Highlights of Auto Show: Domestic New Cars - World Famous Cars Chinese Kung Fu


Guangzhou Honda technology era, free life Guangzhou Honda to participate in this exhibition with the theme of "technology era, free life". The much-watched new car, the hatchback Fit, is about to unveil its mysterious veil. In addition, the new Accord sedan, the ODYSSEY multi-purpose occupant car (Odyssey) and the Fit Saloon (fit) 1.3L sedan will also be on display. --- The new Accord sedan. The new generation Accord was launched more than three months after the launch of the seventh-generation American Accord. Taking into account the impact of China's tariff reduction on automobile prices after China's accession to the WTO, and also hope that prices will gradually be in line with international standards and maintain stability for a longer period of time. The price of the next-generation Accord sedan will be available in one step, and it will be rated by the media as "China's high-end sedan. Established a new price benchmark." --- Fit Saloon (fit) 1.3L sedan. Launched in September 2003, the prototype car is the Honda Compact. The “MM” humanized design concept of the Fit Car, superior fuel economy and environmental protection truly reflect the essence of “Technical Service to Life” and reflects the harmony and not the opposition between technology and life. The price of the Fit Car was once again called by the media “establishing a new price benchmark for the Chinese economy car”. ———— Many people take the ODYSSEY (Odyssey) multi-purpose car. Odyssey is the model introduced by Guangzhou Honda for the commercial success of Gujia, which combines practicality and comfort, creating a new realm of business and leisure. Since its launch more than two years ago, the Odyssey sedan has gradually spread its charm and has become more and more popular with people. As of the end of 2003, Guangzhou Honda has cumulatively sold and sold 269,000 cars, and realized a total sales income of 58.15 billion yuan and a total profit of 21.96 billion yuan. From June 9, the daily output of Guangzhou Honda will exceed 900 units. With the increase in output, the sales service system, logistics system, and parts supply system are also facing a lot of tests. At present, all employees of Guangzhou Honda are doing the final sprint for the implementation of the 1,000-daily production in July. From January to May of this year, Guangzhou Honda produced and sold 57,772 cars, an increase of 106.6% from the same period of last year. Sales revenue was 9.99 billion yuan, an increase of 31% year-on-year. Profits and taxes totaled 3.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 94%, exceeding the established plan. The sales target for this year is also expected to be exceeded. Shanghai GM's multi-brand aggressively attacked Shanghai GM for the first time with its new lineup of multi-brand car companies. In addition to the localized "meritorious" brand Buick, there will be Cadillac, the top luxury brand produced in China by the end of the year. The Buick series production model was placed in the central area. Today, the Buick brand in China has grown from the original single product into a 19-category four-car model, with sales exceeding 500,000 in five years. Cadillac, the world's top luxury car brand, joined the Shanghai General Motors Corps in a “four-machine formation” and became one of the highlights of this year’s auto show. Cadillac's new series of models participating in the exhibition include: Cadillac CTS high-performance rear-drive luxury sedan, Cadillac SRX luxury multi-sports car, Cadillac XLR large luxury hardtop convertible sports car, Cadillac Sixteen concept car. The Cadillac CTS and the Cadillac SRX will be located in China and will be manufactured by Shanghai General Motors. The Cadillac brand joins the Shanghai GM camp and is the first company to manufacture in countries outside the United States, demonstrating Shanghai GM’s flagship status in GM’s global joint venture. Another North American concept car Buick Centieme is also very eye-catching. The Buick Centieme concept car was designed specifically for the Buick brand centennial, combining the most salient features of a sedan and an SUV, both practical and functional, with a distinctively stylish look. Buick Centieme has a low center of gravity and a body width that matches the V-6 3.6-liter twin turbocharged engine and the advanced Versatrak four-wheel drive system. Shanghai General Motors also invited the Pan Asia Automotive Technology Center to exhibit on the same stage. Over the past few years, the Pan-Asian Automotive Technology Center has participated in a series of localization developments of Shanghai GM products, from the first adaptive development, reverse engineering, to the subsequent global simultaneous development, together with Shanghai General Motors to continuously improve the localization of innovation and integration. ability. “Get close to the design and approach the designer” will be one of the special activities of Shanghai GM Pavilion. The technicians of Pan Asia will demonstrate the design and model making process of an SUV concept car. The audience will see live sketches, computer graphics, live modeling of clay modeling and digital model design, and communicate with designers to understand how a new car will go from concept to final form. Shanghai Volkswagen Touran unveiled its mystery The models exhibited by Shanghai Volkswagen at this year's show include the Passat V6 VIP, Passat 2.0, Santana 3000 Transcendence, Polo Hatchback and Sedan, and Gol Tornado. In addition, Shanghai Volkswagen "Plotting" has long been the mysterious "guest" multi-function sedan series Touran (Touran) made its debut. Touran body shape is simple, smooth, and its air resistance coefficient is only 0.315. Touran has fully taken into account the characteristics of the multi-function car in the design, and strives to provide the user with the largest internal space and the maximum load capacity while maintaining the compact structure. Its "magic space" can be adjusted from two to seven as required. When the third row of seats is not in use, the entire row of seats can be folded very easily with a handle and interlocking mechanism and placed under the platform of the vehicle to obtain a larger cargo space. With only 5 seats in use, the Touran has a capacity of 695 litres. When the second row of seats was removed and the third row of seats was under the platform, the total vehicle capacity reached 1913 liters. In the case of dismantling the middle seat, the two seats on the outside can also be moved towards the center by 140 mm each. The unique seat design allows the car to produce more than 500 layouts. The Touran is a fully galvanized body that guarantees corrosion protection for more than 10 years. The extensive application of high-strength steel plates and advanced manufacturing processes such as laser welding of the car body greatly improves the overall strength and rigidity of the car body and the collision safety of the car body, and reduces the weight of the vehicle while ensuring the safety of the collision so as to save fuel consumption. . Touran is equipped with a powerful transverse 2.0L engine, matching manual 5-speed or automatic 6-speed transmission, airbag, front seat head restraint, seat belt; front and rear disc brakes, ABS, ESP, brake assist, middle Lock control, radar remote control, electric remote control car exterior mirrors, electric front doors and windows and other devices. The Touran sedan launched this time is the first compact multi-purpose sedan that Shanghai Volkswagen introduced, and it is also the most compact compact car in a small-sized multi-purpose car. In Germany, Touran sold nearly 50,000 vehicles in less than a year and won the German “Golden Steering Wheel” award and the 2003 “Automobile Award” in the most authoritative European NCAP impact and safety performance tests. Get the highest score for safety performance - five stars, Germany 2003 year crown models, the British 2004 compact utility laurel. Peugeot 307 is the mainstay of Peugeot. It was first listed in April 2001 and was selected as the "Best European Model of the Year" by European authorities in 2002. The entire 307 series won at least 16 best car models as of 2003. In October, global sales totaled more than 1.3 million vehicles. Dongfeng Peugeot 307 engine is tapped, front-front drive, four-wheel independent suspension, active and passive safety devices are complete, wheelbase up to 2.61 meters, vehicle length 4.47 meters, width 1.76 meters, height 1.51 meters, trunk volume reached 506 Cubic decimeters. On June 9th, Dongfeng Peugeot announced that the price of 307 in China was RMB 148,800 for the XS1.6L manual transmission, RMB 169,800 for the XT2.0L manual transmission and 19.68 million for the Prestige 2.0L automatic transmission. Carnival is a car independently developed by Hyundai-Kia Motors in the absorption and digestion of the world's large-scale MPV technology. In the collision test of the authoritative NCAP (new car evaluation project) in North America and Europe, “Kanewa” achieved The most advanced "five-star" level. The vehicle length is close to 5m, width is nearly 2m, height is 1760mm, wheelbase is up to 2910mm. Equipped with a 3.5L powerful MPV engine, cruise control system, dual sliding door design, mid-row 180 degree swivel seats, DVD playback system, rear monitoring camera system, independently controlled automatic air conditioning, electric sunroof and other high-end configuration. This model will be produced by Dongfeng Yueda Kia this year.