Looking around the world, Volkswagen and Toyota have reached the point of "tension". Volkswagen focuses on the China market and Toyota focuses on the US market, and their annual sales are also "neck and neck". Among them, Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Corolla are natural enemies! They all have a long history and culture. Today we will talk about how to choose these two cars.

Each car brand has its own iconic model, such as Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 3 Series, Audi A6, and Volkswagen Golf is the core model of Volkswagen. Before, some netizens joked: "Volkswagen actually only has golf. If it is reduced, it will be POLO, if it is tilted, it will be sagitar, if it is lengthened, it will be Tiguan, and if it grows, it will be Xia Lang ...", the latest from Volkswagen. In fact, this goes back to its glorious history.

1974, German genius designer Giorgetto put forward the concepts of "origami" and "hatchback" and designed the first generation of golf. This design is very "fresh and refined" for the automobile market in that year, and because of the European oil crisis, the front air-cooled engine was changed, but the front water-cooled engine was adopted for the first time. Once it was launched, it was extremely popular, with a sales miracle of 6.5438+0 million units in three years.

In the following 20 years, golf was upgraded to the fourth generation model, and the original "hatchback" design was still maintained. At the same time, it was introduced to China in 2003 and produced by FAW-Volkswagen. At that time, golf was in strict accordance with German technical standards, and its quality was first-class. However, domestic consumers at that time generally did not recognize the hatchback, so the sales volume has been flat. With the launch of the fifth-generation golf in 2008, the excellent workmanship and quality of the fourth-generation models have been sought after by car-playing and car-changing enthusiasts.

What really makes golf famous in China is the sixth generation model. This generation of golf has made great efforts in the design of appearance and interior. Excellent interior materials and rich active and passive safety configuration. McPherson's previous multi-link independent suspension made it feel very advantageous in its class. Moreover, it is equipped with Volkswagen's "golden power" combination TSI, turbocharged+dual-clutch gearbox, speed-up shift, fuel saving and many other advantages. Within two years of listing, it sold 200,000 cars in China.

It has been four years since the seventh generation golf was listed, during which two mid-term changes were very successful. However, with the increasing competition in the domestic compact car market, the "Gao 7" is a bit inadequate. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, a new generation of golf (the eighth generation) has been released, and it is expected to be officially listed in China this year. At the same time, the exterior and interior adopt Volkswagen's latest family-style design language, and a large number of new technologies are also applied to it, and the competitiveness is bound to "soar"!

Volkswagen's golf strength is really strong, but it is not without rivals. The glorious history of Toyota Corolla is worse than it. From the first generation of Corolla to the present, it is already the twelfth generation model, setting various records.

The first generation of Toyota Corolla was born in 1966. It was designed by an airplane designer, code-named E 10. At that time, its slogan was "The most needed car in the world". Like the first generation golf, its displacement is an inline four-cylinder 1. 1L engine, which has been popular all over Japan since its listing! Then Toyota entered the American market, and Corolla began to go global. In the next 50 years, the total sales volume of Corolla reached 35 million. This is how the title of "king of global sales" came about, and no one has broken it so far.

Everyone has seen the movie "Prefix D", and the AE86 driven by the male owner Tuohai is the prototype of the fifth generation Corolla. This generation of models has changed from the original rear drive to the front drive, and the wheelbase has also been lengthened. Toyota is also very smart. Americans like sedan cars and only put them in the sedan version. Europeans like hatchbacks and put them in the travel edition, which makes Corolla suitable for every corner of the world. Of course, because of the fire of anime movies, this fifth-generation Corolla has also become a must-have model for car collectors.

It was not until the ninth generation that Corolla really entered China. Produced by FAW in Tianjin in 2004, it was renamed as "Corolla". Its 1.6L naturally aspirated engine matches the 5MT/4AT gearbox. Although the power parameters are not bright, it is light to drive and the quality is well controlled. At that time, as a family car, fewer minor problems meant good quality, so its good reputation in China was "precipitated".

Now the new generation of Corolla can be said to be "fame and fortune", which not only has a good reputation, but also is very practical. The dual-engine engine with oil and electricity is very fuel-efficient, and the comprehensive fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is only 4L. Coupled with the increasingly fashionable appearance, it has also attracted the attention of a large wave of young people.

These two cars have their own advantages. Volkswagen Golf's feelings and technology are its highlights. Toyota Corolla takes durability and fuel economy as its starting point. The positioning of the two cars is different, just like aiming at wheat. Even if the customer types overlap, domestic golf is a hatchback, and Corolla only has a sedan version, so before you choose them, you must first think about whether to buy a hatchback or a sedan. Personally, I am more practical. Saving fuel = saving money, so I choose corolla. What would you choose?

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