On March 30, the new SAIC Volkswagen Tuyue was officially launched, priced at RMB 158,600-216,600. As a mid-term facelift model, The new Tuyue adopts a family-style design similar to the Tuang, with a more fashionable and youthful appearance. In terms of power, a new 1.5T engine replaces the original 1.4T engine.

The mid-term facelift of Tuyue still maintains a family-like design language, and the front face adopts a through-type LED light strip design. The lower part of the front face is decorated with a large number of chrome trim strips, combined with a trapezoidal lower grille and a silver bottom guard, which significantly improves the refinement of the vehicle. There are also hollow designs on both sides of the lower grille, which may be able to guide the front airflow to a certain extent.

On the side of the car body, the body proportions of the new Tuyue have not changed much from the current model. The design of the upper and lower waistlines also makes the side of the vehicle more three-dimensional. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4458/1841/1632mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2680mm. Compared with the old model, only the body length has increased by 5mm, and the other body dimensions have not changed.

The most striking feature of the rear of the car is the through-type taillight design, which is highly recognizable and blackened, making the entire rear of the car look more dynamic. The bottom of the rear of the car uses a through-type chrome decoration and is matched with a silver guard plate, which highlights the sophistication of the vehicle. In addition, the new car also provides a cool moon black kit, including the front grille, rearview mirrors, exhaust decorations, roof racks, side markings and other parts, which are all treated in black.

In terms of interior, the standard T-shaped layout divides the interior of the new Tuyue into left and right parts. Compared with the current model, the interior design of the new Tuyue is more layered. The addition of 30-color ambient lights also makes the interior more textured. The part below the center control screen is also wrapped in leather and decorated with stitching. There is also an embroidered logo of "THARU" on the far right side of the entire center console. In addition, the interior of the new Tuyue hasThere are 3 themes, namely "green theme interior", "red theme interior" and "gold theme interior".

In terms of configuration, the new car is equipped with a 10.25-inch full LCD instrument panel and a 12-inch floating central control screen. The vehicle is also equipped with the latest MOS vehicle computer system, which can realize multi-wheel voice interaction, lane-level navigation, and APP applications. Store, remote intelligent car control, wireless CarPlay, CarLife and in-car WIFI functions.

In addition, the new car is also equipped with IQ. intelligent driving assistance system, including IQ. Light matrix headlights, IQ. Top View 360-degree bird's-eye view panoramic parking assistance system, and IQ. Drive intelligent driving butler. and IQ. Parking, of which IQ. Drive covers functions such as front safety assist system, lane change assist system, ACC adaptive cruise, and lane keeping system.

In terms of power, the 1.5T engine equipped in the new Tuyue will completely replace the 1.4T engine. The maximum power is 160 horsepower and the maximum torque is 250 N·m. It is matched with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. The biggest highlight is that it can use No. 92 gasoline and has greater power. In addition, a 2.0T engine is still available, with a maximum power of 186 horsepower and a maximum torque of 320 Nm.

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Editor: Du Yu