Chvrolet Lanos test drive since 2005 sedan

Chevrolet Lanos - snot to the side!

Perhaps the assessment of a car has never been so responsible for the editorial office of [email protected]. After all, now we had to tell me to buy Chevrolet Lanos or not. Moreover, in this case, real live money stood at the stake, and therefore all snotty discussions in the style of this machine have nothing, and it has its pros and cons and the disadvantages were not suitable. The question was posed by the mother -in -law of one of our employees to take the edge or not? Therefore, it was impossible to make mistakes. Otherwise, the mother -in -law would then curse everyone.

Lanos, which used to be sold as Daewoo, and now bears a more pontious name Chevrolet, recently began to be supplied to Russia from Ukraine, where they still continue to collect it. And this old model would not have caused absolutely any interest, if more than one fact, a new car costs $ 8,990 in the car dealership. That is, it directly competes with the simplest version of Renault Logan (from the same $ 9 thousand), as well as with Russian dozens and LADA Kalina! By the way, one should not think that Togliatti cars are significantly cheaper for dozens of asking for $ 8300-8400, and Lada Kalina is sold only at $ 100-150 cheaper. And we would also record Daewoo Nexia and Daewoo Matiz to competitors of Lanos. The last car, of course, is cheaper in the basic configuration, but usually Matiz costs customers about $ 8200-9000.

It has already broken
And immediately say that the salon materials (not the build quality, namely the materials themselves) are better for Russian machines! And Kalina also has a much more modern design. Inside the Lanos is made of hard rattling plastic, which is not too nice to hold on. But, as they say in one joke, there is a nuance similar plastic is used in all cheap foreign cars. And, in addition, inside the car is collected quite qualitatively and there is no feeling that after a couple of months some plug falls off or the duct lever will jam. This feeling did not pass even after it turned out that in a testing machine with a mileage of 2.5 thousand km. The plastic holder of the passenger sun visor is already broken.

But then another breakdown was discovered, which somewhat shook faith in the assembly quality of this car. It turned out that on Lanos (we remind you that its mileage is only 2.5 thousand km.) The sound signal has already broken. And what is connected with this breakdown remained a mystery that the Ukrainian assembly is to blame ... I was surprised at what moment. When the car was returned back to the General Motors dealer, we told the manager about the breakdown of the bibikalka. So he was not at all surprised and answered as a simple -minded - we know. Imagine he knows!
In this regard, there are two questions: why have not yet been repaired, and why are such cars generally give for a test? Indeed, according to Russian traffic rules, the operation of vehicles with a non -working sound signal is prohibited (paragraph 7.2 of the corresponding list of faults in the traffic rules). And, by the way, we were once in a very unpleasant situation because of a non-working bibikalka, almost faced with the Volga who left across.

What else did you want?
What did not like in the cabin? In general, everything is quite worthy there for that kind of money. You can sit on the seats, and the steering wheel is not bad (of course, for cars worth up to $ 10 thousand). There is no noise insulation in Lanos. This is a shame, especially if you compare it with a dozen, it will be quieter there. It was somewhat upset and too poor in equipment. There is not even a hydraulic booster, not to mention electric drives of glasses and mirrors. But if you can do without the last bells and whistles in such a machine, then I would like to have an amplifier, especially since you have to twist the steering wheel here actively (in order to turn the car to a large angle, you need to make several movements with your hands). But I was pleased with the presence of airbag.

A very important indicator with the final assessment of Chevrolet Lanos was the presence of free space. Indeed, for example, Daewoo Matiz, which will have a much more serious equipment for $ 9 thousand, for many families are simply too small. And in Lanos inside it is already more or less spacious, although there is still no place for adult men in the back. The rear seat of this car is formed, which was very pleased (for example, in Renault Logan such a function is not provided, but the Frenchman has its advantages from behind is noticeably more spacious).

Just going
No, you don’t think that we are in every possible way to praise Lanos salon. This is a cheap (not affordable, namely cheap) machine with a boring design, not the best decoration materials, and so on. And sell it, say, for $ 12 thousand, then Lanos would immediately pour such slops that GM representatives should not know this better. However, $ 9 thousand. The insides of this car cost, especially since competitors do not offer anything radically the best. For example, the interior of the same Renault Logan is more interesting in its design, but the plastic there is also cheap, and the absence of handles in the front doors generally kills (you can read the Logan test here).

How does Lanos go? Yes, in fact, there is nothing special to describe. Lovers of the drive will not experience any pleasure from communicating with this car. But no one requires Lanos. His purpose is to transport a person from home to work. And this machine copes with the task! Therefore, characterizing Lanos on the road, we just say he goes. It just goes without causing any unpleasant emotions.

Only the steering wheel, which has to be twisted in corners, is slightly annoyed. There was nothing to praise the motor, but there were no complaints about it! Power unit with a volume of 1.5 liters. 86 hp It allows you to accelerate even faster than 150 km/h, although, we admit, moving at such a speed very unpleasantly the motor roars like a frantic and, most importantly, the car begins to swim along the road (the tires are partly to blame). But at 120 km/h, this Ukrainian Korean is kept well. And I have not yet disappointed the suspension behind the wheel of Lanos, you can not really be afraid of the holes.

And there was a call. And the call was from her. And the voice said two words well. And the editors of [email protected] advised the voice to buy this car, especially since the main competitors were $ 9 thousand. In this case, were the VAZ-2112 and Daewoo Matiz (Daewoo Nexia and Renault Logan were rejected due to unreasonable design). We hope that we made the correct conclusion. Although if Lanos breaks, then we will be very ashamed of our advice.

Source: Auto.mail.ru