Test Drive Nissan Almera Tino 2003 - 2006 Minivan

Realming

We, now living, are witnessing the formation of a new School of automotive industry European Japanese. Machines with familiar Japanese names are developed specifically for residents of the old world and are produced without departing from the box office on the plants built in Europe. Suzuki settled in Hungary, Mitsubishi in Holland, Nissan in the United Kingdom and Spain. The acquisition of second citizenship clearly went to Japan, Euro-Poons are becoming increasingly expressive and interesting, paying attention to the attention of spoiled Europeans.

Nissan Almera Tino is the title-post representative of the new school, created with all the wishes of the average in Europe. And the wishes are these such: the car must be universal, compact, roomy and inexpensive. About this eloquently says the dynamics of sales of compacts. It is these cars that are combined in themselves all of the above qualities.
 
The Tino design does not leave doubt in the utilitarian essence of the car with a moderate length, limited class framework, the machine is quite wide and high. Characteristic Nostrils Front of A la BMW, who became a family feature of Nissan recently, make a car recognizable. This is if looking in front. The feed of a special impression does not produce vertical lights located on the body racks, in our time they have become quite ordinary phenomenon. And all the same in the city stream, Tino is not lost. Our compactners we have not so much, and the car is so unusual Russian views of the forms simply cannot remain unnoticed.
The big door is replete, and we find yourself in the cabin. Immediately say: the seats in Tino are high enough, and therefore they are not sitting in the car, as in a regular car, but enter. And immediately affect the inner space arises the feeling that I got into the car class above. This impression enhances the unusual architecture of the front panel, which is made by inclined starting near the windshield, it smoothly lowers down. The central console rises a music center that includes a CD receiver and FM tuner. By the way, from the point of view of acoustics Almera Tino has a very thoroughly furnished. In addition to the already mentioned head unit, the car is equipped with four speakers (one by one per door) and twitters in the front bodies.

Around the riot of paints! Inside TINO is decorated with light and dark plastic, and the upholstery of the seats and inserts on the doors are made of sea wave color fabric; Keys and rotating handles, microclimate, silver, and internal door handles and a button on the transmission control lever and chrome plated. Last bright barcode Red Lollider Alarm Buttons.
The interior of the car is striking all sorts of shelves, gloves, cup holders and other pleasant bonuses. Wherever you throw a look, they turn out everywhere. Apparently, such an abundance is compensation for the glove box a very modest size. On the front panel there is a boxing, and under it is a niche for any little things. On the ceiling is a pocket with a microlift, where the Tino owner is strongly recommended to put sunglasses. In the neighborhood there is a 3D-plastic lighting of the salon of the significant size of the lamp with three sections, each of which has its own switches. Under each seat, it is possible to detect a spacious box, and those that are under the rear armchairs, make up baskets, similar to those in supermarkets. It is also worth mentioning the grid on the front doors.
 
Almera Tino real transformer. It is now fashionable. True, by virtue of its relatively compact sizes, the possibility of transformation of the cabin is not so extensive as in large seminal minivans, but still the car allows much. Rear seats have two adjustments, including longitudinal. The middle chair is developing, forming a very convenient table with cup holders. By the way, the rear seats can be easily folded in bulk (for this handles are provided) or simply remove, increasing the volume of the trunk to an impressive 1950 liters. For the sake of justice, we note that the trunk itself is not very big.

But the steering wheel is the main part of the cabin exactly the same as on ordinary almers. The ram is covered with skin, in places of grab there are thickening and perforation, and the remote control of the music is located between the knitting needles.
 
The interior of the salon is studied can go. The experimental Almera Tino turned out to be equipped with a two-liter gasoline engine, in the load to which the stepless clinoremable variator was saved. This unit is nothing but an energy vampire, sucking horsepower from the vigorous and breathing in the health of the two-liter engine. Judge for yourself: when you press the pedal to the floor, the engine is spinning up to 5000 rpm and is buzzing monotonously, and the car is typing speed at the time. But how he does it! By the way, how does he do it? The complexity lies in the fact that predict the actions of the variator is not possible. To understand the course of his thoughts, it is necessary to become the variator himself. Pretty assertive acceleration occurs unevenly. The car begins to move reluctantly low start failed. Then, as if cared, the car wakes up, and acceleration becomes really acceleration. And so all the time. Drive drive through rubber cras? We must get used to.
 
Hmm, what's the button on the variator selector? Immediately click on the dashboard lights up the inscription Sport. Sports mode of transmission!
 
You will no longer turn off this button. Sport added a car life. In this mode, the car literally follows the accelerator pedal! Moreover, even a kind of braking engine appeared. Unfortunately, sometimes the variator continues to slow down, but it does not hang.
 
TINO is equipped with disk brakes on all wheels. Brake dynamics are above all silence: the force is easily dosed, and hold the wheels on the verge of ABS response will not be difficult.
 
Of course, a family car is not a racing car, but still try to go fast. In the limit modes, Nissan behaves with decent rolls are small, and on the steering wheel there is constantly there is a reactive effect. And on this favorable background pleases the work of the suspension. The car is very comfortable. Small irregularities on the body are practically not transmitted, and the level of vertical accelerations is in acceptable limits. But serious pits are better to travel around the Tino side comes to Russia as it is, without any adaptation and packages for bad roads.

Nissan Almera Tino is a purely family car, which has a separate family to move. In the city calmly and without stress, beyond quickly and easily. Comfortable suspension, powerful engine and interior with all amenities What else is needed for traveling with homemade, say, south? In the summer on vacation, in labor weekdays to work life continues.

The car is provided by ILlan.
At the time of the test, the car is insured by ASK Trust.
We thank the holiday complex Old mill for helping in organizing filming.

Text: Kirill Brevdo
Photo: Roman Stunnin



 

 

 
 

A source: Magazine "Wheels" [№56 / 2002]