Test Drive Daewoo Nexia (Kletn) 1995 - NV Sedan

Country Express

The share of budget vehicles falls march shots to work, heavy shopping and thousands of vacation kilometers. Denis Harutyunyan estimated how popular Daewo Nexia and Renault Logan will look like in one of the most serious tests to travel to the cottage. Photo: Konstantin Yakubov.
Moscow Petushki
I will not remind that Nexia is leading a pedigree from Opel-Cadet in 1984. For me, this model is inexpensive, but not the worst means of movement. And do not talk about a new appearance about tastes do not argue. But all my family marked the updated interior (the pretty front panel will have to taste to many). True, praising design, households began to list the arms of assembly and ergonomics. Right wife, removing a plump cosmetic in the glorification, for twenty fifth time it slams the lid the lock refuses to obey. Rear grandmother draws what has nowhere to put a bottle of water. To explain to her that such lockers in Nexia did not provide, it is meaningless easier to shove the ill-fated bottle between flat and shapeless front seats. But everyone surpassed children: plastic edging of the inner door handles were instantly distilled. Finally, everyone calmed down, it is possible and on the road. Although no, you need to pack things yet. Bags with warm clothing and food margin Spacious trunk accepted without problems, but with the loading of the new TV there was a difficulty: the box had to twist for a long time so that it entered into a narrowed opening. But to put a sparkling novelty shovel turned out to be simply impossible to the back of the rear seat fastened tightly, it does not even have a hatch for the long periods!
On the road, the family fell. I came my turn to turn. Well, why the steering wheel not only overlaps the part of the instruments, but also is Cryption? And where is the adjustment of the seat in height? But he puzzled seriously, this is a lever of the box: it is necessary to make an unexpectedly much effort to him, and switching to the third, I hooked a big buzz of radio tape recorder ... and turned it off. Maybe your fingers should be shorter? Or so conceived to enjoy the sound of the motor?
The rustle of the pebbles around the arches and the hum of the wheels will not only muffle music, but also stop attempts to start a conversation. And the solo in this orchestra plays the engine: acoustic waves seem to penetrate the dend of the brain. True, the engine has enough conscience to compensate the noise of the beautiful burden even the loaded car he accelerates cheerfully and confidently. To get involved in speed, however, it is not worth: Nexia keeps well well, and there is a considerable effort on the steering wheel, but there is still not enough feedback. Even harmless turns have to go to the touch, but I don't want to think about fast devias. In addition, brakes without ABS (this is the maximum configuration!) Do not shine neither efficiency nor informativeness. So from high-speed exercises I refused relief. And I decided to focus on the pleasure of the softness of the suspension. Let the body roll and roll off from the side on the side, but even a broken rustic path of Uzbekka overcomes like a cruise liner, without a knock and clang, only swaying on the waves. It would be more likely to increase the ground clearance of some Koldybins have to overcome suffocating, so as not to cling to belly for the bumps.
Well, finally, the long-awaited phasenda. Ahead unpacking things, greenhouses and beds, harvesting and tedious road home. All family members are glad by a new car, although they recognize that Nexia has a lot of flaws. And who do not have them? I know that you will answer, but for those cars the price, like my loaf and summer houses, combined .....
In the western direction
You can call me narcissist or, on the contrary, indifferent, but I absolutely do not care how the surrounding perceive me and my Renault Logan. Let them say that he is angular and ugly, let him shout that he is primitive-cheap, it does not care. But the weekend approach is a holiday for me, not a natural disaster.
Getting ready for the departure to the cottage I begin in advance. The bags collected on the eve took only a small part of the trunk, the stroller for the younger is placed here. Problems will arise when it will grow up: a bike, for example, no longer will be included: the back is not folded. But as long as Logan's freight opportunities, there is enough free space, even a free space for folding mangal and saucepan with meat for kebabs. The road bottle of water took place in the cup holder, the wheels with music hid in the glove compartment, and the prickly trifle laid on the shelf before the front passenger. Of course, the shelf would prefer the airbag, but the feet of the capital, alas, does not provide. On this, actually, preparation and ended everything is simple. It's time to sit down.
The tendency of designers Renault to the angular forms may, and annoys the aesthetes, but the places in the cabin are even debugging. Having settled with a large brother on quite comfortable front seats, we do not cling to your elbows, and you can take three and go to the long road. The spouse with the child settled as on a cozy home sofa. Personally, it takes me only the absence of rear head restraints that cannot be installed even for extra charge. Already on this option sin save! A couple of comments causes the central console: climate crowders are low, and the beard itself is moving away from the driver. True, after a couple of days, the hand easily finds the right lever. Praise the location of the steering wheel: even a tall driver will not notice that the column is devoid of adjustments. But the sound signal button with unaccustoms will not find it right away: it is in the end of the steering wheel lever.
The road to the country residence was predictable calm. It does not matter that under the wheels the smooth asphalt or the furnaces of the primer, the french suspension heroically accepts all the adversity. The motor monotonously sings his song, providing quite a tolerable dynamics. To become him and brakes: Although there is no ABS, Logan slows down quickly and without lying. True, in the city I was pleased with the ease of the steering wheel, but on the track with a growing speed feedback disappears. Moreover, when the arrow of the speedometer has overloaded for a hundred, they accelerate further frankly scary: it seemed that the relationship of the beam with wheels simply disappeared. It is better to slow down the speed: so calmer and less chances to run into an ambush with the radar.
Returning to the place and unloading to fuck, we looked at the car. Do not claim, decided: let him not have a handsome man, let him not very modern, let everyone know that cheap, but it is he will be a reliable companion in all journeys. He can.
V. experience
Can there be difficulties with the repair of nexian or logan?
The relative simplicity of the design of the machine allows you to make many operations on your own. But both lazy problems will arise the Frenchman or Uzbekka to the service is not at all difficult and the price of divine.
How expensive to exploit these cars?
Our data on the expenditure on the operation of nexies (there were several of them in the park of SP, the last car of this model left the editors back in 2004. But they did not require a lot of money. Logan finished service from us a few months ago; The kilometer of his run accounted for 2.62 rubles. We think the pleasure of riding the nexian today will cost about the same money.
Are there any characteristic diseases?
Weak point of Nexia Rear suspension. Thin fighters breaks quickly, so you need to load the trunk with a loan. Loganov around the windshield sometimes a rust appears, although it was not on our car.
What did we like:
Daewoo Nexia justifies the banal title of the workhorse, and with German roots. Rerep on it from a domestic car, especially appreciate the unpretentiousness and humanity of the car.
Renault Logan School desk, for which the Russian manufacturers and consumers are planned (first of all newbies). Costs, maintainability and permeability at height. Designed in France, made for Russia.
What we did not like:
Daewoo Nexia: old age, small ground clearance, close (especially behind) Salon car is not limited. Depresses a noticeable decline in the quality of manufacturing. Early cars were more resistant to corrosion, and they are better collected.
Renault Logan could be called a cart for the supermarket, he has a more convenient cargo compartment. Puzzles savings on ABS, the passenger pillow of safety and rear head restraints. Cheap and unsafe are not synonyms at all.

 
 
 
 

 
 

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"