Test drive Fiat Doblo 2005 - 2010 Minivan

Time check

The phrase is a multifunctional car, or, in the English manner, MPV, through the efforts of automakers, it is more deeply introduced into our minds. Often behind this comprehensive term lies a more prosaic nickname: heel. One of the models living under such a cover is Fiat Doblo CD.
 

Fiat Doblo is hard to fall in love at first sight, from whatever angle you look. There is nothing fundamentally new in appearance, which would distinguish him from French competitors. And the very idea of \u200b\u200bthe heel is really inspired by our owners of laundry or delivery services. This car is still not bought by heart, but by cold mind. Like a good punch, a gaykort or a chainsaw.
 

And a deep sympathy for the Italian CDW, as a reliable and convenient tool, can be imbued with only during operation.

This fiat is entirely complies with the basic principle of multifunctional: its capacity is really increased. The car will readily take on board the 600-kilogram overall cargo to move or repair the apartment with Doblo is a pleasure.


In a huge luggage compartment, you can place up to 3000 liters of lits: you will not even need to disassemble the average size dining table. It is only worth folding forward the rear seats. And the loading is convenient: the trunk doors open in different directions, so the Rowing person will not have to bend in an attempt to hook the next locker to the place reserved for it.
 

Licking side doors even in close parking lots provide access to the rear seat of the car. Two adults will be easily located here. You can, of course, sit down and three. But at the same time, passengers should be either oversized or unacceptable: the feeling of the elbow is good to a certain extent. Yes, and the rigidity of the suspension is safer in a small team. And it shakes in Doblo decently on all roads with imperfect coating.
 

Thanks to a comfortable driver's seat, to the best of the soft, with an armrest, lateral support and a decent set of adjustments, even after a multi -hour ride in construction markets, the forces will remain to continue the starting repair work.
 

I set up a steering column in height, turned on the air conditioner, caught my favorite radio wave on the tape recorder and calmly drank Rotbanda's missing bag. Well, the landing is high, the visibility is also not bad. Only in the rain does the rear window spray in excess of measure, and the janitor is only on one sash. The rattling upholstery of the salon, capable of causing a migraine attack, is slightly diluted and thereby disrupting further plans.


The car eats gasoline not a lot of throwing around the city in search of wallpapers of the desired ring will result in approximately ten liters of 95th per 100 km. To the same number on the speedometer, Fiat Doblo accelerates in 18.7 seconds, and the maximum speed reaches 138 km/h. It is quite good, especially since only drivers of domestic analogues can suspect a foreign heel in excessive dynamism.
 

A modest 1.4-liter engine (77 hp) is untwisted to 6600 min-1, despite the fact that the outline of the odometer is delimited to 7,000. From such violence, the motor over itself, however, is noisy, but continues to stubbornly pull . The power reserve in the programs is enough to keep in the city stream along with everyone. However, it is necessary to overtake with a large reserve of time. Even moving to a lower step, it will not work to achieve the desired acceleration. However, we all have different desires
 

A few minutes remain until the store is closed, and the masters grumble that the material is needed today? I want to become the owner of repaired housing as soon as possible, therefore, there is no one to prick anything else.


Other participants in the movement instantly turn into Tikhokads, among which they have to maneuver, parallel to them by watering them with selected epithets (as it is accepted by the foremen). At the same time, caution must be observed. Sharp maneuvers are given to Doblo at speeds not exceeding 59 km/h, and even then with frightening, due to the high center of gravity, the rolls and ready to break the turn of the stern. And if we recall about involuntary moose, unexpectedly jumping out of the neighboring row!
 

It is safe to go around the obstacle, returning to the initial trajectory of movement, you can at speed at 119.3 km/h! For such a car is more than worthy. Sometimes, however, you can’t dodge the obstacle and you have to resort to emergency braking. In this area, the Italian is not a pro. The car demonstrates stable results with cold and warm brakes, but they all go a little over the 42-meter standard.
 

Finally, a few words about value. At the cost of Fiat Doblo, it can hardly charm customers, after all, 485 thousand rubles. The amount is impressive. But they don’t save on a good tool ...
 

Ciao, Russia!

Until recently, Fiat Doblo was produced in Brazil, Turkey and Vietnam. By the way, the Turkish version took part in our test. However, a few months ago, the geography of the production of the model expanded.
 

At the plant of small vehicles in Naberezhnye Chelny, the assembly of cars from machine tools supplied from the Turkish plant of the Italian company began. Russian Doblo is produced in a special performance for countries with a cold climate. Such machines differ in components of more elastic materials that can withstand severe frosts, an enlarged container, operational fluids with a reduced freezing threshold, as well as a generator and high -power heater. In our market, a compact van is offered in three trim levels Base, Classic and Comfort.
 


Advantages and disadvantages

Body:
+ spacious interior, roomy trunk, high carrying capacity
- Distributed appearance

Driving comfort
+ Comfortable seats, ergonomic interior
- Hard suspension, rattling upholstery of the salon

Power unit
- noisy motor, mediocre dynamics

Cherry properties
+ good obedience to the steering wheel
- rolls in corners

Safety
- weak brakes, meager equipment by means of security

Environmental friendliness
+ Modest fuel consumption
 

Our assessment

If the utilitarianism of the car is above you above its external data and dynamic properties, Fiat Doblo will have to help you very well. Again, do not forget about the low probability of the theft of the car wherever you abandon the CD, is unlikely to work on your property.
 

Dmitry Tytyuchenko
Photo: Sergey Krestov
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [October 2007]