Test drive fiat albea (siena) since 2005 sedan
Choosing a car up to $ 14000
Alexey Stzov. Age 31 years. Head of the information technology department. Driving experience of 12 years. Rides to the VAZ-2114
I decided to change my 2114th to something more presentable. What do you advise? I look closely at Fiat Albea and the Peugeot 206 sedan, but I can’t finally decide yet. Will you help? My requirements for the car
Image
Car 2006 2007 model year of a well -known brand. To be no worse than Lada.
Style
Fighting to the eye, but not necessarily a masterpiece of designer thought.
Shodal qualities
Dynamic, obedient, with a comfortable suspension. Big clearance is desirable.
Economy
Of course, I want to eat as little as possible. Optimally up to 10 liters per hundred.
Interior
A spacious interior, convenient for long trips, the driver's seat. The large trunk is required.
Equipment in the standard
Air conditioner and ABS are welcome.
Peugeot 206 Sedan
With a trunk attached to the back of the Peugeot 206 Sedan, it began to look like a small six hundred seventh. At the same time, it is completely sustained in the corporate style of the brand and looks quite good. In general, Peugeot is one of the few brands that have retained their corporate identity to this day. So it is with this sedan: at first glance it is clear that this is PEUGEOT, no matter what side you look at. Although the hatchback is still prettier. 
Black plastic moldings are encircled around the perimeter of the car. Door handles and rear -view mirrors are also made of black plastic. In my opinion, a very reasonable decision. The interior of the salon seemed modern and stylish. The devices are well read, however, the speedometer, according to the French tradition, is digitized by odd dozens: 10,30,50 this does not cause inconvenience, but unusual. Cute in shape the steering wheel is optimal both in the cross section and in diameter and pleasant to the touch.
The seats are the most ordinary. With my height of 182 cm, you can get a job quite comfortable. But it is convenient to accommodate in the back seat behind a high driver: the legs rest on the front chair.
I was pleased with the large volume of the glove box. Here, perhaps, I can put a charger for a phone, a flashlight, a roadmap, and a stack of CDs. But surprise was caused by its cover, which has a fabric finish. What for? I wonder how quickly it smaches or is getting isolated? The lateral pockets are quite large on the doors. Just the dream of a flea market like me. A review back through glass and side mirrors are not at all good, and there are no problems with parking. Therefore, Parctronics seemed to me an option completely superfluous. His squeak, rather, is confusing and interferes with adequately evaluate distances.
The trunk is quite deep, but only the fungent coverage of the floor, in my opinion, is not the best solution. In addition to this, the side upholstery panels eat a considerable distance.
On the course of Peugeot a very lively, a frisky car on which you enjoy driving: moderately a sharp steering wheel, pedals with a good feedback on which it is easy to dose the effort, a clear gear shift, although the levers are rather sweeping. The car enters into turns almost without rolls, and a dense suspension easily copes with road irregularities. The lateral support of the seats, however, leaves much to be desired, and the brakes could be more poeming.
The clearance of the car is quite small, combined with long overhangs when parking to a high border in front of a front or back, forces to be careful, as with the passage of bedridden police and large potholes on the road.
Style
Little in appearance, although the back looks somewhat heavy.
Shodal qualities
Good dynamics and handling, though the brakes are weak.
Interior
Cute and stylish, to match the appearance, but there is not so much space behind.
Economy
He will not ruin for sure. Now, if another 92nd was eating.
Equipment in the standard
Toning, fog lights, electric windows, airbags for the driver and the front passenger are pretty good for a car of this class.
LIKE
Dynamics and handling. Appearance
I DO NOT LIKE
Mal Road clearance.
PEUGEOT 206 Sedan brand and model
Dimensions 4188/1655/1452 mm
Gasoline engine, 1360 cm3, 75 hp/5500 min-1
Mechanical transmission, 5-speed
Max. speed 173 km/h
Acceleration 13.8 s to 100 km/h
Fiat albea
At the first glance at Albea, it is generally not clear which brand this car, and only the nameplate on the radiator grille gives out its origin. Outwardly, this fiat is absolutely faceless. It looks like all cars of his class at the same time. In my opinion, if you bring a certain average image of a modern inexpensive machine, you will get something close to Albea. In the design there is not a single memorable line turned away and forgot. I immediately drew attention to a large road clearance: such a definite police or broken tram tracks are not terrible to such a certain.
I can say about the same about the salon as the appearance. The front panel is absolutely ingenuous, like the shape of the steering wheel, the angle of inclination of which seemed too large to me. Bumped almost in the battleship, he immediately called an association with the VAZ classic. In addition, a massive hub overlaps the characters on steering wheel switches. There are no complaints about the combination of devices: all scales have a large digitization and are well read. The presence of an on -board computer in a car where everything emphasizes its budget, it seemed strange to me. Here you perceive it as an attribute of a higher class car. 
But the salon pleased with good visibility and spaciousness: both in front and behind you can get a job with comfort. And the front seats deserve a separate praise: very comfortable, with good lateral support. Choosing a car to $ 14000. Fiat albea Author: Igor Kuznetsov -loading trunk height in Fiat is quite large, mainly due to a large clearance. At the same time, the trunk itself is deep and wide very practical.
At the first glance at the car, I thought that with such a clearance he should be rocker. So it is: any little sharp movement of the steering wheel is accompanied by a chill of the body, and touching the carrion of the clicks forward or backward.
In addition, on the go, Albea is quite noisy. But the brakes are beyond praise, very tenacious and at the same time informative. I also liked the selectivity of the backstage: the inclusion of the gears is light, the fixation is clear.
Style
Absent as such. Absolutely faceless car.
Shodal qualities
Too rolling, but the brakes are excellent.
Interior
Absolutely straightforward, but spacious. It is convenient to sit both in front and behind.
Economy
At the level, in any case, it does not bother.
Equipment in the standard
Pretty ascetic: the windows are only the front ones, there is no audio system. The airbag is only one driver's. But there is a fairly powerful on -board computer.
LIKE
Convenient seats, spacious interior, tenacious brakes.
I DO NOT LIKE
Suspension setting
Mark and model Fiat albea
Dimensions 4186/1703/1490 mm
Gasoline engine, 1368 cm3, 77 hp/6000 min-1
Mechanical transmission, 5-speed
Max. speed 162 km/h
Acceleration 13.5 s to 100 km/h
MY CHOICE
For a number of Fiat solutions used, perhaps more practical. But nevertheless, choosing between cars that are close in basic parameters and price, I would prefer the style and running qualities of two hundred and sixth practicality and rationalism Albea, in the design of which there is not a single memorable line and forgot. From 206 m, everything is different: at first glance it is clear that this is PEUGEOT, no matter what side you look at. In general, Peugeot is one of the few brands that have preserved corporate identity to this day.
EDITOR'S CHOICE
Fiat Albea and Peugeot 206 Sedan quite strong figures on the battlefield for the consumer in this price segment. However, as it seems to us, Albea in its consumer properties is still a more advantageous option. It is practicality and rationalism that is in demand today more than the style, especially when it comes to cars of this class.
Text: 5 wheel
Photo: Igor Kuznetsov
Source: Magazine 5 wheel [May 2007]
