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Nissan Primera Car Overview

General
Nissan Primera car brand is a product updated after concluding a block agreement with the Nissan Renault and, as it is now customary to speak, the symbol of the new Nissan style. In the family of these machines, the addition is a sports model 20V. By the way, this name puts it in one row with a sedan, because another designation is used for the wagon, namely W20V.
Until now, 4-cylinder models of the QR model were put on the PRIMERA car, and they existed in a 2-liter and 2.5-liter execution. On the current modification of 20V, the updated SR20VE engine is installed, which was used in the previous second generation of Primera. In a sense, this is a refund to the old SR engine type, but only in a new high-tech version. In this embodiment, the gas distribution system with automatically variable phases and the value of the opening of the valves has found itself, which made it possible to bring the motor to the level when each liter of its working volume accounts for more than 100 horsepower of the developed power. The overall indicator in 204 hp This achievement, worthy of respect, given the fact that we are talking about the engine with a natural air intake.
On the other hand, from the moment of the update, until today, a stepless variator was installed on all cars. And suddenly a 6-speed gearbox with manual switching appears in the 20V model. Truly there is every reason to name this car sports sedan. Clear and without words that such a powerful engine demanded the enhancement of the suspension and system scheme brakes. Thus, the 20V model on one side should be attributed to the category of category those from the previous generation of PRIMERA, that very, which simply shocked the world with its high speed. But on the other hand, it's just one of the serial machines with manual speeds.
True, on the inner design of the body, quite restrained, it is impossible to attribute this car to the sports type. Moreover, it resembles an ordinary serial car, which, however, is assigned the first category. Conceptually, this is, of course, a sedan, but the sedan has matured. If you consider it from the side, first of all, 17-inch wheels with seven-needles of special design are thrown into the eye, then the mesh is the front facing, smoky glass of the front lights, the elliptical shape of the muffler, - all these new items are simply intriguing. Although the main impression of what has seen - yes, it is still the same car Primera. By the way, for the 20V model, two options for special color are offered: dark silver (in the car of this color I made a trial trip) or bright red.
Inside the cabin, you can select the steering wheel made by MOMO, Recaro sports chairs. In general, there is nothing that it would somehow highlight this model. The interior is made in dark colors, although the panel - titanium color, aluminum pedals. Well, there is still a tachometer on which values \u200b\u200bare removed up to 10,000 revolutions per minute. Everything feels a discreet style and maturity.
 
As if the third breath opens!
The first thing I felt tried from the place is the huge potential of a kind of body design. Well, I thought, sharply throwing the steering wheel from the side to the side, now it is probably the limit. But no, in response to such a sharp manner of driving, all the wheels, including the rear, became one of the whole, and the car easily had a steering wheel. You can not say anything, sports car, but at the same time you feel very comfortable. There is no stiffness that is present in the car model. The body is tightly held by the chair, but his arms can be said, pleasant.
Before 17-inch wheels were put on cars with a 2.5-liter engine. But, to be honest, it did not cause me special delight, since such discs plus the tires were very weight management. Here, on the car 20V there is no such feeling of inconsistency at all, everything is very balanced. It can be said that the desire to combine comfort on the one hand, and the need to keep the body in the literal position on the other received its further development here.
The SR20V engine, which develops, as already noted, the capacity of more than 100 horsepower in the calculation of the liter of its working volume can spin at a speed of up to 7800 revolutions per minute without any voltage. The former engine model SR was not ready to issue such revs. Everything happened as Nissan engineers promised: the old Motor SR and his new execution are two completely different things. And further who would have thought that a 6-step manual box could give such an opportunity feel your heaven! When engine revolutions in the range from 4500 to 5300 rpm, somewhere in the middle as if the third stage of the rocket turns on. And all thanks to the adjustable gas distribution. And what speed! The worrying taste of a quick ride, and is not at all similar to the infinite pleasure, which take the Honda machine with the same VTEC mechanism.
 
Thin line between restraint and temptation
However, the question involuntarily arises: how justified the combination of such mature in the size of the body and the boyish engine in one car? If we consider the new model of Primera under this angle of view, then you come to the conclusion that the 20V machine can be recommended not to everyone. And if you try to establish a certain equilibrium between the solid size of the cabin and the atmosphere in which any driver managed by this car should plunge, then, probably, it would be excessive in power 2.5-liter engine to combine with a stepless transmission. It's all about the driver's skill at the same time and enjoy fun and fight the temptation to get it even more. Therefore, I think this model is intended for those who already have a hard, bangible hand and at the same time at the head of the corner puts the feeling of speed.
I will put another thought that does not claim to be generalized. Now, if the suspension of the model 20V takes and install on the model 25x appear on sale, I would definitely decide to buy exactly such a car from the Primera series. Well, Nissan, agreed?
 

A source: Carview.co.jp.