Guangzhou Auto Show Preview

With the rejuvenation of the automobile market, compact sports cars are becoming a hot spot of competition. With the arrival of fashion crowd, the rejuvenation of design has become an inevitable trend. The much-anticipated brand new? FAW Audi A3L will be officially unveiled at Guangzhou Auto Show. This provides a brand-new choice for fashion petty bourgeoisie.

As the most direct competitor, Mercedes-Benz A-Class has also attracted the attention of many users. What kind of cars are these and what kind of people are they suitable for? Today, let me get to know it for you.

Let's set the tone first As two first-line luxury brand entry models, Audi A3L and Mercedes-Benz A-Class not only maintain their family tonality in the overall modeling proportion; At the same time, through the injection of a large number of young styles, it has created a "sports youth" that is not the same as the upstream models, but is very attractive to young people.

Specifically, the new A3L vehicle style is sharp enough, and the large-size hexagonal air intake grille is full of momentum. The honeycomb grille inside neutralizes this momentum very well, and the overall look and feel is decent enough, without that kind of bluff.

Compared with the cash, the side and tail lines of the car have not changed much, and the shape is three-dimensional and angular, which has the iconic and capable technical taste of Audi models.

Although Mercedes-Benz A-Class is a small car, it appropriately expresses the "atmosphere" that Mercedes-Benz values most. Specifically, the A-class front is designed with wing headlights of Mercedes-Benz family, surrounded by a diving front face. The front face looks sharp and atmospheric, which is very similar to the upstream models such as CLS. Coupe design with short slip back is adopted on the side and tail of the car body, and the overall line proportion is quite compact. In other words, this Mercedes is better than that Audi in terms of sense of movement.

As far as the interior is concerned, both cars are made in a quite young fashion style with prominent screens. On the one hand, because their target consumers will pay more attention to the networking of science and technology; On the other hand, their prices cannot support the construction of solid wood and leather. On networking, this A-class MBUX man-machine operating system has good performance, but compared with the Audi A3L with Android architecture, it does lack online resources.

Specifically, the overall sense of technology and quality of the new Audi A3L is more obvious than that of the current model. The center console and sports steering wheel biased to the driver's side show the young tonality of the product, and the air conditioning outlet across the front of the passenger control panel also greatly extends the visual width of the car. However, due to cost reasons, A3L did not adopt the highly praised "three-screen design" of Audi brand upstream cars.

At the vehicle level, the new car is equipped with a 10. 1 inch touch screen embedded in the interior; It is possible to build an Android networking system consistent with the mid-term redesigned Audi A4L model. Based on a larger screen, a brand-new touch interaction form and a more open Android network ecology, the new car will have a great experience improvement in the level of scientific and technological intelligence. After all, for Android, what about Meituan? Are you hungry? Tik Tok is a one-click installation.

Mercedes-Benz A-Class tries to create the luxury sense of Mercedes-Benz brand "flag" at limited cost. The stitching leather package across the center console surface, although the leather surface texture will be a little rougher than that of big brother models such as C and E, the first impression is still very arresting, which is indeed a very obvious advantage compared with other models at the same price. The combination of the metal steering wheel and the air outlet of the silver gun barrel air conditioner makes this interior not an old-fashioned style, but a lively fashion atmosphere.

On the car plane, the A-class dual 10.25-inch penetrating large screen is a very bright spot, and the left dashboard supports four sets of UI styles: classic, avant-garde, sporty and soft. And it is divided into three areas: left, middle and right. You can customize the display content of three areas, or display the whole interface as navigation.

On the spatial level, the extended wheelbase of 565,438+0 mm really improves the spatial performance of A3L compared with the current A3. As far as the actual body feeling is concerned, A3L also adheres to a distinct comfortable orientation, and the filling material is soft enough to bring some soft sinking feeling to the buttocks. The overall shape of the seat is also quite wide, and the inconspicuous packages on both sides also give the driver a natural and stretched overall sitting posture, without that kind of "panic".

In terms of space and ride comfort, Mercedes-Benz A-Class also has a good relationship between sports appearance and internal and external comfort. The seat setting is not as fashionable as the appearance at all, but adopts the most comfortable setting that the China market likes. Specifically, Mercedes-Benz A-class front seats are wide, but there is no such restrictive package on both sides, which can ensure the driver's comfortable daily commute. The thick but not very soft inner pad can also give the driver very good support during long-distance driving, and the overall hip feels more friendly.

However, the height from the chair surface to the floor seems to be slightly short. For the long-legged Oba with a height of 1.78cm, there is indeed some "crouching feeling".

This A3L car has never been driven before, so I can only make a little comment with my brain. I did drive a Mercedes-Benz A-Class car, so I can say it firmly.

Let's talk about motivation first. Audi A3L is equipped with a 1.4T turbocharged engine, with a maximum power of about 150 horsepower, matching a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox. The actual driving feeling can really be regarded as "quite fierce" because of the seven-speed dry dual-clutch gearbox with "all kinds of online insults and incense".

In the daily D gear mode, this gearbox is smooth and even a little lazy. Even if you are trampled violently, it is difficult to push the speed above 2000 rpm. As for the problem of low-speed frustration that car buyers are generally worried about, A3 has also alleviated it to some extent by upgrading the control logic. Specifically, when the vehicle starts, the gearbox will shift into the second gear at the fastest speed, and will not enter the first gear. It will completely slow down in the second gear city to avoid hesitation between the first gear and the second gear when driving at low speed. S-block mode is the stage for this car to be resurrected with blood. Under the urging of the driver's big foot throttle, this powertrain can quickly downshift or even downshift a few gears, creating a neat and crisp power transmission. Overtaking under the legal speed limit is also very emboldened.

On the handling level, the overall arrangement of A3L is compact and solid, which can isolate the vibration and bumps of the carriage politely and restrained, so it is considered as a "big car" compact car.

In terms of power and driving, Mercedes-Benz A-Class is equipped with a 1.3T turbocharged engine and 136 horsepower, matching a 7-speed wet dual-clutch gearbox. As far as the specific driving experience is concerned, perhaps in order not to let the driver notice the obvious shortcomings, the initial stage of this powertrain is very sensitive. With a slight toe step, the vehicle can start very lightly and freely, and the power setting in the middle and early stages is also very positive. However, when the speed exceeds 70km/h, the acceleration power of the vehicle will be obviously weakened, and the second acceleration overtaking under high-speed road conditions really needs some patience. The overall dual clutch has been adjusted to some quite good levels, and it can hardly feel frustration at low speed, and can also respond to more urgent power requests efficiently and quickly.

On the level of dynamic driving, the new A-class adopts a moderately tight adjustment idea. When driving, you can feel the response and echo between the front and rear of the car is very close, which has a strong sense of integration of the whole car. However, the hard suspension setting does restrict the comfort to a certain extent, which is commonly known as "this car is a bit bumpy." At the steering level, this car has enough compliance, and the body can input steering very efficiently.

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