Just don't believe in evil? The Toyota three-cylinder engine is here too!

China Automotive News, January 6th, what should come is here! Recently, Toyota's two domestic joint ventures have listed Corolla and Ralink's annual facelift models at the same time. It is worth mentioning that both models are equipped with a new 1.5L three-cylinder engine. This means that Toyota has taken a substantial step forward in the promotion of three-cylinder engine models in the domestic market.

When it comes to three-cylinder engines, many domestic car companies are 'distracted by the news.' Although the three-cylinder engine is technically mature and perfect, and at the same time can achieve a better balance between performance and fuel consumption, Chinese consumers seem to have spotted the 'death theory'. As a result, sales of many models have plummeted after changing to three-cylinder power; after forcing some models to switch from four-cylinder to three-cylinder, the effect is also immediate and sales rebounded quickly.

Therefore, after Toyota's two main sales models are newly equipped with three-cylinder power, it is expected that netizens will have extensive discussions. In fact, the advantages and disadvantages of electric vehicles that are gradually 'popular' are obvious, but they are still regarded as similar to the development trend of automobiles. The three-cylinder engine also represents the inevitable form of the future development of fuel engines, not only to meet the environmental requirements of energy saving and emission reduction, but also to have advantages in Ru0026D and manufacturing costs. And the three-cylinder engine models launched by Toyota this time are clearly prepared with a lot of effort.

In the same line

After Toyota proposed the TNGA system for the first time in 2012, it has fundamentally realized a comprehensive innovation of the automobile production mechanism. And power is a key part of the TNGA architecture, so Toyota developed a new TNGA Dynamic Force Engine (TNGA jet flow control engine). This series of engines not only adopts in-cylinder direct injection, dual VVT technology, and advanced technologies such as ridge combustion chamber, atmospheric door angle and high tumble ratio, but also optimizes the details to the extreme, thus achieving 40% of the world Top thermal efficiency.

In addition, the special feature of the new series of engines is the return to the naturally aspirated engine, which is more friendly to the three-cylinder structure. Toyota’s newly introduced 1.5L three-cylinder engine is in the same series as the Camry and other TNGA models equipped with 2.0L and 2.5L engines. Therefore, the technical characteristics of the two are the same, smooth, fuel-efficient and quiet, which not only reduces Ru0026D expenses and costs, but also improves The versatility of accessories.

But without the 'assistance' of turbocharging, Toyota 1.5L is quite satisfactory in terms of technical parameters compared with other new-generation engines of other brands. The engine has a maximum power of 89kW and a maximum torque of 148Nm. The power is the same as Toyota's 1.2T engine, and the torque is significantly inferior. Not only compared with Honda's 1.0T three-cylinder engine, the gap is obvious; it is also inferior to Ford's 1.5L three-cylinder engine with the same displacement. However, Toyota models equipped with this engine have obvious advantages in fuel consumption compared to models of the same level.

Leave room for engine performance and pay more attention to reducing fuel consumption. This concept makes Toyota's 1.5L engine easier to 'strengthen its strengths and avoid weaknesses' compared to other three-cylinder engines.

Push forward steadily

Although Toyota has confidence in the new 1.5L engine, after all, the current domestic consumer environment is still very unfriendly to the 'three-cylinder'. Therefore, Toyota still adopts a prudent attitude in promoting the three-cylinder engine. At present, Toyota's official communication materials and parameter configuration tables have deliberately avoided the expression of the word 'three-cylinder

In addition, Toyota is also trying to avoid the pits that some previous car companies encountered when pushing three-cylinder models. On the one hand, in addition to the 1.5L engine, Ralink and Corolla also provide 1.2T and 1.8L hybrid power, instead of completely 'one size fits allOn the other hand, using the 1.5L as an entry-level model reflects a certain price advantage, which also helps to promote the new power models. In addition, consumers who purchase this power can get some additional car discounts when buying a car.

It is foreseeable that in the future, this new power of Toyota will be equipped in Toyota small cars. In addition to Toyota, Volkswagen's 1.0T three-cylinder engine has also been 'on the bow' and is waiting to see the right time to introduce it. Although the domestic sales of Volkswagen models are far ahead, the 'dual points' ranking is in the bottom. When electric models are difficult to increase in a short period of time, economical and environmentally friendly three-cylinder power has become an inevitable choice.

Although the three-cylinder engine is really 'hot' in China, it still needs a certain timing and trigger point. However, under the trend of the times, as more and more three-cylinder engine models are launched on the market and the actual car owners have good feedback, the domestic 'public opinion' on the three-cylinder will gradually improve.