In the past two years, the automobile market has changed so rapidly that it seems that the rapid development of smart phones, from clamshell to slide to touch screen, seems to be a constant surprise, but before that, it seems to have remained unchanged for many years. The same is true of the car market. Do you still remember what the Chinese car market was like 10 years ago? Or what models are selling like hot cakes? Or what are the characteristics of popular models? I believe that we can think of the smooth style lavida, corolla and other models, at that time the Japanese brand is still more moderate style.

So, at that time, any design that could make people's eyes shine could definitely cause a heated discussion among consumers. For example, the kia K5, which was introduced in 2010, was once called the "most beautiful" mid-size car.

But kia's decadent past few years have also made it clear that sales of its models have been dismal, with neither the family-oriented entry-level sedan nor its flagship model, like the kia K5, performing well. However, kia also wants to rise. After all, it used to be the first choice of many young consumers in China, so now it has decided to bring the new kia K5 to the domestic market. According to the previous information, the car will be officially launched in the second quarter, which is expected to be launched at the same time as the new sonata.

First of all, the reason for this favorable comment is from the design. As a third-generation model, the new generation K5 will adopt kia's latest family design language, making it the most personalized and sportier in the whole b-class car market. Compared with the new generation 3 series, I think the appearance level is only high but not low.

For example, in front of the face, the headlights and the middle net can make people excited for a long time, especially when you see a similar LED flashing day light belt, who dare to believe that kia can also have such an excellent design? Audi, the light maker, has an open mind to learn. And headlamp and medium net formed an inside cut of modelling, so whole front face stereo feeling is very strong also, the sport kit that enclothe place to have below package, say without exaggeration, new generation K5 is too "fierce".

As a replacement model, the size must be upgraded, which is now the necessary link in the automotive market, the current overseas version of the model data is, length, width and height are 4905*1860*1445mm, wheelbase is 2850mm, compared with cash is absolutely significantly improved, and the domestic volume postproduction will maintain the same level.

So, this time to see the side of the car, it is the design of the most attractive sliding back, there is chrome decoration on the details, to ensure the movement of the car and class feeling is better than the same level of competition products, comparison 3 series can be really beautiful too much. In addition, the tail design is also quite bright, such as the through-type LED taillight group, the internal structure is quite complex, but unfortunately the turn signal is halogen, it seems that kia or some details need to pay attention to.

The interior is less impressive than the exterior, perhaps because the center console is using the most popular dual screen design today. The two 10.25-inch LCD screens, while effectively enhancing the sense of technology, are also more conventional, not as impressive as the appearance.

However, other design or more have the point of view, such as knob shift, which undoubtedly let the whole car pretend bility greatly improved, and the entire center console workmanship and materials are also worthy of praise, at least more delicate than passat. Of course, we still don't know how it will be configured after it is made in China, but we expect it will be customized to some extent. For example, some configurations will have different changes, but we hope to be able to meet the mainstream, such as driving assistance system, comfort and high-end configuration.

Finally, the power part, which is the most unsatisfactory part for Korean cars, the new generation K5 will provide three power options, such as 1.5t + 7DCT, 2.0t + 8AT and 2.0l hybrid, which is also slightly different from the overseas version. However, it is said that the domestic 1.5t is an improvement of the overseas 1.6t. After all, in order to meet the emission standard of the domestic country 6 b, some sacrifices will be made, and we expect that the parameters will not change much.

But to say the highlight, it has to be the 2.0t + 8AT model, so we hope that its performance is also good, specific parameters can refer to hyundai new shengda. On the other hand, the price of a new car starts at 23.23 million won (about 137,000 yuan) in South Korea, and if introduced into the country, even if the price rises a bit, it can be sold more than 140,000 yuan, which is quite an attractive price.

Summary: now the joint venture b-class car market is actually in a good time to change the leader, passat because of a variety of problems by the people spurn, and the Japanese car cost performance is not guaranteed, the American car appearance level and reliability is general, so kia K5 with a new design may become a dark horse model. Of course, if the configuration is rich enough, the power is strong enough, the final price is also right, such as 140,000, it is really hard not to fire.