Introduction: Skoda, this from the Czech military brand, for many Chinese fans, friends who are both familiar and a little unfamiliar presence. Over the years it has been seen as the little brother of the public, in SAIC nor how attention, already low-key Skoda sales in 2019, how do?
as a mass presence of Skoda spare tire, really is not low-key in terms of sales, 2019, cumulative sales of 270,000 units, SAIC Volkswagen to know the entire combined sales of only 200 million units, Skoda has occupied 10 percent share in Skoda 270,000 Taichung, where Ke Mike models annual sales of 5.3 million units, look at the data is not garish, but an increase of 41.8 percentage, is what makes Ke Mike Deus Ex it?
family designs
a lot of people a Ke Mike name may be a bit strange in fact, it has been available for some time, until the exposure is not high lead we are not familiar, in fact design language is more in line with modern aesthetic.
As the smallest Skoda SUV models, the design concept design continues the family tradition, and more fire on the design similarities between Cody Senanayake at the same level of popular models is the mass transit armor. Front face looks relatively simple, straight waterfall grille design to create a minimalist aesthetic, the integration of headlights and grille design is also the current trend, daytime running lights on the location of the fog lamps . Distance light area is used or conventional halogen bulbs, is arranged in the joint brand mainstream this price.
In a multi-body side straight line based, it uses a large number of discount atmospheric create a visual effect. The rear part of the double chrome exhaust design, play more decorative effect.
Interior, said that Skoda is VW’s younger brother, a look at the interior will know that is indeed the case, Both of interior design in almost the same height, design is a lot of horizontal lines, simple design. Symmetrical about design, black and brown main colors, deep and popular style, with a mechanical instrument panel of the car display monochrome or worse seemed a bit mean. Many models now use the virtual keys, Ke Mike physical manual knob or stick, though easier to operate, but now the main consumer is young, interior for Ke Mike is still much room for improvement. This made a change in the design of the 2020 models, the 8-inch multimedia screen support for Apple CarPlay, entertainment property has been greatly improved.
beyond the small car spatial configuration
The length and breadth were Ke Mike 4390 * 1781 * 1593mm, wheelbase 2610mm, although data from the model point of view is not rosy, but is defined as a small SUV or no problem. Creating aspects of the interior space is good for the family of five, the daily travel enough to use, there is no order to create more space and sacrifice trunk space, conventional volume of 463 liters, rear seats 46 after down, the maximum capacity can be expanded to 1510 liters.
the entire interior storage space partition made of very fine, relatively large space. In this joint venture brand price, Ke Mike’s performance space or on the level.
turbocharged and naturally aspirated coexistence dynamic configuration
power, Ke Mike uses two kinds of power configuration, are 1.2T and 1.5L naturally aspirated engine turbocharged engine, the maximum power of 82kW 1.5L aspect, the maximum torque of 145 Nm, with the 6-speed manual gearbox, the maximum power 1.2T aspect 85kw, 200 Nm maximum torque, with the seven-speed double clutch gearbox. Non-independent torsion beam rear suspension MacPherson front chassis tuning aspects are based, which is the price the more commoncombination. 1.2T configuration is the configuration of the new 2020 models, may be questioned enough, in fact, daily use is no problem, when it came to climbing sections of the need for appropriate more to the point throttle. 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox shift timing and smoothness are no problems, sports mode S profile, the car will be more direct response and acceleration of some, the whole power configuration is quite suitable for use in urban transport.
chassis performance was consistent Ashkenazi taste, relatively compact soft tune different from the Japanese, for the filtration of road pretty good, and no extra bounce when over speed bumps, high-speed cornering roll also not obvious.
Conclusion
In general, Ke Mike sales counterattack Another reason is price advantage, the terminal price close to 20,000 Generalized System of Preferences yuan, 10.69 million cases the price to buy a mature joint venture SUV for many people is still a very good choice. The research and development of products for the Chinese mainland, with a mature public PQ34 platform, see Skoda has made a difference. Today Volkswagen, Jetta, Skoda three separate brands, more balanced set price, fill the market with each other, while there are three competing models of the same level. Ke Mike launched 1.2T model, used to broaden the market, can continue to blaze a new trail in 2020, let us wait and see.