Test Drive Chevrolet Suburban 1999 - 2006 SUV

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Thanks to the famous passion of Americans to the whole large, and in particular, not one known worldwide was created, and later the legendary model, model. Such can rightfully be considered Chevrolet Suburban. The model, whose progenitor, was not less popular in America, Silverado, was sold to the whole American continent, but she had a special success in Texas, famous for his straight and wide, as a billiard table, roads, why Suburban is sometimes called a texan limousine.
 
In the model range of the Corporation General Motors, or rather, his Chevrolet branch, Suburban appeared long ago, back in 1973. Since then, he has been modernized several times and modified, and in the past, 2000, a completely new model was presented to potential buyers, which embodies all the advantages of previous generations. But unlike the rest of the American, and European automakers, Chevrolet did not refuse such attributes of the present SUV, as a spiner frame or the strongest dependent rear axle. But this does not mean that the new suburban looks among modern models with such a busty male. To improve the driving qualities, and ease of use, generally the creators applied many original technical solutions, among which the original Autoride system, changing the stiffness of the shock absorbers, depending on the quality of the road surface, and the almost perfect full drive system, allowing the car without prejudice to the mechanics to operate the car in any mode Transmission works. For the American market, it is also produced more simple, and therefore cheap rear-wheel drive version.
 
The whole salt of phenomenon named Suburban is that, in fact, he is just an elongated version of the far from the small SUV CHEVROLET TAHOE, and their unification reached such an extent that they indicate them in directories through a hyphen, and the service book is one for both models . It would seem - think, half-meter gain in length and another name, and how much noise. But the thing is that at first there was a super-durable Suburban, then still the unlawful title of the largest SUV in the world, and only then, on the basis of his penultimate generation, Tahoe appeared as a cheaper and affordable alternative. The most powerful engine is not installed on Tahoe - the 7,4-liter eight striking the 7,4-liter eight, developing 290 hp, is installed only on Suburban and ... Some versions of pickups. You can imagine how you flew like a similar car, especially since there were also tuning versions that have developed at 440 horses and more. The situation is repeated and in the case of the current generation: again for Tahoe is not offered the most powerful engine, and some options also remain the accessory of more expensive suburban. Only now the top version is equipped with only 6.0-liter gasoline eight, but it develops 305 hp. By the way, this version is not that in America, even in Europe, it was lined up - even with a special desire of the buyer, it will be possible to get it only about six months.
 
But if the Ocean's main buyers of this limousine are residents of small towns, travel lovers and even farmers, then we have a so-called portrait of the buyer performed in several other colors: if you consider that the average cost of customs cleared by Suburban, and even more so in Russia, It begins with a plank at fifty thousand dollars, then you can imagine who can buy such a car. And even if you do not take into account the price of the car itself, then simply operating costs can ruin the owner of some golf. The average fuel consumption of SUBURBAN / TAHOE fuel consumption is approximately 20-25 l / 100 km, but if you like to fade on a complete coil, you can multiply the numbers of the numbers about two. However, it stops few people - let this suburban be the first on the territory of our republic, but Tahaee, according to Yukolservis, is a sales leader, significantly ahead of even cheaper and seemingly generally accepted models.
 
Externally, especially in front, new Tahoe / Suburban is almost identical, except for some small parts, the presence of which can determine only a very knowledgeable car enthusiast, give a more prestigious model. On this instance, for example, there were original backlights that were absent on the previously tested Tahoe: a small lamp is mounted in the lower part of the outdoor mirror of the rear view, which lights up when removing the car with alarm system, lighting a significant area in the area of \u200b\u200bthe driver's and right front door. Well, of course, both cars are different: Suburban almost half the meter is longer than their younger fellow, and the whole increase visually fell on the back of the car, in particular, on the rear side glass. Because of this, Suburban looks not so organically and correctly like Tahoe, but it is this feature that attracts buyers. Because of this dissonance in appearance, given the rather big sizes of both cars, Suburban appears even more than it really is. Cars of past generation in this regard were simply indicative. If Tahoe looked just like a big SUV, then Suburban in some angles reminiscent of the car rather than a car.
 
In motion, the differences between models are a bit, and they relate mostly smoothness. Thanks to a longer base and higher mass, Suburban walks very smoothly, which is very well felt on our roads. Let's say this: if Tahoe is just a comfortable car, then Suburban can, no doubt, call a limousine with high road lumen. Moreover, thanks to the above constructive features of this model in the backseat, it meant the average chair, the free space is even debugging. Yes, and the third row can now offer a much higher level of comfort to your seats, although there were no close in TaHoe. The only thing that Suburban can lose TAHOE is in maneuverability: the dimensions clearly did not add to him, and the movement with reversal, especially in a limited space, can turn into a large problem.
 
Pavel Kozlovsky
 

A source: "Autogase"