Nissan Teana test drive since 2008 sedan

Dawn time

This TV Sonya from Malaysia? And this one from Japan? With an equal price of goods, it is not difficult to guess the preference of a Russian buyer, even if a newer model is hidden behind the wrong origin. National affiliation and trust in the car are also determined not by the brand, but at the address of the assembly enterprise. Other experts remember the factories by heart!
To their satisfaction, Nissan Thean is a hundred percent Japanese, both in the brand, and at the place of manufacture. But the name of the Thean in one of the languages \u200b\u200bof the American Indians means dawn or the beginning.
Japanese marketers were guided by demanding consumers who use the car for both personal and representative purposes. The list of priorities is not only dynamics and controllability, but also the comfort of passengers and unique additional equipment. As for the chassis, car settings for Russia are similar to cars for the Chinese market.
 
WHITE NIGHTS
In St. Petersburg there was a time of white nights, and therefore it was not possible to check whether the bixenon headlights of Nissan-Thean were well illuminated. But the bright and low sun arranged a good exam of the Fine Vision instrument panel with a fashionable electro -luminous backlight. Well, the devices look rich and are well read even in the most unprofitable light. At first, the window of the odometer squeezed out of the common plane of the panel is a little surprising and forces the vision. Still, it is better to adapt to even surfaces of the eyes. But what sacrifices you will not make for the sake of originality.
If you look at the torpedo of Theani as a holistic object, its symmetry is clearly noticeable: it is necessary for a car produced with a different location of the steering wheel. Originality is important, but cost optimization is even more important.
In general, the interior of Thana deserves a separate description, because inside it is even more interesting than outside. The narrow window of the dashboard resembles the American fashion of the sixties, which was also reflected in the 24th Volga. The console, emphasized by metallized edges, crowned with a 7-inch display, hangs over a wide flat deck of the central tunnel.
Unlike most brothers in the class, the Nissan-Theian salon is finished with matte, and not shiny elements with wood texture. She looks very advantageous in the photo, but in life it is quite modest and not corruption of her eyes. The work of designers on the interior of Thean, of course, deserves praise. From the point of view of ergonomics, there are no noticeable punctures, although the club members for 100 may seem crowded. I more remembered the lack of adjustment of the steering column in length: please and down, please, for myself.
St. Petersburg streets do not annoy Moscow fussiness, but the ear must be kept in the driving culture and fell noticeably in the northern capital. The selected Thean with a 2.3-liter engine confidently goes to the leading places in the stream, and reliable and easily dosed brakes allow, without fear, to keep a short distance. Trampers and paving stones are overcome easily and almost silently at low speeds of the suspension work deserves the most flattering rating.
It is necessary to judge outside the city. The four -speed automatic machine is very quick, but the high steps between the programs do not allow the motor to show themselves in all the splendor. The suspension is still impeccable, it turns out, does not like fast turns on uneven asphalt, and the supply of energy intensity no longer seems inexhaustible. Despite this, Thana always remains predictable, but makes it clear that the measured driving style carries not only calm, but also security.
The senior 3.5-liter motor is paired with a variator, but the uninitiated is unlikely to notice the electronics successfully creates virtual gears. But it is impossible not to notice a powerful dynamics of acceleration: this thean is a worthy opponent of the most respected business sedans. Impressive acceleration does not make the heart knock stronger. Rather, it suggests that the intense overtaking can now be done in half a man. And in between, cast a glance at the spacing of the instantaneous fuel consumption.
 
New aristocrat
The place of the VIP passenger in the car is known on the right from the back. In the back seat of the Thean, comfortable passengers are comfortable. High ones have the right to complain about the lack of space for the head, and for the knees, especially behind the tall driver or front passenger. Alas, the spectacular shape of the front back cuts the useful volume of the cabin.
Well, the most luxurious place in Thean, this is the chair of the front passenger. Indeed, in addition to all the charms of an electric packet and separate climate control, he is supposed to an electrically controlled stand under his feet and a personal masseur. Moreover, very diligent: a powerful roller, rolling under the back of the seat, will make it blissfully grunt not only the old radiculler. Lovers of moderate procedures will completely arrange a delicate regime.
But some of the usual amenities in thean are absent. For example, both duffel boxes, both in the panel and between the seats, are deprived of cooling. The audio system does not understand the notes in the MP3 format, and the sound is not very impressive. Will the original design write off everything?
 
Without unnecessary disputes
Until now, the novelties of Japanese concerns have come to Russia through Europe or America. Nissan decided to change priorities. Thean is not just made in Japan. This is a car that brings us a typical example of an oriental automobile culture. However, in Siberia and the Far East, Japanese traditions have long been perceived, and in the European part of the country there are many fans of real Japanese cars. In any case, Nissan Thana is noticeably different from his main rivals of cosmopolitan Toyta-Kamri and Hyundai-NF. But whether its personality will play a plus or minus is another question, since the prices are planned for an approximate parity.
For some reason, I don’t want to experience all her abilities and opportunities behind the wheel. Although trust in the car does not decrease from this at all.
Cross marketing
Nissan Thana was not accidentally presented to the Russian press in St. Petersburg, because the car will not be sold in Europe, and here they are going to build a Nissan plant ... The homeland of the Japan car, the main market there, and also in China; In Korea there is a twin Samsung-SM7. In the Russian market, Thana will be replaced by the well -known Nissan Maxim. In America, the Thean will never appear there by the New Maxim’s ball, which, in turn, will not officially sell on the Russian market.
As for the prices, I will assume that for a Thean with a 2-liter engine they will ask for from $ 28 thousand.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anatoly Fomin
 

A source: The magazine "Driving"