Daewoo Matiz 2001 test drive - 2005 hatchback
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Daewoo Matiz: A pleasant feeling from the Ferghana Valley
The second person involved in our beta test does not boast of a noble kinship. He takes others: a modern foreign car finally appeared on the domestic market, capable of making a worthy competition of the products of the domestic automobile industry. The Daewoo Matiz Uzbek assembly (Uzdauavto enterprise is located in the city of Asaka Andijan region) is sold in Moscow car dealerships for $ 6,000 $ 7500. About the same amount of VAZ front -wheel drivers are standing today. Matiz can be translated from Spanish as a pleasant feeling. Quite accurate definition. Sitting in a small little car and leaving him, I was happy to examine his exterior. The angle of inclination of the hood and headlights of the eye somewhat reminiscent of the famous Volkswagen bug. However, the rear lights are more strict, and this gives the car the necessary seriousness. Matiz is very blind. If you put it in a clean field, then it does not seem tiny at all and generally has a completely whole look. In a word, the hand of the master is felt. The design of the car was developed under the guidance of the legendary Jujaro at the famous Italian studio Italdesign.
There is another reason meticulously inspect Matiz. The car is entirely assembled in Uzbekistan. There is no question of any screwdriver assembly. The UZDEU plant in Asaka is a full -fledged enterprise with its stamping, welding and painting industries. So, to the quality of painting and fitting the details, no complaints. In the VAZ dozens, the gap between the panels is much wider.
But the Matiz salon no longer causes such vivid emotions. Tough plastic plastic torpedo. Doors without fabric inserts. Disabilities of devices. Everything looks very modest, but I can’t make any complaints about quality. At least in the cabin nothing creaks and does not rattle.
Despite the modest interior, you feel at ease while driving a car. A person who has a completely new car to the steering wheel, usually needs adaptation. You can’t say this about Daewoo Matiz, because you get used to the car immediately. This once again proves that the ergonomics of the car is thought out to the smallest detail. Everything, as they say, is in its place. A convenient microclimate control system of three round switches. The steering wheel levers of turning on the wipers and headlights themselves lie in the hand. The seat has only two adjustments, and the steering wheel is generally deprived of those, but this does not interfere with conveniently settling in a driver's place for people of medium height. True, I admit that tall drivers (185 cm) will overlap the upper part of the dashboard. If you find fault, then it is worth noting too thin the rim of the steering wheel. But in general, the driver in Matiz is much more convenient than in an eight or a dozen. According to the adopted international classification, the five -door Matiz refers to the segment A, that is, to minibuses (length is slightly less than 3.5 m), but two adults will be accommodated in the back seat. The definition is the best suited to Daewoo Matiz: there is more inside than outside. The designers managed to achieve such capacity by planting the driver and passengers vertically, in the minivan. During long trips, a vertical landing of someone may be a feeling of discomfort, but Daewoo Matiz is intended primarily for urban operation.
The trunk of the car cannot be called tiny. At least it is two times more than that of the Oka. The back back folds, but only the whole.
Daewoo Matiz in the most equipped and as a result of an expensive version of the MX set (there is also a version M, which does not have air conditioning, and the bumpers are painted black). In the Daewoo Matiz movement, he showed himself a brisk and stable car. Due to small dimensions and acute controllability, he can create real miracles in the road, in the road. The thrust of the three-cylinder 52-horsepower engine with a volume of less than 0.8 liters is enough for the city driving mode. With starts from the traffic light, Matiz is held in the forefront, until the speed reaches 60 km/h. Then he begins to give in to competitors. On the highway, the cruising speed of the car is 120 km/h. But in principle, it can be cut off to 140 km/h.
Yes, and do not forget to turn off the air conditioner before overtaking or climbing up the mountain! This device to ensure comfort takes a significant part of the engine power. According to the subjective sensations, with the Kondej on the Daewoo will accelerate from 60 km/h to 100 km/h (in the fourth gear) seconds for six to seven longer than with the turned off.
At high speeds, the machine quite confidently keeps the road, not a spray either under the poverty of wind or on irregularities. By the way, the baby’s suspension is configured like an adult. The car is elasticly smoothes road irregularities. However, it is better not to enter large pits, because a short -flowing suspension can break through.
The steering wheel equipped with a hydraulic wrap is quite informative at high speeds, and its lightness makes the parking a pleasant exercise.
In a word, the impressions of the car are the most favorable. This is a completely modern and comfortable device that costs its money. During the three-day test of the Uzbek-Korean car, I made an unequivocal conclusion: the burden of the only car in the Matiz family is unlikely to pull, but it fits perfectly for the role of the second vehicle or model with which it is worth starting its car carary.
I would venture to assume that with the competent construction of sales and civilized promoting the model on the market (which the Moscow representative office of Uzdau is clearly not enough) Daewoo Matiz will make the larger but less rotary competitors from the vase.
Igor Komarov
A source: Wheel (company)
