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Hyundai Tucson 725 900 rub

The popular Hyundai Tucson suffered an amputation of all -wheel drive. The patient who thrown back the rear wheels feels no worse than an all -wheel drive fellow
SUV without all -wheel drive? Nonsens! The same absurdity as non -alcoholic wine or a book on how easy it is to quit smoking. At least for me: no pleasure, no effect. Another thing is crossovers who, due to their specifics, completely allow such technical liberties. For example, Hyundai Tucson. Monversion, by the way, has existed for a long time, since the appearance of the model in 2004. True, it was sold mainly in the USA: to force their brother to give money for unnecessary function is much harder than ours. And those who are all -wheel drive, calmly relied on the rest of the SUV blessings: a spacious interior, roomy trunk, high road clearance, passenger. To finally believe that there are rational buyers in Russia, the manufacturer took a little less than four years.
And you can save decently. The cost of front -wheel drive modifications with a 2.0 -lit -free gasoline engine and a 4 -speed automatic machine 64,000 rubles below the price of an all -wheel drive analogue. So if the road to a suburban residence is not blurred by precipitation to a difficult state, parting with this amount looks at least unreasonable. On the highway, such a Tucson is much more energetic: 100% of the moment without loss of all -wheel drive is transmitted to the front wheels, and the mass of the car decreased. Responses on pressing the accelerator became Revelet, a 142-horsepower engine tenses less and does not irritate excessive noise at medium speeds. The machine would still be bred! And then with active drive, gear shifts occurs with a noticeable delay and is accompanied by a saturated roar. However, this also sins the all -wheel drive version.
Alas, the passivity of the rear-wheel drive Tucson is not, no, but responds with phantom pain in the bowels of the machine. And in the shower of the driver. In this snowdrift, one could have parking miraculously, a familiar turn would probably have surrendered under a more speedy onslaught, and the demolition of the front was not chopped in the veins. The stabilization system would gain special relevance here. But ESP for such a modification is installed only in the States, for some reason it is not provided for us. Like a leather salon, light sensor and other petty -bourgeois excesses. However, the potential buyer of this version of Hyundai Tucson is unlikely to pay attention to them. We remember, he is rational. And to pay extra for the functions, without which it can easily do, will only be under the muzzle of a gun. But he will receive the maximum necessary for the minimum price.
Driving
If it were not for the degree automatic, the dynamics of the crossover could be called outstanding.
Salon
Modest and functional, it is difficult to complain.
   
Price
The front -wheel drive version with the automatic transmission is cheaper than the modification by a powerful drive of 64,000 rubles.
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Interesting dynamic qualities, spacious interior, lower price, lower fuel consumption.
- less possibilities on conditional off -road, thoughtful machine gun.
Specifications
Mark and model - Hyundai Tucson Dohc 2.0 FWD A/T
Dimensions - 4325/1795/1730 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1975 cm3, 142 hp/6000 min -1
Automatic transmission, 4-speed
Dynamics - max 160 km/h; 12.2 s to 100 km/h
Competitors - Kia Sportage

Author: Dmitry Tytyuchenko
Photo: Sergey Krestov
 
 

A source: Magazine 5 wheel [April 2008]