➤ In recent years, whenever talking about Toyota’s new car, not immune to a bunch of English letter combinations is “TNGA”, which is Toyota’s new R & D framework, the birth of a new Toyota in this architecture, all of great admiration.
younger, more athletic, more focused driving experience, the main tone TNGA, its thinking is not like other brands being detained “platform” Sa words children, but to maintain sufficient diversity, Toyota can see different on different models.
So, when it comes to the car it?
as well-known Highlander, your home district certainly are parked so few. From March 2015 to now on the market, terminal market has maintained a state of increase to mention cars, in the meantime, other brands have also launched similar nature of the models, but so far are not able to produce a threat to the Highlander. Without him, the Highlander is because these cars do everything to do a good job, to win the favor of the market becomes very easy.
blink of an eye, five years later, as Japanese cars, Highlander replacement window of time has come, coupled with the push TNGA architecture, in recent years, Toyota has also accelerated the speed of product iterations, Therefore, the fourth generation of the Highlander in TNGA architecture, already at hand.
When Highlander met TNGA, what would the story?
TNGA is the “hangover” of
Toyota a lot of models, catch TNGA undoubtedly good, such as the Camry, the former Camry never let you have a driver’s desire, the eighth-generation Camry TNGA based architecture, has been able to make people want to open a little faster.
Ralink, Carola change is even more obvious, compact chassis makes you feel like really become Takumi Fujiwara in the mountain, in a open AE86 cars in split bends. Just a pity vehicle positioning constraints, Toyota is not the essence of the latest power system on the Chinese version of the Ralink, Corolla body, “seal” the athletic potential of these two cars.
TNGA does give Toyota brings texture, change the character, but that does not mean the transition to enhance some aspects, TNGA leading Toyota car is not as good as before.
For example, take the space.
in order to pursue a better driving experience, TNGA the center of gravity of the vehicle down at the end that way, the bottom part of the arrangement of the car will “tighten their belts”, you can see, Camry, Ralink, Corolla, even RAV4 SUV as a put-wing, rear floor are “degenerate” into the irregularities.
From this picture above, a new generation Highlander did not seem to escape this “degradation”, the rear middle of the floor there was a significant bulge . Of course, the central rear floor uplift this thing. We have a rational view, there is the necessity of the presence, absence, there are benefits that do not exist. Highlander put on such a mid-sized SUV, in fact, we hope it does not exist.
Similarly there TNGA brought relatively tight driving experience, if this feature is also possessed Highlander, Highlander become like make Camry, Ralink becomes compact as a movement, it is not necessarily good news. Camry, Ralink regard the steering wheel up too heavy, the chassis is relatively tight, with a sense of the relative wealth of people and vehicles to communicate, but these should not be the Highlander consumer groups need.
Moreover, the cash in the sale of Highlander itself in ride quality also has just the right performance.
It is not like the previous Camry old, Ralink old need to be as qualitative change, Highlander just need to follow the development of the times to do some slight improvement.
So, ah, if TNGA also reflected in the body of the Highlander as the Camry, like Ralink turned upside down, then the Highlander might really do not need TNGA.
momentum seems weak
look modeling. Cash in the sale of Highlander though nothing out of color in the design office, but precisely to hit the target group of mid-sized SUV taste, full of muscular appearance full of momentum. Jun rut in the road to see for the first timeThis generation of the Highlander, it’s just there next to a BMW X5, the two vehicles together, Highlander momentum did not lose X5.
but then look at the next generation Highlander US version of the official figure, the overall momentum of how it all a bit weak.
Many applications car more curvilinear strip began to pay attention to details of the design, a change in the previous rough tough wind. Original web into a vigorous and effective in a rounded trapezoid, inside mosaic pattern also exhibits soft posture. The front face of the overall design is more simple than a lot of cash, the taillights have become more slender, but rather more like a Korean cars.
ah, it should be said that Japanese-Americans to South Korea made a plastic surgery.
Highlander old and new generations, from the momentum, it compete with established contractors, too few new domineering, become more delicate, a further plurality of wheels of formula enhances this delicate feeling. Although the change is necessary, but not sure rutting monarch such a change can not be accepted by consumers, especially in the Chinese market, a very impressive looking car is a kind of inherent advantages. Obviously, this is to let stand one killer cash does not fall in the market in the sale of Highlander. The new Highlander, not only momentum weakened, unlike the previous generation so significantly large.
that the new Highlander how to do?
In fact, there are ways to see Guangzhou Toyota will introduce a style slightly rough versions of some packages, let Highlander rediscover the man buried in the bottom of my heart.
can still look forward to some
While it may become more movement TNGA tonality and the convergence of these two domineering highlights the delicate Highlander as good as possible for a new generation of cash is more suitable for Chinese consumption demanders, but a new generation Highlander who still have some things to look forward to, for example, hybrid dynamic systems.
In fact, there are cash Highlander hybrid version launched in the US market, rutting monarch is this generation Highlander domestic listed since that day has been hastened hope guangfeng additional hybrid version of the Highlander, but until the new are not coming today heading.
However, according to the relevant news that the future will provide a new generation Highlander hybrid version in Chinese market.
At present the main cash Highlander models in the Chinese market is code-named 8AR-FTS’s 2.0T engine, which is the US version of the Highlander does not have the power model, but compared to the previous generation Highlander 2.7L entry models used by self-priming four-cylinder engine, power is still plenty of a lot of 220 horsepower for such a mid-sized SUV, 7, just right.
and its shortcomings on the performance in terms of fuel consumption, despite the larger size SUV like this generally can not avoid the problem of high fuel consumption, but we hope to launch in the country Highlander hybrid version . For mid-size SUV, the hybrid system is more necessary than other models.
First, because the relatively medium-sized SUV body weight, compared to the greater initial stage of the car load, while the hybrid system is precisely in this condition the motor can drive, so its effects may be more significant fuel-efficient than cars. And secondly because there are some mid-sized SUV space basis, and arranged for battery hybrid system compared to other parts of the car to be friendly.
and in the country after six’s emission regulations, domestic Highlander 3.5L V6 models have been canceled, and now only a 2.0T model alone Although it did a good job, but in the final analysis is too simple, but capacity is limited. If the next-generation Highlander really be able to also introduce hybrid version, it can alleviate the 2.0T engine capacity shortage problem to some extent, on the other hand also so that consumers can have one more good choice.
a new generation Highlander is another place to look forward to the car interior design, interior Highlander cash belonging to the practicality of the supremacy of the central idea, while the new models are more particular about the details of the aesthetic design, but also to some extent echoes the design, but the appearance of change was too delicate, interior but just right.
that the current model console large storage tank is divided into two, top of the screen is changed to form erected in the center console, but also becomes He became a widescreen, addingThe CarPlay Internet capabilities, which is rare in Toyota cars in China, and hope the next version will have. Coupled with large black leather wrapped on the piano paint handling and around the center console, next-generation Highlander carriages tend to come out of a sense of really high-grade cash than many.
TNGA Highlander when coming?
Although there are indications that the Highlander in no hurry replacement market in China, after all, is still in the cash fare increase, is still entirely to worry about selling the state, while the new style may well not in line with China consumer preferences, but in order to get the grapevine rutting monarch of view, Guangzhou Toyota has already begun preparations for the next-generation Highlander various matters of domestic market.
at the time received the news, rutting monarch also quite shocked, because before any new generation of Guangzhou Toyota Highlander information on the network and does not spread, also no road test spy. It seems Toyota Camry this wave of secret operations doing a good place ah.
However, before landing in the Chinese market next-generation Highlander, guangfeng There is one very important thing to do, and that is to put wing on the first RAV4 sister models Wei Landa arrangements.
Therefore, for 2020 Toyota Camry, the SUV will be a bumper year. And we are most concerned about, of course, specifically what kind of performance-based TNGA architecture developed a new generation Highlander.
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