What can 260,000 Mercedes-Benz A-Class bring you?

Price of the whole department: 265,438+0.65,438+0.8 million-299,800 yuan.

Test vehicle: 2020 A? 200? l？ racing car

Test vehicle price: 264,800 yuan

Test location: Beijing

Test road conditions: urban comprehensive highways and expressways.

If there is reincarnation, then before we are born again, the brochure we saw in heaven reads:

Eat, drink, pull, sleep and die. Please start your journey to the earth immediately.

Maybe none of us want to be born.

But in this way, we might as well try:

Go down to the depths of the white clouds, start your journey into the unknown, and find eternal beauty in short and fragile things.

The long journey of life and death is like a pulling rubber band, the length is just a tiny gap within the limit, and in this indifferent journey of life, life can only be unique and magnificent if it is endowed with the meaning of not perfunctory. However, 365 repeated days are 365 different days: the most correct way to eat and drink is to live in style. In the automobile industry, the Mercedes-Benz brand with a history of 133 years is synonymous with style.

It can be said that every Mercedes-Benz is not just a car, but a way of life. The new Mercedes-Benz long-wheelbase A-Class sedan is a good example, which reinterprets the luxury and style that a new generation of cars should have. While igniting the passion of the new generation, it also subverts the existing pattern of the compact luxury car market with the attitude of a game breaker.

The brand-new A-class is really a distinctive model with the ability to make people like it at first sight. Adopt a brand-new family-style design, just like a small CLS.

Headlights are LED light sources, and the air intake grille under the middle net also has a certain aerodynamic design. Behind the huge logo is ACC adaptive cruise radar.

The waistline design on the side will make you mistake it for a short axis mercedes benz c, while the slightly upturned tail design is the finishing touch. The taillights draw lessons from the shape of the fighter tail. The Y-shaped LED taillights are slightly blackened, and the shape of the single exhaust and diffuser at the lower side is also arrogant enough.

"Good-looking skin+interesting soul" is the golden collocation that makes the style perfect. In the interior layout, the center console and the inner side of the door are basically wrapped in leather, and there is no cut corners because of the downward price. The middle panel of the center console also adopts the style of carbon fiber material, which has good touch and vision. There will be no sense of cheapness.

The multifunctional buttons on the steering wheel are as exquisite as handicrafts. In addition to being in charge of the instrument screen and central control through thumb operation, it also includes a full set of functions such as adaptive cruise, entertainment system control and telephone control, which are highly integrated and can also reduce distractions during driving. Physical keys become rockers, thus arranging more functions in a limited space.

The integrated instrument panel and the central control panel are the most eye-catching, and the large screen is well integrated into the overall design of the carriage, and there will be no feeling of installing a pad afterwards. The central control screen can directly touch the screen to complete the operation. The screen display effect is amazing, with high resolution and no obvious graininess. Although it is not as good as the Mercedes-Benz top match, this price is still very conscience. The built-in memory of the system is up to 8GB, and it has a six-core processor in NVIDIA, so it won't feel stuck when used.

Although it is a bit unfriendly to say that the whole car only provides Type-C interface, it is necessary to purchase another Type-C? Where to? Type-C/lighting data cable, but it is worth mentioning that the touchpad replaces the control knob in the past, which can control the display content of the infotainment system just like using a smart phone, and can switch or enlarge related content with gestures. For example, the touchpad can slide up with two fingers to pop up the media playing interface, and then slide left and right to cut songs. In order to further facilitate the operation, there is a wrist rest wrapped in leather behind the touchpad. This wave of "ceremonial" operation is really very fast.

As the first model equipped with Mercedes-Benz MBUX intelligent human-computer interaction system, some people may look disdainful. Isn't this a car provided by a third party? How different is it from Apple's SIRI? It's really different The biggest feature of this MBUX system is that it not only increases many functions of car networking, but also improves the human-computer interaction interface and interaction mode. What surprises me most is that it can support speech recognition of many dialects, that is, it can understand many dialect instructions. For example, "Mercedes-Benz, open the skylight", "Mercedes-Benz, turn off the ambient light" and "Mercedes-Benz, I want to listen to Jay Chou's songs" can all be done, and the response speed is quite touching in almost 2 seconds.

After lengthening the wheelbase, the body size of the new A-class long wheelbase version has reached 4622× 1796× 1454mm, and the wheelbase is 2789mm, which is 60mm higher than the standard wheelbase. This is specially provided by China, which makes up for the space shortage of compact models and further caters to the huge demand of Chinese people for rear space. The back row adopts a cushion design similar to a "convex" shape, and the middle part of the cushion is the part that supports the thigh, which protrudes about 5cm from both sides, greatly enhancing the supporting force of the cushion; Although visually it seems to make the leg space smaller, it is actually very comfortable to sit, and the distance from the back of the front seat is close to half an arm, which will not make the rear passengers feel wronged.

Because the positioning of the long-wheelbase A-class car is very clear, it belongs to the family car type that needs to "go" to meet the needs of most consumers. So I once preconceived that although this is a "sports car", it will not be so brilliant in driving performance, and may tend to be neutral and comfortable. But actually, this one? 200? The driving pleasure of the sports version is beyond my original imagination.

Test drive this a? 200? L Sport version adopts the power system of 1.3T high-power engine +7-speed dual-clutch gearbox, and the maximum power reaches 163 horsepower, so the power of 1.3T can completely control this body which is less than 1.4t, and there is still a sense of pushing back when speeding up.

This 1.3T engine was jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and Renault-Nissan Alliance. Although it is a 1.3T engine, Mercedes-Benz is equipped with dynamic control options (dynamic? Select).? Different driving modes can be selected through the metal rod, and different settings can be made for the engine, gearbox, chassis and steering mechanism. "Sport" mode can create a dynamic driving style, while the basic "comfort" mode can bring a balanced driving experience. The "ecological" model focuses on maximizing efficiency while saving fuel and money.

The torque output speed range of high-power engine is very low, and it is smooth to stop and go in the city. The 7-speed dual clutch adopts wet mechanism, which avoids the setback when shifting gears, and at the same time, it does not hesitate to shift gears when accelerating.

In addition, the engine adopts a triangular cylinder head with the injector in the center, and is equipped with exhaust manifold and cylinder closing technology to close the No.2 and No.3 cylinders when necessary to reduce fuel consumption. Therefore, in addition to providing a good power level, the fuel economy is not bad, and the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers is basically a little more than 7 liters. As a household, it is very qualified in power renewal.

The steering wheel is the right size and has a solid grip, but the power of electric power steering is somewhat difficult to master. Although it is light, it needs some feedback to adapt to the steering. However, the performance of the chassis was unexpected. The part of the chassis seems to be thicker and tougher than the long-wheelbase C-class car with the same door, and the overall feeling is very strong.

The adjustment of suspension system is to give consideration to toughness and comfort. The first half can easily filter out the slight vibration of the road surface, and the second half provides sufficient support. Even when passing through some corners or emergency tangents quickly, the posture of the car body can be kept very stable, especially the front of the car reacts quickly and the rear of the car has good following performance, which is rare in the same class. Therefore, when driving, the body will feel very obedient and responsive.

Everyone is a unique food in the world. If you use a perfunctory method, don't blame the last perfunctory taste. When we consciously choose a life with style, the interest of life itself will be revealed. Choosing a car is also a way of life, and the brand-new A-class is the model that can best reflect the style. It not only inherits the S-class design soul of this generation, but also carries forward the luxurious style of youth. For the wonderful world, Mercedes-Benz has never stopped exploring. I hope you don't perfunctory yourself and live your own life.

Text = Zhou Wei? Photography = Fiona Fang

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