Chvrolet Lanos test drive since 2005 sedan

Ukrainian folk

In the first two hours spent with the Ukrainian car, the issue of passers -by and neighbors in the stream sounds once in the fifth: is this a real price? Yes, what is written on board the car with a gray car, not at all standing out, but decorated with massive crosses of Chevrolet, is true.
Chevrolet Lanos made his debut under the brand of DEU in 1997. In 2000, the car was restored. Under the brand, Doninvest Assol was not produced in Russia for long. In 2005, Chevrolet Lanos made the production of the Ukrainian factory ZAZ on the Russian market. The body is only a sedan. Engine: gasoline 1.5 l (86 hp). Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical. Price in Russia: $ 8990 ($ 9140 with metallic coloring).

Only for metallic will you have to pay extra $ 150. I also know the following questions by heart: what is there? And how is the car in general? I'll try to answer.
In the kingdom of minimalism
The fact that a model with a long biography is clear right away, and not only in appearance. Front landing is not that very close, but dense. We will have to get used to a low -fixed and unregulated seat belt. And between the high pillow of the seat and the apparently lowered to the sake of subtile people, the steering wheel, the middle driver feels constrained. Neither the chair nor the steering wheel is adjusted, it remains only to sit the pillow.
In three devices and several switches you will not get lost. Remembering the dislike of compatriots to seat belts, light and sound signals designed to remind of safety and rules, I credited the car into the asset. To get into the back seat, you must be flexible and not be afraid to stain your trousers, because the opening is very narrowed by the wheel arch. The three of them are very crowded here. But the trunk is large, and the back of the seat folds in parts (40:60). But then another sign of budgetary configuration crawled out: the pillow does not lean back, so you won’t get a flat loading site.
To the honor of Ukrainian Lanos, door and trunk locks work clearly, all the handles and buttons do what they are supposed to, without jamming, the transmission switch quite easily. Already no worse than on the successful copies of our Lada-110. Cheap, simple, but still a foreign car.
In the course of the play
At idle speeds, a noble trembling is transmitted to the steering wheel from the engine, but pays attention to itself. The lever of the box on the go responds with a noticeable jerk to a sharp press of gas pedal and energetic overcoming of bedridled policemen. But in the cabin is quiet, if you do not take into account the song of the engine, loud only with intense acceleration. Nothing creaks, does not rattle, does not squeak.
The engine is alive, accelerates the sedan confidently and does not force the transmission often. Decent brakes of the character were reminded by the Korean models of the peers of Lanos. The pedal is too big, and when the leg finally gets to the work move, you feel a certain loose at first. Not very cool, but quite tolerant in comparison with the steering control! The car, as they say, is looking for a road even on small irregularities strive to change the trajectory. The steering wheel reacts to the small angles of rotation of the steering wheel, to put it mildly, like an editorial viburnum. But Chevrolet has no amplifier! Maybe this is a feature of only a particular Lanos? Over time, be sure to check, testing the car at the training ground.
The pendants of an empty car for urban driving are quite comfortable and persistently react even to serious irregularities.
The third coming
Lanos is not burdened with signs of our time: there is no ABS, central castle and even engine protection (at least from spray). The last two options will surely offer dealers: I think the percentage of those who want to acquire them will be close to a hundred. So, to a low price, you will immediately have to add a certain amount. But there is still a radio, a signaling of luxury on the chevrolet is only a pillow of the driver of other configurations, at least now, no.
The Ukrainian car left a dual impression. There are many disadvantages. But many are especially noticeable because over the years that have passed from the debut of Lanos, the standards have changed and, accordingly, our ideas about an inexpensive car. After all, Dau Lanos appeared nine years ago, and almost six passed after restyling. A little less on trying to win the hearts of Russian buyers by a double Lanos model Doninvest Assol. Complex fate
Nevertheless, it seems to be possible to live with this Chevrolet. There is a four -door, albeit cramped, body, spacious trunk, not a stunted motor, acceptable brakes, normal stove. At the same time, in the sector of cars close to Lanos at the cost and characteristics, there is something to choose from. The Volga, Uzbek, Moscow performers represent their songs to the court of buyers. How will Ukrainian folk people sound in such an environment?

Chevrolet Lanos minimalism will arrange, first of all, for whom the Ukrainian Chevrolet can become the first foreign car in life.
+ Good dynamics, decent build quality, spacious trunk, low price.
- a tight salon, a bad reaction to the actions of the steering wheel, the absence of configuration options.
For the same money, Renault Logan $ 899912 099
The car for its size is amazingly spacious, with a strong, impenetrable suspension, decent handling. But in the base
with a 75-horsepower 1.4-liter engine.
For the same money, Daewoo Nexia $ 880011 300
The roots of the model are even more ancient than that of Lanos. But studied by owners and repairmen, a rather reliable design. Even in the poorest configuration is equipped with richer chevrolet.
 
 

 

 

Sergey Kanunnikov

Source: The magazine "Driving"