CHEVROLET CAPTIVA test drive since 2006 SUV

Chevrolet Captiva. From 905 600 rub.

Chevrolet Captiva. From 905 600 rub.

The geography of automobile production has long expanded to the east. But to this day, in the eyes of many people, the stigma is made in Russia serves as a reason for doubt when buying a machine due to the features of national work. We declared war on the flabby stereotypes and took the SUV Chevrolet Captiva of the domestic assembly for several months

Looking at the reflection of modern design trends in the body faces of Chevrolet Captiva, it is difficult to get rid of the feeling of burning nostalgia. Longing for an irrevocably gone into the thick of epoch -making events of time.

I want to unbearably want to find a long -forgotten pentagram of the quality sign under the hood, along with the car without a fight, surrender to a state receiver and quickly begin to comply with all the GOSTs without exception. The production attributes of those Soviet years, when in Japan they still collected mythically high -quality equipment, are invisibly present at our crossover.

Under the plausible appearance, Captiva hides an intricate interior with inexpensive materials and decent ergonomics. Everything is like in a typical apartment from a typical childhood: a modest decoration, but neatly, comfortable and hospitable even to the detriment of their dimensions. However, the spacious Chevrolet salon accommodates seven without much difficulty, without encroaching on the convenience of landing, but leaving only a thin hint of a once roomy trunk. But the car deserves about functional saturation in full voice. It is dusting with the heat of heating the front seats, buzzing with an electric drive of a driver’s chair, cuts the space with a guillotine adjustment of the steering column in two planes, reflexively reacts to the weather with light and rain sensors, simplifies cruise trips and delights the body with climate control. The latter, by the way, was the first weak link in the car. Contrary to traditional ideas about the functioning of this node, the algorithm of its work is easier to reduce to a banal ON. Off .. Anyway at a temperature above 18 degrees, the air is unbearably hot, and below is permeated by almost universal cold.

The V6 engine in its 3.2 liters of volume gives a shelter to 230 horses spurred by a 5 -speed automatic. The crossover briskly takes the start, accelerates well, is gambling and effectively besieged. The first positive impressions of Chevrolet Captiva, only 15.5 -fuel consumption of gasoline fuel feast during the economic plague looks a moveton.

We are from Leningrad
September 2006. On the territory of the engineering plant, Arsenal in St. Petersburg, General Motors, organizes a large-oriental assembly enterprise for the production of the Chevrolet Captiva model. The low -ended efficiency of the plant by a little more than 4,000 cars a year is simply explained: the site is initially planned as a temporary one. Already in November 2008, production was folded in connection with the launch of a full -fledged factory in Shushara, a suburbs of the cultural capital of Russia. It becomes the third assembly conveyor GM in Russia after Togliatti and Kaliningrad. The company, the construction of which the company has invested $ 300 million, is designed to produce 70 thousand cars annually. Today, CKD technology is gathering crossovers of the Chevrolet Captiva and Opel Antara, to which the compact Chevrolet Cruze sedan recently joined.

Driving
The steering wheel is almost enough acute, which can cause some discomfort to an active driver.

Salon
The finishing materials were slightly pumped up, and the climate control surprised strongly.

Comfort
When lying bedsmen travel with rear passengers, they have a hard time.

Safety
The dynamic stabilization system is provided even for the minimum equipment option.

Price
It is quite adequate, given the capabilities of the car and a decent basic package.


Advantages and disadvantages

+ Comfortable and spacious interior, good dynamic properties, modern appearance.
- High fuel consumption, modest decoration materials.


Specifications

Mark and model - Chevrolet Captiva 3.2
Dimensions - 4635/1870/1720 mm
Engine - gasoline, 3195 cm3, 230 hp/6600 min -1
Transmission - automatic, 5 -speed
Dynamics - 204 km/h; 8.8 s to 100 km/h
Competitors - Hyundai Santa Fe, Mitsubishi Outlander XL

Author: Dmitry Tytyuchenko
Photo: Sergey Krestov

 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [February 2010]