Test Drive Chery Tiggo (T11) since 2005 -

Tiggo identification

Why do you, Ryan, do not tell the guys, how to distinguish the Japanese from our allies of the Chinese? So comic starts how to recognize the Japanese (How to Spot A Jap), printed in a booklet pocket guide in China.
 

This guide was distributed among the American military in 1942, and his hand-drawn section teaches the Yankees, as not to shoot an Asian associate mistake. We, to some extent, a similar task: to distinguish the Chinese Chery Tiggo from the previous generation of Toyota RAV4 and other Japanese. Solely for peaceful purposes.

 

Chery Tiggo is not a copy and not tuning version of Toyota RAV4, but quite independent, ready-to-use product. This and other CHERY Men's Cars officially deserved the right to be considered as such: numerous litigation of the most famous automakers with the company from the PRC could not convince the Femut in the plagiarism of the Chinese side
 

The Chinese breathed a new life in the interior of the old Toyota. Pink appliances arrows, perhaps, an amateur. And the quality of fitting materials is quite suitable.
 
Tiggo is assembled in Kaliningrad, an autotor plant at the factory. Soon the annual release of Chinese cars and crossovers at the enterprise will be up to 150,000 cars. Would you like so much buyers
 

Our test car has a five-door body, a 2.4-liter 130-strong engine, five-speed mechanical gearbox and four-wheel drive. All this is in a decent configuration (two front airbags, ABS, EBD, hydraulic tape, steering wheel adjustment, air conditioning, electric car, heating of the front seats) for $ 18 399. It sounds good, right?
 

It can be seen in front that in this Tiggo there is something your own, not Toyotovskoye. Moreover: if you look for the external similarity of this car with some of the respected Japanese, the visual memory also hints not even on RAV4, but on Honda CR-V! The hood comes on the radiator grille, the grill itself with a horizontal strip, the shape of the head optics per 100% front from the honda crossover!
 

We go around the Tiggo circle and remember again about the equivalent: the profile is the same as the Toyota. Differences only in the form of moldings and firewall. But to recognize Chery from behind will be the most difficult task. On the back door, on the left, under the handle, where the eloquent shutters of Toyota and Rav4 should hang, stuck the Chery emblem and the inscription Tiggo; The back door and boxing is flat, and in Toyota they are embossed, in the sidewall style. That's all the differences!

  

Salon, at first glance, almost identical to Toyotovsky: the central console in the form of a light bulb, a similar three-spoke steering wheel, the design of the seats and even a box-armrest. His, Chinese, here a bit. For example, three air conditioner modes switch are made in the shape of gear, and not circles with handles, like on Toyota. And the same white scales of three round appliances are lit by bright blue LEDs.
 

We estimate the assembly
At first, nothing frustures. The gaps are not minimal, but at least the same in size. A spoonful of tar adds only plastic, which the Chinese are still hard and seems fragile. But the rear sofa was for some reason poorly fixed. It is easily shifting a sideline and backward. The second problem is it unimportant. The upholstery is very pleasant to the touch form.
 

With comfort and ergonomics, Tiggo is all normal. The front seats are very comfortable (they are soft, but in moderation), the size of the cabin allows you to call it spacious in size, it is not inferior to the Toyota salon: here they are identical. Even the high driver does not need to move the front seat to the limit to conveniently settle.

 

Here is just the rope adjustment range turned out to be tiny: the difference between the upper and lower positions is not particularly felt. Pieces of the rear (separate) sofa move forward-back, and also easily dismantled completely, which is almost 1.5 times the volume of the trunk increases. Convenient and practical, there is nothing to add!
 

Prices
The most budget version of the crossover costs $ 16,499. For this money, the client will receive a 2.4-liter 130-strong engine, a mechanical transmission, all-wheel drive transmission, two front airbags, ABS, EBD, hydraulic power and steering wheel height, air conditioning, electric windows and mirrors Heated, heated front seats. The car with a full drive costs from $ 18,399 and is equipped with the same engine and gearbox. The automatic box is still not available. Competitors-classmates Tiggo pick up pretty hard: Japanese or European parquets are an order of magnitude more, and among Chinese or domestic all-wheel drives Chery there are no close in neither accommodation or accommodation.
 

Buy all-wheel drive wagon for $ 18,400 (as much as our test copy) will be problematic if not considered domestic options. For example, a UAZ Patriot SUV with a 2.7-liter 130-strong motor in the richest configuration costs 20,000 rubles. less. Another thing is that in this version there is not even ABS. And in general: it is functionally absolutely different cars, so it would not be stupid to remember the Tiggo Toyota RAV4 donor. Used four-five-year-old car in good-excellent condition costs the same $ 18,000-19,000: with a 2.0-liter engine, full-wheel drive and in a decent configuration.
 

Somewhere Honda, somewhere Toyota: here you can argue. But under the hood exactly Mitsubishi! The only thing that Chery's creators were not painted, and honestly revennated for a large bag of yuan, this is a 2.4-liter Mitsubishi 4G64 engine. 130 liter motor. with. And the torque of 195 nm left a good impression of the trip to Tiggo. If only do not pay attention to his sound. At idle, the motor is not heard at all, but when you press the gas pedal, the noise insulation disappears somewhere, and the dergan saw-shaped hum penetrates into the cabin.
 

But Tiggo with such an aggregate is quite turning. Even despite the fact that it would be even easier for his leading drive. Only to good acceleration would not hurt to add the steering rack shorter: the rotation of the ram of 90 degrees to the right and left practically does not lead to deviation from the straight rate. You have to go through hands even with an ordinary turn.
 

About Patency
Tiggo, though the town-dweller, but some kind of road tricks is trained. Need to swive through a high curb or move to uneven soil? No questions! Cleese Chery for this is quite equal as the engine thrust. But from the point of view of comfort, Tiggo still has where to grow. The suspension is rather tough, which, in principle, does not affect the smoothness of the course on the level asphalt. However, it is necessary to appear in the coating, as the situation under the wheels becomes audible and tangible. But in everything there are its advantages: for example, almost complete absence of diagonal salls and rolls.
 

The gearbox is not bad. The five-speed mechanics successfully suits the 130-strong motor and is distinguished by the high definition of work, as well as successfully selected gear ratios. No speed flies out, the force for the inclusion of the first two gear does not differ from others, and the metal noise when switching is reduced to a slightly smoothed alignment of the signal of normal transmission operation.

 

In general, Tiggo liked, especially for my money, which speak very appropriate in this case. Less than 20,000 cu You can buy a parquet SUV with a full drive, familiar appearance and a good set of available options. And what about something he copies RAV4, so this is not a claim neither to him nor Toyota. This is just another reminder of the successful, albeit with the production of the model that neither Japanese motorists nor Chinese designers nor Russian collectors were spoiled.
 

The car is provided by Autocentre Soyuz, the official dealer Chery Automobiles.


Text: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Stunnin
 
 
 
   
 
 

Source: Magazine "Wheels" [№111 / 2007]