I do not know whether still remember the “Cock wire Sambo” – Snow Folan Mai Rui Bao, eight Hyundai Sonata and Kia K5?
have the virtue of their B-Class sizes, A + grade car prices and leapfrog configuration, has become a cost-effective joint venture brand B-class car of the election, on sales of over Wan are commonplace.
just as the old models gradually, as well as several less successful facelift, the face of competing products have after the replacement, “Cock wire Sambo,” the growing gap between product strength, sales are declining, and even came to the double-digit monthly sales, almost “dropped the altar.”
It is said, however, the Korean system of “two treasure” will be updating in the next year, which could help them to reproduce the past style of it?
to resolve this issue for everyone on the first next generation Kia K5.
First, the color value of a comprehensive upgrade, the interior has become a “Mercedes Fan children”?
Kia K5 for the first time and cash to meet domestic consumers in 2010, although there are a few times during a facelift, but so far there are nine years is not updating, so all aspects It looks a bit “outdated” feeling.
pins from once monthly over a million, to October of this year, 69, and updating K5 is clearly imminent.
Fortunately, according to the new generation of real car K5 of view, this time of replacement is quite Aspect.
Hyundai new car based on the latest “third generation model platform” to build, is now available in South Korea starting price of 20.9 million won (about 124,000 yuan).
compared to the current second generation and K5, car color values can be said to have a qualitative change.
In addition to the family of the Tigers-style grille is retained, updating K5 hardly see how much older shadow models, On both sides of the intake grille to the headlamps lightning shape, and a light source using LED matrix, surrounded with the motion performance of the car felt somewhat.
side surface of the vehicle body is adopted for the big coupe fastback design, together with the suspended roof and large wheels, can smell the faint taste bit A7 of the Audi.
Similarly taillights resembles A7, using the through design, widening the width of rear vision, Duck tail and bilateral matched with a single exhaust, regardless of whether it has the strength comparable to the performance of the car, at least enough momentum.
See, replacement K5 seemed embarked on a “cost-effective” coupe line, with “Cock wire price” and “value Yan rich handsome” battles B-car market.
After the door open and, likewise no surprise small.
against the Mercedes-Benz “dual” This generation of interior design captured the hearts and minds of many consumers, which also led to some car prices imitated, but the idea is somewhat replacement K5 different.
10.25 inches in the control panel toward the driver side, spaced between 12.3 inches and a digital dashboards, However, due to “cut off” with a black design, showing a “dual-in-one” feeling.
Meanwhile, wood veneer, leather wrapping and piano paint materials applied to further enhance the texture is changed to JLR lever knob in the same paragraph.
compared to cash K5 “outdated,” the interior, the replacement model of “inner beauty” finally be entering the B-class car market, “the fashion circle.”
Interior ▲ cash KIA K5
As can be seen from the static experience, Kia generation body under K5 a lot of effort, even the texture of the vehicle beyond the current mainstream of joint B-class.
but it seems, Kia will focus more spent on the design level, the new car’s powertrainWhether the system has the same upgrade it?
Second, innovative small power systems, 1.6T use 8AT?
According to Korea has market model point of view, the new generation Kia K5 power system is divided into three versions.
2.0L naturally aspirated engine maximum power of 118kW, matching 6AT; 1.6T engine maximum power of 132kW, matching 8AT; plug-in hybrid version 2.0L + is a combination of the front motor, gearbox 6AT is the same with the 2.0L version.
control domestic cash K5, new car engine parameters did not change significantly, and the only difference is the original 1.6T 7DCT matching engine, became 8AT, this version is also expected to become the main vehicle of replacement K5.
The current model performance, the power level of 1.6T is used to meet the daily, one hundred kilometers acceleration time is about 8.5s, and the engine and with relatively 7DCT understanding, and shift logic the response speed can be satisfactory, but also more subtle turbo lag, feels quite a bit of the naturally aspirated engine.
However, at low speeds, ride or a little bit less than 7DCT close rows of slick drag-and-feel frustrated when accelerating upshift, inevitably giving a “less advanced” feeling, I do not know whether there will be improved after put 8AT.
Also worth mentioning is that the plug hybrid version of the model with a large area of black solar charging panels, when calculated according to 6 hours per day of light, year to provide life of about 1300km of the vehicle.
Taken together, the new generation K5 upgrade in power is clearly not designed eye-catching, although the figure has a coupe but acceleration is not expected to have significantly improved.
However, in Korea, and updating K5 received a broken million in pre-open three daysZhang orders, which also makes it the fastest selling in the history of K5.
then came to China after next year, whether updating K5 is expected to reproduce the “Cock wire treasure” the glory of it?
Third, the color values of the new generation of K5, can once again called the “Cock wire treasure”?
From the size perspective, compared to the old generation K5 model height is slightly reduced, but the length and width have improved significantly, but also increased the wheelbase 45mm, it is expected to take space will improve.
In addition there is no power on “higher-order” version, K5 and updating data on all aspects have been in line to the B-Class mainstream standards.
Reference older models of guidance, and updating K5 essentially unchanged if so, by virtue of a higher price and Yen higher value, the future seems to still have a chance.
However, Notes, under a large downward trend in the automobile market, currently most competing products with no small concessions, 1.4 T Passat or even dropping to 16 yuan, lower than the starting price of cash K5 ……
this situation can not help but think of the car gather Jun listing of the first half of the new generation Kia K3 .
on the real vehicle performance, even though there are still some updating K3 trough point, but the overall product strength has been the increase is not a small improvement compared to the old models, are a rare level of 100,000 “personality car.”
It was only when, priced at 10.88-12.58 yuan this generation K3 given some really confident.
Although the entire system which is equipped with automatic transmission, but already more than the starting price of the public Sunny and Bora, two then who at the time already had a small increase is not favorable, even automatic models, the terminal price is also lower than the K3 replacement 1 million.
Imagine, the same level models, the Korean system sold more expensive than the Ashkenazi, and highlight the advantages of the former and no configuration or dynamic aspects of sales how it could be brought up?
so the result is that Kia K3 sold in October 4371, down 45.7 percentage, January-October total sales of 30,010, down 48.9 percentage.
Clearly, the updating of the sales decline K3 not only did not restore the old section of K3, or even decline has intensified, and this is the Kia K3 originally envisaged annual sales target of 150,000 is also a far cry.
Closer to home, and then look updating K5, which can be found in the case of the K3 was broadly similar.
If the KIA on pricing “over-confident”, updating K5 selling more expensive than the Volkswagen Passat, then even if the value of the underlying Yan has lost the cost advantage of K5 K3 may also be as generation in general, difficult open up the situation.
This is clearly not the Kia expect to see.
car poly Summary
In November, Kia domestic sales of 23,426 units, down 41.5 percentage, almost cut.
and in the car level, K3 and K5 Kia’s main models, now K3 “crashed”, and updating K5 almost become the “only hope.”
On the bright side, Kia K5 in the country have a certain number of “mass base”, not to mention replacement Yen value of the product is also more suction eye, if the pricing is reasonable, not necessarily reproduce the monthly sales over a million hopes.
just before the listing, Kia should be more on the pricing of some effort.