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"Tujie All-round Warrior" has the strength to become a trump card in Kia 's journey of revival in the Chinese market.
I didn’t work for long. That was many years ago. A colleague had a Kia Furedi. At that time, only a few people could afford a car. So my colleagues and I often surrounded the Furedi during lunch break and were envious. I still remember it was a dark gray Foridy, with a hint of sporty atmosphere, but it gave people the overall feeling of being thick and steady, and it matched very well with tall and strong colleagues. This is the first impression Kia Motors has left on me.
again paid attention to Kia in 2013, when Kia gradually reached its peak in the Chinese market with the leading design of the K series. I remember that I had driven K2 and other models several times in those two years, but the K series has outstanding appearance, but it does not bring that thick and steady feeling to people.
Kia K2
And today's test drive of Kia's fifth-generation Sportage Lion Platinum Industry made me find the thick, steady and refreshing feeling that I first met Furydi. This feeling mainly comes from two aspects: a powerful and powerful appearance and a control experience that is not inferior to the German.
Strong and powerful appearance
The appearance of the lion platinum gives me the overall feeling that it is just right: it is sporty without losing its thickness, strong without losing its agility. This is first attributed to the clearly layered front face: the dark silver chrome trim and boomerang-shaped daytime running lights divide the front face into several modules that are both completely different and integrated, fully reflecting Kia's new design concept of "Opposite United". The body lines are simple and powerful, and the slightly raised window lines extend to the rear of the car, echoing the angle of the spoiler at the end of the car. The overall shape of the rear rear wiper is more simple - the rear wiper is actually hidden under the spoiler, and you can hardly notice it if you don’t look carefully.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Kia bezel-free logo officially released during the Shanghai Auto Show last year. This bezel-free logo has a better integration between the front face and the rear and body, and reveals a sense of high-end.
body color, among the six colors: pearl white, aurora black, star diamond blue, jungle green, interstellar gray and matte gray, I like jungle green the most. Maybe it is the unique temperament exuding by the jungle green car itself that attracted me, maybe it is the jungle green car that is more in line with the environment of Anji full of green waters and green mountains. But I am obviously not the only one who likes the Jungle Green Lion Platinum World, at least this rippling and wool leaf moth. (A little lucky)
The little guy seemed to be deeply attracted by the color of the jungle green body. He was nailed under the door handle without moving, and let me observe and shoot for a long time. Isn’t this the best example of the color of the car paint and nature’s naturalness?
is not as good as German control
After a test drive in one day, what surprised me the most was the control experience of Shibo Tuojie. Seventy or eighty percent of the test drives of about 200 kilometers were traveling between the mountains of Anji County, Zhejiang Province, and there were many complex road conditions passing through deep mountain villages during this period. Conventionally, it would be quite difficult to drive a winding mountain road and a first-time vehicle, but the Shibo Tuojie did not make me feel any discomfort.
Lion Tuojie is not like the Kia before, at least not like the feeling I drove the K2 many years ago, and it felt a little light at that time; Lion Tuojie is more like a German car, with the steady and solid feeling of a German car, and the steering is sensitive, without any feeling of being dragged on.
It is no surprise to think about it carefully. On the one hand, the Libo Tuojie is built on the third-generation i-GMP platform, and the third-generation platform i-GMP itself focuses on optimizing the vehicle's powertrain layout and suspension system, realizing the optimization of the body weight configuration, making the vehicle more stable when turning; it improves the geometric structure of the front and rear suspension, so that the vehicle chassis can respond quickly according to the driver's intentions, and improves the stability of the vehicle at high speeds and corners and the vehicle's responsiveness. On the other hand, the Shibo Tuojie I tested was a power combination of 2.0L HEV+6AT, with a comprehensive system power of 200 horsepower, which is more than enough to pass through the winding mountain road.
Shi Platinum also offers two other power options, 1.5T+8AT and 2.0T+8AT. The maximum power of the two engines is as high as 200 horsepower and 236 horsepower respectively. Today, when most brands focus on the electric car, , and are vigorously developing new electric cars, Kia is very sincere in this comprehensive power upgrade of the Sportage KX5 - the power combination of the fourth-generation Sportage KX5 is 2.0L+6AT, 1.6T+7DCT, with a maximum power of only 177 horsepower.
Intelligent configuration comparable to trams
Another thing that impressed me deeply is that it has rich intelligent configurations. It includes two 12.3-inch curved dual screens; including 10 intelligent driving assistance functions standard in the entire series, including lane following assistance (LFA), lane keeping assistance (LKA), intelligent speed limit control assistance (ISLA), driver fatigue reminder (DAW); including blind spot collision avoidance assistance (BCA), rear passenger forgetting reminder (ROA), highway driving assistance (HDA), and other intelligent safety configurations. The richness of intelligent configuration is far higher than that of competitor models such as Volkswagen Tanyue, Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, and catching up with electric vehicles. During the test drive of
, I did experience the intelligent performance of Shibo Tuojie comparable to that of trams. For example, when the car is too tight or when the lane changes, the car system can always send alarms and remind people in time; for example, the voice interaction response speed is excellent, and the voice commands can be distinguished between the driver's seat and the passenger seat. Voice commands can realize many functions such as air conditioner switching, temperature adjustment, seat heating, etc., but there seems to be a small bug, that is, voice commands cannot realize the commonly used function of adjusting volume. I believe Kia will fix this small regret soon. By the way, let me give you a small suggestion: When formal delivery, should you give the owner a list of functions that can be realized by voice commands? This can help car owners quickly understand what functions can be implemented by voice commands, and avoid trouble car owners to try it repeatedly.
Kia officially positioned the Lion Platinum Tujie as the "Tujie All-round Warrior" who accompany young people in the new era to explore life and explore the future, and summarized it as a new platform for dynamic driving control of full-level combat power, maximum wide space for full-level combat power, and a new platform for full-level combat power, the longest warranty + highest level NVH, super luxurious and convenient configuration of full-level combat power, intelligent technology configuration of full-level combat power, and super-sensory aesthetics of full-level combat power. The highlights are summarized a bit too comprehensive, but not too exaggerated, reflecting that the Shi Platinum Toujie has full sincerity in configuration and strong product strength. Such a model that is very Kia and surpasses Kia, perhaps it is time for Kia, which is actively transforming and intending to revive the Chinese market. Its arrival not only announced the glorious transformation of this Korean star SUV, but also added fire to the joint venture SUV market that has been rolled out of the sky. Lion Tuojie such as
has reason to be welcomed by more consumers. At least after a test drive, I want to pick up my phone and call my former colleague whom I haven't contacted for a long time and say to him: Hi, Kia has another car that I have taken a special ride with you!
