Test Drive Opel Antara Since 2010 Crossover

Test Drive Opel Antara: Singorous bull

As you know, there are only two fools and roads in Russia. Apparently, it is with this that the number of jeeps and crossovers on the streets of the city has been associated with recently. After all, as the facts show, large cars allow you to experience the meeting with minimal losses and with the first and second.
Following this trend, Opel has released an Antara crossover, the manufacturer's plan called to change the old woman Frontera. However, outwardly two cars have little in common. Opel Antara's body lines resembles a strong bull, a sort of aggressive and muscular representative of the Spanish Corrida. Silver accents on massive bumper and lateral air intakes only enhance the similarity. And the front, and rear bumpers, by the way, plastic, which will help to avoid small troubles (read, scratches), so often happening to the drivers of a beautiful floor.
However, the excellent visibility of the side mirrors Antara is most likely to get rid of the need to use a plastic bumper for parking to a characteristic sound. Together with the audio parking sensor, they allow us to practically not notice the impressive dimensions of the car. By the way, a sound parking sensor, helping not to lift someone in a traffic jam, but incredibly annoying if you make your way between the cars in the courtyard, if you wish, you can turn off by pressing the button on the central console.
However, if the manufacturer has provided for small damage to the body, then the difficulties with covered parking lots in Russia as a whole, and in Moscow, in particular, did not clearly think. There was no car that took me to the test drive was not half a year old, and the luggage door already mentioned the rust. (So \u200b\u200bthe memories of the Muscovite's suicide advertisement about the body with galvanized).
Whatever it was, the trunk door opens up very impressive opportunities to accommodate all sorts of things. The production volume of Antara 1024 liters, and folded in the ratio of 2: 1 seats and the absence of a central jumper back on the floor, allow you to easily place in the car 4 snowboard, equipment and, in fact, the snowboarders themselves. It is worth mentioning that the rear passengers already through the first half an hour of travel began to complain about the inconvenience of seats, which caused the numbness of all extremities.
But the front seats seemed to me very comfortable. Side support and extensive capabilities of electronic adjustment of the chair allowed me to settle down with incredible comfort, and thanks to the ability to change the position of the steering wheel, it was not visible to solve the problem from behind the steering wheel. The front passenger, by the way, has to be content with the mechanical adjustment of the chair.
And, of course, it is impossible not to note such a detail as the hatch in the roof of Antara. You can open it both completely and on the principle of the window. Moreover, the hatch is arranged in such a way that air flows do not break into the car at a huge speed, but unobtrusively provide the influx into a fresh air salon. If you wish, the hatch glass can be closed with a curtain, but I liked it incredibly watching the latest snowflakes this year.
The salon of the car was separated by black leather. At the same time, door handles, steering knobs and deflectors are underlined by silver lines looking quite organically. And here are plastic inserts under the glove box and doors on a tree look, in my opinion, ridiculous and inappropriate against the background of the surrounding gray plastic.
The rest of the interior of Antara in the configuration of Cosmo Premium Plus is distinguished by rare asceticism. There was no cup holders, no ashtray, nor even places where you can more or less securely fix the bottle of water. But there is already traditional boxes on the center console already traditional for Opel, and part-time and adjustable armrest for the driver.
Almost all the useful space between the seats takes the phone slot. To use them, by the way, did not have to do, because the phone easily connects with the machine through Blue-tooth. Thanks to this high-tech part, the location between the seats is only for the original handle, for which the front passenger can hold on the bad road or at high speed, and the hand brake performed in the same style. (Oh, not to confuse!).
But the dashboard is still sisite with different buttons and levers. There is also a built-in magnetic, and air conditioning, and even side mirrors and parking sensors. Such an abundance suggests that it is designed for the passenger rather than on the driver, since the last on the go will not be easy to figure out where to press.
 
However, for the driver it is not a problem - managing all functions, except for the air conditioner, put on the steering wheel. Thus, the driver may not break off from production, select the necessary side of the on-board computer and even answer the phone call, which is incredibly relevant in the light of the amendments to traffic rules. By the way, the phone connects to the system of the car through Blue-Tooth literally in three movements. After that, information about the incoming calls appears on the display of the on-board computer, and it is enough to press one button to respond. The voice of the caller will be heard through the car audio system, and the driver's words will capture the built-in microphone. In this case, the quality of sound, both incoming and outgoing, does not lose at all in quality.
The problem occurs only with a set of phone number, made by the joystick to do this without being distracted by the road, in my opinion, is impossible. In principle, the system provides access via the on-board computer to your phone book. However, unintended electronics does not recognize Cyrillic, and from the device of SUMSUNG and at all refused to read any information.
At the same time, the on-board computer, in addition to standard options, allows you to familiarize yourself with more interesting information, up to tire pressure. But the information about the engine temperature cannot be obtained. As I was explained in the cabin, in case the temperature becomes critical, the on-board computer will immediately inform about it. But the temperature inside the car is felt without any indicators. Air conditioning in Antara for a week of communication could not be configured to a more or less acceptable temperature for vital temperature to me nor the driver with a 20-year-old experience.
On the center console is located, among other things, and the button to disable the system of course stability. Well, once the button is there, it means that it must certainly press. As it turned out, with a disconnected ESP crossover inexpressively brings the brake pressing when the brake is still on a straight road, slightly patched snow.
 
By the way, the brakes of the car are very smooth, that is, it is necessary to be prepared for the fact that for a quick stop there is a slightly pressing the pedal will not enough. Yes, and otherwise Antara with automatic transmission and 230 horses under the hood is not very linked to sharp movements. The car accelerates long and thoughtfully, and if necessary, overtake someone, you will have to press the accelerator pedal to the floor, in order to turn on the Kickdown function. But switching automatic speeds is completely not felt.
But to get out of the delicate situations of the automatic transmission does not interfere at all. The crossover, which automatically turns on the full drive on the slippery road and when the winter mode is turned on, easily, and almost without an application to the human horsepower, got out of a snowdrift, where it was safely driven in search of a beautiful background for a photo shoot.
I also pleased that the speed in Antara is practically not felt. I am accustomed to small yurchy machines, 120 km / h seemed that I had no more than 60 km / h. However, in 170km / h little, the machine is changing remains stable. But the consumption of fuel begins to surprise 120 km / h, approaching 17 liters per 100 km.
The situation is no better in the urban cycle, so the car is clearly prefers to the city for the city. Moreover, it is advisable for not the worst roads: if small irregularities on the road behind the wheel of Antara can not be noticed, then potholes more larger, thanks to the rigid suspension, are felt by all body.
In general, it is not clear whether Antara will be able to replace the old woman Frontera in the hearts of the Russians, but so far, not a single representative of this model was met on the streets of Moscow.
 
 
 

A source: Business Autoclub