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Following FAW Toyota Ling Fang listing, on January 10, Guangzhou Automobile Toyota brand new medium-sized SUV Weisa also officially launched, a total of 6 new models, the price between 21.68 yuan and 303800 yuan, including gasoline version starting price of 216800 yuan, twin engine version is 246800, new cars are expected to arrive at the store in mid-March.

Prior to this, GAC Toyota's new SUV Weisa has made its debut at the 19th Guangzhou Motor Show, which is the second medium-sized SUV under GAC Toyota after Hanlanda. In addition, as the new medium-sized sedan SUV built by Guangzhou Auto Toyota, Weisa and FAW Toyota Ling Fang are sister models to each other, which is also based on the Toyota TNGA-K platform architecture.

In terms of appearance, the new car uses the latest Toyota family design language, the front face is equipped with Toyota's iconic blackened mesh intake grille, and the upper part uses a large-size intake grille with an internal mesh design. the interior of the lower intake grille is decorated horizontally and surrounded by silver chrome plating with narrow headlights on both sides, making the design of the whole front face look very personalized.

The side lines of the car body are relatively simple, in which the window tail line uses a similar design, with double five large-size rims, looks more athletic. In positioning, Weisa is positioned as a medium-sized SUV, with regular body size, 4780mm/1855mm/1660mm in length, width and height, and 2690mm in wheelbase. Compared with its sister model, Lingfang has 4740/1855/1660mm in length, width and height in height and 2690mm in wheelbase. In contrast, the new car has more 40mm on the body, while the width / height / wheelbase of the body is the same as that of Lingfang.

The rear part of the car is equipped with the popular through-type LED taillights and two-sided circular exhaust layout, which has a strong sense of hierarchy in the overall styling design. In addition, the new car fuel version and hybrid version models are slightly different in appearance details, in which the hybrid version of the LOGO before and after the interior will continue to add blue elements, in terms of body color, the new car provides platinum pearl white, ink black, titanium glow silver, Opal silver, Yaoyong red a total of five options.

In terms of interior decoration, the interior of the new car adopts a five-seat layout and provides three colors of black, gray and brown, with a 12.3in full liquid crystal instrument + 12.3inch multimedia display + HUD look-up display, realizing the three-screen linkage in the car, full of scientific and technological sense.

In terms of power, the new car offers two power systems: 2.0L fuel version and 2.5L hybrid version. In addition, the new car is equipped with a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine with a maximum power of 126kW, a peak torque of 209Nm, a transmission matching CVT stepless transmission and a front / four-wheel drive model, and a fuel consumption of 5.9L per 100 km under comprehensive operating conditions (NEDC). The 2.5L hybrid engine has a maximum power of 131kW, a peak torque of 221Nm and a peak torque of 209Nm. It is equipped with an E-CVT continuously variable transmission and an electronically controlled four-wheel drive system. The fuel consumption of the engine is 4.5L under comprehensive operating conditions (NEDC).

In the competitive market, the main competitors of the new car are the Boundary Explorer, Tuguan and Guandao and other medium-sized SUV. In terms of price positioning, Toyota Weisa is not much different from Guangzhou Automobile Honda Crown Road (price 22-332800 yuan). However, in terms of body size, Honda Crown Road has a length, width and height of 4858/1942/1670mm and a wheelbase of 2820 mm, which is one circle larger than Weisa.

At present, GAC Toyota already has Toyota C-HR, Wellanda, Hanlanda and Fenglanda models in the SUV field, but it is still vacant in the A + entry medium-sized SUV. From the GAC Toyota Weisa product positioning, Weisa positioning is higher than Weilanda, lower than Hanlanda, the addition of new medium-sized SUV Toyota Weisa just fills the gap in this market, at the same time, it can further improve the matrix of GAC Toyota SUV products.

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