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Test drive Dongfeng Honda Inspire: 1.5T engine is comparable to 2.0T

Along with the consumption upgrade in recent years, the medium-sized car market heat becomes more popular, and many car companies have begun to implement a dual-car strategy in order to capture more market share, such as Toyota Camry and Asian Dragon, Volkswagen Passat and Magotan Wait, this type of model has become another sales growth point of the car enterprise with excellent product properties and brands in China. However, Honda can be called a big morning in this regard, rushing up a gap. As early as ten years ago, Honda will bring Platinum Rui in the European and American market to China, but due to the price and space problem, it has been in the country that is not warm in the country, although the 2.0L model is launched. Price, but the same price, Chaffin is pressed on the space and preservation rate, leading to the vast majority of consumers or choose to buy the latter. There is no way Honda chooses to discontinue the Platinum Rui and introduced Inspire as its alternative product.

Speaking of Inspire, it does not have any relationship with the original Platinum Core, and Platinum is more related to the song TLX, Inspire has born the first generation model in 1989, at the time Location is slightly higher than the Accord, the main luxury route, the relationship is a bit like Camry and Asian dragon, but later due to market needs, from the fourth-generation model, it will be able to take advantage of B-level, the shape began to carry in line, and take this opportunity to enter China Work with Accord to open up the market.

For consumers who are not familiar with the vendor model, put the Accord and Inspire, I believe it is difficult to distinguish them, after all, two The similarity of the car is similar to the popular model of the public, but although this setting lacks fresh feelings, for Inspire, the shape is as close as possible to the Accord and there is no harmful decision. After all, domestic consumers are still quite high for Accord, and they can deliver a wave of intentional purchases. However, Inspire does not forget to join the feature characteristics in the “plagiarism” Accord. For example, the bumper area uses a regionalized design of a moving atmosphere. The lower air grille is matched with a honeycomb grille design, and the visual effect is more sharp and an aggressive. If the appearance of the Accord is the design of the old and young So INSPIRE is moreIt is like a model prepared for young consumers.

Side is the courts we are familiar with the coupe body structure, the slender body waistline, and the top of the slope, are the most popular design elements. The taillights use all LED light sources, multi-segment light strips are arranged in turn, and they have higher identification after lightning. In addition, the tail has also been added to the tail, which helps to stretch the horizontal visual width.

Interior design

Compared to the appearance, the interior can be called perfect, and the difference between the two cars is inexpensive. Using a symmetric layout, the central console for the use of the touch element is quite restrained, the air-conditioning panel and the vehicle travel function button are physical entity styles, which is in line with the style of the Japanese car consistently.

In terms of technology, INSPIRE also meets consumers’ needs, and the instrument panel uses a 7-inch display, the font is clear and delicate, and it is good. The right half is also changed to the liquid crystal display, then the custom range and playability will greatly improve.

Intermediate Suspended touch screen size is 8 inches, built-in Display Audio smart screen interconnection system, support Gaode map, reversing image, etc., but there are many physical buttons in both sides This extent is accounted for the screen, and the visual effect is some lagging behind the times.

Spatial performance

INSPIRE body length is 4910 * 1862 * 1450mm, the wheelbase is 2830mm, and the length of the car close to 5 meters makes it The space is no longer our primary attention, and the front and rear seats are soft and comfortable, and at the same time, for the body’s fitness, even if it is low-equipped lack of waist adjustment models, it will not feel too much pressure for a long time. In addition, in order to reduce the impact of the head space due to slippery, the back row is made up, so even if the passenger who is high, it will not feel too much in the back row.

We talked today to carry the 260TURBO model with a 1.5T engine, and the power system purchased by the most people. After all, although it is very fragrant, The price is also relatively high, the entry version model is more than 200,000 yuan, and the price of Mid-high and high is even more than 250,000 yuan. For an Accord, this price is very too high.

Back to the product level, this 1.5T engine is a high power version, the maximum horsepower 194, the peak torque is 260nm, which can be comparable to a part of the low power 2.0T engine, Thanks to the use of inertia turbines, and optimizes exhaust efficiency, the turbine can intervene as soon as possible, effectively reducing the dynamic delay. The actual experience is true, there is no need to apply too much pressure to the throttle, which can feed back the good power output experience, and when you need strong power output, switch to the motion mode, the dashboard background color will switch to red, Most of the speed pointer is maintained at about 2500 rpm to ensure fast power response. However, in addition to the push back of the horsepower, the noise brings to the whole carriage, and the sound is not very pleasing, but this is not important, because your attention will not be placed at NVH. Above, but pay attention to the speedometer, I hope to achieve the red line area.

Of course, this engine is equally mounted on the Accord, so INSPIR does not have any advantages in power. However, Honda is equipped with a set of hanging systems with sports style. It can give the driver more confidence in the face of the corner, even in the process, it is difficult to be noticeable. This is the feeling that I have never experienced when I test drive Accord.

Summary

As a brother model, INSPIRE is more ready to pursue differentiated young people, and the appearance has sports style. At the same time, the space in the car will not let the family feel, more importantly, the dynamic experience has also been lost. Therefore, INSPIRE is not a releaseAccord, but there is a product that belongs to its own model.

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