The first six months of 2015 were a period of pessimism for the twin dragon car, the smallest korean car manufacturer. At the beginning of the year, accompanied by the economic downturn in the main overseas market — russia — exports of the two dragons dropped significantly by 40. 6 per cent in the first quarter, with a net loss of more than $28 million (a small amount of money is hardly acceptable for large plants like toyota and the public, but only $700 million in total sales in the first quarter) ... At a time of deteriorating circumstances, the family's brand-new product, the owner of today's car — has become a major asset. The launch of tivila, which is located in the small suv market, is like a strong heart, reversing the decline for the twin dragons. Once introduced, they are popular in korea. In the first quarter, the sale of more than 8,000 double-roon cars in south korea (an increase of 25. 7 per cent over the same year) significantly boosted their sales performance in the country, partly compensating for the loss of overseas markets; more than 6,000 were then sold in june alone (6039 of which 3630 were sold in south korea and 2409 in the overseas market), not only as the most spectacular domestic sales performance since 2005, but also as half of the single-month sale of double-lone vehicles (12,372 vehicles), becoming a veritable family pillar。
In the face of a great deal of good things, the twin dragons have chosen to take advantage of their own limited markets: in addition to continuing to open up their own markets, china, which is also mired in a small suv boom and has a huge market size, cannot be ignored. That is why chinese consumers have seen the car in the country just six months after tivila was listed in south korea. Then let us see if this small car, which is being placed in high hopes, has enough power to take its place in a competitive chinese market。
For 42 months, with a total investment of $315 million, four four-year concept cars twin dragons versus tiviera - the first new car, which was acquired by mahinda, is a dedicated one. As early as september 2011, at the frankfurt car fair, twin dragon launched a concept car called xiv-1, which, although it seems somewhat impractical to use a pair of door-to-door designs and external mirrors located in column a, has a strong bodyline, a narrow middle net, a flat top, a muscle-sensitized frontal arch that is highly similar to the one produced today in tivila。
Six months later, a more science-fiction xiv-2 concept car was presented at the geneva show of the year, and the fully open roof of the concept car was not achieved in the volume car, but the mirror, fog light and rear arch were further aligned with the design of the volume vehicle. The concept car was also issued and a power system of the future model of a vehicle of mass production, with a new vehicle carrying 1. 6 l petrol/diesel engine。
The time has come in 2014, when the twin dragons launched two more xiv concept cars at the paris car fair — xiv-adventure on the theme of cross-country and xiv-air on the theme of sport and vitality. From the overall contours of the two vehicles to the detailed designs such as headlights, taillights and so forth, they are already very close to the delivery model of tivila。
Tiviera, which seeks to stabilize the european market, is still designed to maintain the usual boldness and individualization of the twin dragons, building on which it is more fashionable and dynamic than its predecessors. The multilayered and complex front face, whether or not it is in the mainstream aesthetic or not, is at least impressive. Midnet was designed as a narrow gap connecting large lights on both sides, with bold design style and writing. The fog lights and lines in the front bar area are very consistent with the xiv-air concept car。
From ix25 to kx3 to the tiviera, the dual-coloured body design appears to have become a “standard working uniform” for the small suv of the korean family; the twin-lone designer has drawn several lines to highlight the sense of power on the side of the small car in tivila: a sharp double-side line, a round front arch and a thick line extending from the back side of the car to the back door (similar to juke, one of the competitors' daily products?)。
The tiviera tail design is relatively simple, with large-scale led taillights integrated with an extended curve outside the car, highlighting a sense of power and not overly complex。
Test-driving vehicles are equipped with 16-inch double-five irradiation rings; tyres match those of lake gilus (swires), which focuses on economics and durability, ta31, a season-round tyre of 205/60 r16. Part-size spare tires are placed below the reserve panel。
Extended reading - korea with italian eye-eye people
Tiviera, in all markets except china, is named after tivori. The name tivoli is said to originate from an ancient town in lazio, italy, where the paper industry is the main source of income. Why do you call me that? Perhaps, in addition to making their cars more popular (and not for the first time for a south korean car, such as tucson and santa santa fe, the modern way ahead), it is also a sign of the determination of the twin dragon to open up the european market with this car, as appears to be further demonstrated by the tivoli global media pilot conference, held in rome, italy, on 3 june. Moreover, rumours about the acquisition of a famous italian design company, pininfarina, by the twin dragon automotives group of india, have long been heard in europe (although there have recently been reports that the deal is completely yellow); not to mention that the cash dragon colando was designed by another italian firm, the georgia design company。
Embedded/configured: to please the young family
The interior of the pilot vehicle is designed to be red/black, the middle control area is black, and the parts of the door plate and seat parts are painted red. With the exception of the sub-drive, which is paved with soft plastics, most of the table is hard plastic。
The three irradiated plastics steering wheel is designed on a flat floor, with the hope that it will provide a visual boost to the sense of motion, but the disk is slightly irradiated, is slightly understretched and has a real sense of hand; multifunctional areas provide acoustic control, fixed speed cruises, blue teeth, etc. However, the usual computer-controlled keys are not installed on the steering wheel, but are located on the left side of the steering wheel button in the central control area, which makes it difficult for drivers to view vehicle information。
The binocular dashboard is shown in black and white words and is accompanied by red background light to show a sense of motion. Central car computers gather information on mileage, fuel load displays, water temperature displays, instant oil consumption, average fuel consumption, outdoor temperature, etc。
The test drive is an automatic, double-drive version of $159. 8 million, medium-sized, equipped with an eight-inch liquid crystal screen to support tactile operations, which is designed to provide a reverse image, navigation, etc.; comfortable configurations that appear to be poor, with manual seat + manual air conditioning + standard size skylights; and entertainment configurations that provide usb/aux sound source interfaces with sd card slots。
The security configuration of tivira is still relatively adequate, the esp + hsa uphill support and the arp active side-turning system are all full-scale designs, which are quite generous, and the medium-sized vehicle-driving model provides front-side airbags and head gas curtains in addition to the front rows of both safety capsules。
Space: the same level of mainstream
Test-driven cars are equipped with seat pillows, cushions and red leather on the back surface, with black leather on the side and back and red stitches. The seat fill is more full, it feels a little hard at first, but it provides good support, and long-distance driving helps to ease fatigue. Despite the nearly $160,000 worth of pilot cars, the main co-drivers still use manual adjustments, much less extravagant as regards seat heating and troupes。
The space experator is 1. 73 m tall and leaves a punch balance in the head space after entering the front row and adjusting the seat; the driver's seat remains unchanged and the experiential person sits in the second row seat, at which point the remaining two punches in the leg space and one punch balance in the head space. The middle of the second row is smaller, but the vertical length is shorter, with adults placing their feet in the middle. The second row is equipped with three pillows but does not provide a central arm and cup rack。
With regard to storage space, tivila provides two cup racks for front-row passengers; front-rower handcases are generally physically loaded with internal configurations and can accommodate two 550-ml-sized beverage bottles; the medium control on the side of the side of the side has open storage tanks that can be used to place mobile phones。
The glove box is open to provide a barrier set-up, with a two-tiered design, with deep and shallow layers that can be used to place items such as documents, cards and so forth, with a very deep upper layer and considerable volume; a storage cell in the front door can accommodate two bottles of drinks; and a back door can accommodate only one bottle of drinks。
The contents of the baggage compartment in tivila are flat and open at a certain distance from the ground, making it somewhat difficult to carry heavy items. The size of the two seats reached 423 l (slightly smaller than the 436 l of kx3); the second seat supported a 6/4 drop, but could not be fully equal to the baggage floor when the seat fell。
Performance test: a slight weakness in brakes
Tivira carried a new “e-xgi 160” 1. 6 l natural gas-inhaling engine, developed over three years, with a maximum power of 94kw (128ps) 6000rpm and a peak of 160nm/4500rpm。
The engine is matched by a six-speed self-conversion box from the letter of love. The manual plus and minus key is on the left side of the block。
In the 0-100 km/h acceleration test, we first shut down the esp body stabilization control system. The fuel door pedals are fully pedaled, and the gearbox protection program limits the starting speed to around 2,500 rpm, with a slight slide of tyres at the beginning, a slight upward trend in the head and a more stable overall attitude。
The acceleration g value, close to 0. 5 g after start-up, quickly began to fall with the arrival of the first block, with a longer first block change process and greater fluctuations in g; the secondary block was relatively faster, but the shock was more intense than the first one, and the maximum acceleration g value of 0. 548 g was also present in the block change. Finally, the 0-100 km/h acceleration time in tivila was 12. 23 seconds。
Tivila's power output was relatively smooth, but the power level was slightly less full, the maximum brake g (in the end of the upcoming brakes) was only -1. 032g, and the average g for full-band brakes remained almost below -1g. However, at the moment of the brakes, the previous suspension was supported by a relatively full body, with a small “noding” phenomenon. The final brake distance in tivila was 43. 25 metres。
In terms of the performance of the roundabout tests, the back end of the vibrating system in tivila is still weak, the body is more leaning on the side during the roundabout, and its posture is not able to respond in a timely manner to changes in the shift to the system; and the shift in tivila is set to be less linear in the roundabout。
Trial driving experience: mainstream adaptation under personal appearance
In the day-to-day state of travel, tivira's dynamic performance tends to give a sense of “sluggishness”, while the initial response to the oil-gate response is not very positive, and the low-sharp power output is largely soft. It is only after deep gas pedals have been pulled to 3,000 rpm that the sense of speed is more evident. The drive mode is adjusted to power, and the power response will improve slightly, although the more delayed timing will also lead to higher fuel consumption and a visible shock。
Taking into account the comfort of urban road traffic, tivila's medium-premature power output is not too sensitive and full, but rather relatively soft and linear; the latter one-third of the drive output is significantly higher。
The test-driving model provides a smart shift system that allows drivers to regulate between the comfort (comfort), normal (standard), and sport (sport) shifts according to their own circumstances, but the difference between comfort (comfort) and normal (standard) is not clear in practical terms, and sport (movement) is clearly slightly heavier, but the sense of change is not very natural and is slightly rigid。
The vibration system in tivira uses a more mainstream school adjustment approach that is rigid in the front and middle and back paragraphs and focuses on comfort. This is also closer to another joint venture of the korean system, the kia kx3, which was recently tested. The shielding system can still provide a measure of support while filtering the delicate vibrations on the side of the road, but when the high-speed bend is crossed, the larger side of the car is exposed to a slight problem of resilience in the middle and back。
Edition point: despite the “photographic ring” of imported cars above the head, with the exception of a sufficiently robust design, tivila did not exhibit a combination of qualities that clearly exceeded the equivalent of the korean joint venture. However, the sale price of such a small imported suv does not differ from that of a joint venture car of the same grade. For consumers who are willing to demonstrate their unique taste and personality with a limited budget, tivira is an option worth considering。
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