Test drive by Nissan Primera Universal since 2002 station wagon

And a kind soul

Nissan Primera, a calling car, transferred planned modernization last summer. However, the Japanese did not dare to make changes to his appearance. Apparently, the risk of not finding and was very great. At the same time, financial resources were saved.

 

I can not. Although kill, I can’t relate to Nissan Primera, like a car. And now, instead of holding on to the new (very convenient, by the way) a steering wheel, to drive along the streets, analyzing sled impressions, instead of discussing the suspension with updated cinematics with colleagues (silent blocks were changed, the Scott-Rassel mechanism was somewhat converted into The rear suspension), in a word, instead of engaging in our direct responsibilities, we have been having fun with the rear view camera for about twenty minutes. Here it is above the rear license plate. In an updated example, the world behind the fifth door became color, and as a result, settings and parameters were added to the menu. To your liking, you can redo the world behind the car to make more shuffle, darker, discolor it or, conversely, color it in the style of Peter Greenai in juicy, bright tones. You can, bending down in three deaths, showing your face altered in the salon in the cabin in the cabin (let it take a picture), you can, without bending, demonstrate some other part of the body. In a word, so much is possible that the fantasy is spinning to maximum revolutions. She, unlike the engine, has no limiter. Anyway. In the end, with the camera, the owner will play the examples quickly, and the car with him is still not one day.
 
Therefore, we start the motor, turn on the rear gear, and, using the camera for its intended purpose, we will cut it off from the parking lot. I must say that, despite the wide angles (read the distortion) pictures in the monitor, it is still very convenient to use the camera to easily surpass any amount of rear view mirrors. The only thing that is missing is the buttons for the forced inclusion of this useful option. On the move, too, sometimes it would not hurt to look at the neighbor’s nose in the stream: it seemed in the cell you can rebuild. Still, the outer mirrors are small.

 

But it is very convenient to watch in them. Basically, due to the features of planting, you sit far from the central racks, and therefore re-focusing vision takes very little time.
 
The motor does not endow the car with a hurricane temperament, but there is enough traction and touch without problems, and you don’t feel like an outcast in the stream. On the contrary, Primera is still attracting attention. Still, the chopped faces of the Nissan image have not yet had time to swipe. It is only a pity that they were not enough for the entire station wagon, either the robber was tired, or the designers were afraid to make the appearance of the machine too radical. Still, the station wagons are buying more conservative people.
 
Well, the car will not disappoint the conservatives. Neither behavior on the road (good controllability without significant damage to the use), nor versatility. There are plenty of places in the back to compete from the D segment, the interior is also transformed at a time, and the organization of the luggage compartment can generally serve as an example to imitate here you are in the underground (waterproof, by the way), and hooks for bags, and all kinds of ears to make the cargo so that the load Fix.
 
The only thing the conservatives will have to get used to is the void at the wheel. The central location of the devices, no matter what the Nissanists say about the smaller (as much as ten degrees!) Coal of the angle between the road and the instruments, are still not indisputable. Although we are used to literally in a matter of minutes. As well as the music control unit and microclimate is no more complicated than a cell phone: two wheels with buttons in the center (the music closest to the driver, distant climate control) and the joystick between them (he is responsible for navigation on the menu). You can easily deal with all this farm, even if you have not seen the instructions into the eyes. The buttons under the screen were also endowed with additional functions in addition to switching between radio frequencies (in musical mode), it heads the distribution of air flows. Simple and conveniently all tips on a seven-inch TFT monitor.

 

Nevertheless, the main thing in the example is not a screen or a camera. The main thing is a feeling of lightness and spiritual comfort, usually such qualities are inherent in small and mischievous machines. And here is a completely adult station wagon, but with a youthful spark and a slight character. Warm.
 

Autography
Nissan Primera III
Predecessor
Primera II (1996)
Prototype
Fusion (2001)
Premiere
september 2001
Modernization
summer, 2004
Body
sedan, hatchback, station wagon
Engines
1.6-2.2 l (109-140 l.
Production
Great Britain
Expected replacement
2006
 

The car is provided by Aurore Auto, an official Nissan Motor dealer.
During the test, the car is insured by Rosno.
 
Text: Nikolai Svistun
Photo: Roman Ostanin
 
 
 
 

Source: Wheel magazine [No. 86/2004]