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Our acquaintance kia cee'd 3d: young-green

The new generation chooses not only drinks. Young people live their own separate life, into which the three-door kia-cid will fit. The car was evaluated by Denis Harutyunyan. Photo: Konstantin Yakubov.
Career growth, trainings and Tim-Buildings, fitness and compliance with fashion generation up to thirty moves in space and in time with enviable energy. How to create a car that can match this pace? KIA marketers decided that, despite some sports in character, the five -door hatchback of Sid lacks particularly sharp features, and tried to give them a three -door modification, while avoiding large costs.
Neoclassica
Frowning in the rays of the sun by dark greenery, then the blue, three -door sid clearly demonstrates caution (or stinginess?) Designers: only small portions of pepper in the form of a slightly modified front end and other stern will help distinguish it from brothers in the family. The only noticeable bright feature about the doors. A huge gate will easily miss any height and complexion inside a person. True, the sizes can play a cruel joke in a close parking lot. But if the door managed to open, then not only a teenager can sit back. By the way, the two not the smallest passengers will accommodate there quite comfortable. But the small windows, which are akin to the closet slits of the gun tower, can cause an attack of claustrophobia.
If the designers worked on the exterior, then the interior, contrary to expectations, duplicates the decoration of a five -door hatchback. Although it is not necessary to complain about solid materials, good seats and convenient governing bodies. You can only complain about the absence of a kind of spark, the highlights are very strict and functional. Only after half a day of communication with the car, he noticed the only sports note in the cabin metal overlays on the pedals.
Parkour
The newfangled youth entertainment of parkour is a mixture of acrobatics, racing with obstacles and even martial arts for moving through stone jungle. By nature, the pro-cide resembles a tracer, that is, a person who is still engaged in an exotic sport. From the first minutes of driving, the aggressive aspiration of a two -liter engine breaks off not a very dense veil of soundproofing and provokes to go faster and faster, and a hard suspension and magnificent brakes enhance the image of a sports car. But very soon I begin to notice some oddities. For example, a tightness of the machine gun. Of course, the unit is not bad, however, against the background of the vigor of the engine of the motor of its reaction, they leave much to be desired. Another reason for claims suspension. The coverage of many Moscow roads is by no means perfect, but Sid turned them into a real washing board. And especially large pits and joints to let go under the wheels and are completely scary.
What is the three -door is not like galloping trackers through the streets is the steering control. The mechanism is distinguished by commendable severity (from the emphasis to the stop only 2.5 turns), but the nervous, uneven reactions to the turn of the steering wheel are forced to really cling to the bagel. Over time, of course, you get used to it, and yet it is impossible to consider such behavior normal. At first, he sinned at the hydraulic booster, but, looking at the wheels, suggested that it was the hard tires of the 45th profile that caused the engraved behavior of the machine.
In a word, the car left a strange impression. The frisky engine is engraved with not the fastest automatic, the impression of a pleasant salon spoils the slightly sound insulation, and comfort and excitement are adjacent to merciless shaking on the most ordinary road. Unless young and energetic can come to terms with such a difficult character. Older people (and with a richer life experience) will surely refuse a three -door SID in favor of a more comfortable car. Nevertheless, three-door cars on the streets can be more and more, are they also bought by those who are young soul? _x0008_
Kia Cee'D 3D
The history of Kia Sid began in September 2006 with a five-door hatchback. The three-door version, which received the unofficial name of the pro-cid, saw the light a year later. The most popular modification with a 2-liter gasoline engine is the most popular.
Engines: gasoline 1.42.0 l (109143 hp), diesel 1.6 and 2.0 liters (115 and 140 hp).
Gearbox: mechanical 5-speed, automatic 4-speed.
Complete: GN 78, GN 97, GN 96, GX06, GL51, T459, T460, T461.
The price of basic configurations: 613 720 649 900 rub.
Test car: 2.0 liters, 143 hp, 4-speed automatic, GL51 equipment, options, 627 120 rub.
+ The convenience of entry-exit, a spacious salon and trunk.
- Hard suspension, noise, nervous steering.
KIA See'D 3D visual aid on how to give the car sports, spending a minimum of funds.
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Source: The magazine "Driving"