Nissan Almera Thailand test drive since 2011
Very nice, prince!
To get acquainted with the modest budget employee Nissan Almera, I went to the province to the Yaroslavl region. But the Yaroslavl land turned out to be no worse than the metropolitan, and the Japanese sedan caused associations with Yaroslav Wise. Grand Duke Yaroslav the wise one of the greatest rulers in our history. Unfortunately, he is in the shadow of later sovereigns Ivan the Terrible, Peter I or Catherine II, but I, as a historian by education, are well known to me. And they are impressive. Judge for yourself: Yaroslav defeated the Horde of the Pechenegs under the walls of Kyiv, having forever drove these nomads from the Russian land, built Sofia the Kyiv largest and most beautiful temple of Ancient Russia, created the Russian truth in the history of our nation, and also became the grandfather of the kings of France, Hungary, Norway . In addition to all this, let's not forget that Yaroslav the wise Orthodox saint. Do not consider my words blasphemy, but the new Nissan Almera and the Grand Duke have a lot in common. Both Nissan and Yaroslav were born from mixed marriage. Almera Child of the French platform B0 (Logan with comrades) and the body of the Japanese Nissan Bluebird Sylphy. The parents of Yaroslav were the Baptist of Russia Vladimir St. and Polotsk Princess Rogneda, originally from Scandinavia. Yaroslav’s path to the Grand Ducadial table lay through a internecine war with his brother Svyatopolk, and Almera, for market success, will first have to defeat the noise form Logan. Will Nissan be able to live as a successful life as the Russian prince? The cheat is a new ALMERA car is unique in its own way. Looking at him, it seems that, under the guise of a sedan designed specifically for Russia, they brought the Bluebird Sylphy model to Japan and Taiwan, but this is not so. In fact, Nissan designers took the B0 platform, stretched it to the size of the SYLPHY body, reconfigured pendants and the new car is ready. But the Japanese did not just take the subframe, pendants and the Logan power plant, on Almera the entire floor panel from the French platform! Accordingly, the other and power construction of the body. Such a Japanese cheesecake with French filling. Theoretically, it was possible to develop a new design, but this would increase the price of the machine, therefore, the Bluebird Sylpy body panels were used after the cessation of production in Asia. To reduce the cost of the salon, they took from Logan, not Sylphy. It’s easier to achieve localization, because over the years of Logan production in Russia, the base of suppliers appeared. As a result, we received a car with proven units and an indestructible Logan suspension, an Asian design in Teana style and a spacious salon. Everything is fine in theory, but how is it in practice? Almost 300 km on the roads of the Yaroslavl region should have answered this question. For the whole squad, since the front of the cabin is entirely taken from Logan, the minuses are the same as the French bestseller. The steering wheel is regulated only in height, which is why you have to sit either with outstretched arms, or with bent legs. With my height of 186 cm, literally 35 cm was not enough to call the landing perfect, but it will not be so convenient for people below growth. The buttons on the central console seemed to be taken from the James Bond car of the 60s. It seems that you will press one, and rockets will fly from the fog, and oil will pour oil from under the rear bumper under the wheels. The interior of the top version of Tekna is refreshing a Juke multimediasist with navigation. This is a sensation! No one has yet offered this on a budgetary folk sedan! But will customers find money for such a luxury? So this is not a luxury at all the price of the option is 12,000 rubles. At the same time, navigation is perfectly oriented in any of the cities in which it was possible to visit. Management is intuitively clear, and you can only complain to some delays when moving from one page of the menu to another. But for that kind of money you can forgive anything. Since Almera’s wheelbase is the largest in the classroom, it is not surprising that there is more spacious from behind than in Teana! The feet can be put under the pillow in front of the standing chair, and the central tunnel is almost completely absent. As in Logan, three adult men in winter clothes or four women, or five children, or 38 parrots and one parrot wing will easily be swayed here. Although, perhaps, parrots will fit even more. The trunk is 500-liter, a full-size reserve is hidden in the underground, and the lid is equipped with a handle. The only minus back of the rear sofa does not fold, as in Logan. Engineers argue that the problem is not to ensure the hardness of the body, and not in the high cost of the structure. Then what? No answer. But in the next couple of years, such an option should appear. So, inside Almera there is everything that potential customers need. And what about on the go? 
To Tsargrad! Grand Duke Yaroslav became famous not only as a builder and legislator, but also as a great commander, who went with his squad on conquering campaigns to Lithuania, Poland and even to Constantinople. As you already know, a squad on board Almera may take a small one, but a long trip along the roads of any complexity will not confuse her. Though according to the autobahn to Europe, at least through mountains and valleys to Asia. The energy intensity of the suspension is such that you can go to the rally-raid cross-country ability at the crossover level, but this is a topic for a separate conversation. It is interesting that the behavior on the road is still different from it from Renault Logan. The machine with a machine gun is tougher, and with mechanics, on the contrary, softer than a French sedan. And this is amazing, because, according to engineers, the settings of all versions are the same. You can scold Almera for a fucked steering wheel, which you can’t twist in the parking lot with one hand, as well as for a lack of dynamics. Of course, those who cross the Nissan from the domestic car are enough for the eyes even automatic Almera, not to mention the sedan with the manual transmission, but against the background of the Japanese sedan jet -sedan, to put it mildly, leisurely. However, problems with the dynamics can only occur on large Moscow avenues with their long checks between traffic lights, in Yaroslavl and Rybinsk, the intersections are so often so often that the average flow rate is completely small, and the power is enough. Unfortunately, I managed to travel by car only with automatic transmission. Switching a 4-speed box is smooth and soft, but the fifth gear is not enough at speeds above 100 km/h in the cabin noisy. Moreover, aerodynamic noises are not so great, the engine soloes. However, not everything is smooth and with aerodynamics. At the front angle of the body there are twisters, which in a flat line cover the body with dirt from the upper corner of the front wheels to the rear wing. Because of this, side glasses are dirty almost instantly. The path from the Varangians in Russia so, the Nissan Almera has everything to become a superbesseller. Tested by time and incredibly reliable equipment, lack of service problems, an incredibly spacious interior and huge trunk, excellent smoothness, incredible cross-country ability, so why is the production plan only 60,000 cars? Last year, the market absorbed 110 776 Hyundai Solaris, 107 336 Renault Logan/Sandero, 84 730 Kia Rio, 69 385 VW Polo Sedan. It turns out that Nissan intends to let everyone forward, I will repeat all its competitors once again. How so? In fact, buyers can scare away only two things: Asian design and assembly on the AvtoVAZ conveyor. But after all, the Russians bought 10,085 through the Asian Teana and 34,619 (!) Camry. So the only problem seems to be assembly in a damned place on the conveyor in Togliatti. And the point is not in quality (although the driver’s electric glass has already worked on my car), but in the limited power of the third line of the conveyor, which Almera will divide from the next generation Ranault Logan and Lada Largus. Line power 350,000 cars. Do not forget that due to hurricane demand for Duster in Renault reduced the production of Logan/Sandero on an autoframos in favor of a crossover. The drop in production amounted to 15.9%, so if it were not for artificial restrictions, the French could sell 150,000 cars. Lada Largus diverged on average of 2500 cars a month, so sell it from the beginning of the year, the implementation would be 30,000 cars. Of course, this is very rude, because Largus did not immediately receive the cheapest configurations, which means that real demand could be 50,000 a year. 350 000 (150 000 + 50,000) \u003d 150 000. So what's the matter? Nissan says that for Almera, the power of a maximum of 70,000 cars per year is reserved. At the Moscow Motor Show, the head of Nissan Motor Rus Francois Gupil de Buyea told Mikhail Kozlov that a significant part of Togliatti cars would leave for Ukraine. In Yaroslavl, we were informed that Almera would definitely be sold in Belarusian, and possibly in Kazakhstan. It seems that it is for the markets of fraternal countries that the remaining capacities of the conveyor in Togliatti are reserved! Another slow -off bomb entering the Logan 2. The same platform with all its advantages, but a more modern salon and price, which will most likely be lower. Will Nissan’s offspring be enough on the back sofa for success in this internecine war? Almera production started on December 11, but so far the cars only saturate dealerships. Start of sales April this year. And my advice to you: Rather, run to car dealerships. While there is no new Logan on the market, it is Nissan Almera that the real prince of this segment! Aki crossover off -road qualities of the Nissan Almera to match a different crossover. The clearance is 160 mm in the lowest place under the steel protection of the engine compartment, which is included in the basic configuration. Fuel highways are also protected with metal. With maximum loading, the clearance decreases by only one and a half centimeters to 145 mm. The creator of Chevrolet Aveo and Rio/Solaris has something to learn! The depth of the overcome ford 300 mm! More than the crossovers Jeep Compass and Liberty! I was insolent and drove on Almera on a motocross highway, and the sedan drove it all, saving only in front of jumping jumps, on which an acute outrage became an insurmountable obstacle. But if it was an ordinary road, five minutes of work with a shovel to cut off the corner and overcome the obstacle. Interestingly, steel protection is so powerful that it simply cuts off irregularities. Fabulous! 
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