Test Drive Hyundai IX55 (Veracruz) since 2009 SUV
Need a seven SUV for 40,000 euros
Regarding inexpensive, but spacious crossovers in our market are not much. What is called, once, two and turned around. These times, two, according to our permanent reader, Mazda CX-9 and Hyundai IX55 fit. Let's see what he thinks about these machines Vladimir Sazonov, 24 years old, manager, driving experience of 6 years, driving on Subaru Impreza 2.5 ST. Wants a seven SUV. Budget - 40? 000
Requirements for the car
Image - not catchy, but quite spectacular in appearance. It should seem less than it really is.
The style is undoubtedly the dynamics must be present in the guise of the car. Brutal forms are not my style.
Effectiveness - it is clear that with such dimensions and the power of the engine about economy, you can only dream, but still ...
Hanging Quality - Dynamic Indicators of such a car I put up its ability to go off-road.
The interior is desirable that the car is spacious and comfortable inside the car. And the third row of seats is required.
Equipment - the presence of stabilization and control systems are welcome, but only if they can be disabled if desired.
You know, I really do not like cramped conditions. In my apartment cozy only Troim, and in the country, five are comfortable. Sometimes for the sake of space and convenience for each inhabitant you have to limit yourself to the company. I apply the same criterion to the movement facility: comfort and space for everyone. Now I have a five-seater car in which the three is the need to travel a large company, I have to rent any significantly large sizes, for example, a seven-party jeep or mini-Ven, which create a comfortable comfort for me and five passengers . At some point, I realized that any way more pleasant and quietly conquer on my own and familiar car. It pushed me to the thoughts about the purchase of a full, seven-storey, sports, useful and universal vehicle SUV.
I must say, the set of seven-bed cars in the market is small. Mini Wenna immediately deducted due to a low-power engine and low clearance, followed by full-fledged SUVs, I am not ready to overpay half a million rubles per set of gearboxes, rattles and suspensions, which I will use a couple of times per season, and acceptable to me And the sustainability on the road is not achieved by definition. There remains a pair of relatively inexpensive crossovers of the impressive size of Mazda CX-9 and Hyundai IX55.
Mazda CX-9 40800 Selected, because: Cyllary, dynamic and most importantly spacious car. Plus, it is almost stacked in the budget.
Almost at forty horsepower on each of the seven saddles, two tons of the curb mass, five meters of the length of the challenge of the perfect athlete-heavyweight. When there is no one next to him, he deftly hides his dimensions, adjusting to the prickly hatchback, not that under the compact Saraike. But in the middle of the courtyard-well CX-9 suddenly draws attention as the UFO, growing over all potential competitors. By aligning the impressive dimensions and the miley features, Madudovtsy made a car that radiates good and light when the owners meet.
The CX-9 salon is also friendly as appearance. The driver and front passenger are in thoughtful to the small interior, in which the inspired hand of the designer is felt. The stylistic unity of the front panel, the doors and the central tunnel create a feeling of completeness and comfort. A rather low driver landing seems to protect it from the outside world, but at the same time has a significant disadvantage: the dimensions of CX-9 seem endless, and even the experienced driver Mazda delivers a lot of trouble when parking. The main thing is not to turn around, because there are two more and a half meters of a full-fledged living space, to which the driver has nothing because of the high central tunnel, narrow windows and wide armchairs. From behind, Mazda is going on a different life: everything is as comfortable, but more compatible. There are five adults without constraints there, but all the luggage will have to be folded into their feet or on the roof, as the volume of the trunk with the laid down seats does not even be enough for a picnic kit.
On the move again, Mazda confirms ambition to become Drivers car. Forget about the mother-and children, invest in turns, brake sharply and tried to disperse the fastest. Because otherwise it defeats the purpose of a clear informative steering, overly sensitive brake pedal and a suspension that transmits fares all joints and cracks, but the big bumps says even a little obsessive. CX-9 can obviously go faster than it should be seated on the second and third rows of passengers. All Mazda zeal disappears on the broken country road, where under his feet suddenly
beginning to be heard knocking and ABS useless crunches when you try to active inhibition.
Style
Like the fact that the car completely devoid of brutality. It may not be cool, but its dimensions are very aesthetically pleasing. Rationally
driving performance
The chassis may not be enough only to motor. It seems that the car will fit into any corner. With the stock
Interior If you ignore the camp, which can fit into the back, you feel that everything is done for driver enjoyment. Good
economy
I can not say that it is not sufficient. In the end, 13 liters per hundred in combined cycle I was quite satisfied. Acceptable
Equipment standard
In fact, it has everything that you could want in principle. But the main thing is that if you want I can get rid of electronic bridles only one touch of a button. Exactly what is needed
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Decent handling, a great speaker.
- Blurred feelings dimensions, the lack of space in the third row of seats.
Specifications
Make and model - Mazda CX-9
Dimensions - 5075x1935x1730 mm
Engine - petrol, 3726 cm3, 273 HP / 5000 min-1
Transmission - automatic 6-speed gearbox
Dynamics - 181 km / h; 10/1 to 100 km / h
Hyundai ix55 36400
Chosen because: a fresh player in our market, has a spacious interior and powerful engine. Reasonable price and equipment.
Almost everyone who is willing to afford the car for one and a half million rubles, when pronouncing the name of this brand, stretches: oh, does not. For me, ah-ix turned out to be a car but. As if in reproaching to all prejudices, he shouts: But I have great noise insulation, but I'm well assembled, but I have a worthy accelerate and braking, but I am comfortable, I am big and spacious! Hyundai made a logical seven-year leap forward to European quality. For all the time, I did not find anything that would cause dislike or distrust. Koreans finally made a clean product, which can cause sympathy, find the consumer and lead fans. Externally, IX55 does not try to hide the roots and carries the burden of the overall style of the soldiers of the brand. Sophisticated, places not finished lines still do not spoil a completely successful common silhouette of the body. Due to the fact that Hyundai is shorter than Mazda for 20 centimeters, it is distinguished by some collens, sporting and lack of long overwhelms.
The interior was boring, but functional. Everything you need is at hand, to the quality of materials do not find fault, but, frankly, in the photos, it looks more interesting than the eyes of the driver. Landing seems higher than in CX-9, and this sometimes makes thinking that you are sitting behind the wheel of a full-fledged SUV. The driver is not isolated from the rest of the space and without problems can communicate with all members of the crew. Spaces in the IX55 are no less than in Mazda, and it is even easier to wade into the seats of the third row. True, in both machines, I would require a gallery from all passengers to escape, and would be highly given helmets: in motion at an uneven road, sitting behind the rear wheels, it is easy to grope a roof or rear window.
Hyundai does not at all provoke the driver for active actions. He knows how to roll exactly so much so that the foot herself let go of gas, in response to the bumps in turns pushing the driver with the steering wheel, and the feeling of weightlessness gives rear passengers on large longitudinal waves. Man, at least once traveled on a jeep, such behavior will seem quite predictable and controlled, you just need to relax.
Style
Comparable Hyundai style. Anyone except manufacturers, does it pride? Not impressed
driving performance
Despite some valve, it is quite predictable. I did not please only push steering from the bumps in turns. Compromise
Interior With all the quality of assembly and materials, the salon is urgently required designer. Otherwise roomy and functionally. Without delight
Economy
The engine's cube would fully allow this car literally to fill with gasoline. But IX55 is quite capable of content all the same than 13 liters per hundred. Marvelous
Equipment standard
The insane amount of all kinds of options in standard equipment can make anyone to lose his head and pulse, but not me. Indifferent
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Spacious salon, dynamic characteristics, the ability to disable the stabilization system.
- boring design, push on the steering wheel when passing irregularities.
Technical characteristics
Brand and model - Hyundai iX55
Dimensions - 4840x1945x1750 mm
Engine - gasoline, 3778 cm3, 264 hp / 5100 min-1
Transmission - automatic 6-speed gearbox
Dynamics - 190 km / h; 8.3 with up to 100 km / h
My choice
In my opinion, these cars can be considered classmates only by formal signs. Hyundai I would call a solid parcipher with an indisputably pronounced assembly and design quality, as well as possessing off-road potential. Mazda This is focused outside the fuel deficit of a family universal, which is entrusted to be the flagship of the popular brand. He has an entrance to the fishing shore, and in country clubs. I will give your preference CX-9, including because more than all the advantages in front of the IX55, Mazda has one prestige.
Editor's Choice
Upon other things being equal, we still give the palm of the IX55 championship. Yes, the image of this brand is not so solidized, like Mazda, but the quality level, equipment and dynamic characteristics of the IX55 are at a sufficiently high level. Yes, and the price with such a rich set of options is quite reasonable, if not to say underestimated. As for Mazda CX-9, it is also a very worthy car.
That's just a overpayment of 5,000 euros for the image somewhat confuses.
Photo: Igor Kuznetsov
A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [September 2009]
