
Let's take an example to see what the Japanese have done in the unseen:
Recently, the U.S. Center for Ecological Research published on its official website the top ten models tested to find the most toxic interior, including Nissan, Toyota, Suzuki, Subaru, Chevrolet and other brands. Research says the smell of these new cars can cause acute or chronic disease.
90 minutes driving every day can be hurt
The U.S. Center for Ecological Research said in its report that they tested the non-toxic levels of more than 200 models from 2006 to 2007, including the steering wheel, control panels, handrails and seats, and so on, "Sometimes you smell something in the car." The smell of the new car is from these sites, which often cause acute or chronic symptoms. "If you stay in the car for 1.5 hours a day, these toxic parts become potential sources of air pollution.
In order to sample smoothly, experts from the Center for Ecological research used a portable X-ray fluorescence meter to identify substances within 60 seconds. They are inspected for each of the 15 components, including: steering wheel, shift handle, armrest, Central console, instrument panel, carpet, seat, seat backrest, rigid door decoration, soft door decoration, wiring, window seals and so on, these are the most easy to direct contact with the passenger objects.
"We have found that some of the materials used in cars are completely unnecessary. "The manufacturers have absolutely no excuse for using these materials, they can be replaced with another non-toxic substance," said Jeffergyrhat, head of the research Center for the Safety of vehicles surveyed. "Some of the most common toxic chemical materials include: bromine, chlorine (often in the form of polyvinyl chloride or PVC, plasticizer), lead and heavy metals. These materials can be associated with health problems, such as allergies, dyspnea, impaired memory, damage to the liver, and cancer.
The test found the top ten "most Poisonous Car" (4 models for the Japanese car, 3 for the Korean car, 3 for the United States) in turn, respectively:
Nissan's Versa (domestic for the Dongfeng Nissan Tiida Yi da),
Chevy's Aveo (Chevrolet brand models),
Scion XB 5dr (Toyota-only models sold in North America),
Kia's Rio (Korea KIA brand model),
Suzuki (Suzuki) Forenza (no similar models in China),
Kia's Spectra 5 (domestic for Kia Lats),
Subaru's Forester (Toyota sub-brand, domestic Subaru Forest man),
Chevy Express (no similar models in China),
Hyundai's Accent (Hyundai model in Korea),
Chevy Silverado (no similar models in China).
In the test of the poisonous vehicle, the Japanese car monopoly 4, it is really "leading the game"! But the German car but a shadow can not see, who in Jerry-building at a glance! Who is more reassuring also need not say more! Without the release of the test, it is possible that consumers around the world will not know about the Japanese car (in fact, the Korean train) what to do in the invisible place!
A microcosm is actually enough to make people see the cunning of Japanese car-making, with the sight of coax you, invisible on the secret to reduce, already do not know how many closed eyes car blind by the Japanese deceived, will continue to do? Why didn't the German train get shaken up in these events? Because they've never made a good car in earnest!
To add, many of us buy cars before the car always like to look at the model of the comparison of technical parameters, when you see the parameters of the Japanese vehicle is really to hit a discount!
06 U.S. departments surveyed the engine power of a Japanese car, the results found that the nominal value of engine data is generally high, inconsistent with the facts, what is the cause of this? There are two reasons: 1. Unlike the world wide use of imperial horsepower as the standard, the Japanese use of metric horsepower, which makes the horsepower value is large; 2. The Japanese test the engine power only to test the net power value, while the European and American car manufacturers also include the Germans test power when the test of its useful power value, what is the net power and what is People who have studied science and engineering will know! Japanese like trickery, so, in fact, we see the Japanese car technical parameters to hit a 90 percent is already very face! ）
An example of a test that Autohome recently made:
* Camry 2.4, factory nominal value 167 horsepower, 0-100km measured 9.7 seconds;
* Accord 2.4, factory nominal value 170 horsepower, 0-100km measured 9.2 seconds;
* Mai Teng 1.8T, the factory nominal value of 160 horsepower, 0-100km measured 9.2 seconds.
We note that the Camry's nominal horsepower is 7 faster than Michael, but it is 0.5 seconds slower! Accord a bit better, although the nominal horsepower than 10, at least the acceleration can be comparable with the Mai Teng. But don't forget, Magotan is the heaviest, heavier body of the three models, but the acceleration is as fast as the accord, which has actually stated that only 160 horsepower of the MAI teng than the nominal 170 horsepower of the accord power more powerful! Japanese parameters You can still believe how much!?
Also some day care said: In any case, Japanese cars such as Toyota, Honda and so on in the largest U.S. market than the Volkswagen car buy better! Yes, Toyota and Honda sales in the U.S. market is better than the public, but there are many reasons unrelated to the car:
1. Japanese cars attacked the American market earlier than Volkswagen Group (referring to non-premium models), and completed formations earlier, seizing the market opportunity;
2. In recent years, the devaluation of the yen, the euro strong, so that Japan's parts (or vehicle) exports to the United States than Germany has a greater exchange rate cost advantage, directly leading to the final unit car sales cost reduction, conducive to competition;
3. The economic relationship between the United States and Japan is far better than that of Germany (the European Union, led by Germany, has been in conflict with the United States), and Germany's export to the United States has a greater trade barrier than Japan, while local production and operation cooperation enjoys less preferential policies and is not conducive to market development;
4. American cultural pursuits "big", GM Buick and Ford and other models are characterized by a large body size, the United States has long been formed like "big" car of the hobby and culture (the American pursuit of car intrinsic performance is not small), and the same price of European cars generally smaller, Americans do not accept it, On the contrary, Japanese cars have always been designed to pursue the appearance of the atmosphere, and are catering to the American culture;
5. Japanese cars in the U.S. market has a group advantage, in the mid-and low-grade models, Japan has Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Suzuki and so on a number of car dealers, and Germany basically only a Volkswagen, it is well known that business is a scale effect, a large number of Japanese automakers have set up a Japanese standard in the United States, A mass of people alone on the anti-Japanese car siege appears to be single force solitary. But the European market is different, Volkswagen in Europe has Opel, Fox and Carnival, and many quasi-German car, the German team of the Legion of Resistance to the anti-Japanese army is very good, this is why the German car in Europe can have such excellent market performance of important reasons.
Market situation is complex, Japanese car sales in the United States is not on behalf of the Japanese car good, this must not be equated! The market has been affected by too much economic situation, I am here only to discuss the car's good and bad!
Many day care people like to take Toyota's development in the world to show off, there is no denying that Toyota did a very successful operation, but everyone has neglected the development of the masses, as early as 15 years ago, Toyota was the world's third-largest car group after GM and Ford, but then the public is only a budding, far from the strong today, Toyota is now more than GM, but the public is growing equally fast, and now the world's fourth-largest auto group (after GM, Toyota, Ford), and far away from the rivals such as Honda, is now moving towards higher goals. (The mass history is not long, so the rapid development mainly benefited from the deep internal automotive industry inside Germany.) VW's scale is still behind Toyota, just because 20 years ago the starting line is not comparable to Toyota, but it's development speed is equally amazing, but most people focus on the first position, but the growth of the Volkswagen with the German car in the world-wide recognition, coupled with the implementation of cost strategy, The name of the world's biggest carmaker will continue to be easy to master!
The combination of the above aspects of the above, I think the German car is still more worthy of people's trust than the Japanese car!
German cars vs Japanese cars
