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Need compact-Ven to 1,000,000 rubles Cars of the same class, as it turned out, there may be completely different advantages. And it makes the choice of the car even more troublesome business ...
Nadezhda Deev, housewife, driving experience 5 years, rides a taxi, wants a practical and spacious dispatch, a budget - 1,000,000 rubles.
Requirements for the car
IMAGE
With regard to car, the image does not matter to me. Without any prejudice, I treat the models of all brands. Besides ... domestic and Chinese.
STYLE
Of course, I like beautiful things, but the decisive design can only be with other things being equal.
Economy
It does not have a decisive value.
Challenges
The main requirement is obedience and ease of management. Dynamic qualities are not so important.
INTERIOR
First of all, the car must be comfortable, comfortable and safe, both for me and for my child.
EQUIPMENT
Priority positions for security and climate control. The rest is optional.
Despite the fact that I have already had the right for a long time, the need for a personal car until recently did not arise. In the end, the car has a husband, as a last resort, I used a taxi service. But now, when the child has grown, and her husband has gained work, increasingly have to think about their own transport. For frequent travel around the city and at the cottage I need a rather roomy, comfortable and safe machine, which also does not attract too much attention. The fact is that the parking lot closest to our house is a quick step. In my opinion, it is not too convenient. For some reason, I don't even consider in demand from the hijackers. In addition, the husband (he works well in cars) says that SUVs are unreasonably road and, moreover, burdensome in service.
Simple golf class hatchbacks do not suit me for two reasons. First, the modest trunk lacks for traveling to the cottage with a full cargo display. Secondly, I like good visibility from a driver's seat, while driving a low hatchback I feel uncomfortable. As a result, one-application remains. Models like Nissan Note or Opel Meriva seem too small, and machines like Ford S-MAX, on the contrary, are too long. But Renault Scenic and Mazda 5 What is needed, in any case, in terms of size. True, two copies that fell on the fitting, differ markedly in the configuration. Thus, the 5-seater Frenchman is equipped with a 1.6 liter base motor and a manual gearbox, while Japanese has a more powerful 2-liter engine, an automatic and an additional third row of seats. However, it is even more interesting: it will be easier to understand which car I really need.
Renault Scenic. 758 000 rub. Selected because: one of the most popular monosopecies of Europe, from the company that owns the laurels of the CD-WaN creator as such, simply cannot but cause interest.
Externally, the Frenchman does not affect. When looking at Scenic, there is no mental lifting of the ordinary car, only and everything. At the same time, Renault seems to be too high, or a short one ... in general is not a fountain. Instead of the key here, the card with the buttons is unusual, but I suppose it is easy to get used to it. Especially since the flat card, unlike the usual keyfob, is easily placed in the wallet. Inside Scenic, at first glance, it also seems the most common. Gray seats, black front panel ... surprises except for digital tidy, located in the center. I thought that it would not be very convenient to read the information, in fact, turn the head at all. I liked landing. Scenic is sitting high enough, so you see on the road you see for a few cars forward. For tight movement, as in Moscow, it is very important. Back review worse, but Renault, as it turned out, a very convenient parking sensor. He not only makes it paint, but also displays colored graphics tips on the dashboard: the green can be passed on, well, and the red stop came. I liked the sofa even more. Rather, in fact, it is not a sofa at all, but three separate chairs, as if shifted close to each other. It turns out a full-fledged triple row. If you install a children's wheelchair on the central place, then still grandparents and grandfather will be able to sit on the sides to look after the child. Good and trunk deep and high. He swallows the baby carriage and folding playpen once or twice, and the places remain in excess. And on the salon, many pleasant little things are scattered: folding tables, hidden sections in the floor, spacious boxing between the seats. In short, the domestic conditions from the Frenchman at the height.
As for driving qualities, then I, of course, is not very comfortable to communicate with the mechanics. By and large, this is the only complaint, especially since Scenic can be bought in our market with the ACP. The power of the base motor is personally enough for me, in the city there is no place in the city, while Renault turned out to be a car very quiet and soft. The suspension and tires digest all the irregularities, including the paving tram paths, which in Moscow there is still a lot.
Summarizing, we can say that, not impracting appearance, Scenic was played out at the expense of a comfortable, thoughtful salon and very comfortable behavior on the road.
Style
Let the appearance are not the most important visor Scenic, for me it is not fundamentally. Fits
Challenges
very soft suspension for me more important than the dynamics. Good
Interior
Here everything is at the height, and in particular the wellness of the salon until the last little things! Fine
Economy
Within the normal range. It is good
Equipment in standard
The basic version has a good price, but modest equipment. However, even the Scenic in full mince will be noticeably cheaper than Mazda 5. By pocket
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Comfortable, roomy and practical interior, large trunk, high smoothness, reasonable price
- Increasing appearance
Specifications
Brand and Model - Renault Scenic 1.6mt
Dimensions - 4345x1845x1680 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1598 cm3, 110 hp / 6000 min-1
Transmission - 5-st., Mechanical
Dynamics - 185 km / h, 11.7 s to 100 km / h
Mazda 5 2.0 AT. 944 000 rub. Selected because: Stylish, attracting views The model of a popular Japanese brand is highlighted in the stream. But is it a good five in real exploitation?
Unlike Renault, Mazda clearly makes a special focus on design: the car looks brighter, in each of her dash, the desire is read to surprise, fall in love with yourself. However, in my opinion, the Japanese even stopped slightly. Here, let's say, the waves on the sides of the body seem to be somehow a contrived solution, completely deprived of the semantic load. It is that in the top five does not leave indifferent, so it is sliding doors with an electric drive. At first they seemed to me a baby fun, but the real convenience of such doors can only be estimated during operation. For example, if you need to put a child in a wheelchair, it is enough just to click on the key fob button and not think about where to give a bag and so on. Sliding doors are thoughtful for young mothers. Very good!
But in the cabin you quickly understand that Mazda in terms of convenience is inferior to Renault. Here, for example, the same sofa of Japanese is rather double not so wide and comfortable as in a French car. Of course, I remember that Mazda is 5 seventeal, but the two additional chairs hidden in the trunk personally do not particularly need me. At the same time, the configuration is designed in such a way that the car's sevenness will still have to pay. In my opinion, this is not quite honest. The trunk also seemed less convenient. He is deeper than in Scenic, but at the same time lower and already reach the back of the second row of seats, opening the fifth door, almost impossible. Yes, and landing in Mazda is more easy, that is low. And, let's say, the same parking sensor has no visual indication, it only flashes and not very loud at the entrance to the obstacle.
In terms of dynamics and the convenience of controlling the 2-liter Mazda with the machine, I liked more than a French car. Everything is simple here: I pressed on gas and went. At the same time, the Japanese seemed a little more noisy and noticeably more rigid on the go. On the road you feel literally every little thing. Probably, it is possible to get used to this, but, frankly, such a scrupulousness of a married car to anything.
Style
The design is good, and the sliding doors are even better! Class!
Challenges
The machine is good, but the suspension would like to make softer. Norm
Interior
If it were not for a double sofa, then everything would be at the highest level. Good
Economy
The top five turned out to be rather voracious on average about 12 liters per 100 km. Terepimo
Equipment in standard
The car is initially expensive, but everything you need already have in the basic performance. Fits
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Interesting appearance, very comfortable sliding doors with electric drive, quite spacious salon
- High price, hard suspension, only double sofa
Specifications
Brand and Model - Mazda 5 2.0 AT
Dimensions - 4558x1750x1615 mm
Engine - gasoline., 1999cm3, 144 hp / 6200 min-1
Transmission - 5-art., Automatic
Dynamics - 186 km / h, 13.1 s to 100 km / h
My choice
It turns out that even one, at first glance, not the most fundamental thing can change the idea of \u200b\u200bthe car. In general, Scenic liked me a little more. Thoughtful salon, a huge trunk plus a high smoothness of the stroke and competitive price. And in order to become my perfect car, the Frenchman lasted only one sliding rear doors, in practice that were even more convenient than I could assume. That is why I make my choice in favor of Mazda-5.
Editor's Choice
It is impossible to disagree with the fact that the sliding doors for CD-Wen are a huge plus. However, for this undoubted convenience, the buyer has to pay a very high price. After all, the Japanese on our market comes only in an expensive performance with a 2-liter engine and ACP. Hence the base price, only a little unplanting up to a million. So Scenic seems to be more profitable. Moreover, as the heroine of our material, the French Compact-Ven is also good in itself: spacious, thoughtful, safe and comfortable.
Photo: Rustem Tagirov
A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [October 2011]
