recently saw an article titled "Off-road Don't Lose Prado!" 2.0T with 8AT, U-turn with tank + creep mode, and what about Highlander? Does this guy wonder when the domestically produced cars are so powerful? As for my reaction, let's take a look at what kind of existence Prado and Highlander exist in their respective fields.
Prado was first called "dominant" in China. Even an amateur who doesn't understand cars, I believe you can know a little bit about its strength from its name. Toyota has a particularly well-known advertising slogan. I believe that most riders have heard that "there must be a road to the mountain, and there is a Toyota if there is a road." But what you don’t know is that many riders who play self-driving and off-road vehicles are still used to adding a sentence after it: "There is no road, there is Prado." Indeed, Prado, which has strong off-road performance and reliability, has indeed been in the past for a long time. It has become a dominant presence in the off-road vehicle market.
Look at Highlander again. After entering the Chinese market for ten years, Highlander can be called a true "sacred car", and it has never been in the "sacred altar" position. There are even two sentences circulating in the market to describe Han Landa is very apt, one is: has been imitated, has never been surpassed; the other is: life, can not avoid a Highlander. The Highlander, which is located in the luxury mid-to-large SUV, was once popular in the family SUV market with its extraordinary reliability and excellent driving comfort. It is not uncommon to buy cars at increased prices. As a "value preservation artifact", Highlander's three-year value preservation rate even reached 86.37% of the sky. Z1z
has said so much, you must understand why I was so shocked after reading that article. But is this really the case? After I wake up, I am ready to find out. You must know that Prado and Highlander are god-like existences in the hard-core off-road and home SUV fields respectively. The Haval H9 can really be in these two fields. Has the "double transcendence" been achieved?
off-road strength, can Haval H9 replace the dominance of Prado?
On the official website of Haval, we can see that the new Haval H9 has not only upgraded the appearance and interior, but also added three locks, tank turning, creeping and other off-road tools, especially the three locks, which are the most eye-catching. Previously, only the million-class off-road SUV would have this configuration. But we all know that, as a relatively large machine, a car, especially an off-road vehicle, how its ability is a manifestation of its overall strength requires close cooperation of various components and functions. It does not mean that only one or a few functions can be outstanding. First, can the newly upgraded Haval H9 really catch up with Prado in off-road strength? Let's look at the power first. For off-road vehicles, power is absolutely the basis, and everything else is useless if there is insufficient power.
Judging from the data in the above table, the Haval H9 is obviously false first, and it can also be seen from the word of mouth of the owners of the car home that the owners have been criticizing its engine noise for a long time. In addition to the power of
, from the perspective of comprehensive off-road strength, will Haval H9 come back against the wind? Before the comparison, Ben Hunzi was still looking forward to it, but in reality it backfired. From the evaluation of the blogger "after having a car", we can see that the two cars have the same strength in the suspension travel test, but Prado dominates in the maximum climbing test, the maximum inclination test, and the maximum traction test. The Haval H9 is only in Win a test of four-wheel drive. It is undeniable that the newly upgraded Haval H9 has a qualitative improvement in its ability to escape with the blessing of three locks. It can surpass even in the competition with Prado, but it has to be said that Haval H9 wants to be capable of off-road strength. There is still a long way to go to fully surpass Prado.
driving experience, is Harvard H9 really more comfortable than Highlander?
Similarly, we can see that the new Haval H9 has made a lot of efforts to upgrade the interior. From the official website of Haval, we can see that the interior of the Haval H9 is wrapped in leather on a large scale, and the diamond stitching design and Morris brown color match do indeed reflect Haval’s intention to please users, but in fact how the car owners feedback on the comfort of Haval H9? Let's start from the actual reaction of the car owner. From the reputation of the car home, we can see that the car owner's complaints about the driving comfort of the Haval H9 are concentrated on the seat comfort, noise, and vibration filtering. The ride comfort of Haval H9 is not as satisfactory as it advertises.In particular, Great Wall Motors still has to work harder on the internal details of NVH that test the sincerity of car companies.
So, setting aside the shortcomings of Haval H9, in comparison with Highlander, can Haval H9 win? The fundamental reason why consumers choose SUVs is to pursue ample space. Especially for owners of large and medium-sized SUVs, they have higher requirements for space. Although the Haval H9 2020 has a length of 5090 mm, a width of 1926 mm, and a wheelbase of 2800 mm, the Highlander is 4950 mm long, 1930 mm wide, and a wheelbase of 2850 mm. From the data alone, the two are almost the same. But we all know that the size of the vehicle's appearance is not the decisive factor in determining the space of the vehicle. The utilization of the space in the vehicle is more a test of the design and technical level of the car company. The Haval H9 and Highlander's seven-seat models are compared. , Obviously Highlander's space utilization rate is higher and car owners are more satisfied, while Haval H9 is full of slots.
Other smart configurations and humanized design are not to be seen for the time being. From the most basic needs and space, the Haval H9 can hardly shake the Highlander, so how can it go beyond? After some analysis of
, the Hunzi can fully responsibly conclude that the strength of the Haval H9 is indeed there, but only in the 200,000-class SUV field. Haval H9 wants to achieve an upward breakthrough. It will take time to surpass Prado and Highlander. If someone talks about Prado in front of you, Highlander is the "brother" in front of Haval H9, I am afraid you should consider him. Is it time to take medicine if the brain burns out!
