Test drive Kia Spectra 2004 - 2009 sedan
What can you expect from Kia Spectra
Kia Spectra is now being done in Izhevsk. What is this car that costs from $ 11.5 thousand? Is it worth it to consider as a purchase or is it better to turn your eyes to Renault Logan, various Chevrolet, Ford Focus, or, forgive Lord, domestic Lada? Now we will try to find out. In fact, it is quite difficult to write about budget cars. On the one hand, you can, of course, say that they are all full, made of cheap plastic, have a boring design and so on. But at the same time, you should never forget how much such models cost. After all, a lot can be forgiven for an inexpensive car, especially when its price is only a little more than that of Russians a dozen. Kia Spectra, however, is more expensive not a little, but about $ 3-4 thousand, but this difference does not bother many people who want to have a new foreign car, especially since now all dealers offer various loan options.
What is the main advantage of Kia Spectra over other competitors? The manufacturer assures that these are the dimensions of the car. They really large Spectra can even be attributed not to the golf class (more correctly with the class), but to the larger D class. Inside, Spectra really has enough space, but this car has no giant salon. You can also say about the trunk. Its volume is decent (440 liters), but it could have been more, because, for example, Renault Logan climbs 510 liters into the trunk. True, Spectra sellers have one very strong trump card on the Korean-Russian sedan, the rear seats fold, but the Frenchman does not! Expected disadvantages
And now about the main drawback of Spectra this car is boring! The machine does not attract glances to itself, although, of course, it cannot be called ugly. Also in the salon - the classic Korean design of the model of the 90s, which, already admit, makes longing. However, attention! Remember that in this case we are talking about a budget foreign car. And therefore, the appearance and interior of the car must be cautiously carefully. Of course, we can say that the more modern insides of the same Renault Logan are more interesting and prettier. But at the same time, as soon as you recall the terrifying doors of Logan, which look just very cheap, Spectra no longer seems like such a prehistoric car (though, to Ford Focus, both of these models are still very far away).
In addition, it is quite convenient to sit at the wheel of the Korean, although without small ergonomic punctures, for example, it was completely incomprehensible why, on the car assembled in Russia, a speedometer with a scale marked not only in kilometers, but also miles. Because of this stupidity, it is more difficult to perceive information about the speed of movement of the machine. And further. The editors of [email protected] managed to travel in total to three Kia Spectra. So all these cars were collected well. The details of the salon were clearly adjusted to each other, nothing fell off and did not even shatter. Pull
Only one engine is put under the hood of Kia Spectra. This is a gasoline four with a volume of 1.6 liters. with a capacity of 101 hp Not very much, but the operation of Spectra showed that these horses are enough for ordinary everyday drive. A peppy motor pulls the car forward very well, has a good supply of traction from the bottom, almost instantly responds when the gas pedal is pressed and so on. The only thing that I did not like was his noise with active acceleration. However, only with active ones. In the city, when moving with an average flow rate, the sound of the motor does not press on the psyche, and you completely quickly forget about the power unit.
As for the suspension, for most drivers it will seem quite comfortable. True, its smoothness turns into the fact that with a quick passage of turns, the car is more tapping than we would like. When driving along snow -covered roads, it turned out that the road clearance of the car (and this is 160 mm.) Allows not only to calmly move along the broken roads, but also to go down from the medium sizes of the curbs. The brake system did not cause complaints, although I did not like the fact that the ABS is put only on Spectra in the most expensive configuration with an automatic box, which now costs $ 14850 (more precisely 418 950 rubles). It is necessary to reduce
And since they again remembered the money, you can talk about how much competitors cost. And when comparing the cost of Kia Spectra with the main rivals, it turns out that this machine is expensive! With all its advantages, she also has disadvantages (here we write an outdated design, a simple salon and image of Kia). And the price of Spectra is the following car presented in the photographs in a relatively simple configuration with a hydraulic wrap, a central lock, electric drives of all glasses and two airbags costs $ 12220. And if you want to have a wheelbarrow with air conditioning and electric mirrors, then you need to cook already $ 13450 (cars with a gun cost from $ 14400). And this is not very cheap!
For example, Renault Logan has a salon that is very similar in terms of dimensions with a 1.6-liter engine (90 hp), a hydraulic power pillow, a pillow and front windows costs $ 10,699. The version with the air conditioner will cost $ 12,099. You can for $ 13,000 Get a car with ABS, two pillows, as well as an electric drive of mirrors and all glasses.
And a more prestigious and modern Ford Focus in the back of a 5-door hatchback with a 1.6-liter engine. with a capacity of 100 hp In the Comfort configuration (there is air conditioning, central lock, one airbag and front windows, etc.) costs 13730! For the sedan, however, they will take $ 460 more expensive, but in this case the difference is not too significant. And it turns out that Focus in a Kia Spectra configuration costs about $ 1 thousand more expensive. There is a difference, but, we repeat once again, Focus is better, more modern and prestigious than Kia! So IZh Auto, probably, will have to reduce the price a little in the future (if it falls, say, $ 1000, then it will be good). In the meantime, Kia Spectra has one great advantage over the same Ford Focus - the car is available, and it will not have to wait a few months, as in the case of Focus (by the way, now Ford dealers write down customers as much as August).
Source: Auto.mail.ru
