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Hyundai Elantra, Peugeot 408 and Opel Astra. Battle of Sedanov

Our long-term test of the sedan peugeot 408 is coming to an end. We have already told about the first impressions of the car, and soon we share and sensations from the winter exploitation of the 408th, whose developers are particularly proud of the model adaptation to the Russian conditions. However, the test would be defective, do not compare we peugeot 408 with competitors. With which? Popular Ford Focus and Skoda Octavia (which, albeit liftback, but fully falls into the format) We fell last year, therefore, four-door Opel Astra and Hyundai Elantra were chosen for this full-time. Astra We are interested in novelty (she debuted in Russia at the end of last year), and Elantra is a cool attitude of buyers, because for 2012 only 5017 Korean sedans were sold. What is the cause of modest elantra results? Certainly not in design! You can relate differently to the Asian style in different ways, but these soft, flowing lines, bright color, 17-inch wheels and tongues of the flame of the rear lights unambiguously attract the attention of the public. Beautiful? A matter of taste. Spectacular? But this does not take away! But we give preference to Astre. Excellent proportions, verified profile, frying feed, decorated with an integrated spoiler and complete absence of coupling elements. Europe! It can be seen that Opel artists worked on the appearance of the sedan, they worked no less carefully than over all the other representatives of the ASTRA family. Peugeot can boast the biggest clearance of 175 mm. Hyundai is 150 mm, and the lowest Opel with a result of 140 mm to the side mirrors of the elantra and astra do not find fault, and the flaws of the review will force Parktronic (Opel) or the camera (Hyundai). But Peugeot and mirrors are small for such a length (a large dead zone is formed), and there are no assistants when parking there is no peugeot in this background of the modest. The front of the 408th is very similar to the dorestayling hatchback 308, the side either does not cause special emotions, if in the photo ... close your hand. Again this sewn backpack! Designers drew inspiration in the appearance of Iranian 206 sedan? In part, the situation saves the official dark blue color, grinding forms. But the place of summer 17-inch alloy wheels during the conversion to winter tires occupied the usual 16-inch stamping with caps. So, unlike asters and elantry, it is unlikely that someone will buy Peugeot 408 for its external data. Astra wins and in the inner decoration we got the richest package of Cosmo. Cute wavy coverage of the seats pleases the eye, a large color screen (there is also navigation) crown the central console with the axes of the buttons. However, we have seen all this before and in other Astrakh, so such an abundance of keys no longer makes dig in instructions. It is good and landing behind the wheel of the steering wheel adjustments (in two planes) and the front chairs are sufficient for drivers of various complexes. And in the winter it is especially pleasant for the presence in the heating machine of the steering wheel, you can easily do without gloves. Elantra also has adjustment on the departure and heated steering wheel, we were given it in the top execution of Sport. But otherwise, as if he was in an inexpensive Hyundai Solaris! Similar to the seat of the seat (by the way, the most comfortable in the dough) and the sheathing of the doors, the front panel is made of a rigid plastic, and a simple display of the audio system with bright blue illumination and completely swinging from Solaris without any changes. And how do you have the only (driver) automatic windows? And this is in the car for 924 thousand rubles! Peugeot is much cheaper than the extension of the Allure with a turbocked 150-strong engine volume of 1.6 liters begins from 789 thousand rubles, and our car costs 831 thousand, although the main increase (32 thousand) on the account of optional 17-inch wheels that remained on summer tires. The remaining ten thousand is painting metallic. Therefore, it is not to be surprised that inside Peugeot 408 is a space. The front panel moved here from the hatchback 308 together with the monochrome display and the radio nodes from the 90s. But the quality of the materials is no worse than in Astra. And, of course, the steering wheel here is also adjustable in two planes. Champion in the free space of Peugeot 408 (center). No wonder! Peugeot 408 wheel base (2710 mm) exceeds Hyundai Elantra (2700 mm) and Opel Astra (2685 mm). But the French sedan comes from Kaluga lacks the rear folding armrest. Therefore, it is most convenient to sit in Elantra (left), besides, in the top configuration, there is also heated sofa. High people will be convenient only in Peugeot in the rest of the car head will sign the roof. And the closer in all in Astra and passengers will unanimously choose the Korean sedan. And let the foot reserve here are 23 mm less (with the same driver) than in an immense French, but it is more comfortable to sit here. Plus there is a folding armrest and heated the rear seats (!) And that, and the other peugeot is deprived. Astra boast and not at all, the distance from the back of the front armchair to the rear sofa cushion is 65 mm less than that of the elantry, the central tunnel is high, and the seat itself is clearly molded for two.     The most beautiful and informative devices at Hyundai (left). Astra shield (in the center) spoils radial digitization, and the peugeot scales generally become unreadable at twilight, and the speedometer is not intended. When activating sports regime, the Astra has a backlight changing with blue on red. However, it can be disabled in the Flexride menu. Average fuel consumption during the test range ranging from 10 to 12 l / 100 km where the driver like more? Here the choice is no longer so unequivocal. The three sedans are very close in dynamic characteristics. The Opel is equipped with a 140-strong turbo engine of 1.4 liters, Peugeot, as we have already mentioned, has 10 forces and 200 cubes more, and under the hood of Hyundai work the atmospheric engine with a volume of 1.8 liters and with a capacity of 150 horses. All machines with six-speed vehicles, and the scatter in acceleration to hundreds is only 0.7 seconds, and the maximum speed differs only 5 km / h. All three six-speed automaton have manual mode of operation and differ in the nuances. The Hyundai Box (left) at the start works abruptly, so she would not prevent the winter algorithm. The Peugeot machine has both winter, sports modes, but even in a regular drive sometimes surprises with its hyperadaptiveness when accelerating to the floor will hold the current transmission even when the driver has already released the gas pedal. As if it is waiting that overclocking is about to continue. The Opolev automatic transmission has not been seen in anything, and the program of its work can be changed with the Sport or Comfort buttons on the central console more than all the Hyundai box starts the box is configured for a quick jerk from the place! Opel and Peugeot start moving with Lenza, but then they overtake the Korean. And when accelerated from the average speeds, the chances of the elant will not be too long. The turbated Opel and Peugeot engines have a 200 and 240 N ∙ m overwhelming, respectively, and even twisted in a wide range of crankshaft revolutions, so overtaking on country roads are simply given to them. The front seats liked most of all in the elantry, they are pleasantly hugging the body, and the fabric has good frictional properties, so you do not express the turns. And the most unsuccessful chairs at Peugeot. And the lateral support is not enough, and the profile is not the best (there is no lumbar backrest at all). In addition, the passenger seat in the 408th is installed too high, and the adjustment that allows it to lower it down, no. At all three cars, the angle of inclination of the back is adjustable stepwise, although subjective Elantra is perceived by the most dynamic car, the smart machine quickly takes commands outdoor (!) Gas pedals, and the loud voice of the engine with a dynamic ride, surprisingly, does not cause disgust. Clockworking machine. But it was worth the next snowfall to collapse into Moscow, as enthusiastic was dulp. The reason lies in the stabilization system. The usual start from the place on the snow-covered road, the VSM begins to adjust the light bulb on the instrument panel (they say, Has slip), the box goes to the second stage and here ... Hyundai pecks the nose so that the passengers are unwittingly nodded. The third is the same! It is not clear that the Koreans have nimudied with VSM algorithms, but such a situation occurs whenever these three factors are combined: a quick start on a slippery road, working tracks-control and transfer switching. A reasonable objection to trimmed smoothly. And if you need to sharply accelerate into the floor, when the car is already in motion? The machine throws off a couple of steps, Elantra accelerates and ... again the very jerk! It is possible to avoid this only a small discharge of gas at the time of shifting gear. Or turning off VSM. By the way, in the snowfall this very VSM I want to just pull out of the car. Horror settings! Fold from the cleared Avenue on an unlucky street, and everything, Elantra is hardly stopped, with difficulty accepted under the blinking eye of the system. Whether it's about the middle tires (Brigdestone Ice Cruiser 7000), or the engineers really not chibly bother with the programming of VSM work in such conditions the machine was created for the American market. The above could be called soldiers, but Opel and Peugeot electronic helpers work much more efficiently and delicate! The Opel Astra sedan is still dropping, despite its attractive image. For the remainder of last year, 1533 cars were sold, and for January-February 2013, so far only 1235. But, anyway, Astra is still selling better than Hyundai Elantra on Astra such a winter and at all for the pleasure of Nokian Hakkapeliitta 7 tires in combination with ESP adequate settings make it understandable and obedient in management. You can not even think about the start from the traffic light, the anti-test system smoothly and unobtrusively eliminates the surplus of the thrust. And no jerks when switching gear! Without unpleasant surprises costs and turns. And, the main thing, the steering wheel of the Astra turned out to be informative than we noted in the winter test of the hatchback three years ago! And on exactly the same tires and in the standard mode of operation of the Flexride chassis (you can select Sport, then the force grows slightly). Apparently, in Opel listened to criticism and reconfigured the steering amplifier during the restyling model. But before the transparency of the Baranki Peugeot far and Astra thanks to the old-good hydraulics! Especially this is valuable just on slippery coatings, when the steering wheel is saturated with feedback adds a little confidence to the driver, allowing you to better feel the road. The main thing is not to forget that peugeot wound into unshakable tires. The stabilization system is turned off here, but only up to 50 km / h, for example, if you need to get out of a snowdrift. And this may be relevant for the 408th with its clearance of 175 mm you begin to feel the permissiveness and climb where only all-wheel drive cars are enhancing. As for the luggage compartment, here is the sole leader of Peugeot 408. The widest and most rectangular, and the volume is 560 liters! An elantry trunk is smaller than 485 liters, but the cover is deprived of the inner handle. But Peugeot, and Hyundai has full-size spare parts on cast discs! And the most modest hold of the Astra is 460 liters, and in the underground only the dance. In all three cars there are pockets and straps for small items Hyundai, with amendments to VSM wins, too, not a mistake on the cleaned winding tracks to the steering steps reacts without delays, and even its turnover is even surprising. Is it all about a small mass? Hyundai Elantra, if you believe the declared characteristics, weigh only 1277 kg per 142 kg easier than Peugeot 408! And it seems that many saved kilograms fall on noise insulation. Against the invocation of the engine, we do not have anything bad, but the root of the tires and other noises from the road are moving all the boundaries. However, the main negative feature of the elantry is a suspension that informs about the quality of asphalt, without losing the slightest details. ELANTRA hard worries pits with sharp edges, large patches and cracks, but at the same time ... swinging on the waves, spending 2-3 body fluctuations! Peugeot 408 is not bad for the market last year since the end of August 5482 sedans were sold, and in the first two months of the current year the dealers implemented 2273 cars. Now the 408th accounts for 43% of sales of all Peugeot! But until the success of the focus very far from Ford is much wider than the gamma of engines and packages in Peugeot is also noisy motor, and the main source of interference is our rough asphalt, but in general inside the 408th noticeably quieter. And the antipode suspension is an elantry. Peugeot Like an Iron, smoothing the road, it's not necessary for him! Moreover, with an increase in speed, the situation becomes even better, it ceases to notice small irregularities. Of course, there is a peugeot in front of a large campus, but in the long road on it can be sent boldly. And the passengers do not indicate, and they will not have to constantly lavage between asphalt defects. In addition, Peugeot is able to deliver a lot of pleasure to active drivers despite the winter tires and big clearance, in turns he holds like glued! But there is a spoon of truth and in the chassis of the 408th, he reacts to the longitudinal rut, forcing the reacts, and the rear suspension responds to the joints and deformation seams of the overpass. And strikes from the holes are transmitted to the steering wheel, the reverse side of the informativeness of the hydraulic agent. The Opel Astra sedan is offered in Russia with three engines 115-strong atmospheric 1.6 and turbocharged units 1.4 (140 forces) and 1.6 (180 forces). The last two are offered exclusively with six-speed automatic transmission. The most accessible version of Astra Essentia 1.6 for 684,900 rubles. Equipment includes 4 airbags, but for air conditioning will have to pay 15 thousand rubles. Supplement for automatic 40 thousand rubles. At the top of the gamma, a 180-strong sedan performed by Cosmo for 903,900 rubles without taking into account additional options. Warranty 3 years or 100,000 km of the most balanced we recognize the Astra. Here all the noise are at the lowest level in this triple, and there is no dominant source. It is not bad with Opel and on the broken coating of cracks and joints do not knock out the driver and passengers from mental equilibrium, there is no routine on the waves. And from the choice of the mode of operation of the adaptive chassis Flexride, the picture does not particularly change except that in Sport the suspension begins to repeat the road profile. And, unlike Peugeot, the Astra's steering wheel is not transmitted from the irregularities and ruts, but attacking turns more pleasant on the French feeling less synthetic, peugeot is perceived more alive. The Opel Astra sedan is best equipped. True, a couple of times navigating simply ... turned off! We had to restart the system. In all three cars, a multi-level heated seats and a USB-input, separate climate control, but in Elantra it works worse than everyone first drives to the cabin more cold air, and then in automatic mode begin ... sweat the glass! But where Opel is unconditionally putting rivals on the blades, so it is in equipping here and bi-xenon swivel lights, and navigation, light and rain sensors, a cabin mirror with auto-process. It is logical that Astra turned out to be the most expensive in our test 972,400 rubles! And even for Astra, a system for controlling the restraint in the strip and alerts about the interference in the dead zone is available. The most technological car from our triple! So Opel Astra is quite suitable for lovers of all sorts of gadgets and those who do not think the modern car without such a set of equipment. And, of course, you can not forget about the design, perhaps, for many it will be more cooking space in the back seat. Peugeot 408 is the most affordable in this test. Start price taking into account the current discounts currently 529 thousand rubles for a sedan with 110-strong atmospheric 1.6 in a simple configuration of Access (2 pillows, ABS, electric car, surcharge for air conditioning 28 thousand rubles). The minimum price for the machine with a machine gun, air conditioning and heated seats is 646 thousand rubles, and the motor will be different, with a capacity of 120 forces. True, the automatic transmission here is four-band. Peugeot 408 with a turbocharged 150-strong engine and a six-speed automata is estimated at least 721 thousand rubles. By the way, there is a diesel! Peugeot 408 1.6 HDI (112 hp / 254 N ∙ M) is available only with mechanics and even in basic configuration (but already with air conditioning!) Costs 637 thousand rubles. Warranty 3 years or 100,000 km with an equalized equipment. The cost of Astra is only a little exceeding the price tag of Peugeot 408 858 900 rubles against 831 thousand (though, PEUGEOT is now offered with a discount of 25 thousand rubles). It is a pity that for the Frenchman, almost all of the above optional Opel equipment is simply not available, which can scare some buyers. There are no sensors of light and rain, cruise control and even rear armrest. For a surcharge of 37 thousand rubles, only a package includes a navigation system and rear parking sensors. But on the side of Peugeot a huge salon, a gigantic trunk with a full-size gala and omnivorous suspension with decent clearance. And these are weighty advantages for people who are forced to ride long distances, traveling from the whole family or just living away from large megacities. The main thing is to find a gas station with a decent 95th. Peugeot turbo engine, of course, is able to consume both AI-92 fuel, but it is recommended that the 95th gasoline is recommended. The most affordable version of the Hyundai Elantra sedan is a set of Base with a 132-strong engine volume of 1.6 liters and mechanical gearbox, which costs 699 thousand rubles. Nedlyozheno, if we consider that there are only 2 airbags, air conditioning, standard electric circuit, and 15-inch stamped wheels. And the version of Optima with the same engine, but it pulls 836 thousand rubles with the machine! Warranty 3 years or 100,000 km and Hyundai Elantra leaves ambiguous sensations. Bright design, but a cheap interior, a good motor and a smart machine, but the nicudual settings of VSM. There is also a chassis stealing Elantra well, but uncomfortable rigidity in combination with the star make it unsuitable for our roads. It seems that the Koreans worked in their own ways have not been discharged here, they did not finish there. And maybe it did not have such a task? Initially, Hyundai Elantra was created for the American market, but there are 22 thousand dollars in a similar equipment! It is not surprising that in the USA they look for hot cakes. Large inexpensive car. And they wanted to do everything else. And we have Hyundai Elantra for 924 thousand rubles invading the territory of Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Jetta, without having significant advantages. And, surrender, 5017 sold sedans for the entire last year the result is not so much hard quotas, how many modest demand due to high prices. An example of Sonata This has already proven. Now turn an elantry? Vadim Gagarin Photo Vladislav Aliyev alternative to sedans in the C + segment in Russia is invited to be abused, but we have chosen those models that are available with motors from 140 horsepower and automatic checkpoint. Ford Focus The most popular sedan in Russia (after the Russian LADA, of course) is Ford Focus last year dealers implemented almost 40 thousand cars! The love of Russians to this model is easily explained due to the assembly in Russia Ford offers very interesting prices for Focus the simplest sedan is now just 552,000 rubles. However, under the hood there will be a motor with a capacity of only 85 hp Therefore, we are counting with a completely different focus with an engine with a capacity of 150 hp and PowerShift box. Such a car is worth a minimum of 753,000 rubles in TREND configuration, but now this version has a solid discount of 50 thousand rubles. Chevrolet Cruze uses a good demand and Chevrolet Cruze, which also attracts the buyer through interesting prices from 609,000 rubles. Per version with a motor capacity of 109 hp But the engine is 1.8 liters and with a capacity of 141 hp Plus, the automatic increases the cost of Cruze up to 746,000 rubles. Skoda Octavia Skoda Octavia is not formally sedan, but it can also be attributed to this group. True, Skoda Cheva You will not call the version with a 1.8 liter turbo engine with a capacity of 152 hp And the machine (yes, yes, now it is the sixdia-band hydromechanical automaton in return for the seven-step robot DSG) worth a minimum of 804 thousand rubles. Honda Civic The new generation of the Japanese sedan debuted in Russia last year and is offered with one engine volume of 1.8 liters (142 hp) prices for versions with an automation start from 839,000 rubles. Renault Fluence The French sedan came from Turkey recently survived the update, during which I got a face in the new corporate style Renault. Fluence with a 2.0-liter unit (138 hp) and the variator costs from 801,600 rubles.

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