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Need Microwan to 600,000 rubles. Problem of choice

The smallest single units built on the basis of dimension class B models are called microns. As it turned out, they are not only convenient in the pinch of a large city and surprisingly spacious, but can also act as true hearts

Elena Pirogova, a brand manager of the FM radio station, driving experience of 12 years, driving on Citroen C4, wants a convenient and compact one-across. Budget: 600,000 rubles.

Image
I do not win on the brands and brands. The main thing is that the car is good.

Style
It is of paramount importance. I like graceful, truly design things.

Economy
Habits save every gram of fuel for themselves did not notice, but I will give preference to a more economical machine.

Challenges
Neither sustained. The main thing is that the car is easy to manage, reliable and obedient.

Interior
Again the priority position. Matter both the design and convenience of the driver's seat and a spacious sofa and a spacious trunk.

Equipment
The more airbag, the better. Air conditioning and music by itself. But without ACP it is quite possible to do


Actually, we already have a car that quite suits us. But at Citroen C4, a husband is mainly driving, and recently I have an increasingly needed your own car. Which one? A good question for which you cannot answer so immediately. To confess, I do not too understand the technical wisdom, as well as in stamps and models, so I select consumer qualities on a set of important consumer qualities for me. In the first head, I need a compact, but at the same time a spacious machine. After all, it is mostly necessary to ride on the branded traffic jams, besides, in my yard there is a constant struggle for each meter of parking space. A comfortable sofa and a large trunk are also of great importance. Child, parents, cottage, shops Well, you understand ... I want the car to be the most secure and inexpensive in service. Balance between the fact that the car requires, and what gives instead, the principal moment. But still, perhaps the most important design. I absolutely do not want to move in space on an unsightly and faceless vehicle, on the contrary, I want to ride a car that attracts attention. In short, like any woman, I dream of an inexpensive designer thing. In the depths of the soul, I understand that this does not happen, but there is always hope for a miracle. My friend, a little disassembled in the cars, advised to look at the smallest one-alone, or, as he said to Microsan. Let's see what these kids are capable of.


Nissan Note. 485,000 rubles.
The most popular Microvale of our market after restyling 2009 became more attractive and richer to equip.

Style
Externally, Note seems to be a gray mouse design not impressive. On Troychka

Challenges
No complaints. Arranges

Interior
The style of the cabin is rustling, but by convenience the inner world is simply great, even a modest trunk does not spoil the impression. Very well

The cost-effectiveness of the Japanese, as I found out, a three-year warranty, but not the cheapest then. Yes, and the car with the ACP is rather voracious. Compromise

Equipment in standard
If you take a car with a 1.6-liter engine and mechanics, then even a version with navigation version will be put in the maximum amount. Excellent

Advantages and disadvantages
+ Roomy and practical interior, comfortable navigation, equipment, decent driving habits.
- Modest design, only four Eirbag.

Specifications
Brand and Model - Nissan Note
Dimensions - 4085x1690x1550 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1598 cm3, 110 hp / 6000 min-1
Transmission - 4-speed, automatic
Dynamics - 174 km / h; 11.7 s to 100 km / h

Externally, Nissan Note did not impress me. Especially embarrassing the design of the front of the huge headlights, the mouth of the radiator grille ... I, of course, is not a specialist in the car style, but this car seems to me too usual. It seems and the color is so cheerful, but ... not mine. Maybe because there are a lot on the streets of Note? So the interior also does not amaze imagination. The only thing that liked in the style of style is the handles of climates: they look great, and touch them nice. Otherwise, Note somehow rustic, not exquisied. But if you close your eyes on the design, the picture immediately changes. First, for me it became a revelation, what this nissan is big from the inside. It is clearly suitable for our Citroen C4, despite the fact that the length is shorter for as much as 20 cm! Now I understand what is meant when they say that the car is more than outside.

Good raccoon and in detail. For example, I really liked a large and spacious glove box with an additional compartment for cards and atlases. The cabin is full and other pockets and compartments for trifles that certainly decorate the life of any woman. Healthy pieces and electric folding mirrors. In my close yard it is not a luxury, but the need. In slushful weather, put the mirrors by hand, I don't really want dirty they want. But the class is built-in navigation. Absolutely wonderful thing. First, it's nice that it can be used as a telephone, that is, press the buttons right on the screen, besides the navigation here is Russified. Yes, the display itself is not very big, but still the advantages of such navigation more than minuses.
The trunk at first glance did not seem big, but it was cleared that the hold here with a secret, even with two. To begin with, this is a removable floor: if you remove the panel, the volume increases, but the main thing, the sofa can be moving forward-back, thereby increasing the useful volume. This is a serious plus.

It is good that there is a parking sensor. I have long been driving, but the sakes in the rear bumper will never interfere. Another thing is that this very useful option relies only the most expensive configuration. It is a pity ... In addition, Note has only four airbags. I heard that six airbags are already put on many cars. In this question it is better to hide.

I do not prevent high demand for ride qualities. It is enough for me that the car accelerates and stopped, and also turned to where I want, and not where she would be pleased. So there are no problems with this. True, I had to get used to the machine. The fact is that I have never traveled in my life by car with automatic transmission. Probably, in traffic jams with the ACP, it is more convenient, but it's a shame that the fuel consumption with such a box increases.



Citroen C3 Picasso. 509 000 rub.
One of the brightest externally cars of modernity, among other things, is practical and worthwable.

Style
Not a car, but a French bun! Super

Challenges
Let nonradiative, but better than Note, primarily due to the softer suspension. On high

Interior
Design is unmatched, and small, compared to Nissan, the glove box compensates for a more spacious trunk. Excellent

Economy
A factory warranty is distributed on Citroen cars for two years, but maintenance is inexpensive. It is good

Equipment in standard
Already in the database, the car is perfectly equipped in terms of security. Need

Execution and Disadvantages
+ Magnificent design outside and inside, high level of equipment, big trunk, 6 airbags in the database.
- Little glove box, higher price.

Specifications
Brand and Model - Citroen C3 Picasso
Dimensions - 4080x1730x1625
Engine - gasoline, 1598 cm3, 115 hp / 5600 min-1
Transmission - 5-speed, mechanical
Dynamics - 188 km / h; 10.9 s to 100 km / h


I had enough one glance at C3 Picasso to fall in love with this car. What is good! All Citroen lines and bends, in comparison with Nissan Note, look more smooth, somehow, I would say spatially expanded, in one word designer. Which side do not look at this car, in any case she clings. It seems there are no passing, random items. I really liked unusual headlights with intricate pattern. But that headlights! Even such a banal thing, like a side molding, and that almost a masterpiece! On the one hand, it adds a solidity machine, but in addition, the molding is quite wide and is made of unscreased plastic, and therefore protects the enamel of the body from scratches on narrow parking. In a word, externally C3 Picasso per 100% designer thing, I have no doubt about it.

The salon is also wonderful. I know that my opinion is divided far from all, but I'm crazy about the dashboard LCD dispersion is a very visual and elegant thing. The joystick of the musical system, fixed behind the steering wheel, seemed very convenient. Again, inside C3 Picasso is the same unusual as outside. Even such a banal thing like a trailer for coins in the left corner of the torpedo, the French managed to make elegant. Well done one word. True, unlike Nissan Note, in the Citroen salon, much less than any pockets and secret tanks. And the glove box here will be more compromised. And the size of the glove box plays the last role, it is constantly scored with handkerchiefs, napkins, newspapers, cards and other nonsense.

But the trunk of Citroen is definitely more. It is no problem here, say, a children's armful, and there is still a place for bags and packages from the supermarket. Note would have to move the sofa forward or remove the raised floor panel. By the way, the rear row in C3 Picasso is also sliding, and if it is regulated only in Nissan, the entire banquette goes entirely on the clamps, then on the French model, the sofa is cut and shifted in parts. Of course, this option is more convenient. And I was very pleased that the rear seats are folded, forming a completely smooth floor. How cool! The dream of the transportation of the sofa and the chairs for the cottage is becoming closer.

The mechanical box is not distinguished by the special clarity of switching, but for me it did not become a surprise, because we already have one Citroen in our family. But in the C3 move, Picasso seemed softer and slightly more quiet than Note. Although, perhaps, I just seemed to me. But the fact that the fans landing the french is a higher fact. And he has more airbags: inflatable curtains here are already in the basic configuration, while Note is not even for surcharge.


My choice
By itself, Nissan Note is an excellent car. It is well equipped, comfortable, spacious, compact and fits me by budget. The only one, but personally, for me, the principal disadvantage of this car is too robust, unsightly appearance. Probably, it would be possible to close the eyes if there were no Citroen C3 Picasso in the light. This Frenchman fell in love with his senses at first glance, and most importantly, under the designer lines of his elegant body, a very comfortable car is hidden. So I prefer Citroen, as they say, and mind, and heart.

Editor's Choice
The small advantage of Citroen on the part of the exhibition of the cabin and the trunk must be said, the most important position for microvain can be explained primarily by the age of the model. After all, C3 Picasso appeared on the market for two years later Nissan Note. Well, designer preferences are a personal matter of everyone. You know, taste and color all markers are different. But I would like to note one most important deficiency of Citroen: the car still does not have the ability to choose a transmission. One can only experience respect for our heroine, which playing is managed with mechanics, but in the real life of such skillful warriors, like Elena, very little. It is not surprising that Nissan Note, which can be chosen both on the handle and automatically, is much more popular than C3 Picasso


Author: Sergey Crostes

Source: Journal 5 Wheel [January 2011]