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Toyota Elfa has always been known as Toyota's "price increase king" in China. Because many stars have bought this model as a babysitter, Toyota Elfa has a very solid position in the domestic high-end MPV market. It is basically impossible to buy this model without a price increase in the market, and price increase sales are also regarded as a normal market phenomenon.

Recently, Toyota Elfa has added new models. It is understood that the new model is the golden version of the model, with a price of 928000 yuan. The new model is upgraded from the original version of Toyota's Elfa model, and the price is 8000 yuan higher than that of the shared version.

Appearance: similar to the design of Toyota's Elfa original model, the new car is upgraded and adjusted in detail. Specifically, the new car is equipped with a large polygonal grille, the interior is decorated with smoked black panels and chrome strips, and the standard gold logo highlights the noble identity of the vehicle. In addition, the front face grille trim and rear door trim of the vehicle are equipped with exclusive chrome plating decoration, and even the keys of the vehicle are decorated with gold strips to highlight the identity of the gold version.

Body size: without change, the length, width and height are 4975 × 1850 × 1945 mm, and the wheelbase is 3000mm. Similar to the current model, the side of the car body provides two-side electric side sliding doors, the bottom is equipped with multi-spoke rims, the overall square profile is maintained, and the roof end is equipped with a small size spoiler, with large-size split taillights extending upward at both ends. To a certain extent, improve the three-dimensional sense of the rear.

Interior decoration: consistent with the ordinary version of the car design style, with a four-spoke multi-function steering wheel. There are vertical air conditioning outlet on both sides of the middle large size display screen, and the air conditioning control knob and multimedia control area are at the bottom. Equipped with a 10.5-inch touch screen, rear multimedia entertainment display, etc., the seat adopts a 2-inch, 2-seat, 2-seat layout. In terms of configuration, the remote control function of mobile phone App is added on the basis of cash models.

Power: the use of oil-electric hybrid system, equipped with 2.5L engine, comprehensive maximum power of 120kW (163hp), peak torque of 409Nm, matching E-CVT gearbox, electric four-wheel drive system, comprehensive fuel consumption of 7.1L / 100km under NEDC conditions.

All in all, Elfah enjoys the golden version of the upgrade adjustment is not much, only a little upgrade in the function, followed by a kit to match the special identity. In terms of price, it is 8000 yuan higher than the regular version, but for Toyota Elfa's target consumers, the price difference will not have much impact on car purchase decisions.

What really matters is that you need to increase the price by hundreds of thousands before you can mention the car. Why Elfa needs to increase prices in order to pick up cars in China, mainly because of its small domestic quota, even in Toyota 4S stores, it also needs to buy several unsalable models before it can match an Elfa quota.

It is understood that at present, the price increase of Elfa double-engine terminal is about 250000 to 300000 yuan. Although for Toyota part of the model price increase sales behavior, many netizens expressed disgust. But in reality, on the contrary, the price increase does not affect consumers' enthusiasm for buying Elfa. According to relevant data, Elfa sold 1472 new cars in July, ranking 40th among Japanese car sales, eighth among similar MPV sales and fourth among 70-1 million models.

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