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No matter how good the car is external, all its beauty belongs to the public, and not the owner at all. Being most of the time inside the car, the car owner is deprived of the opportunity to admire the appearance of its mechanized friend. It's a shame? Slightly. But the driver can always discover the rich inner world of the car, inaccessible to everyone else. However, even recently, I would not have decided to name the inner world of Suzuki Grand Vitara, a rich uncomplicated salon of this SUV, performed in the spirit of the old Japanese school, was very gray in the literal sense and died in portable. And despite the absence of any claims to convenience and ergonomics from the body, the soul required the grace. And in the end he received it.
Large vitaras with new salon appeared in Suzuki dealers. The front panel in the classic style is drawn from a clean leaf. Easy left, laconic appeared. Three round microclimate control arms were increased on the central console, the rotation of the rods of which can be set the temperature, the speed of rotation of the fan and the direction of air flows is so much more convenient for the previous sliders of A la WAZ-2109. To the right of the handle placed the wheel, which regulates the air supply intensity to the area of \u200b\u200bthe rear seats; And slightly above them found their own electronic clock.
The high-contrast equipment of the appliances with a minimum set of pointers and huge, easily-friendly speedometer and tachometer has an optimile effect: with an idle dial engine almost indistinguishable. By the way, before the starter starts to spin, a greeting appears in the electronic odometer window, and the ignition shutdown is accompanied by an amiable See You!, After which the devices smoothly reproduce. The old steering wheel was safely changed by a new one with three widespread spokes and a large emblem in the center of the hub. In addition, it is sufficiently pleasant to the touch and has an optimal section and diameter, there is nothing to say. Just a new steering wheel.
If the car has been produced for a long time without major changes, it means that there are good reasons. While competitors are becoming increasingly asphalt, in terms of their consumer qualities, approaching purely passenger cars, tailored in True off-road canons of Grand Vitara remains a serious, somewhere, gradually moving into the category of Jeeper classics. And the new interior is what lacked the car to continue to be considered a modern SUV.
The car is provided by Suzuki-Neva.
Text: Kirill Brevdo
Photo: Roman Stunnin
A source: Magazine "Wheels" [№69 / 2003]
