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The new generation of SAIC Volkswagen-Lamando L has been officially released for seven years, and officials have released a set of official pictures today. After slightly lengthening the car body, the Chinese name has also been added with an L, and the sharp change in the front face has broken through the previous Volkswagen doll design style, while elements such as frameless doors and hatchback rear doors in the appearance of the model emphasize its focus on the young and personalized market.

Volkswagen Lingdu was originally officially known as lamando in English. On the car friends' forum, the word sounds a bit like spicy steamed bread, so car owners usually refer to Lingdu as spicy steamed bread, and this new generation did a nickname vote when it was released. In the official activities, in addition to "spicy steamed bread", there are several alternative voting names, such as "spicy Tiger", "Spicy Hot Pot", "spicy Zi", "Romantic duo" and so on, although the result of the name may not be announced until tomorrow, if there are no surprises. From the current voting results, it conforms to the traditional name of "spicy steamed bread". Of course, the main reason is that other alternative names are not very attractive, and if "hot girls" are added to the list, netizens will certainly cooperate with the parody.

In terms of personalized naming, Volkswagen Lingdu seems to be learning from local maker Great Wall Motor. Harvard Dog, Harvard's first love and Harvard Beast are now familiar to everyone. On January 3, Great Wall Motor also came up with the name of a group of Harvard's new SUV model "X DOG" for people to vote. The official options include two dogs, iron dog, little wolf dog, colorful dog, powerful dog, KuGou, hot dog, star dog, face dog and puppy. Finally, on January 9th, Harvard finally decided to use "KuGou" as the final name. Of course, the design of these activities is more due to the release of links designed to enhance interaction with consumers, otherwise, they will really be named after the tricks that netizens have always spoofed. In fact, it must be a high probability for car owners to drive "two dogs" and "little wolf dogs" on the road.

In July last year, the picture of the SAIC Volkswagen Lingdu L was already released when it was declared to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the new Lingdu L, which has a huge difference between the front face design and the cash, has attracted the attention of netizens. In order to enhance the brand recognition of different series of products on the road, the same brand is designed in a tired style, so it is highly probable that the phrase "family-like front face" appears when reading new car articles. Especially in the past, the front faces of different Volkswagen models are more similar, only some size and subtle differences, "Volkswagen family-like front face" is more like a term to describe the products of the old era. However, now Lingdu L has changed, and netizens' comments on the painting style are in the other direction. Some netizens complain: "it's not as good as it used to be", "the car is over", "the hot front face", "the spicy steamed bun that is no longer a wide-body luxury sedan", while some netizens' comments are more euphemistic, "is this the Kia modern designer sneaking into the mass design department?" The most beautiful Volkswagen car was buried in this way. All in all, there are always some people happy and sad in the shape design, and the new expression of the front face is simple to say, just adapt.

The new Volkswagen Lingdu L is based on the MQB Evo platform. It is 4784 mm long, 1831 mm wide, 1469 mm high and 2731 mm wheelbase. The appearance uses a new language, slip-back style and rimless door design, the front face large intake grille is very personalized, different from other Volkswagen models, and the rear also uses a new style of through taillights. The car is equipped with mainstream double screen, similar to ID. Family steering wheel, through-type air conditioning outlet and compact electronic baffle design. The suspension is a combination of front McPherson + rear multi-link suspension, powered by a 1.4T engine with a maximum output of 150 horsepower and a peak torque of 250 Nm, matching a 7-speed dry double-clutch transmission.

The previous generation of Lingdu went on sale in 2015, with monthly sales peaking at nearly 20, 000 vehicles. The auto industry is concerned about the latest sales of SAIC-Volkswagen Lingdu. The latest monthly sales have fallen to 5882, with a cumulative sales of 47239 from January to November 2021. Complaints about engines and gearboxes have halved sales figures in 2018, and this trend of declining sales has continued. On the one hand, the market demand of the general environment has changed, resulting from the decline in its competitiveness, and on the other hand, the models have not been updated for a long time. This replacement Lingdu L reaffirmed its market positioning and made quite a lot of changes. Saw SAIC Volkswagen's intention to support another sales support point, and for a new start, whether it will be accepted by consumers, it may be more of the intention to wait and see the follow-up price.

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