From 20 15, the new generation QX50 made in China went on the market. So far, Britain and finidi have not made any big moves in the domestic market. This year, they didn't even bother to make small changes to the best-selling cars. There was even a big news that many regional business departments in China were abolished. At least as famous as Lexus and Cadillac. This kind of performance is really a little sorry for the identity of the Japanese "luxury car queen".
At the end of 2020, finidi's brand-new coupe SUV——QX55 finally ushered in the world premiere. As a cross-border version of QX50, the car not only continues the black technology attributes of its predecessors, but also has a younger and more personalized product design. The future may be the last chance for Dongfeng Yingfinidi to "turn over" in the domestic market.
QX55 is a typical medium-sized crossover SUV, which is positioned with the current Audi Q5LSportback? , Mercedes-Benz GLC-L? COUPE is similar, but most Japanese luxury cars don't have so many "China characteristics", and the high probability is still the standard wheelbase setting. However, QX55 has the foundation of FX (discontinued) in that year, and with the outline of the brand's "greasy" body lines, consumers will have higher acceptance of the brand's cross-border SUV.
As a derivative of the current QX50 (mid-term change of overseas version), the new QX55 continues the family design of its predecessors and adds more sports elements. For example, the front bumper adopts a more radical "blackening" design, and the C-shaped air intake design is also more imposing.
Coming to the rear of the car body, the back-sliding tail shape does have obvious traces of paying tribute to FX series or QX70, but the new array taillight design gives the new model a stronger sense of the future, plus the trend elements such as roof spoiler and bilateral exhaust, which is a bit "provocative" for the driver of the rear car.
In the interior part, the central control layout of QX55 has not changed much, and the "decorative" design and line outline are exquisite. This idea is not avant-garde, but at least it is out of date now.
In terms of color matching, compared with QX50, the new car has added a red leather package that can better show the fighting temperament. With electronic lever, interactive knob, head-up display and other fashion elements, it has at least kept pace with the times in the interactive module.
We can't say much about the rear space of this level of luxury SUV, especially this crossover style model, which is extremely unfriendly to tall people, but fortunately, the middle bulge of QX55 is not high, which does not affect the riding experience of the middle passengers.
Like QX50, the core selling point of QX55 is this VC-Turbo? 2.0T engine, the maximum power of the US version is 268 HP /380 Nm, while the China version is upgraded to 272 HP /380 Nm. In terms of technical application, advanced technologies such as double injection, double cycle, DVVT, integrated exhaust of cylinder head and variable displacement oil pump are not absent. In order to reduce the mechanical loss, the engine cylinder wall is also designed with a mirror coating.
Thanks to the latest variable compression ratio system, the compression ratio of this engine can be intelligently and continuously changed between 14: 1 and 8: 1, giving consideration to power explosion (low compression ratio) and fuel economy (high compression ratio). It is worth noting that this variable compression ratio system is realized by Nissan's newly developed special crankshaft connecting rod mechanism, which is essentially different from the variable compression ratio realized by CVVT controlling valve switches (Volkswagen, Toyota, Mazda, etc.). ).
Like the QX50, this QX55 also uses an active suspension system. The active torsion bar on the supporting point will produce vibration opposite to the engine vibration frequency (wave), and the two will cancel each other, thus fully reducing the impact of the engine on the passenger compartment. The NVH level is sufficient to match the in-line six-cylinder engine (rubber bushing or hydraulic bushing).
We all say "a good horse with a good saddle". Obviously, Nissan's 2.0T engine does not have a "good saddle" to match it. The old 7AT transmission comes from a vertical platform, so it can't be used on QX50 and QX55. There is a risk of being "locked in" when buying Aisin transmission, and I don't intend to focus on the new transmission (Honda 10AT) like Honda. Helpless, at present, Nissan's high-end cars can only continue to use JATCO's CVT transmission. Although CVT is not as expensive as low-end cars (Sylphy, Jinke), it is really fall in price for luxury cars over 300,000.
For QX55, the four-wheel drive system is indispensable. It adopts timely four-wheel drive with multi-disc clutch as the core, which can transmit up to 50% of the power to the rear wheel, and is a typical timely four-wheel drive. Compared with Acura's SH-AWD vector four-wheel drive and Audi's quattro full-time four-wheel drive, it is also mediocre.
For Nissan, it seems that all the passion has been devoted to this VC-Turbo engine in recent years, and other technological innovations have not been reflected in the product, which is really difficult for Britain and finidi, which are positioned in the high-end market, to expand the publicity effect. But as far as domestic QX50 itself is concerned, its price in the early 300,000 s is affordable in terms of static experience, dynamic performance and economy. Even with CVT transmission (different from low-end car models), you can't find out how many shortcomings affect the experience. As for the QX55 in the future, its product positioning itself is small. If Dongfeng Yingfinidi wants to reactivate the China market, it has to be a new generation of mainstream models such as Q50L, Q70 and QX30L.