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Test drive Kia Cerato: Korean Syndrome

The platform on which the Kia Cerato sedan is built is completely new, but the front suspension design copies the option that is equipped with CEE`D.
How it is now fashionable to start any article: despite the already disgusting financial crisis, the South Korean company Kia continues a massive attack on the Russian and European markets. Moreover, the offensive is not a spontaneous raid, but a carefully verified and strategically worked out solution. At first, as expected, there was an intelligence operation, the name of which is Kia Cee`d hatchback. It was this model that laid the foundation for the new design wave of the South Korean brand. Later there was a mass attack in the form of the appearance of the official representative office of the brand in Russia, which actually coincided with two more attacking maneuvers to the Russian market of the new sedan Kia Cerato and the city crossover Kia Soul, whose test we have already published.
All three models were created with the participation of German automobile designer Peter Schreyer, who attacked the creation of the previous generation Audi TT, Audi A6 and Volkswagen Golf IV.
C Kia Cee`d everything is clear the stylish five -door hatchback and its three -door modification of Procee`d have long become confused on European and Russian roads. But what about the latest Cerato sedan, whose Russian sales started in April of this year? This is what we will try to find out, because we have a 1.6-liter Kia Cerato with a 5-speed manual transmission on our test.
The exterior of the novelty turned out to be okay. A predatory head optics, an intricate grille of a radiator, a front bumper with widely spaced fog and a large mouth of the air intake betray the participation of a German designer. The backbone is more conservative, but from this it is no less attractive: thanks to harmonious lanterns that effectively complete the muscular silhouette of the sedan. Trembling, Japanese competitors, in beauty, the new Cerato can argue with any.
A simple interior, refreshed by plastic metallized inserts, is crowned with a spectacular dashboard, consisting of three deep wells, in the dials of which, as prisoners, red arrows are enclosed. The assembly quality was pleased: not a single extra gap, all the panels are clearly adjusted. However, the abundance of hard plastics affects the bumps, and in the bowels of the front panel you can hear a barely perceptible creaking. A pleasant to the touch leather steering wheel has an adjustment in two planes. The front seats have a good profile, but lateral support is clearly not enough. As a low landing lover, I did not have enough adjustment range in height.
In the back row of space, two passengers of medium complexion are enough. Otherwise, the riders run the risk of propping the back of the front seats with the knees. Three here is definitely not a place, and the headrest for the central part in Cerato is not provided. But there is a convenient armrest with built -in cup holders. Opening the lid of the trunk, I realized why they took care of the place. As many as 415 liters of free space, and even folded in parts the back of the rear sofa. Practical.
 
The platform on which the Kia Cerato sedan is built is completely new, but the front suspension design copies the option that is equipped with CEE`D. Everything is easier behind. Instead of the Sidovsky multi -leaf, there is an ordinary elastic transverse beam. Saving! After all, the new model was developed exactly under the markets of North America, Russia and Eastern Europe, where sedans from time immemorial are held in high esteem. And in the Western European part of the sale makes Cee`d, and there is no place for sedans.
The test Kia Cerato was equipped with a 1.6-liter engine with a capacity of 126 hp. and a 5-speed manual gearbox. On the bottom of 156 nm, the torque is clearly not enough, but with an increase in revolutions, the engine is activated and lucky much more fun. There is a shortage of the 6th gear on the highway: already 120 km/h, the strain of the motor, whose revolutions are approaching 4,000 rpm, begins to annoy decently, and the hand automatically reaches for the lever to switch further. The transmission itself does not shine with the clarity of switching, and the adhesion pedals are not enough information.
Things are better with the steering wheel. The Korean sedan is stable on a straight line, and many owners of the rear multi -wingers can be envied by Kia Cerato turns. However, the rolls could not be avoided, and the harsh suspension perceives unevenness too close to heart. I liked the settings of the steering amplifier: a clear zero and adequate reverse action is put on active driving. The brakes are not bad, but the pedal is too sensitive, which is why at first it was often necessary to peck with his nose.
For Russian buyers, the choice is negative: one motor, two transmission and only two levels of equipment. However, the basic performance is already offers a route computer, two pillows, ABS, an audio system with outputs for IPOD and USB, air conditioning, electric windows, mirrors and front armrest. The price of this version of Kia Cerato is 559 thousand rubles.
 
The execution of Lux costs 599 thousand rubles. The ESP stabilization system is added to the above here, adjusting the steering wheel, automatic lighting of light, fog lights, climate control, side airbags + curtains, as well as heating the seats and wiper zones. The additional payment for automatic transmission is 40 thousand rubles.
Ruslan Galimov
   
 
 
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Stylish appearance
Good handling
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A simple salon
Light traction on the bottom
  
The price of the tested car is 599,000 rubles
The equipment of the tested car
Power steering
Adjustment of the steering column by departure
Rubber dimension 195/65 R15 (Hankook / Nexen)
Steel discs 5.5j x 15, decorative wheel caps
Spare wheel - Disobe on a steel disk
Route computer with 6 modes, digital clock
Mirrors in sunny protective visors
Seats finish - fabric
Safety pillow - driver and passenger
Anti -lock brake system, rear brakes disk
CD receiver: Radio + SD + MP3 - 2DIN, with remote control on the steering wheel
Speakers in the front and rear doors, high -frequency speakers and antenna
Automatic inclusion of light and front fog lights
climate control
Adjustment of the front seats horizontally and tilting the back
Electric drive of the front and rear glasses, auto -stop (from the driver's side)
Adjusting driver's seat in height
Rear seats - add up in a ratio of 60:40
The rear central armrest with the cup holder
The rear fog lights
Turning repeaters - in the mirrors
External mirrors - in the color of the body, with electric drive and heated
Side airbags + curtains + active head restraints
Stabilization of the course stability - ESP
Audio entrance nest, USB + iPod
Heating the front seats and windshield in the glass cleaner parking area

Specifications
Body
Type of body sedan
The number of places 5
Trunk volume, l 415
Equipped mass, kg 1236
Complete mass, kg 1680
Length, mm 4530
Width, mm 1775
Height, mm 1460
Wheel base, mm 2650
Road clearance, mm -
Engine
Basin type with distributed fuel injection
The location in front is transversely
Location and number of cylinders 4 in a row
Working volume, cm 1591
Cylinder diameter/piston stroke, mm -
Compression ratio -
The number of valves per cylinder 4
Maximum power, L.S./rpm 124/6300
Maximum torque, Nm/rpm 156/4200
Transmission
Mechanical gearbox 5-speed
The front drive
The front suspension is independent, spring, such as mcpherson
Rear suspension half -dependent, spring
Front brakes Disco ventilated
The rear brakes are disk
Tires -
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 190
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, with 10.3
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
city cycle 6.7
controversy cycle -
mixed cycle -
Fuel tank capacity, l 52
Fuel AI-95 gasoline

 

Source: Carclub.ru