Now, under the call of GM to popularize three cylinders in an all-round way, the Cavaliers have also replaced the old L2B with the most advanced 1.0T three-cylinder turbocharged engine. 1.5L four-cylinder self-priming engine. Although Chinese people have a bad impression of "three-cylinder engine", Cavalier made up for some shortcomings with 6AT. In other words, if the knight is playing the power combination of "three cylinders+double clutch", I am afraid that "golden bow tie" is useless.
6AT has saved Cavalier's current market sales to some extent. All the knight cars currently on sale are equipped with 1.0T+6AT power combination. Although the guide price is 899-9990 yuan, in the terminal market, the knight's preferential strength has always been great, and it is normal to be around 30,000 yuan. Therefore, the price of the Knight's naked car terminal was appropriately 70,000, and the budget was 70,000 to buy a joint venture compact car equipped with a 6AT gearbox. What other bikes do you need?
Having said that, many people will wonder why the Cavalier equipped with 6AT can be sold so cheaply. Why can't you even own a brand that claims to be cost-effective?
We said that although Cavalier was sold so cheaply, Chevrolet was still profitable and could not lose money. Car companies are not welfare homes or charitable foundations, but profit-making enterprises. The only reason why Cavalier can be sold so cheaply is that its manufacturing cost is lower. Aside from other aspects, let's say gearbox. When it comes to 6AT, don't just think of Aisin in Japan. Think about ZF in Germany. In fact, GM also has a self-developed AT gearbox. This 6AT, internal code GF6, 1.0T three-cylinder machine is also independently developed by GM. Therefore, the Cavaliers dare to extend the discount to 30,000+.
In addition, why are there so few self-owned brand models equipped with 6AT gearboxes? The reason is that you have not mastered the core technology. If you choose to buy Aisin or ZF AT gearbox, it is easy to get stuck. It has never happened before. Isn't it not long before GAC Chuanqi GS8 was out of stock by love? In addition, Volkswagen also bought Aisin's gearbox before, but in the end, Volkswagen made up its mind to develop DSG (dual clutch) gearbox, which was also afraid of being led by Aisin. In addition, Volkswagen and Toyota are sworn enemies, and Aisin belongs to Toyota. If Toyota takes the time to give you a break, how can Volkswagen play better than Toyota?
To say that Volkswagen is actually talking about our own brand. In recent years, our own brand has developed rapidly. If we put the gearbox as one of the most important core components in the hands of others, wouldn't it be pinched by others? However, if you want to independently develop at gearbox, the patent has been firmly grasped by Credit Suisse and ZF, and you need to pay expensive patent fees, which means that even if you develop AT gearbox yourself, it will cost a lot. At this time, the dual-clutch gearbox with relatively simple structure has become the best choice for independent brands. Although the core technology of dual clutch gearbox is in the hands of American Borgwarner and German Gertrak, the technology is relatively simple and the technology is not so complicated. Moreover, Borgwarner, especially Gertrak, is also open and cooperative with China car companies. Therefore, the dual-clutch gearbox has become one of the best choices for independent brands.
Of course, some independent car companies such as Chery developed CVT gearboxes earlier, but eventually they returned to the road of dual clutch. Therefore, the mainstream automatic gearbox in independent brands is dual clutch. To tell the truth, after several years of training, the accomplishments of independent brands in dual-clutch gearboxes have been greatly improved. In addition to the natural advantages of high shift efficiency and good fuel economy, the performance in ride comfort, shift logic and reliability has been basically satisfactory.
Although 70,000 yuan may not be able to buy a self-owned brand car equipped with 6AT, within the same budget, saying 6AT does not mean that it cannot be bought.
In fact, the current independent dual clutch has evolved very well, and all independent automobile giants have quite good products, which also makes international giants sit up and take notice. Including BYD, Chery, Great Wall, Changan, Geely and other brands, have mastered the core technology and the products are completely excellent. The models they carry include some self-owned brands with better design and configuration, such as BYD Qin, Geely Binrui, Arrizo, JAC A5 and Roewe i5.
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