Test Drive Daewoo Nexia (Kletn) 1995 - NV Sedan

Made in USSR

More recently, we used to shake cars on domestic and foreign, the first for the lowest price of the quality of quality and picky the lack of flaws in the second. Times are changing, and today the most expensive Russian cars come close to the most affordable foreign cars at the turn of $ 9,000.
It is to this amount that approach, and often exceed it, real prices in car dealerships in Ladu-110 and Kalina. The price lists of the Uzbek old woman Daew Nexia, Mature Chevrolet Lanos, from Ukraine and the young Frenchman from Moscow Renault Logan begins with it. So, we will judge them according to a single standard.
LADA 110.
From afar in the stream of foreign cars, the top model of AvtoVAZ looks quite decently shining metallic, the loading of the forms is being built by some tuning kit. And near? On the thresholds finally appeared with a lining, but unscreased, terrible type and from ABS plastic again bypass technologies? In front of all a dozen now, electric windows first they choose the backlash and only then lower glass. Alas, not completely.
Like the elderly Nexia and Lanos, the Lada has a low and cramped interior: sitting on, you need to bend your head; Front in moderation is spacious, behind an adult man is sitting in bulk, resting with a backbone and knees. The chairs are soft, but overlook the concave back squeezes the chest, and the torsions are ringing with a short longitudinal movement as the level springs.
Stretching mechanisms are working in times. The steering wheel is adjusting height, but is thin, breathe in his hands and is not covered with riflation, but burrs. Steel switches stick out at different heights of the movement of the gearbox lever, the accelerator pedal is wrapped down, tight clutch takes at the very end of the stroke. At the go, the management bodies are, creaping and rattling the interior, melts the suspension, sticks the steering.
However, there are bright moments. For example, a rather powerful, economical, even if the noisy motor of 1.6 liters provides a good dynamics machine. The ground clearance is traditionally large, the energy-intensive suspension is well adapted to Russian roads, although small irregularities in turn often processes with a characteristic Yerzani due to the separation of the wheel from the coating. Consumer steering does not contribute to the exact and rapid maneuver, but shits the driver, forgives flaws and conveniently on long journeys.
Most of the life, a dozen stayed in the category of submitting hopes, she was brought to mind, childhood diseases were broken, the workarounds were eliminated. Say, just a little bit and get a great car. However, there were already ten (!) Years, two generations of competitors changed, the Kalina and Duckling, and did not make a swan, seemed to be hand. Do you think the soldiers? And you look again at the price tag
Daewoo Nexia
This car is more than twice as older than the tens: it is the peer of the ancient eighth family and, strictly speaking, has long been outdated. The tiny door handles from the inside have to cling in one finger, loudly clap the doors, but closed on the first attempt. In a close cabin, even a passenger with a growing 180 cm feels a grind, constantly resting in something. And the most disturbed expert was simply unable to squeeze back into close and uncomfortable opening.
The location of a large thin steering wheel is optimally only for the driver with an increase of no higher than 160 cm, he lies in the hips and partly overlaps the devices. There is no adjustment, it is not easy to sit behind the ram, you have to turn your leg. A soft amorphous seat is installed for some reason to the left of the steering wheel, the back with a stepped adjustment of the chlipcite and breathes under pressure. Legs are closely: in the winter shoes, you traveled two pedals immediately.
The moves of the box lever are too much, although they do not miss the transmission. In the initial configuration, the GL is not even a tachometer (there is a test machine GLE), but the simple radio tape recorder is almost always built.
On the go, the car roll, prone to the star and breakdowns of the suspension, but quite soft, which is fully combined with a long steering wheel with a large gear ratio. The dynamics are moderate, and with a more powerful sixteen adhesive unit, which is more expensive than $ 500, even not bad, while both engines are content with 92-m gasoline. There is no mudguard under the engine compartment, but a glimpse of only 125 mm. Service is the most frequent, every 10 thousand km or six months against ordinary twelve. But the guarantee, albeit with reservations, record 100 thousand km or five years.
What is the secret of many years of popularity with such an abundance of flaws? Everything is very simple Nexia is collected by hands, which is so lacking domestic cars. Reliable waste design, stable quality and reasonable price are quite capable of outweigh the archaic design. And thanks to the low cost of nexia, there is where to retreat under pressure of young competitors.

Lada Kalina.
The most modern one of your quarter meters is shorter than the rest of the car, but thanks to the novelty and a considerable price is actually competing with them. Not to say that it is very pretty, bright features are not endowed, rather, it resembles a knob on legs. 185 mm clearance can envy many parquet all-terrain vehicles. The body is assembled well, with small gaps, although the plane of some panels do not coincide. The doors swap almost 90, opening large opening, but the intermediate fixation is weak: it is difficult to reach out of the salon. Landing on the left slightly hampers the protrusion under the seat due to the low length of the machine, the submarine for the gas tank is issued in the salon.
Rounded interior forms in fashion three or five years ago, but in comparison with any domestic car and most inexpensive cars, the salon looks quite modern. Yes, and is assembled more accurate than the top ten, although the flaws are noticeable somewhere in shrinking cheap ringing plastic, the duck inner handles begged in the hands, the front electric windows are lazy and thinned.
The Kalina pleases, so it is an excellent visibility and unexpected space inside thanks to a large body height, landing managed to make vertical and economical in length. There will be even the crew of the Reloble Grenadiers, although the rear will have to get along under the hanging ceiling. And the luggage is enough.
Positive emotions ends with a turn of the ignition key of the sob and the engine roar can drown out only the war ventilation. Vibrations and itching shake the controls, the grinding lever of the box tested by a peaned overlay on the tunnel. The electric powerful is optimized for parking, but on the road a completely empty steering wheel is dangerous driver does not feel the position of the wheels and with a quick maneuver, especially on a slippery coating, can lose the car. Only to a small extent insures a illogical, a large gear ratio of the steering wheel makes more than four revolutions from the stop until the stop.
The long-time energy-intensive suspension is good on Colds, but allows large rolls, which, in combination with rubber control, will quickly force forget about the exact pilotage. The car floats on the road, like soap in the bathroom, and chooses a trajectory, only more or less by consuming with the driver teams. With smaller sizes of Kalina noticeably heavier dozens, with a 81-strong engine shows moderate dynamics and mediocre elasticity. But the sound insulation of the wheeled arches is good.

Chevrolet Lanos.
But the Lanos Wheel seems to be rolling directly on the ears medium-and-current noise and vibration isolation of its largest drawback. However, it is important that there were pretty hard and noisy winter tires on the test car.
The Ukrainian cotton does not induce the wealth of choice: only sedans are supplied to us in the poorest configuration, but with a driver's airbag. Rounded body forms are outdated, but the car is assembled carefully. From a gloomy dark salon without a single straight line blows a fashion ten-year old, however, the panels from inexpensive plastic are driven exactly and do not creak on the go. At the top of the salon, the front and side racks are very littered inside and forced to move back. In addition, the head of the front passenger sticks out a rigid ceiling handle, which is better to dismantle immediately, not having time to fill the cones.
It is not easy for the rear places, the top of the door is littered inside, the opening angle is small, and the opening is also pressed the protruding scallop over the wheeled arch in it primarily and rests on the passenger's tail. The sofa is low, so there is enough space in height here, but the back is pressed on the belt and leaves the blade without support. The lathes in the knees is minimal, but still here is noticeably more spacious than in Nexia.
The driver of Lanos is somewhat interfere with the turns wide front racks and crude stripes at the top, which leave short windshield wipers. Sitting comfortable, although the airbag of the chair is slightly small to the full driver, and the longitudinal adjustment may not be enough to grow. The steering column is installed motionless, at a suitable height.
The steering wheel without an amplifier makes without a small five revolutions even squeezed movements respond only to a small change in the course, and you can simply not have time to adjust the rapidly developing skid. All this sets up a very quiet ride. The moderate traction capabilities of the 1,5-liter eight point are inclined towards it. The suspension coped with irregularities, taking care of the acceptable level of comfort.
Renault Logan.
Let's leave aside his controversial design in the end, this is a matter of taste. But the high quality of making fact, as they say, medical. Door openings are huge in the car do not sit down, but literally you go. The salon is high and wide, five non-good basketball players fit freely! That's just, closing the doors, you will have to cling to the tips of the fingers for the miser depressions in the armrests. The spacious budget salon resembles a spacious truck cab. However, it is not reproached simply analogy
Logan's overview would be wonderful pushed outdoor mirrors. Management is comfortable, the box lever pleases excellent selectivity. However, something will have to get used. For example, to the signal in the end of the left steering wheel switch or not very informative points of pointers on the instrument panel. Several seats the clutch pedal, but this is probably the lack of a particular car.
On the move, Logan pleases with fast intentional reactions and a living character in moderation of the modest capabilities of the base 1,4-liter motor. Suspension combining comfort, high energy intensity and good chain deserve the highest ratings. Only this machine has a solid factory protection of the engine compartment (in dozens of splashes), under which a total of 150 mm of lumen. Several humid on the go seemed to the body. The main lack of Logan is untransformable, albeit a spacious trunk.
You may remember another big braking path due to the lack of ABS in the cheapest version (SP, 2005, No. 12). But the ABS in this top one does not have anyone, and Logan in this test slows down no worse than the rest.
Money and car
Cheap is well no truth from the discharge of eternal. The attractive price is usually hidden or low quality manufacturing, or elderly design. And in that, and another case, a crucial buyer has reasonable claims.

Test Nexia and Logan found themselves in sufficiently rich equipment, if we compare cargo cars up to $ 9000, the following picture is evaporated. Our brands are equipped with richer, the unconditional leader of Kalina only has a steering amplifier and a route computer. Impact of basic equipment in the measure of the forces diversify dealers. Foreign cars are minimized, but they offer a airbag. ABS are not found here, but spare wheels in all full-size specificity of the third world countries
LADA 110.
The tenth family is produced on the Volga Auto Plant
since 1996, and includes a Lada-110 sedan (VAZ 2110), a wagon
Lada-111 (VAZ 2111) and 5-door hatchback LADA-112 (VAZ 2112).
Engines: gasoline 1.6 l (81 or 89 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed manual.
Completenment: norm, suite.
Price: 231 100260 486 rub. ($ 83409400).
LADA 110 Required requirements in the automotive world turned out to be too strict for dozens. Given the low quality, the price should be one and a half below.
Total rating of 7.0
+ Not bad dynamics, economical motor, big ground clearance, energy-intensive suspension, headrest in the second row.
- Low quality manufacturing, fuzzy controls, closed in the back of the cabin, noisy motor, only 95th gasoline.
Daewoo Nexia
It leads to the origin of the Opel-Cadet of 1984, later produced by Daewoo for different markets as Le Mans, Reiser, Siele, Nexia. Currently, only sedans are produced at the UDAU enterprise in Uzbekistan.
Engines: gasoline 1.5 liters (75 or 85 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed manual.
Package: GL and GLE.
Price: $ 880011 000.
Daewoo Nexia for a set of qualities The outdated car can still attract a small poor buyer for a long time.
Total rating of 7.1
+ Not bad dynamics (with 85 hp motor), a spacious trunk, a well-developed design, a very long warranty.
- Archaic and cramped, especially from behind, salon, lowered steering wheel without adjustments, modest road clearance, no trunk transformations, small mileage between that.
Lada Kalina.
The release of Kalina with the Body of Sedan (VAZ-1118) began in 2005. The VAZ-1117 wagon and the 5-door hatchback VAZ-1119 are preparing for the production.
Engine: gasoline 1.6 l (81 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed manual.
Complete set: standard.
Price: 227 000 rub. ($ 8200).
Lada Kalina inside is much greater than it looks outside. It is great, but everyone spoils the umbilical science and quality of manufacture.
Total rating of 7.4
+ Relatively rich equipment, large doorways, high spacious interior, considerable ground clearance, energy-intensive suspension, excellent overview.
- low quality manufacturing, empty steering, vague reactions, increased noise and vibration, lack of modifications.
Chevrolet Lanos.
The model debuted in 1997 as Daewoo Lanos, three years later was upgraded. Produced in Korea and Poland until 2004, as well as in Russia (Doninvest Assol). It is now produced in Ukraine under the name Chevrolet Lanos (Sens) with Sedan and Hatchback Body.
Engines: gasoline 1.3 and 1.5 liters (70 and 86 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed manual.
Complete set: standard.
Price: from $ 8990 (only 1.5 liter sedan is supplied to Russia.
Chevrolet Lanos is cloth, modestly equipped with a car with outdated appearance. Not badly assembled and quite worth your money.
Total rating of 7.5
+ Big ground clearance, there is a airbag.
- Slugged steering wheel, bad insulation, wide front racks, closed at the top of the salon, an uncomfortable back of the rear sofa, no modifications.
Renault Logan.
The model debuted in 2004 as Dacha Logan, a year later, the production of Renault Logan began production in Moscow at the autoframos enterprise. A sedan is released with the body, this year the universal is expected.
Engines: gasoline 1.4 and 1.6 liters (75 and 87 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed manual.
Required: Authentique, Expression, Privilege.
Price: $ 899912 099.
Renault Logan A modern roomy car pays for its advantages to a weak engine, simplified design and stingy trim.
Total estimate of 8.0
+ A huge interior, the presence of airbags, intended accurate control, energy-intensive suspension, presence of a motor compartment protection.
- Modest motor, small mirrors, non-transformable trunk.
Yuri Nileyov: The popularity of domestic cars steadily falls. Without radical improvement in quality, they can only count on the condescension of the melting army of long-standing fans.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   



 
 








Yuri Neduchov

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"