Nissan Note test drive since 2009 hatchback

Nissan Note test drive: Lupo-eyed practicality

There are vehicles of vehicles, there are status indicators, there are sources of adrenaline, there are the most practical compact lines. Welcome to the Nissan Note test drive.
The driver, the car issuing the phrase is only a means of transportation, in nine cases out of ten, is cunning. Each time he forgets that this is still a source of obtaining emotions, aesthetic pleasures, and a banal carrier of goods.
Lucky that motorist who chooses the car with their hearts. He has the opportunity to cast the breadth of the metropolitan streets, leaf out automobile sites, or just hook one of the advertisements and tell yourself (or the one who performs a sponsor) I want!. Come to the nearest car dealership, throw a couple of phrases over a cup of coffee with a manager, get the keys, sit down and go. Buying a dream: a minimum of time for a maximum pleasure.
In a different situation, it is necessary to take into account the opinions of the whole family. The car should be pretty, economical, and spacious, and most importantly, that the cost can pass the family budget. Manufacturers have studied this need and, voila, the new class of cars is ready - CD. I was already lucky to previously test one of the representatives of these Honda Jazz, in line as follows.
When considering the Japanese Nissan Note, conflicting feelings arise. You cannot unequivocally call it either large, nor small, or even medium. Looking at the long-eyed headlights, you might think that the raccoon, as it is popularly called, is a large toy with disproportionate and grafting elements. The rear lighting technique is not less. Three pairs of a half-bombard of lanterns, stop-signals and turn signals settled on the rear ribs under the roof of the car. These elements bring dissonance to its appearance. Large headlights and height of the car have us to large sizes of the SUV, but a compact van is hidden behind these expectations. Half a meter-long medium-sized medium class of the middle class 4.08 m, a standard urban width of 1.7 m and some 5 cm high below the Qashqai crossover (1.55 m Note versus 1.6 m).
With such sizes, five passengers and 437 liters of luggage or a driver and passenger are placed in NOTE, but three times more than 1332 liters (how such fraud is turning, I propose to look in the gallery.) A pleasant surprise awaits the rear passengers folders on the backs of the front seats, pockets -The seizures, not to mention the armrest. Here it is wide and flat, the rear passengers will not fight for the place of support. The central tunnel is quite low and does not interfere with the legs of the sitting in the center.
The sightseeing of the driver’s place is great thank you high landing and large windshield. The view back will also delight the driver, and the vertical-flat rear wall is especially convenient in parking. Unlike sedans, looking in the rear view mirror, you can easily determine the distance to obstacles without the help of parking sensors. By the way, in this version it is present and will not be superfluous if the column or flowerbed is hidden under the window line.
The entire interior echoes the younger sister of the Nissan Micra model range. The same rounded forms of door handles, the same soft lines on the doors and torpedo. And the same convenient flat shelf under the windshield. Seats are no longer like poufs in Micra, they have minimal side support. The head should be thrown back. Note is one of the few cars where she really rests on the headrest. Even a bunch or hairpin on the back of the head will not hurt the girl. The developers from Nissan were one of those who guessed that the back of the head was not flat - in the middle of the headrest there is a recess.
 
During the test drive, the oddities were noticed in the control of the washing system. When you press the lever, a plentiful amount of liquid was supplied to the window, but the wipers seemed to be asleep, and reacted only to the forced inclusion of the lever up. As it turned out, my light presses were not completely perceived by the machine. The lever had to be brought to the stop in this case, the brushes react. This, of course, did not cause difficulties, but it is much more convenient not to think about the accuracy of actions, because the whole world strives to optimize movements! However, perhaps this is only my whim, and Nissan designers planned it like a chip - you can pour more liquids to soak strong pollution, and only then clean.
Having freed the wind window from the dirt, I set off. Note roads hold a good suspension are harsh, but swallows small irregularities. True, Note brings the lack of a stabilization system, and the overestimated center of gravity does not add stability to the car.
The raccoon management is comfortable, the steering wheel is light enough and there were no problems either in parking or at speed.
The engine with a capacity of 110 horses with a four -speed automatic transmission accelerates the car to hundreds in 11.7 seconds. In all high -speed intervals, the set goes without failures. Switching transfers is felt, but not by delays in switching, but by pulling the car forward, so much so that sometimes I want to say to him: quietly, quietly! They look at us ... Let's leave these games for night empty roads.
However, they look at NOT in any case: he has a too fluffy appearance that cannot but attract attention. The buyer’s attention will attract low fuel consumption (9.3 liters in the city cycle and 7 in mixed), practicality and a commensurate price tag of 767 900 r for almost maximum configuration. In the database, a car with an engine of 1.4 liters can be purchased for 586,000 p.
Author: Natalya Bernadskaya, project manager Finamauto.ru
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Source: Business car club