#2019 toyota corolla hatchback 0-60 | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

alicecharlotte · 2 years

Text

2023 Nissan Maxima: The Next-Gen Nissan Maxima Review

2023 Nissan Maxima You may know the Nissan Maxima as a bland sedan brand, destined to become a fleet car for rental companies or taxi services. Over the years, the car did have a few decent versions, among them the SR, which was supposed to be a sportier variant of the mediocre front-wheel-drive mid-size sedan.

To make matters worse, the Maxima dropped the manual option in 2008 and, since then, the powerful 3.5-liter V-6 has had to work with the crippled CVT unit. However, the Nissan Maxima 2023 has the potential to be an attractive proposition. This is the reason.

It was initially believed that the current eighth-generation Maxima would be discontinued sometime in the next two years. This belief was further strengthened by the decline in sales of large sedans, in response to increasing demand for crossovers and SUVs. However, the data shows that not all car owners join the SUV/crossover.

For example, 42 percent of Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruze owners do not upgrade to a high-riding vehicle. Instead, they choose another similar vehicle from another automaker, which is often a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic.

Despite the crossover/SIV craze, sedans, whether they're compact, mid-size, or full-size, still make up a sizeable percentage of the automotive market. In addition, the sedan has become more versatile than ever. So, how is the Nissan Maxima related?

Maxima hasn't been offered in Europe, for almost two decades, but this may change. Given that compact sedans have become bigger than ever, certain models have become obsolete.

For example, Toyota discontinued the Avensis, positioned above the Corolla, in favor of a smaller Corolla (not much smaller nowadays). This in turn leaves room for larger models, which is why the Toyota Camry returned to the European market in 2018, after a long absence.

This means that the 2023 Nissan Maxima could once again become a global model. Plus, the Maxima has already gone through a mid-cycle refresh, in 2019, so you can bet it'll be around for a longer time. Hopefully not as long as the GT-R and 370Z.

According to the Motor1 article, 2022 could also spawn a fully electric version of the Nissan Maxima. However, that probably won't happen until 2025, when the model is rumored to be undergoing a complete redesign.

The current generation Nissan Maxima looks a bit sportier and more distinctive than the previous generation, some of which have a very conservative styling. If the Maxima 2023 is indeed influenced by the Nissan V-Motion concept, this means a more futuristic and sporty interpretation of the current design.

The Maxima could also be a four-door coupe or liftback (hatchback) in some corners, similar to the Kia Stinger or Fastback Peugeot 508. However, this will most likely happen after 2025.

One thing is for sure, the Maxima has become a pretty fast car, even with a CVT. The 0 to 60 mph time of the current generation is 5.7 seconds and on a good day, the Maxima proves it can run with the Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R.

For the engine, the Maxima is expected to still use the 3.5-liter VQ35DE V-6 engine, which has the potential to produce a little power. A prize, the engine produces 300 horsepower and 261 pound-feet (354 Nm).

Maxima's biggest weak point is the gearbox, which is a CVT. While it's great for fuel economy, it doesn't quite match the pretensions of a sportier car.

This is the bad news. While Nissan currently has options when it comes to automatic transmission options, the 2023 model could still feature a CVT gearbox. Nissan did come with a heavy-duty toroidal CVT that has a greater torque capacity, but it might only be featured on pick-up trucks and SUVs. We still think the Maxima should have a manual option or at least a proper automatic like the Mercedes-derived nine-speed automatic.

Now, more than ever, it makes sense for the Nissan Maxima to, once again, become a global model. With Nissan's current pricing strategy, the Japanese sporty sedan has the potential to generate great value for money, not only in the North American market but globally as well.

However, the CVT had to go if the Maxima wanted to reenact its sporty character. While the Nissan Maxima 2023 is partly a mystery, we'll likely get more of the same, until a complete redesign comes out, in 2025.

#nissan #maxima

0 notes

savetopnow · 7 years

Text

2018-03-25 23 CAR now

CAR

Auto Spies

IF The All-new, Mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette Leverages The CT6 V-Sport's 550 HP V8, Will It Be The 'Vette YOU Always Wanted?

#NYIAS: Cadillac Gives Us An Early Preview Of The CT6 V-Sport — Is A 500+ HP CT6 What It Needs To WIN?

Take A Peek BEHIND The Curtain At Toyota's Calty Design Studio In This RARE Interview

#NYIAS: FIRST Real-life Pictures Of The All-new Toyota Corolla "Hatching" In The Flatiron District

AFTER The Reveal: Is The Third-gen Volkswagen Touareg A STUD or DUD?

Autoblog

Jeep Wrangler pickup expected to hit dealer showrooms April 2019

BMW follows Mercedes-Benz, pulls out of 2019 Detroit Auto Show

Hamilton scores pole for Australian Grand Prix

Dodge Challenger Hellcat driver arrested hellbound at 160 mph

Car owners in survey worry about pet safety but could do more about it

Car Throttle

Here Are The Compact, Ultra High-Tech Brakes F1 Cars Are Using In 2018

I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

A Sub-£10k Nissan 370Z Is A Japanese Oddball You'll Love

How My Caterham Race Car Reminded Me Why Driving Is Awesome

GTA Online's New Racing-Themed Event Kicks Off With Five New Cars

Electrek

Tesla’s car shipments in Norway keep being shut down for using ‘dangerous’ transporters, a truck crashed

Tesla assists in removing partially destroyed battery pack after tragic fatal crash resulted in a fire

Ancheer 250W review: Can you get a solid ebike for under $600 shipped? We tried and had a lot of fun

Electrek Podcast: Tesla Model 3 production moves forward, Porsche stays in EV news, Boring Company, and more

Elon Musk deletes Tesla’s Facebook page amid Cambridge Analytica scandal

Inside EVs

Watch Dodge Demon Melt Tires In Race Against Tesla Model S P100D

Porsche CEO – “Tesla Is Not A Benchmark For Us”

AMG Project One PHEV May Become Fastest Nurburgring Car Ever

Check Out Tesla Model S P100D Versus Mercedes AMG S63 Top Speed Run

France Installed 12,000 New Charging Points In 2017

Jalopnik

ESPN's F1 Season Opener Broadcast Was A Catastrophe

Haas F1 Messed Up Their Best Race Yet Because Of A Wheel Nut

Prepare For Spring Cleaning With This Greenworks Gold Box

No. 3 K-Pax Bentley Rides The Jalopnik Bump To A World Challenge GTA Class Win

Quick Question: Should There Be More Non-Driving-Related Foot Controls?

Motortrend

2018 Lexus NX 300 First Test: All the Small Things

Spied! Is This Test Mule a New EcoSport, Baby Ford Bronco, or Something Else?

Refreshing or Revolting: 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback

Dealers Reportedly Asking Honda for Help Selling Slow-Moving Accords

2019 Infiniti QX80 and QX60 Limited Editions Coming to New York

Reddit Cars

Tesla Model X obliterated after hitting freeway barrier

Dodge Charger Daytona and its Aerodynamics

The new Corvette ZR1 will do 0-60 in 2.85 seconds.

How do they seal Torque Converters?

Straight Piped Porsche Carrera GT on the streets of Hamburg

Sunday Times Driving

Driverless cars on UK roads this year after rules relaxed

First Drive review: 2018 Ford Mustang GT (facelift)

Buying guide: new 2018 Volkswagen Touareg

Extended test: Renault Zoe electric car

10 of the rudest numberplates spotted on Britain’s roads

The Car Connection

2018 Genesis G90

2018 Genesis G80

2018 Hyundai Accent

2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport

2018 Hyundai Ioniq

The CarGurus Blog

Top Headlines From Mar 19 – 23

£1000 Wonders: Why Cheap Doesn’t Mean Terrible

Don’t Let a Rental Car Compromise Your Privacy

Top Headlines From March 10 – 16

New to the Used Market: Volvo XC40

The Torque Report

Nissan wants to sell 1 million EVs a year, 8 new electric vehicles planned

Lincoln Continental to get suicide doors again

Jeep Wrangler pickup will arrive by April 2019

2019 Nissan Altima will be the third model to get ProPilot Assist

2019 GMC Terrain and Acadia Black Editions unveiled

The Truth About Cars

German Retreat: BMW Joins Other Automakers in Pulling Out of Detroit Auto Show

‘Limited’ to the Number It Can Sell: Infiniti Cranks up the Exclusivity of Its Two Largest Models

LIDAR Supplier Defends Hardware, Blames Uber for Fatal Crash [Updated]

Uptown Living: Mazda Dealer Council Boss Says Brand Is a ‘Strong Seven or Weak Eight’ on the Classy Scale

Auto Executives Secretly Believe Battery-electric Cars Aren’t the Future

#car

0 notes

yahoo-twautos-2020autoshow · 5 years

Text

品牌即戰力！2020台北車展CarStuff點名必看新車

Written by: 邱志翔

兩年一度2020台北車展，各家車廠精銳盡出，尤其是被視為即戰力的全新車款更是焦點，同時也是預覽明年新車佈局的最好時機，而本屆台北車展又有哪些重點新車等著上陣呢，就讓CarStuff先幫你點名吧！

Aston Martin DBX

休旅車當道，就連高端品牌也沒有例外，現在終於輪到紳士的愛牌Aston Martin，品牌首款休旅車DBX甫於11月下旬在中國北京全球首演，隨即台灣總代理永三汽車的積極爭取之下也空降2020台北車展。

Aston Martin DBX採用品牌旗下GT車型的高強度鋁合金車架結構，兼具輕量化與高剛性，總車重僅2,245KG，車身尺碼為5039x1998x1680mm，軸距為3060mm。在外型設計上揉雜品牌經典識別與創新元素，並且秉持對於達文西「黃金比例」的要求，打造出近乎完美的跑旅。車頭標誌性「DB」格柵與蚌式引擎蓋，保留Aston Martin一貫美學堅持，俐落感全橫幅尾燈設計，則來自於品牌另一當家車款Vantage。

DBX在內裝的選材上也發揮極大創意，除了以精巧的金屬、玻璃和木材為鑲嵌主調外，更選用80%純羊毛製作的特殊面料與新型亞麻複合材料飾板鑲嵌，帶來獨特別致的美感。10.25英吋全液晶中控銀幕與中控台設計完美融合，另外Apple CarPlay、360°環景攝影及64色車室氛圍燈皆為標準備配。後車廂容量為632升，後排座椅可依照40:20:40比例折疊，確保靈活的空間運用。

DBX搭載4.0升V8雙渦輪增壓引擎，是源自於與Mercedes-AMG技術合作，目前已廣泛應用於旗下車款，像是DB11與Vantage皆是以此為動力單元，擁有550 PS / 700 Nm狂暴輸出，比起DB11與Vantage設定的510 PS來的高，成為品牌性能最悍的V8引擎，0-100 km/h加速亦僅需4.5秒，極速可達291km/h。

Audi Q8

Audi旗艦運動休旅Q8於2018年中正式發表，睽違一年多之後終於在台亮相。車頭最醒目的是八邊形水箱護罩，並透過六根柱形飾條點綴，讓前視造型盡顯霸氣侵略氣息，充滿力量地勾勒出全車運動化風格，尤其於車尾更承襲1980年代經典的ur-quattro跑車的寬車體(可容納到22吋寬幅輪胎)以及傾斜C柱的設計，讓Audi Q8跳脫傳統SUV框架。

Q8的車身尺碼為4,986×1,995×1,705米以及達2995mm的軸距(比Q7的1968mm車寬與2994mm軸距略為加大)，車室空間相當寬敞。當後排座椅傾倒時，605公升行李箱容量可一舉擴充至1,755公升，兼具強大的空間機能。

車艙設計採取新世代大面積透明面板按鈕極簡化的直覺設計，Q8車室內共有3具螢幕，其一為12.3吋新一代Audi Virtual Cockpit虛擬數位座艙駕駛儀錶，並可於方向盤上切換兩種視覺模式，且具備快捷鍵可執行語音聲控、接聽電話...等多項功能，另外2具則是中控台上下10.1吋與8.6吋雙觸控螢幕，並搭載最新一代MMI系統。

Q8的動力系統將會有 3.0 升 V6 渦輪增壓動力，汽柴油都有，55TFSI 的汽油版本，最大輸出為340hp / 51kgm，而50TDI 柴油版本則為286hp / 63.2kgm，兩者皆會導入 48V 微型油電系統，當然引以為傲的quattro四驅系統也會伴隨Q8，一般的行駛狀況下提供前軸40%；後軸60%的非對稱動力分配比例，並根據不同之路況變化可在最短時間內自動將動力分配至前/後軸，同時Audi Q8標配附阻尼調整的懸吊系統，讓駕駛可依據自身的喜好的駕駛模式，而有不一樣的駕駛操控樂趣。

BMW 8-Series Gran Coupe

睽違20年之後，BMW旗艦跑車8-Series Coupe於2018年回歸，而2019年產品線再擴張推出8系列Gran Coupe美型四門轎跑。

與Coupe車型相比，8 GC的外型很明顯有很不同的尾部設計，而突顯出更寬大的後部寬車體造型。其軸距為3,023 mm比8系列雙門車型特別增加了201 mm，來創造出更寬敞的後座空間。其他部分也都有所增加，車長為5,082 mm(+231 mm)，車寬為1,932 mm(+30 mm)，車高則為1,407 mm (+61 mm)。而前輪距寬度為1,627 mm，與雙門車型相同；但1,671 mm的後輪距則是寬了28 mm，為目前BMW全車系中最寬的後輪距。

8 GC配置4+1的五人座設置，後排座椅同樣提供出色的橫向支撐以及整體式頭枕，讓後座乘客也能享有跑車殺彎的刺激感覺。後座中央有專用的中控檯區隔左右，雖然中央位置看起來不太適合成人乘坐，但還是配有完整的安全帶配置。

汎德展出的車型為M850i xDrive Gran Coupe，輕量化的的車身與強勁的4.4升TwinPower Turbo V型8汽缸引擎，使之擁有530hp / 750 Nm最大動力輸出，搭配搭載了八速Steptronic運動型自排變速箱，0-100km/h加速僅需3.9秒即可達陣，更同時配備xDrive智慧型可變四輪傳動系統與整合式主動轉向系統，使BMW M850i xDrive Gran Coupe擁有更為迷人的駕馭樂趣，重新定義豪華四門跑車級距。

Ford Explorer Interceptor Utility

福特六和早在2018年的媒體春酒上，就曾宣佈將建構更完善的SUV產品線，其中Explorer就是預計導入的主角之一，不過由於當時Explorer正值產品末期，因此這項原定計畫也就此順延，而隨著新世代Explorer於2019年初發表後，本屆台北車展這項計劃再度重啟，只不過福特六和打算先賣個關子，特別引進Explorer Interceptor Utility警車版本，但其實標準版也就是蛻下警車外衣罷了。

為了傳遞美國文化，Ford展區以代表美式精神的美國66號公路為主題，以公路大道、休息站、美式大型看板及霓虹燈元素，神重現公路城鎮的經典樣貌，並以美式鄉村酒吧概念鋪陳客戶洽談區，提供美式特色餐飲小點，打造沉浸式體驗展區，所以才會以Explorer Interceptor Utility警車版展出。

Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Utility美式特警車汲取與執法單位近 70 年的合作經驗全新開發，並為首款通過美執法單位道路追捕測試（Pursuit-Rated）的警用SUV，也是全球僅見能耐受後方達120.7 km/h（70-mph）追撞的警用SUV。

為因應美式警車值勤時期怠速閒置的狀況， Explorer Police Interceptor Utility美式特警車搭載的3.3升 V6 Hybrid油電混合動力系統，極為適合警方執法工作，車上電子配備以鋰電池模組驅動，因此不需長時間發動汽油引擎，只有在電池需要充電時才需間歇性發動，同時提升油耗表現，亦標配四輪驅動系統，在任何環境下皆能展現操控穩定性及循跡性。

Hyundai Palisada

Palisade 是取代 Santa Fe 三排規格（Maxicruz）的全新全尺寸 SUV 車款，同時也是以 HDC2 Grandmaster Concept 為藍本、針對北美市場推出的頂級 LSUV 車型。而為了大型 SUV 市場的需求，南陽實業也準備在本次車展展這款目前海外 Hyundai 品牌的旗艦車款。

Palisade 實車大量沿用 HDC-2 Grandmaster 的‘Sensuous Sportiness 設計語彙，車身尺碼也相當「巨大」，長4980mm X 寬1976mmm X 高1750mm，軸距則為 2900mm，風阻係數相當低僅有0.33Cd 而已；車頭相當的霸氣，具備大型矩陣式六角形水箱罩設計，內網採用鱗片狀並搭配鍍鉻裝飾。而前大燈組採用分離式樣 LED 設計，比起 Santa Fe 的造型更顯前衛。

內裝部分 Palisade 採用與 Santa Fe 類似的海灣造型，10.25吋觸控螢幕與12.3吋數位儀表板相當顯眼，座艙採用三排座八人設定，第二排座椅可電動調整前移/傾斜，第三排座椅同樣可以傾斜並具有動力折疊/展開功能。

動力系統上，Palisade 採用 Lambda 3.8 V6 自然進氣引擎，最大馬力 291 hp/6,000 rpm 、最大扭力為 36.2kgm/ 5,200 rpm。搭配八速自動變速箱。另外這次 Palisade 也刻意針對 HTRAC 四輪驅動系統進行強化，將 Drive mode 整合於 Multi Terrain Control 系統，擁有普通、運動、智能、沙地、泥濘與新開發的Snow模式等，搭配中央差速器鎖定，讓 Palisade 面對崎嶇路況也難不倒它。

Lexus LM300h

Lexus在今年4月上海車展發表品牌首款MPV車型LM300h，成為繼旗艦級豪華轎車LS、旗艦級豪華GT轎跑LC、全尺寸豪華SUV LX和豪華遊艇LY之後推出的第五款旗艦產品。雖然怎麼看就是Toyota Alphard的高級版，但在Lexus的日式工藝與豪奢的包裝下，儼然就是一輛陸上頭等艙，勢必能吸引不少大老闆入手，甚至能上打1A2B的旗艦代表。

LM提供四人座及七人座予買家選擇，四人座車型採用後座獨立空間設計，車室內高度達1,350mm、後座座椅中心至隔層屏風更達驚人的1,150mm，不僅如此，後座椅採用雙獨立按摩座椅，並用採用Semi-Aniline頂級真皮及記憶海綿，傲視所有同級競品。

LM在設計上非常細膩，設想買家可能的種種需求，為打造絕佳隱私空間，前座與後座間隔層導入設計靈感源自中國傳統屏風的玻璃隔屏，具備電動升降及調節透光度功能，可依需求調整後座隱密性。四人座車型還配有史無前例的26吋大螢幕，可與手機及平板連接並支援藍光播放，屏風及螢幕下方還有容量達14公升的小冰箱。從按摩椅調整、大螢幕、空調及音響系統等皆可由中央扶手上的觸控螢幕調整。聽覺上也配備Mark Levinson頂級音響系統及19支揚聲器，輔以雙層降噪玻璃，實現完美視聽覺饗宴。

台灣市場因為油耗表現因素，與中國市場採用相同的 LM300h ，與目前日本 Alphard/Vellfire Hybrid 的動力規格相同，也就是 2.5 HYBRID THSII 動力系統總成，汽油引擎最大馬力及扭力分別是152ps及206Nm，配合同步交流電動馬達，縱效馬力達到211Ps、縱效扭力 409Nm，匹配E-CVT變速箱。

Peugeot 208 & 2008

Peugeot總代理寶嘉聯合本屆台北車展上連袂發表第二世代208與2008，掀背小獅208是在2019日內瓦車展上問世，而跨界休旅2008則在6月發表，兩者採用PSA集團專用於小車的CMP平台打造，208車身尺碼來到4,055×1,745×1,430mm，軸距為2,540mm，而2008則落在4,299×1,700×1,540mm，軸距來到2600mm。

全新的 208與2008外觀都換上新世代設計，重點都是擺脫過往可愛的身型，變得更加帥氣許多，尤其車頭銳利三組 LED 大燈組搭配左右二側類似「利牙」的日行燈組，中間網格型水箱罩搭配「2008」字體，更具活力、同時也充滿殺氣。

至於內裝則是受 FRACTAL概念車的啟發，不僅導入高質感塑料與碳纖維飾版，更採用全新 PEUGEOT i-Cockpit® 三層控制台設計，導入 3D儀表板顯示。而中央車載主機部分則具備 5.7或10吋版本，可以顯示各項行車資訊、冷氣空調、音響主機、MirrorLink™，Apple CarPlay™和Android Auto™連線功能，小盤徑方向盤當然也是不可或缺的元素。

ADAS系統方面也全面補齊，包含Stop＆Go 全速域 ACC 主動巡航系統、LPA 車道保持輔助系統等，使其具備Level 2 等級的半自動駕駛功能，其他像是LKA 車道維持輔助系統、可偵測行人/自行車AEB自動煞停輔助、DAM 駕駛人注意力監控系統、AHB 自動大燈調整系統、TSR 交通標誌識別、BSM盲點偵測與 EBD 電子手煞車等都名列其中。

動力系統上，汽油引擎為1.2 三缸渦輪增壓汽油引擎，具備PureTech 75、PureTech 100 與 PureTech 130 三種規格（最大馬力 75ps、100ps 與 130ps）；柴油引擎則為 1.5 四缸柴油引擎BlueHDi 100 ，最大馬力 100ps；變速箱部分除了五速手排、六速手排以外，還具備全新的八速手自排系統。

Porsche 935

台灣保時捷這次特別展出全球限量77台的Porsche 935複刻經典賽車，這部賽車以991.2世代911 GT2 RS高性能跑車為基礎打造，足以應付Clubsport的賽車聚會以及個人賽訓的需求。承襲上一代車型戰功彪炳的歷史紀錄，絕大部分車體以碳纖維複合材料(CFRP)打造。加上車尾延伸的流線設計，使得Porsche 935總長來到4.87m，車寬達2.03m的水準。

優異的空氣動力工程，不只是項嶄新的技術，同時也是向當年利曼大賽上的 Porsche 935/78跑車致敬，而粉絲也以文學名著中「白鯨記」裡的大白鯨莫比迪克(Moby Dick)來戲稱這台有著流利的線條，大型整流罩，白色基底塗裝的跑車。獨特的前輪拱更整合了與911 GT3相同的整流罩以增加前軸的下壓力，而1,909mm寬，縱深達400mm的後尾翼也為車子提供絕佳的空力平衡。

外觀設計部分展現了向Porsche歷史上的經典桂冠車款的致敬：與935/78採用相同的空力輪圈蓋，整合後尾翼尖端的LED煞車燈則源自LMP1 組別賽車的919 Hybrid。後照鏡則是向現任利曼大賽冠軍的911 RSR的造型致敬，排氣管配置與1968年Porsche 908相同的外露式鈦合金排氣管。

駕駛艙內部也運用同樣設計理念：車內排檔頭以層壓木材打造來紀念傳奇車款，如：917、909 Bergspyder以及Carrera GT超跑。碳纖維方向盤及其後的彩色螢幕儀錶板則取至2019年推出的911 GT3 R車款。大型的防滾籠結合賽車桶型座椅以及六點式賽車安全帶以確保最佳安全性，副駕駛座可列為額外的選配項目，空調則能提供內部最理想的空氣循環品質。新款935搭載先進的3.8水平對臥六缸雙渦輪增壓引擎，以當前可於道路合法行駛的911 GT2 RS所搭載的引擎為基礎打造，最大輸出來到700hp。

Skoda Scala

因為WLTP的關係，Skoda Taiwan原定今年抵台的全新掀背車款Scala被迫順延至2020台北車展才亮相，未來也將取代Rapid / Rapid Spaceback 車型。

Scala是Skoda第一款基於福斯集團MQB-A0平台打造的新車，尺碼為長4362mm X 寬1793mm X 高1471mm、軸距2649 mm，比起現行Rapid Spaceback更長、更寬、更高，空間表現甚至相當接近Octavia，因為其後座膝部空間與Octavia相同都是73mm，後座臂展長度為1,425mm，與Octavia的1,449mm相去不遠，而後座頭部982mm小勝Octavia 2mm，至於Scala的行李廂空間為467L，將後排座椅放倒後可擴大至1,410L。

內裝設計也跟進數位化趨勢，可以選配10.25 吋數位駕駛儀錶板以外，並提供6.5吋 / 8吋 / 9.2吋中央觸控螢幕的選配，並提供相當全面的主被動安全系統。

動力部分，目前在歐洲市場提供3汽1柴的組合，汽油引擎方面包含95 ps及115 ps兩種輸出的1.0 TSI渦輪增壓引擎，旗艦動力則是150 ps的1.5 TSI渦輪增壓引擎；柴油部分則是1.6 TDI，具備115 ps / 25.5kgm最大動力輸出。台灣未來引進的規格應該會以汽油為主，將會預計在2020年農曆年過後在台正式發表時，就會揭曉。

Toyota Corolla Touring Sports

Toyota 近年來對於推展新客群相當積極，尤其時常會在車展上導入新車型進行市調，像是 Sienta、iQ 等車型都曾經空運來台過。而這次台北車展上和泰汽車也從歐洲空運一款全新世代的 Corolla Touring Sports 旅行車，將作為未來是否導入台灣市場的依據。

Toyota Corolla Touring Sports 全車造型與 Hatchback 版本一模一樣，差異較大的當然就是B柱後的造型以及行李箱空間，無論是使用機能或是空間都比 Hatchback 車型放大不少，這都有賴軸距比起掀背車型長60mm（2640mm）來到2700mm，以及標準598公升裝載空間，如此一來也能解決掀背車型被人詬病的後座空間狹小問題。

動力系統目前空運來台的規格還不確定，但如果依照歐洲市場編成來看，會有現行 1.2升直列四缸渦輪增壓引擎（最大馬力116匹馬力）以及 C-HR 車上的 1.8 直列四缸+電動馬達所組成的混合動力系統（綜效馬力122匹馬力），以及全新的 2.0 Dynamic Force Engine 所結合的新型混合動力系統（綜效馬力180匹馬力）。變速箱部分則導入 Direct Shift-CVT 與新的六速手排系統。

底盤部分全新的 GA-C 平台受惠於引擎安裝高度低、座椅臀部拉低以及放置於後排座椅下方的鎳氫電池組設定，不管是掀背車或是旅行車的車身重心都降低10mm，同時車身鋼性比起 Auris Touring Sports 強上60%。加上採用前麥花臣、後多連桿懸吊系統，以及刻意針對旅行車配重重新設定的運動化避震器也是與掀背車型不同的地方；高階運動版本更導入 AVS 可變阻尼懸吊系統，讓 Corolla Touring Sports 的操控性往上提升。

【延伸閱讀】

👉更多2020世界新車大展報導

文章來源：CarStuff 人車事

#2020台北車展

0 notes

viplease · 5 years

Text

A Detailed Review On The 2020 Mazda 3

The Mazda 3 has been a very nice choice for a compact car; for starters, this elegant sedan and unique hatchback body style is considerably more stylish than expected for this segment. The 2020 Mazda 3 is an upgrade to the previous 2019 model; the 2020 model came with a great improvement in body structure, technology and overall fuel consumption, unlike its predecessor. The Mazda Lease Deals NYC has had enough reviews compared to other car models sedan in its range; We are going to be looking at the newest improvements on the 2020 Mazda 3 models, which weren’t available in its 2019 predecessor.

What’s new for 2020?

After it was completely redesigned last year, the updates for the 2020 model are set in place. The first notable difference is that the base trim level now comes standard with the Mazda i-Activsense suite of accident avoidance technology and also driver aids that continue to be standard on every other trim level, unlike the 2019 model.

The interior and in-car technology

The interior will make you go, “wow.” Comparing the interior to a Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic, which is no doubt quite nice, portrays the feeling like they should cost substantially less, especially when comparing the top trim levels. However, whatever trim level of 3 you’re considering, the key to the surprising feeling is how Mazda’s design removes visual clutter by reducing switchgear and effectively hiding the air vents and door handles. It just looks amazing.

Power train

All the Mazda3 models have the same engine: it’s usually a 2.5-liter, naturally aspirated I4, part of Mazda’s “Sky-activ-G” family of gasoline power-plants. This engine is capable of producing 186 horsepower and 186 pound-feet of torque, and depending on the model, it can be mated to either a six-speed automatic or six-speed manual transmission.

Interior

The Mazda 3’s interior doesn’t have much change for the 2020 model; this is because the interiors of the Mazda 3 models were fully updated in the 2019 model. Both leather and cloth seating options are offered in a variety of colors. The model standard interior amenities include an electronic parking brake, push-button start, 60/40 split rear seats, two USB ports, an eight-speaker sound system and air conditioning. The optional interior features include dual-zone automatic climate control, a power moon-roof, heated seats and power seats.

Pricing

Due to the new safety equipment, the 2020 Mazda 3 sedan’s starting price was increased by $500 over the 2019 model, to $22,420, including $920 for the destination fee. If in the case you prefer the all-wheel drive, be prepared to pay at least $25,020. Note that the sedan models are only available with the six-speed automatic transmission.

In conclusion, the 2020 Mazda 3 model focuses on great driving dynamics. Mazda’s 3 models have long held a place in the hearts of many car enthusiasts. Taking a look at its standout design, it will certainly make a statement on the road. If the brand new is too costly for you, worry not because the Mazda 3 Lease NYC has it at an affordable lease deal.

The post A Detailed Review On The 2020 Mazda 3 appeared first on VIP Auto Lease: Best 0 Down Deals NYC.

from VIP Auto Lease: Best 0 Down Deals NYC https://viplease.com/a-detailed-review-on-the-2020-mazda-3/

0 notes

componentplanet · 5 years

Text

2020 Nissan Versa Review: Safer, Smoother, Still-Affordable Small Sedan

The 2020 Nissan Versa has more safety features, a better ride, and 40 mpg highway fuel efficiency in the just-shipped third generation of this subcompact sedan. The Versa feels more substantial and polished. It’s adequate on the interstate. The car has been lowered, widened, and lengthened, which makes it look sleeker (think baby Altima) at the expense of rear-seat room. The trunk, however, is huge. Nissan is banking on the apparent trend of millennials away from what their parents drove, meaning SUVs, toward sedans.

The changes make the 2020 Versa a reasonable contender. It’s no longer just a car shopped on price against subcompacts from Chevrolet, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, and Toyota. Only the Versa sedan continues for 2020; the hatchback Versa Note goes away. If you want a Versa hatchback / SUV, it’s called the Nissan Kicks and is about $2,500 more, comparably equipped.

On the Road With the Nissan Versa

I spent a week with the Versa recently: a day in crowded Manhattan, a weekend tailgating and foliage-watching in New York State’s Finger Lakes, and several days driving suburban New York-New Jersey. The Versa is easy to park in the big city and would be better still if it had Nissan’s highly regarded Around View system of exterior cameras with a 360-degree birds-eye view. (Maybe in a year, Nissan hints.) The car is most at home on local roads. But once you get it up to highway speed, it’s a fairly quiet ride with great seats that Nissan dubs Zero Gravity. As with any small car, the short wheelbase (103 inches on a 175-inch car) means highway expansion strips are more noticeable. The driver assists (below) make highway driving a bit more effortless.

The 1.6-liter front-drive engine and continuously variable transmission are willing but engineered to return high mpg over tire-smoking performance. I clicked off 0-60 mph times of 9-10 seconds. Stomp the throttle hard and there was a bit of turbo-lag sensation — a second or two of hesitant progress while the engine room spooled up to full power — in a car that has no turbocharger. But 18-wheelers that take 25 to 100 seconds to reach 60 mph get onto highways safely every day.

Nissan rates the “Xtronic” Versa CVT at 32 mpg city, 40 mpg highway, 35 mpg combined. Driving 300 miles of interstate and 50 miles of 55 mph rural highway, I came out very close to that 40 mpg. When I ran 10- to 20-mile legs on more-or-less flat interstate road at 60-65 mph, I got closer to 45 mpg. This is a new 1.6-liter, 16-valve engine with 122 hp (12 percent more than the old Versa) and 114 pound-feet of torque (a 7 percent increase) that doesn’t peak until 4,000 rpm, which may account for the initial slow liftoff.

Those grandly named Zero Gravity seats are comfortable. They’d be a little better with adjustable lumbar support. The driver’s left leg is pushed back a bit by the wheel arch and you notice it on longer runs.

A 7-inch LCD in the instrument panel provides infotainment, phone, trip and safety alerts. Here, it shows the car is on or near the right lane marking. The triangle adjacent lights up when there’s a car in your blind spot and you flick the turn signal.

Nissan Versa Trim Lines

The 2020 Nissan Versa has one engine, one transmission (two on the cheapest model), one body style (sedan; no hatchback), and three trim lines, or model variants. All models are front-drive only, no sunroof. Normally the cheapest trim line accounts for a small fraction of sales. Here, the top seller is the base trim, says Jordan Savage, a senior planner for Nissan. Pay attention to what you do and don’t get on the base trim line, especially if you’re buying for a newer or younger driver who would benefit from the safety assists while they’re building skills and — sadly — convinced they can text and nothing will happen.

Nissan Versa S, $17,295 including $895 shipping. Every Versa including the S gets a 7-inch center console touchscreen LCD, three USB ports, four audio speakers, Bluetooth audio, push-button start, and hill start assist. The S has 15-inch steel wheels and 185/65R15 all-season tires. There is Siri Eyes Free and Google Assistant Voice Recognition.

With the Versa S entry model (only), there’s an even less expensive five-speed manual transmission version available for just $14,730 — “look, a Versa under $15,000″— plus $895 shipping, or $15,625 – $1,670 less than the CVT equivalent model. But fuel economy is less: 27/35/30.

With either transmission, Versa S safety features include pedestrian detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, rear automatic braking, and auto high beams. Lane departure warning warns but does not pull the car back if you cross a lane marker, nor does it self-center.

The 2020 Nissan Versa SV, the middle grade, with its contrasting seats. All trim lines have fabric seats.

Versa SV, $18,535.The SV adds steering wheel controls, voice recognition, NissanConnect telematics with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, satellite radio, a driver (only) armrest, heated side mirrors, and 16-inch aluminum wheels with 205/55R16 all-season tires.

Additional safety features are blind-spot detection and rear cross-traffic alert (Nissan calls it Safety Shield 360), a drowsy driver alert, and a rear door alert that warns you to check for kids and pets when you get out.

Versa SR 1.6 Xtronic $19,135 / $19,435 with Convenience Package. The SR adds remote engine start, automatic climate control, nicer seat fabric, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shifter, six-speaker audio, and 17-inch alloys with 205/50R17 all-season tires. Also, the parking brake button is now chrome.

Additional SR safety features are LED low and high beam headlamps and LED fog lights. The SR Convenience Package is a must-have at $300: full-range adaptive cruise control and heated front seats. The ACC goes down to 0 mph and back to speed, but after 3-5 seconds at a traffic light, it disengages the brake beeps and creeps forward. ProPilot Assist, Nissan’s Level 2 autonomous system, is not on the Versa.

The 2020 Nissan Versa is more attractive with its lower roofline and less chunky silhouette.

Should You Buy?

The Versa has always been one of the most affordable new cars offered in recent years. Now it has a wide advantage in safety features over the key competition, especially Kia and Hyundai. The interior is much nicer than before and driving dynamics are vastly improved. Rear seat legroom drops 6 inches, from fantastic-for-a-small-car to competitive. Through three quarters of 2019, Versa sales in the US were about 57,000, best among subcompact sedans. (Two subcompact crossover/hatchback semi-competitors, Kia Soul and Honda HR-V, sold better.)

Subcompacts, those under 170 to 175 inches long, are a relatively small market because compact cars (Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Nissan Sentra) start just a couple thousand dollars more. Some subcompacts are hatchback-only or have hatchback and sedan variants, so total US sales for subcompact sedans may be a quarter-million this year. The Toyota Yaris, a rebadged Mazda2 (that is no longer sold in the US) is the best-handling small car. The Hyundai Accent, Kia Rio, and Chevrolet Sonic are also good vehicles. So is the Honda Fit, late in its model life; the next-generation Fit launches soon but it may not come to the US, in part because the similar Honda HR-V small SUV outsells the Fit 2-1. Other subcompacts include the Mitsubishi Mirage, Volkswagen Beetle and Golf, Fiat 500 / 500L, and Chevrolet Spark.

If you’re buying for safety and you’re shopping the Versa, bypass the Versa S for the SV, which is $1,670 extra. And if safety is your top concern, then the right choice is the Versa SR with the adaptive cruise control package. Look at Nissan Kicks as well. It does not look anything like the SUVs the parents drove you around in. Either Versa or Kicks is a good deal.

Now read:

2018 Nissan Kicks Car Review: Affordable Subcompact SUV for 4 Adults

Review: Standout 2020 Toyota Corolla Adds Safety, Performance, Hybrid

2020 Subaru Forester Review: The Safety-First, Can’t-Go-Wrong-Buying-One Compact SUV

from ExtremeTechExtremeTech https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/299648-2020-nissan-versa-review-safer-smoother-still-affordable-small-sedan from Blogger http://componentplanet.blogspot.com/2019/10/2020-nissan-versa-review-safer-smoother.html

#2020 Nissan Versa Review: Safer #Smoother #Still-Affordable Small Sedan

0 notes

muaxegiabeo · 5 years

Text

Honda Civic 2019

Honda Civic 2019 thuộc phân khúc sedan hạng C vừa được ra mắt cách đây không. Cái tên sáng giá dành cho những ai chuộng diện mạo thể thao và trải nghiệm tốc độ. Điều mà Mazda 3 hay Toyota Corolla Altis không đủ khả năng vượt mặt Civic.

Giới thiệu chung về dòng xe Civic

Civic được ra mắt thị trường Việt Nam lần đầu tiên vào tháng 12/2006. Mẫu sedan hạng C đã nhanh chóng nhận được phản hồi tích cực từ khách hàng trong nước. Đó là lý do mà trong năm 2007 và 2008, Honda Civic lọt top 10 mẫu xe bán chạy nhất năm, chỉ đứng sau duy nhất ông hoàng Toyota Innova.

Thế hệ Civic thứ 7, với thiết kế lịch lãm, nhiều trang bị tiện nghi và cảm giác lái tốt đã tiếp tục nhận được không ít lời khen ngợi.

Honda Civic 2019 màu đỏ đô rực rỡ

Với đời 2019, Honda đã bổ sung thêm cá tính vào trải nghiệm lái. Bạn sẽ cảm nhận được những gì chưa từng có ở hầu hết các mẫu xe compact. Ngoài ra, Honda Civic 2019 còn xuất hiện thêm bộ an toàn Honda Sensing dành cho tất cả phiên bản.

Biến thể sedan và coupe cũng có thêm bản Sport ở sau LX tiêu chuẩn và EX. Những đối thủ cạnh tranh trực tiếp với Civic tại thị trường trong nước phải kể đến Mazda 3, Kia Cerato, Hyundai Elantra…

Hiện tại, Honda Civic là mẫu xe nhập khẩu duy nhất trong phân khúc, có 3 phiên bản chính. Các phiên bản Honda Civic 2019 gồm có:

Honda Civic 1.8E CVT

Civic 1.8E CVT rất phù hợp với những người cầm tìm kiếm chiếc xe trẻ trung, diện mạo khác biệt, giá tốt. Và không quá đề cao yếu tố trang bị tiện nghi nội thất. Phiên bản tiêu chuẩn với những tính năng cơ bản là đèn Halogen, ghế bọc nỉ, hệ thống âm thanh 4 loa, 2 túi khí.

Civic 1.8G CVT

Mẫu xe là sự lựa chọn lý tưởng dành cho gia đình. Hoặc những người đòi hỏi cao về công nghệ an toàn, cũng như nội thất bên trong. Hơn hẳn những trang bị trên bản Honda Civic 1.8E, 1.8G, mang trong mình nhiều trang bị cao cấp. Đèn pha Led, lẫy chuyển số, ghế da, hỗ trợ kết nối wifi

Honda Civic 1.5 RS

Đây cũng là mẫu sedan duy nhất trong gia đình Honda có được khối động cơ tăng áp, đem đến khả năng vận hành mạnh mẽ vượt trội. Dành cho những vị khách yêu cầu cao về cảm giác lái. Bên cạnh đó, diện mạo của bản Honda Civic RS nổi bật với cánh lướt gió, lưới tản nhiệt sơn đen. Xe còn được trang bị 6 túi khí, bảo vệ hành khách tối ưu.

Giá xe Honda Civic 2019

Phiên bản Giá bán – Civic 1.8 E 763.000.000 VNĐ – Civic 1.5 G 831.000.000 VNĐ – Civic 1.5 L 903.000.000 VNĐ

So sánh giá Honda Civic với 3 dòng xe lắp ráp trong nước là Mazda 3, KIA Cerato, Hyundai Elantra, Civic có giá cao hơn từ 100 – 150 triệu đồng.

Giá Honda Civic lăn bánh (triệu VNĐ)

– Hà Nội 838 906 1.063 – TPHCM 815 881 1.035 – Tỉnh 805 871 1.025

Bảng giá xe Civic lăn bánh

Bảng giá xe Honda Civic trên chưa bao gồm ưu đãi giảm giá. Quý khách liên hệ trực tiếp với đại lý để cập nhập mức giá chính xác nhất tại thời điểm. Lưu ý, riêng giá Honda Civic màu trắng đắt hơn 5 triệu so với các bản còn lại.

Màu xe Civic mà bạn nên quan tâm

Đánh giá chi tiết xe Civic phiên bản 2019

Ngoại thất Honda Civic

Civic 2019 kiểu dáng sedan được khách hàng yêu thích nhất, mặc dù nếu nhìn sơ qua sẽ khá dễ nhầm với hatchback. Quan sát kỹ, bạn sẽ thấy phần thân xe thanh mảnh và sang trọng, mang hơi hướng của Audi A7.

Ngoại thất Honda Civic đậm chất thể thao, cá tính

Nhìn chung, ngoại thất không có nhiều sự thay đổi, Honda chỉ có một vài cải tiến một số chi tiết, mang lại hơi thở mới cho Civic.

Thiết kế thể thao, phá cách

Lột xác hoàn toàn, khác hẳn với thiết kế thuần sedan tương tự các đối thủ. Xe Honda Civic khoác lên mình phong cách fastback độc đáo. Phần đầu xe hạ thấp, trần xe vuốt dốc xuống đuôi. Thân xe với nhiều đường gân dập nổi dứt khoát. Diện mạo của Civic thế hệ mới vô cùng thu hút, nhất là trước khách hàng nam tính.

Kích thước

Kích thước tổng thể của ô tô Honda Civic lần lượt Dài x Rộng x Cao là 4.630 x 1.799 x 1.416 (mm), chiều dài cơ sở 2.700 (mm) và bán kính vòng quay tối thiểu 5,30 (m). Các thông số gần như tương đồng với Mazda 3 và Altis.

Hơn nữa, với ưu thế khoảng sáng gầm xe ở mức 133mm. Tối ưu hóa tính khí động học, xe cũng vận hành ổn định và chắc chắn hơn.

Đầu xe

Điểm ấn tượng đầu tiên khi chiêm ngưỡng đầu xe Civic 2019, chính là sự cải tiến, thay đường viền chrome bằng màu đen bóng vô cùng sang trọng. Honda cũng đã tái thiết kế đầu xe Honda Civic coupe, với phần cánh trên màu đen piano, cảm trước và lưới tản nhiệt được đặt ở vị trí thấp hơn. Đèn pha cũng được đổi mới, tùy chọn giữa halogen và đèn LED.

Đầu xe Honda Civic 2019

Cả ba phiên bản xe Civic đều tích hợp đèn LED ban ngày, đèn sương mù halogen, đèn hậu LED. Gương chiếu hậu có chức năng gập/chỉnh điện, đèn báo rẽ.

Riêng 2 phiên bản 1.5 G và 1.5 L trang bị đèn pha LED, cảm biến ánh sáng tự động bật/tắt và điều chỉnh góc chiếu, mâm xe 17-inch. Còn Civic 1.8 L chỉ là bóng halogen dạng projector và kích thước mâm 16-inch.

Thân xe

Civic Coupe được biết đến với vẻ ngoài thời thượng, với đường nét nổi bật chạy dọc thân. Kết hợp với những đường gân in chìm sắc nét. Mũi xe có phần hơi chốc về phía trước, đuôi xe lại chếch lên cao theo hướng lướt gió cuốn hút. Đánh giá Honda Civic Si, chỉ coupe và sedan có chút khác biệt với bánh xe thể thao hơn.

Đuôi xe

Mặc dù biến thế sedan mang dáng dấp của Audi A7, nhưng phần đuôi xe có sự khác biệt. Audi A7 mang kiểu dáng hatchback, thì Civic vẫn là kiểu đuôi xe truyền thống, được thiết kế cầu kỳ không kém. Trong hình dáng chữ C gấp khúc quay mặt vào nhau, xe hơi Honda Civic tạo cảm giác đuôi xe trở nên dữ tợn và rất cá tính mà xe hướng đến.

Đuôi xe Honda Civic 2019

Dưới khu vực biển số là bộ khuếch tán màu đen kiểu lưới tô. Điểm nhấn tiếp theo trên hốc hút gió kiểu đa giác, đầu nhọn hướng ra ngoài trông cực ngầu. Đồng thời, được tích hợp đèn sương mù Halogen hoặc LED tùy phiên bản.

Cốp xe

Cốp xe Civic nhăn nhúm, nhiều nếp gấp. Với thiết kế kiểu mở rộng về hai phía, gợi cảm giác rộng hơn. Cản sau nhô cao, màu tương phản với màu thân xe. Hốc hút gió phía sau được ốp nhựa đen, tích hợp đèn phản quang. Tạo hiệu ứng rất đẹp mắt khi chạy xe vào trời tối.

Tổng thể hình dáng của Civic chắc chắn sẽ không làm bất kỳ khách hàng trẻ tuổi nào thất vọng, với sự đột phá, khác biệt hoàn toàn.

Nội thất trong xe Honda Civic

Mặc dù kích thước chiều dài xe ô tô Civic khiêm tốn, nhưng với trục cơ sở dài đến 2700 mm. Do đó, Honda Civic mới vẫn có khoang cabi rộng rãi đến ngạc nhiên. Đáp ứng chỗ ngồi thoáng đãng cho các hành khách, trang bị tiện nghi nội thất đủ dùng.

Ghế ngồi

5 vị trí chỗ ngồi tone màu đen được bọc chất liệu nỉ hoặc. Riêng bản Honda Civic 2019 RS nổi bật với đường chỉ khâu màu đỏ tương phản.

Ghế ngồi tone huyền bí trên Honda Civic 2019

Ghế lái có tính năng chỉnh điện 8 hướng thay vì chỉ chỉnh tay như ở thế hệ cũ xe Honda Civic 2015. Hàng ghế trước có tựa lưng lớn ôm sát người ngồi. Phần đệm ngồi vừa vặn với khổ người châu Á trung bình.

Mặc dù cả 3 phiên bản đều có chiều dài cơ sở như nhau. Nhưng mẫu sedan vẫn có không gian chân 949 mm, rộng rãi hơn so với 914 mm ở 2 bản còn lại là hatchback và coupe.

Không chỉ khoảng để chân, mà khoảng không trên trần cũng rất thoải mái cho vóc dáng người 1m75. Kể cả khi trần xe ô tô Civic đã được vuốt thấp, hành khách ghế giữa cũng không quá chật chội. Với trang bị tựa đầu và không bị phần hốc gió chắn chân quá nhiều.

Bảng táp-lô

Táp lô trên Honda Civic 2019 mới sử dụng chất liệu da và nhựa cao cấp, dồn tập trung về hướng người lái. Cụm điều khiển trung tâm vẫn là trang bị một màn hình giải trí, hệ thống điều hòa nối liền với cụm cần số. Và không thể thiếu bệ tỳ tay trung tâm.

Vô lăng

Phiên bản xe Honda Civic 1.5L VTEC Turbo sử dụng vô-lăng ba chấu bọc da, tích hợp lẫy chuyển số phía sau. Vô lăng được tích hợp nút bấm gồm điều chỉnh âm thanh, đàm thoại rảnh tay, ga tự động Cruise Control cho cả 3 mẫu xe.

Honda Civic 2019 1.5L và 1.5G cấp cao còn có thêm nút quay số bằng giọng nói hiện đại. Về phần đồng hồ hiển thị là dạng digital thay thế cho kiểu analog truyền thống như bản tiêu chuẩn 1.8E.

Tiện nghi giải trí

Hệ thống giải trí trên Civic 1.5L và 1.5 G VTEC Turbo hoàn toàn đáp ứng tốt nhu cầu sử dụng của khách hàng. Bao gồm 1 màn hình 7-inch đa chức năng, giao diện sắc nét, dễ nhìn, dễ làm quen và sử dụng.

Tiện nghi giải trí trên Honda Civic 2019

Cùng với các kết nối USB/Bluetooth/HDMI/Wifi/Radio, âm thanh 8 loa, trả lời điện thoại rảnh tay, nhắn tin, ra lệnh bằng giọng nói, bản đồ dẫn đường. So sánh với đối thủ Mazda 3 hay Toyota Altis, tiện nghi trên Honda Civic Turbo có phần nhỉnh hơn.

Bản thấp nhất 1.8 EC chỉ dùng màn 5-inch. Do đó sẽ bị hạn chế một số tính năng như kết nối điện thoại thông minh, quay số bằng giọng nói, bản đồ và không cả kết nối Wifi. Ngoài ra, hệ thống âm thanh cũng chỉ 4 loa, lược bỏ cửa sổ trời để hạ giá thành xe.

Có thể thấy, Honda đã bổ sung nhiều trang bị công nghệ mới phù hợp với phần đông khách hàng trẻ tuổi. Nhất là với hỗ trợ kết nối Wifi và lướt web ngay trong xe thông qua Smartphone vô cùng tiện lợi.

Hãng cũng đã khắc phục nhược điểm trên Honda Jazz, Honda City. Civic thế hệ mới có khả năng làm lạnh nhanh và sâu hơn. Với hệ thống điều hòa tự động 1 vùng hoặc 2 vùng tuỳ biến thể.

Cửa gió điều hoà cho hàng ghế sau, điều chỉnh bằng cảm ứng trên mẫu oto Civic 1.5L và 1.5G. Nút bấm khởi động, tính năng giữ phanh tạm thời Brake Hold, cùng các hộc để đồ bố trí khắp cabin, tạo sự thuận lợi tối đa cho hành khách trên xe.

Hàng ghế sau gập 60:40 có thể mở rộng khoang chứa đồ khi cần thiết. Chiếc Civic sedan cỡ vừa sở hữu dung tích khoang hành lý 427 lít. Phiên bản Hatchback thấp hơn nhưng rộng hơn với 727 lít tiêu chuẩn. Khi gập lại, tổng thể tích lên tới 1.308 lít.

Bởi thiết kế cửa sổ sau đổ dốc xuống góp phần giảm không gian so với chiếc crossover SUV. Tuy nhiên, nó vẫn đủ chỗ để một chiếc xe đạp nếu bỏ bánh dự phòng. Riêng với bản coupe, để đổi lấy kiểu dáng thần thánh của mình, thể tích khoang hành lý khiêm tốn chỉ với 339 lít.

Động cơ – An toàn

Động cơ

Khối động cơ xăng 1.8L SOHC i-VTEC, 4 xi lanh thẳng hàng, 16 van dành cho 2 phiên bản 1.8E và 1.8G. Sản sinh công suất 139 mã lực, mô men xoắn 174 Nm. Xe có thể tăng tốc từ 0-100 km/h chỉ trong 9.8-10 giây.

Riêng phiên bản thể thao RS được trang bị động cơ tăng áp 1.5L DOHC VTEC Turbo, 4 xi lanh thẳng hàng, 16 van. Sản sinh công suất tối đa 170 mã lực, mô men xoắn cực đại 220 Nm. Chỉ cần 8.3 giây để xe tăng tốc từ 0-100 km/h. Người dùng có thể cảm nhận sự mạnh mẽ của động cơ tăng áp, cùng uy lực gầm rú của ca cặp ống xả, với cấu hình trên.

Tất cả phiên bản oto Honda Civic đều sử dụng hộp số CVT. Hỗ trợ quá trình sang số nhanh, mượt mà, đi kèm hệ dẫn động cầu trước.

Ngoài ra, xe Honda Civic 2019 sử dụng hệ thống treo trước/ sau độc lập kiểu MacPherson -liên kết đa điểm. Mang đến hiệu quả giảm xóc tối ưu. Kết hợp với bộ lốp 215-55R16, tăng cường độ êm ái. Giúp hành trình trải nghiệm trên Civic trọn vẹn, không bị gián đoạn bởi những ổ gà, ổ chuột gồ ghề trên đường.

Riêng bản hiệu năng cao RS được Honda ưu ái, có bộ lốp mỏng 235/40ZR18 kết hợp cùng gầm thấp 133 mm, cho khả năng bám đường rất tốt.

Về hệ thống phanh, tất cả phiên bản đều có trang bị tiêu chuẩn phanh trước/sau đĩa tản nhiệt/đĩa. Cảm giác lái trên Civic cũng sẽ được cải thiện, có cảm giác thật hơn nhờ tay lái trợ lực lái điện thích ứng nhanh với chuyển động (MA-EPS).

Vô lăng sẽ nặng hơn khi chạy xe tốc độ cao. Còn khi di chuyển trên phố, vô lăng sẽ nhẹ đi, dễ dàng đánh lái, xe luồn lách thuận tiện trên đường chật hẹp.

Động cơ 4 xi lanh của Civic tuy đắt nhưng sắt ra miếng, nó mạnh mẽ hơn. Cân bằng gần như hoàn hảo giữa sự thoải mái và thú vị, trong bất kỳ điều kiện lái xe nào, thật sự là một lựa chọn đáng giá.

Chất lượng hành trình của Civic ở mức vừa phải, nhanh nhẹn, trọng lượng phân phối tốt và vô-lăng đầy cảm giác. Với những người ưa thích phong cách thể thao hơn, thì nên tham khảo bản hatchback Sport và Sport Touring.

Tiêu hao nhiên liệu

Hệ thống lái trên Civic thế hệ mới bổ sung thêm chế lộ ECON, kèm chức năng hướng dẫn lái xe tiết kiệm ECO Coaching cho tài xế. Mức tiêu hao trong điều kiện đường hỗn hợp – đô thị – đường trường lần lượt là 5,8 – 8,0 – 4,6 lít/100 km.

Tính năng an toàn

Hệ thống an toàn được trang bị cho Civic Facelift xếp hàng đầu phân khúc, chắc chắn sẽ khiến nhiều đối thủ phải dè chừng.

Cảm biến Honda Sensing trên Civic

Honda đã tích hợp hàng tá những công nghệ hiện đại trên mẫu xe này. Phải kể đến tính năng cảm biến Honda Sensing, hệ thống điều khiển hành trình thích ứng, hệ thống hỗ trợ đi đúng làn đường, hệ thống cảnh báo vượt, cảnh báo đi chệch làn đường, cân bằng điện tử.

Chưa dừng lại ở đó, Civic mới còn có chống bó cứng phanh ABS, phân phối lực phanh điện tử EBD, tín hiệu dừng khẩn cấp mới, camera lùi. Trang bị từ 4-6 túi khí, phanh giảm thiểu va chạm CMBS, cảnh báo va chạm.

Với 3 phiên bản với 3 mức giá khác nhau, đáp ứng nhu cầu đa dạng của người dùng. Xứng đáng đứng đầu phân khúc với trải nghiệm thể thao tuyệt vời.

Thông số kỹ thuật tiêu biểu 4 phiên bản Civic mới

Civic RS Civic 1.5L VTEC Turbo Civic 1.8 AT Civic 2.0 AT Công suất cực đại Công suất cực đại 170.00 mã lực , tại 5500.00 vòng/phút Công suất cực đại 139.00 mã lực , tại 6500.00 vòng/phút Công suất cực đại 152.00 mã lực , tại 6500.00 vòng/phút Momen xoắn cực đại Momen xoắn cực đại 220.00 Nm , tại 1.700 – 5.500 vòng/phút Momen xoắn cực đại 174.00 Nm , tại 4300 vòng/phút Momen xoắn cực đại 190.00 Nm , tại 4300 vòng/phút Hộp số Hộp số Hộp số 5.00 cấp Hộp số 5.00 cấp Mức tiêu hao nhiên liệu 0.00l/100km Mức tiêu hao nhiên liệu 5.80l/100km Mức tiêu hao nhiên liệu 6.70l/100km Mức tiêu hao nhiên liệu 7.50l/100km Điều hòa Điều hòa Tự động hai vùng Điều hòa chỉnh cơ vùng Điều hòa tự động vùng

Bảng thông số kỹ thuật của Honda Civic

Nhìn chung, phân khúc xe ô tô hạng C cũng “tưng bừng” không kém phân khúc ô tô hạng B. Mỗi chiến binh đều sở hữu cho mình thế mạnh riêng, để tbu hút kha hs hàng và cạnh tranh trên chặng đua doanh số.

Nếu Kia Cerato (K3) đứng số 1 về mức giá hấp dẫn, Mazda thiên về thiết kế, Toyota Corolla Altis thì đứng hạng nhất về sự lựa chọn an toàn – bền bỉ. Vậy có nên mua Honda Civic?

Thực tế, doanh số của Civic không so bì được với các đối thủ lão tướng kể trên. Có thể thấy, Civic không phải một mẫu xe mang tính đại chúng cao. Chính kiểu dáng “chất” khiến nó trở nên kén khách.

Tuy nhiên nếu ai đã phải lòng Civic thì khó thể dứt được. Cảm giác cầm lái độc nhất vô nhị, gần như không có đối thủ. Đối tượng mà Civic hướng đến là khách hàng nam tính, cần tìm chiếc xe khác biệt với số đông.

Trong đó, 2 bản 1.5L và 1.5 G, với cỗ máy động cơ VTEC Turbo 180 mã lực. Là lựa chọn hoàn hảo nếu bạn chú trọng khả năng vận hành, cần nhiều trang bị tiện nghi, giải trí.

Biến thể thấp hơn 1.8L, giá tiền hợp lý, được trang bị động cơ ở mức vừa đủ. Dành cho người nào là yêu kiểu dáng Civic và cần phương tiện cho công việc hoặc phục vụ gia đình. Với khả năng giữ giá tốt, ít bị mất giá, giá bán xe Civic cũ khá cao so với mặt bằng chung của phân khúc sedan hạng C.

Bán xe Honda Civic trả góp cũng là một giải pháp hay, khách hàng đã có thể sở hữu xe, khi tài chính bản thân chưa đủ mua đứt ngay. Khoản tiền vay mua xe dàn trải để trả hàng tháng. Nếu khách hàng có tài sản đảm bảo phù hợp, có thể vay tới 90 % giá trị xe. Thời gian vay mua xe Honda Civic 2019 trả góp từ 6-8 năm tùy theo quy định của từng ngân hàng.

Yếu tổ ảnh hưởng đến khoản tiền trả góp mua xe Honda Civic cao hay thấp. Phụ thuộc vào tỷ lệ vay vốn, số vốn tự có, thu nhập, thời hạn vay. Để được tư vấn chi tiết, quý khách có thể liên hệ trực tiếp.

Hình ảnh thực tế của xe Civic tại Việt Nam

Tham khảo nguồn bài viết tại

#muaxegiabeo

0 notes

autonexa-driven · 6 years

Text

10 Cars At Auto Expo 2018 That Will Launch By 2020

The high-end eco-friendly BMW is being showcased in its exclusive Metallic E-Copper at Top 8 Cars of the Auto Expo and its launch in the country is scheduled for the end of 2018. The BMW i8 Roadster, the i8 Coupe will be the halo of the “ i “They must be carriers of future technologies, such as large rechargeable batteries, electric motors, small turbine engines, hybrid components and lightweight construction technologies. BMW has kept the mower’s doors and mounts while making changes to incorporate the removable fabric hood (which folds / folds in 15 seconds). The i8 Roadster is two pure seats, unlike the Coupé, a two-seat arrangement.

The BMW i8 Roadster has equipment similar to that of the Coupe, but has obvious changes due to its open configuration. The weight increased by 60 kg due to reinforcements made in the carbon fiber structure, the additional mechanism of the folding roof and protection devices against extensions. The battery larger than 34Ah, compared to the previous unit of 20Ah, improves the range of electric from 35 km to 53 km. The performance of the integrated drive, consisting of a 3-liter and 3-liter gasoline engine and an electric motor, is 374 ps with a duration ranging from 0 to 100 to 4.6 seconds, or 0.2 seconds less than the coupe.

The second generation Honda Amazee occupies a central position in the Honda pavilion at Auto expo 2020 launched and will be launched in India in early 2019. According to Honda, the second generation of Amazon relies on a brand new platform , unlike the previous model based on the Brio hatchback platform. This allowed a larger wheelbase among other nonspecific dimensional changes that should lead to a better interior space.

The bolder design, the soft lines inspired by the hatchback of the old car are replaced by an almost muscular position like an SUV. The most important changes on the outside are the larger headlights with DRL LED, the large chrome structure of the grid-like “grid”, the oyster shell, the roof line with the slippery slope, the deep line to wear on the side, the large tail lights and the spoiler. From the inside, the dashboard has been completely redesigned and conforms to Honda’s new design language used in other models such as the Honda CR-V and the Honda Civic.

Honda also confirmed that the new Amaze would also be offered with CVT diesel alternatives. We plan to introduce 1.2-liter and 4-cylinder petrol engines and 1.5-liter turbo diesel engines into the new Amaze, with some modifications to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.

Hyundai Kona is the first Hyundai to introduce the new Fluidic design philosophy: it breaks with Hyundai’s traditional design to create a strong design of love or hate. It will also be Hyundai’s first full hybrid car in India if all goes according to plan. The network is cascading, the DRL mode high, where the headlights are placed in the traditional way, the big headlights are placed at the bottom in the front, the bold wheel mounts and the rear design mimics the foreground, etc. This is the highlight of the new Kuna. The model presented at Auto Expo included a collection of characters inspired by the characters of Marvel Iron Man, painted in gray and metallic red, next to the iconic icon of the box in the spotlight.

Kia presented a large part of its international collection at Auto expo 2020 launched: from the four-door Stinger flagship pavilion to the Picanto Hatchback, Kia showed everyone what it could offer on its last international market. The highlight of the show was the SP Concept, an introduction to a compact SUV that will be the company’s first product in 2019.

Kia SP Concept shows a new vision of Kia’s design philosophy, which traditionally uses many curves. Concept SP is more laminated, which gives it the appearance of older SUVs rather than Crossover. Kia “Tiger Nose” are present, as well as DRL lamps placed on projectors placed vertically. The design is quieter and therefore closer to production, moving sideways and backwards: the window line with wrinkles in the rear glass chamber, the corresponding color ceiling and the high rear lights will require minor modifications.

There is no confirmation of the engines, transmission and transmission systems that will be used by Kia SP Concept.

Mahindra SsangYong G4 Rexton exhibited at the auto show and is expected to be launched in India with a new badge when it launches in India during the holiday season. To be placed above the XUV500, the Rexton can be called XUV700 and faces the Toyota Fortuner, Ford Endeavor and others.

With a length of about 5 meters, a width of 2 meters and a height of 1.8 meters, the Mahindra Rexton (or XUV700) will be on par with the seven-seater SUV. Features such as projector headlamps, 9.2-inch touch-screen entertainment system, 360-degree camera, cooled seats and SsangYong Rexton electric rear door allow Mahindra to retain many of them for an optimized offering. in the area.

SsangYong offers at Rexton a single diesel engine, a 2.2-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine developing a maximum power of 178 hp and 420 Nm of torque. This can be brought to India with minor adjustments to improve efficiency or performance. driving ability and pair with a 6-speed manual transmission or a 7-speed automatic transmission. Mahindra should arm Rexton in India to maintain its competitive price.

While the launch of the new Maruti Suzuki Swift could have been the focus of the second day of the 2018 Auto Expo, Concept Future-S had stolen the thunder the first day. Below, the brand and design direction taken by the company in the future in general.

Vertical position, high cover, wide body and clear ground for a correct passage. Highlights of the design include narrow LED headlights, blended mesh, long lining, old school front wall and almost minimal body lines. Future-S can create a competitor to Renault Kwid, where the latter is engaged in the sale of Maruti Suzuki Alto.

Inside, Future-S features luxurious elements such as the chassis panels on the dashboard, a large center console dominated by a circular circular screen and a square direction. Based on the Heartec platform that also supports Swift Twins, the production version of Future-S can be powered by new home-made diesel and gasoline engines by Maruti / Suzuki.

The surprise was great when Mercedes-Benz announced that it would present the E-Class at Auto expo 2020 launched. It was introduced in the E 220d and the off-road could be a legitimate competition for the very famous Volvo V90 . Across the country

Although the farmer does not have many followers in India, it seems that his high-level counterparts have touched the cord. The Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain can take advantage of this new love for healthy properties for smooth roads and has all the elements necessary to do so.

In addition to the clear design elements of the E-Class sedan, the All-Terrain grabs the farmhouse, climbs higher, has a prominent plastic layer and large 19-inch wheels. There are serious hardware changes, including all-wheel drive and electronically controlled “all terrain” mode to allow all terrain to cope with at least some off-road situations. The E220d off-road engine will be equipped with a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder diesel engine with a 197 hp / 400 Nm turbo engine combined with a nine-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive.

Renault is ready to be ready when India turns into a fully electrified transmission system from 2030. Zoe, the most popular EV in Europe, could be the starting point of the company in the market, which in is still in its infancy.

Zoe may be a mass market car that will open the power transmission to a large population if it is launched in 2020. Although this may not seem to be the case, Zoe is the same size as the Baleno and the Elite i20. Its interior spaces are similar to those of other Renault products, even if the screens adapt to their electric motors. The Zoe is powered by a battery of 22 kWh or 41 kWh, the latter offering a maximum autonomy of 400 km with a single charge.

The exhibits presented by Tata Motors are one of the highlights of the 2018 Auto Expo. Of these, the H5X SUV was the most important design. The Tata H5X, to be launched in 2018, is the first product of the company offering its new language, Impact Design 2.0. The most exciting is Tata’s claim that the concept accounts for nearly 80% of production. If Nexon is an indicator, it may be true.

Auto expo 2020 launched Like the Tata Hexa, the H5X is based on the Land Rover L550 platform and will be available in 5 and 7-slot configurations. The internal design is not described: watch our video at first glance to watch it closely.

Toyota has no products to carry in Honda City or Maruti Suzuki Ciaz. This wide gap must be filled between Etios and Corolla Altis and it seems that the car Yaris is the best option. The Yaris was introduced at Auto Expo 2018, which is a bit smaller than the city and Ciaz, but has many key features in the industry.

This includes a motion control system, a tire pressure monitoring system, a 60:40 split rear seat, rear-mounted air conditioning outlets, ambient lighting, a driver’s seat with automatic parking sensors and before. Safety features include ASEAN NCAP 5-star disc brakes, seven airbags and shock rating.

0 notes

robertkstone · 6 years

Text

Forbidden Fruit Cars of the 2019 Geneva Motor Show

The Geneva Motor Show is a feast for the eyes, not only in terms of the improbably expensive hypercars from brands you’ve never heard of, but also for the mass-market machinery that is inexplicably not for U.S. sale.

Consider this your window-shopping excursion down dreamer’s lane for cars that you might see on the road on a European vacation, or perhaps in a fever dream come true if enough chips fall into place.

Toyota Corolla Trek Hybrid Wagon

“No wagons for America!” we imagine a product planner barking in a stifling-hot Nagoya boardroom. “If they want one, put them in a RAV4!” Which is too bad, because the Corolla wagon is a looker. What’s more, it comes with a choice of 1.8-liter or 2.0-liter self-charging hybrid engines—which Prius-beating mileage. It’s not quick, either 11.1 or 8.1 seconds from 0 to 60, but the sharp looks make it appear quicker.

Citroën C5 AirCross

If Subaru got down with its funky side, it might create a clunky-cool compact crossover like this Citroën. Sure, it’s fascia is a bit Honda CR-V (steal from the best, right?), but it has good second-row space for your friends and plenty of room for cargo.

Peugeot e-Legend Concept

You may pronounce it “Camaireaux.” This sporty coupe borrows more than a few lines from Chevy’s muscle car, but in its own Gallic way that also harks to its iconic 504 Coupé (dig the French-blue memory-foam seats). Yes, this sleek electric two-door was first unveiled at the Paris Motor Show back in October, but it requires another look because Peugeot subsequently said the brand is returning to U.S. shores. Attention, Monsieur Tavares, please make this car your flagship.

Peugeot 3008 Hybrid 4

While talking about the coming French invasion of America, we can theorize that more folks would be interested in this interpretation of the anonymous crossover. Although the exterior design is cool enough, the real magic is inside. The center-stack control actuators resemble piano keys. The wood inlay resembles distressed driftwood and sweeps throughout the dashboard as well as the front and rear doors. Its lines are angular, octagonal, and futuristic—which is proper visual communication for a 300-hp plug-in hybrid powertrain with a manufacturer-claimed 31-mile battery-only range and an eMPG around 107. If you think the Volvo XC40 is cool, re-set your cool meter.

Renault Clio

Shared on the small-car platform with Nissan and Mitsubishi, the redesigned Clio is a Versa that went to finishing school. Whereas the Versa screams downmarket rental car, the Clio shows that small doesn’t have to mean cheap. From the digitized instrument panel and iPad-sized center stack infotainment system, to the soft-cushion control buttons, swings, and rheostats, the Clio is the Versa that Nissan should make.

Dacia Duster

Whatever happened to the inexpensive, go-anywhere SUV? With the departure of the Nissan Xterra, and the price appreciation of the Jeep Wrangler, there’s an opening for an economical “real” SUV sold to people who don’t mind that the interior looks ripped from a 1990s parts bin. Built by Renault’s Romania-based budget brand, the Duster is a proper 4×4 with a differential lock and hill descent control. Probably a bit wheezy for American roads, the Duster offers a 1.3-liter gasoline turbo generating 148 hp and 184 lb-ft in its top trim. But the British press has raved about it, and with a price point that translates into the mid-$20,000 range, it could be a bargain.

Suzuki Jimny

Ah, poor Suzuki. It couldn’t hang on in the U.S. market, especially as its Vitara now resembles a Range Rover Evoque on a budget. But even if Suzuki had stuck it out, it’s a long shot that its Jimny micro-SUV would have made it here. Its wee 1.5-liter engine puts out a meager 102 hp and 96 lb-ft, with a top speed of 86 mph. And its interior is a bit Playskool. But it has a legitimate 4H/4L transfer case. And geez is it ever cute.

Honda e Prototype

How many e’s are there in “Squeeeee!” Five seems about right for this huggable puppy of an electric vehicle. Angular in shape, but with soft corners and a front fascia that appears bemused at the world, the Honda e Prototype sadly has that sub-150-mile battery range that dooms it to be a city car for Japan and Europe. Inside, there’s a retro-futuristic touch of an entire IP comprised of screens, while wood inlay adds a touch of mid-century-modern style.

SsangYong Korando

If you let VW design the front, Nissan the back, and Kia the interior, this is what you’d get from this new five-seat midsize crossover. It has a bit of a parts-bin feel, but boasts a roomy second row for your leggy adolescent kids. If it can carry a price-value equation against ostensibly more expensive foes like the Honda Passport, the Korando could make a dent—if it ever gets to America.

Seat el-Born Concept

Could this be the transformation of the crossover? A people hauler that’s not a SUV, CUV, wagon, hatchback, or micro-van, this visionary five-seater could be the shape of things to come. The etched C-pillar graphics, reimagined flying roof, and stubby IP and center console screens are all innovative design transformations. There’s a monstrous central storage cubby and a huge back seat … all thanks to sharing VW’s stellar MEB electric-vehicle architecture meant for Europe’s narrow city streets. Hardly a concept, it should reach Seat dealers in 2020 with 261 miles of range on the WLTP cycle.

Skoda Kamiq

Picture an Audi Q3, but $15,000 cheaper. That’s Skoda for you. It’s the perfect recipe for those who want premium feel on a budget. Granted, its undersized engine offerings would be a bit aired-out on American roads, but we could swap in VW’s 1.4-liter turbo-four and be fine. Interior instruments, gauges, and controls have the look and feel of analog-era Audi—a design that has yet to go out of style. Despite its tidy size, the Kamiq has a generous back seat that fits a six-footer.

Nobe

Still just a prototype, this Estonian-made three-wheeled electric vehicle has the flair of a ‘60s-era Alfa Romeo Giulietta front and boattail Spider rear, while the inside is go-for-a-picnic charming. But it carries the modernity of a lithium-ion battery pack. As a three-wheeler, it will be graded as a motorcycle, not a car (including not having to pass U.S. crash standards, hmm). Nobe is still in startup mode, but if you want to get in on the ground floor, they’re launching a Kickstarter in April. Just remember, three-wheeled transport hasn’t exactly taken off in past iterations—and this one is target-priced at an eye-watering $40,000.

The post Forbidden Fruit Cars of the 2019 Geneva Motor Show appeared first on Motortrend.

from PerformanceJunk WP Feed 3 https://ift.tt/2XIYmWO via IFTTT

#IFTTT #PerformanceJunk WP Feed 3

0 notes

jesusvasser · 6 years

Text

Quick Take: 2019 Toyota Corolla XSE Hatchback

MALIBU, California — “Which Corolla are you driving?” fellow senior editor Nelson Ireson asked.

“The XSE hatch,” I said.

“Oh, the good one,” he replied.

I guess my confusion must have been reflected in my face, because his own expression changed to the exasperated Yet-again-I-must-explain-myself-to-the-humans look that I have come to know so well.

“I didn’t say it was good,” he explained. “I said it was the good one.”

After a couple of days of intensive driving, I will, yet again, beg to differ with Ireson; I think the 2019 Toyota Corolla XSE Hatchback we had in for some evaluation is good, full stop. To be fair, we’re both coming from the same place: No gearhead expects anything from a Corolla sedan beyond a couple hundred years of trouble-free service—it’s really Lunesta on wheels when it comes to excitement. But the Corolla hatch really is in a different category.

Allow me to lay out the evidence, gathered on a fast trip down my favorite curvy roads northwest of Los Angeles. I have driven a Corolla sedan on these very same roads—tried to, at least—and as expected, it proved itself as an under-tired, understeering mess. But the Corolla hatch, which is essentially a rebadged European-market Toyota Auris, shows signs of a pulse, and a rather strong one at that.

My first impression was that this car belongs in the curves. The grip is very good, and when the front end starts to let go—preceded by a reasonable wail of warning from the tires—it does so gently and progressively, with the chassis giving the barest hint that the back end might come into play if one manipulated the controls well (or badly) enough.

No, it’s not perfect; in fact, it’s quite a distance away. The springs are a bit too soft and the dampers not quite effective enough. Hit a big bump mid-corner and the body bounces like a pogo stick, severely enough that the car loses grip on the upswings. Understandable; the Corolla’s first obligation is to avoid grinding vertebrae to dust on the daily commute.

Though the 2.0-liter engine sounds promising at 168 hp, it’s not enough power to motivate the XSE all that briskly. Our colleagues down the hall at Motor Trend timed the manual version to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds, with the automatic coming in at 8.5. The bigger problem is that the engine is slow to rev. Our test car had a manual transmission, and it seemed to take forever to climb into the upper rev ranges where it does its best work. The driver has to stay closely tuned in to keep the engine in its powerband, but the tall fuel-economy-minded gearing means that downshifting isn’t always an option on the tightest and slowest of bends. Still, we’ve had similar complaints about other sporty cars, and declared them good.

And there’s plenty more about the Corolla XSE that is more than good. Back home in Europe, the Auris is pitched as an upscale car, and the interior reflects that, with high-quality materials, nicely-finished surfaces, and Lexus-quality switchgear. Though luggage space appears to be in short supply at first glance, the published numbers reveal a trunk area slightly larger than the Volkswagen Golf GTI. The Corolla Hatch is also reasonably quiet, at least when it comes to engine and wind noise. Unfortunately, the wheel-and-tire combo (18-inch alloys wrapped with Yokohama Avid GT all-seasons) generate a hollow drone—an issue we’ve encountered in several modern cars with low-profile tires.

Bonus bits on this particular test car included an electronic parking brake and dual-zone automatic climate control. There’s also a rev-matching feature that spins the engine up for easier downshifts, and the cruise control doesn’t disengage when you change gears. (I’m not sure how many modern cars have that feature—it’s not like there are many stick-shift cars left on which to try it out—but the last one I remember with that feature was a BMW.)

The bottom line is that the Corolla XSE is a top notch, all-around hatchback and a bright spot in the Toyota lineup. Is it so bright that we’d spend our own cash on one? Probably not, because the Hyundai Veloster R-Spec delivers more fun for quite a bit less money. Still, this is certainly the best Corolla we’ve driven from an enthusiast’s perspective. A more energetic engine and a stiffer set of shocks and springs could turn this hatch from warm to hot.

Ireson’s right; the XSE hatchback is the good Corolla. But he’s also wrong—if you’re willing to sacrifice best-possible driving dynamics for a comfortable day-to-day ride, the XSE hatch is good, period.

2019 Toyota Corolla XSE Hatchback Specifications ON SALE Now PRICE $23,910/$24,325 (base/as tested) ENGINE 2.0L DOHC 16-valve I-4/168 hp @ 6,600 rpm, 151 lb-ft @ 4,800 rpm TRANSMISSION 6-speed manual LAYOUT 4-door, 5-passenger, front-engine, FWD hatchback EPA MILEAGE 28/37 mpg (city/hwy) L x W x H 169.9 x 69.9 x 57.1 in WHEELBASE 103.9 in WEIGHT 3,060 lb 0-60 MPH 7.5 secs TOP SPEED 110 mph (est)

The post Quick Take: 2019 Toyota Corolla XSE Hatchback appeared first on Automobile Magazine.

from Performance Junk WP Feed 4 https://ift.tt/2PwFfKY via IFTTT

#IFTTT #Performance Junk WP Feed 4

0 notes

jonathanbelloblog · 6 years

Text

Quick Take: 2019 Toyota Corolla XSE Hatchback

MALIBU, California — “Which Corolla are you driving?” fellow senior editor Nelson Ireson asked.

“The XSE hatch,” I said.

“Oh, the good one,” he replied.

I guess my confusion must have been reflected in my face, because his own expression changed to the exasperated Yet-again-I-must-explain-myself-to-the-humans look that I have come to know so well.

“I didn’t say it was good,” he explained. “I said it was the good one.”

The post Quick Take: 2019 Toyota Corolla XSE Hatchback appeared first on Automobile Magazine.

from Performance Junk Blogger Feed 4 https://ift.tt/2PwFfKY via IFTTT

#IFTTT #Performance Junk Blogger Feed 4

0 notes

savetopnow · 7 years

Text

2018-03-25 20 CAR now

CAR

Auto Spies

#NYIAS: FIRST Real-life Pictures Of The All-new Toyota Corolla "Hatching" In The Flatiron District

AFTER The Reveal: Is The Third-gen Volkswagen Touareg A STUD or DUD?

BEFORE The Reveal, Volkswagen Shares DOZENS Of Pictures Of The All-new Touareg

FACE OFF! Which Jeep Wrangler Has The BETTER Face? Wrangler JK? All-new JL?

#NYIAS: Haute Hatch? Toyota Turns Up The Style And The Heat With 2019 Corolla Hatchback

Autoblog

Jeep Wrangler pickup expected to hit dealer showrooms April 2019

BMW follows Mercedes-Benz, pulls out of 2019 Detroit Auto Show

Hamilton scores pole for Australian Grand Prix

Dodge Challenger Hellcat driver arrested hellbound at 160 mph

Car owners in survey worry about pet safety but could do more about it

Car Throttle

I’ll Be Driving A Hyundai i30 N For 6 Months: What Do You Want To Know?

A Sub-£10k Nissan 370Z Is A Japanese Oddball You'll Love

How My Caterham Race Car Reminded Me Why Driving Is Awesome

GTA Online's New Racing-Themed Event Kicks Off With Five New Cars

2018 Ford Mustang Review: 7 Ways It Bests The Old One

Electrek

Tesla’s car shipments in Norway keep being shut down for using ‘dangerous’ transporters, a truck crashed

Tesla assists in removing partially destroyed battery pack after tragic fatal crash resulted in a fire

Ancheer 250W review: Can you get a solid ebike for under $600 shipped? We tried and had a lot of fun

Electrek Podcast: Tesla Model 3 production moves forward, Porsche stays in EV news, Boring Company, and more

Elon Musk deletes Tesla’s Facebook page amid Cambridge Analytica scandal

Inside EVs

Check Out Tesla Model S P100D Versus Mercedes AMG S63 Top Speed Run

France Installed 12,000 New Charging Points In 2017

Renault Announces Pricing For Master Z.E. In France

Tesla Model 3 Resets Expectations For Upcoming Rivals

Check Out This Stunning Black Chrome Tesla Model X 100D

Jalopnik

No. 3 K-Pax Bentley Rides The Jalopnik Bump To A World Challenge GTA Class Win

Quick Question: Should There Be More Non-Driving-Related Foot Controls?

The Grid At Pirelli World Challenge’s Austin Race Is A Mix Of Everything Awesome

How Much Will This Super Clean 5,664-Mile 1994 Toyota Supra Sell For?

Uber’s Autonomous Test Cars Lagged Behind Competitors Before The Arizona Crash: Report

Motortrend

2018 Lexus NX 300 First Test: All the Small Things

Spied! Is This Test Mule a New EcoSport, Baby Ford Bronco, or Something Else?

Refreshing or Revolting: 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback

Dealers Reportedly Asking Honda for Help Selling Slow-Moving Accords

2019 Infiniti QX80 and QX60 Limited Editions Coming to New York

Reddit Cars

Dodge Charger Daytona and its Aerodynamics

The new Corvette ZR1 will do 0-60 in 2.85 seconds.

How do they seal Torque Converters?

Straight Piped Porsche Carrera GT on the streets of Hamburg

Lincoln plans suicide doors on the Continental sedan

Sunday Times Driving

Driverless cars on UK roads this year after rules relaxed

First Drive review: 2018 Ford Mustang GT (facelift)

Buying guide: new 2018 Volkswagen Touareg

Extended test: Renault Zoe electric car

10 of the rudest numberplates spotted on Britain’s roads

The Car Connection

2018 Genesis G90

2018 Genesis G80

2018 Hyundai Accent

2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport

2018 Hyundai Ioniq

The CarGurus Blog

Top Headlines From Mar 19 – 23

£1000 Wonders: Why Cheap Doesn’t Mean Terrible

Don’t Let a Rental Car Compromise Your Privacy

Top Headlines From March 10 – 16

New to the Used Market: Volvo XC40

The Torque Report

Nissan wants to sell 1 million EVs a year, 8 new electric vehicles planned

Lincoln Continental to get suicide doors again

Jeep Wrangler pickup will arrive by April 2019

2019 Nissan Altima will be the third model to get ProPilot Assist

2019 GMC Terrain and Acadia Black Editions unveiled

The Truth About Cars

German Retreat: BMW Joins Other Automakers in Pulling Out of Detroit Auto Show

‘Limited’ to the Number It Can Sell: Infiniti Cranks up the Exclusivity of Its Two Largest Models

LIDAR Supplier Defends Hardware, Blames Uber for Fatal Crash [Updated]

Uptown Living: Mazda Dealer Council Boss Says Brand Is a ‘Strong Seven or Weak Eight’ on the Classy Scale

Auto Executives Secretly Believe Battery-electric Cars Aren’t the Future

#car

0 notes

eddiejpoplar · 6 years

Text

First Drive: 2019 Lexus UX

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — If you’re like me, you’ve probably been wondering what the heck’s been going on at Lexus the past few years, what with the giant spindle grilles, Death Star interiors, stiffened suspensions, and all the other ways you can experience amazing. The 2019 Lexus UX may finally provide us with some answers. Its all-new, entry-level crossover seemingly pulls most of these threads together into one neat bow.

The UX, which replaces the CT as least-expensive vehicle in the Lexus lineup, is aimed at young buyers, meaning young by human demographics (under 35) as opposed to Lexus demographics (under 85. We kid, sort of). While it has similar underpinnings and dimensions to another youth-oriented compact crossover in the Toyota universe, the CH-R, the UX gets additional welding and adhesives to further solidify its structure. Also like the CH-R, the UX 200 will be front-drive only. The UX 250h hybrid, however, is all-wheel-drive-ish. It has an electrically-powered rear axle similar to that of the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, but it only works up to 45 mph. That’ll be a bit of a mind-bender for some of us—myself included—so we’ll let those thoughts percolate for a few minutes and talk about styling.

If you can get over the spindle grille as I believe I have, then you’re likely to find the UX an attractive vehicle. Its sheet metal is adorned with just the right number of black-plastic-clad slashes, with more black plastic on the fender arches to give it the SUV-ish feel that its long-and-low hatchback profile wouldn’t otherwise provide. Overall it has the look of a baby Lexus NX, which I’m 98 percent sure is what the designers were going for. Color choices are notably vibrant, including bright blue, arrest-me red, and an intriguing (if slightly unsettling) metallic olive green.

The interior might not appeal to those who subscribe to the wood-and-leather school of luxury, but there are serious improvements over other Lexus models. Instead of buttons for the climate controls, the UX employs piano-style toggles which are easy to identify and use. Audio controls now consist of tiny buttons and dials grouped around a palm rest on the center console. Unconventional? Not necessarily; Mazda and Mercedes put their audio controls on the center armrest as well. Like the air conditioner, I found this system intuitive and easy to use, and I like how it allows for the dash to be de-cluttered. Unfortunately, the UX still uses the Lexus Remote Touch interface, a finger-tip touchpad for the infotainment system that I have grown to loathe (there is no way to use it without staring at the screen, when your eyes should be on the road). Apple CarPlay is standard, but Android users are out of luck. (The explanation? Some 80 percent of Lexus customers use Apple phones.)

While all UXs feature a black dash, there are several bright color choices for the upholstery, all with color-coordinated stitching on the dash and shifter boot. The dash top is textured to resemble washi, a traditional Japanese paper. All in all, this is one of the better cabins in the Lexus lineup.

Enough about how it looks; let’s talk about how it drives. The UX follows the ethos of other recent Lexus models, with a suspension that can find its way around the corners with surprising rapidity but doesn’t seem to enjoy it much. There are plenty of positives: Good grip (helped by the summer tires on our European-spec cars; U.S.-bound models will get all-seasons, but the suspension tuning is the same), good control of body movement, and excellent bump absorption—all with a steady and comfortable ride. F-Sport models have stiffer shocks, a stiffer rear stabilizer bar, and a body-mounted “performance damper,” but I didn’t notice much difference between it and the regular UX. Overall, I found the driving experience to be pleasant, but I can’t say I had a whole lot of fun.

Actually, that’s a fib: I did have a lot of fun, because I was driving through the Swedish countryside blasting ABBA on the Mark Levinson stereo (which, for reasons not quite properly explained, will not be offered on U.S.-spec cars). All I’m saying is that the UX’s handling, competent as it was, was not nearly as strong a contributing factor to my stupid grin on my face as were “Mamma Mia” and “SOS.” To be clear, I can’t fault the UX’s driving dynamics; I just can’t get enthusiastic about them.

The narrow streets of Stockholm drove home the point about the UX being a good city dweller, however. This is a surprisingly tight and tidy car, all the more remarkable because it doesn’t feel at all cramped on the inside. The steering is light and the turning circle is very tight, which came in handy when I made the inevitable wrong turn and wound up exploring a Swedish industrial park. (Much to my disappointment, they look much like industrial parks anywhere else.)

The gasoline-powered UX 200 gets the same powertrain as the Toyota Corolla Hatchback, with a 168-hp 2.0-liter naturally-aspirated four and a continuously-variable automatic tranny. The latter features a real-live low gear, an ingenious idea that eliminates the rubber-bandy-feel of a CVT under hard, low-speed acceleration. When speeds rise and loads lighten, the transmission shifts to the CVT’s pulleys. It’ a setup that provides snappy, responsive starts then lets the CVT get on with its fuel-saving job.

The UX 250h deploys an Atkinson-cycle version of the 2.0-liter engine mated to the Toyota (er, Lexus) Hybrid Synergy Drive and an additional electric motor driving the rear wheels. But the AWD system only works at low speeds—power to the rear axle begins to ramp down at about 6 mph and falls to zero by 45 mph.

Acceleration from both powertrains is adequate. Lexus claims 0-60 times of 8.9 seconds for the UX 200 and 8.6 seconds for the UX 250h. Off-the-line response feels fine, but passing a Volkswagen Golf plodding along at 70 (km/h, that is) whitened my knuckles more than I would have liked.

The UX’s biggest fault may be cargo space, or rather the lack thereof. I’d love to say the UX is sized for parking rather than packing, except that I already used that zinger in an article about the Corolla hatchback. Cargo space is identical in both 200 and 200h models—the hybrid’s battery pack is under the back seat—but the trunk floor is extraordinarily high. I expected to find hidden storage space under the floor, but no such luck. The rake of the hatch lid limits how much you can pack in, and big suitcases will require folding the rear seats. No wonder Lexus says the UX is sized for couples—if you have young kids, things would get cramped in a hurry.

Lexus has priced the entry-level UX 200 at $33,025 (including a $1,025 destination fee) with the hybrids going for $2,000 more. The two UX models will be available with Premium, Luxury, and F-Sport packages that up the equipment levels and the price. Lexus also plans to dip its toe into the subscription space with Lexus Complete Lease, which will give buyers in Boston, Chicago, L.A., and Miami (for starters) a chance to obtain a UX with leasing costs, insurance, and maintenance all rolled up into one yet-to-be-announced monthly payment.

Quick it isn’t; pulse-quickening it isn’t; and practical it may not be, but at the end of a day of driving I was surprised by how much I ended up liking the little Lexus UX. It helps that this is the first new Lexus with styling that I really get, and I’m impressed by how the designers have executed the idea of Lexus-style luxury in a small, efficient package. Competition is sparse at the moment, primarily the Infiniti QX30 and Mercedes-Benz GLA near-twins, the prices of which neatly bracket that of the UX. In my opinion, the UX’s youthful decor puts the significantly-cheaper Mazda CX-3 in the running as well. If Lexus can find buyers willing to spend entry-level-luxury money for a small SUV—and who don’t mind driving the same brand of car as their grandparents—I predict a bright future for the new UX.

IFTTT

#IFTTT #Performance Junk Blogger 6

0 notes