FAW Toyota is the leader of the entire Japanese joint venture brand, and its products have built a good reputation in the market with their advantages in household use, reliability, and economy over the years; at the same time, FAW Toyota has used its strength to achieve sales of more than 1,000 units in 2022 Wan's good results and the launch of the bZ series also mean that FAW Toyota will enter the next era.

bZ3 is the second product of Toyota's "bZ" pure electric vehicle family. It is FAW Toyota's first pure electric sedan. Its strength is also very strong. After all, Toyota's golden signature, e-TNGA architecture blessing, plus 200,000 With a price of around 616km and a battery life of 616km, the temptation of strength will naturally attract many young consumers to buy it, but how it performs, I think this experience will give me the answer.

New car highlights:

1. Pre-sale price range: 189,800-219,800 yuan. The new car will be officially launched in the first quarter of this year.

2. Positioned as Toyota's mid-sized pure electric sedan, it competes with Tesla Model 3, Xpeng P7, Euler Lightning Cat, etc.

3. It is built on the e-TNGA platform and is built on the same platform as the GAC Toyota pure electric medium-sized SUV bZ4X.

4. The blade battery and drive motor provided by Fodi Power, a subsidiary of BYD, have a maximum cruising range of 616 kilometers.

The appearance is online, in line with the aesthetics of young people

In terms of appearance design, FAW Toyota bZ3 inherits the latest design language of Toyota's "bZ" pure electric vehicle family. The closed front face represents the identity of its new energy model. The headlights are angular and look very sharp. The LED lights The strip runs through the left and right sides and cuts the headlight into upper and lower sections, stretching the visual effect of the vehicle.

The suspended roof can be seen on the side of the body, and the coupe-style fastback tail further enhances the sense of sportiness. The door handle adopts a hidden design, which not only takes into account the smoothness and aesthetics, but also takes into account aerodynamics. According to the demand, the wind resistance coefficient of the whole vehicle reaches 0.218.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the FAW Toyota bZ3 are 4725mm, 1835mm, and 1475mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2880mm. Compared with the Tesla Model 3, the FAW Toyota bZ3 is longer and taller, and its 2880mm wheelbase is also 5mm longer than the Model 3’s 2875mm wheelbase.

The rear of the car body also adopts a through-type taillight shape, which echoes the front face. The taillights on both sides are in the shape of dot matrix lamp beads, which improves the recognition at night. The license plate frame area adopts a concave design, plus the upper part The protruding small tail creates a layered feel.

The interior of FAW Toyota bZ3 adopts a minimalist style design, with a large floating LCD screen, which looks exactly like a new car-making force, with full LCDThe screen is also very subversive and looks very technological. In addition, the new car also adopts a two-spoke steering wheel design with upper and lower flat bottoms.

It is worth mentioning that the innovative design of DIGITAL ISLAND, which integrates the vertical central control screen, wireless charging, and car-machine interconnection of FAW Toyota bZ3, gives bZ3 a full sense of technology. The car adopts a new UI design, with a larger vertical screen with the navigation map as the homepage, and a card-style shortcut function entrance and air-conditioning area below. It also integrates online services such as Kuwo Music, Himalaya, Anxiang Butler and the application market. content, and supports OTA upgrade functions, which greatly improves the intelligence level of Toyota models in our impression.

In addition, FAW Toyota bZ3 has also set up a growing intelligent AI assistant "Xiao Fei" for us. In addition to rich functions and natural voice interaction, as you continue to interact with it in daily use, Its exclusive image can gradually grow from a dynamically changing circular pattern to a cute image with anthropomorphic expressions. It can also gradually unlock more advanced functions such as multiple rounds of dialogue without waking up, just like a partner who grows with you. , making you feel a touch of warmth in the car, and also echoes the concept of family fun.

Compared with the center console, the layout design of the seats in the car is relatively simple. The shape of the seats is relatively traditional, but the texture on the seats is still more design-like. The rear row provides air conditioning outlets and charging interfaces.

Here, during the experience, we also found three very user-friendly and innovative designs. The first innovative hidden door handle adopts an inward shrinking method, which not only feels better in the hand, but also can better solve the problem of freezing in winter. question;

Second, the lights and wipers behind the steering wheel use paddles instead of traditional levers, and the turn signals are integrated into the buttons on both sides of the steering wheel, making them more convenient to use and avoiding accidental touches;

Thirdly, the space under the traditional central armrest box has been hollowed out, providing ample foot space for the middle rear passenger. Coupled with the expanded interior width, the comfort of rear seat passengers is greatly improved.

In addition, the exterior rearview mirror adjustment and window glass lifting and lowering are all innovative adjustments, which require some time to become familiar with for daily use.

To be honest, after the whole experience, the user-friendly design of FAW Toyota bZ3 in details has further increased the comfortable experience of our daily use of the car. In particular, we can see that bZ3 puts itself in the shoes of consumers, which is also in line with Toyota. Always a people-oriented philosophy. It can be said that the bZ3, which is about to be launched, represents the highest level of Toyota intelligence and is a new choice for home travel.

In terms of storage space, FAW Toyota bZ3’s performance is quite satisfactory, including the glove box and door panels.The storage space is not very large, and the central armrest box and the cup holder on the T-shaped center console have been cancelled. The volume of the trunk is not bad, but the opening is relatively small, so you need to be careful when enlarging large items. Comfortable, perfectly suitable for home use

In terms of power, the FAW Toyota bZ3 battery and motor are provided by Fodi, a subsidiary of BYD. The battery uses a lithium iron phosphate battery and is driven by a rear single motor. Its maximum power is available in two options: 135 kilowatts and 180 kilowatts. In terms of battery life, depending on the version, the battery capacity is 49.92 kWh and 65.28 kWh respectively, and the corresponding CLTC operating range is 517 kilometers and 616 kilometers.

The first feeling of driving FAW Toyota bZ3 is that it is very relaxing. Both the steering force of the steering wheel and the control force of the electric door are very comfortable. Coupled with the good driving vision and comfortable seats, it is easy to get in the car. Give you full driving confidence, even if you are a novice, you can easily get started.

The new car provides four driving modes, namely ECO, NORMAL, SPORT, and SNOW. No matter in which mode, the overall speed-up performance is very obviously different from the pure electric cars we are familiar with. The tuning of bZ3 is still very good. Toyota makes us feel very comfortable.

The FAW Toyota bz3 adopts a front MacPherson rear double-wishbone independent suspension structure, which finds the right balance between comfort and support, and can fully suppress the occurrence of roll when cornering quickly; at the same time, The chassis of bZ3 has a very heavy feel, and the filtering of large and small vibrations is just right. While ensuring the driving comfort in the car, it also has a very high-end driving texture.

The noise performance of the FAW Toyota bZ3 is pretty good. The performance of wind noise and tire noise is above average, but the sound of the motor needs further optimization; however, the sound of the motor will not make you feel uncomfortable, but it feels intentional. It creates a kind of sound with different feelings.

Summary:

This on-site test drive only gave us a preliminary understanding of the static, intelligent performance, power and comfort of the FAW Toyota bZ3. Its actual battery life, charging time, power consumption and other aspects will still have to wait until the new car is launched. Get a test drive for further evaluation. If you like bZ3, you can go to the FAW Toyota 4S store to experience it. There are currently real cars in the store.