Test Drive Hyundai I30 since 2012 hatchback

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Chevrolet Cruze came to turn everything into a golf class? Let's try to figure out: today the new Hyundai i30 is trying to resist his arguments, the universal favorite Mazda3 in its second generation, which has passed the light restyling Honda Civic and, of course, Golf VI itself.



Honda Civic


Honda Civic Sedan is remarkable and a sporty character, and the practical warehouse of the mind at the same time. Its engine is stronger than all, and does not interfere with this. Its convenience and capacity are not to the detriment of the drive, but the originality of the interior is not to the detriment of ergonomics

Civic-sedan No one will call a handsome manner, but if you want sports sensations when saving practicality, you need a Civic. Nowhere you will not be able to grasp low, as in a sports car, and not in the modern high. Civic armchairs keep the body in the turns of the dead grip due to the tissue of the upholstery fabric. The profile is great, and even without additional adjustment of the lumbar backpage, the driver's spine turns out to be in good conditions: even 45 hours behind the wheel without a break is not a problem. The steering wheel falls into the hands itself, and it is among the most comfortable steering wheel, which came across all the time. True, it does not apply to the buttons on the knitting needles: I would not have ordered them at all, since they are unfortunately. The visibility is not as good: the deaf corner-fortietha and the mirror interfere with the look forward-left.

The engine is engaged in work, it is worth tousing to the pedal of gas: its return is large, and the response is instantant. In our company, no one else responds to the will of the driver. Automatic transmission works perfectly: you feel and accurately control the process at the time of the start or, let's say when you climb on the curb. On the move, the automatic is promptly and smoothly changes the steps and adapts well, it works quickly in manual mode, but the addition of another transmission and a more detailed range of gear ratios would be by the way: the steps are great, and in the city often it turns out that the increased no longer pulls out, and The reduced causes the motor to get out strongly. Civic brakes are effective, but the drive to the overall level of the engine and the transmission does not reach: at the beginning there is a free move, and you will not call a hard pedal in the working area. The suspension is gorgeous. It is only necessary to keep in my head that the clearance is small, which you can not say about the wheelbase of the car, but it provides both driving comfort, and an impressive place of place to passengers of the rear row of seats.


 
Hyundai i30.


He is not just assembled from expensive materials: he worked so carefully that it is not only convenient to ride it, but also nice

Outwardly, he seemed a little more than Korean (in the sense that we still put in this concept) than the exemplary European Komsomol and athlete Kia Ceed. However, inside the new Hyundai is undoubtedly mil and our eye. His salon is decorated perfect. Plastic, of course, a little plastic, but not worse than, say, in Seat Leon. The I30 climate adjustment unit would not spoil the interior of another premium-segment car. And he is not just assembled from expensive materials, he worked so carefully to enjoy it was not only convenient, but it's nice, this is not just a product for money.

The dashboard is undoubtedly beautiful and contemporary, but the rectangular blue a la golf digital information screens glow into the night too much. Their brightness can be slightly muted, but then fading and the magnificence of the dear backlight of the instruments. However, not everything is exactly in quality: in the center of an excellent interior steering wheel, covered with material, which does not differ on the touch from plastics. It's a shame that they saved exactly what the driver comes into contact the most.


Thank you for the same day when Hondov's low-volume motors had a specific return on more than 100 hp. From a liter and pleased the heart of cheerful pickup? Hyundai i30 is the same mischievous this also applies to the suspension and high-quality. Only he is better because new

A strong impression produced the engine. With its 1.6 liters of volume removed impressive 122 liters. p., and this is not a fiction. He really lucky. Motor gambling and loves promotion. Mechanical transmission supports the nature of the engine: the transfers are well cling to each other, the clarity and selectivity of the lever at height. The clutch is long-time, but it is easy. With him in the parking lot, sometimes you jerk motor, but in traffic jams it protects the left foot. The nature of the motor and transmission has to go actively, and the chassis allows. When preserving a decent smoothness, Hyundai is managed easily and securely. Quickly accepts maneuver and reliably keeps on the arc. Looking at the current progress of Hyundai, you might think that the modern level of driving quality comes by itself. But in our today's company Cruze hints that set up a modern chassis on the top five is still very difficult. Hyundai for four with a plus. He is good to choose those who are not tied to prestigious brands, but appreciates quality and good running properties.


 
Chevrolet Cruze
Cruze a new level for the brand that is associated more from Lacetti than with Camaro. He in our company is the largest, the most spacious and most long-awaited. In addition, it enters the program of preferential car loans, and therefore is doubly interesting. Questions of preferences in design Theme is too personal for general discussion, but the fact that the design of Cruze is modern and relevant fact. This is the face of the car, not only actually going to the market in 2009, but also designed with the calculation on this date. Cruze is just as relevant and inside. For the first time, our Chevrolet has received a modern comfortable and beautiful steering wheel.


Acceptable quality level, relevant design, body respect for a sedan and a spacious salon. A strong offer in combination with winning price and state support. All this is too strong trumps, so that it makes sense to seriously consider technical nuances

Car interior The result of designers, and not just linkers. Good and materials, and the quality of the details fit, and the fabric in the finishing of the torpedo solution is the original, as much as convincing. On the rear seats there is a place of space for passengers, but from there you begin to pay attention to small engineering negligence: such, for example, like a step of the foot site. At the driver's seat, you note that the upholstery of the chairs made of slippery fabric, and the front edge of the seat cushion is always high, and if you are a sharp and armchair put down, the landing will turn out to be old-fashioned with handled knees. Many tests complain that with their right knee, without noticing, without noticing, the climate adjustment was constantly touched on trips, knocking down a thermometer on Lo. Niche, the size of the most suitable mobile phone is located so that the mechanical KP lever, with the excellent, by the way, selective, rests on the count of three. All these are little things that are not serious, but they are revealed to the essence of Cruze: more car and lower price Value for Money without delights and polishing. And this approach is wins: remember at least the popularity of Opel Omega. By the way, the Cruze engine is familiar to Opel. Today he looks old-fashioned, and its 140 liters. with. Not at all the same as Honda, but there is no lack of power. Nobody polished the driving quality of the car, but it is managed reliably and safely, and the energy intensity of the suspension is quite sufficient for Russia. Cruze selection of pragmatists.


 
Mazda3.


If no change has happened in the fact that Russian is good, the new treshka should become no less than our favorite than the old

After European test drives, intrigue preserved: some will be an announced new treshka with an old much more lively engine? And today it is clear that our active drive lovers are really lucky: installation of the engine with environmental indicators, outdated and Europe, but still with us, went to the car to benefit, like her body additional strengthening. The result of Mazda3 in Russia did not lose his face that we liked in her past life. Emotional, like Alfa, reliable, like Honda, beautiful, like Mazda: Today you can already say that, since the zoom zoom went to the second round.


With the engines of the Russian specification, Mazda3 did not lose in emotionality, but added as and comfort. The automatic with a two-liter motor is an excellent combination for active life on the roads of Moscow: convenient and stand in traffic jams, and rush to a party

Beauty becomes a tradition, and it is impossible to imagine that once the firm specialized on the release of the most boring cars in the world. The new treshka is still the oldest. When all participants in our comparison cost side by side, it can be seen how much more attention in Mazda is given design. How big is expressive and emotionally all. The same mood supports and is still an active two-liter engine. And even though the automatic is still, and despite receiving an additional step, does not apply to the technical masterpieces of our days, not conceived by ecologists, the engine responds to gas so directly and willingly, that even with the ACP there is an excellent feeling of the ease of the car. In fact, this feeling today is even stronger thanks to more adult and expensive pendants. Without loss of accuracy of responses and with the loss of part of their sharpness, the Mazda suspension learned how to float over small irregularities and transmit less noise to the salon. And its energy intensity has become more. Still Mazda3, most of all in its class does not like the passage of single irregularities like lying policemen, but now the suspension is no longer folded on the limiters, but only noise. The interior of the car is modern in the spirit of Mazda: emotionally, convenient and efficient, but democratic. If no change has happened in the fact that Russian is good, the new treshka should become no less than our favorite than the former.


 
Volkswagen Golf.


DSG, TSI, independent suspension: Golf at the same time and the most advanced, and the most traditional one. Namely this combination and there is a breed in its segment, he plays the same role that Porsche in the top spheres: always in the forefront, but also on the side of the momentum

The word golf in this class is the same as the name Schumacher in motor racing: he is the best, they even know those who do not know anything about races. But he really is the best. Just and golf. And to understand why it is, in contrast to races, it is much more difficult. Many of his design seems boring. Many at the first glance more like another, but when people begin to think about what they will deal with every day for several years, in the direction of the golf lean and those who have shown it seemed to be boring. Golf Sixth result of the fifth golf refinement. The fifth was too good: not technologically due to complex design and too expensive for many wishing to buy it. But the sixth removes this inconsistency of desires and opportunities. No, he did not become easier, it became even more serious, but technologists optimized production.


The differences between Golf are small, but significant. They are in small nuances, but their great many, and each of them helps to raise the overall level of the car.

We have a car with a motor 1.4 TSI with a capacity of 122 liters. with. and transmissia DSG. The option is modern, but it did not seem the most advantageous. The low-volume motor in this version is sluggishly takes from the bottom and does not want to follow the pedal: the effect of superior is expressed here very much. It fills him and the transmission algorithm, which in Drive is in no hurry to leave the cost-effective high gears. This mode is great for the uniform movement of European country tracks. Sport works well in Moscow, which constantly supports the promotion of the motor. Chassis with a cunning rear multi-dimensional sample! So expensive and in an adult in this class no longer goes. With a total high level of today's chassis, the difference with golf is small, but significant. She is in small nuances, but there are many of them, and each of them helps the saddles less tired and better feel. In fact, golf is a premium segment. Here is all the highest quality: both decoration, and layout, and ergonomics. Yes, there are few characteristic or emotional traits in it, but thanks to his quality, many want to ride it.


 
Summary

Honda Civic


In this picture, the engine is because it is very good. There are no suspension, steering and rear seats because there is no place for them: in Honda Civic there are many things that can qualify for the best performance among all comparison participants

HUYNDAI I30.


The car is remarkable gambling, albeit an old-fashioned engine, a good box and martial pad. It is impressive, however, this quality of the performance of the beard with the climate block was impossible to wait, even given the current progress of Hyundai. Executed at the level of the European Premium Segment

Chevrolet Cruze


Size and price The most important arguments of Chevrolet Cruze. The first derivative of the size was the victory in comparison of passenger seats: in Cruze you can reach freeing. Also on the side of Chevrolet original and modern design

Mazda3.


Best? It can not be an objective definition when you talk about design. But with all objectivity we can say that the appearance of Mazda3 is the brightest. On the side of the treshka is also sporty character: along with Civic, and good quality

Volkswagen Golf.


The DSG transmission is the best and progressive of all in this comparison. And not only in it: she is just one of the best, and the fact that its charms are available in the golf class, great benefit for those who appreciate the accuracy of management, but does not believe that in 2009 there is still a place in the car KP
 

VW Golf has retained its position in its own class. This is predictable, but at such a population of this market segment cannot be granted. Golf again proved its strength. It is still in an equal proportion mixed high level of design with external modesty, advanced equipment with classical ergonomics, comfort with sports and even mechanics with a machine gun (when using the DSG transmission). It is made so high quality and thought out as accurately to please the widest possible, well-secured audience. Mazda3 added in comfort and became an adult. In many respects, it is now closer to Golf on balance of its nature, which lost most weak points, but retained both sharp corners, and typical features: still Mazda is valuable, first of all, emotions. The design is the most exquisite and bright, and on the go, the same sports, like Honda Civic, which is also faithful to its renome of an absolutely high-quality golf class sedan, is nothing noticeable, but with a huge number of original solutions inside. And all these decisions, which is extremely rare, when designers refuse to follow mainstream are truly successful. Space design of the interior is not outdated and does not look like an ancient film about a distant future. The innovative location of the indispensable elements, however, it is logical so that it does not require addiction: the driver's ergonomics from Honda is distinctive, but is good, and the reserve of space for passengers is very large. Civic Sedan for those who prefer active driving, but not to the detriment of practicality. Hyundai i30 is 100% high-quality modern golf class hatchback with a characteristic gambling and powerful engine, with a high-quality interior and a good chassis. In terms of its technical level, the company has already closely approached Japanese. Chevrolet Cruze is a large and comfortable, spacious and original. His economic trumps and a set of consumer properties do not leave reasonable and economical buyers of a large selection of arguments for numerous and strong.
 

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