What is Ford's wing beat?

Ford's brand-new Wingbeat is on the market, with a price range of 7.98- 155800.

The first generation of Wingbeat was produced in Brazil and mainly sold in South America. The second generation has become a global model, with factories in Brazil, India, Thailand, Russia and China, and water testing in China, Japan, Europe, India and South America, but it is not sold in Ford's hometown of the United States.

First generation wing beat

Therefore, the Wingbeat imported from China is the second generation model. To tell the truth, the price of this generation of domestic wing pats is not kind, and the beggar version sells 94,800. Apart from the youthful and energetic appearance, there seems to be nothing remarkable, which is tepid in the domestic SUV market.

Look at Europe, which is keen on buying a car. From the data of 20 16 and 20 17, the sales performance of Ford Wingbeat is also mediocre, which is also surpassed by its American compatriot Jeep Freeman.

In Asia, Yongbao is also unpopular in Japan. After all, the Japanese prefer domestic cars, such as Honda Binzhi, Toyota C-HR, Nissan Juke and Suzuki Ingenis. For imported cars, Japanese consumers pay more attention to brand-name goods, followed by quality and maintenance convenience. For example, MINI Countryman, Mercedes-Benz GLA, Audi Q3 and Fiat 500X will sell better, but Ford has no problem.

Wing fights are very popular in India. In the ranking of small SUV sales in the Indian market in the first half of 20 17, the monthly sales volume of Wing Bo is about 5,000, ranking third, and the other two are Suzuki Vitera Brezza and Hyundai Creta (domestic ix25).

To sum up, except in India, the performance of the second-generation wing beat in other markets is flat, which may be related to the lack of product strength. So, now that the mid-term transition has come, is there any substantial improvement? The answer is yes. After reading the following four points, you will know:

1, abandon the dual clutch and bid farewell to the setback/jitter/oil leakage.

Although it is the general trend to popularize the dual-clutch gearbox, since the "golden powertrain" of Volkswagen Golf 6 became popular, major manufacturers have followed suit to develop dual clutches.

But if there is no deep "internal strength", the risk of this attempt is great. Today's buyers are not stupid and will not pay for a tall technical term. They only care about ride comfort and worry, no matter what gearbox you use.

Obviously, Ford knows that he still needs to practice in the dual clutch technology, and there are many cases of dual clutch problems in the old wing beat. Therefore, changing the new wing beat back to the mature 6-speed automatic gearbox seems to be a compromise, but it is actually for the change of user experience.

2. Introducing the SYNC 3 system is equivalent to moving the mobile phone to the big screen.

Nowadays, after many people buy a car, the first thing they do is to spend thousands of dollars to buy a car, because the original factory has poor interactivity, or the map is old or the operation is inconvenient.

However, Ford's SYNC 3 is definitely the best in its class in terms of function and human-computer interaction. Just like Apple's mobile phone, the interface is simple and clear, the finger operation is smooth and free, Carplay and Siri functions are all available, and third-party applications such as dragonfly FM, weather link and QQ music can also be installed.

By the way, the SYNC system of the old wing beat is quite simple and backward, and the display screen is monochrome, just like the product of the last century. After the launch of SYNC 3, Wing Beat has greatly improved its interactive strength.

3, the rear wheel brakes, Ford finally understood.

Ford used to be very insincere, and one detail can be seen: as early as the end of 20 12, Buick equipped Angola with four-wheel disc brakes; Half a year later, Ford and Angola's rival wings went on the market, but only the front plate and the rear drum.

As we all know, disc brakes have better heat dissipation and drainage and more balanced braking force. Although the cost is higher than that of drum brakes, with more and more 654.38 million cars switching to four-disc brakes, the old wing beat is not kind.

Today, Ford finally found the trick and equipped the new wing beat with four-wheel disc brakes. Although the most basic two models still use rear wheel drum brakes, at least they are not the drum brakes in front of the whole department, which is a small progress.

4. Four-wheel drive multi-link suspension, who has it?

At present, many small SUVs of joint venture brands offer four-wheel drive versions, such as Honda Binzhi /XR-V, Buick Angola, Suzuki Vitera, Jeep Freeman, etc., so we are not surprised that the new wing has added four-wheel drive versions. However, it is worth noting that the four-wheel drive version of Wingbeat is equipped with a multi-link independent suspension. Except Jeep Freeman, all other joint venture competing products are torsion beams.

In China, many potential car buyers are very serious about the rear suspension, even if they don't know what it is for control, they also require the rear wheels to be independently suspended with multiple links. At this point, Ford can be regarded as reading the China Heart Sutra!

Moreover, the price of this four-wheel drive version with multi-link rear suspension is only 155800. Other small four-wheel drive SUVs with torsion beams are more expensive. For example, the guide price of Buick Angola four-wheel drive is 654.38+089.9 million, Honda Binzhi four-wheel drive is 654.38+089.8 million, and Suzuki Xiaotu four-wheel drive is 654.38+059.8 million ... Through some comparison, 654.38+055.8 million is a conscience price for Wingbeat four-wheel drive version.