Hyundai Solaris Saoralis West Drive since 2010 sedan

Hyundai Solaris. Planet "Solaris"

Hyundai Solaris. Price: from 443,000 p. On sale: since the summer of 2011

Hyundai Solaris continues to conquer the Russian automobile market. Moreover, the scale of Korean expansion reached truly cosmic scope! The launch of the second Slaris rocket in the back of the hatchback was accompanied by sending a crew from one and a half dozen Russian automobile journalists to the weightlessness of the crew

Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 33 years old, automobile journalist, driving experience of 14 years, personal car - Volvo C30

Actually, for the sake of this Solaris car, Hyundai hatchback is a few months before the birth of its half -loaded ship, from a market orbit, such rather popular models as Getz and I20. There should be no competition in the Korean family!

With the exception of the fifth door and general body contours, the hatch is not much different from the Solaris sedan both in terms of design, and with regard to handling. Although in the image of less academic hatchback some family features are more striking. Take at least an overly soft suspension, which brilliantly swallows all the bumps of His Majesty Comfort above all! But, being unable to counteract strong transverse accelerations, makes the car scour at high speeds. Such, as it may seem to someone, excessive adaptation to Russian conditions leaves no doubt about the focus of Solaris to the measured audience, gravitating to a calm manner of riding.

Unlike the sedan, in the cloth of the hatchback you will no longer find naked basic configuration. All cars in a five -door body will be equipped with a driver’s safety and front passenger, an anti -lock brake system, an electronic EBD system to prevent drivers from the back with emergency braking, a drive of a steering column and a rudder of the steering wheel, and a power steering system, and a power steering system. , front electric windows, rear window heating system, heat -protective tinting of glasses and a central lock. Naturally, in comparison with the cost of the basic version of the sedan 399,000 rubles, the price of the Solaris hatchback of 443,000 rubles. for a car with a 107 -cilia engine of 1.4 liters and 463,000 rubles. For a 1.6 -liter version, it looks less attractive. But in fact, the rise in comparison with a similar package of the sedan amounted to only 10,000 rubles. The cost of all key options, including an automatic transmission (35,000 rubles) and air conditioning (20,000 rubles), remained unchanged.

In total, the Hyundai Solaris hatchback palette will be presented on the Russian market with four trim levels. In addition to the essentially basic version of Classic, Hyundai prepared three more packages. In the Active configuration, the car will acquire an air conditioner, heated front seats, rear electric windows, external electric mirrors and heating, CD/MP3 audio system with the ability to control the steering wheel, RDS, USB and AUX connectors. As a result, the price of such a car even with a 5 -speed manual transmission with a 1.4 engine will amount to 487,000 rubles, and a 1.6 -liter version will completely step over the half -million barrier 507,000 rubles. The hatch of the handle of the doors and the body of the external mirrors in the body color, adjustable in length, the central armrest with boxing, the chrome -based door trim and the parking brake lever, the glossy finish of the front console, the Superovision panel, two additional high -frequency speakers, the anterior fogs and the spoiler, adjusted in length, are even greater. With a stop sign on the luggage door. All this stylish luxury in the Style package will cost from 523,000 to 578,000 rubles. As for the Dynamic top configuration for 123 -horsepower versions 1.6, which will include four of the five additional options: six airbags, electronic stabilization system (ESC), anti -industrial system (TCS), rear parking lots, access access system, and the keyboard; etc., then its price will fly up to 614,000 rubles. Not so budgetary for a small car with a manual transmission (you still have to pay extra for the machine). Especially in comparison with the main competitor in the budget galaxy, Renault Sandero, which even a Stepway version in the top configuration barely reaches a half-million mark.

However, judging by the cosmic demand that fell on the planet Solaris in the first months of sales of a new hatchback, she has not yet threatened the demographic crisis!

Cooler than sex!
As part of the premiere test drive, the Hytchback Hyundai gave to motorists a unique opportunity to visit the zero gravity on board the unique flying laboratory of the Cosmonauts training center. Unlike colleagues, for me it was already the second flight into weightlessness, but, I admit, I still do not understand how you can describe the unescruded sensations that a person experiences, getting rid of the weight of his own body, gravity and orientation in space! Delight? Ecstasy? Madness? Therefore, I will limit myself only to a short phrase thrown by my partner in the previous flight of the vice-champion of the world of Formula 1 David Kulthard. Going off the il-76MDK ramp, the Scot then found only four words in order to express his sensations from the flight as well as possible: it is cooler than sex!
 
Driving
An acceptable level of reactions and dynamics by the standards of a compact city car.
   
Salon
For a budget car, quite stylish and modern.

Comfort
A high level of comfort is designed to replenish some flaws in controllability.
   
Safety
Six airbags in top -end configuration inspire respect. But they will have to pay a lot for them.
   
Price
Slaris is gradually getting more expensive.
 
We do not love
For its class, the Solaris salon is very spacious, and it is executed efficiently. Spacious
Elegant bent cilia of anti -tumen cans business card Solaris. Elegantly
The trunk of a hatchback is 95 liters more modest than that of the sedan, but with the possibility of transformation. Variably
 
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Stylish modern design, available automatic transmission, high, by the standards of this class, level of comfort
- too soft suspension and significant supplement to transverse overloads
 
Specifications

Dimensions - 4115x1700x1470 mm
Engine-gasoline, 1396 cm3, 107 hp/6300 min-1, 135.4 nm/5000 min-1
Transmission - 5 -speed manual transmission
Dynamics - max 190 km/h; 11.5 s to 100 km/h
Fuel consumption - 5.9 l/100 km in mix. cycle
Competitors - Renault Sandero

Our opinion
Although gradually Solaris is becoming less and less budget: even in comparison with the rise in price sedan, the hatch added another 10,000 rubles in price, the Hyundai space program is gaining momentum. And there is not the slightest doubt: while the critical price bar of the flight will not be passed, the planet Solaris will continue to actively settle!


Author: Vladimir Makkaveev


 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [August 2011]