CHEVROLET CAPTIVA test drive since 2011 crossover

CHEVROLET CAPTIVA test drive: diesel restyling

Chevrolet Captiva has lived without a change in five years. During this time, there have already managed to change the whole generation during this time. In such conditions, it is becoming increasingly difficult to fight for the buyer, and in Chevrolet they decided on the restyling of the crossover.

Yes, what: appearance, engines, interior, conjure designers also over the back of the crossover, so he could safely go for a new generation. Just trying on a new face, Captiva immediately lost all her former modesty: a gloomy gaze of rectangular headlights, huge, like a mouth of a whale, a radiator grille, and a firm divided by a waist line into two parts of Captiva was suppressed and prettier.

After turning the key, the motor was somehow special in a special way, and light vibrations went along the body. Yes, this is a diesel, which the owners of Russian capivals were deprived of. And here it is, real, 2.2 liters. With a torque of 400 nm and184 horsepower.

Even with a light touch of the gas pedal, nearly two -ton colossus, it abruptly broke off. On dry asphalt, this is pleasant, but in winter it is better to start a good from the second transmission, the automatic box has a manual mode. The company with a diesel engine is also available, but I got a new six -speed machine.

The union of engine and transmission is close -up, it is a pleasure to control overclocking. The second, third, fifth, again the second programs replace each other almost imperceptibly, and the craving does not think to disappear. Even from cruising 110 km/h, Captiva is ready to accelerate without much difficulty, if there are reasons for that. For styers' races with constant speed and a minimum height difference, the captin button is stored at the captive, by pressing the economical mode: with it, response to press the pedal, the gas slows down, and the machine tries to choose a higher transmission. At this pace, fuel consumption may come closer to the 6.4 -liters stated highway per hundred kilometers, but it was not possible to get out of 11.7 liters with dynamic city starts.

All attempts to move on the field road and experience the possibilities of all -wheel drive rested on signs with unfriendly inscriptions: private property. Road up! But nobody around. Why not go? After all, I'm not for cabbage, I'm for mud ...

When leaving the first puddle, the front wheels began to slip, but the rear ones did not come to their aid at once. We got out without much difficulty, but in the next puddle the situation was repeated. Nevertheless, a multi -discground clutch, the head of the rear wheels, is triggered with a noticeable delay. In this case, cross -country ability was not affected. But how will Chevrolet behave on sand or snow? Will the front wheels start to bury faster than it will become all -wheel drive?

But on the primer, the captivist rushes only dust stands. But they did not make serious changes to the chassis: the car got softer shock absorbers and, conversely, tougher springs. But pits, bumps, a comb for the suspension are not a hindrance. Even the road made of concrete slabs with frequent joints did not seem to be tortured: the fluctuations came to the salon with rounded, muffled. However, asphalt pits with sharp edges or deeply walled up hatches should still avoid the suspension, they do not really complain, significantly shaking the passengers.

The dominant of the transformed salon is a large and slightly old -fashioned steering wheel inherited from the mighty Tahoe. On the go, it is pleasantly heavy, but when maneuvering at pedestrian speeds it did not become easier, and therefore the parking of the crossover took a little more strength than we would like.

The front panel is the same: there is still a climate control unit here, in the usual place and the audio control buttons, only electronic watches now lurked in the depths of an inclined oval window: due to glare, the numbers on them are not always able to make out. The central screen received a proprietary turquoise graphics, only the functions for it are entrusted with a lot. The indication of the climate control mode is adjacent to the testimony of a grocery thermometer, a compass nearby and information from the on-board computer, the eyes are scattered. But devices with red arrows and a pleasant eye with icy backlight, as if on the contrary, are extremely simple and understandable.

The ranges of adjusting the dense driver’s chair, as before, are enough with excess. But the rollers of lateral support for people of thin physique will be practically useless.

The rear seat will easily take into its arms and three passengers, especially since the average step of the transmission tunnel will not interfere with the average. In the backs of the rear seats, the angle of inclination is adjusted, and in the place of the armrest, the cup holders.

Another innovation, which is even considered captives in the basic configuration, is a button of an electric handbrake. And on a place that was released from the good old handle, a huge secret compartment is now hiding.

The trunk with its 477 liters of free space and a mass of underground boxes and niches (in the five -seater version) here, of course, outside of competition. And if you still recall the folding backs of the rear and front passenger seats that form an even platform, then Chevrolet may seem to be a small distorted truck. An extremely practical car

... What Captiva, in general, was before the current update. But now she had something that the owners were so sharply missing for happiness an excellent diesel engine and an updated, more interesting appearance.

Price Chevrolet Captiva in the Russian market
The current restyling of the captive led to the Russian market not only the long -awaited diesel engine (184 hp), but simultaneously updated the entire motor gamut. The previous 2.4-liter gasoline four became more powerful by 31 hp. And now it gives out 167 hp.

And the place of the top 3.2-liter engine with six cylinders was occupied by a less voluminous, but more powerful (249 hp) three-liter power unit. The boxes also did not go unnoticed and received one program on top: the mechanics and six at the machine gun became six steps. Full -wheel drive is everywhere available.

Prices begin from 1,050,000 rubles. So much costs a 5-seater car performed by LS, with mechanics and a 2.4-liter engine. The basic equipment already includes air conditioning, heating the front seats, 6 airbags, ESP, rear parking sensors, an audio system, 17-inch alloy wheels and even the opening glass of the luggage door. Seven -seater is 30 thousand more expensive.

The LT version with the same motor, a mechanical box and five seats will cost 1,120,000 rubles. The configuration includes climate control, light and rain sensors, cruise control, fog lights, leather steering wheel decoration and gearbox handles. A machine with a machine gun costs 1,160,000 rubles, and with an automaton and in a seven -seater design 1 190,000.

The five -seater crossover in the same version of LT, but with a diesel engine and mechanics is estimated at 1,205,000 rubles, with a machine gun by 20 thousand more (it was such a car on the test).

The execution of LT+ with a 2.4 engine, automatic, 5 places, a hatch in the roof, an electric drive of a driver's seat, a leather decoration of the passenger compartment and 18-inch wheels are estimated at 1,240,000 rubles. The seven -seater and with a diesel engine such a car costs 1,335,000 rubles.

The top equipment of LTZ is only in five-seater version, with a three-liter gasoline engine, automatic and on the 19th discs. Price 1,360,000 rubles.

The choice of the portal kolesa.ru
Of all the possible options, the equipment of the LT of a test car with a diesel engine and an automatic box is seen the most successful. It is this combination that will give excellent dynamics, indifference to loading and will not ruin the family budget. It is worth paying attention to the gasoline version only if it is known in advance that the nearest gas station with high -quality diesel fuel is located in a neighboring region.

Do not forget that the seven -seater version actually has a landing formula 5+2. That is, only young children can be planted on a gallery, almost completely losing the trunk.


Competitors Chevrolet Captiva in the Russian market
Of course, the mid-size crossovers who fall into competitors of the captive in the market are now full. But if the search circle is narrowed and stopped only at those who have diesel engines in the line of engines, it turns out that there are not many of them.

For example, the new Hyundai Santa Fe, the prices for which were announced recently. And they begin from 1,299,000 rubles for an all-wheel drive 175-horsepower gasoline crossover. A car with a 2.2 -liter diesel engine (197 hp), an automatic and all -wheel drive will cost no less than 1,490,000 rubles. The price of a 7-seater version is 1,599,000 rubles.

The front-wheel drive Kia Sorento with a 2.4-liter gasoline engine (175 hp) costs from 1,039,000 rubles. A version with a diesel engine (197 hp) and all -wheel drive is estimated at 1,329,000 rubles.

The base Nissan X-Trail with all-wheel drive and a two-liter engine (141 hp) will cost 1,032,000 rubles. The machine with heavy fuel (150 hp) costs at least 1,211,500 rubles.

Renault Koleos is more compact, but the price list for it begins at 999,000 rubles. There is so much all -wheel drive crossover with a 2.5 -liter gasoline engine (170 hp). The only diesel version 2.0 (150 hp) is equipped with an automaton and is sold at a price of 1,203,000 rubles.

The closest relative of the captiva updated Opel Antara with a similar equipment and a set of engines costs from 1,020,000 rubles. So much is asked for a gasoline version 2.4 (170 hp) with mechanics. A machine with a diesel engine 2.2 (164 hp) and a mechanical transmission costs 1,060,000 rubles.





 

Source: Wheel magazine [September 2012]