Test Drive Nissan Primera Sedan 1996 - 1999 Sedan

Floor change

Wife divides cars to boys and girls. I used to laugh at this, but I agreed with such a vital position, seeing Nissan Primera 2000.
The previous version of Nissan Primera belongs to a strong half. Beautiful, reliable, but devoid of the main thing that we appreciate in women, Sharma. It is impossible to be attached to it. So for the years. She is faithful friend and partner, but no more. It does not pull it even after long separation. Another thing is Primera 2000.
MAKEUP. Although no, it's not a suspender and not rough makeup. Oh, good! The first reaction to its appearance of male colleagues. Normal male will never respond so on the old lady pulling the old skin based on success. It is just a complete image of the image that guarantees one hundred percent success.
Curious coincidence outwardly Nissan Primera 2000 resembles Renault Laguna. But the union of two firms was not as long as long ago, and it is quite obvious that the design developments of the new look PRIMERA ended long before. We will consider it a simple coincidence
 
So, first of all changed the front of the car. A beak appeared on the hood cover, which integrated the radiator grille. The form of headlights has fundamentally changed. They will not say about them that this is so fashionable in modern design East squares. Rather, this is a successful cosmetic surgery for the Europeanization of this precient. And no wonder all work on the creation of a new Primera was conducted in Europe, and this model is designed exclusively to Europe.
Of the bodies offered to our attention, the hatchback was most likely, the Hatchback with a stylish protrusion of A la Antiques on the fifth doors. The sedan seemed too boring and traditional, despite the rear lights of a fundamentally new form, and the wagon was too heavy. By the way, in this case, the form corresponds to the content of all PRIMERA WAGON options turned out to be the least hype.
SALON. It was subjected to fundamental changes designed to create a maximum of convenience and comfort with minimum costs. Still, we have no luxury limousine, but a middle class sedan. The price of such a car can not exceed a certain limit. Nevertheless, in Wagon version we also found leather seats, and a trim. Although the sports option in Primera Hatchback will work out more stylish black plastic, aluminum inserts and white sports dialing devices.
The main place on the central panel occupies an audio system with the possibility of controlling the CD changer located in the trunk. And with unusual while the function in the radio tape recorders of this class by automatic recording of the four recent traffic information. Under it is already located quite serious climatic installation Two miniature display shows the temperature and mode of operation of the fan. Between them is a mechanical regulator of the direction of air flow. It looks a bit unusual, but is fully justified for the car of this class.
Women's logic. The journalists were offered to get acquainted with three variants of a sedan with a new engine of 1.8 liters and a manual transmission, a wagon and hatchback with a 2.0 l engine and a sequential automatic transmission type of variator type.
The interesting behavior of the variator in comparison with the normal automatic box is manifested with a sharp pressing and holding the gas pedal. First, the turns are sharply growing up to about 55006000. The speed at the same time increases slowly. The process then occurs with an accuracy to the opposite the tachometer arrow freezes, like glued, but the speedometer arrows starts to steadously fall to the right. This is especially brightly traced on the track, when a desire appears to sharply adjust, for example, from 70 to 140 km / h and above. The feeling is that the car takes a time out, before completely surrender to the owner. Well, what is not feminine?
And with a sharp start from a place in Kick Down mode, to a speed threshold of 5060 km / h, the variator behaves similarly to an automatic box, only the transmission process is more smoothly, without jolts.
Shift shifts are delivered in quotes of profit. They simply do not exist. A rigid gear combination corresponding to a specific gear ratio in other boxes replaces the belt transmission to the variable diameter of the drum guide. The smaller the diameter is the higher the vehicle speed.
First ball Until now, the variasts are installed mainly on motorcycles, scooters and cars of a small class of Nissan Micra. In the case of PRIMERA NISSAN, in our opinion, on a certain risk, suggesting such a transmission in the S. Pravda sector, this variator is not as simple as it seems at first glance. It provides for the transition to manual mode, and this is perhaps the world's first attempt to combine the mechanics and automatic on the variator. It should be noted that quite successful. In manual mode, Primera's behavior is almost completely adequately to the car reactions with a manual box for all the actions of the driver. This is particularly clearly manifested when switching to lower gear. For a test drive, we were offered mountain roads, on which more often the usual is necessary to use engine braking and sharp accelerations during overtaking.
On the Mountain Serpentine Alsace and the highways of Germany, the new Primera has proven itself fine. With any body and any box. After a couple of months, a presentation of the new Primera in Frankfurt will be held at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, after which official sales will begin. Unfortunately, the price is not yet established. It is definitely one it will be slightly higher than on the previous model.
 
Text Nikolay Kachurin, photo of the author and Nissan
 

A source: "Autopilot"