CHEVROLET Aveo Sedan West Drive Sedan

The reader chooses a small -leaf with "automatic" up to 550,000 rubles.

Spring steps on the anniversary 2010, and with it the spring mood with all accompanying female amenities. It's time to think about a gift for March 8

Oksana Gorschechnikova, basketball player, driving experience of 6 years, travels to Nissan Almera. He wants a small -leaf with a machine gun. Budget - up to 550,000 rubles.


Car requirements
Image
From the point of view of the image of any B-class car with a price bar up to 600,000 rubles. Not the most ideal option by definition. So in this segment the slogan is the image nothing, everything is thirst! Actual, how nowhere!

Style
Ideally: beautiful, feminine and modern. But ideal cars, like ideal people, do not exist. Moreover, in the herd of urban small -sized.

Economy
Economic in the city cycle is one of the key factors.

Shodal qualities
I am not a racer, and the engine power is not an end in itself, but controllability means a lot.

 
Interior
Simply, understandable and moderately modern, but without excesses, so that nothing distracts from the road. The effective distribution of light in the cabin at night is important.

Equipment
ABS is required, the stabilization system is desirable. Nothing more is needed more.


Freedom of choice is a terrible thing, especially for women during shopping. And car shopping is no exception. I want to say and break my husband only half over. But even she herself cannot understand what exactly the woman wants, sometimes even she herself. Well, okay, because the girl I am advanced and not at all a blonde, I will still try to systematize my desires and bring them to a common denominator with our capabilities.

So, desires are the first and most importantly: I'm tired of pushing in traffic jams, stomping the pedals and looking enviously at the happy owner of automated machines. The second, but no less significant, good visibility and acceptable sizes. Moreover, acceptable from all points of view: so that both bags of food from the supermarket were where to push, and the children in their chairs on the rear couch were freely lived, but at the same time, it was not possible to pass the parking in the clogged cars, like a barrel of herds, the city center did not arise . And how you go to a meeting with girlfriends, so three circles around the cafe you have to drive while the parking lot is found. They are already moving to the dessert, and I also ride a quarter in addition to this, of course, I should just like it, to be as convenient as possible, well, to satisfy our family budget. It is small, but even for those 550 thousand, which I installed in the form of a maximum bar, in the first approximation among the greedy automakers there was a good dozen applicants.

After sitting on the Internet, having read reviews and heard friends and friends, in the second circle I selected three models.


Chevrolet Aveo. Price: 514 940 p.
Selected: due to an attractive price, quite good external data and urgent recommendations of a girlfriend.


Shevy got into my narrow list primarily under the influence of a friend who has been skating on him for almost a year and, in general, is satisfied with everyone. But the taste and color, as you know, are not comrades, so I will try on this blue overalls on my figure. Outwardly, the machine, albeit without frills, but quite nothing! The salon is quite neutral, but I liked the design of the central console. Someone will say that she looks rustic. But the easier for me, the better. Management, on the contrary, disappointed. The steering wheel is not the most dense, but at the same time quite heavy: the amplifier could be more poeming. The power of the Chevy is basically enough, although a 4 -speed automatic sometimes seems too thoughtful.

A tiny trunk also does not add points to its piggy bank: you will have to dangle to the store almost every day. The compactness of Aveo, which has not found critical reflection in internal dimensions, pleases: in the largest metropolis of Europe, extra centimeters of the length of the car sometimes turn around for us, girls, big problems. But only in the case of Aveo this does not mean that it is easy to park on it. The most attractive price, of course, seduces, but mediocre visibility and tiny non -informative side mirrors make it difficult to park, which makes me completely abandon Chevrolet.


Style
the storm does not cause enthusiasm, but the rejection too. Quite modern and moderately youth. Nicely

Shodal qualities
Not the sharpest steering wheel, moderately, a comfortable suspension, an acceptable motor, which slightly spoils the thoughtful gearbox that determines mediocre dynamics. Calmly

Interior
The salon is quite spacious. The interior is without frills, but as ergonomic as possible. Comfortable

Economy
6.4 liters per 100 km. For a 1.4 -liter motor with a machine gun, it is quite acceptable. Good

Equipment in the standard
In my opinion, the car is quite equipped, especially considering its price. Only the lack of adjustment to the departure of the steering wheel and ESP is upset, which cannot be acquired even as an option. Medium


Like
Democratic price, ergonomic salon.

I do not like
Thoughtful KP, poor visibility, non -informative mirrors.




Specifications
Mark and model - Chevrolet Aveo 1.4 LS Auto
Dimensions - 3920x1680x1505 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1399 cm3, 101 l. S./6400 min--1
Transmission - automatic, 4 -speed KP
Dynamics - 165 km/h; 13.1 s to 100 km/h
 


Hyundai i20. Price: 546 900 p.
Selected: Due to the bright youth appearance and the huge popularity of the predecessor of Hyundai Getz.

Hyundai i20 after Aveo is simply striking in breadth, open spaces and excellent visibility. Landing is noticeably higher than that of competitors, and it is much more convenient to park it: you feel the dimensions at a time. A spacious trunk and a worse rear sofa, where two children's seats will be applied without problems, also add positive emotions. The power engine is the same as that of AVEO, but the box, albeit also 4 -speed, is more likely.

Sports, modern, in terms of exterior design I20 will give competitors a hundred points forward. The interior is also very pleasant. Unless the ergonomics of the central console when the first acquaintance introduces into a light stupor. To learn how to navigate in the endless variety of flat buttons, you need time. With my position, the easier the better this is consistent.

The only thing that embarrasses: the Korean still seemed harsh: both in terms of suspension and in management. A sharp steering wheel, a dense suspension in all this is felt some kind of masculine principle, or something.


Style
Modeling and quite creative. Against the background of competitors, it looks just wonderful. Excellent!

Shodal qualities
The i20 seemed a little tough for me. The female city car involves more softness. But the dynamics is at the level, thanks to the rational machine gun.
Double

Interior
The most modern of the entire trinity, but ergonomics not the best requires addiction. Modernly

Economy
6.2 liters per 100 km. The minimum indicator of all three participants in the dough. Great!

Equipment in the standard
I did not consider a very naked car. The second basic set of Classic is affordable for me and is quite happy with one exception: there is no ESP available only in the top version of Elegance. But she is already falling beyond my budget. Not bad


Like
Attressing design, luxurious visibility.

I do not like
Hard suspension, average sound insulation.



Specifications
Mark and model - Hyundai i20 1.4 AT
Dimensions - 3940x1710x1490 mm
The engine is gasoline, 1396 cm3, 100 liters. S./5500 min--1
Transmission - automatic, 4 -speed KP.
Dynamics - 170 km/h; 12.9 C to 100 km/h



Skoda Fabia. Price: 548 000 p.
Selected: since it is one of the best segment cars in terms of price/quality ratio.

Another thing is Skoda. Although Fabia's angular design makes it somewhat masculine, a female soul is clearly hidden inside this silver box. In Skoda, the world immediately becomes somehow quieter and peaceful. Maybe due to better sound insulation and more feminine controllability, but moving around the city in it is much calmer and more comfortable. Quiet, like a cat, it creeps along the road on soft paws. Even switching a 6 -speed automatic box is almost invisible. At the same time, Tiptronic also leaves the possibility of manual switching. In combination with a 105 -horsepower engine, this gives a significant gain in dynamics, but, alas, turns much more than the 1.4 -fuel competitors, fuel consumption.

The trunk is comparable in size with the i20. Salon without delights, ergonomics is simpler, but for me it is rather a plus. Although the audio control buttons on the steering wheel would not be superfluous. Fabia's visibility, of course, is better than that of Aveo, but to the Korean standard specified I20, it is far away. The dead areas are more than Czech. But most of all, in my opinion, the hopelessly outdated exterior design is upset. It is clear that Fabia is waiting for facelifting soon, but it will most likely not be affordable for me.


Style
Calm, but too angular. I like more smooth, sports and dynamic features. Calmly

Shodal qualities
In terms of controllability Fabia and I20 of one field of the berry, but Skoda is noticeably more comfortable. Riding it is more pleasant, the dynamics is an order of magnitude better. Excellent!

Interior
I liked the slightly ascetic, but very voluminous and functional Skoda Fabia salon no less than the modern Hyundai i20 cockpit. Good
 

Economy
7.6 liters per 100 km. With the 1.4 engine, the Skoda automato is not aggregated, so it was initially clear that with the 1.6 Fabia engine it would be noticeably more voracious than competitors. Acceptable

Equipment in the standard
The basic and only available Fabia equipment with an automaton includes even ESP! Wonderful


Like
The highest comfort, pleasant handling.

I do not like
Angular design, lack of controls on the steering wheel.




Technical characteristics
Mark and model - Skoda Fabia 1.6 Auto
Dimensions - 3992x1642x1498 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1598 cm3, 105 liters. S./5600 min-1
Transmission -Automatic, 6 -speed KP
Dynamics - 185 km/h; 11.5 s to 100 km/h


My choice
The aesthetic component, multiplied by an outstanding visibility, Hyundai against the dynamics and comfort of Skoda, something like this can be formulated by my final dilemma. It would probably be reasonable to wait for Fabia’s restyled version that debuting already in April, but this Czech cat in the bag is unlikely to meet my modest budget. And the spoon is the road to dinner! The first-performance to wait for the next March 8 in his old Almera does not smile at me. Therefore, today and now I choose I20 with its pleasant design, high driver’s landing, excellent visibility and good handling.

Editor's Choice
In our opinion, in this case, the choice depends on the life priorities and rationality of the character of the future owner. Oksana approached the choice of a car as a shopping and took a clothes from the latest collection, which appeared on the market only last year. This is not surprising, especially since the i20 deserves all the kind words spoken about him by our heroine. However, if you choose with the mind, and not with the heart, given the Ambiente configuration available for 550 thousand rubles, the choice of Fabia with the 1.6 and ESP engine still looks much more rational. After all, the Hyundai I20 stabilization system is present only in the top -end configuration for 601 900 rubles, and the Chevrolet Aveo is absent as a class.


Photo: Sergey Krestov
 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [March 2010]