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The second echelon

Lesser medium (or C-class) cars account for almost half of the foreign cars sold in Russia. There are about 700,000, but the most successful of them Ford Focus, Chevrolet Lacetti and Toyota Corolla are not included in our review. We are interested in cars that are ranked for the conditional second echelon of golf class: not sales leaders, but far and not outsiders. Spacious, comfortable and affordable.
Hyunday Elantra
Outside
Not bad, very good! The Korean sedan is still original and therefore looks whole and stylish in its own way.
True, this Hyundai model also causes an irresistible desire to arrange with pencil and brush (and better the fresh edition of Photoshop) and fix some details.
For example, the back. If the window sill did not rise higher (near the rear window), but went parallel to the threshold line, and the trunk line is lower and more vertically
However, they do not argue about tastes delicately and imposed on them! In the case of cars, they are dictated and adjusted. Basically, Europe and Japan, and Korea compiles and gives out its options. Judging by Elantra, quite worthy.
Inside
The identical picture appears in the Elantra salon. The interior causes no less strong emotions by a combination of blue backlighting displays, the scale of the instruments and red arrows.
Black plastic, albeit not the most expensive in Europe, but does not make an unpleasant odor and does not spoil the impression of the car. In general, devices can be called an example of information and conciseness in the design
 
And in the way, by the way, you are unwelled to literally fail: it is so soft (especially after the hard seats Tiida or Astra).
He has enough adjustments, and even the steering wheel moves in four directions. It is also equipped with music management buttons. True, the frictional properties of the steering wheel leave much to be desired
Noise insulation is another reason for the disorder: it was clearly saved on it.
Price
Per car with a 1.6 engine, with a capacity of 122 liters. s., and five -speed mechanics, ask for 489,900 rubles. up to 576 900 rub. Depending on the configuration. With a machine gun, the car costs 546 900 611 900 rubles. Motor 2.0 with a capacity of 173 liters. With. Aggregated only with an automatic box. With such a tandem, 684,900 rubles will be asked for the car.
The minimum equipment includes two frontal airbags, ABS + EBD systems, immobilizer, heating the front seats and an adapted suspension.
 
In move
On the road it becomes completely clear: noise insulation could be better. She is clearly not enough, but not as much as information and feedback on the steering wheel. The electrical power reduced the costs of steering to a minimum, but at the same time weakened the connection of a man-car.
But the engine made a very pleasant impression: 122 horsepower they are in Africa and in Korea
Not the most informative clutch and gas pedals a little difficult to drive the car, but the powerful motor and intelligible operation of the gearbox have noticeably cheered up.
 
Like a soft, but rather energy -intensive suspension. There is no getting away from the rolls, but the car holds the trajectory well. Thanks to the motor and a mechanical box, Elantra acceleration turned out to be impressive.
Total
Of course, Elantra will also have their fans: this is a stylish and original car with a claim for quality. Although not without flaws, but most of them are caused by the difference between the mentality of the Koreans and everyone else.
So, a person who is not sophisticated by more expensive cars will be pleased with the acquisition of Elantra.
Hyunday Elantra, 1.6, 5 MACPP
Technical characteristics (manufacturer data):
Dimensions, mm (length x width x height) 4505x1775x1480
Road clearance, mm 160
Equipped mass, kg 1 156
Trunk volume, l 415
Engine volume and power, l (l. P. At rpm) 1.6 (122/6 200)
Maximum torque, NM at rpm 157/4 200
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 10.0
Maximum speed, km/h 190
Fuel consumption (city/highway) l/100 km 8.0/5.2
 
Renault Megane Sedan
Outside
The memorable appearance is probably about Renault Megana Sedan. The angular forms of the body are not a peak of fashion, but the recognition of the car is one hundred percent.
Several strokes to the portrait: sharp front headlights and light faces of the sidewalls, although, when compared with Megane, dressed in the hatchback body, the sedan looks somewhat utilitarian trigger hollowed out a clearly expressive beginning, laid in the appearance of the car by designers.
Although, apparently, this is the main mission of the Three-Bobbing Body: it is practical and cheap. At least most car owners (according to sales statistics) think just that.
Inside
Simplicity can be forced, and may be fundamental. In Renault Megan, the simplicity of the salon is rather inexplicable. Well, tell me for mercy, do so many elements from the same Clio do there?
The kutsy screen on the beard of the front panel is the only thing that can catch on the gaze in this world of gray plastic.
 
At the same time, Megan flackers with comfortable, grabbed seats and all kinds of amenities like numerous boxes for trifles dispersed throughout the cabin.
The little things of those same can be collected in 48 liters of a useful volume for a C-class car is a kind of record. And the trunk is a record holder.
Price
In the base for Megane Sedan, they ask for 428 850 rubles. For this money, the buyer receives a car with a 1.4 engine and five -speed mechanics.
The minimum price for a car with a machine gun (motor 1.6) starts from 446,900 rubles.
The top version, with the 2.0 engine, and 4 ACPP, costs from 701 050 rubles.
The basic version is equipped with an adaptive steering electric power improver, a chip key, ABS, EBV systems (electronic brake force distributor), AFU (emergency braking system). All machines are equipped with a Russian package of engine protection and reinforced suspension.
 
In move
The adaptive steering wheel amplifier with an induction coil (simply an electric power) clearly does his work differently than his hydraulic counterpart. Especially on not the smallest car.
It is felt that the engineers worked well on the settings of the steering system, but there is no wake (which is inherent in, for example, Opel). This somehow does not really fit with the chassis settings, because Megan’s suspension is magnificent to unevenly swallows for one or two, and on straight lines does not annoy transverse buildup.
 
It would be better to supply the 1.6 motor with mechanics, the machine does not have time for a rapidly changing road environment. However, for a calm ride in city traffic jams, this is what you need.
Total
The French are chosen with a heart in which sometimes there is no place for accurate calculations and assessment of the price/quality ratio. Renault can stock up in the soul for a long time, and may not affect it at all.
But if you do not pay attention to annoying and minor disadvantages that Megane Sedan is not devoid, we admit that the car can become a good family option. Well, or just the corner of the French charm in the world of continuous industrialization.
Moreover, the ratio of the price-complexing of Renault is excellent!
Renault Megane Sedan, 1.6 automatic transmission
Technical characteristics (manufacturer data):
Dimensions, mm (length x width x height) 4498 x1777x1460
Road clearance, mm 175
Equipped mass, kg 1,200
Trunk volume, l 520
Engine volume and power, l (l. P. At rpm) 1.6 (115/5 200)
Maximum torque, NM at rpm 152/4 200
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 13.1
Maximum speed, km/h 193
Fuel consumption (city/highway) l/100 km 10.7/6.0
 
Nissan Tiida
Outside
Tiida something between Murano, Note and Almera Tino. Another car of an intimidated class: either a hatchback, or a CD, or both at once
It all depends on the angle. If you look at the Tiida at an acute angle so that its height seems more than the length, Nissan looks disproportionately high and even compactive unstable.
If, on the contrary, admiring it to the profile, the car seems squat and in places hot hatchback.
And in general, you must agree: Tiida looks much nicer in the back of the hatchback than the sedan. As if originally she was conceived, and then someone unkind took and welded the trunk.
However, it will be fair both about Tiida and Astra. Only with Megane everything seems to have turned out exactly the opposite ...
Inside
If the Tiida compact van blows only from some external angles, then there are 100%inside. This applies not only to a high bus landing, but also to the breadth (and height) of the space around the driver and passengers. There is so much free space that it seems criminally unused
 
An exception to the theory about the excess of space is only the adjustment of the driver's seat in length: people will be cramped at 190 cm tall ...
Remembering the advantages of the hatchback over the sedan: the rear sofa Tiida can move back and forth, and his back changes the angle of inclination. On the sedan you can do only the latter.
A big plus of the Tiida radio with the ability to connect a mobile phone via Bluetooth. Not so long ago, similar systems were available only on premium cars.
Price
A four-door sedan with a 1.6-liter engine and a five-speed manual transmission worth 499,900 rubles is considered the base. The same option with a hatchback body costs 508,500 rubles. Choose a color from a list of metallics will cost another 10,000 rubles. The standard COMFORT package includes the front and side pillows of the safety, ABS, EBD, Nissan Brake Assist, heating the front seats, the electric power amplifier, adjust the steering angle, all the electric windows, air conditioning and the radio-DIN radio.
The prices for Tiida with an automatic checkpoint start with 530 900 rubles. (sedan) or from 539,000 rubles. (hatchback). A more powerful 1.8-liter engine is available starting with the Elegance configuration, which costs from 565,900 rubles.
 
In move
A 1.6 L engine has minimal elasticity, which does not make it boring. The motor is straightforward and the same requires the driver: you need to accelerate Davi Gas to the floor, go measuredly sorry, now acceleration will take some time.
The machine itself is without surprises: the gear shifts are not hidden from the driver, but the automatic strokes also does not allow the automatic gaps.
 
The elastic suspension confidently extinguishes the irregularities of the road and at the same time holds the body in good shape when passing turns. However, the high center of gravity during sharp maneuvers still affects: a deep skid is easy to cause counter-mixing before turning.
But it is worth paying tribute to Tiida: the severity and responsiveness of the steering in Nissan at the highest level. According to this parameter, the car is perhaps the leader in the presented four.
Total
The car with the most unusual name and with a non -trivial appearance turned out to be the most expensive of all presented.
However, the level of its basic equipment compensates for the high cost. And high running characteristics and excellent Tiida assembly quality explain the rapidly formed queues for it.
Nissan Tiida, 1.6, automatic transmission
Technical characteristics (manufacturer data):
Dimensions, mm (length x width x height) 4303x1695x1525
Road clearance, mm 165
Equipped mass, kg 1 224
Trunk volume, l 289
Engine volume and power, l (l. P. At rpm) 1.6 (110/6 000)
Maximum torque, NM at rpm 153/4 400
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 12.6
Maximum speed, km/h 170
Fuel consumption (city/highway) l/100 km 10.0/5.9
 
Opel Astra Sedan
Outside
How to warm up interest in not the latest model? You can, for example, replenish the line of the bodies with another option. Those that are considered the most popular in our country: sedan.
At the same time, you still need to try not to turn a new modification into a banal form building. Did it work out?
With a great degree of confidence, one can say: yes, it turned out. The main feature of Astra Sedan is that the car has become a copy of Vectra's older brother. And many will like this, because, compared to the hatchback, the sedan looks much more solid.
In his appearance, there is no particular heavyweight proportion of the car is verified to a millimeter.
Perhaps someone will find deliberately the correct forms of the Astra sedan unexpressive, but sometimes the absence of frivolous features in the appearance becomes the key to stable popularity.
Inside
If in a word, then strictly. If several qualitatively, concise and, again, strictly. The sedan salon did not undergo fundamental changes in comparison with the hatchback, except that he acquired the front armrest and additional adjustment of the back of the front chair, which allows to reject it with the pillow.
It is difficult to find fault with the interior. The cabin is assembled tightly, the plastic panels are soft, the main functions control buttons are convenient.
 
The interior pleases with the opportunity to change its architecture more than a banal back of the back. For example, a light (well, or almost light) movement of the hand, the front seat is laid out in an elegant, and most importantly, even table.
The steering wheel switches with the lack of fixed positions that have become traditional for Opel models are praised and scolded, it seems, with the same enthusiasm.
Is it convenient? To someone like, but with smooth restructuring on his own, the turning signal independently did not want to turn off stubbornly. Maybe it's a matter of habit?
Price
A car with the most modest engine 1.6 with a capacity of 115 liters. With. And the mechanical five -speed box in the Essentia configuration costs 497,000 552,000 rubles. With the same engine, but an EasyTronic box, Astra Sedan is asked for 548,000 572,000 rubles, depending on the configuration. The price of a car with five -speed mechanics, and an engine 1.8 (140 hp) is set at a mark of 558,000 582,000 rubles. With a machine gun, this car costs 598,000 622,000 rubles.
In the Opel Astra Sedan database, two frontal airbags plus side curtains, as well as 15-inch steel disks, and a full-sized stock. Also, the machine is equipped with ABS, BA systems (emergency braking) and EBD (distribution of brake efforts).
 
In move
Perhaps in Germany there are much more distances between traffic lights on city streets than ours. Otherwise, how to experience the joy of the red zone that the driver gives the driver a four-speed machine, coupled with a 140-horsepower engine of 1.8 liters?
The car is sharpened on intense movement: when dynamic driving, the automatic transmission holds the tachometer arrow at the red zone, allowing the driver to feel as comfortable as possible when overtaking.
 
The same applies to the steering: in our tests with the discipline of the snake, Astra Sedan coped with the perfectly skid of the rear axis, and the front demolition is completely minimal.
Total
Opel Astra Sedan is a good universal. A sort of car unisex: both the fragile young lady and the venerable father of the family look equally organic in the car. And the family itself, by the way, too.
The main thing is that the technical part does not fail the traction engine (1.8 l) and the logical box is good. That's just the price of Astra Sedan is located in the upper zone for this class. Although where did you stand out cheap German cars?
Opel Astra Sedan, 1.8, automatic transmission
Technical characteristics (manufacturer data):
Dimensions, mm (length x width x height) 4587 x1753x1458
Road clearance, mm 130
Equipped mass, kg N.D.
Trunk volume, l 490
Engine volume and power, l (l. P. At rpm) 1.8 (140/6 300)
Maximum torque, NM at rpm 175/3 800
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 11.4
Maximum speed, km/h 188
Fuel consumption (city/highway) l/100 km 10.5/6.2
  
Cars were provided by companies: Autoprodix, the official dealer Renault, Atlant-M Baltika, the official dealer GM, ADR, the official dealer of Nissan and the Dakar Autocenter, the official Hyundai dealer

Text: Alexander Korobchenko Alexander Mikhailov,
Photo: Roman Ostanin
 
 

Source: Wheel magazine [No. 124/2008]