Test drive Kia Cerato (Spectra) Sedan 2008 - 2009 sedan
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They do not make cinema about exemplary family people and do not write books. They are boring, not textured, some average. That was the old Kia Cerato. With the new Cerato, the cinema bestseller also can not be removed, but the festival short film and why not? The current Cerato, increasing in dimensions (in length by 30 mm, and width by 40 mm), radically changed his exterior. Yes, in the squint of the new headlights, someone will see Honda Civic motives, and the front bumper will remind someone for Ford Focus. There is something in the Korean from Toyota Corolla and Mazda3. It is not necessary to be surprised here, because it is these cars that its creators are subjected to competitors to their brainchild. Meanwhile, despite some visual similarity of Cerato with colleagues in the workshop, the designers still managed to Europe the appearance of the machine as much as possible and reliably camouflage its Asian origin.
It is planned to supply Cerato exclusively with a 1.6 -liter gasoline engine exclusively. Of these, 50% of cars will be with a 5-speed mechanical KP, the other half with a 4-speed automatic. On mechanics, acceleration to 100 km/h will take 10.3 s. According to subjective sensations, with an automaton, the car accelerates no more slowly. The declared maximum speed is 190 km/h. You can go with such a speed, however, not for long. The transmission howl and the roar of the motor will not allow the driver for a long time to mock the equipment. The most comfortable speed for the car and driver is 110120 km/h. In the cabin quietly, calmly; The motor, without tearing, works within 3,5004,000 revolutions. There is still a reserve for a noticeable acceleration for overtaking.
KIA representatives emphasize that, they say, Cerato is a completely new car. However, no one at the same time hides the front suspension from the KIA model of the see'd. But why, instead of an independent multi -link rear suspension, the see'd on Cerato installed a two -leaf with a torsion beam? According to the official version for better handling. Sorry, do not believe. Judging by the solid configuration, a rather high quality of the interior decoration and the advanced exterior, KIA engineers had to compromise and, in order to reduce the cost of the final product, agree to install the rear suspension of a simpler design ...
As for the participation of Kia Cerato in the filming of the festival film, I don’t know how successfully the car will fit into the landscape of European cities. But on the terracotta background of the African village in the suburbs of Marakesh, the Korean looks very colorful. Although by 2010 they promise to put the KIA Cerato on the Russian market in a coupe with a 2-liter engine, can it better wait for it?
Black and gray tones in the interior decoration prevail. It is for the better. The classics are difficult to spoil
Due to the longer wheelbase, the space between the rear seat and the backs of the front seats expanded by 20 mm
Text Dmitry Kuzmin
Source: Cars
