Volkswagen Virtus (Lavida Xinrui imported from India)

Lavida Xinrui, a sedan of SAIC Volkswagen, is a sedan of SAIC Volkswagen. It comes in five body colors: turquoise blue, cat's eye blue, coral red, jade white and obsidian black. The entire series uses Volkswagen's classic ea211 1.5l engine, matched with Aisin 6at automatic transmission. [2] On June 13, 2023, the new member of SAIC Volkswagen Lavida family-Lavida Xinrui was officially launched. On March 19, 2024, in the C-IASI Automotive Safety Index evaluation results of China Insurance Research Institute, SAIC Volkswagen Lavida Xinrui's evaluation results were all Good in the four major indices of "crashworthiness and maintenance economy", "safety of vehicle occupants", "safety of pedestrians outside the vehicle", and "vehicle auxiliary safety", making it the best-performing fuel vehicle in the history of China Insurance Research Institute's C-IASI evaluation. [3] On April 1, 2024, SAIC Volkswagen announced that the Lavida New Elite Edition was officially launched, with two models available. It will be sold for a limited time from now until April 30, 2024, ranging from 79,990 to 87,990 yuan, and the purchase tax is fully exempted.

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The Lavida Xinrui is a sedan owned by SAIC Volkswagen. It comes in five body colors: turquoise blue, cat's eye blue, coral red, jade white and obsidian black. The entire series uses Volkswagen's classic ea211 1.5l engine and is matched with an Aisin 6at automatic transmission. [2]

On June 13, 2023, the new member of the SAIC Volkswagen Lavida family-Lavida Xinrui was officially launched.

On March 19, 2024, in the C-IASI Automotive Safety Index evaluation results of China Insurance Research Institute, SAIC Volkswagen Lavida Xinrui's evaluation results were all Good in the four major indices of "crashworthiness and maintenance economy", "safety of vehicle occupants", "safety of pedestrians outside the vehicle", and "vehicle auxiliary safety", making it the best-performing fuel vehicle in the history of China Insurance Research Institute's C-IASI evaluation. [3]

On April 1, 2024, SAIC Volkswagen announced that the Lavida New Excellence Edition was officially launched, offering a total of two models, with a limited-time sale of 79,990-87,990 yuan from now until April 30, 2024, and the purchase tax is fully exempted. The Volkswagen Lavida Xinrui is a brand new model with a guide price of 99,999-109,990. It is positioned as an entry-level A-class sedan. Why has the price of Lavida dropped to less than 100,000? Is this really the effect of the "involution" of the automobile market? In fact, this is not the case. This new Lavida has nothing to do with the Lavida currently on sale. They even come from different platforms. The new Lavida was introduced from the Indian market. So is this new car worth choosing? Let’s analyze it in detail below.

So what is the origin of Lavida Xinrui? In fact, this car is called Volkswagen Virtus overseas. Virtus first appeared in 2017 and was launched in Brazil on November 16, 2017. It is the sedan version of the polo hatchback. It is between the smaller Voyage and the larger Jetta (called Sagitar in China) in the Volkswagen Brazilian sedan series. This car is based on the Polo platform and shares a large number of parts, but the front bumper and wheelbase have been modified, and the trunk capacity has also been increased. In Brazil, all Virtus are available in mixed-fuel designs (gasoline and ethanol), including 1.0L, 1.6L and 1.4T versions.

However, the styling of this new domestic Lavida is quite different from that of the Polo. This is because the domestically introduced version is the second-generation version, which was launched in India on March 8, 2022 to replace the sister models of Vento and Skoda Slavia. The shape of the new car has been redesigned to distinguish it from the Polo, and it adopts a different interior design from the Polo, which is closer to Volkswagen's A-class sedan. The platform used in the Indian version is MQB A0.

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