Test Drive Daewoo Nexia (Kletn) 1995 - NV Sedan

Nexia is immortal ...

Nexia is immortal ... // Daewoo Nexia
Second Edition of Bestseller with Motor Doch
... But with the title I was not enough. At first, the company Uzzvtoauto appropriated the name Minor, obviously not paying attention to the subtleties of Russian semantics. But it quickly decided, leaving the DOCH abbreviation, indicating the presence of a two-power engine under the hood to the traditional name of Nexia as a console. And right: nexia - a song, of course, not new, but certainly is not sad.
At first glance, the car is almost the same as ten years ago, when the model appeared on the Russian market. Is that the moldings became wider, and he added to the high lid of the trunk plastic pad with a vomitted name. Well, the chrome grille of the radiator in the new corporate style, known by Nubira and Leganza. Frontal lighting - old, but behind, as stated in the specification, - crystal lights. It may very much, but to feel the difference, you need to put the old and new Nexia next. And also, if you squat and read the designation on the All-season rubber Kumho, it will become clear that Daewoo is almost adult shoes, 14 inches! Yes, and under the hood - a new 16-valve engine, which gives an old woman to almost youthicing.
In crowded but not mad
Do you know what kind of feeling is experiencing a motorist with many years of experience, for the first time sitting behind the wheel of Nexia? Nostalgia. Close your eyes, and you will feel behind the wheel of VAZ-2105. Hard plastic is not at all a spacious salon, a thin battered steering wheel, practically lying on his knees, and - only two sequence adjustment modes. Moreover, if there are no problems with longitudinal adjustment - lifted the lever in front, and everything, in order to tilt the back, you need to sink into the narrow slit between the sidewall seats and the lounge of the cabin, and try to try to grope a small handle. Seats, of course, with head restraints, with a pleasant velor insertion insertion. But for sensations - indeed, the five: smooth, like ironing board, without a hint of lateral support. To at least somehow drive a car, the driver's seat had to push back to the risk to lose contact with the pedal block.
If your growth exceeds 170 cm, prepare for the fact that the right knee will rest in the center console, and the left is in the door jamb. The front passenger is no better: he has to hide his legs into a narrow penalty. And, naturally, the cover of the glove box each time falls on his knees.
The instrument panel remained unchanged: the szvuk of the good German salon design of the 70s. Straight lines, large buttons, rigid face. And Magnitol could be put in a more revolution: after all, Daewoo has its own production of audio equipment. The operation of the air conditioner and the heater does not cause complaints: warm air begins to flow into the cabin fast enough.
What pleased, it is a modified inner door design. The front finally got good armrests with integrated windows control units. Wooden inserts are a matter of taste, for me, so they require more thorough polishing. At the back not so that spacious, but not closely. Without much comfort, three not very fastening citizens will be arranged here. The volume of the trunk remained the same - 530 liters. So the bulky dacha bags here will place without difficulty.
In the world of sounds
It is worth turning the key in the ignition lock, and the engine comes to life. And - no magic: it is simply audible, well and distinctly, both outside and in the cabin. Updated Nexia, perhaps, not enough additional sound insulation.
And the acceleration characteristics pleased, even despite the fact that the car itself added in weight. Although the engine volume remained the same - half a liter - the new 16-valve block head and the modified injection system gave it speakers. Yes, and Silenok also added - 85 instead of the previous 75. Yes, and I liked the sound myself: it's not too cut, it is impregnated to the measure. Opening the hood, I was pleasantly surprised: the engine is now covered with a neat plastic lid and it looks not so anachnically as the former.
Behind the wheel of Daewoo Nexia is impossible to fall asleep. In any case, on domestic roads. A harsh short-pointer suspension tells in detail all flaws in the asphalt. However, it should be recognized without delivering special inconveniences. Naturally, the designers had to go through the entire suspension, since the size of the wheels increased in an inch. And regular tires now on Nexia became wider. At the radius of rotation, the change did not affect the same, it remained the same - just under five meters.
It is a pity that on Nexia, it seems that the rear disc brakes with the ABS system will not appear. Although the brakes and good, but the additional suspension to the driver would not prevent the driver, especially if the car is shod in the all-season rubber Kumho. On the spilled new anti-flare reagents with a slippery asphalt of the embankments of the Moscow River, where it happened, I spent most of the time with Nexia, you feel uncomfortable with such tires. Moreover, the car confidently gained speed, more than once during the test leaving far behind their predecessors. Yes, and the steering has become, perhaps, slightly sharper.
Last record?
Updated Daewoo Nexia is offered in several sets at a price of 8500 to 9800 dollars. The cost is affected by the presence of a hydraulic device, air conditioning and cast discs. Nexia, which took the test, was a golden middle: with air conditioning, but on simple stamped discs. Therefore, the price is 9,550 dollars. In addition, stamped discs look, from my point of view, not worse than branded cast, very smaching on decorative plastic caps.
What are the prospects for the model? Last year, Zatrugauto has implemented more cars in Russia as a third of the cars than in the year: 12418 against 9945. Does it be possible if not to install a new record, then at least to stay on this vertex? Moreover, the situation in the market changes with each month, all new competitors appear. Main, at such a price and equipment, are VAZ-21103 and the VAZ-2110M6, Renault Clio Simbol, Scoda Fabia, Peugeot 206 and Ford Focus, which is collected in Russia (though, empty for 10900 dollars). However, Ford conducts a very effective credit policy, allowing its buyers to acquire cars in a much richer configuration, and even with a full package of insurance services for a price one and a half times lower than the cost of Nexia Doch.
Not only are there compete external, so in the Russian realities, Nexia has to compete with their own brother - Daewoo Matiz. And he and the species of violence, and no longer options. Nevertheless, Nexia has a more powerful engine and passed through any, but Faislifting. Yes, and another warranty is five years or 100,000 mileage kilometers.
The car, I think, first of all, to those who departed their first Daewoo Nexia and thinks about how to replace it. The habit of all is a big deal. Especially since, thanks to the new engine, the path to the cottage will be if not shorter, it will take less time. Yes, and on gasoline will be able to save. Especially if you do not include air conditioning.
Dmitry Semenov
Brief specifications Daewoo Nexia Doch
Engine volume, cube. See: 1498.
Number of valves per cylinder: 4
Power, l. with. For v / min: 85/5600
Max. Torque, nm / at about about. Min.: 133/3200
Acceleration up to 100 km / h, p .: 11
Maximum speed, km / h: 185
Middle fuel consumption l. / 100 km.: 6.5
Volume of fuel tank, l .: 50
Dimensions, mm.: 4482x1662x1393

A source: Newspaper "Car Izvestia" [№4 (28), 2003]