Opel Antara test drive since 2007 SUV
"Fedya, game!"
For more than three years in the Opel production program, there was no alternate. And at the end of summer, the long -awaited novelty appeared in Russia. Only how much she attracts fans of the very popular front -line question we have. After all, Antara is a completely different car. Translation difficulties
Asking to show me in the Antar Motor Show, I probably looked like a bracket and a poser, who ordered a pheasant in a white wine, a waiter of a modest restaurant. After all, the centers of Opel and Chevrolet are now always side by side. And I see well, on the contrary, in the hall of the American brand, the people around the kaptiva that in the metro wagon on Koltseva. To Opel, which is really the twin brother of the alternate from Chevy, interests are many times less. But both come from Korea and a Russian passport at the factory near Peter.
I liked this car two years ago, in Frankfurt. The spectacular GTC concept was no worse than Lexus or, say, infinity. While the car was bathed in the rays of the fosovski, I admit, I even began to think why in a couple of years to buy such a handsome man: a cool curved roof line, bizarre air intakes on the sides, gigantic wheels in huge wheel arches, and optics for a sight for a look. Opel had never had such a feast of design before.
Alas, the serial car turned out to be noticeably more mundane. In Russhelshaim, it was as if scared of their courage. There is no question of a three-door version and only a regular 5-door station wagon. And most vivid decisions of the Frankfurt show-Stopper did not go to the series. Flagic mirrors and Zaberki behind the front arches, perhaps, and everything that remains. Maybe if I had not seen GTC, I liked Antara now more. The SUV just came out as many people get. And it does not pull on the exquisite dish. The Executive Director of Ji-Em in design Brian Nesbit calls such changes the result of the translation of the stylistic language of the concept into the form of a serial all-terrain vehicle with a spacious, multifunctional interior. The fact that the translation could be closer to the original will have to be forgotten.
Will be tasty and nutritious
But with capacity, as promised, everything is really in order. The driver needs to wave above two meters to support his head with the ceiling. The range of adjustment of the chair in length is also decent. And sitting down on the sofa himself, a man of eighty meter will easily abandon his leg. There are no difficulties in entering/exiting passengers. For example, the opening of the rear door 109 cm wide in most cars and SUVs it does not exceed a meter.
True, practical and comfortable in general the salon spoils the details in some places. If, for example, Astra has a driver’s driver’s seat perfectly, then for some reason he’s more tight for Antara. Polyuerite steering wheel without tides on a modern all -resistance is completely perceived by Moveton. Like the creaking handle of the back door. Of course, these are trifles. That's just for a car that stands under forty thousand at. e. and in the GiMovsk hierarchy is located half a century above Chevrolet, the little things are unacceptable.
There is a retractable tray under the chair. But the glove box is small
An elegant dashboard is unified with opening houses in recent years. Its important defect of the engine temperature indicator
And even in Antara it is impossible to order a third row of seats, which can boast of a cheaper captive. Only in view of the sports image, an additional bench was considered superfluous. And why does the captive have a convenient glass that opens separately from the fifth door, but Antara does not? What does the image have to do with it?
In the cabin of a lot of pockets, nets, cup holders, hiding places
Under a massive foam cover of doktka
In height, the trunk is small to the curtain 41 cm. Hence a rather modest volume. However, from 370 it can be increased to 1420 liters
However, with regard to the style and materials of the salon, here Opel in comparison with Chevi really marks the generals. An elegant trio of round deflectors on the central panel as a real decoration of the table. A large display flaunts above, and below the designers have arranged in the same style with the richest astraces, highlighted climate control handles and music. The audio system that reads the MPZ-format, an electric package, an abundance of insured electronics, as it should be an expensive all-terrain vehicle. And the materials are clearly not cheap. If the finish is under aluminum, it looks like a real metal, if plastic, then almost completely noble is soft.
By pressing the button in the back of the sofa, after a second we get four seats and a flat cargo site 174 cm long
It is not a sin to believe that such a side dish that the main dish will be licking your fingers. In the menu, the managing director of Opel Hans Demant promises dynamic handling and high potential on the road. Who is against? Just be sure to check. Kaptiva is not distinguished in these disciplines.
Played with seasonings Turn, another, sharp rebuilding into the neighboring row Opel obediently writes a given path. Neither scrambled nor frightening swing. The chassis clearly allows you to go faster. Unlike Chevrolet, there is more precisely the steering wheel, a little denser shock absorbers. At the provocation to the demolition of Antara, it only responds with a slight grunt of ESP and a revolution of revolutions. Electronics were tuned, clearly reinsuring, attempts at the wheels to slip out, it immediately stops.
But how I want at least a little more power to quickly get out of the turn. And she is not, 140 liters. With. For almost two tons of own weight, the result is very modest. And if only the horses were not enough for the car
Opel's automatic gearbox was equipped with a longer pair than that of the Captiva. What a sport is here. On the speedometer 110 km/h, a small rise, the right pedal is drowned. The automatic machine is right down two steps, well done. And nothing happens. Sloking, in a completely old-man, grunting, Antara finally adds only a dozen kilometers per hour. Late, a huge truck had already climbed into the left row again. And the captivist does not differ by explosive dynamics: more than 12 s to hundreds. Antara is still slower for a second.
The next minus manifested itself on uneven asphalt. The work of the front suspension of Opel is not in the best way. And its energy intensity is hardly higher than ordinary cars. Taping in the area of \u200b\u200bshock absorbers and levers, as if the car passed not four, but forty thousand kilometers and all along bumpy roads. It is all the more insulting that the overall noise level in Antara is low. With the voices of the engine, tires, and winds, engineers fought quite successfully. At least in the cabin is clearly quieter than in a captiva.
But cross -country ability is no better. In theory, everything seems to be not bad: in short, than Chevy, the rear overhang, a muffler, well -attracted to the bottom, not sticking out of vain elements of an independent suspension. However, to the engine of the engine, instead of the promised 20, he measured only 18 cm himself. But the main thing is that on summer, the car did not differ in the tenacious tires of the Kumho, the car could not climb a harmless herbal slope. With the ESP turned on, the electronics strangle the motor, and with the front wheels the front wheels are broken into slipping before the rear ones begin to help them. So for picnics in nature it is better to choose a more capable SUV that is more capable of roads.
Once again the menu, please Kaptiza has all these sores. That's just to forgive her is much easier. Already because in the database it is 105,000 rubles cheaper. Although a little easier, it is still very worthy of equipped. For brothers with automatic transmission, the difference is reduced to 21,000 rubles. But the chevy will be 7-seater and with a more convenient trunk. And on the price tag of the Opel, which I was driving, there are 977,500 rubles ($ 39,600). And this is not the most expensive Antara. Alas, goodbye forever relatively affordable and very capable of off -road frontier. Your heir turned out to be much less attractive in this regard.
Dealers also offer to order a pair of bicycles built into the rear bumper and 18-inch disks made of light alloy for special gourmets. In my opinion, Antara is much more needed by shift grids for baggage, parking sensors and steel protection of the crankcase. But they either not get them at all, or only in the package. Why do I need a color monitor if the navigation does not work in Opel? Why is a comfortable folding back if ESP is imposed on the trailer with it? Separate options generally with Gulkin's nose.
As a result, Antara is like all woven from contradictions: a stylish, solid interior and talkative suspension, bags with few necessary options and the inability to build a car for yourself, worthy settings of the chassis and a weak motor. Sorry, guys, such a delicacy is clearly not too tasty for a comprehensive lunch, not too nutritious and not at all cheap. They say that it is true that by spring and V-shaped six 3.2 liters will appear in the car, and the list of options will expand. Good, of course. Only Antara will certainly not become more accessible from this. And therefore, sorry, I’ll look better than there is still a menu.
Without options
Unlike other brand models, Antar is sold with the only motor, in one version of Ango for 897,000 rubles. The equipment has almost everything that a modern SUV needs. Electric package, climate control, MP3 magnet, heating the front seats, 6 pillows, ABS C ESP, a descent help system, alloy wheels are far from a complete list. For 40,000 rubles. You can get automatic transmission. For 13,000, choose one of four metallics. But keep in mind that the car ordered for production will have to wait 56 months.
Opel Antara 2.4at
common data
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 5/5
Equipped mass, kg
1825
Length x width x height, mm
4575x1850x1705
Base, mm
2707
Speed, km/h
170
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
13.6
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
7.7/14.1
Road clearance, mm
180
The volume of the fuel tank, l
65
Engine
Location
Front transversely
Design
4-cyl.
Working volume, SMZ
2405
Power, L.S. at rpm
140/5200
Torque, kgsm at rpm
22.4/2400
Chassis
Drive unit
on the front wheels with automatically connected rear
Transmission
Automatic 5-st.
Suspension:
Independent, spring
front
Type McEzerson
behind
Mollycent
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
Tires
235/60 R17
Car
from 0.30 $/km
+
Good equipment; safe handling; spacious, stylishly decorated salon and large trunk
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The only equipment; talkative front suspension; modest dynamics; mediocre patency
Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
Source: Magazine buy a car [22/2007]
