If a family can only choose one car for daily use, then this car must be able to take into account career dignity and protect the family.
The vast majority of cars in the automobile market have the attributes of transportation tools at best. Some excellent cars will work hard on safety, and some models have business attributes, but there are not many models that combine both. The Volvo S60 and Audi A4L we are going to talk about today are both luxury family sedans that can do these two things well.
Luxurious positioning is the foundation for promoting a decent career, while the low-key and restrained design style can demonstrate a more stable and profound temperament. In this regard, both Volvo S60 and Audi A4L do a good job.
As for safety, it is the basic ability of a family sedan to take care of the family. Secondly, aspects such as cabin health and driving quality are also the key to measuring the excellence of a family sedan.
For the so-called IKEA private cars, the commercial aspect mainly depends on the added value brought by the styling design in the subjective impression, while the home use focuses more on the overall quality of a car. Let’s analyze the two cars one by one.
Safety first, the key point of family sedan
The essence of a car is a means of transportation, but safety performance is the top priority of a family sedan.
Some time ago, Icar Di conducted an unconventional but very realistic crash test, but the shocking test results in the end made consumers re-examine the passive safety of cars.
This test was different from the projects of conventional crash test agencies, especially the 30% overlap test of getting into the bed of the truck, which almost caused the entire test vehicle to be destroyed. At the same time, this test also proved that in the event of a collision similar to the one in the test, there is almost no chance of survival for the passenger in the passenger seat.
Of course, this is only “almost”. There are still cars that have the ability to compete with death, such as the Volvo S60. In such a tricky and difficult crash test, the Volvo S60 came out on top with an overall score of 11 points. Moreover, in the test of drilling into the bed of a truck, the A-pillar was basically intact and provided critical protection for the dummy, thus achieving a G-level excellent performance. This is due to its cage body design, and the main structure also uses a large amount of boron steel and ultra-high-strength steel. You know, the maximum strength of 1600MPa boron steel is 4 times that of high-strength steel.
Therefore, the Volvo S60 can still achieve excellent results even in the face of sudden and unconventional crash tests. Compared with those “top students” who are prepared for fixed test items, Volvo S60 really implements passive safety to the end.
The other car in this comparison, the Audi A4L, is also a well-known car. Backed by this old German luxury brand, it has profound experience in manufacturing processes and body material selection, so the body strength is also guaranteed. . For example, more than 75% of the vehicle body uses high-strength steel of 600 MPa and above, and core parts such as the B-pillar and C-pillar are made of hot-formed steel, with a tensile strength of up to 1500MPa.
Therefore, looking at the entire automotive industry, the passive safety of Audi A4L is also remarkable. But compared to the Volvo S60, which is world-famous for its safety, it is still slightly inferior. This is not against the Audi A4L, but everyone who comes will be compared.
Healthy cockpit, the core of configuration
The strength of the car body is always only the last barrier to life, and active safety configurations to avoid accidents are the indispensable talisman for drivers and passengers.
The two cars, Audi A4L and Volvo S60, are the best among cars in the same price range in terms of the number of active safety configurations installed. At least various early warning systems have become standard equipment on both cars. But the difference is that functions such as active braking and lane keeping are standard on Volvo S60, while Audi A4L is optional on all series.
Another example is higher-end driving assistance functions. All Volvo S60 series come standard with the third-generation urban intelligent safety system, which can intelligently avoid oncoming vehicles. At the same time, all except the lowest-end models are equipped with L2 level driving assistance as standard. As for the Audi A4L, only high-end models come with L0-level driving assistance, or L2-level driving assistance can be purchased as an option. This aspect is slightly less sincere than the Volvo S60.
What’s more important is that among all the car safety items that consumers pay attention to, cabin health is often easily ignored. But in this regard, Volvo, which has long been a leader in automotive safety technology, attaches great importance to it.
Let’s take the simplest and most straightforward example. The Audi A4L and the Volvo S60 were manufactured at the same time. The cabins of the two cars are very different. Even though the Audi A4L has been used for half a year, the cabin still has a strong “German smell”, which is a pungent odor emitted from the interior materials.
On the other hand, Volvo S60 also has an important advantage – CLEANZONE® clean cockpit, which introduces the AAC double-effect enhanced air purification system and innovatively introduces electrostatic filtration technology based on high-efficiency filter elements. With physical barrier and electrostatic adsorption double-layer filtration, it can theoretically isolate PM1 particles, and in actual use environments, it can effectively filter 95% of harmful PM2.5 particles.
Safety itself requires multi-dimensional construction. In this regard, the Volvo S60 is obviously more detailed than all competing models in the same price range.
Driving quality, the foundation of luxury
Low-key is just a character, performance is the cornerstone of becoming a luxury car.
Audi and Volvo are both low-key in design. For example, Audi was once known as the “official car”, and Volvo has always been the first choice for some elites. As far as the Volvo S60 is concerned, it can be used as the first luxury car for young people. In the final analysis, it is because these two brands, especially the Volvo S60, have no compromise on performance.
For example, Audi has the RS series, which is as famous as BMW M Power and Mercedes-Benz AMG. As for Volvo, it used to have Polestar and later Cyan Racing, and it never compromised on performance.
Let’s talk about the Audi A4L first. Although the A-series sedans do not pay too much attention to performance, Audi models that “break through technology to enlighten the future” probably have certain basic driving performance. It may not have an advantage compared to the BMW 3 Series or Volvo S60 in the same class, but it is still better than the LaCrosse, Accord, and Camry.
As for the Volvo S60, it has rare performance in the same price range. In addition to the compact chassis, the most intuitive thing is the stronger power performance. The engine of the low-power model can also output 197 horsepower, and the high-power version directly explodes to 250 horsepower. Don’t forget, it is also supported by a 48V light-hybrid system, which gives it greater confidence whether it is starting at low speed or continuing to advance at high speed.
Overall, the driving performance of Audi A4L can be described as the goalkeeper of luxury models, while Volvo is the leader among models in the same price range.
ending
The definition of luxury has never been one-dimensional. Therefore, although the Audi A4L and Volvo S60 both have luxurious attributes, their luxury tones are different.
The current Audi A4L can best explain what is the golden mean, with luxurious but low-key design and just the right driving comfort. Although the advantages are not outstanding, there are no shortcomings overall. The Volvo S60 is also a car with no shortcomings, but it adheres to the people-oriented car-making concept. Whether it is building a fully-considered body or a meticulous and healthy air purification system for the cabin, Volvo polishes the details more than competing cars in the same price range. Brand models are more attentive.
