Test Drive Chevrolet Lanos since 2005 Sedan

Zaporizhia cosmopolit

The background of other machines in the cabin of the GM dealers it looks like a guest from the past. But the folk trail does not grasp him.
 

Lived! Today, each car presented in Russia worth less than 10,000 dollars claims to the title of folk.
 
But what to do: Vases continue to go up, credit schemes are improved, and people at least many seriously reflect on buying a new car and even (think only!) Foreign cars. So, adding a car with a four-digit number on the price tag to us, you can count on massive success.

Here and the Ukrainian named Lanos, who received a loud surname of Chevrolet and appeared at us at the end of last year, went out more precisely, went on the country in the amount of almost 2,500 copies. And just for incomplete two months! Of course, this result is not comparable with the results of sales of the tenth family of Tolyatti, there is a bill there for hundreds of thousands, but whether it will still be

 

So, Lanos. According to the pedigree perfect cosmopolitan. With an American plus on the lattice, originally Korean, collected in Ukraine using Polish parts. You can say a car of three continents.
 

At the same time, in appearance, any national flavor is impossible to see. The same Chevrolet Korean production looks much more effectively. However, the Italians worked on them at the beginning of the XXI century. And Lanos first appeared in Europe back in 1997.

 

In the cabin, quoting the filmlate, simple, but tasteful. Seats are comfortable, finishing spinning gray-black tones, poor fabric and plastic, but this is not a disadvantage. The economy suggests: Use the manufacturer more expensive materials, the price would jump, and significantly. To our services, not the most roomy glove box, filled with just due to a small pack of paper sheets. I did not like the lack of a tachometer. But here there is a heater with a variety of adjustment options and quite a tolerable audio preparation. With a plus sign, we note the backstage backs of the rear seat, although not forming a flat floor, as well as the lever of the opening of the trunk and the gas tank trim from the salon.
 

We start the engine. Yes, there is no risk to make a mistake, it works or not, the sound penetrates even at idle. Noise is not too pleasant, sawy.

  

The wheel of the LANOS (as long as the service supplied to Russia in a single configuration) is deprived of any amplifier. Those who are worried about and who doubts whether they will have enough effort to turn it, it is not necessary to worry about the super passages for this. But in general, the steering wheel is not impressive: he is cotton, informativeness is minimal, you can get used to the backlats and delay the reactions, although I really don't want to have a good brake, albele without electronic control. Simply, as on domestic cars, why are understandable and predictable.
 
The presence in the basic version of Lanos airbags, of course, is an obvious plus. On the other hand, this Chevrolet is not, let's say, the power steering. But does he need potential buyers? Website www.kolesa.ru decided to find out which option in the car it seems the most necessary car enthusiasts.
 

The clutch pedal first, has a very long move; secondly, raised high up; Thirdly, too soft. The gearbox, although surprised by some breaking (stick to the transmission, and the handle goes up-down and right-left, as if on neutral), pleased with the clear inclusion of gears. By the way, they are quite long, which has been positively affected in a pair with an 86th power engine. The third gear, 60 km / h we lower the pedal down, and the sedan is noticeably accelerated forward.

The suspension makes the body strongly vibrate on the irregularities of the road, which in our city abound. This is especially noticeable at high speed. The course of soft shock absorbers is short, which makes the trip comfortable, only if you carefully observe the speed mode and slow down in front of the potholes.

 

The answer to the question is whether Lanos worth such money (and this is $ 8,990) depends on what you expect from a new foreign car. The overwhelming majority of reproaches to the machine could be avoided only by improving this model, which would inevitably increase the price. And a positive answer to another question, is it really possible for the same amount to create something fundamentally better, until anyone received from anyone. There are similar models, in something inferior to Lanos, in something superior to it. But if everything is fine with reliability and the number of complaints will not be critical, then the number of Russian owners of the Ukrainian Korean will grow here there is no doubt. Moreover, in the near future GM promises to bring to Russia and a version with air conditioning, and a version with a hydraulicer. Moreover, the price of LANOS should not exceed the sign of 10,000 dollars.
 
Prices:
Currently, LANOS is sold only in one configuration - airbag, audio preparation, heated rear window - and costs $ 8,990. In dealer centers, you can find cars at a price exceeding $ 9,000 - as a rule, these are machines with an already installed radio.
 



The car for the test is provided by the official GM dealer, the Atlanth Baltic Auto Center
 
Text: Philip Berezin
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

A source: Magazine "Wheels" [№101 / 2006]