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Compact dispatch genre difficult. Competition is high, high and requirements of the audience. What will answer kia venga, Nissan Note, Honda Jazz and Ford Fusion?

Are you the road everywhere? Kia Venga is proud of his youth. Honda Jazz modests, it's just an update. But her trump card is serious! But are those who age everywhere have not reached this road going to give up this road, but Nissan Note and Ford Fusion settled in best-selling?

Old Guard

Outside and inside
What our veterans of the market loses not even in appearance, but in the strife of this appearance. But is it just losing? Nissan Facelifting survived, but it is incomprehensible, it was a facelifting or facezaniring, the most notable result of the operation was the appearance of a powerful bumper, which made her face to be more crazy. Ford is also trying to stay forever with young without cosmetic surgery. At least, from the moment when he became in 2002, in fact, the height of the urban active UAV compacts, and for the time being, until the replacement for him, it seems like declared, but in our realities has not yet visited replacement in-grade.

One way or another, both by type of hard workers, and not the roys. And this is estimated: both managed for their history to visit best-selling categories. They are well known so well that the appearance does not argue for a long time. Moreover, at a minimum, in the first years of the appearance of Urban Activity Vehicles, the main trumps were declared space and the possibility of transformations. This already then cunning marketers began to take on gender topics, presenting this class rather female. By the way, from this point of view, the differences between veterans are noticeable immediately! No one was going to burn all sorts of cute fintiflushki here. In the first sense in the Nissan salons, you can be called not male and not feminine, but just family. And Ford is at all more guy.

But the guy is economic in Europe! In something stupid. The concept of side support for landing here is not even conditionally. If the back is still trying to keep the driver, the pillow leaves the feeling of the banquette, with which they scorify. The wheel adjustment range is small and only in the vertical plane, but, if not surprising, to find the correspondence of its position for hands and legs is even easier than in Nissan. The steering wheel itself is enough tight and does not take the fashionable multifunctional buttons: Music management is entrusted to the Corporate Fords of the Fried Block. Another vintage chip is controlled by glass workers on the end of the corresponding steering wheel lever.

But this guy is very attentive to the trifles! Such an abundance of any non-standard pleasant little things from the slots under the cards or credit cards for paying paid roads, from the monaters (where, by the way, in the West, it is convenient to put the gilt tokens for the carts in hypermarkets) and there is no one else in the quartency over the head of the driver.

In the trunk is not smaller, sorry, fusion. On the one hand, only here is a full-size spare place, the floor is not lined with a rag, but a full noise insulation. On the other hand, the trunk door is primitive-buckle, and the possibility of transformation and fastening the boots are not recorded.

Alexey Sergeev Chief Editor of the Internet Portal
In its class for me and family, Nissan Note is simply no competitors! It is beautiful, spacious, convenient, dynamic does its job for all 100%. During the years, the ride never arose a desire to change it for something else. The minuses are rather not to the car, but rubber eaten to suppliers too quickly, brake discs and pads (for 20,000 km there were two replacements), but burned one after another headlight light bulb.

Nissan inside grace. Start with the fact that he is the only one of our competitors even be simple, but navigating. Multimedia capabilities are quite modern, only the SD card slot is misleading: it is designed for loading cards, and not on listening to music. But that the CD track was shot down at the junction of the third ring, but Note was surprised by the fact that he could lose ten seconds to look for the radio station! This is something new

Landing? It seems like the seats cushions are short (checked both on men and women), but good support for the back saves the position. But the steering wheel adjustment range will not be enough. The wheel itself, although it is very convenient, perhaps the only thing that seems too much for this car: in all the rest of the Note, it looks an adult itself. The trunk will initially not look like, but if you play with the shelves-transformers and squeeze a little longitudinal place at the rear passengers who are not offended, then the impression changes significantly. From transformation chips, a solid counted box under the passenger seat. True, laid only in the top pack. As part of an invisible strangers, the possibilities to hide the lamb is definitely at the height.

IN MOVE
That's when Nissan is fully recovered on the background not only alone Ford, but also all honest companies so on the go! The most adult and balanced car in the quartet! A clear dialogue with the steering wheel: exactly 3 turns from the stop until it stops, always understands what you want, and good feedback. The chassis seems again an adult than it is in particular, according to the way the suspension works out the irregularities of the road. If something and it is not to find face, so it is not in its work to the trifles, but to the fact that on the asphalt. The visibility due to the high landing is good even with modest mirrors, but does not create a dangerous illusion of too much clearance.

But there is one strongly annoying factor. It is not even the fact that the places for the engine temperature sensor no longer found here. Worse, that they did not find it and under the automatic transmission mode indicator. Taking into account the fact that the clarity of the capture of the automatic transmission modes here is striving for zero, then it is also a matter that you want to hang the right position and instead of D you hang in mode 2. Yes, the laptop transmission willingly gives you to twist the engine, but not to the same extremes to bring the matter!

According to consumption, even in conditions of urban traffic jams, Nissan is held within the framework of the decency of about 9.510.5 l / 100 km. For the second power of the car in the quartet is not bad!

Ford, alas, his position in the competition rents on the go. Not only is 100.6 liters claimed in a technical transport. With. This is generally mockery on the taxpayer, they are still implemented on the technologies of those years. Call a stupid combination of motor and transmission can not be called, but it is some kind of viscous. Overclocking is not very hunting, the steering wheel is tight. No global claims seems to be not, but it was Fusion that turned out to be in the quartet of a truck in nature. What, of course, is also not bad, but with such arguments to oppose something and laptop, and even more so our youth is difficult.

Alexander Lovygin Driver
The car was, as they say, not mine I love more dynamic. The trunk is definitely good, the more accounted for a lot. Not bad visibility. And of course, without a machine gun in the city it would be hard. And so, probably, it would be better to come to a woman with young children: ride calmly, not to gas, actively steer not to twist it Fusion is not the easiest to put a child or a child or a child to plant normally, the adult is closed.

However, why is the price? Cheaper than 500,000 in the quartet is only he fusion! Note has the simplest version even for a little smaller money, but it will be the motor 1400 and mechanics! Kia and Honda, even with mechanics, turn out to be at all in space abroad 600,000. And such a difference in price is really an argument in favor of ancient fusion!

 
Young for green

Outside and inside
We like or not, but something desire to create cars is simpler and no one who does not have anyone. On the contrary, pushing out more than the car for the same money abandonedly slogan, we are unnoticed even more, but already percent on 10 more expensive. And the priority now give the buyer it is the feeling of not in vain of spent money. Our rivals representing the tribe of the Young Honda and Kia are trying to please our buyer here in their own way.

In general, bright, somewhat coupling appearance. Beautiful eyes for which implied to love immediately. But if Honda continues to continue to see the playful girl in everything, with whom it's great to give Jazz, then KIA presses more serious feelings trying to seem like a sidewash! Forms are fluffy, inside a more protected space. With the makeup of the dashboard and the panel here too, they also tried (and the central console seems to surrendantly even survived the SOUL brand party), but where to this cosmetics to the brightness of the jazz! Even it seems to be given due to smaller size, the central console of the dwonle and that is solved original, but it is quite convenient.

Behind the wheel KIA is still not perfect: again the pillow is short, even at a pretty height of the seat. By the way, it is in a wenge that the overall feeling of a large car and a high landing creates a dangerous illusion that the ground clearance is great here. But, unlike in general, the symbolic central folding armrest of jazz in Kia at least somehow can be leaning in reality. On the steering wheel now the accepted sound control buttons. And light bulbs and floorths everywhere! Weng in this leader. The front row, the rear row, the backlight inside the visors did not save simply, thought about passengers. About the driver seems to be a little less. It was trimmed with a temperature sensor, and the readings of the route computer did not directly before the eyes, but in the center of the panel. Still, the overall impression of the hostess! Go to the second row is simple, and convenient there. Central and side armrests from behind, very much in itself, but having an even huge underground and hooks for fastening the trunk bags too, by the way, like Note, transformer due to the rearranged polishes.

Honda sat down fits three things. The first is the optional, but the glass ceiling. The kingdom of light and review. Because of which, however, the central ceiling inevitably moves far back. The second rag upholstery of panels and seats. Honestly, soft and comfortable so much that you do not expect this from the car at all. Well, finally, the same variator, because of which this generation jazz, the whole cheese boron and broke out. But a little later about him.

Ilya Fisher Editor Observer
Honda is incorporated in a good sense of the word. Even in a small volume, all signs of the right car are evident. The hard suspension and the sharp steering wheel are tuned to activity. Ergonomics lets not think about it. Chards one-complimentary horses like jokes in comedy. And the ride like a fight in which you know the top. The result of communication with Jazz is invariably good mood and confidence that a small car can also be self-sufficient.

The steering wheel is adjustable in two dimensions (sitting in jazz is generally comfortable and cozy), and in places there is also praised. At the same time, there is no bustling with plastic in its design, and the impression of a computer toy does not appear. The front triangles of the glasses are so great that visits are added, and the body racks are easy to look at the overall feeling of space. The steering wheel and space under it and around it are very loaded with all sorts of control buttons, but you get used to them quickly. As well as to atypical scattering of climate management and music on the central console. Unusual in their round cliently and shelf-cup holders. Perhaps the only bust of the film actually on the instrument panel: the red-on-black main devices are also attached and simply black and white screen of the route computer and the transmission mode, for some reason contrast relative to each other.

Any access to the honda's rear seats is slightly inferior to KIA, as well as on the rear passenger disappearance. Still, the front chairs are lower here, and the footsteps are slightly closer. But do not knees. But op! And by lifting the rear inlet, you can get a very rather extra room under the luggage. And the trunk itself, although smaller than the Vengovsky, but also a good laptop. True, instead of the polished shelves here, a mesh for a soft suspension is not heavy, but fragile boosted.

IN MOVE
Here our girls (and, unlike Ford and Nissan, both new products are already really, rather, it is the girls) demonstrate an amazing sequence of the image! Kia will continue to emphasize the economic notes, builds from himself a small bustice and is very poorly amenable to the provocations to shake. It seems like the most powerful engine in her quartet (at the same time, at all, not a voracious in 9 liters per hundred, the chamber is placed), but the character is more powerful. Brakes are not bad, but it would be better. On a small and even middle move, the suspension adequates even the lying cops, but you will go to quickly will begin to resent too strong returns. As for quickly here, it is generally necessary to be more careful. First, the very most tolerance of the suspension on medium rings has the opposite side harsh and noisy. Secondly, Hypino, the chassis was clearly tuned not to Driver Sparkling. The steering wheel like both the short total 2 and turnover, but this does not guarantee sharp reactions and full feedback. Rather, his algorithm tight failure again tight. Yes, and the stabilization system can sometimes begin to interfere in the apparent absolutely innocuous situation like a 90-degree rotation when overclocking from the intersection. Yes, dancing and athletics are clearly unloved classes of our hostess!

For this to Honda! Small, playful, but monolith here is a jazz character. Excellent gas reactions (who could expect such a softness and logic of work from the variator), 7 manual steps both in normal mode and in sports. Clear brakes, an unusual stabilization system, unambiguous reactions to the steering wheel (and after all three with a quarter of the turnover) and the answers to the driver. True, you need to pay for everything, and the Dzondochka demands to reconcile with the most, perhaps, inenerless suspension.

But the off town will never tell me that here is the most small and low-power motor in the quartet. At least in the city for which UAV, actually, was born. And although in their duets on the Nissan and Honda drive at height, they do not want to face them directly. It's just a different drive and different characters.
 
Summary
Perhaps these cars relate only to the reasons themselves who caused them to appear. Spaciously spacious salons, good transformation capabilities, transportation of everyday boosted and personal smallers. Otherwise, different characters, even different era. And in part different prices. The old friend Fusion may be better thanks for the newly new budget due to the requested budget. Nissan takes an adult drive, and Honda is a playful character and a bright mood. Venga does not try to seem driving, in something of its chassis and settings are inferior. But she gives a sense of economic activity and the security of the truth, for considerable money. Machines of this class or second in the family, and then it is already necessary to solve modernity, drive or price is preferable for (most likely in this case) the owner. Either the first and only and then so want to be all at once for the whole family!

 


 




 

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