Renault Sandero STEPWAY test drive since 2010 hatchback
Test drive by Renault Sandero STEPWAY: Life of a villager in the city
A French hatchback will spend a whole month in the hands of the portal kolesa.ru. And will spend with interest and benefit for the case. We will test it with the realities of a metropolis, a winter marathon of 1,500 km, summer signs and comparative tests. In the meantime, we meet Sandero Stepway The result of evolution is simply Sandero, which in turn is the closest relative of the super -popular Logan. Only this time, Renault did not weld the trunk to the hatchback, as it was with Clio Symbol, but rather cut it off, while raising the resulting hatchback above the ground.
Of course, to call a handsome either Logan or a stopped Sandero will not work. Apparently, to reduce costs, the design department did not bother the state employees at all, limiting themselves to a ruler and an ax. However, Sandero Stepway in a courageous body kit made of rough black plastic, with darkened front optics, silver details in the exterior and roof religions look quite attractive. And indeed a little jipic. And slightly stained with mud, it will completely go for some kind of rally technician.
The simple ignition key, devoid of not only the distance control buttons, but also the Renome logo, immediately gives out the budget orientation of the car. The almost forgotten effect of the turning of the key in the door well does not hush negative emotions. On the contrary, causes nostalgia.
Stepwei salon, just like his relatives, a time machine. Only time is divided into two dimensions: crossing from any modern foreign car of non -budget origin, you find yourself in the past, from the products of the domestic auto industry in the near future. And the further perception of the car is clamped between these two fronts.
On the one hand, Sandero STEPWAY on average costs 150,000 rubles more expensive than the same Lada Kalina, on the other hand, it is cheaper than any Japanese-European foreign car higher. But! In both cases, the budget Frenchman Romanian roots with Moscow residence have an undeniable advantage over all a 17.5-centimeter road clearance. However, Stepway lives not one, and even more so the inhabitants of his salon.
The process of landing in a car does not cause complaints. Large doorways and high landing allow you to easily penetrate the edge of the roof without labor and hit the edge of the roof even to tall people. But with convenient placement behind the wheel, problems arise.
Firstly, for an even greater sensation of the driver behind the wheel of not a car, the Stepway chair, devoid of adjustment in the vertical direction, is originally set above the necessary. The steering wheel changes only its angle of inclination, and even in a very small range. As a result, you have to sit either with a vertically placed back, or with outstretched hands, or with knees that have rested in the front panel. In addition, the seat itself, the lateral support of which only formally reminds of its presence, is more reminiscent of a stool covered with fabric, which did not fail to affect a long trip. After an eight -hour trip, the whole body ached. It is difficult to turn on the present heating, because only the pianist fingers will reach the hidden and clamped between the door and the button.
From the same furniture headset and the rear flat sofa, the lack of proper comfort on which is compensated by a good supply of free space.
But the cargo compartment will not disappoint. 320 liters are quite enough for all the necessary things, especially when folding the rear seats. True, open the fifth door without staining your hands, it is unlikely that the discovery button is only outside, and the cut for the fingers is too narrow. Well, at least the internal plastic lining, which closes only the mechanism of the rear wiper, the French guessed to make a pen in the shape of a pen.
To evaluate the quality of interior plastic budget machine is an ungrateful case. He is what it should be in a car of a similar class. The main thing is that everything is collected quite high quality. Over 10,000 km of run, only the internal lining of the left rack has departed on one side.
Large windows buttons, emergency gallows and heating of the rear window that can be pressed with your palm very strangely look against the background of controlling the pseudo -mounting radio radio, to change the volume or radio station on which you will have to use tweezers. The radio in the style of the early 80s of the last century itself can be surprised to lose CDs, and MP3 format can also be delighted.
In general, the sensation of the budget of the car is emphasized not so much by the general modesty of the interior as its functionality. The creators of Sandero did not care much about his ergonomics.
Wonents of windshield are deprived of the function of automatically turning on the wipers, which also do poorly with their duties. The inclusion indicator of the right and left turn signal is combined into a single icon. The microclimate control unit is located too low and is overlapped by the gearbox lever included in odd gears. The sound signal button for some reason was at the end of the left steering wheel switch. There is no heating and electric mirrors, but the steering wheel and lever of the mechanical box are covered with the skin, and the tires in the base are worn on alloy wheels.
On the other hand, everything that should be included, pressed, shedding and spinning, does this without any complaints and a general sensation of squelchness, which will definitely appreciate the owners who have crossed from domestic cars.
Under the hood of Renault Sandero Stepway can be an engine volume of only 1.6 liters. In the version with mechanics, it is 8 valve and gives out 84 horsepower, automatic Sandero Stepway-16-valve with a capacity of 103 forces. The first option was on our long test.
Let's say right away, the hatchback motor is enough. Stepwei easily holds in the city stream, allowing it to easily maneuver between the cars of the gaping drivers. However, the pseudo -car council is indifferent to the sharp presses on the gas pedal. The thrust of the 8-valspnic engine is uniform in the entire speed range, without peak boots. On the one hand, such motor settings allow Sandero STEPWAY with relative indifference refers to car loading: oddly enough, the weight of five people in the cabin did not affect the dynamics of Renault, but with the engine working.
But on the highway, Renault Sandero Stepway 1.6 8V strained, especially on overtaking. The absence of a clear pickup even on lower gears in a car weighing just a little more than a ton, forced to take a very good supply in the oncoming lane, which was a rarity on the round -loaded truck, loaded with trucks.
In general, despite the country essence of Renault Sando Stepwei, which implies regular trips along a suburban asphalt highway, on these same roads the car showed itself not from the best side. In addition to uncomfortable seats and a drain, and not a sprint engine, Stepwei did not very confidently hold on to icy and snowy asphalt. Perhaps the result of such behavior due to friction tires in which our test car will be shod. But, for the most part, due to the increased road clearance, an increased center of gravity and not the best aerodynamics made their contribution.
But the pendant of Stepwei is the best friend of the Russian road reality. Only the lazy did not sing the praises of the praises to rench shock absorbers, which seem to eat pits and potholes. The worse the road becomes, the better the general impressions of the car. However, such settings have its drawback. If the Sandero Stepway suspension can forgive the driver of the next rail, then soft alloy wheels that are no longer in configuration.
But the main advantage of the car, on which most buyers are a parquet clearance. If, under the protection of the crankcase, Stepwei is 17.5 cm, then under the front bumper everything is 23 cm. This allows you to ride on bumps and ditches at all, and in the city without fear even drive up to the highest borders. However, it is also not necessary to overestimate the capabilities of the front -wheel drive hatchback either.
What is the end? Renault Sandero Stepway car is ambiguous and, to some extent, highly specialized. Renault tries to compensate for a lot of ergonomic and sled disadvantages with two extra centimeters of the road clearance and an omnivorous suspension. Such a alignment can only be recommended to the avid summer resident, which lives around the city most of the time and sometimes gets out for asphalt open spaces, but no way vice versa.
Koreans have already proved that for the city, even with regular sorties to a suburban phase, for 471,000 rubles, which costs Sandero Stepway, you can buy a car much more convenient in everyday use. Yes, and without a frank budget raid.
Price Renault Sandero Stepway
A budgetary French pseudo -cave is offered with a fixed set of options, which most buyers will be enough. In the ABS configuration, 2 airbags, gurs, front electric windows, central locking lock, air conditioning, alloy wheels in the options of CD-MP3 radio (9,000 rubles) and metallic color (5,500).
With an engine 1.6 (84 hp) mechanical gearbox, such a Sandero will cost 466,500 rubles. With a four -speed automatic and an engine of 103 horsepower at 522 500 rubles.
The matter of technology
Renault Sandero is built on the same platform as Renault Logan, only a little shortened (42 mm). In total, the hatchback has 70% of the details totaling details. The front suspension is a classic McPherson, the back of a half -dependent beam. Moreover, the design is designed so that both Logan and Sandero are dispensed with the front stabilizers of the anti-resistance stability (except for the 103-horsepower version).
Engine 1.6 (84 hp) is relative omnivorous and is able to digest gasoline with an octane number of at least 87.
Source: Wheel magazine [January 2012]
