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There is everything you need! Nissan Serena 20RS Car Overview

A new Nissan Serena - minivan appeared on the market, which has proven itself very well in the past. What can be said about his new version? Neither in a style, nor in terms of practical application, nor in terms of layout, he seems to have not showed us anything new or amazing. But something he still attracts buyers. How?
 
The driver's seat is so spacious that it even annoys.
If you summarize all my impressions received from acquaintance with the new minivan Nissan Serena, I would express them as follows: this time - nothing new, shining the vertex, if so-like and seems yet unattainable. And it is true, every time you think about something fundamentally new is becoming harder and harder. At the same time, such elements of the machine, as a layout, methods of transformation of seats in the cabin, - in a word, all the defining quality of the minivan are constantly and consistently finalized and improved. And the new version of the model Serena did not exception it is really another step forward.
However, what did the most of all I have to work in the authors of the car Serena's new sample? I will not be mistaken if I say that most of all developers were care of the comfort of the salon, its practicality and simplicity in operation. This statement can be slightly supplemented: the main changes listed in the previous phrase relate to the part of the cabin that is occupied by the seats of the second and third row. I will start with the seasons of the second row. First of all, the spaciousness affects them. Moreover, I mean not so their actual sizes, how much impression of visual acquaintance with them. To a large extent, such perception influenced that now they are located significantly higher than the seats of the first row. Moreover. If there is no one on the site of the front passenger, then you can lower the simple shape of the headrest, and then from the rear seats an even greater review will open to which nothing will interfere. But that's not all. If such a need arises, you can simply use the handle, which is located on the back of the backrest of the front seating and completely clean the back forward, do not come out of the cabin. And then such freedom will appear in the cabin that it is not eliminated when the passenger located in the cabin literally comes to the driver sitting in its place and starts to interfere. Well, in a word, it will be extremely convenient to everyone who turns out to be in the second row in the cabin, and further to the end of the cabin. And, it became, to everyone, except for the driver!
It concerns the visual perception of that part of the cabin, where the arms of the rear row are. At the same time, the salon really has a great useful volume. Judge for yourself: I have a rise in 177 cm. And so I sit in the chair of the second row, move the chair not completely, but so that the knees do not rest in the back of the front seating. If the seats are left in this position, then the third row sitting passengers will still be, where to put your feet so that they are not closely. It is also necessary to take into account that the car body is determined by straight corners and planes, both in the middle and in its rear. And this means that at the level of the legs, and at the level of the heads of sitting passengers there is a lot of free space. Plus, the large area of \u200b\u200bthe side windows binds the picture of the formation of a very impressive salon space.
Come up with something better hard.
Thanks to the cubic forms of the seating salon, it extends from the wall to the wall and have an angular shape. It is probably why the salon seems so convenient in terms of transformation. Actually, the diverse arrangement of the cabin chairs is one of the most important advantages of the new car. And the reason for this is the original design of the middle section of the second-row seats, which, if transforming it accordingly, can perform the feature of the armrest. But the main thing is that this section is capable of moving along the cabin independently. The length of the rail rail is so great that you can even insert this section between the front chairs.
Suppose that the average section-insert in the seat of the second row temporarily becomes unnecessary. In this case, it simply needs to be collapsed in half and move along the rails rails so that it gets up between the front row seats. What will it give? First of all, this will be opened free passage to the seats of the third row. And then to transplant from the second row to the third one will not need to leave the car. It is also important that the chairs themselves, or, more precisely, remain in the second row of the left and right part of the seating can move one relative to another not only in the longitudinal, but also in the transverse direction. And this, in particular, means that the above passage to the rear seats can be left in the middle, but you can also break through the side wall of the cabin. Then the corresponding sliding door opens and everything, in the back of the cabin you can easily get straight from the street. It should also be emphasized a sufficiently large stroke of the seats of the second and third row. Salazzas themselves go on the rails smoothly, so you do not need to put great efforts. If we talk about the ease of performing one or another transformation of the seats, then, for example, in order to facilitate the rise and cleaning of the chairs of the third row, it was decided to supplement the harvesting mechanism with special springs so that cleaning was easier to clean.
What else is interesting, so this is what every chairs, even if it is the chair of the third row, there is its own individual stand for cans or bottled drinks, and, moreover, a folding table. But the most striking is an intra-alone negotiation device, with the help of which all passengers in the cabin are sitting whether they are sitting in the first, or in the third rows, they had the opportunity to communicate without straining the voice. The device includes microphones and audio colors. Agree, what else is needed to travel in the company with pleasure.
The engine is only a 2-liter.
Indeed, the car is endowed with a number of functions that have an important applied value. But on the other hand, such an important component of any minivan, as the comfort of the cabin, is not forgotten. The suspension of the new car Serena was decided to make not the smooth, most likely soft. However, it is necessary to take into account the considerable weight of the car, plus the design of the chassis itself is made quite tough. So the softness of the suspension is combined with a large weight and rigidity of the body, and this makes the car less susceptible to swinging. So, sitting in the front chair, and you feel comfortable, transplanted in the back of the salon there is even better! But most of all, of course, striking the comfort of chairs located in the middle of the salon, that is, in the second row. It seems above them worked very thoroughly.
As already mentioned, the weight of the car can not be called small as many as 1600 kg. How does a 2-liter engine copier with it? Well, let's start with the fact that this is the only version of the engine that is equipped with all categories of a new car. Secondly, it develops power up to 137 hp, that in itself it seems to be not much. And, nevertheless, if there are 4 adults in the cabin, the engine copes with his work without any problems, be it an urban street, or high-speed highway. This is a common merit of both the engine itself, which demonstrates improved speed characteristics, just in the speed range, which is most often in demand and a successful manner of the stepless CVT transmission. At the very first moment of overclocking, such that the driver's back is simply pressed into the back of the seating, but then everything flows smoothly, without tangible power drops. At the same time, when moving at high speed in the cabin really becomes noisy. How not to thank the authors of the project, which prudently provided the salon internal negotiation device!
For a passenger - option is quite acceptable.
At the beginning of my report, I noted that the new model Serena does not open us anything new in terms of equipment or traction characteristics. At the same time, all that we expect to see in a modern minivan there are. And in this regard, Serena may well serve as an example. And what's since the fact that in terms of driving a special pleasure from this car do not expect? Although how to say. Is it bad when the car confidently follows in a straight line, and you can relax the driver? You can even start a pleasant conversation with passengers, - because it is also a pleasure, let it be received directly from driving, but still in the process of driving, isn't it? With such pleasure in the new car, everything is in order.
If you agree with the point of view that the main purpose of the car's type of minivan is a comfortable pastime of the passengers and the driver throughout the travel, as long as it would be neither, then the new Nissan Serena is the following, quite a serious step in the development of minivan. The driver here has no reason for discontent. In the cabin really, they tried to do everything to satisfy all the priority needs of passengers and the driver. Thus, sum up: For the carriage of passengers, the model Serena's new sample is more than suitable, but I would like the trip to the minivan to be emotionally more rich. Well, while you should be content with the fact that everything really is so very good.
 
Specifications Model Serena 20RS:
Length 4690 mm x width 1695 mm x height 1840 mm.
Wheel base: 2860 mm.
Machine weight: 1610 kg.
Drive: on the front wheels
Engine: 2 -LTER, 4-cylinder with inline cylinders arrangement, two camshafts and 16-valve gas distribution mechanisms, developed power 137 hp At 5,200 rpm, the largest torque is 20.4 kg / m at 4400 rpm.
Basic car price: 2 million 121 thousand yen
The price of the machine on which the test trip was performed: 3 million 328.7 thousand yen.
Wheel base: 2430 mm.
The list of options included in the configuration of the car 15SR-A, on which the test trip was performed:
-Xenon front headlights + air conditioning serving the back of the cabin + automatically controlled air conditioning with a plasma cluster 99, 75 thousand yen;
- remote control system automatically opened by sliding door and rear trunk door + device automatic locking of both sliding doors and rear doors of the trunk + contactless key 357 thousand yen;
-Ded monitor + Navigation system Car Wings C DVD drive + rear view monitor and overview monitors side dead zones + ETC + AUDIO 571.2 thousand yen;
-Pneumatic SRS - curtains type cushions for the front seats - 36.75 thousand yen;
-Contact the 16-inch aluminum wheels of the wheels 84 thousand yen;
-Contact mats for the salon and the luggage compartment 59 thousand yen.
 

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