Cheri Bonus test drive since 2009 hatchback
Test drive Cheri Bonus: Bonus from China
The new Chery Bonus will take the children to school, a family for a summer house, a shopping wife. And do not worry: no enthusiastic views! Cheri’s advertisement Bonus promises that, unlike other cars, the Chinese sedan will ride, not attract attention. But the justice of the first will tell time, and the second is false. Bonus received numerous multi -colored clouds from the marketing department of the Russian representation of the Russian representative office - which are usually used in comics with characters. The characters themselves, passing by the bonus, reacted vividly to attractive coloring. They twisted their heads, nodded, showed their fingers, but ask something typical, like what kind of car or how much is this miracle for some reason, not a single passerby costs
It makes no sense to describe the appearance of the Chinese; It is better to look at the result of the works of our photographer. Many do not like sedans who grew out of the hatchbacks. So, many will not appreciate the new Cher Bonus. No matter how pretty it may seem in front or in three quarters, views from behind and from the side are hopelessly spoiled by a talked trunk ...
However, the interior is perceived much more organic. The dark salon (already not bad!) Washed hard, but not smelling unpleasantly plastic, velor seats are shapeless, but quite convenient and did not cause discomfort in the back after a trip to the recently open western half of the St. Petersburg room. The scales of the devices could be larger, but the places in the salon are in front, that there is quite enough from the back.
Radio size 1 din standard. Under it, (and not over as usual), there are diffusers of the heating system and three circular air conditioning control handles. Around the lower turn of which it switches the direction of blowing (to glass, under the feet, etc.) there are other buttons, some of which are not related to the climate in the cabin. For example, heating the rear window or a trunk opening button. It would be unpleasant to rush to yourself on a ring and accidentally open it on the road
By the way, the trunk is quite roomy: 370 liters should accommodate both purchases from the store, and a summer house, and even a large set of spare parts and tools, if necessary (as we find out later).
Chery Bonus prices The most affordable bonus will cost 336,000 rubles. The driver’s pillow, alarm, air conditioning, adjustable steering column, hydraulic power control, front electric windows, information display, and the rear fog lights were included in the complete set.
In the test machine, which was presented in the maximum configuration (worth 400,000 rubles), in addition to the basic equipment, it was installed: an audio system with 6 speakers, ABS, parking sensor, driver’s airbag and front passenger, rear windows, heated seats, external mirrors With heated and electric drive, cast discs, front fog lights.
A complete list of configurations and technical specifications can be viewed on the manufacturer’s website.
Chery Bonus is surprisingly not bad! The 1.5-liter motor is very burdened and allows you not to feel flawed on the road in the stream of more expensive foreign cars, and the gearbox can be compared with Korean and even Japanese cars. Just turn on the back speed from the first attempt.
The suspension was not pierced under a load of three people and a single camera, and the handling of neither sports nor cargo; In the summer you can ride, and in winter it is better to select tires more handingively: ABS works a little earlier than you expect.
The steering wheel with a hydraulic wrap easily spins even too easily. And at a speed slightly higher on the highway, there is a lack of stability on a straight line; The bonus a little noticeably seeks to leave the strip and has to stop it with corrective movements of the steering wheel.
The large side mirrors of Cheri Bonus open an excellent review, but the upper corner of the right is slightly blocked by the persistent windshield. But this does not affect the good visibility of the rear angles of the car.
After a test drive
In general, a bonus trip left a favorable impression. At least from a car worth up to 400,000 rubles in the maximum configuration, you do not wait for enchanting handling or extraterrestrial comfort. You can go to Bonus.
However, the impression after test trips is often different from the mood of the owners who learned how to serve a new car.
If you want to know how much it costs and how much spare parts to be on Chery Bonus then read on.
How much does Chery Bonus possession cost
The combination of magically low price and rich equipment is the main trump card, which are attracted by customers of the dealers of Chinese cars. But the money spent on an economically profitable purchase is not the latest financial investments that a new four -wheeled friend will require. Of course, it will have to be sent regularly to the service, at least for planned maintenance.
Expenses before the first The first thing you have to fork out the owner of the Chery Bonus installation of the minimum additional equipment in the form of protection of the engine crankcase (+ 3300 rubles), front and rear mudguards (+ 1900 rubles), rugs in the salon (+2100 rubles) and in the trunk (in the trunk ( +1500 rub.). The total cost of 8800 rubles looks quite reasonable for a good set of protective elements.
The warranty period for the products of the CHERY Auto Concert is 3 years or 100,000 kilometers. Not bad. However, having looked into the service book, the newly -made owner can be very upset: the section limited warranty period is already from 31 positions, divided into three time intervals. On the battery, clutch disk, brake tubes, switches and switches of various types of guarantee will be only 3 months or 5000 km. Within 12 months, with a length of 20,000 to 40,000 kilometers, the warranty on almost all nodes and assemblies will end, with the exception of the main parts of the engine and some elements of the gearbox. And thank you for that.
Having left the car dealership to the new Cheri Bonus, you will have to return back almost immediately: the first replacement of the processing oil according to the regulations should be made from 1000 to 2000 kilometers. This procedure is about 6,000 rubles along with work and materials. It is pleased that you can get to the service on almost the day of circulation. With a tight load of the service center, you will have to wait only 1-2 days.
The frequency and cost of maintenance
Further, the races for the service are carried out at a frequency of ten thousand kilometers. A similar in cost and work, the procedure for replacing oil and oil filter will have to be repeated on TO-2. But the TO-3 through 20,000 km will require additional replacing the fluid of the gur and all filters, except for the fuel. Its service life ends after 30,000 kilometers. (The cost of TO-3 is about 8500 rubles. TO-4 about 8000 rubles.) Most of all will have to fork out to TO-7, which will come after 60,000 km. In addition to all standard oil replacement procedures and related consumables, Cheri Bonus will require replacing the timing kit (belt+tension rollers). The total cost of all work, taking into account the spare parts, will be about 22,000 rubles.
The pleasant news was the presence of most filters in the warehouse, but the brake pads and discs, as well as the timing belt will have to be ordered and wait about a month. True, Cheri Bonus only appeared in our market, and the warehouses of the spare parts simply did not manage to replenish the reserves with new names.
Our conclusions
If you make the cost of all, Cheri Bonus for an average mileage of 60,000 km, which is usually wound by car owners in 3 years, you get an amount of more than 60,000 rubles. And these are only regulatory ones, not counting the replacements of brake pads and disks, as well as, excluding any hypothetical breakdowns, which, apparently, will also have to be paid from your own pocket, given the footnote in warranty obligations.
So the tempting price in the price list is only the tip of the iceberg, and the formula is an inexpensive car \u003d inexpensive service is an illusion. However, this fact has long been proven by domestic cars
Competitors of Chery Bonus in the Russian market:
Lada Kalina
Geely Mk
The car is provided for the Test company Autocenter Union, by the official dealer of Cher.
Authors: Alexander Korobchenko, Ilya Ogorodnikov
Photo: Roman Ostanin
Source: Wheel magazine [August 2011]
