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Women's Test: Peugeot 107 against Daewoo Matiz

Do you know what is the main error of all PEUGEOT 107 tests? This car is given to test not to those people. When a bearded man with a beer belly tries to express his opinion on such a crumb, it looks just ridiculous. Dude, it's not your car! Peugeot 107 should evaluate a woman, because in 95% of cases it is she who has to ride the wheel of the smallest fawn. Therefore, today's test made a girl. Well, in order to make it a little easier for her, we gave her Daewoo Matiz as a point of reference.
The main disadvantage of Daewoo Matiz is his image. With many Russian drivers, this machine is perceived as a misunderstanding, which should be urgently removed from the streets. Surprisingly, but a huge number of people are confident that our classic, not just speaking about eight-nine, not only prestigious Matiz, but also safer! Well, about the crash tests, the autores, who proved the opposite, no one for somehow remembers. In fact, Daewoo Matiz is the car that stands his money. This is a simple and cheap machine, but at the same time a qualitatively assembled and relatively pleasant in control at speeds up to 90-100 km / h. Then the matzika becomes somehow the engine is 0.8 liters. Begins to spawn enough, doing the ride frankly uncomfortable. As for the cabin - then it depends on what to compare with. The interior, of course, old and boring, no one argues with that. But the experience of operating Matiz proved that there should be no problems with reliability.
Peugeot 107 has everything in order with image. The driver of this car is no longer hesitating his acquisition, and, most importantly, Peugeot 107 is really beautiful. Especially when it is painted not by banal black paint on which, allegedly, dirt is less visible, but some bright and juicy shade. For example, yellow, red or blue. And then no one will miss this car with his idle face. Some of this machine may seem toy, but in fact it is not at all. In Peugeot 107, inner strength and confidence feel. In general, the Peugeot designers this time, as well as always, not in vain received their salary. Therefore, to compare Peugeot 107 and morally outdated Daewoo Matiz is simply stupid French car looks order better.
Yes, and this car goes much more pleasant. When one driver sits in the cabin, then peugeot 107 is just very smart. The test car had a robotic gearbox, which is more expensive than standard mechanics by 23,000 rubles. or $ 880. I remember all the previous semiautomatics I did not like. Machines with such a box were obtained by some dongy, and speeds switched when they wanted. The robot on Peugeot 107 also turned out to be imperfect. There are complaints to him, but most importantly, he is not annoying. And after a few hours of driving, I was already accustomed to this box and to its delays when switching speeds. At least, when driving around the city I did not need to constantly think about switching speeds (by the way, if someone has a strange, although explained, the desire to hold the lever itself in the hands of the lever itself).
But a great advantage of Peugeot 107 Before Daewoo Matiz is not the presence of a robot - in the end, you can put a traditional automatic on Daewoo Matiz. I liked Peugeot 107 due to the fact that he really rides better. Fawn is much better than the steering wheel, and the Baranka itself is pleasant there. The suspension moderately rigid, but at the same time it copes with the overwhelming majority of the holes on the road (Matiz in this plan is much more delicate machine). At high speed, the French car with one driver on board clearly holds the trajectory, allowing us without special stages to fly on the highway 130-140 km / h on a good road a car is not even going to swim, as Matiz does. In addition, at high speeds in the PEUGEOT 107 salon, less than noise is significantly. No, no matter what silence does not go at speeds more than 110 km / h Salon is filled with the most diverse sounds that interfere with talking. However, such a creepy is fighting, as in Matiz there is no.
Yes, and acceleration from the place here, too, more than energetic neighbors in the flow on tinted nines have always been shocked from the fact that some small shiny machine with the girl behind the wheel brazedly makes their PowKone cars. Believe me, if in most cases you will ride one, then a liter motor who has only 3 cylinders and 68 horses, you are enough.
Well, about another plus Peugeot 107, too, must be said. This is his safety. On EURONCAP crash tests, this car managed to score four stars out of five possible. For such a typewriter, this is an excellent result. However, as men told me in our edition, the car experienced in Euroncap had a complete set not only with two front pillows, but also with side aerbegs and security curtains. Only two pillows for sale in the basic version, only two pillows have, and for everything else you have to pay. A complete set of protection will cost 26,500-30,700 rubles. Depending on the configuration. What I call now these numbers will become clear a little later. And Peugeot 107 has already in the database there is an ABS, which will be very useful on our roads, and the ISOFIX child seat fastening system.
Between Matiz and Peugeot 107, of course, a huge abyss of the safety level. After all, the Korean microchka, collected in Uzbekistan, is generally not equipped with pillows, ABS and ISOFIX (the children's chair here has to be attached to conventional safety belts). True, we repeat once again, in terms of security Matiz ahead of almost all Russian cars!
But the Salon Peugeot 107 did not like it too much, although in theory I should be delighted with French design. But no, I don't like the traditional salons more, besides, inside the fawn it is made somehow too simple (although everything is in order with the quality). Of course, such things as the instrument panel, consisting by and large from one speedometer, can be justified by the total style of the car. But what can be said designers in an excuse completely missing glove box? Where, order putting all sorts of things that do not want to leave in sight of everyone?
Or take the rear shelf of the trunk (or rather the minibade even at Matiz is more). This shelf for some reason is suspended on only one thread, and not on two, as it should be done in such cases. As a result, when strokes two packets from the supermarket, the shelf flies from its place and it has to manually bet. As for the space in the backseat, then in Peugeot and Daewoo places there are about the same not too much, but the people of medium growth will be able to sit down.
Consider what we did. Peugeot 107 headlong surpassed Daewoo Matiz. He won almost all the indicators, and it is necessary to call it the winner of today's test. But we will not hurry, because when buying budget cars, the price is of great importance. And here the situation is such. The cheapest Matiz costs 195,000 rubles, but such a machine is too poor. It is better to consider the version of DLX for 217,300 rubles. or $ 8350 with front power windows, steering booster and terrible magnetic. In theory, if you take Matiz, then it is in such a configuration then you will get a decent amount of car for small money.
Now Peugeot 107. Basic 5-door car in the Urban package costs 307,000 rubles. or $ 11 800 (3-door will cost 8,000 rubles. Cheaper). Such a car will have 2 pillows, ABS, headrests on the rear seats, fully folded back seat, central locking, audio wings. But the equipment with an electric power steering, front electrical glasses folded in parts rear sofa and painted in the color of the body mirrors will cost already at 332,000 rubles. or $ 12,700. If you want to make a car truly comfortable and security, you will have to order more side pillows and curtains, air conditioning, tachometer, tape recorder, 14-inch alloy wheels and metallic color. As a result, the car with a manual transmission will cost 399,000 rubles. or $ 15 300! We also add a robotic box for complete happiness and it turns out 422,000 rubles. or $ 16 200. MDA sums are considerable, especially considering the class of the car. After all, for such money you can take very well-equipped cars of class V. For example, Hyundai Getz, which, however, will lose Peugeot 107 in terms of safety. But GETZ will be noticeably more, and it is made in a more traditional style.
That is why Matiz compared to Peugeot 107 looks very good. After all, even if you take the easiest option of Peugeot 107 and additionally equip it with an amplifier of the steering wheel and the radio, then the amount of 322,000 rubles will turn out. or $ 12 380. And, no matter how cool, such a simple peugeot 107 is once more expensive than Matiz with an amplifier steering wheel. Of course, this difference is justified, but for many Russians $ 4,000 are a very large amount. That is why the demand for Matiz will still be high for a long time.
Where did Peugeot 107 come from
Peugeot's smallest car is a joint brainchild of the French concern PSA Peugeot Citroen and Japanese Toyota work on the new model began in 2001, and in February 2005, a very similar thing similar to each other was started with a conveyor in the Czech city of Kolin: Peugeot 107, Citroen C1 and Toyota Aygo. Under the hood of cars, the 3-cylinder engine of 998 cm / cube of the Toyota development cube, which gives 68 hp, or a 4-cylinder diesel engine of 1.4 liters. (70 hp), created by PSA. Transmission mechanical or 2-tronic robot (Japanese release them). Toyota also answered the suspension with the steering control, although officially partners do not say who answered. Well, the French got design development.
 

Source: AUTO.Mail.Ru.