Test Drive Peugeot 206 Sedan since 2006 Sedan

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The cute heart of Lion's Peugeot 206 appeared in front of us in a new guise. Especially for developing markets, the PSA Concern, together with its partner, the leading Iranian automaker Iran Khodro has developed a 4-door sedan.
Marketers rule the world. And in the ear they chupes their advice the old woman-competition. What do markets of developing countries growing unprecedented for Europe pace? The average vehicle buyer from Russia, China, Asia and Eastern Europe requires a special product of the machine reliable, roomy, inexpensive and prestigious. And prestigious, such is the historical reality, the cars with the body of the sedan are considered. For examples, it is not necessary to go far. So, in our country, Mazda 3 sedans are sold twice as much, rather than hatchbacks. The 4-door Focus accounts for 60% in the Ford Plant manufacturing program in Vsevolozhsk (on which there are still 3- and 5-door hatchbacks, as well as universals). Having sacrifted where the wind blows, Opel announced the release of the sedan Astra. But when the Astra of the new generation started on the market, the opolevtsy from the sedan has matched the noses
 
So far, only Renault has decided on the creation of a special special special proportion of the Logan sedan for special specials. And, it should be noted, this car became an excellent irritant. I am sure, Peugeot 206 Sedan Iranian assembly is a kind of response to the successful offensive of Renault Logan. In the Russian market, I think these two cars will face forehead in the log audience they have one. First, Logan and Peugeot 206 Sedan Classmates. Secondly, it is approximately the same: the version of the 206 with a 1.4-liter engine and air conditioning will cost 350 thousand rubles, Logan with a similar engine and in a similar configuration costs 330 thousand rubles. And thirdly, these cars will probably simultaneously pay attention to buyers who make their choice based on the national car affiliation after all the genes and Logan, and Peugeot 206 Sedan is clearly French. On Russian roads it is clearly felt and seen.
 
Hatchback turns
An attempt to make an elegant sedan from the hatchback. The task is not from the lungs. It is enough to look at the navy and heavy trunk Renault Symbol in connection with this I remember the African girls who I had pleasure to watch in Cape Town. They also noted one strange pattern in appearance: if the face is sweet and cute, then everything that is below the waist, according to the immense. If the figure was successful, the contours of the face do not correspond to European views on women's beauty
 
No matter how critical we considered sedan 206 (and the situation to this obliges the hatchback 206 was considered the standard of style in the class), it is difficult to find fault with its appearance. Everything looks quite harmonious. Representatives of the Peugeot team themselves even celebrate the stylistic similarity between this compact sedan and the PEUGEOT 607 business class. It may be however, to see this similarity, you need to look for a rather original angle.
 
Before the designers stood a difficult task. The wheel base of the peugeot 206 sedan compared to the hatchback has not changed (2442 mm). If you compare a sedan with a 3- or 5-door version of the car, then its dimensions increased exclusively at the expense of the trunk. The length of the rear swell at the Peugeot 206 sedan is almost a meter. On the one hand, such an incatch has played a positive role in increasing the volume of the freight compartment (now it is a third more than the hatchback), on the other hand, it forced designers thoroughly draw the back of the car. In my opinion, with his task, the Iranian-French team of designers coped: the back of the sedan does not look heavy and quite successfully harmonizes with the branded face of all his beloved fawn.
 
Neither from the outside, nor within nothing gives the Iranian origin of the car. The interior design sedan 206 is similar to Hatchback. The quality of the plastic front panel, the internal door panels of questions does not cause. Do not adhere to the assembly. Not only liked the seats and fabric inserts used in the interior design, too simple and unpretentious.
Ergonomics of a driver's seat not without flaws. If we consider the management bodies separately, they seem to be all in their places. But behind the wheel of the fawn I could not find the optimal position. Every 3040 km I wanted to change the steering settings and armchairs. Perhaps this is too amorphous and soft driver's seat, as well as the lack of steering wheel adjustment.
 
Efforts on the management bodies are predictable, with the exception of the clutch pedal. It seemed unnecessarily easy. However, in the thrust of urban traffic jams, it is rather plus, especially since the lack of informativeness does not suffer.
 
If we talk about the passengerism of Peugeot 206 Sedan, then this car, in my opinion, is designed for a family with young children, or on a married couple, did not have time to acquire the offspring (as an option I have already released your chicks to the will), or on the driver, most of the time conductive driving alone. On the rear sofas with complete comfort will only be able to accommodate children and adolescents. Two adults of the standard setting there will not be closely, but somehow uncomfortable: if the driver and front passenger grows under 180 cm in the way it is convenient, then the places for knees the rear passengers remains almost no place. It is also unpleasant that when leaving from the second row of seats, almost always hurt the door threshold. Risk to the clothes is great enough.
 
The volume of the trunk of the sedan can be increased due to the folding fully or in parts of the rear seat. In this case, in the luggage compartment you can carry a load of a little more than 1.5 m. True, with the placement of bulk loads (like a box with a TV) problems may arise due to a very comfortable trunk opening. For disadvantages, I would also be a trunk opening mechanism: it unlocks using a button located next to the number sign and available dirt, snow and frost.
Not in savannah tea
All Peugeot 206 Sedan markets will be offered with two 1.4 and 1.6 liter gasoline engines. On the plot of the Golden Ring we drove by car with a 1,4-liter engine and a mechanical 5-speed gearbox. I note that a more powerful motor can be equipped with an automatic 4-range transmission with the possibility of manually shifting gear.
The 1.4 L engine and the settings of the transfer ratios in the mechanical CP are well combined and fit for movement in both the city and on the highway. At the stage of Yaroslavlmoskaw, four adult men turned out in our crew, but the dynamics of the car did not cause complaints: 75 hp and 120 Nm, which the motor gives out 3400 rpm, allowed to completely confidently disperse a compact sedan, without voltage performing the necessary accelerations and overtaking. On the free plots of the track, the car was easily gained and supported the cruising speed of 140150 km / h. Of course, talking about any sports or impressive dynamics of Peugeot 206 Sedan is not necessary. Actually, we did not wait for the family sedan. The main thing is that the engine and transmission capabilities are well balanced and transparent to the driver.
 
Peugeot 206 hatchback was distinguished by gasket handling. The sedan has a much calmer. The design of the hatchback and the sedan is the same, but the settings clearly differ. Sedan suspension is designed for bad roads. Because of this, the car became softer, the reaction to the steering steering is not so sharp as the hatchback. When the speed does not exceed the limit set by the rules, the sedan confidently copes with small and large road irregularities. However, at high speed on gentle waves of asphalt, an unpleasant longitudinal squabble appears. In our case, when four men were sitting in the car with a total mass under 280 kg, the suspension often allowed trobs. This phenomenon, emphasized, manifested at speeds, maximum for this car. There are no complaints in the staffing modes to the sedan.
 
If you summarize your impressions from the controllability of Peugeot 206 Sedan, there has been an idea that this car is more urban resident. In Russian expanses, he lacks the safety reserve. Somehow it does not harmonize with potatoes bags in the trunk and dacha roof furniture
 
The Peugeot 206 model has become one of the most successful in the history of the French company. It is about it to beat the historical record of production: the 205th model was released in the amount of 5 million 278 thousand copies, and today there are already 5 million 206 pyzhikov on the roads of the world. Russia will actively participate in the establishment of a record. According to the local representation of Peugeot, in our market next year at least 5,000 peugeot 206 sedans will be sold. I think it is quite real. Hatchback Peugeot 206 loved us. And love, as you know, evil will love and sedan. Especially since the 4-door Peugeot 206, taking into account the retail prices set on it, it was quite possible.
Specifications Peugeot 206 Sedan 1.4
Dimensions, mm 4188x1655x1452
Base, mm 2442
Pitch in front / rear, mm 1437/1428
Diameter of reversal, m 10.2
Engine type gasoline 4-cylinder
Working volume, cube. CM 1360.
Max. Power, hp / rpm 75/5500
Max. Moment, nm / rpm 120/3400
Transmission mechanical 5-speed
Max. Speed, km / h 170
Drive front
Acceleration time 0-100 km, from 14.0
Fuel consumption (medium), l / 100 km 5,8
Tank volume, l 50

Igor Komarov
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A source: Magazine "Autopanoram"