PEUGEOT 206 Sedan West Drive Sedan

Test of the most beautiful "budgetary"

Peugeot 206 Sedan recently entered the Russian market. The attitude to this machine among buyers is an ambiguous main drawback of the sedan its origin, because this model is made in politically stressful Iran. But then there are many pluses of the French-Iranian sedan.

What is the most important thing in budget models? Believe me, this is no controllability, not the engine power and the suspension is not comfortable. And the design is secondary here. The main thing is the price. Price, price and price again.

It is actually very attractive to the minimum version of a car with a 1.4 liter engine. It costs 329,000 rubles. ($ 12 770). But still, the most interesting modification with air conditioning seems to be the most interesting. It costs 350,000 rubles. ($ 13 580). Moreover, for this money, not an empty car with a kondei will sell, but a rather sophisticated car for its price will be two airbags, pyrotechnic paratroopers, hydraulic power steering, front electric windows, a radio tape recorder with a CD player. We must not forget about the rear seat folded in parts, make -up mirrors in visors, the ISOFIX children's seat attachment system, fog lights, central castle.

For a budget class car, this is an optimal set. Only ABS is not enough, but it is only in the most expensive XT configuration with climate control and alloy disks. Such cars are already at least 390,000 rubles. ($ 15,100). Version with a 1.6 liter engine. pulls 430,000 rubles. ($ 16,670) with a mechanical gearbox and 463,000 rubles. ($ 17 930) with a machine gun. And this is already too expensive for a budget car. Therefore, the recommendation will be one Peugeot 206 Sedan in a simple XR set with air conditioning for 350,000 rubles. (plus another 8,000 rubles. Metal for paint).

Of course, the French-Iranian sedan inside does not look as gorgeous as, say, the brand new Peugeot 207. But in terms of assembly quality, salon decoration and design, this car is one of the best. Perhaps only the Chevrolet Aveo sedan has comparative insides, but such models as Renault Symbol (not to mention Logan, although in fairness it is worth saying that Logan is tangibly cheaper), Hyundai Accent or Fiat Albea is much easier. And it is not necessary to be surprised inside the sedan from the PEUGEOT 206 hatchback, which has recently been considered one of the best cars in Europe in its class. Plus, add a decent package to this.

I really liked the glove box. A lot of things are placed there, and the trunk will help in the carriage of goods. Its volume is 384 liters. This, of course, is less than Symbol or Logan, which have 500 liters, but it is convenient to use it, and the trunk lid is finished with material from the inside (classmates are usually just bare metal). And, most importantly, the rear seat has not only the back, but also the pillow in parts. As a result, you can get an even loading area with a rather large hole between the salon and the trunk if you consider the Peugeot 206 Sedan as the only car in the family, then this is a huge plus.



Not everyone loves Peugeot
Well, now about the minuses. In the next few paragraphs, we will collect all the negative opinions about the sedan that we managed to get during the test. So, not everyone in our editorial office liked the design. Here the Peugeot 206 hatchback was magnificent at one time, and the sedan made for third world countries is no longer a standard of beauty. A lot of people are sure that the trunk on the handsome 206 looks ugly, they say, it looks like if Jennifer Lopez grew a beer belly. But still, most employees of [email protected] communicated with Peugeot 206 Sedan admitted that this car in its segment is one of the most beautiful. Moreover, not only inside, but also outside.

Not everyone is happy with the origin of the car. Critics doubt that in Iran at the Iran Khodro plant there is modern equipment, and workers work as well as in Europe. Yes, while there are no complaints about the assembly quality, but what will happen in a couple of years? In addition, one should not forget that Iran does not belong to the category of prestigious countries - this also throws a shadow on the car.

I don't like the gearbox yet. It seems that the speeds are clearly switched, but at the same time, the lever moves are too long the same drawback also has the Peugeot 206 hatchback. The situation with the space on the back sofa does not please. Adult men will not be very convenient there. In addition, in the basic configuration on the rear couch for some reason there are no head restraints! Why is this petty saving on security?

You can ride
We consider the engine only with a volume of 1.4 liters, since cars with 1.6 liters, which have 110 horses under the hood, are very expensive. The 1.4-liter unit gives out a little. Its 75 hp It is enough only for driving around the city and moving along the highway in the right (well, maximum in average) row. The car behaves very worthy at speeds up to 120 km/h and when you calmly drive the engine does not irritate anything. But when you need to quickly accelerate, then a 1.4-liter motor is sour. It somehow does not manage to prank on this machine no longer provokes speed and sharp rebuilding from a row in a row, as happened on the PEUGEOT 206 hatchback.

In general, you can’t say much about the controllability of this model. The sedan is simply not designed to pass the turns at high speed. He has a completely different purpose. If in the soul of each PEUGEOT 206, even with a small engine power, there lived a small devil, then in Iran they got rid of it. Now it's just a car. But, believe me, a good car.

PEUGEOT 206 SEDAN in version with a 1.4-liter engine has a very interesting price. And this car has an interesting appearance (you won’t find a beautiful sedan for $ 13,500) and a pleasant salon. And this suggests that an extremely strong player appeared in the segment of budget models.

Source: Auto.mail.ru