Except for wealthy people, I believe that for most people who want to buy a new car, how to choose the configuration is a matter that requires a long time of hesitation and is a headache.
Is it a low profile, a medium profile or a high profile?
Why are there such different combinations and configurations?
I want to say that this is a small trap deliberately guided by the car manufacturer after careful calculation. Do you believe it?
How do major car manufacturers cleverly let consumers fall into the trap of low, medium and high configurations without knowing it?
This is why so many car owners choose low-end halogen headlights. As soon as they pick up the car, they immediately go to a professional car light upgrade store to upgrade to mid-end or high-end xenon lights! Because a new car will depreciate when you buy it, but upgrading from a low-end to a high-end will maintain its value or even increase in value.
How should car owners compare the cost-effectiveness of high- and low-spec cars?
First of all, what you need to know is that owners who buy low-end cars do not do so because they do not need high-end configurations such as xenon headlights, daytime running lights, leather seats, parking sensors, tire pressure monitoring, and sunroofs. Because of the price/performance difference between the two configurations. Just like Ford's new Mondeo, Focus, Cruze, and Escape, all of them have various configurations. Manufacturers and dealers work very hard on marketing and publicity, but basically all the models that really satisfy consumers and can be bought are It is a standard model. This leaves a lot of room for modification and installation. Although car owners are pursuing more and more personalization, in the Internet era with fully symmetrical information, it does not seem to be difficult to make modifications and customizations through the car repair and modification market through independent choices. It is very A simple and general approach: Car owners who buy low-end models must compare the original car price + the price of updated xenon headlights and other configurations with high-end models, that is, the difference in price between high-end and low-end cars and the difference in practical configurations. compared to. This is also the method we generally recommend when choosing a car with acquaintances, so naturally when you buy it, you are fully mentally prepared to slowly toss in various modifications in the future.
Take xenon headlight configuration as an example to compare the price difference between high and low car configurations and the reasonable value of practical configurations.
Today we will take the mid-range Sagitar and the high-end Sagitar as examples. Compare the 1.6L manual fashion model (low configuration) and the Sagitar 1.6L manual special model (high configuration). The special model is 11,000 yuan more expensive than the fashion model. This Is it worth spending more than 10,000 yuan on a high-end special model?
High-end models add practical configurations such as xenon headlights, leather seats and front center armrests, but the price difference is 11,000 yuan, while the xenon headlight modification market has the same type of configuration: domestic top combination lens + xenon bulb + ballast The price of a complete set of modifications is around 2,000-5,000, or even higher. Of course, the imported configurations of all high-end cars are relatively high, and the domestic top-end configuration will be more cost-effective. Angel eyes, daytime running lights, devil eyes, etc. can also be installed, giving more choices.
Let’s take a look at the Touareg standard version and high-end version
The difference between the standard configuration and the high-end configuration is 100,000 yuan, and the difference between the standard configuration and the high-end configuration is 70,000 yuan. Let’s take a look at the main price difference?
In addition to the two options of 3.0TSI gasoline engine and 3.0TDI diesel engine in terms of power, the main price difference between Touareg low-end and high-end models is the addition of xenon headlights, follow-up steering headlights, headlight cleaning device, lifting suspension, and tire pressure monitoring device. , keyless start system, seat memory massage, navigation and car TV, xenon headlights and adaptive steering headlights have undoubtedly become the core marketing points of high-end and luxury configurations; and the standard version and comfort version are just because of the xenon headlights. The price difference between dynamic steering, headlight cleaning, tire pressure monitoring and lift suspension is a full 70,000 yuan; and according to the market situation of car light modification and installation, the international top-quality xenon bulb brand + stabilizer brand + lens brand modification price is 4,000 -10,000 or so.
Calculated in this way, upgrading the car lights will not only allow you to enjoy a safer and more reliable lighting experience during use, but also even if you plan to replace it with a better new car in the future and resell the old car, it will maintain a lot of value, thus reducing a lot of losses. .
