Ssangyong Kyron test drive since 2004 SUV

Ssangyong Kyron with a gasoline engine 2.3 liters

Everyone has the right to their black jeep, even with a small engine. Ssangyong Kyron with a 2.3 -liter gasoline engine rides well ... under the hill. Compared to thoroughbred Europeans, he is stupid.
 

But after all, no one on Kyron will cross from such cars, which means that the consumer will not have as many reasons for doubt as a journalist who regularly rolled up the top model. Yes, it is customary to complete the lighter crossovers with motors of this volume today, but you will not be fed with one dynamics.
 





Forgot the sword
What has changed in the new Kyron and how radical? He remained a classic SUV with a frame, a rear unreasonable bridge and a reduced gear in a handout, which in itself cannot but delight fans of true crooks. There are not many traditional designs in the world that survived their age. Fashion for crossovers is in full swing.
 

The appearance of both in front and from the stern became much more pleasant. Knight-goraldic motifs from the posterior optics were removed, and the appearance of the front headlights and the grilles of the radiator is inspired by German comrades. It turned out much more stylish and attractive than before. That's just the effes of the swords (manual brake) forgot to remove from the cabin.
 







Materials of the interior decoration do not inflate their neglect of human weaknesses and aesthetic taste, as in some American. The interior is generally as friendly as possible to the user. The rear seats are easily folded, literally in one movement of the hand, however, they do not form a flat floor in the luggage compartment.
 

The driver meets the workplace of the driver unusually close, with a strong slope of the windshield line. However, some classmates of the Korean, you know, sticks the ceiling to the head and take anything, and at a price much higher than Ssangyong offers. You easily get used to the appearance and interior of the Korean, and you quickly stop noticing the disadvantages.


Matter: Ssangyong Kyron 2








Hello convertible!
Fat questions arise on the go. Drilling into a little more cool one than a straight line, a turn, I want to stop, and then move and go twice more slowly. Over time, these American (in spirit) rolls of the body scare less, but we have many fearless drivers? The Hyundai Santa Fe moved here, from any used American suitcase or even from Nissan Murano, will not feel the difference.
 

The rolls are compensated by the reference term stability. Ssangyong Kyron stands on a straight line like a string, just do not indulge in the steering wheel. 120140160180 km/h (the last value is already under the hill). Asphalt waves beat on the wheels, and this SUV does not even lead. At such moments, you begin to admire the design. No rearrangements and vita, characteristic of SUVs with a hard beam of the rear axle. Only significant vibrations on the body, transmitted from cracks and hillocks, interfere. I never thought that the new Riga is so uneven. No matter how much I went here, but for the first time I feel like a needle on a gramophone plate. Like the Ssangyong Actyon Sports pickup, the insufficient rigidity of the supporting structure is to blame. Usually this is characteristic of convertibles after each tubercle of the wave diverge for a long time on the body.
 









No longer interferes
Everything that interfered on the asphalt pleases in the field, on the primer and bumps. Soft body? Excellent. Without stray and marine disease, Kyron defiles towards the career. Without rushing, so as not to provoke the blow of the frame of the frame against the soil, although it can be pushed quite strong. The machine is almost manual, you can independently switch from the first to the third gear. For off -road, this is perfect. And since there is also a lower row, Kyron goes in a sandy career rather naturally.
 

A test car costs $ 35,000. For the same money, you can purchase a crossover, not as strong as a frame SUV, but lighter and less voracious. For example, Nissan X-Trail. But what is X-Trail? Cartoon! And Kyron is a big black jeep. They respect the road, and in general. Everyone should have the right to buy such a car.


SPECIFICATIONS

Ssangyong Kyron 2
 

 
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source: Magazine 4x4 [December/2007]