201011,Chevrolet new sail is listed. For the increasingly popular hatchback, many manufacturers will not miss these hatchback products with more harmonious appearance. On June, 2065438 1 day, Chevrolet's new Sail hatchback was launched. Chevrolet introduced hatchback products one after another after the introduction of sedan models, and a new Sail hatchback with a more harmonious appearance came into being. Sail, a classic brand, is one of the pioneers of domestic family cars. After a short suspension of production, at the beginning of 20 10, the brand-new sail was almost perfectly reborn.
The new Sail hatchback version we evaluated this time can be regarded as the third modified work since it was made in China. Different from the previous models, the appearance of the new Sail has changed a lot. The hatchback version of the new Sail is more harmonious, but what remains unchanged is that it still shoulders the concept of the lowest price of joint venture brand cars, so that Chinese people can enjoy more civilian joint venture brand small cars.
First of all, let me introduce the color of this car: cheese yellow, which is a new color added to the hatchback model and only available in the hatchback version. Harmonious colors and harmonious shapes make people shine. What about the Chevrolet new Sail hatchback? Let's make a comprehensive evaluation.
Evaluation model: Chevrolet new Sail hatchback version
Advantages: low price, large internal space, advanced engine technology and low fuel consumption.
Disadvantages: The configuration is too simple. Low-profile models have no CD, no rear electric window, no remote control key, and entry-level models even have no ABS.
Appearance front
As a model independently developed by Pan Asia, the new Sail gives you a unique first impression, a vibrant appearance and a luxury car atmosphere. You have to admire Chevrolet's excellent design in appearance. It is certainly impossible for every manufacturer to design such a stretched car.
From the appearance, although it is called independent research and development, at first glance it still feels like a musical style. It is not so much a new sail as a small change in music style, which obviously makes more sense. Length 3947mm, width 1690mm, height 1503mm, wheelbase 2465mm, minimum ground clearance 1 17mm,
The front face of the hatchback Sail is exactly the same as the sedan model, and there is basically no difference. Look directly at the front of the new Sail, and you can feel its sports style. A wide decorative strip runs through the central air intake grille, and the golden bow tie logo is embedded in it. Slightly sharp headlights and heavy front bumper, the new Sail adds a lot of sporty atmosphere to Cruze. There is a halogen bulb with H4 socket inside the crystal headlight, and the position of the width light and the turn signal is clear.
The front air intake grille adopts Chevrolet's latest family-style design mask and a double-layer design centered on Chevrolet logo. Headlight modeling is as fashionable as the new music style. Fog lights are embedded in the lower bumper, but the fog lights are only the exclusive design of the highest models. The lines extending from the hood to the middle net make the front face full of momentum, while many lines on the car body make the new Sail look very muscular.
Appearance contour
From the overall appearance, there is no difference between the front faces of Chevrolet's new Sail hatchback and sedan, and the rear view mirror and front window are close to the design of sedan. Turning to the side, the hatchback looks more harmonious. Maybe hatchbacks are a popular trend, so most people can accept them.
The hatchback looks more fashionable and dynamic than the sedan, and it looks more full and harmonious for the new Sail. The straight waistline extends from the front wheel eyebrows to the taillights, and the overall look is more tough. The unique 3-waist line design will outline a three-dimensional curved surface with three-dimensional sense and strength, with distinct bones and muscles; The front-to-rear ratio of long front and short back, the suspension distribution of short front and long back, the volume combination of thin top and thick bottom, and the body posture of low front and high back are smooth and dynamic.
It is worth mentioning that all models of the new Sail are equipped with electric adjustable exterior rearview mirrors as standard, and the base design of the reflector increases the visual range. No.93 gasoline is marked in the fuel tank cover, and the same model products are used for the whole car glass except the front windshield.
Appearance back
Chevrolet's new Sail hatchback is in perfect harmony with its petite body. In appearance, there is no difference between the front of the new Sail and the sedan version, but it is different from the part behind the B-pillar.
The vertical taillight design of the hatchback makes the tail look more concise. The design of the back door is simple, which is a bit like a musical journey on the whole. The newly added cheese yellow also makes the car more fashionable.
The rear of the car is designed with a short tail, which is a popular design method in small cars and looks sporty. The hatchback tail is designed with a lift-up type, and the rear window wiper is added. Vertical integrated taillights replace the hidden bright taillights of cars and look younger and more fashionable. The red lampshade perfectly blends with the rear of the car, adding a sense of integrity. The rear bumper style echoes the body face, and the exhaust pipe adopts hidden design. The tail wing slightly protruding above the trunk is the most touching part of the car.
In control
Chevrolet hatchback looks more harmonious than sedan, so what about the new Sail interior? Let's take a look at the interior of the new sail. The combination of dark and light colors on the new Sail reveals a warm feeling, and it is also very comfortable to sit in the car. However, the actual performance of the center console does not have much to make people shine, and it is still practical.
The small side window in front of the door is designed on the A-pillar independently and cannot be adjusted. The advantages and disadvantages of this design are very obvious. The advantage is that it can obviously increase the window glass area and operating space, and the disadvantage is that it increases the blind area caused by A-pillar.
The color matching of the interior adopts a mature grey rice design, which ensures a certain dirt resistance and generosity of the interior. The use of many rounded lines on the center console makes the passengers who first entered the car immediately feel the closeness and cuteness of the new Sail.
The control buttons in the audio area are generous, the fonts are clear and easy to use, and the materials are mainly used to save finished products, but the workmanship is excellent, and the buttons and knobs feel good. The new sail air conditioning control adopts the traditional three-knob design, with moderate damping and good hand feeling.
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The steering wheel design adopts the latest three design styles of Chevrolet, and the grip is outstanding in the same level. The electric adjustment button of the exterior rearview mirror on the left side of the steering wheel is a very useful configuration. Unfortunately, there is no standard remote control key in the whole department. It is estimated that many people will want to modify it.
The unique instrument design is still fashionable, and the electronic speed display has become the only configuration with a sense of science and technology, although it is not too difficult in cost and technology.
The background of the instrument is orange, just like the backlight of the dial. The gradient design will make you mistakenly think that this is a self-luminous instrument, but it is just an illusion. The traditional mechanical pointer tachometer disappeared and was replaced by digital tachometer. Although you can understand the engine more intuitively, it will take some time for people who are driving the new Sail for the first time to get used to it.
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As a low-cost car that pays attention to cost, New Sail, like other independent brands, uses a large number of hard plastic parts in the interior, but the handling methods of plastic parts are quite similar. The new sail embodies the standard of joint venture car in the seam and touch of internal parts.
The window control button is placed under the central control, which is equipped with four-door electric vehicles and the bottom back door is manual. Only the passenger seat has a cosmetic mirror, and female car owners won't like it. Is it necessary for female car owners to put up mirrors for themselves?
Among all the configurations, the following items are unique to the top models with a price of 68,800 yuan: speed sensing lock, electric sunroof, front fog light, rear door electric window, CD player, four-speaker stereo and trunk opening.
In addition, the Safetycage body of the new Sail hatchback, the monolithic body of large-area high-strength steel and the TIC-tac-toe steel beam protection zone with a central fuel tank provide an ultra-rigid body for the new Sail hatchback.
Front seat
For a family-oriented small car, one of the hot spots that people are most concerned about is its space size. An important part of the new Sail is the internal space. According to reports, although its body size is smaller than Yue Feng, its internal space is larger than Yue Feng. Next, let's go to the car to see how the seats and space of the new Sail are.
The front seats also provide us with good comfort, and the side wrap of the gray part is much softer than the light part in the middle. The seat is still wrapped, and the length of the cushion is 520mm, which is more comfortable. The co-pilot seat is manually adjusted. Although the new Sail seat is wrapped in flannel, the style is more fashionable.
Creating as spacious and pleasant a space as possible for a family of five has become the "top priority" of Chevrolet's new Sail. Compared with other competitors, the new Sail wheelbase of 2465mm does not seem to be dominant. The Chevrolet New Sail maximizes the length of the car and frees the passenger's leg space by adopting a body design with a central fuel tank and a short front suspension and a short rear suspension.
backseat
In terms of body size, compared with sedan, Sail hatchback has no change in wheelbase and width except that the body length is slightly shorter, so the rear space still meets the needs of families.
ISOFIX child safety seat fixing device is standard in the whole system, which has a prominent humanized taste. There is also a net bag under the seat.
One function different from the sedan version is that the rear seats can be laid down in proportion, which greatly increases the storage space, which is necessary for home users.
door
The opening angle is not very large, and the closing sound is not bad. As can be seen from the car door, the materials used in the new Sail are not excellent, but the technology is indeed higher than most independent brand models of the same level. Moreover, the storage space of the car door is reasonable in design, practical and convenient.
To be clear, the hand-cranked windows in the back row of low-profile models are also behind the configuration of this era.
storage space
As a family car, the new Sail has many storage compartments, which are very practical, especially after the window control buttons on the front door are concentrated in front of the gear lever, which increases a lot of space for the storage compartments on the door. It's just that this design needs everyone to get used to it.
There are two grooves in the central armrest, but the water bottle will be unstable. How we wish we had a central handrail. It is more practical to put money in the storage box on the left when driving, and it is also good to put a mobile phone in the opening above. At the bottom of the center console, there is a square storage compartment with considerable volume. You can imagine what to put. There is this electric window control button on the upper edge of the storage compartment as a low-profile model, but it is only for the front window, and the back door needs to be shaken slowly.
According to the manufacturer, the new Chevrolet Sail has 24 storage spaces. This undoubtedly provides a good convenience for daily use. The ingenious humanized design makes the personal belongings of the three generations of the whole family get their places.
tree trunk
In order to ensure the coordination of the rear line, the height of the rear roof is thickened, and the width of the C-pillar directly reduced is also considerable, which increases the longitudinal space of the trunk to some extent.
Open the trunk lid and find that the opening of the trunk of Sail hatchback is relatively small and the ground clearance is high. The luggage space in the trunk is 625mm deep, 970mm wide and 870mm high.
The trunk volume of the hatchback Sail without putting down the rear seats is 248L, which will be smaller than that of the sedan model. However, the more flexible use of space is also different from the car model. 4/6 seats can use space flexibly, and the maximum volume can reach 12 15L. Therefore, the hatchback is more humanized than the sedan in the application of luggage, and the integrity of the storage space is better. The volume of the 42L fuel tank is also medium.
engine
The engine of this new Chevrolet Sail hatchback version we shot still follows the S-TEC series of the previous new Sail hatchback. 1.4L engine model is S-TECⅲ, with double overhead camshafts and four cylinders 16 valve structure. SFI sequential multi-point fuel injection, ECU control module, PDA variable intake and lifetime maintenance-free timing chain transmission technology are applied. Maximum power 103 horsepower and maximum torque131n m, the power output of this engine is ahead of the same class because of the same displacement model. The official test shows that the acceleration time of 0- 100km/h also reaches 1 1.9 seconds.
In addition, the new Sail is also equipped with Chevrolet S-TEC 1.2-liter inline four-cylinder 16 valve gasoline engine, which is also used in spark, AVEO and Lova, and is a relatively mature model. The maximum output power is 87 HP (64kW)/5600rpm, the maximum torque is 1 15 Nm /4400rpm, the maximum speed announced by the manufacturer is 165 km/h, and the fuel consumption under working conditions is 5.7 liters.
gearbox
Chevrolet New Sail's five-speed automatic manual EMT gearbox is equipped with a set of electro-hydraulic control system on the manual gearbox to realize the automatic control of clutch and gear selection. If EMT is compared to the most experienced driver, his function plays the role of hands, feet and brain: in the process of shifting gears, he can take over the engine control system to avoid the driver's misoperation; He can automatically control the engagement and disengagement of the clutch when the vehicle starts and shifts gears. During driving, he can choose the best shift timing according to driving conditions. Simply put, it is the fuel-saving experience of driving by car and hand.
Chevrolet New Sail's EMT5 speed automatic manual transmission has the advantages of reasonable gear allocation, simple operation and easy operation. The shift lever has three stable positions and three unstable positions. Steady-state positions include neutral (n), reverse (r) and forward (d) (located between unsteady position+gear and-gear). Unstable positions include upshift (+), downshift (-) and manual automatic switching (A/M). The S key is an option switch in automatic mode, which can switch between normal mode and sports mode (the S switch is invalid in manual mode).
The EMT gearbox on the new Sail is actually GM's own patented technology added to the AMT automatic transmission module produced by Manietti-Ma Ruili. One of them is to simulate the crawling function of automatic gearbox. When moving forward, as long as you release the brake, you will crawl slowly. In this way, EMT is actually an upgraded AMT gearbox.
In China, the popularization of EMT gearbox has just begun, but in the atmosphere of paying attention to economy and environmental protection, this technology will make great achievements. It will become the main development direction of economical automatic transmission vehicles.
tyre
For cost reasons, the new Sail did not use joint venture brand tires, but chose China's own brand-"Triangle" tires. The tire size and common pattern of 175/65R 14 are more about daily driving and fuel consumption. After all, it is an entry-level family car, and it is understandable to pursue some practicality and sacrifice some comfort. The top of the hub is also a steel ring.
Front disc brake and rear drum brake are used for braking, and the tire performance is average. The spare tire is the same as the vehicle, but it is not expensive. On the contrary, it is reported that the price or cost of non-full-size explosion-proof tires made of special materials is much higher than that of triangular tires equipped by Sail.
basis
The special design of the rear axle makes the classic "scooter suspension" actually provide considerable comfort. It can be seen that Pan Asia has a good grasp of the details.
The front McPherson independent suspension and the rear torsion beam semi-independent suspension are very comfortable at home, so let's compromise the driving pleasure. After all, the price of this car is on the table.
abstract
Chevrolet New Sail is a joint venture brand model with a starting price of less than 60,000 yuan. Its advantages are low price, large internal space, advanced engine technology and low fuel consumption. The disadvantage is that the configuration is too simple. However, it is undeniable that the vehicle balance and vehicle technology built by Shanghai GM in four years have reached a very high level of the same level in China. It remains to be seen whether Chevrolet's new Sail will become a new generation of streetcars. What are the improvements and improvements between the new Chevrolet Sail and the original Buick Sail? Let's conduct a comprehensive test of Chevrolet's new Sail S-RV.
A more beautiful appearance
Although it is still called Sail, it can be seen that Shanghai GM has really made a lot of efforts in style change. The luggage rack on the roof and the high-position brake lights at the rear are all preserved, and all the shunt lines are obviously strengthened, which increases the sense of movement of the whole vehicle. The cross Chevrolet logo on the front air intake grille replaces the original Buick shield logo, and the golden logo extends to the windshield along the two deep spoiler grooves of the engine hood, which outlines the brand-new shape of the new Sail with the waistlines on both sides of the car body. The dimensions of the new Chevrolet Sail S-RV are unchanged except that the body is 7 1mm longer than the original Buick Sail S-RV.
flexible control
In the curve test, the new Sail S-RV has a good grip on the ground, and the occupants in the car have no feeling of being thrown around. The disadvantage is that the steering wheel returns slowly when turning, and the road feeling is not clear enough; Unfortunately, the fixed steering wheel cannot be adjusted to the correct position. It is a little far from the car body when it is in fierce control, so it is not easy to grasp it accurately, which requires the driver to accommodate; When passing through the potholed road at the speed of 30Km/h, the bounce response of the suspension is obviously too sensitive, which may be caused by the high ground clearance and the soft damping spring.
Power remains the same.
Needless to say, the power is still that 1.6L engine. No matter how you tune it, it's old. Trying to boost every power is like draining all the potential of the engine. Open the hood of Chevrolet's new Sail S-RV and find that it is no different from Buick Sail S-RV. The location of the battery is also arranged in a very special place, under the windshield sink, and the space is small, so it is difficult to replace the battery with a larger capacity. The whole cabin is full of people, and the overall layout is not particularly organized. The inherent old problem-the engine compartment pillar will get hot after driving-still exists. After ignition. When the engine is slow, it gives people a feeling that it is not enough. The engine and gearbox cooperate well, and the impact is not obvious when shifting gears. At this time, if you step on the accelerator and accelerate quickly, when it is close to 3000 rpm, the speed pointer will feel pushed back. Because its engine can only get the maximum power at 5600 rpm, when driving, if you want to get the maximum power, you should give the oil a little "hard". After driving on the highway, I'm going to test the limit speed of the car. As a result, after running to 140Km/h, the car drifted a little, let alone hit the direction quickly. Even the merger line should be cautious. Although the manufacturer indicates that the maximum speed of the new Sail can reach 170Km/h, it is still quite laborious to climb the hill after reaching150 km/h/h. In addition, it should be noted that the noise of the new Sail has become the main factor affecting the comfort of Sail. The noise emitted by the engine is obvious when the speed is 80km/h, but the wind noise is greatly increased when the speed is100km/h, indicating that the tightness of the carriage needs to be improved.
Sensitive braking
Compared with 04 Buick Sail S-RV, the braking system of the new Sail S-RV is no different. The test pavement is very slippery in rainy days, and its braking system is stable and sensitive, but the ABS system works slightly rough, and the nodding phenomenon is obvious during emergency braking.
Comprehensive evaluation
Although the price of the new Sail from 68,800 yuan to 98,800 yuan did not surprise consumers, it was recognized by the market. As the "star of hope" of Shanghai GM, Chevrolet brand is geared to mass consumers. From the price point of view, a family car with tens of thousands of yuan can shelter from the wind and rain, warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is safe to drive. There is no big problem and it should be acceptable to the people.
As of 20 10, GM Chevrolet's new sail model has been discontinued, and all existing cars on the market are in stock at present. At present, GM Chevrolet is launching new models. I believe that the updated Sail will be mass-produced as soon as possible. Advantages: large space, joint venture brand and practical configuration of high-equipped models.
Disadvantages: the configuration of low-equipped vehicles is unreasonable. No, the golden wheelbase is 2650 mm