What's the difference between cars with the same engine but a price difference of tens of thousands?

Is there a car with the same engine but with a price difference of tens of thousands? There are not only such cars, but also many, and the price difference is not only tens of thousands, but also hundreds of thousands of millions. Do not believe, let's look down.

First of all, let's take the most familiar Volkswagen model as an example. Volkswagen has two famous engines: EA2 1 1 and EA888.

Volkswagen's low-profile models are basically equipped with EA2 1 1 engines. This engine has been used from the cheapest models such as Jetta, Santana and LaVida with tens of thousands of dollars to the luxury Audi A3 with more than 200,000 yuan, as well as Bora, Sagitar, Golf, Passat and Magotan. The difference is as high as 200,000.

Volkswagen's high-end models basically use EA888 engines. This engine is used from hundreds of thousands of sagitar, golf and Passat to hundreds of thousands of Audi A6 and A8. Compared with the highest price, the difference between the lowest price and the highest price of these models is more than 500 thousand.

In fact, Volkswagen has always had a "fine tradition" of different grades of vehicles using the same powertrain. For example, Santana and Audi 100 in the 1990s had identical engines and gearboxes, but the price difference between the two cars was nearly 300,000. Even the price of later maintenance is different, such as the same oil change, the same engine oil and machine filter, Santana is more than 200 yuan, and Audi 400 yuan is around.

In addition, Volkswagen has many car brands and uses Volkswagen's engines, so the engines carried by many models will also "crash" with Volkswagen models. For example, Skoda is a proper shell-changing public. There are also high-end models such as Cayenne and Porsche. There used to be a joke: someone bought a Porsche and found that the maintenance parts were actually marked with the logo of Volkswagen Audi! Now the owner quit and complained to the national quality inspection department about shoddy and cheating consumers. Besides, I bought a Porsche and you used Volkswagen parts for me. Isn't this a drop in price for me? In fact, the owner does not understand that Porsche is a Volkswagen car. Although the grade is higher, it is also assembled with Volkswagen parts. Volkswagen can't design a set of parts for you.

Let's talk about a more exciting one-Volvo. Volvo has always been known for its safety and is proud of it, ranking among the "second-line luxury" models. The Volvo model has only one engine-2.0t turbocharged engine, which is unique in the luxury model camp. Whether it's S40 and S60 of more than 200,000 or XC90 of 600,000 or 700,000, whether it's T4, T5 or T6, it's a 2.0T turbocharged engine. The basic structure of the engine is the same, but the difference is just adjustment. Their price difference can exceed 500 thousand. Now, it is said that Lectra also uses this engine. In this way, the difference will be even greater.

The above two examples are all within the same automobile group, which can be regarded as the enjoyment of internal resources and is understandable. However, some models, seemingly unrelated, use the same engine, and the price of the models is hundreds of thousands. Do you think it's wonderful?

Such as Land Rover and jiangling motors. What do you think is the relationship between these two cars? Their two families have never cooperated, but they use the same engine. For example, Land Rover Aurora and Land Rover Discovery Wonder are all equipped with the same 2.0T turbocharged engine as Jiangling Yusheng. And what is the price difference between the two cars? Land Rover Aurora has a minimum of 355,000 and a maximum of 587,000. The lowest price of Jiangling Yusheng is122,800 yuan and the highest price is159,700 yuan. The difference is more than 400,000 at most. Knowing this, I don't know whether the Land Rover driver is sad or the Jiangling driver is happy.

In fact, this extremely special phenomenon is the "evil" created by Ford. When Land Rover could not survive, it had to commit itself to Ford, and Ford gave its 2.0T turbocharged engine to Land Rover. However, Ford also made a joint venture with jiangling motors in China and gave this engine to jiangling motors, which caused the embarrassing phenomenon that Land Rover and Jiangling used the same engine. Actually, it doesn't stop there. Other Ford models, such as Lincoln MKC, Lincoln MKZ, Ford Roadwalker, Ford New Sharp, Ford Mondeo, etc. And jaguar XJ, jaguar XF, jaguar XE, etc. , also use this engine. What is the price difference between these models? Hundreds of thousands, right?

There are many other models, such as Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7 and Porsche Cayenne, Brilliance Auto and BMW, Logo Auto and BMW, British finidi and Mercedes-Benz, etc. They all used the same engine once, so I won't give an example here. Chery also used BMW engines in its early days, which is said to be extremely durable. The car is scrapped and the engine is still leveraged. There are also the previous Mitsubishi 4G9 and 4A9 engines, and almost all domestic independent brand models are in use. Whether it is a car with tens of thousands of yuan or a compact car with hundreds of thousands, this engine is their lifeline.

To say that the models with the biggest price difference using the same engine should be ordinary models and ultra-luxury models in the same group, such as BMW 7 Series and Rolls Royce. Since Rolls-Royce belongs to BMW Group, the 6.6T turbocharged engine of Rolls-Royce is also used in BMW 760. The lowest price of Rolls-Royce is 4.73 million, while that of BMW 760 is only 24 1 10,000, a difference of 2.32 million. If it is a higher-end Rolls-Royce Phantom, the price is as high as 89 million, and the difference is even greater.

Although the above-mentioned vehicles use the same engine, they are very different, even completely different, in terms of vehicle type, driving experience, power, economy and handling. This shows that the engine is only one aspect of the car, not the whole. If you buy a car only by looking at the engine, you will fall into the trap of not seeing the forest. Therefore, the automobile is a comprehensive industrial product, and it is more important to balance all aspects of performance. Especially for our ordinary family cars, comfort, easy driving, reliability, safety and fuel economy are the greatest pursuits. As for what kind of engine to use, we don't really care.