Chvrolet Lanos test drive since 2005 sedan

All photos of Chevrolet Lanos since 2005

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Until recently, we habitually divided cars into domestic and foreign, the first to say goodbye to the low price of quality flaws and meticulously looking for flaws in the latter. Times are changing, and today the most expensive Russian cars came close with the most affordable foreign cars at the turn of $ 9,000.
It is to this amount that approach, and often exceeds it, real prices in car dealerships in Lada-110 and Kalina. The price lists of the Uzbek old woman Dau Nexia, the mature Chevrolet Lanos from Ukraine and the young Frenchman from Moscow Reno Logan begin with her. So, we will judge them by a single standard.
Lada 110

From afar, in a stream of foreign cars, the top model of AvtoVAZ looks quite decent, the metallic shines, the sadness of the forms conceals some tuning body kit. And near? On the thresholds finally appeared a lining, but an unpainted, scary look and from the ABS-plastic again bypass technologies? In front of all ten, now electric windows, first they choose backlash with a groan and only then lower the glass. Alas, not completely.
Like the elderly, Nexia and Lanos, Lada has a low and cramped interior: sitting down, you need to bend your head; In the front is moderately spacious, at the back an adult man sits down, resting his head and knees. The seats are soft, but excessively concave back, squeezes the chest, and the torsions ringing with a short longitudinal movement, like cubble springs.

The belt pulling mechanisms work through time. The steering wheel has an adjustment in height, but thin, breathes in his hands and is covered not with corrugation, but by burrs. The steering wheel switches stick out at different heights of the gearbox lever, the accelerator pedal is failed down, the tight clutch takes at the very end of the course. On the move, controls itch, creaks and rattles the interior, the suspension is buried, the steering taps.
However, there are bright moments. For example, a fairly powerful, economical, albeit noisy 1.6 -liter motor provides a good dynamics to the machine. The road clearance is traditionally large, the energy-intensive suspension is well adapted to Russian roads, although it sometimes processes small irregularities in the bend with a characteristic fidget due to tearing the wheel from the coating. A cotton steering does not contribute to accurate and rapid maneuver, but spares the driver, forgives flaws and conveniently on long trips.
Most of the life of a dozen was in the category of supper, she was brought to mind, outstripped childhood diseases, and liquidated bypass technologies. Say, a little more and get a great car. However, ten (!) Years have passed, two generations of competitors have changed, viburnum has grown up on a duckling, which had not become a swan, it seems, waved a hand. Do you think nit -picking? And you look at the price tag again
Daewoo Nexia

This car is more than twice as old as a middle -aged dozens: it is the same age as the ancient eighth family and, strictly speaking, has long been outdated. Tiny door handles from the inside have to cling to one finger, the doors clap loudly, but close on the first attempt. In a cramped salon, even a passenger in 180 cm tall feels like a grinder, constantly resting on something. And the most well -fed expert simply could not squeeze back into a close and uncomfortable opening.
The location of a large thin steering wheel is optimal only for a driver not higher than 160 cm, in more tall he lies on his hips and partially blocks the devices. There is no adjustments, it is not easy to sit behind the steering wheel, you have to turn the leg. For some reason, the soft amorphous seat is installed for some reason to the left of the steering wheel, the back with a stepped adjustment is flimsy and breathes under pressure. The legs are crowded: in winter shoes you trample two pedals at once.
The moves of the box lever are too big, although you will not miss the transmission. There is not even a tachometer in the initial configuration of GL (there is a GLE on a test machine), but a simple radio is almost always built in.

On the go, the car is rocker, prone to build -up and breakdowns of the suspension, but soft enough, which is quite combined with a long wheel with a large gear ratio. The dynamics is moderate, and with a more powerful sixteen-valve unit, which is more expensive for $ 500, even not bad, while both engines are content with 92th gasoline. There is no mudguard under the motor compartment, and the clearance is only 125 mm. The service is the most frequent, every 10 thousand km or six months against ordinary twelve. But the guarantee, albeit with reservations, a record 100 thousand km or five years.
What is the secret of many years of popularity with such an abundance of shortcomings? Everything is very simple by the Nexia is collected with hands, which is so lacking in domestic cars. Reliable worked out design, stable quality and reasonable price are quite capable of outweighing archaic structure. And thanks to the low cost of Nexia, there is where to retreat under the pressure of young competitors.

Lada Kalina

The most modern of our newspapers is a quarter of a meter shorter than other cars, but thanks to the novelty and considerable price, it really competes with them. Not to say that it is very pretty, not endowed with bright features, rather, it resembles a bun on the legs. Many parquet all -terrain vehicles can be envied by 185 mm lumen. The body is collected well, with small gaps, although the planes of some panels do not coincide. The doors open by almost 90, opening large openings, but the intermediate fixation is weak: it is difficult to reach out of the passenger compartment. Planting back on the left a little complicates the ledge under the seat due to the low length of the substetric car for the gas tank is issued to the salon.
The rounded forms of the interior in fashion of three to five years ago, but in comparison with any domestic car and a majority of inexpensive foreign cars, the salon looks quite modern. Yes, and it was assembled more carefully than dozens, although the flaws are noticeable somewhere cheap sonorous plastic, fragile internal handles bend in their hands, the front electric windows are also lazy and blabbed.

What viburnum pleases is excellent visibility and unexpected expanse inside due to the high height of the body, the landing was made vertical and economical in length. Even the crew of tall grenadiers will be located here, although the rear will have to slide down under an overhanging ceiling. And there is enough space for the luggage.
Positive emotions end with the turning of the ignition key of the sob and the motor of the motor can only drown out the ventilation howl. Vibrations and itching shake the controls, the sweeping lever of the box carries a distorted overlay on the tunnel. The electrical power is optimized for parking, but on the road a completely empty steering wheel is dangerous as a driver does not feel the position of the wheels and with a quick maneuver, especially on slippery coating, can lose the car. Only to a small extent is insured by an illogically large gear ratio of the steering wheel makes more than four revolutions from the stop to the stop.
A long -flowing energy -intensive suspension is good on potholes, but it allows large rolls that, combined with rubber control, will quickly make you forget about accurate aerobatics. The car floats along the road, like soap in the bathroom, and chooses the trajectory, only more or less consistent with the driver's teams. With smaller sizes, viburnum is noticeably heavier than dozens, with a 81-horsepower engine shows moderate dynamics and mediocre elasticity. But the noise insulation of wheeled arches is good.

Chevrolet Lanos

But Lanos has a wheel, it seems, mediocre noise and vibration isolation are rolling right through the ears. However, it is important that on a test machine there were rather hard and noisy winter tires.
The Ukrainian lad does not indulge in a wealth of choice: so far only sedans are supplied to us in the poorest configuration, but with a driver's pillow. The rounded forms of the body are outdated, but the car is assembled carefully. From a gloomy dark salon without a single straight line, it blows a fashion for a ten -year ago, however, the panels of inexpensive plastic are driven evenly and do not creak on the go. At the top, the interior is crowded, the front and side racks are very littered inward and forced to move back. In addition, the very front passenger’s head sticks out a hard ceiling handle, which is better to dismantle immediately, not having time to fill the cones.

It is not easy to climb to the rear places, the top of the door is littered, the opening angle is small, and the opening is also pursued by the protruding scallop over the wheel arch into it, first of all, the passenger rests with the coccyge. The sofa is installed low, so there is enough space in height here, but the back presses on the belt and leaves the shoulder blade without support. The margin in the knees is minimal, but still there is noticeably more spacious than in Nexia.
The driver of Lanos is somewhat interfere in the corners of wide front racks and unpeeled stripes at the top, which leave short wipers. It is convenient to sit, although the chapel pillow is slightly not enough for the full driver, and the longitudinal adjustment may not be enough for the tall. The steering column is installed motionless, at a suitable height.
The steering wheel without an amplifier makes for almost five turns even sweeping movements only respond only to a small change in the course, and you can simply not have time to adjust a rapidly developing skid. All this sets up for a very calm ride. The moderate traction capabilities of a 1.5-liter eight-clapst of a 1.5-liter eight-clap. Suspensions cope well with irregularities, taking care of an acceptable level of comfort.
Renault Logan

Let us leave aside its controversial design in the end, this is a matter of taste. But the high quality of manufacture is a fact, as they say, is medical. The doorways are huge in the car you do not get down, but literally you go. The salon is tall and wide, five non -fingered basketball players will freely fit here! That's just, closing the doors, you will have to cling to the fingertips for the mean recesses in the armrests. The spacious budget salon resembles a spacious cab of the truck. However, this is not a reproach just analogy
A review from Logan would be beautiful in the external mirrors. The control is convenient, the box lever pleases with excellent selectivity. However, something will have to be used to something. For example, to the signal in the end of the left steering wheel switch or to not very informative columns of signs on the instrument panel. The clutch pedal is somewhat sinking, but this is probably the lack of a particular car.
On the go, Logan pleases with rapid intelligible reactions and a living character to the extent of the modest capabilities of the basic 1.4-liter motor. Suspens, combining comfort, high energy intensity and good tenacity, deserve the highest assessments. Only this machine has a strong factory protection of the motor compartment (tens of mudguards), under which there are as many as 150 mm of the clearance. The body appeared somewhat echoing on the go. The main drawback of the logan is non -transformed, albeit a roomy trunk.

Perhaps you will remember another big braking distance due to the lack of ABS in the cheapest version (ZR, 2005, No. 12). But no one has ABS in this five, and Logan in this test slows down no worse than the rest.
For money and car
Cheaply is not good truth from the category of eternal. At an attractive price, either low quality manufacturing is usually hidden, or an elderly structure. In both cases, the picky buyer has reasonable claims.

The test Nexia and Logan were in fairly rich trim levels, but if you compare market vehicles up to $ 9,000, the following picture is loomed. Our brands are equipped richer, the unconditional leader of Kalina only has a steering wheel and a route computer. The unpretentiousness of the basic equipment to the best of the forces will diversify dealers. Foreign cars are equipped with a minimum, but they offer a pillow of safety. ABS is not found here, but the spare wheels have all the full -size specifics of the third world countries
Lada 110

The tenth family is produced at the Volga Automobile Plant
since 1996 and includes the Lada-110 sedan (VAZ 2110), station wagon
Lada-111 (VAZ 2111) and 5-door hatchback Lada-112 (VAZ 2112).
Engines: gasoline 1.6 liters (81 or 89 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical.
Configuration: norm, luxury.
Price: 231 100260 486 rub. ($ 83409400).
Lada 110 generally accepted in the automobile world, the requirements were too strict for dozens. Given low quality, the price should be one and a half times lower.
General assessment 7.0
+ Good dynamics, an economical motor, a large road clearance, an energy -intensive suspension, head restraints in the second row.
- Low quality manufacturing, fuzzy controls, a tight interior, noisy motor, only 95th gasoline in the rear.
Daewoo Nexia

It originates from Opel-Cadet of 1984, later produced by the company Daewoo for different markets, like Le-Man, Reiser, Sil, Nexia. Currently, only sedans are produced at the UZDEU enterprise in Uzbekistan.
Engines: gasoline 1.5 liters (75 or 85 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical.
Complete: GL and GLE.
Price: $ 880011,000.
Daewoo Nexia, in the aggregate of qualities, an obsolete car can attract a small, poor buyer for a long time.
General assessment 7.1
+ Good dynamics (with an 85 -hp engine), a spacious trunk, a developed design, a very long guarantee.
- archaic and cramped, especially from behind, a salon, a low steering wheel without adjustments, a modest road clearance, the lack of trunk transformations, a small run between that.
Lada Kalina

The release of viburnum with a sedan body (VAZ-1118) began in 2005. The VAZ-1117 and the 5-door hatchback VAZ-1119 are being prepared for the production of the station wagon.
Engine: gasoline 1.6 l (81 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical.
Complex: Standard.
Price: 227 000 rub. ($ 8200).
Lada Kalina inside is much larger than it looks outside. It is conceived perfectly, but everyone spoils the underdevelopment and quality of manufacture.
General assessment 7.4
+ Relatively rich equipment, large doorways, a high spacious salon, a considerable road clearance, an energy -intensive suspension, an excellent review.
- low quality manufacturing, empty steering, slurred reactions, increased noise and vibrations, lack of modifications.
Chevrolet Lanos

The model made his debut in 1997 as DEU Lanos, three years later was modernized. It was produced in Korea and Poland until 2004, as well as in Russia (Doninvest Assol). Now it is produced in Ukraine under the name Chevrolet Lanos (Sens) with bodies sedan and hatchback.
Engines: gasoline 1.3 and 1.5 liters (70 and 86 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical.
Complex: Standard.
Price: from $ 8990 (only a 1.5 l sedan is supplied to Russia).
Chevrolet Lanos is a cramped, modestly equipped car with an outdated appearance. Well collected and is quite worth your money.
General assessment 7.5
+ Large road clearance, there is a pillow of safety.
- a lethargic steering wheel, poor sound insulation, wide front racks, a cabin, an uncomfortable back of the rear sofa, lack of modifications at the top.
Renault Logan

The model made their debut in 2004 as Dachia Logan, a year later, under the name Renault Logan, production began in Moscow at the Motoframs enterprise. It is produced with the sedan body, this year the station wagon is expected.
Engines: gasoline 1.4 and 1.6 liters (75 and 87 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical.
Complete: Authentique, Expression, Privilege.
Price: $ 899912 099.
Renault Logan a modern roomy car pays for its advantages with a weak motor, simplified design and mean finish.
General estimate 8.0
+ A huge interior, the presence of airbags in the base, intelligible accurate control, energy -intensive pendants, the presence of protection of the motor compartment.
- A modest motor, small mirrors, a non -transformed trunk.
Yuri Nechetov: The popularity of domestic cars is steadily falling. Without a radical improvement in quality, they can only rely on the condescension of the melting army of long -standing fans.