Test drive Opel Vectra sedan 2002 - 2005 sedan
Swabian house
There are many similar things in the world. They seem to be the uninitiated to the uninitiated person. And the point is not that the new Vectra came out very similar to Ford Mondeo ...Take the computer unit. His example is most indicative for me, since I relate to users and has never developed a tower, as professionals call it to understand the internal structure. So for me all the towers - on one face. But once I changed the computer and found that I could not find on its front wall of the power button ...
I remembered the computer when I tried to find the emergency stop signal on the new Opel Vectra panel. He fumbled his eyes on a flat graphite-gray surface and caught himself thinking that Duffya. (I slowed down in the most inappropriate place for this, and the emergency woman was acutely necessary for me to get a break from the police, which in Germany has an unpleasant property to arise, as if from under the ground, when not required.) UV-F, I found! A small red triangle in the left side of the console, grabbing which against the background of the general technology design is very difficult. As a start button on my computer, also a fallen victim of style and ultramodern technology.
Fashion is fashion, but imagine a burgher who got into some trouble and in a panic of a finger that pokes a finger? ..
I did not doubt the fact that this car was intended for a typical burgher. Tightly tailored, with outlined wheeled arches, with heavy, like boxing jaw, with bumpers and with massive sides - in his appearance everything speaks of thoroughness. By the way, the coefficient of the CC, equal to 0.28, makes you look differently at the aerodynamics of the bodies of faceting design. Fielding the shape of the car took place in the Pipe of the University of Stuttgart, using a running track, which during purging moved under the car, imitating a rising roadway. The wheels installed on the running drums also rotated. All taken together as close to the tests of reality.
After making sure that the first impression did not deceive me, I climbed behind the wheel, already getting used to the image of the cherry Germans, who calculated his losses to the fourth sign when switching from a brand to the euro and planned his life for many years to come. Surely he planned in advance the purchase of this model, watching the news in the cheap Auto Bild, which is laid out into tables in the beer there. I will say more: my burgher most likely already traveled to one of the 4.4 million vectr of the first two generations. Did he like the previous acquisition? Undoubtedly, if he decided not to change the brand of the car.
In this case, the first thing that will become with the burgher is he will calm down. This is the property of the new Vectra. Everything here, except for that ill -fated button and irritating the fuzzy fixation of the turning lever (and this owner of the car will find out later), looks good, but does not scare away with pseudo -will, as in some, very similar to Vectra, competitors. List of equipment - from the category of predicted discoveries: manual adjustment of the steering column by departure and angle of inclination, leather seat with server regulations, a self -clever salon mirror, a roof hatch, a CD changer, a navigation system. The burgher will no longer throw his surprise eyebrows in surprise when the neighbors begin to praise their own cars. But, we will be honest, no one will be surprised when he in response lists his merits.
I am sitting, choosing adjustments, I look closely at the dimensions and mirrors. Turning the key - and deaf, low timbre, the 2.2 -liter engine responds. I rearrange the automatic transmission selector into the compulsory switching mode Active Select and touch.
The first impression is the deep dumping of all operations without exception: the actual rotation process of the steering wheel and the response of the machine to its turn; How Vectra responds to the gas pedal and how the nodding of the transmission selector obeys.
Virazhi the machine passes with severe insufficient rotation. Going into a turn, you feel the resistance of the steering wheel (the mechanism here is an electro -hydraulic one, with an increased effort and a changeable step of the rail).
In a word, the approach of the arguments of the car remained the same: the main thing is not to scare. This Russian loves quick ride and sharp responses, and the German does not bring unlimited autobahns as a counterargument: most German roads are streets of tiny towns that smoothly flow from one to another. Speed \u200b\u200brestriction - 50, or even 30 km/h. Rate - risk your wallet.
In general, getting used to the skin of a calculating car owner, I broke up without regret with the prospect of juingly. Vectra controls are configured for a long, might mournful riding.
The influence of the lateral wind on the car is not, put your hands on the knitting needles of the steering wheel, and know yourself, devour the space. By the way, a few words about the chassis: to reduce the unsubstantiated masses, swivel fists and brake calipers were made of aluminum, the reptile stabilizer was made hollow.
The car is really good on the autobahn. However, it is much more important for me, which is much more important for the image that the Chancellor Schroeder himself flew along this highway on Vectra and was very pleased with it (I felt like in a real racing car). Inside, there is silence, except for the comments of the navigator.
And that's what is interesting. 2.2 liters in the range of two - gasoline and diesel engines. Both are four, both belong to the aluminum multi -valve Ecotec family and are produced at the same factory. The characteristics of the engines are quite close: 147 hp, 203 Nm (gasoline), 125 hp, 280 nm (diesel). The benefits extracted from such Vectra executions by the buyer will seem at first glance even speculative: one car accelerates to 100 km/h in 10.8 seconds and has a maximum speed of 210 km/h, the second - for 11.8 s (202 km/h). You understand the difference, having familiarized yourself with the data on fuel consumption (EU standard): 6.9/9.4/13.6 liters by100 km in gasoline and 5.6/7.4/10.5 liters of diesel machines.
The anticipation of the question is: what is the point of releasing so close in terms of characteristics of the machine? With such economy, the gasoline version awaits, it seems, inevitable failure! But not everything is clear. Probably, in the future, the engines with ignition will really prevail, but today it is impossible to extract net profit from driving on diesel fuel - you overpay when buying and maintenance. The benefit shines only to those who travel a lot and far away. In a year with a run of over 15,000 km, it can easily exceed 2000 euros.
Here, the owner of the diesel vectra will envy the neighbors: such a machine needs to change the oil after 50,000 km (gasoline - after 30 thousand). This, again, into the hands of those who wraps kilometers - after two years the oil will inevitably have to be changed, regardless of the mileage. For this, an automatic warning system is provided.
What else does Vectra deserve attention? Of course, parking ultrasonic sensors. And the right mirror, which automatically turns to the ground, as soon as you turn on the back. However, Vectra, equipped with the most modern systems, just has everything that is supposed to have a middle -class car. Intended for the buyer from the middle class, on which, as you know, the German society rests.
Technical characteristics Opel Vectra 2.2
The body is a sedan
Equipped mass, kg - 1485
Dimensions (length/width/height), mm - 4596/1798/1460
Base, mm - 2700
Maximum speed, km/h - 210
Acceleration time to 100 km/h, s - 10.8
Control consumption of fuel, l/100 km:
- City cycle - 13.6
- Zagorod - 6.9
- mixed - 9.4
Engine:
- Type - 4 -cylinder, in order
- working volume, cm3 - 2198
- Power, L.S. at min -1 - 147/5600
- torque, NM at min -1 - 203/4000
- power supply - distributed injection
Transmission - automatic., 5 -speed
Tire size - 215/55R16
Wheel suspension - independent
Brakes (front/rear) - disk., Ventil./Disk.
Steering - with an amplifier
Price, $ - 24790
Text: Denis Orlov
A source: Magazine 5 wheel [08/2002]
