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Sarai is a palace (Turk.)
A certain number of originals always want to stand out from the general flow. But how?! After all, if you buy yourself an unimaginably small series and color, take your eyes out, then you risk having tangible problems with the service and further sale. But what if the universal body will allow you to get out over the crowd without losing in the main one?
Who is what
Audi A6 Avant Quattro
The price of a tested car is $ 106 269
Max. Power 335 liters. With. at 6600 vol./min
Max. speed 250 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 6.2 s
 
BMW 525 XI Touring
The price of the basic configuration is $ 64 300
Max. Power 218 l. With. at 6500 vol./min
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b228 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 8.6 s
 
Chrysler 300c
The price of a tested car D49 500
Max. Power 253 liters. With. at 6400 vol./min
Max. speed 220 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 9.2 s
 
Audi A6 Avant Quattro
Engine: working volume 4163 cm3,
compression degree 11: 1,
max. Power 335 liters. With. at 6000 vol./min,
max. moment 420 nm at 3500 rpm/min
Fuel consumption (EPA): 8.9/16.6
Fuel tank volume: 80 l
   
The number of places 5
The permanent drive is complete
Suspension
The front is multi -link
The back is multi -link
Gearbox aut. 6th.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 250
 
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 6.2
common data
The mass of equipment./Full, kg 1805/2435
Maximum volume: 565/1660 l. Avant traditionally offers a rational layout of the luggage compartment with flat flooring, wheel niches and low loading heights
Sedan A6
easy to confuse with other Audi. A6 Avant is much more distinctive
Review
A6 Avant is much better than both competitors
With the base
front -wheel drive, even in a quattro version, a heavy back is balances the car in a bend
 
According to the years worked out the silhouette, the Audi should be an advanced
You sit in A6 and feel like everything in place at home
 
BMW 525 XI Touring
Engine: working volume 2497 cm3,
compression degree 11: 1,
max. Power 218 l. With. at 6500 vol./min,
max. moment 250 nm at 2750 rpm/min
Fuel consumption (EPA): 7.9/14.7 liters per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 70 l
   
The number of places 5
The permanent drive is complete
Suspension
Front front MacPherson
The back is multi -link
Gearbox aut. 6th.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 228
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 8.6
common data
The mass of equipment/complete, kg 1560/2160
Maximum volume: 500/1560 l. A completely comfortable and comfortable luggage compartment still has a small threshold. But to the curtain, which helpfully folding up when lifting the lid, there is a comment back, it does not go! You have to pull it manually and these are already two actions instead of one
 
There is nothing to cling to the eye in the salon, but the quality of the finish is beautiful
In the back of the back only Touring resembles predecessors
 
If you don't know
that there is only 2.5 liters under the cot, I would have thought that at least three
BMW Grygazylya
When traveling on the same puddles, he gets dirty more than others

Chrysler 300c
Engine: working volume 3518 cm3,
compression degree 9.9: 1,
max. Power 253 liters. With. at 6400 vol./min,
max. moment 340 nm at 3900 vol./min
Fuel consumption (EPA): 8.8/17.1 liters per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 68
   
The number of places 5
The permanent drive is complete
Suspension
The front is two -winged
The back is multi -link
Gearbox aut. 5-Test.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 220
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 9.2
common data
A mass of equipment./Full, kg 1900/2520
Maximum volume: 630/1600. The most pronounced threshold steals a part of the advantages of the most capacious during a five -seater arrangement of the trunk. Also upset the considerable height of loading
 
American monumentalism
plus European quality minus price good cocktail
God sees
i can be mistaken. But, in my opinion, the S300 decoration style was chosen impeccably. It accurately and perfectly corresponds to the genre
Chrysler 300c
the only of the three station wagons that happens only with all -wheel drive
300C Touring
does not imply any utilitarianism in comparison with the sedan
 
Militari style involves an aggressive flattened silhouette
Huge wheels and predatory mouth say: free the road!

The most expensive, most prestigious, most eminent station wagons do not rise above the business class. But here, their price goes off scale for all rational limits, and the Sarai essence steals little in their prestige. On the contrary, the owner of the universal luxury claims the title of individualist and hints at the desire to stand out from the total mass of uniform representatives of the upper middle class.
A large German three in the F segment, in addition to the station wagons, offers a complete set with a five -door Avant/TOURING body. But, if the BMW 5 and Audi A6 recently replenished these ranks, then Mercedes W211, just a year older, is already preparing for restyling. And the younger nozzle Chrysler 300C may well play for him. Moreover, this makes the comparison less banal.
And for the driver to receive the maximum pleasure and security for his money, all three cars can be equipped with a full -wheel drive transmission. Naturally, we could not refuse such a choice, although we managed to find options only in this particular configuration.
When comparing machines with so different power and volume of engines, there can be no objectivity. Audi here is an indisputable leader. In this context, a6 Avant Quattro with a 3.2 -liter engine would look much luckier. Because 4.2 blowing off the place like a rocket. The body is smeared about the back, but it gives a deliberately grateful signal the shape of the seats is better worked out than that of competitors. An exceptionally correct shape of the seat ideally distributes the load both vertically and with longitudinal or lateral overloads. Planting can also be selected by choice without limiting the real range.
Tiptronic is a reference and imperceptibly sorting through the programs, and serious sound insulation does not allow you to accurately become attached to the engine turning by sound. I don’t even know well or bad ... For lovers, there are already a speedy passage of transmission processes (except for the automatic transmission) ergonomic steering wheel petals. Chick-chick, right-left, up and down. Ta-ak, we slow down we brake the box in front of the apex, and then immediately a sharp set of revolutions, and we went to count the programs clearly and conveniently.
What else pleases us with Avant? Of course, excellent visibility is as far as possible within the framework of the genre of large -sized universals. Although, even if you take overview simply for decent, it will still be much better than competitors. So, if in BMW it just seems to be low to you, and you take the salon as dark, then from 300C for this part there are already real problems. Okay, let the rear side windows have a purely symbolic purpose and, in addition, do not get into the salon mirror and, even if you turn your head, will not save. But the pulse of the fifth door does not turn to call a full -fledged window. And in front of the lower half of the review, the hood occupies, which resembles the deck of the battleship with its impressiveness. It is inconvenient, but solid, and the front edge is good to see.
When comparing the dynamics of the two remaining cars, the advantage of both seconds and the speed of switching should be given to the Bavarian station wagon. 525xi reacts very quickly to the pedal both when typing and when reset. And the brake dynamics of BMW seems to be the best that, in addition to the amplifier, additional unknown forces help slow down. But Chrysler, on the contrary, rolls out of the expected brake path. But here everything is explained simply by the German-American car noticeably heavier. The laws of physics cannot be deceived. But in fairness I will say to the brakes of Chrysler quickly. It slows down for a long time, but adequately and predictable.
Name 300C slow language. Rather, he is imposing. On a large beautiful car, I do not want to rush, but to feel all the clearly pronounced and perfectly felt transmission and a margin of move under a tight accelerator pedal is pleasant. All this is complemented by the royal landing as on the throne. The high location of both the Chrysler himself is over the road and the driver in the cabin allows you to look at the neighboring cars down.
At first glance, this high position should lead to decaying in a bend. But no, three hundredth, to change the trajectory of which has to be pretty twisted by the steering wheel, far from excess rolls. On the one hand, this is due to the largest in context (and indeed) width. But in this case, I also had to sacrifice the smoothness of the course. Long -flowing, energy -intensive suspension easily swallows serious holes on the pits of the car is the hardest, the largest wheels! But all pebbles and thin asphalt sutures are transmitted to the body with small shocks. It's a shame, but understandable.
In this sense, A6 Avant is the best swallower of road bumps: it almost does not respond to the quality of the road, removing elite riders from the vicissitudes of the surrounding reality. And the connection of the steering wheel with the wheels here is the best informative and unobtrusive, despite the ease of rotation of the steering wheel. But under gas, Quattro recalls his front-wheel drive origin and strives to straighten the trajectory. But at the same time, A6 creates the impression of the most tenacious of the entire trinity. With complex maneuvers and rebuilding, he later has unloading the wheels, he to the last seeks to push away from the road with all four.
But the rear -wheel drive in the basic version of the Turin, after some efforts, allow you to run themselves into a controlled skid. And then a large -sized heavy Craisler won the traditionally Driversal BMW. A heavy, but uninformative BaemVECH TARE does not give an instant representation of exactly what angle the wheels are turned. And a large, old -fashioned steering wheel 300C, on the contrary, is very sensitive. Yes, and zero at 525, not everything is purely in the straight line, you have to steal every now and then. But on the road dreadnought, straightforwardness does not require such frequent confirmation. Apparently, it is affected by, transmitted along the side family line, the clarity of the behavior of the last models of the Mercedes on the road.
Of the minor inconvenience of Bavarz, the green arrow of the understudy of the turns of the turns on the shield is constantly blocked by the rim of the steering wheel. And the sound clicks are barely audible. And during restructuring, so you go with a blinking turn signal, disorienting the neighbors in the stream. Another 525th is inconvenient to intercept the steering wheel. This is not easy to formulate in words, but when you begin to quickly rotate the steering wheel, its horizontal crossbars interfere with the interception of hands, all our tests noted this.
Of course, the four -wheel drive of these cars does not at all imply a congress from the asphalt. But even within this framework there is a lot of typical obstacles like curbs and excesses when entering the garage. Here is the indisputable leader Chrysler 300C. It is tall and, despite the long base and solid overhangs, does not catch with thresholds and belly for all sorts of traveling pavements. But BMW and Audi require a very gentle handling with them in real road conditions.
The more expensive cars, the more difficult the choice. As a rule, everyone made it in advance, taking into account personal, friendly or advertising developments. But to judge our right. Even if you discard the advantage of A6 in the liter, it definitely claims to be first. If not for one but the price. This is a machine for those who do not look at the price tags at all. But the 300C station wagon is fundamentally pleased with the price/quality indicator. Plus style! Well, 525xi supporters are not required to agitate either for or against them and so know which car is the coolest.
 
HOW DO THEY LOOK
Nikita Rozanov
Audi A6 Avant
The first screening autumn 2004
Design director Walter de Silva.
BMW 525 XI Touring
First show spring 2004
Design director Adrian Van Hoydonk.
Chrysler 300c
The first show 2004
Design director Trevor Creed
(Trevor Creed).
OUTSIDE
Looking at this trinity, I can say that these are cars for people who have three things: money, where to ride and what to carry. The first is largely worked out by the impeccable heraldry of prestigious brands: the canonical grilles of radiators, the characteristic view of the headlights, the solidity of forms and details. Naturally, none of the participants in the test cannot be confused. Audi is protected from stereotypes in design with a huge decorative lining shield with four rings in the middle, BMW seems to sniff before hunting the wind by a pair of unique nostrils, and Chrysler proudly demonstrates its no less historical bars of birds. To the question: where to go? All three confidently declare: far away. It is for such routes that the huge wheels, a long wheelbase, and a considerable useful volume, which provides the owners with a practical body such as station wagon. However, you should not deceive here, because, looking at the car, it immediately becomes clear that to deliver boxes with seedlings or refrigerator, a gazelle will have to be hired. However, the refrigerators are now ordered with delivery via the Internet, you can capture a couple of dogs in the same car, go with your family to a country club or to a grandfather (but not to the village!) Kilometers for two hundred and fifty-threes. The only thing that will require an excellent road, where its 2-compass body and aerodynamic setting of the entire surface will work out to the tail. For the sake of this, baggage relings are available only on Audi, and you can install a couple of bicycles there, however, this is optional.
INSIDE
Naturally, here everything is configured for a long and comfortable trip. From this, the luxury of finishes and materials does not look like an end in itself, but a necessary addition to the destination. But the American car demonstrates a somewhat straight -line approach that is characteristic of the previous classic design to break the dark bottom with a dark bottom. His European rivals do the same, but with the venture and more elegant. Audi designers, for example, preserving the same composition of the panel, build its components around the driver, which once again emphasizes the established charisma of the brand. The Banglla team traditionally overtakes the foundations and rules and tries to do the opposite. The dominant of the horizontal shoots the interior in width, which is why the central console looks like an eccentric support, but remains in the style of the entire interior, which, although it seems fractional, is united by a caring attitude to every detail. Tell me what your steering wheel is, and I will tell you who you are about them. Heavy, four-spitz with four types of finishes (leather, silver, tortoise shell and gilding of the emblem) in an shocking American, functional and ocular with a thin silver contour of a heraldic shield on the central pillow at the Audi intellectual, and only sports-spitz, of course, in BMW.
SUMMARY
Everything is said about the purpose of the style and design of these cars, and the choice of a matter of taste and a convincing answer to the questions of what and where to carry.

Audi A6 Avant Quattro
Wheel base, mm 2843
Length, mm 4933
Width, mm 1855
Height, mm 1463
Clearance, mm 140
Almost everything is perfect in this machine. In addition to flat doors. AU! Competitors have long been making them under natural grip
The size of the doorways and the place in the cabin was grown to the level of A8. The differences really are already a little for A6. And for a string bag?
Still, the speedometer looks more organic on the shield on the right! And the rest of the devices and icons are read perfectly
Good sofa. But a little smooth. But the three of it interferes nothing
Audi's best front seats. Here the optimal weight distribution

BMW 525 XI Touring
Wheel base, mm 2890
Length, mm 4840
Width, mm 1845
Height, mm 1470
Clearance, mm 120
It is in the case of the BMW body that the station wagon burns the silhouette. And the forms are not enough unified dominant
The chairs here fit the figure tightly to obsession. The landing behind the wheel is dense, confident
In the instrument shield, two dominant dials completely ousted a trifle on the side of the road. And the engine temperature is completely sewn in small LEDs
Sitting is comfortable, but opening the doors is inconvenient. The inner hands are located at the reverse angle, you have to greatly bend your hand
Alas, the headrest annoys it very closely your nape. Even in the most bent form

Chrysler 300c
Wheel base, mm 3048
Length, mm 4999
Width, mm 1882
Height, mm 1483
Clearance, mm 132
Yes, they say the truth, the outlines of 300C Touring remind us of something.
Eh, here on the roof a turret for the shooter and into battle!
The space in the cabin is here in all directions. And the driver has an additional degree of freedom adjustable pedal node
Everyone knows white devices more readable. Yes, even with such a clear digitization as the Chrysler
Here you can safely carry a boss without fear of constraining him. Although, in principle, three bosses are possible. They will like it
From the front armchairs in a bend, they slide as if convex
 
Text Vladimir Smirnov
Photo by Leonid Grandfather
 

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