Nissan Teana test drive since 2008 sedan

Kill “Camry”: Vol. 2

In vain, nevertheless, in some places we sometimes complain about bad roads. Say, if it were not for the excessed, packed asphalt highways of the Kaliningrad region, laid down by unpleasant transverse waves, I would not immediately find that the second -generation Thea had become a really new machine.
Big respect
Indeed, no matter how much the chief designer of the Kiniti Saito project assured me, I did not believe at first. Yes, you look at her. The headlights and the rear lights became more aggressive, the radiator grill larger and more solid, the threshold and bumper emphasized the sparkling strip of chromium. But all together, you must agree, pulls no more than restyling. So?
So, but not really. Already loading inside, I involuntarily drew attention to the string of the same Nissans who left the parking lot in front of the airport. Curious! But, indeed, Thana has changed significantly. If you look at her from behind, it does not at all resemble a narrow and long tram, as it was before. The car became 3 cm wider. It would seem nonsense. But the proportions changed slightly and now we have a solid, respectable business bar, whose forms became much softer and made the car visually more.

Oscar for hospitality
But if outside the novelty of the car does not catch the eye, then inside heaven and earth! The Salon of Thean, resembling a strict living room in a modernist house, consisting of straight corners and flat faces, turned into a cozy and very convenient office. Instead of a straight board of torpedo, a soaring, gently bending front panel. Nissan is a rare car at a price of up to a million, which not only looks, but also feels expensive. The beige color of the upholstery, of course, is more marked than gray, but it is in it that the Salon of Thean becomes truly luxurious. And in order to really understand the car, you need to not just look, but feel, touch, press, open, and so on. Say, a matte cherry tree has one unpleasant property. It is not photogenic. That is, a cheap plastic for a nut in the photo looks more gorgeous than a real tree. But there are no illusions to the touch: everything is exactly as the technology for applying molten particles to the surface of the material creates a sensation of a smooth, velvety and warm surface, on which, moreover, there are no fingerprints left.
 
     
   
The only serious puncture in terms of ergonomics is the heating and ventilation of the seats for some reason hidden under the arm of the armrest. Super -like!
In the premium in the bowels of the glove box, a DVD player is hidden
The lid of the trunk and the gas tank hatch open from the cabin. But the ESP and control buttons are easy to confuse
The unique feature of the Thean passenger chair is Ottoman with foot support
 
 

Want real comfort? How about perforated leather seats with heating and ventilation? On the part of the chairs, Thana took a noticeable step forward, managing to combine both successful shape and side support. Thanks to the new three -layer design of the pillows, it was possible to improve the load distribution now both a full and thin driver feel a pleasant softness. Nevertheless, neither a wonderful comfortable driver's seat, nor even the famous chair of the front passenger with support support can be compared with the luxury that awaits the sofa passengers.
For him, a loved one
As soon as I found myself in the back seat, as I understood everything: this is for who this car is intended for! The most convenient home sofa, wonderful soft armrests in the doorway. Of course, the services of such a desired and particularly important passenger are not only heating, but also the ventilation of the seat, a separate remote control for music management and climate control.
Moreover, for the sake of passengers, engineers processed the construction of the body. The floor along with the front chairs sank by 15 mm, and the sofa pillow remained at the same level. As a result, visibility for the main passenger improved. True, with complete comfort here you can accommodate only if your height does not exceed 185 cm. With a glass roof, you will have to subtract another five centimeters.
 
 
In the appearance of the machine, as before, there is nothing to discuss toleranent aesthetes. I like not like it. Without snot and glasses
 
   
Premium and Laksher's equipment are laid leather upholstery of the cabin, wide head restraints with lateral support and window pillows
From the inside, the glass roof looks like two large hatches
 
   
Rear view chamber (it appears starting with the acquisition of Laksher) and a colored display, worthy assistants to each other
The volume of the trunk is 488 liters. Long items can be put using a hatch in the back seat. A full -size spare wheel is hidden under the floor
 

However, Thana had not previously differed in a high ceiling above the rear sofa. But here it became quiet! Previously, the inhabitants of the second row rode as if in a tin can listening to the rustle of spikes on asphalt, rustle of water and drum fraction of pebbles. The creators of the new car managed to destroy all these parasitic noises in the bud. The only memory of the first-generation model is barely audible at low speeds and slowly turning into a rather annoying one of the air and above the hiss of air, apparently emerging from the cabin through the ventilation system.
Nissan designers also worked great on the eradication of vibrations. They made the body more rigid to bending and twisting, changed the engine fastening points, improved the suspension. As a result, Thana worthy and almost silently copes with small and not very bumps. She also digests large potholes, and even with minimal sound accompaniment. For this, springs of shock absorbers are responsible. No, I don’t confuse anything inside the shock absorbers, there are additional springs that prevent them from cutting down to the stop with a characteristic knock.
Suspension comfort does not mean American imposing. Tana cheerfully reacts to sharp movements of the steering wheel and although it still does not become an opponent of BMW, compared to the previous version, now the situation is noticeably better. Thanks to an electrolyword amplifier with an increase in speed, the steering wheel has become more clear, especially at high speed.
Her super -task
By the way, all his changes, and above all, such a noticeable change in orientation to the passenger of the rear sofa, Thana owes the purpose that marketer has set before her. This business Nissan should finally defeat Camry. Here it should be noted in recent years not only in Europe, but in Russia, cars of a similar class are less and less popular. In private use, large crossovers are no less prestigious, but more functional. Corporate clients remain.
Toyota is trying to please them with affordable prices. The trump card of Thean is power units. She no longer has a frail 2-liter engine, the base V6 (Kamri-2,4 only four!) Added 200 cm and changed an old 4-speed automatic to a modern variator. Nissan engineers claim that now he reacts to the driver’s actions 30% faster. In acceleration of up to 100 km/h, Thana wins the predecessor for more than a second, and efficiency is improved by 7%. A decent result without direct injection and on 92th gasoline. And all this joy (though on stamped steel disks) is only 10,500 rubles. Toyota is more expensive with a gun and 15 liters. With. With a less powerful engine.
What will happen if you choose a 3.5-liter one instead of a 2.5-liter thean? Firstly, the 95th will have to refuel. Secondly, pay 146 thousand rubles more. But the transport tax does not have to spend much Nissan prudently declared 249 horses. Interesting move: compared with a 3.5-liter Kamri of 277 liters. With. Such a machine in terms of characteristics is inferior very little (acceleration even 0.2 C is faster), but at the age of 3 it becomes much more liquid, which means that it will be popular and new.
And, of course, the 3.5-liter Thean is already much more than just a quick vehicle. The dynamics are very worthy, and the X-tone variator only helps to realize the serious capabilities of the engine. True, do not wait for the modest consumption of gasoline. For a liter, this is more in standard modes, and a powerful car always provokes to go faster.
The most powerful Theana rides and controlled differently. She has more reactive effect on the steering wheel, and she responds much more actively to sharp maneuvers, although shod is exactly the same tires. At the same time, 18,500 rubles. More expensive than Camrei. With such numbers, the Superman of the Thean does not look impossible.
    
Do not hold manual, sir!
New Thean can have two engines, three configurations and only one type of gearbox of a stranded variator. Equipping basic eleans for 838 500 rubles. With a velor salon and on steel 16-inch discs, only the minimum sufficient for business classes, neither the ESP, nor the window and rear lateral pillows, nor the rear-view chamber, or even the backlighting of the make-up mirrors, are not supposed to be called. Leather seats will cost 49,000 rubles.
Personable for the equipment and level of decoration, Laksher-2.5 can be considered 1,033,000 rubles. However, in this case it is not a sin to pay only $ 3200 for a 3.5-liter engine. Such a car is 18,500 rubles. Camry is more expensive than herself, but is better equipped. The luxurious premium-3,5 with a glass roof, navigation, bluetooth, very decent acoustics of Bowz will cost 1,233,400 rubles.
 
  
Nissan Teana 2.5 V6 (3.5 V6)
general information
 
Body, number of places/doors
Sedan, 5/4
 
Equipped/complete mass, kg
1521/2060 (1251/2060)
 
Length x width x height, mm
4850x1795x1475
 
Track, mm
1560
 
The diameter of the turn, m
10.6
 
Speed, km/h
200 (210)
 
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
9.6 (7.2)
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
8/12.1 (8.2/13.8) 1
 
The volume of the fuel tank, l
70
 
Engine
 
Location
Front transversely
 
Design
6-cylinder, gasoline, V-shaped
 
Working volume, SMZ
2496 (3498)
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
182/6000 (249/6000)
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
23.3/4400 (33.3/4400)
 
Chassis
 
Drive unit
On the front wheels
 
Transmission
Standed variator
 
Suspension:
Independent, spring
 
front
Type McEzerson
 
behind
Mollycent
 
Steering
rhealenic type with an electro -hydraulic
 
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
 
Tires
215/55 R17
 
Car
from 7.86 rubles/km
 
+
Rich salon; low noise; comfortable suspension; good dynamics; Attractive price
 
-
Specific appearance; The back is inconvenient for tall passengers; flaws in ergonomics
 
 
Anatoly Druzhinin, photo Nissan

 

A source: Magazine buy a car [07/2008]