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The appearance of the renewed Suzuki Gran Vitara XL-7 reminded the image of the Middle-aged ladies, which tries to impress in an unfamiliar company. The figure will no longer change, but there are other ways to attract attention. In human society, this is achieved by changing the image, toilets, lifestyle, etc. In the automotive world to impart freshness updates external forms. Here are the designers again over the style of the elderly car. We must give them due - Vitara became solid. The seven-seater almost five meter southest road looks not only in profile, but also an Afas. Replaced almost all the facade. Sorry for the construction terminology, but how else to call it a combination of original headlights, grille and bumper?
We have a car in the richest configuration. Salon shakes gray leather, there is a hatch in the roof and a five-speed automatic. Price - $ 36 020, Modification with velor interior and manual transmission almost three and a half thousand cheaper.
What will he see the owner for that kind of money? With a rotation of the ignition key, neon the dashboard will flash and the odometer display will display a welcome Hello. The scales of the main and auxiliary devices are read easily and almost not overlapped with the steering wheel - helps adjusting inclination. On the center console, decorated with inserts under the tree, the main place was taken by switching modes of the ventilation system and air conditioning. Their centers are accumulated, including air conditioning, heated rear window and, accordingly, distributing air flows. On the right, a more modest regulator of the salon heater was sampled. The guideline here belongs to the driver, although the passengers of the average can adjust the air flow. To do this, there are separate wheels and deflectors.
A list of all combinations of folding three seats would be too long. You will get acquainted with one of the options for transformation of the salon. Special attention should be paid to the possibility of moving the seats of the second row, and on separate salads for the right and left parts.
Acquaintance with the technical equipment of the new Vitara reminded a conversation with test pilots. The essence of her came down to the following: when the plane is removed from production, it means that the design is brought to perfection. So it turned out with Vitars. At first she was three-door. Then the five-door Gran Vitara appeared. Now, extending the base to 2800 mm, received a seven-west car. There is no place further to grow Vitar. Otherwise, by passenger, it will go to the class of minibuses.
Now look under the hood. The engine power from the updated Vitara reached 183 liters. with. - 10 more than dorestayling. The torque is also slightly increased. In an automatic box, a fifth transmission appeared. A complaint on off-road qualities can be considered a lowering series in transmissions. But there are no intercole blocking. The conclusion suggests itself - we have been exhausted before us, the logically completed transmission scheme. The same can be said about the car as a whole. And it is not bad. It is now that it is advantageous to buy the seven-party Suzuki with a strictly connected front bridge, brought in the course of many modernization by the body and aggregates, capable of moving along the light off-road. If you follow the logic of test pilots, then it's time to remove the updated Vitar in a while. Larger of it no longer burn out - the next generation may be more expensive and, moreover, will be at the very beginning of its evolution, which the current Vitara has already passed.
On the go, the car is comfortable, the motor is almost not heard. Its rockness begins to penetrate the salon at turns above 3000. The machine is promptly promoted. The only thing that annoys is somewhat, is the characteristic buzz of the transmission on the first gear. In general, sound insulation does not cause complaints. If there is a desire to use all the potential of the motor in the city, I can advise the next mode of operation of the transmission: the automaton selector is translated into position 3, turn off Overdrive and turn on the power transmission power mode button. If sand has sand on the asphalt, that is, the ability to scream with tires.
Tried to climb the mud. What did it happen? Remember how a piece of soap is dangling in the bathroom. In general, you want to move from the asphalt to the dirt - pass into the inclusive tires. In the bridgestone's chic plaster discs with a dimension of 235 / 60R16 with a summer pattern of our beauty there is nothing there. And the clearance in 183 mm is enough, and the power of the motor on low transmission - for the eyes, but tires, rolled up with mud, turned into wet slippery slips: the slightest irregularity in the form of a bodie or holes knocked down from a given trajectory.
Sergey Klobkov.
Photo: Konstantin Yakubov
A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"
