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When going home for the Spring Festival, safety is the first consideration, followed by luxury and comfort. Of course, if you can also find driving pleasure on the road, that is naturally the best choice. Among mid-to-large MPVs, there really is such an all-around contender—the SAIC Volkswagen 2024 Viloran.
Currently, SAIC Volkswagen's "Six Great Gifts for a Prosperous New Year" are underway, combined with a lifetime powertrain warranty policy. The Viloran is priced from 199,900 yuan, making it arguably the best-value mid-to-large MPV.
A Sharp Weapon for Going Home for the Spring Festival
In fact, the Viloran is also the only available German mid-to-large MPV on the market today, so for consumers going home for the Spring Festival, the reasons to choose this car are very compelling. At the same time, the Viloran also stands out among its peers in size and space: its wheelbase reaches 3,180 mm, and its overall dimensions reach 5,346×1,976×1,781 mm, comprehensively surpassing Japanese mid-to-large MPVs and also surpassing the familiar Buick GL8.
The Viloran is a genuine three-row, large 7-seat mid-to-large MPV. When a family assigns seats, there is no need to worry about shortchanging anyone: its central aisle allows an adult to squat halfway, and the third-row seats can also provide a semi-reclining posture. Although the shuttle-shaped body does not look large, standing next to the car reveals just how imposing the Viloran really is.
On the basis of class-leading dimensions and space, the Viloran's loading capacity is also very large. Users returning home for the Spring Festival do not need to consider "externally hanging" New Year goods—the luggage compartment space can be expanded to 2,100 liters, a full 500 liters or so more capacity than同级 vehicles, and with the sensor-activated electric tailgate, loading items is also very easy.
A Sharp Weapon for Going Home for the Spring Festival
At present, the internet is already spreading the saying that "drivers who only fill up twice a year are on the road." In terms of safety, the Viloran also carries on the high German standards: the application proportion of high-strength (including ultra-high-strength) steel in the whole vehicle is as high as 77%, and it comes standard with 9 airbags and 4 child safety seat anchors. Combined with SAIC Volkswagen's renowned laser welding and other German processes, passive safety leads its class.
In addition to passive safety, active safety technologies are also fully equipped. The Viloran features a full-journey intelligent driving assistance system, ACC adaptive cruise control, IQ.Drive intelligent driving assistant, PLA intelligent parking assist system, as well as driver fatigue monitoring and IQ.360 panoramic visual assist system. Even on narrow roads, the large-bodied Viloran will not make the driver feel nervous.
A Sharp Weapon for Going Home for the Spring Festival
With its concise and elegant exterior, many Viloran owners have already modified this car to express various different temperaments. After all, this is a mid-to-large MPV that previously sold for more than 400,000 yuan, so although there is now a "fixed price," the temperament in its bones cannot be changed.
Beneath the concise and elegant exterior, the Viloran is also equipped with IQ.Light matrix intelligent lighting—Volkswagen's technology always perfectly matches practicality, safety, and technology, and no technology is there merely for show. The IQ.Light matrix headlights can not only automatically change lighting, but are also equipped with AFS dynamic cornering lights and MDFS dynamic light assist, while also featuring a welcome mode and delayed headlight shutoff functions.
A Sharp Weapon for Going Home for the Spring Festival
It is no exaggeration to say that if you drive the Viloran on the highway, even when the speed has already exceeded 140 km/h (everyone should still obey traffic laws), you may not perceive it without looking at the instrument panel, because the Viloran adopts more than 60 noise-reduction designs throughout the vehicle, including chassis vibration filtering and acoustic laminated glass (4.96 mm thick), so the cabin quietness is second to none in its class.
Not only that, the Viloran's cabin is equipped with the IQ. Intelligent Connected Vehicle System featuring intelligent voice, smart navigation, and smart vehicle control, a Panamera-style openable panoramic sunroof, and second-row executive礼宾 seats. The mid-to-high trim versions of the 380TSI series are equipped with lumbar support, leg rests, and heating/ventilation/massage functions, paired with a Harman Kardon high-fidelity audio system with a center channel and 7.1-channel sound, making the entire journey feel especially distinguished.
A Sharp Weapon for Going Home for the Spring Festival
Compared with Japanese mid-to-large MPVs, the Viloran is truly not a "nanny car," because in addition to luxury and comfort, the Viloran's driving feel also upholds German standards, and no Viloran driver will feel like a "hired chauffeur": for more than 20,000 yuan less than同级 vehicles, one can get the Viloran 380TSI series, whose engine maximum power reaches 162 kW and peak torque reaches 350 N·m. Power and handling are very close to the Passat—quick acceleration response, paired with a rear multi-link independent suspension, not only stable at high speeds but also providing better handling and comfort on unpaved roads. Compared with its peers, the Viloran, which even comes with paddle shifters, can be called the model with "the most driving pleasure."
Of course, if you do not pursue driving pleasure, intelligent driving assistance systems such as full-journey intelligent driving assistance and ACC adaptive cruise control can also greatly reduce the driver's burden. On long trips, you can find enough fun while also not feeling fatigued.
A Sharp Weapon for Going Home for the Spring Festival
A few more words by the way: on SAIC Volkswagen models, the intelligent driving assistance systems respond very quickly, and sometimes their automatic braking can startle a driver whose attention is not focused. The Viloran is likewise equipped with a front and rear collision warning system with automatic braking function, along with lane departure warning and a driver fatigue monitoring system—for returning home during the Spring Festival, long-distance driving is unavoidable, and fatigued driving is one of the important causes of accidents, so having driver fatigue monitoring can also greatly improve safety.
From space, safety, driving feel, luxury, equipment level, and intelligence, the SAIC Volkswagen Viloran leads its class in multiple areas and is also the mid-to-large MPV with the most comprehensive overall performance. More importantly, under SAIC Volkswagen's "Six Great Gifts for a Prosperous New Year" and "fixed price" model, this all-around contender offers a better price than its peers, so how could going home for the Spring Festival be complete without it!
Author: Ou Zijie
