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Alliance child: Test of the new Nissan Almera

It is enough to cast a cursory glance at the native Russian transport throat in order to understand today by sales among new cars in the leaders of budget sedans. From this spring, at least one fighter will become more in their regiment: on the catwalk among all kinds of Polo, Rio, Aveo, Solaris and other logans, the new Nissan Almera star will appear. True, with the predecessors, the new model will have nothing in common. Almera Classic, which in the Korean Motherland was sold under the Samsung brand, belongs to the C. Class C. The last copies of the outdoor period of the outbreak of the conveyor in November last year, and dealers will sell the remnants for several months ... There will be no anti -wings system on Almer, ESP and even more so. Of the safe equipment, only ABS and a couple of frontal airbags, which go through all the performance, will not even be for a surcharge. The hydraulic wrap for all almer in the base but the new Almera is otherwise inspired: despite the fact that it is 146 mm longer and 82 mm above the forerunner, the Nissanists recorded it in the B+segment. That is, the sedan turned out more in size, in volume and spaciousness is very cooler, but in the tables about the ranks decreased. Marketing rules the world! MDA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-Ahmera in the British Engineering Center of the Japanese Company in close cooperation with Renault engineers. The child of the alliance! Where is now without mergers? It was developed specifically for the Russian market, it will be produced here. Where exactly? Yes, in the place where the hands are not growing from there in Togliatti, in the same place as the subop-formal Lada Largus. Ergonomics and interior Nissan almera flesh from the flesh of Renault Logan. All sick places are exactly like a Frenchman. A vertical driver’s landing does not contribute to long -term travels to Dalnyak, simple seats are not so hot as they hold in corners, thanks at least the steering column is adjusted in height! The old acquaintance of the B0 platform on which Renault/Dacia Logan, Sandero, Duster and already mentioned by Largus are built is taken as the basis. The meat, bones are the main elements of the power structure, engine, transmission, suspension, electrician and electronics borrowed from the French. And in appearance you can’t say about such close related connections! A long base, a sloping roof, an elongated silhouette with a farmer far -out back ... Doesn't it remind you? Of course! Teana. Kinship is guessed in detail. Farah with protrusions characteristic of the last Nissans, radiator grill, windows, reliefs. There would be more wheels fifty meters from the flagship sedan would simply not be distinguished! Especially in a dark suit. However, large wheels, expensive casting and low profile are useless. Nissan with his Almer Celit, mainly in the regional buyer according to the forecasts of the Russian representative office of the company, there will be about 70% of all sales. And we know which roads. Here the main thing is not to let the dust into the eyes, but to survive on the potholes. The priority of simplicity, unpretentiousness, normal clearance, spaciousness and affordable maintenance. How does Almera behave on the road? On an even asphalt, which on the roads near Yaroslavl and Uglich with Gulkin’s nose, the sedan does not shine aristocratic manners. The reactions to the turn of the steering wheel are calm, and now they are dulled by the winter non -shipping Nokian Hakapeliitta R installed on test cars. But the steering wheel drive is a miracle as informative, the calibrations of the hydraulic wrap are magnificent and the friction properties of the surfaces that you move along, you literally feel your fingers! I recognize Logan! The design of the chassis, as they say, is nowhere easier. In front is ordinary MacPherson, behind a semi -dependent beam. And what else is needed for movements for rolling sills? Mannerism and multilleins on broken asphalt patches are excesses from the world of divers and aesthetes. But the simple bones of Almers is the most. A soft omnivorous suspension, which has huge moves, is ready to leave unnoticed, it seems, of any size of unevenness. Partings, failures that threaten the sizes of potholes with sharp edges at first, when they forced all these asphalt beautifulness, I want to jump in the driver's place and pull the steering wheel to all hell with a column, a rail and rods (cyclists will understand how no one, they have this developed with small Years on themselves, it works when they are approaching a large pit, stone or curb threatening to fall) But Almer at least henes, rushes not over, and vibroacoustics are better than in the same Renault Logan and Sandero. After getting a little to the energy intensity, you begin to force the obstacles immediately. And it relaxes great. But how does she keep the course! It seems that nothing can bring down Almer from the trajectory. By the way, I liked the version with a mechanical gearbox on the move more, it has a slightly more rigid suspension, which does much better with longitudinal swing and rolls, all this only positively affects controllability! The overhangs, of course, will not be called short, and bumper painted entirely in the color of the body, make it jerking about their integrity and safety, but 160 mm clearance in any case contribute to the confident forcing of snowdrifts and off -road. And without a 1.5 mm steel protection of the crankcase, installed in the base, in Yaroslavl ice ruts, I would feel like a hockey goalkeeper without a shell. A 1,6-liter 102-horsepower sixteen-claw man managed to prove itself as very reliable and unpretentious. The craving is even in the entire range of revolutions, noisy, however, but here it is more in sound insulation ... The volume of the washer tank is five liters. Unlike the same Logan, where the tank is a little more than three liters, in sliding weather it will have to be added less often. But pouring non -freezing is inconvenient, the narrow neck is located at the motor shield at a solid distance from the right side of the car. While you reach it and cope with the stability of a self -closing lid (you always need to hold it), you can stain your clothes. Pay attention to the sound insulation from the inside of the hood, for such a budget car, is it uncharacteristic and what is the consumption? The automatic box and winter tires in frosts are forced to spend 11.5-11.7 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers in the city cycle. A bit a lot by modern standards. Outside the city in the saving mode, I had about eight, and even when the speed was within 90-110 km/h. It is good that the engine is omnivorous, you can save by transferring Aliera to a diet using 92nd gasoline ... However, with a mechanical gearbox, a cost is slightly lower. The signal button, as in Renault, in the end of the light control lever. When, finally, this decision will sink into oblivion? When the driver is transplanted from one car to another, any non -standard, especially the one that concerns security, can play an angry joke at the most inopportune moment, while other participants in the movement automatically become hostages of the situation. Why doesn’t it occur to anyone to change the gas and brake pedal in between, or organize a mirror gear shift scheme? Air flow controls located on the central console are uncomfortable. One must think that the electric windows in the car for such a price must be perceived as a high good. However, their location on the central console for the average driver is unusual and inconvenient. For saving on wiring, we pay with our safety. It will not be possible to quickly lower before the busy intersection, foggy or frozen glasses. The axis of the mirror adjustment handle intersects with the handrail axis is inconvenient. The effectiveness of the heater is reduced by the non -optimal distribution of air flows. In severe cold, even if the maximum of hot air is put down, the legs still frown. With a firing side, the sides are full order (you can direct a stream on them), but the impudent lobovukh deflector is not wide enough an ancient simple -prosthetic hydrotransformer automatic machine AL4 (it, like the engine, comes from Spain) has a winter mode and even allows you to switch the transmission by the selector manually. Valuable, since this function makes it possible to prepare for overtaking and forcibly throw off a couple of gears down. By the way, at the upper steps, being manually, the box will switch on its own as soon as the engine reaches the cut -off. And this is correctly hanging on the limiter on the oncoming lane when overtaking the truck is a pleasure below the average. Engineers say that the calibration of the Almera power unit received its own ... Maybe this applies to serial machines? On our samples from the pre -production party, electronics, as well as on the logs, from time to time confused in the programs. You stomp for 50 km/h along the accelerator, the machine thinks for some time, sticks the third, then loses consciousness again and only after the pagid nod, having recovered, throws back the second ... Hurray! Now you can accelerate! But, damn it, I don’t need it anymore, the train left ... The driver's seat has an height adjustment in the middle and highest trim levels, the nuts for adjusting the back of the backs are facing a convenient and practical solution to the central tunnel! Heating the seats is effective, although it does not have an intensity adjustment, and its buttons are hidden in a blind area, they are on the basis of the door seats. The base of Nissan almera is 70 mm longer than that of Renault Logan. Behind the place of the car and the small cart. People of medium height on the back sofa can already sit with their feet on the leg. The author of an article with 190 centimeters of growth, after he sat behind himself, a couple tens of centimeters remained between his knees and the back of the front chair! For a pensioner driver, such an algorithm may come ... But for me it is better with mechanics. By the way, it allows you to accelerate up to 100 km/h already 1.8 seconds faster! Spurt from a place to the coveted hundred at the version with a manual box takes 10.9 seconds! A short main pair and a converged row contribute to a very dynamic movement in space. Well, something, and at the start from the traffic light and in the stream the latter you definitely won’t be! True, it will be quite common to wield a gearbox with a lever of gearboxes (the drive on pre -production samples) will have to be quite often). The main jamb on the cabin is a stationary back of the rear sofa. To combine the volume of the salon and trunk for transporting long -breeders, you must first throw the seat pillow, and then unscrew the couple of bolts of the back itself The trunk volume is 500 liters, Volkswagen Jetta has only 10 liters more voluminous compartment! There is no additional rigging around the perimeter, thanks that on the inner surface of the lid there is upholstery and a closing handle, however, Nissan almera does not interfere with acting as a solid family car for bad roads. Its main trump cards are a comfortable chassis, informative steering, excellent amusing, which provides neutral rotation, which allows you to safely feel during extreme maneuvers, considerable road clearance and spaciousness. But the weather somewhat spoils the ergonomics of the driver’s place, which does not allow to comfortably spend long hours during long trips, miscalculations and inconvenience in the control of climate, blowing, glass, electric grinders, heated seats. And the power unit, although tested by time, is archaic and gluttonous. The new Almera is presented in three trim levels. The simplest Welcome with a manual gearbox costs 429,000 rubles. Comfort, where there are already fog, heating seats, adjusting the driver's seat in height, the rear central head restraint painted in the color of the body of the mirror with electric and heating will cost 453,000 rubles. For the machine and air conditioning, you will have to pay another 51,000 wooden. But the top version of Tekna with electric windows and a multimedia system will rise at 535,000 rubles with a mechanical gearbox and 565,000 rubles for a version with an automaton. 105-horsepower Volkswagen Polo Sedan in the basic version of Trendline 1.6 MT5 will cost 449 900 rubles, a version with an automatic transmission already costs 576,800. Kia Rio with a 107-horsepower engine of 479 900 rubles, and for a version with an automaton will have to be laid out already 519 900 . His Korean Hyundai Solaris fraternal with similar power units is 445,000 and 480,000 rubles for versions with mechanical and automatic gearboxes, respectively. Prices for Chevrolet Aveo begin at a mark of 454,000 rubles for a mechanical 115-horsepower model. Variation with a hydrotransformer automatic will cost 530 wooden. And finally, the Renault Logan Expression Cooperative Logan Expression with a 1.6 engine (102 hp) and a mechanical transmission will cost 424 thousand to get a Loganovsky machine to the buyer will have to fork out half a million rubles. So, Almera against the backdrop of rivals looks quite worthy! It seems to me that the low cost and the totality of valuable qualities for regions will not prevent Almer from diverge in the country with the planned annual thirty thousand circulation. Vitaly Kabyshev photo: Vitaly Kabyshev and Nissan

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