Hyundai Tucson 2004 test drive - 2009 SUV

Study, study and study

Chery Tiggo
In his homeland, the Chinese car went on sale in 2005.
Engine: gasoline 2.4 liters (129 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical. The drive is full or front.
Complex: three options.
Price: $ 16 50019 800.

Hyundai Tucson
Presented in February 2004 at a car dealership in Chicago. The car was built on the units of Elantra.
Engines: gasoline 2.0 liters (142 hp) and 2.7 l (175 hp) or turbodiesel 2.0 l (112 hp). The latter is only for Europe.
Gearboxes: 5-speed mechanical, 4-speed automatic. The drive is complete or front (for the USA).
Complex: Five options.
Price: $ 27 99034 290.

Toyota Rav4
The third generation of the model debuted at the Frankfurt car dealership in 2005.
Engine: 2.0 l (152 hp).
Gearboxes: 5-speed mechanical, 4-speed automatic. The drive is complete.
Complex: three options.
Price: $ 33 50038 400.

The Japanese auto industry seven decades. Korean is a quarter century younger. The Chinese just get on wheels. Is it possible to catch the difference in education using the example of specific cars? It is painful to save the temptation, while not losing in quality! Cheri-Tiggo from the Middle Kingdom is 50% cheaper than the Japanese RAV4! Even if you abandon Hyundai-Tussan in favor of Cheri, there will be enough money for a long vacation in hot countries. Or is it better to spend them on study?

The price is temptation
China is in a hurry to pass all the exams with an external and end up in the leaders. Where does this speed are possible, the Chinese are not so much on their own as on other people's mistakes and successes?
The basis of such assumptions was Cheri-Tiggo: yes, the car is copied from the Toyota-RAV4 of the previous generation, but is it so bad? A picture of the educational process arose in my head. With a brand new Toyota, a young Chinese twisting his wings and takes off their hood will be explored by a hollow experts. Doors, buttons, pens panels takes away for a detailed study by designers his no less curious colleague and so the car is disassembled to the last screw.

To do everything no worse than that of the Japanese! And so that to the 112th anniversary of Mao! This, of course, is a joke.
However, an impartial inspection does not give reasons for irony. Tiggo is worthy, which is indicated by the quality of the coloring and conjugation of body panels. Hiding from the November wind into the salon, he immediately found many little things in Chery, familiar from other brands. Although the interior is slightly disappointed by the panel of hard plastic devices, ventilation deflectors dangle limply in the air ducts, the skin is left to be desired

The noise haunts travelers, no matter what road Tiggo moves at whatever speed. At the first moment, it seems that the door did not fully get into the opening or the glass was not closed. And with the fastest overclocking, the main batch is performed by the engine.
Cheri is equipped with a 2.4 liter licensed Mitsubishi engine and 129 hp, which, against the background of competitors, is barely enough. After 5000 rpm, turning the engine is almost useless, and up to 3000 it is openly lazy.
All -terrain qualities are very modest in the transmission with an automatic electromagnetic coupling connecting the rear wheels, forced blocking is not even provided. If under the wheels is snow porridge, and the relief makes you throw off the speed to the turtle, the tiggo strives to stall. We have to play with a clutch: probably after such experiments there was a trembling when touched. Road clearance is limited by the outlet system at an altitude of 155 mm. When trying to hang out the car, plastic creaked menacingly, and the doors began to open poorly.
But on a slippery coating, the Chinese shows a flexible character: you will enter a little faster turn to slide out with all four wheels, and will smoothly go into the skid under the discharge of gas. On a straight line, returning to the trajectory, which has lost from the course of the Cheri, easier to press on the accelerator. Only with the steering wheel is careful: it is quite sharp, but at the same time it is not informative.
More recently, I had a different opinion about the Chinese. It seemed that they would catch up with Korean cars in five years. Now I think that there will be enough for them and three auto industry studies, studies, studies

MIDDLE CLASS
TUSSON is located in the American state of Arizona. Half a million inhabitants, fifty sports clubs, a dozen museums, four newspapers, their airport is the most ordinary American city. Why was the car named him in honor of him? The answer will be given by the indigenous residents of the Indians of the Pim tribe, in whose language the word Tucson means spring at the foot of the Black Mountain. Indeed, in this area the sun shines almost all year round.

And we have winter. At this time, such a car is right away: with a powerful steel protection, a decent road clearance and forced blocking of the center differential. Therefore, after a couple of kilometers passed outside the city, I would like to turn into the forest and check Tussan with a snowy path.

Although the result is already predictable: it is better to go round the serious off -road on Hyundai, but where the car gets up, it passes without blinking an eye. The car has a full -wheel drive system, which automatically distributes the moment between the axes. On the hard coating, it passes forward 100% traction, and in the case of slipping of Wylianft, it throws up to 50% to the rear wheels. In particularly difficult situations, the 4WD Lock button will come in handy.

Once Koreans bought a license from their eastern neighbors for the release of units, copied the design and design methods. Those times have passed Tussan created on the Elantra passenger platform, and this is far from the first independent development of Koreans. Highly qualified engineers are grown, the school of automotive industry is set. Impression?

Tussan is perceived as a rather heavy, solid car. The reactions to the steering wheel are a little late and do not differ in accuracy. With irregularities, the suspension copes easily and at ease, and the supply of energy intensity allows you to relax and not discard speed even on a completely useless coating. In corners, the car is noticeably rolling, forcing him to be careful. But someone will even like it: you quickly cool on Tussan, I don’t want to maneuver, flicker. So you usually feel in a real alternate.

But solidity in no case implies unhurried acceleration! A five -speed mechanics works clearly, and a noisy engine excuses a good speaker. If under the wheels are ice, then the excess of traction imperceptibly and effectively extinguishes the anti -boom system Tussan accelerates evenly and confidently.

The wheels noise a little, the aerodynamic features of the body are slightly manifested. A little more, and the management process stops me, I no longer look at the rustic, without a highlight of the salon. Tussan is not annoying and it does not surprise it simply does his job. Perhaps this is the key to success? Less emotions, more things ...

HIGHER AND HIGHER
I still remember that early spring morning in Tokyo. Above the sterile-clear pavements, the sun rose, lighting the glass facades of skyscrapers, and it seemed to be still brighter on the deserted streets. I walked to the hotel and was surprised: for me, almost unnecessary lights lit up for me, the escalators suddenly came to life in multi -level crossings. Here I am at home: the hotel door sailed to the sides, the elevator raised silently to the 36th floor in 17 seconds, and when I opened the door, light flashed in the room ... Maybe this is a dream? No, this is the XXI century. This is Japan.

The car itself recognizes you by the key and hesitates the door. The key can be kept in your pocket, the engine is launched by a button, a short instruction of the dealer, and RAV4 and I leave the parking lot. I already had to travel on this model a couple of months ago. Now the option with a machine gun in a top configuration.

In the tunnel, the devices themselves flashed and the near light turned on, a warning about a possible ice appeared on the on-board computer display, with an increase in the speed of the radio, the wipers helpfully brushed the dirt that sprinkled from under the wheels of associated cars. A dozen years ago, we have not dreamed of such options. And plastic? It can be hard or soft, but the texture, color combinations, gaps between panels, an abundance of small details that create a feeling of a high -tech product, such a quality was unattainable.

On the go, RAV4 is perceived as a single organism. The pedals and the steering wheel seem to be a continuation of you and as if they are directly closed on the roadway. The transmission works inaudibly, does not buzz and does not buzz the steering wheel amplifier, does not bother the suspension. The machine reminds of yourself only when you push the gas to the floor with a small delay in switching, but no jerks and throwing between the gears.

RAV4, like Tussan, does not save an interdose -axial differential with blocking on the road, but you can tear plastic aerodynamic shields for sure! Nevertheless, the RAV4 machine is primarily asphalt, absolutely passenger in sensations. When overtaking on the highway, you feel some power shortage, so you need to measure the capabilities of the car with your own desires. But the chassis is flawlessly Toyota always confidently keeps the course.

Something gray suddenly flashed on the high-speed ring of the landfill and the car was rushed across. Hare! Having blocked the Integrated Active Drive System, which connects the steering electric power, the device control, stabilization and ABS, the machine returned to the previous trajectory after emergency rearrangement on ice. Marvelous? I am no longer ...

Toyota is still a standard for most positions. But leadership did not fall from the sky. No one still managed to write a good landscape, barely receiving paint and brush at the disposal. Of course, natural talent is needed, but it is nothing without skills, knowledge, experience and, of course, hard work! Who works a lot, sooner or later it will become the best.

Mikhail Gzovsky: The first time it is not easy to create a really successful car, even if the eyes are an excellent model. To get a certificate of automotive maturity, you will have to go through a difficult school and error school.

Chery Tiggo is still far from the quality of the quality, but in general it makes a good impression in most city disciplines. The strongest side is indicated in the price list.

General assessment 7.5
+ Attractive price, good possibilities for transformation of the salon, roomy trunk.
- High noise, average decoration quality, small road clearance.

Hyundai Tucson obviously justifies every ruble spent on its acquisition. The middle class in the automotive hierarchy, the middle ground for practical buyers.

General estimate 8.0
+ Good ergonomics, comfortable driver's seat, good opportunities outside the asphalt, a spacious rear sofa.
- noisy engine, specific handling.

Toyota Rav4 Achieved one of the most advanced automobile companies in the world in your garage. A convenient car in the city and on the highway, soundly made and expensive.

General assessment 8.2
+ High quality assembly and materials, acoustic comfort, successful automatic machine, good climatic installation, excellent stabilization system, Russified menu.
- limited possibilities outside the asphalt, a rather high price.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mikhail Gzovsky

A source: The magazine "Driving"