Hyundai Galloper 1991 test drive - 1998

Do not hit a hoof!

Two sand -colored cars are nearby. The difference between them is only in size and the number of doors.
But their Japanese ancestor - Pajero of the first generation or a closer Korean ancestor - the previous galloper, even not to put it nearby. As if the former angular army men spent all these years in bodybuilding classes. In each dash now - muscles, muscles and muscles. Both stylish, fit, without newfangled braids.
In the stall
In both versions, long -standing and short -boring, the interior turned out to be absolutely identical both in both materials and color and configuration. The dashboard is traditionally large tachometer and speedometer. Between them, in shallow niches, indicators of the engine temperature and fuel supply, as well as a block of control lamps.
Governing bodies are grouped in two main zones on the basis of primary. Under the thick, slightly reduced in diameter and a very convenient steering wheel with a pillow in the center - the main group: control of lighting devices and glass cleaners. They are located at an unusually large angle in relation to the horizontal axis of the steering wheel, their ends look at 11 and 14 hours, i.e. There, where the driver’s hands should be in all canons. The expediency is undeniable - you will not have to tear off the hands of the steering wheel, just stretch your fingers. The second group of buttons and keys is on a wide front console. Heater control unit and air conditioning. Under it, a number of backlight keys that control the alarm, rear window heating, fog lights and other equally useful functions. In the long -drawn version there is a key to the inclusion of an additional fan, so that the poor relatives placed on the nickels in the stern do not feel completely poor. Volumetric ashtray - it is impossible to miss. The built -in radio, which pleased us with the quality of the sound.
All this well -being is crowned with the indispensable belonging of any self -respecting jeep: with a cranomer, an altimeter and an indicator of the closing temperature with the clock. The functionality of the first two, especially the roller, is quite obvious, but the compass would be much more useful in the place of hours.
In the arena
Planting at the wheel will surely cause the displeased grumbling of those who are used to, imposingly spreading in the chair, scrape off the assfall. Meanwhile, the almost vertical arrangement of your precious body is the only true car in this type. Everything that happens around is clearly visible, which is a large extent helping side mirrors. They perfectly compensate for the visibility of the rear window limited due to the spare.
However, the lack of adjustment of the seat in the vertical plane and the too small distance to the pedal of the gas can bring a person of non -editing physique into severe irritation. In urban traffic jams, when you have to contact the pedals every now and then, you remember the designers with an unkind word - probably, many have ears in Korea at that moment.
The dashboard, so flowedly painted by us, does not want to be friends with the steering wheel. Having lowered the column out of habit, you find that the steering wheel shares the dials of a tachometer and speedometer almost in half, leaving no chance of your height to see what is happening in sectors from 40 to 120 km/h and 3000 revolutions to the red zone. Two options remain: either to raise the steering column as much as possible, which is generally inconvenient for me, or just spit and not pay attention. In the end, the speedometer came up with their underpants, and follow the tachometer and at all to anything - the electronic brains of the motor simply should not allow its twists.
GALLOP
The powerful and very elastic V6 confidently and easily accelerates the multi -ton mass. The mechanical five -speed checkpoint works clearly, and the engine confidently and without jerks picks up even at low speeds in higher gears. The car is very obedient and predictable. An automatic checkpoint can be installed as an option, but it undoubtedly significantly reduces the ability of the car as an SUV.
Despite the dimensions, the long -border version does not give a reason to reproach itself with insufficient maneuverability. And yet in the city the advantage remained behind a short -counter. Due to the significantly smaller weight, it accelerates more intensively, and its length allows you to easily squeeze into the neighboring row.
The Pajer suspension is significantly modified. You practically do not notice the pits, cracks and tram tracks. At the same time, it is tough enough so that there are no large rolls in corners.
So, everything is clear with the city. The dynamics, maneuverability and ease of control, as well as good growth and visibility, allow you not to feel like an elephant in a chimney. And the solid size and a very muscular appearance warn neighbors in the transport stream from rash actions. But a powerful frame, all-wheel drive and a 210-mm clearance, are probably given to this machine not only to scare away the owners of cars or jump over high curbs.
Half an hour of the highway near Moscow left a very pleasant impression. A long -shot is especially good. For this type of machine, limiting maximum speed is on average 170 kilometers per hour - a thing is quite natural. Either speed or cross -country ability. Nevertheless, the long -Balaced manifested himself quite worthy and kept the road for 140 km/h quite confidently and stably.
Riding along a viscous country road also did not cause problems. But as soon as a narrow, but a deep groove, and a long bunker, dashingly followed her short brother, fell from her at the very bottom of the roadside cuvetus, fell into her with the front left wheel as a result shamefully and helplessly froze in place with the hung right rear. Undetered with asphalt and ease of movement in 4H mode, its driver considered that there was enough just all -wheel drive, naive! I had to turn on the lowered, two of the villagers passed by the bumper from behind, and the long Galloper immediately jumped into the flat place.
The classical scheme of the transmission of a partial all-wheel drive without an interdessual differential is enough to quickly travel on a good road and overcome some rural direction without any problems. In addition, it turned out on the ground that in the current model, disadvantages were eliminated, which significantly reduced the capabilities of his ancestor in terms of off -rate. The motor compartment and the gearbox with the handout are closed from the bottom with powerful protection, the transverse edges of which are curved at an angle and attached to the frame. This practically nullifies the risk of clinging the edge of protection for the soil and just anchor.
In the occasion
So, you can drown out the motor and summarize.
The new gallop is beautiful, elegant and at the same time extremely functional.
The short -shot view is more fighting, energetic. If you do not need to carry numerous relatives and dogs, it is exactly what is needed. If you like to get to the dirty mud and do not miss a single gear punch - the short version is also preferable.
But if you have a tour of the village lost in the Tverskaya wilderness, if your eyes are capable of distinguishing white from the gang, and your hands can hold a fishing rod - four doors are better than two.
There is still time to think. Summer is just beginning.
 
Autopilot thanks Kelvin (Rolf Holding), (095) 903-8133, 903-8077,
for the cars provided for the test. For the period of the test, the cars were insured in the company RESO-Garantia, (095) 250-3600, 255-6834.
 
Galloper could boast of impressive successes among buyers until recently only in his homeland. But how they loved him there! The Hendevsky SUV for Korea is like Vazovskaya Niva for us. It accounted for more than half of all domestic sales in the field of 4x4. Appearing in the early 90s, Gallopers very quickly pushed the then leader - heavy Ssangyong. And the locals fell in love with them for a thoughtful design and good quality at a relatively low price.
Galloper gradually began to conquer foreign territories. Sales began in China, after that in Malaysia and Taiwan. But the galloper in Mongolia was most loved in Mongolia, where he became a car for the elite: the unassuming authorities there died that the younger brother of the famous Pajero was a upper class car.
And now a turning point has come in the history of the Korean jeep. Updating his appearance, he finally entered the markets of developed countries. Deliveries begin to Italy, France, Switzerland. Last year, 7 gallopers were awarded the roles of a truck at the All -American summit in Chile. They assure that Bill Clinton personally swept on one of them and even said something about this.
And even the ubiquitous Hyundai entered Belarus with her SUV. According to rumors, the production of gallopers will soon be put here. And although it is most likely about the most ordinary, purely sessional screwdriver, the main, and maybe the only purpose of which is to get away from imported taxes, the popularity of the gallopes can grow sharply. They promise that the Belarusian-Korean brainchild will cost from $ 17 thousand and will be, thus, the cheapest imported SUV in Russia.
According to the law of meanness, in Korea, where no one tried to compare with him in the degree of folk love for a long time, Galloper is now a problem. Kia Sportage is torn to the leaders.
Andrey Timofeev, Nikolai Kachurin, Alexey Ilyin (photo)
 

Source: "Autopilot"