The technical gap between domestic cars and Japanese cars is far less than the brand gap.
Many people think it is "exaggerated" when they see the topic. One car started late and has a short development history. The other car has rich and leading patented technology support in the automobile industry. A Sylphy car has been sold for 14 generations, which is longer than the development history of some domestic car brands, and the classic models such as Corolla have evolved for more than 1 generations. There will be no gap between the two.
Obviously, "no gap" is unrealistic. The first thing to explain here is that there is a gap between the two, especially at the technical level, which is certain. But for consumers, especially in the daily driving experience, this gap is not as big as expected.
first of all, from the car products themselves, the gap between the two looks at the current car market, and the gap between domestic cars and Japanese cars is really not as wide as expected.
Take Zongcheng as an example. At the earliest, many domestic car engines evolved from Mitsubishi 4G63 series. Nowadays, more and more domestic independent brands focus on their own research and development, which is not necessarily worse than Japanese cars. For example, Chery's E4T15B series engine has a thermal efficiency as high as 37.1%, which is also at the first-class level in the world.
What's more, among many engines developed by domestic independent brands, some variable timing valve technologies of Japanese cars are not absent, but the names may be changed according to different models, or some adjustments may be made for better matching and compatibility. However, it is not difficult to find that many technologies from Japanese car companies and engines developed by domestic independent brands have also been fully tested in the market, and the stability is completely sufficient for daily vehicles.
followed by the gearbox.
more and more models are directly imported with Aisin 6AT or 8AT gearboxes, such as CS35/CS55/CS75 series models of Changan, and the gearboxes are directly imported with Aisin. Is there any difference between them and Japanese cars? Obviously not. Therefore, at the technical level, the gap between domestic cars and Japanese cars is not so big for consumers in terms of daily car experience. Some people say that the difference lies in stability, but it is not entirely true. Although the overall quality control and failure rate performance of Japanese cars are leading in the whole industry, domestic cars are not as bad as expected.
Take Chang 'an Yidong as an example. A car has driven more than 17, kilometers, and its performance is acceptable. This situation is definitely not uncommon in reality. After all, there are Chery QQ racing in the streets in third-and fourth-tier cities. However, because it is a domestic car, many people subconsciously think that this is an example and cannot represent the whole.
Taking Honda Civic as an example, there have been negative effects of increasing engine oil and a public opinion storm that broke the B-pillar, but the sales volume has risen instead of falling, and now consumers think that "faults and problems" are an example, which cannot represent all. Honda brand can solve this problem well.
We have to say that Changan CS75 and Honda CR-V, who are both protagonists of the oil increase incident, actually said that CS75 was handled more timely, and the influence of public opinion fermentation was not as great as that of CR-V. However, from the perspective of the sales of the two cars after the incident, CR-V bottomed out and CS75 never returned to its former peak, and it was not until the appearance of CS75 PLUS that the sales of CS75 changed substantially.
what really causes this disparity is brand influence and recognition. Consumers' tolerance for Japanese brands is still very high, so for example, if all the parts and technologies of Toyota Corolla are used to make a car and the logo of a domestic car is hung, will its sales be able to surpass Corolla?
It is obviously unrealistic. Even if there is no gap in technology, this domestic "Corolla" will not surpass Corolla. The biggest difference is the brand, and the influence of brand influence and recognition can be seen here. Of course, this is not the prejudice of consumers, but the word-of-mouth accumulated by Japanese cars selling well for many years, and the good impression of deeply cultivating the domestic auto market for many years.