This time, right? The most thorough evolution of Volkswagen Golf.
165438+1On October 7th, the domestic version of the Eighth Generation Golf was listed in Dongguan, Guangdong. At the previous press conference of FAW-Volkswagen, the leaders were all dressed in formal clothes, and ordinary people were not allowed to enter without a media card. The host is required to wear evening dress, and the overall style is high-end. Except for the moment when the new car price was released, the media were allowed to make some chicken blood, and yawned all the time.
However, the listing of the eighth generation domestic golf will be fun for the people. You can bring your own barbecue and beer, and children can make a scene. This is an open-air party-a combination of a concert and a garden party. This style was only experienced by brands like Kelin and MG before its launch, which is rare in the history of FAW-Volkswagen. This is essentially the evolution of the soul.
The domestic eighth-generation golf listed this time has two engines, 1.2T and 1.4T, but only provides a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Among them, 1.2T vehicle is equipped with torsion beam rear suspension, and 1.4T vehicle rear suspension is multi-link independent suspension. According to different configurations, the price of the eighth generation domestic golf ranges from 129800 yuan to 165800 yuan.
Relatively speaking, the overseas version of the Eighth Generation Golf is equipped with 1.0T three-cylinder engine and 1.5T four-cylinder engine, equipped with ACT cylinder management system, and there are also manual gearboxes to choose from. For car fans, what I am looking forward to most is this 1.5T engine, but unfortunately I was absent this time.
Not only that, the domestic eighth-generation golf also shouted the slogan of "digitalization"-as MQB? The first model under the Evo platform, the Eighth Generation Golf upgraded the bus to CANFD, and the bus bandwidth changed from 500K to 2 M. The core functional modules used Ethernet for data transmission, and the transmission speed could reach 100m/s, which made the whole vehicle equipped with a more intelligent driver assistance system.
According to the official words of Volkswagen, the market life of the eighth generation golf is about five years, which is precisely the five years of rapid development of intelligent driving technology. Volkswagen has embedded enough interfaces and transmission redundancy for the eighth generation golf. Once the technical breakthrough or regulations are released, such advanced design is enough to ensure that golf can keep up with the technical trend.
It is also a 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, except that the gear lever has become a small and exquisite electronic gear lever-and it is also designed on Porsche 9 1 1; The mechanical instrument panel has also been replaced with a 10.25 inch full LCD digital instrument panel. In the whole instrument front desk, except the red triangle emergency warning light button or the physical button, all other control buttons have evolved into touch buttons-even the front roof reading light and the steering wheel left light control center.
In addition, most of the control and adjustment of the air conditioning system also need to be completed through the central control panel ... The most unique is the multi-function steering wheel, which also has no physical buttons. Under the premise of flameout or no power supply, the feel of these touch keys makes people doubt whether it is useful to press them or whether it will cause accidental touch; Once the ignition or power is turned on, the touch button on the steering wheel seems to come to life immediately. Press it a little hard, and you will feel the "click" feedback. Don't worry. To tell the truth, no car in its class has such a sense of touch and technology.
The eighth generation golf has been equipped with the in-vehicle system at the bottom of Android, and its voice recognition ability has reached the mainstream level of its own brand. It also supports multi-round voice dialogue, full scene interruption, accurate identification of the position of the main and co-pilot sound sources, etc. , and can support some systems such as voice control of air conditioning. However, as far as the user experience is concerned, the overall performance of this voice interaction system is not as good as that of Ford SYNC+ system, but in the car-machine interconnection mapping, the eighth generation golf has pulled back a sentence-because Ford SYNC+ does not support CarPlay protocol, which is very unfriendly to Apple mobile phone users.
In the eighth generation golf car, both CarPlay and Carlife, whether wired or wireless, can achieve good support. However, it must be reminded that the central control panel of 10 inch only appears on the top model, and the size of the central control panel of other configuration versions is 8 inches.
In addition, the domestic eighth-generation golf is also equipped with L2+? First-class automatic driver assistance system-but not standard. Automatic driving assistance system, including intelligent adaptive cruise, lane change assistance, AEB active braking and other ADAS modules, is only available in top models; Moreover, the function of ADAS module, such as lane centering, needs to be selected to "gather seven dragon balls" to summon L2+ autopilot assistance system. However, the optional package can be set at 17200 yuan, which is not too outrageous compared with Porsche.
In addition to the above digital configuration, the control of the domestic eighth-generation golf company is "digital"-XDS electronic differential system, which is equipped on the 20 10 domestic golf GTI.
I have seen cars with differential locks. It's in a rear-drive drift car. The purpose of installing a differential lock is to make it easier for the rear wheels to get rid of the grip. In fact, it is unreasonable to install a differential lock on a front-drive hatchback like golf. So, what's the use of this thing?
As we all know, the open differential can transmit more torque to the driving wheel with less resistance. When the vehicle speed is not too fast, the torque of the outer wheel is greater-but this is based on the premise that the body should be as horizontal as possible when turning at high speed-just like F 1 racing car. We know that this is actually impossible for civilian cars.
If the front-wheel drive turns too much at high speed, the left and right sides of the car body will be obviously inclined, that is, the outside is low and the inside is high, and the outside wheels are tightly pressed against the ground, while the inside wheels tend to leave the ground, and the resistance on the wheels will become smaller. In this way, the open differential will transmit more torque to the inner driving wheel, while the resistance on the wheel is smaller, which leads to less power on the outer driving wheel, thus leading to the inherent "pushing" trend of understeer of the front driving wheel.
The traditional way to solve this problem is to install an anti-roll bar between the front wheels to keep the left and right sides of the car as horizontal as possible in the corner. However, if you do this, driving comfort will shrink.
So, can we find a scheme that can not only maintain the original comfort, but also improve the curve performance? The best solution is of course LSD limited slip differential. However, this thing is not cheap either. Honda Civic Si equipped with 2.4L self-priming engine is the cheapest model equipped with LSD in the domestic market, and the terminal price is more than 200,000 yuan at the cheapest time.
Therefore, the scheme adopted by golf is XDS electronic differential system. This thing is actually that the driving computer judges the cornering limit by collecting various digital information, so as to control the ABS system to exert a certain braking force on the cornering drive wheel, thereby increasing the resistance on the cornering drive wheel, and then "fool" the open differential to output more torque to the external drive wheel, simulating the effect of LSD limited slip differential, and achieving the purpose of improving cornering performance.
Functionally, the description of "differential lock" is not accurate. I prefer to call it a "digital virtual limited slip differential"-you can understand it as a mild "one-sided brake". ?
XDS electronic differential system has been sought after by die-hard fans since 20 10 was introduced to China by domestic golf GTI. So that some riders found that the control program of XDS electronic differential system was actually built into the sixth generation golf at that time, but it was not unlocked and awakened. When the vehicle is powered on, you only need to connect the 5053 data cable, run relevant programs and select relevant options to activate the XDS electronic differential system. My impression is that if you unlock the golf XDS in the refit shop outside, 400 yuan can handle it.
But this time, it won't cost that much. The domestic eighth generation golf comes standard with XDS electronic differential system.
In a word, in the process of digital evolution, the eighth generation golf feels quite radical, completely losing the conservatism of popular brands. Fans need some time to get used to it.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.