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On November 17, FAW Toyota's Lingfang HARRIER broadcast the official launch ceremony of its mass production model online. The new car is based on the TNGA-K platform and positioned as an entry-level five-seater medium-sized SUV, between RAV4 Rongfang and Crown Lufang. The new car is also one of Toyota's blockbuster models launched this year and will be officially launched on the evening of the 18th.

From the appearance of the mass production car, the new car basically continued the overseas version of the Harrier model design, using a simple and sharp design style, flat and narrow headlights connected to the upper central grille, and supplemented by chrome trim, broadened the horizontal visual effect of the front face, the huge trapezoidal intake grille in the center of the front face is the embodiment of Toyota's latest familial design style, and there are cooling grooves on both sides.

The side of the car body, the use of a younger body outline, the end of the window for a more sharp style, the shape looks extremely athletic. In the rear section, the new Toyota Harrier is equipped with through-and-through taillights, and the inward-sunken taildoor design makes the rear bumper look wider. In terms of size, the length, width and height are 4740/1855/1660mm, the wheelbase is 2690mm, and the entry-level five medium-sized SUV are located.

In terms of interior decoration, the overall layout of the new car also continues the overseas design, using a symmetrical layout, the main tone is mainly black, and the suspended LCD screen, touch air-conditioning panel and three-frame steering wheel are retained. Different from overseas models, a large number of physical buttons have been added to the central control area, which is basically adjusted for localized usage habits.

In terms of power, the new car will provide a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine and a 2.5L hybrid system. Among them, the fuel version is equipped with 2.0L engine, maximum power 171hp, peak torque 207Nm, transmission matching CVT continuously variable transmission, and provides front-drive / four-wheel drive models. The hybrid version is equipped with 2.5L engine THS II hybrid system, the front-drive version has a comprehensive maximum power of 218hp, and the four-wheel drive version has a comprehensive maximum power of 222hp. All of them are equipped with E-CVT continuously variable transmission.

According to the data previously exposed, FAW Toyota will set a monthly sales target of 5000 vehicles, including Guandao, UR-V, Hanlan up to three medium-sized SUV, focusing on fashion appearance, ingenious quality, practical configuration and so on. In addition, FAW Toyota also set up CR-V, Weilanda, Qijun, Haoying three compact SUV as competitors, focusing on fashion styling, safety and fine configuration. According to the online car market, FAW Toyota Ling Fang is suspected to sell for 21.18-297800 yuan, which is relatively in line with the previously announced pre-price of 22-310000 yuan. In terms of price, Ling Fang does play the role of undertaking RAV4 and Crown Lu Fang, making FAW Toyota form a relatively perfect product lineup in the price range of 15-350000 yuan, but whether FAW Toyota Ling Fang can meet market expectations, competitive advantage may come from the blessing of Toyota TNGA architecture quality and sedan design, and so on.

According to the demand of the Chinese market, Toyota decided to introduce the HARRIER into China and handed it over to FAW Toyota and Guangzhou Automobile Toyota to produce, in which FAW Toyota Harrier was named Ling Fang, the appearance adopted the American version, and the Guangzhou Automobile Toyota Harrier was named Weisa, and the appearance adopted the daily version. Toyota Gemini's model layout does give consumers more choice, but it is more difficult to have high sales of both models.

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