Hyundai Tucson 2004 test drive - 2009 SUV

Young specialist

In a close -knit team of parquet all -terrain vehicles, this car burst unexpectedly. It is charming, it solves complex tasks at a time and, as it should be for the newly -made graduate of the university, does not require sky -high fees for labor.


Kid and Santa
The girl was clearly in no hurry to leave the salon and delightedly drove her hand along the steering wheel, and a feeling of deep satisfaction was clearly indicated on the young man's face. And from the sight of a happy friend, and from an unexpectedly saved impressive amount. They have long looked at Santa Fa (certainly light green and with a machine gun!) And now, finally getting out the purchase, they saw him.
 

The girl's heart was broken by Hyunda-Tussan. He was largely like the previously remembered Santa Fu outwardly. But, as the green -eyed blonde was definitely noticed, she turned out to be neat and brighter. And besides, $ 2000 is cheaper. And the pretty young couple went to the box office. And I had to find out what this baby is capable of. Only I chose the option more modest with a two -liter engine and a mechanical gearbox.
 

The golden Tussan greeted me, merrily blinking with repeaters of the indicators of the turns. And you, darling, are really pretty pretty. In the eyes, confidence and openness, on the face is a stamp of determination and not a shadow of frivolity. And, by the way, not a baby at all. In fact, Tussan is wider and above RAV4, CR-V, Outlander, Freilender, X-Trail. And although it loses to everyone, with the exception of Toyota, from 10 to 22 cm in length, but at the same time has the most impressive in this class 2630 mm with a wheelbase. Hence the short overhangs and the impression of external compactness.
 



What, the new owner, is it necessary?
The next pleasant surprise awaited me inside. With a modest 4.32 m in the length of Hyunde, he was unexpectedly spacious. Compared to the most popular SAV4 SUV4 in Russia, in the back seat of which a tall man inevitably sees his knees, on the gallerine of Tussan is much more Volga. If necessary, there are enough places for three, and two, slightly rejecting the backs of the seats, can spread out, almost like in a summer chair.
 

It is a pity, cheap plastic on the doors and panels immediately gives out that the young man was clearly dressed not with Carden. However, in general, its outcome does not cause rejection in anything. By ease of use of buttons and levers, Hyunde does not lag behind the best classmates. For example, even a kind of kindergarten graduate will figure out with climate control blocks and stereo systems in six seconds. And his parents will undoubtedly like the rich possibilities of transforming the salon.
 

I pull the lever on the back folding, she simultaneously lowers the pillow. A couple of seconds, and a flush with the trunk floor forms an impressive platform. By decomposing the backs of the front seats, you can create a couple of sleeping places in two accounts, and having folded the right one of them, get a large table or use a salon for transporting long -meters. Spacious up to 805 liters of the trunk is full of secretous, hooks, fasteners.

Well, from a second glance you, boy, I like. Now let's see what you can do on the road.

 
   
The minimum height from the front seat pillow to the ceiling of 1023 mm is one of the best results in the class

The square cup holder in the armrest will come in handy to put a bag of juice or milk

To access the trunk, just open the glass. Or the whole door whole
 
In the rear seats, you can change the angle of inclination of the back

Folding the front seat, you can get a large table
 
The trunk is not a capacity of 325 liters, but is replete with fasteners and loops

Differential blocking is a very significant trouser tussan




The city is native element
Tussan squeezes quite lively along the narrow banned streets of the center. The steering wheel is moderately acute (3.06 turns from the stop to the stop), but not nervous. The diameter of the turn by the standards of all -terrain vehicles is also a commendable 10.8 meters. The edges of the hood are clearly visible from the high driver’s place, and you can maneuver between the rows of tightly parked cars with pharmaceutical accuracy. A high landing helps to see a person who sharply slowed down in the left row on the third ring of the Corolla, and there is enough noble click on the pedal to powerful disc brakes to confidently besiege the car at a fairly high speed.
 

140 l. With. And successfully selected gear rates in a 5-speed gearbox allow, if desired, they rush very quickly around the city. Spread it to 35004000 rpm, and a heavy all -around, according to the sensations, turns into a light sports compartment.
 

Generally speaking, that he has all -wheel drive, for the time being, can not be guessed. After all, Tussan was the first Hyunde, in the transmission of which a coupling with the electronic control of TOD (moment on demand), created by the American company Borg-Uorner, was used. Until the leading wheels begin to slip, the car will remain a front -wheel drive. That is why on the dry highway Tussan, unlike, for example, from the same Santa Fe, bribed me with a complete absence of transmission noise.
 

True, if you go not just quickly, but very fast, Tussan still reveals shortcomings. For a long time I got used to the fuzzy switching of the KP lever. Strange, but when before turning, you need to count one or two steps down, everything happens without a bitch and a bitch. However, with a quick transition from the third to the fourth, you now and then rest against an invisible step. Although, maybe this is a defect in a single box, which is our specialist, as they say, will outline with age?
 

But I am going calmly again, and Tussan obediently storms the city off -road. He has 19 cm under the card, so finding a parking place, even if you need to wave through the curb, is much easier than on any car.
 

It is a pity that in September you can’t check how he knows how to deal with snow drifts. But you can easily arrange a test of beach abilities. Moreover, before the sandy coast of the Moscow River it was a stone's throw.
    
Automat with a powerful motor in load

Tussan can be bought with two gasoline engines: 2.0 l (140 hp) and 2.7 l (173 hp), with mechanics or automatic, in the generous or very generous equipment. True, the choice of transmission and finishing level is rigidly attached to the engines. For $ 25,990 you get Tussan-2,0 with a manual transmission. Climate control, electric package, music, light alloy wheels and many other attributes necessary for a modern car already exist here.
 

Those who want to buy a car with automatic transmission will have to pay $ 29,990 for Tussan-2,7. Another $ 2500, and there will be six instead of two airbags, automatic turning on the headlights, a self -clever rear -view mirror and leather upholstery, and plastic protective pads will appear on the body and wheel arches.




It will not get bogged down in the sand ...
I only turned on the first gear in advance and rolled out on the sand. Tussan, it seems, did not notice that he had moved off the asphalt. But on the first modest climb, he also unexpectedly quickly lost speed and, before they managed to connect the rear wheels, got up and began to burst. Drown a heavy car in the sand on the hub, not even having a sapper scapula, that is still a prospect. The solution, however, was found quickly. After all, Tussan has a rare for the SUV, the opportunity to block the central differential.
 

I press the button to the left of the steering wheel. On the dashboard, an orange icon lights up (4WD Lock), and the Korean, growling slightly, is already backwards backwards. Again forward, a couple more seconds, and the car got out of captivity. I turn on the blocking in advance in advance to about 35 km/h, and on the sandy hill Tussan would climb with an eye without blinking.
 



... and will not be lost on the market
A couple of hundred kilometers we lived with this guy the soul in the soul. In any case, now I know more about him than the seasoned head of the personnel department after a three -hour interview with a newcomer. A car that has just appeared on the market, that a young specialist for the employer is always risk. It is pleasant that with Tussan this risk is minimized by a long -term (for example, for an engine and a transmission up to 5 years) a guarantee and a favorable $ 25,990 price. Any of the competitors in the same generous (climate control, music, an anti-boom system, heating seats, fog lights, electric drives of heated mirrors and glass windows, light alloys) equipment is 37 thousand more.
 

So, if only you are not satisfied with a much more modest and constructively lagging behind Tussan for a good ten years Kaliningrad Kia Sportage for $ 1822 thousand, there is no alternative to this Hyunde in Russia. In this light, it is hardly surprised that the demand for the services of young and talented Korean specialists has already exceeded the proposal.

 
PER

A favorable price, a generous equipment, a convenient, easily transformed interior, good visibility and smoothness, successfully selected gear rates in the manual transmission.
VS

Fuzzy switching and long moves of the KP lever, different in length of the course on the adhesion pedals, the absence of steering wheel in height, a high noise level after 120 km/h, fixed configurations.
 
Hyundai Tucson 2.0 (2.7)

general information
 
Body (number of places/doors)
Unievrasal (5/5)
 
Equipped mass, kg
1600 (1650)
 
Length x width x height, mm
4325x1830x1730
 
Base, mm
2630
 
The diameter of the turn, m
10.7
 
Speed, km/h
174 (180)
 
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, with
11.3 (10.5)
 

Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
6.8/10.6 (8.2/13.2)
 


Engine
 
Working volume, SMZ
1975 (2657)
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
140/6000 (173/6000)
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
18.8/4500 (24.5/4500)
 

Chassis
 
Transmission
ICP 5-speed (automatic transmission 4-speed)
 
Suspension:
Independent
 
front
Type McEzerson
 
behind
multi -link, with a reptile stabilizer
 
Steering
rhealenic type with hydraulic power steering
 
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
 
Tires
215/65 R16 (235/60 R16)
 
 
Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 
 

A source: Magazine buy a car [18/2004]