I don’t know if you have ever encountered such a scene:
finally found a parking space in a narrow parking lot. After parking the car, I realized that the distance between the two sides of the car was too narrow and the door could hardly be opened!
finally struggled for several rounds before squeezing out from a small gap in the opening of the car door, not to mention uncomfortable.
At this time, I believe you will be very envious of the electric sliding doors owned by MPVs such as GL8 and Odyssey.
Indeed, from such a scene, we can see how good the side sliding door is. The biggest advantage of
lies in its small footprint. Unlike ordinary car doors, it requires a certain amount of space to have a sufficient opening angle, and the opening area is large, making it easy to get on and off the car.
And the electric side sliding door is even more of the "star". It can be opened or closed automatically by just pulling it lightly. The operation, getting on and off the car is very elegant.
is also because of this, it is almost a must-have configuration for every mid-to-high-end MPV.
even some people say: "MPVs without sliding doors are playing rogues!"
However, you will also find that such a convenient sliding door, few cars or SUVs will use it.
Even looking at the household car market under 200,000, there are very few MPVs that can use electric side sliding doors or even manual side sliding doors.
Why is this? Today we will talk to you about this matter.
Maybe everyone will be curious, is the sliding door really the "patent" of MPV and vans?
We can tell everyone with certainty: basically correct. But it is not without exception. Although
is in China, basically no cars and SUVs will use side sliding doors.
However, in Europe, there are many countries with very narrow open roads, and the locals are very fond of small and medium-sized vehicles that are flexible.
is especially single-box and hatchback. There are even some small and medium-sized cars that use the unique design of side sliding doors. A typical example is the Peugeot 1007.
This is a small car at the same level as Volkswagen POLO and Ford Fiesta, but it uses a double-sided electric side sliding door design!
and the door area is very large, so even in the narrow parking space, it is still very convenient for passengers to get on and off the car.
However, "special cases" like the Peugeot 1007 still cannot change the fact that sliding doors are low in popularity.
Why is this? The biggest reason lies in the high cost of side sliding doors.
According to the manufacturer's estimate, the mass production cost of side sliding doors is generally around 2000-3000 yuan, which is 2-4 times higher than that of ordinary hinged doors. This is obviously very detrimental to its popularity.
Currently, domestic MPV models with sliding doors are either low-end cargo and passenger vehicles, which are commonly known as "vans." In order to control costs and lower the price,
uses manual side sliding doors, which are simple in design and have a very poor user experience;
is another mid-to-high-end MPV such as GL8, Odyssey, and Alison. Such models as
have a higher positioning, can afford higher costs, and have higher user experience requirements, so they all have electric side sliding doors, which are much more advanced in experience.
However, their sales are obviously much lower than those of mainstream cars and SUVs, which also affects the cost allocation effect of sliding doors.
For household MPVs such as GL6, Song MAX, and GM6, if you want to control prices and ensure user experience, you can only give up side sliding doors.
Secondly, in design, the side sliding door also limits the appearance of the body. The
has a square body, which makes it easier to arrange side sliding doors. However, a too square body is obviously more difficult for home buyers to accept.
Today's cars and SUVs mostly have very complicated body surface shapes, and the layout of the sliding door mechanism is extremely difficult.
and the "exposed" slide rails of the side sliding door sometimes cause damage to the beauty of the car body.
In addition, the maintenance cost of side sliding doors is relatively high. The
side sliding door system uses steel cables for transmission. There may be a risk of cable breakage. Only a few advanced onesMPV adopts belt drive, and its quality and reliability are obviously inferior to traditional hinged doors. For the side sliding doors of some models of
, due to the layout reasons, once a failure occurs, the third row of glass needs to be specially removed, or even the third row of glass can only be broken. Obviously, this is difficult for many users to accept.
Another point is that today's electric side sliding door system technology is almost monopolized by foreign and joint venture suppliers;
domestic suppliers are almost marginalized by the industry, which creates a higher threshold for its domestic popularity.
All in all, although the sliding door has a very good experience, its cost is relatively high, and the requirements for design, manufacturing and maintenance are relatively high.
From the perspective of measuring cost, design and demand, it is rather helpless that side sliding doors are marginalized by many manufacturers.
hopes that domestic manufacturers can break through the problem as soon as possible and make it as popular as possible on more people-friendly models, and bring a better experience to everyone.
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