Ford turio: You may have overlooked a large MPV.

Generally speaking, MPV can be divided into three categories: household MPV, commercial MPV and commercial MPV. The former is easy to understand, which is to meet the needs of a family of six or seven people. The latter two are called commerce and commerce. In fact, how to distinguish? In addition to the different structure on the frame, there are many differences in appearance size, comfort, practical space and driving and control functions.

As a model positioned as a business MPV, compared with ordinary business MPVs such as GL8 Odyssey, the biggest advantage is the internal space size. Although this kind of business MPV still belongs to the field of low competition in China, it is at least not as fierce as domestic MPV and business MPV. There are only a few competitors in China, such as Mercedes-Benz Weiting, Toyota Sea Lion and Volkswagen Maitewei. Although the war situation is not fierce because people are still in the ignorant stage of how to distinguish MPV, after all, it is also an experience for international car companies to correctly understand market segments in advance. Next, it is said that PSA is also preparing to install similar-sized vehicles in China. It can be predicted that with the popularity of outsourcing car rental, the market for self-purchased business reception cars will shrink day by day, and renting business cars for reception will become a trend. Commercial MPV larger than our traditional commercial MPV will also have a climax. What kind of car rental companies buy is a positioning and functional issue that major automobile manufacturers need to consider.

Figure: The positioning of the current Touareg Europe in the MPV market is in the range of15-250,000, which seems to be "embarrassing", but in fact it belongs to Ford's sub-models laid out in advance in China. The so-called embarrassment is that you don't understand its real purpose. When you really have that demand, you will know that this commercial MPV is easy to use. In my opinion, the wheelbase of 2,933mm and the configuration of 2.0T 203 HP gasoline engine are helpless. Helpless lies in the domestic diesel engine market. It's really not enough to propel this kind of car with only 365,438+0 kg m torque. Although the horsepower is large, the horsepower here is almost meaningless.

Ford Toureo belongs to the Transit family, its mbth is Ford Tourneo, and Tourneo is an advanced version customized by Transit, so it is not an exaggeration to regard it as the top luxury version of Transit in a relationship. Although they are all Transit products, Tourneo adopts the layout of predecessor, and Transit adopts the layout of front rear drive or front four-wheel drive. There are essential differences in the transmission layout between the two. Of course, this modification is also for comfort. Think about it, there is no transmission shaft under the car, and then improve the sound insulation. Isn't this a qualified commercial MPV?

As a commercial MPV, Tureo's seat layout and interior refer to the smaller commercial MPV, which is 2+2+3 seat layout. The inherent size advantage allows everyone's activity space to be fully expanded at once, especially the space advantage of being full of 7 people and carrying 6 consignments, which is incomparable to all commercial MPV models at present. No matter the rental company or its own reception purpose, there is no embarrassment. Think about a car like the GL8. It is almost impossible to put six 20-inch boarding boxes in the luggage space behind the third row, let alone six consignment boxes, but it is possible on a commercial MPV like Tureo. In fact, commercial MPV has been popular in Europe and America for many years, with few passengers, decent interior and plenty of luggage space. It is more flexible from the airport terminal to the hotel to the company. Although the sense of luxury is not as dazzling as commercial MPVs such as GL8, Ailishen and Erffa, it depends on the use! The above business MPV is only suitable for picking up two or three people and picking up six? It must be hard for them.

Figure: From the figure, Tureo's redesign is more family-oriented, which can produce a "face-lifting" effect, making the car look less big and girls understand it, haha.

Figure: LED daytime running lights have been added to meet European vehicle manufacturing specifications.

Different from the cash, the center console of this modified model has been upgraded, equipped with a larger display screen, and air conditioning and multimedia buttons are more concentrated on the steering wheel, which is convenient for drivers to use. The storage space has become larger and the space utilization rate has improved. However, the official does not have much data to show whether the seat design has been improved or upgraded. If the interior and seat comfort are not upgraded, the significance of this change will not be great.

Figure: In terms of power, it is estimated that the domestic version will continue to use the 2.0T EcoBosot engine code-named 4G20B5L, but I expect it will provide a diesel engine to choose from. After all, it is predicted that if the car is over many years old and weighs more than three tons per minute, the huge torque of diesel engine will be better.

The redesigned Touareo feels like a minor upgrade in appearance and interior design. It is the law of the automobile industry to make minor changes in two to three years and major changes in four to six years, especially the more powerful the car factory, the more complicated the product line. I think Ford's small change to Touareo this time is a "turn", so the change is also reasonable.