“santana”, a well-known car, a popular car branded by the times. Santana was born in 1983, and now it's sold more than 4 million cars, known as the "eternity tree". The name "santana" has become a legend, a symbol, from the "associate car" to the "national car" in the tunnel。
The phrase “with santana, who is not afraid of the world”, which was the first television ad that santana launched in china, inspired hundreds of millions of chinese. After 30 years, santana is about to arrive at a new mileage. “having santana, not afraid of the world”, a well-known advert that has touched tens of thousands of consumers, which is cheap to maintain, easy to repair, and a model that is known for its persistence, is also improving with the times。
The term “santana” originated in a valley rich in grapes. In this valley, a strong cyclone, known by the locals as santana, is often sprung up. When the first new car was produced from west german popular, the company decided to use santana as its name, hoping it would be as powerful as cyclone santana。
Speaking of santana, we'll be able to draw a lot of memories soon, so let's just sort out the history of santana and his immediate ancestor pasat. The process of development of pasat (overseas) and santana in the country can be seen first through a timetable:
“santana” is even pre-existing in chinese history even before the shanghai popular joint venture was established. On 11 april 1983, when the first santana assembly was successful, there was no “production” at this time, because it was only the assembly of all spare parts from abroad into a car, but even so played a very important role for the domestic automobile industry。
Two years later, the shanghai volkswagen corporation was officially established, and since then the santana model has gradually been produced, and the rate of domesticization has increased over the years. The birth of the shanghai public and the national production of santana not only means the formation of a chinese car joint venture model, but also represents an important sign of car movement towards the family. The ad ad, “having santana, not afraid of the world”, allowed cars to enter chinese homes。
Until today, china has become the world's largest automobile market. For more than two decades, santana has become one of china’s consumers’ favorite cars, and its positioning has evolved from a business model to one of the “olders” known to all. In the process, santana has also undergone several changes, with the arrival of santana 2000, santana 3,000 and santana zhijun, but in essence these new models are no different from old santana, and the classic “pusan” has been produced. Until 2012, santana, who had been running the chinese market for almost 30 years, ended up on the screen, but the “santana” sign did not fall. At the end of 2012, the new santana was officially launched, and the new owner entered the car market and began a new journey。
The whole new santana is located in the area between the minibus and the traditional compact car. After 30 years of accumulation, volkswagen cars are well aware of the needs of chinese automobile consumers, and a range of car models targeting chinese consumers have achieved excellent market performance. Home-size cars are the largest market in the country, and the public is firmly in control of this market. In the hands of the public, there are currently eight cars in shanghai in the form of compact cars of the north and the south (including skoda) produced by the public。
Advantages:
Designing and working in and out of the car continues to be consistent with the public, without feeling cheap
Use of popularly up-to-date ea211 series engines, which are highly dynamic
The chassis is excellent, and comfortable and controlled
The soundproofing level of the whole vehicle has created a new height for the same car
High-suited vehicles are fully equipped and not inferior to other mass transportation systems。
Disadvantages:
There was a slight underperformance of the multiple-time brakes
The steering wheel can only be reconciled in two directions, and some of the peers have already been reconciled in four directions
The driver's seat does not control the rear window rises or falls, and this can be difficult to use
(b) the inability of the back-to-back to fall, which affects the expansive use of households
1. Appearances
New santana is very much in line with the current fashion, the absence of skylights and fog lamps largely do not affect the overall effects, functionally irrelevant or non-existent, and the fact that the shell is a single laser welding and should have a higher safety factor may also be a factor in most vw choices。
New santana's overall interior dressing process is satisfactory and maintains the consistent quality of the shanghai public. In addition, there have been numerous improvements in safety and comfort in new santana, such as frequent air conditioners/heavy air conditioners, leather seats, electric doors and windows/sky windows, aluminium alloys, reverse radars, front row/side airbags, esc electronic stabilization programs, etc., almost all of the desired configurations of chinese consumers appear on new vehicles, although there are some places where we believe there is still room for improvement。
2. Power manipulation
In the course of actual driving, new santana is significantly different from other products carrying mass tsi engines with 1. 6 l natural inhaling engines. This engine is not as powerful as the tsi when it's moving at a low speed, and to have a more visible dynamic, it's essential to pull up, and it usually takes at least 3,000 rpm to feel it. And even so, don't expect to get a strong sense of regret in it, which is, after all, just an engine focused on family and comfort style. The pedals are usually soft, and the gearbox is not equipped with a manual changer mode, so it is clear that the new santana is more suitable for a less slow driving style. In addition, the sealing and soundproofing of vehicles has improved significantly compared to the previous generation of products。
On the other hand, new santana is not very fast, especially for users who are used to driving japanese cars, the wheel may be a little heavy。
4. Air conditioning soundproofing
An in-depth test was not performed because the test driver was largely unable to use air conditioning at the deep fall festival。
Speaking of soundproofs in the car, in this class, i think the new santana could be very good. The way to judge is simple: i'm driving with a window on the horn of new santana, and it's loud, but i'm closing the window and then honking the horn, and it's only a "squawk" sound, and it's nice to drive in this quiet environment。
5. Defaming function
It's raining in shanghai on the day of the car and the return. It's the window and mirror beads that bother me the most when driving in the rain, and this time i've had experience with the new santana with a relatively rare retroscope heating function. On the way to the test drive, the new santana rear vision mirror and window glass were covered with beads, and i opened the rear vision mirrors immediately after the car, which soon disappeared, while the water beads on the window window were removed using the window. This “sensitization” makes the driving vision clearer at night, a feature that plays a significant role in driving safety at critical times。
Six, all kind of good alarms in the car
First, there is the “no brake alarm” function, which follows the launch of the new santana, with an empty slot, a loose foot brake, a hand brake, at which time there is a green “foot” light on the dashboard, which is meant to be used frequently during the drive, and which is a reminder that the brake will have to be on the brake platform, that is to say that the brake will not be on the brake; secondly, there is a common “fast belt without alarm”, which includes a reminder to the two driver positions that, if the security belt is not strapped on, it will drop to the sound alarm every 10 seconds or so, and that if the security belt is not strapped for a long time, it will drop the alarm again at approximately one minute; again there is a “fast alarm function” that is frequently used in the drive, which will be self-regulated, with a 30-250 km/h limit range, which will be 5 km/h, which will not be used at the same time as a high-speed call in the city; and there is a reminder to the last call to the speed button at 110/h, which will be used at the same。
After three short days of contact with the whole new santana, the new santana gave me a good impression. But rationally, though new santana has become more fashion-friendly in its design, more body sizes, younger interior design, and more open space, it has a number of shortcomings, and the back seat cannot be lost, a design that reduces the convenience of the luggage compartment; the direction wheel is larger, the front-rower pillow is not well designed, etc。
The next day, the weather was just in time for the event, so i drove the new santana to sioux county, where they went to the town of dongshan。
"i love tiger"




