Fuel prices fell, traffic jams intensified, special times, although there are many results in the human expected range, but there are also many phenomena that we did not expect.

Domestic oil prices fell to around 5 yuan after seven consecutive downward adjustments, and the younger generation of users never thought they would be lucky enough to experience the "5 yuan era" of gasoline prices. I've seen Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou's traffic jam, but I've never seen the rush hour, unlimited number of Chengdu's traffic jam. What's even more amazing is that even if you start restricting the number, Chengdu is still the same as when you don't limit the number, and the degree of congestion even exceeds that of the past when you limit the number.

According to the "2020Q1 China's major cities traffic analysis report" released by the Gaode region jointly with the State Information Center's big data development department *** with can be seen in nearly 70% of the domestic city to resume congestion, Chengdu-Chongqing region peak congestion delay index reached 1.43, the degree of congestion in the country's first.

For the first time, it is obvious to feel the feeling that your city surpasses the capital, it's not good. Although the price of gasoline has dropped significantly, but the degree of congestion is really worrying, commuting to and from work than earlier in the journey time consumed nearly twice as much as earlier, the same car the same full tank of gas, although the cost of a single oil reduced, but originally enough for a month of gasoline can only adhere to the two weeks, a little farther can only be used for a week, no exaggeration.

So, the lower fuel prices for car users, and did not produce the root of the cost savings effect, but because of the increased congestion makes the cost of using the car higher. At this time to see the street driving hybrid cars, new energy vehicles, and then look at the continuous soaring fuel gauge, if you give you another chance, 230,000 yuan of the purchase budget, you will still buy the current car? Or, how would you choose a new energy vehicle product?

Corolla Twin Engine

With the premise of having a fuel car with good enough performance, the Corolla Twin Engine is a good choice if you have an additional budget of 230,000 yuan. According to the Corolla's guide price of $119,800 - $159,800, even if you buy the top-of-the-line Corolla Twin Engine model, you'll still end up leaving quite a bit of budgeted money, which can be used for anything, and importantly, the Corolla Twin Engine not only manages to be really fuel-efficient but also has a high margin of safety.

Often we say Japanese cars are fuel efficient, but even more fuel efficient can't beat a 30km/h even speed commute to work. But with the hybrid system, low-speed driving with electricity, braking or long downhill kinetic energy recovery for battery charging, the more congestion the more fuel-efficient, basically the fuel consumption can be maintained at 4-5L/100km like, more comfortable than watching it rise straight line. And the 1.8L hybrid system is perfectly powerful enough for city driving, which is a real fuel saver.

Accord Hybrid

Priced a little further up, the Accord Hybrid is recommended. That's because the Accord Hybrid is the more well-rounded and reliable choice as major manufacturers apply new technologies one after another.

Specifically, the difference between Honda and Toyota in the hybrid system drive mode is not too much to repeat, after all, in the process of using the car, the strength of the two performance is equivalent, and the different modes in the freedom to switch at the same time do not feel the difference. Just as a midsize car, the Accord Hybrid is better than the Corolla Twin Engine in terms of power, space, NVH performance and design, which is indisputable. Then there's the fact that, as a mid-size premium car, a product that can stabilize its fuel consumption performance at 5.6L/100km or even lower at any given time is able to easily cope with the ups and downs of gas prices and changes in congestion levels.

Artz

If the premise is that there is only one car and you can only make the choice once, then the traditional fuel car still has the highest overall capability in all car scenarios. Whether it's urban or long-distance, highway or congested, the traditional fuel car is still the true all-occasion car buyer's choice.

And the reason for choosing the Atlas, apart from the design aspect, it can be said that the Atlas is still the best driving experience midsize car in its class. Even though it's not a turbocharged engine, even though it's not as spacious as the Maiden, and even though it's not as expensive as the Accord, a 200,000 RMB midsize sedan that lets you feel like you're in the same place as the car is the only one in the class that's been around for a long time is the Atlas, and that's a requirement: make sure to get the 2.5L model, so you won't regret it.

Maiden

For the same price, if you don't care about driving pleasure and are more interested in comfort, then the maiden is a better choice. Just two aspects of the rear space and NVH performance is enough to let all Japanese cars in the same class shut up, not to mention the details of workmanship, materials, German quality is comparable to the Japanese design of the delicate place, this point I think is the popularity of Volkswagen in the country is one of the important reasons.

The new Maiden has made a lot of changes on the basis of the old model, and although the details are handled differently, the overall effect is much younger. This works very well for younger users, after all, no one wants to drive a car that is considered to be their father's car.

Micro Blue

Like the hybrid, the pure electric car is used under the condition that there is a traditional fuel car as a prerequisite, and then make additional choices. After all, only need to cope with the city car, too high range will inevitably bring the price rise, 230,000 yuan or less to buy a reliable quality of small car, the rest of the money can also be used to buy charging stations.

The Buick Micro Blue is one of the few pure EVs from a joint venture brand that stands on its own.

Buick Micro Blue is one of the few joint-venture brands to exist independently of a fuel car or plug-in hybrid. 410km of combined range is perfectly adequate for commuting and daily city trips, but in the event of an increase in the number of vehicles, although the new energy license plate is not subject to the impact of the restriction, as the lyrics of the song say: "Aston Martin drive faster, sorry for the traffic jam. Sorry to jam up."

Golf - pure electric

From a personal aesthetic point of view, the new energy car is to have a sense of the future. Either small and refined, or big and beautiful, all new energy vehicles that can't differentiate themselves from traditional fuel cars in terms of design aren't good enough to move into the future.

The advantage of the Golf is that it's a two-box car. Compared to a three-door car in the same class or price range, the Golf Pure Electric with its blue body is a gesture from the future, although the difference is only in wheel shape and front design. Although the Volkswagen UP! looks more in line with the movie's futuristic car styling, it's still money well spent, so it's the Golf-Pure Electric that's more realistic than the UP!

Photos from the official websites of various automobiles

This article comes from the author of Automobile House Car Family, and does not represent the viewpoint position of Automobile House.