Six-way bend mountain road test drive Angkewei plus light mixing helps to mute the interior and can improve it.

In China's SUV market, although compact SUVs sell the most, large SUVs have become more and more popular with consumers in recent years. The reason may be because of "big".

Compared with the competing products of the joint venture brand, Angkor entered the market a little late, but it is precisely because of the slogan of "65438+ 00% more" that Angkor attracted people's attention as soon as it appeared, and it also achieved an impressive monthly sales volume of 20,000+,and now it has already exceeded one million.

Today, Angkewei has officially entered the second half of its life cycle (to be exact, the last stage). As a car company, there will naturally be no substitute products. At the same time, in order to divide the customer groups more finely, Angkewei S was officially listed in 2020, and Angkewei Plus was officially listed in June this year to meet the "big" consumers.

As a new car for home users, how do you feel about driving?

Last weekend, I drove all the way from Nanjing to southern Anhui in a seven-seat version of Angkor Vega Avia. These two days, there are expressway, rural roads, surprises and shortcomings.

As usual, let's talk about appearance and interior. Angkewei Plus adopts Buick's latest family-style design language, and its appearance is simple and complete. The ordinary version adopts horizontal net modeling, and the style is moderate. Avia's version adopts the iconic dot matrix mesh, and the addition of chrome trim adds a sense of exquisiteness. The chrome trim at the rear of the car, which symbolizes the flying wing element, echoes the front of the car at a distance, and horizontally runs through the full LED taillights fluttering on both sides. With the contour design, it brings rich light and shadow effects and makes the whole rear look more three-dimensional and fashionable.

In terms of interior, the iconic cockpit design embraces the driver, with an overall inclination of 18, supplemented by large-area soft leather coating and double stitching technology, and combined with Avia's exclusive three-dimensional diamond design elements, it highlights the grade sense of Buick interior quality. The new car adopts the ant key electronic file, which is not only convenient and fast to operate, but also can prevent misoperation and ensure driving safety. It is worth mentioning that compared with the traditional seat ventilation system, Angkor Plus's seat ventilation system adopts air suction. Officials say that this change can make the temperature inside the car drop faster and feel more comfortable.

Let's talk about the driving experience first. This time, the road is Jiangnan Tianlu, which is called "Southern Anhui Sichuan-Tibet Line". This road has the beauty of Guilin in Guangxi, the wonder of Shilin in Yunnan, and the danger of 3 18 Sichuan-Tibet line. It has the essence of mountains and rivers in southern Anhui, winding and unique scenery. Among them, Liudaowan is the best section, and friends in the same trade joked: "What is the five-link hairpin bend? This is the sixth company, and you have to kneel to expand the sea! "

In terms of power, Angkor Plus is equipped with the eighth generation Ecotect 2.0T variable cylinder turbocharged engine +48V light hybrid +9AT gearbox. The maximum power of the engine is still the familiar 237 horsepower, and the peak torque is 350n·m, so the book value is very considerable.

48V light hybrid power system plays a positive role in the optimization of the whole power system. First of all, the initial response is very light and powerful, which weakens its sense of big car to some extent; Then when I step on the accelerator, the 48V light hybrid system can assist the engine to increase the speed and improve the acceleration response of the whole vehicle, which is also very helpful for the ride comfort performance of 9AT.

Not only Liudaowan Mountain Road, most sections of the Sichuan-Tibet line in southern Anhui are mountain roads, so it is necessary to turn accurately under the condition of ensuring power output, otherwise it will either hit the mountain or go down the ditch. Electric power steering can adjust the shock absorption intensity with the vehicle speed, and different driving modes have different settings. The steering feeling is accurate and linear when turning corners continuously and changing lanes rapidly, which effectively improves the driving quality and confidence.

The seven-seat version of Angkor plus Avea is equipped with AWD intelligent four-wheel drive system with disconnection function. When cornering quickly, the four-wheel drive system can respond quickly, automatically balance the torque output of the front and rear axles, reduce understeer and vehicle yaw, improve the safe cornering limit, and provide additional traction when cornering. Of course, this fast turning method is definitely not carried out on a mountain road.

In the daily driving state, when the driver does not need the four-wheel drive mode, all the four-wheel drive related parts on the driving chain can be disconnected, thus giving consideration to driving performance and low fuel consumption. At the same time, Angkor Plus Avia also provides four modes to choose from: comfort, four-wheel drive, sports and off-road, so that vehicles can cope with various road conditions more safely and calmly.

Safety protection has always been Buick's strength. Angkor Plus Avia Edition is equipped with intelligent driving assistance technologies, including FCA frontal collision warning system, SBZA side blind zone warning system, LKA lane maintenance system and PD pedestrian recognition system. The third generation AP automatic intelligent parking system makes parking more convenient and easy. Vehicles can actively detect and identify parking spaces, realize automatic control of steering, braking, replacing windshield and accelerating the whole process, thus bringing a completely hands-free intelligent parking experience. High-definition streaming media rearview, HUD head-up display and high-definition 360 panoramic parking images can help drivers fully grasp the surrounding environment and vehicle information and better cope with the impact of weather changes on driving safety.

After the test drive, let's talk about what I personally feel is not very satisfactory.

First of all, the first point is the dashboard. After all, a 300,000-odd SUV still uses a dashboard that combines LCD and machinery, which is a bit fall in price, and it is not a sense of class in the whole vehicle. It can be said that the dividend brought by the streaming rearview mirror has been dragged down by the dashboard.

Second, the rear air conditioner cannot be adjusted. Sitting alone in the back row, I can only rely on my brothers in the front row to help me adjust the air conditioner, look at the hot seat button in the back row and call out to the boy.

Third, mute. In fact, mute technology has always been Buick's ace skill, but I personally feel a little disappointed in driving these two days. Although the SUV body of Angkewei Plus has caused congenital silence, it can't be compared with cars, but at least it can be improved in road noise and engine noise, and it would be better to add another layer of sound insulation cotton.

Last one, the engine. The 48V light mixing system makes the vehicle start faster, but when driving on expressway, I also find that the late acceleration is somewhat ineffective when the vehicle speed exceeds100 km/h. When you step on the accelerator deeply, the engine response obviously lags behind 1 s, and then slowly speeds up, which is completely different from the acceleration in the front and middle parts.

As an iterative product of Angkewei, Angkewei Plus will set off the banner of family sales in the future. It is understood that after Angkor stopped production, Angkor S comes standard with 1.5T engine, and Angkor Plus comes standard with 2.0T engine, which distinguishes the two in terms of power and aims at different user groups.

Finally, personally, compared with the seven-seat version of Avia, the Angkor Plus in the middle is more cost-effective, and interested friends can also go to the store for test drive comparison. ?

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