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On Sept. 21, Guangzhou Auto Toyota's new MPV Sena officially opened for pre-sale. Sina is expected to launch six models with an official pre-price range of 32-420000 yuan. As the first MPV model under GAC Toyota, the new car is equipped with 2.5L hybrid system and will be officially launched on October 27th.

Senna is based on the overseas version of Toyota Sienna. It is the first MPV of GAC Toyota and the first MPV of Toyota in China. In terms of appearance, Senna uses a brand new Toyota family design, the front enclosure has a large mouth heat dissipation opening shape and a chrome-plated horizontal strip mesh structure, and the front lip is equipped with penetrating chrome-plated strips. there are also round rectangular fog lights on both sides.

In terms of size, according to the declaration information, the length, width and height of the Sena car body is 5180,1995,1765 (1786) mm and the wheelbase is 3060mm. As a reference, the length, width and height of Buick GL8 are 5238 (5219) / 1878 / 1878 / 1800 (1789) mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 3060mm.

In terms of interior decoration, the new car is equipped with a 7-inch full LCD dashboard, a three-frame multi-function steering wheel, a suspension design for the central multimedia touch screen and a large number of physical function buttons. In terms of power, the new domestic Senna hybrid version will be equipped with the same hybrid assembly as the new Hanlanda, a 2.5L four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine + motor hybrid system, the combined power of the system may reach 249hp (183kW), transferred from the planetary gear-type E-CVT gearbox to the wheels, and will provide front drive and E-Four electronic four-wheel drive options.

Netizens have expressed their views on the pre-price of GAC Toyota Sena. Some netizens said, "if the dealers do not increase the price, Toyota manufacturers will increase 50, 000 first", "if I hear that I should be grateful for 50, 000, I will give it to you directly". Some netizens also said, "GL8 is also very fragrant in this way, after all, it is much more expensive", "suddenly feel that Hanlanda is too fragrant", "it seems that Jiahua has guessed Senna" …

Judging from the pre-price range of 32-420000 yuan in Sena, it is indeed expected. According to the information declared by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, five tail marks of LE, XLE, LIMITED, LIMITED PLUS and PLATNUM appeared in Sena, indicating that Sena will launch five configuration models, while according to the information exposed by the media, the corresponding prices of the five models are 276800 yuan, 299800 yuan, 316800 yuan, 337800 yuan and 369800 yuan respectively. This time, GAC Toyota announced that Sina will launch six models, including a new luxury well-being model, which should be based on the luxury version, so it is basically consistent with the previously released five configuration versions (excluding the well-being version). From the price point of view, there is still a big gap between the pre-price of 320000 yuan and the previously exposed guidance price of 276800 yuan, but according to the suspected Sena configuration table exposed online, the overall configuration of Sena is relatively high, with 7 airbags, TSS security system, full-speed adaptive cruise, bilateral sliding doors, multi-temperature zone air conditioners and so on. The accumulation of these configurations makes the price of Sena reasonable to a certain extent. However, officials also remind that what is announced this time is the pre-price, and the final market price is mainly listed. Generally speaking, the pre-price will be lower than the final price, but whether it can be directly reduced by 40,000 yuan to reach the online price range is possible, but it is not likely.

From the perspective of product positioning, GAC Toyota Sena's direct competitors are SAIC GM Buick GL8 and Dongfeng Yueda Kia Jiahua. The price of Buick GL8 is 23.29-329900 yuan. As a medium and large MPV, Buick GL8 has a certain market position in the current MPV market, and its monthly sales can be maintained at more than 10,000 vehicles. Jiahua is the latest model launched by Dongfeng Yueda Kia, with a price range of 28.89-339900 yuan. as a fourth-generation model, it has a significant improvement in product power, but the price of 28.89-339900 yuan also makes many consumers complain. this also adds a lot of uncertainty to Jiahua, which is sold in China for the second time. What do you think of the advance price of Sena? If it were you, would you choose another model of yours?

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