Test Drive Peugeot Rcz since 2009 coupe
With a human person
Long-term test Peugeot Rcz: Can be!
Lovers of automotive design of the fifties and sixties often grumble about the modern automakers. They love to repeat that the past cars were alive, with human persons, and now all the same and dead. Most likely, they are right. But there are exceptions. One of them coupe Peugeot Rcz, which fell into our garage for a month.
Car design is useless. It is so subjective thing that is better not worth it. Everyone sees what he wants. Someone the cute brunette, someone's blondes, and someone's redheads. Therefore, most often automotive journalists omit their opinion when describing the appearance of cars and provide the reader to independently understand the Fantasy of the designer.
But in the case of Peugeot RCZ it is impossible to resist. On the French compartment just nice to watch. And it constantly proves passersby and passengers passing by cars who risk to roll their necks in attempts to better consider the wonderful animal. The melt on the asphalt, pressed against the ground, causes serious interest among others.
Original design solutions in Peugeot Rcz Although the lamp of the cabin, and the roof bubbles, and the embossed hips of the wheeled arches, and stylish aluminum arches, and extending the antiques on the trunk lid.
Nowadays, when the concept of the serial car, the abyss, when the design of the designer feather, is erased by an eraser's pragmatic technician, turning the work of art to the ordinary stamp, Rcz managed to resist. Look at the images of the concept car PEUGEOT 308 RC-Z Concept, which was presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2007, and compare them with photos of the serial RCZ. Yes, the body of the concept was made of carbon fiber and aluminum, unlike steel on the serial machine. But who will remember this now. But externally almost no difference! It is bold, unusual and, as shown years, out of time. Even after two years of mass production, RCZ is still amazing.
When, in 2007, Peugeot 308 RC-Z Concept, few people believed that this miracle would come to the conveyor in the fact that this miracle appeared on the Motor Show in Frankfurt before visitors and journalists. But after a couple of years, formally breaking the connection with the donor of the 308th and becoming simply RCZ, everything fell into serial production and almost did not differ from the concept.
And the most important thing is he really with a human face. Display a smile, nose or small ears Mirrors will not be difficult. The rest of the body attract attention no less: massive rear wings, aluminum ridge arches of the roof and two hemispheres resembling the legendary dual bubble Zagato. Whether designer Boris Raynmelle brought into the works of this design atelier is unknown. But there is an obvious similarity. And it is rainmeller should flatter.
Ahead of the semicircle of the roof almost does not leave the chances for the rear passengers, but forms a rather impressive tail of the body with powerful wheel arches and a spacious trunk.
But any extremely beautiful thing is usually extremely impractical thing. And RCZ is no exception. Through the tinted polycarbonate of beautiful bulbs penetrates a huge amount of light and the entire interior is obtained as a palm. Yes, thanks to this, the car looks enchanting, but in practice it is always hot. In addition, it happens to plant someone at the children's second row, his head will inevitably reproach to this beauty. And the driver suffers from the fact that he constantly sees a little blurred picture in the mirror.
1. In the interior of the RCZ, almost everything is familiar to the top versions of the model 308. The chairs and the steering wheel of a smaller diameter were borrowed from the 308 SS coupe, truncated by chord.
2.Odnako landing down and sports than in the usual 308th.
3. Correction transmissions with clear and short strokes that uncharacteristic for the French causes exceptionally positive emotions. Skin covered gear lever ball with a beautiful aluminum insert itself falls into hand.
4. The back row will be uncomfortable even to children. Pay attention to the original seat belt strap with two locks.
5. In a marking position, the rear seat belts look like this. They are held in special rubber slots. Concise and elegant.
But, perhaps, these are the only sacrifices to which the driver and the passenger have to go (forget about the rear row, it is exclusively for bags). Because otherwise they feel quite good. Salon this car, though it got from Peugeot 308, but it was most as much as possible. It is convenient to drawn armrest, pockets, cup holders and niches under the phone. Inside the finish of the skin, everything is shrinkable; Seats with integrated head restraints taken from 308 ss, look great. True, hard plastic and climate control handles are given the origin of RCZ: Yes, this handsome rose from the usual 308th.
1. Instrumentpace is familiar with the model 308.
2. On the center of the front panel is simple, but cute clock.
3. On the screen located in the front panel center, the time, date, temperature overboard and audio information are displayed.
4. Landmakers are covered with skin throughout their length.
5. With a box-armrest with a convenient sliding lid, AUX and USB connectors were attached.
6. On the front seats embossing in the form of the Peugeot logo.
Differences in the dimensions and design of these machines are insignificant. The RCZ body is wider than 30 millimeters, six percent tougher, lighter by 74 kilograms. The length of the wheelbase is the same 2610 millimeters, but RCZ POLY is wider than 44 millimeters in front (1580 mm) and 63 millimeters from behind (1593 mm). It was these small changes that allowed to lower the center of masses of 40 millimeters, which together with other settings of the springs, shock absorbers and the hydraulic power steering gave an excellent result.
To access the rear row of seats, you need to pull this lever on the back of the chair and fold it.
To return the driver's seat to its original position, the memory button must be kept until the end of the operation accompanied by a characteristic click.
We did not have the most powerful (204 forces) version, but a more calm 156-strong modification. The model with a 200-strong engine is equipped with a suspension with separate swivel fists (an analogue of Renault Megane RS and Ford Focus RS), has a very chassis chassis and has an amazingly rich for such liter (1.6 liters) sound. The voice of the same EP6 engine, but a decoded to 156 horsepower, blood does not excite. Everyday.
With hurricane appearance and its logical conclusion in the form of two chrome exhaust pipes does not fit in any way.
In fact, acceleration seems more spectacular than accompanying its sound motor. There is a tangible turbophush after 3500 revolutions. Eight seconds to hundreds of Peugeot Rcz do not claim a record, but from the category of urban lowers are removed with interest. Rcz even manages to start the driver. Fortunately, there are three powerful ally: mechanical transmission, a rigid suspension and a heavy-grade golf class, but the exact steering wheel.
PEUGEOT RCZ rides much better than any other modern car with a lion on the radiator grille. Hands, legs and head still remember the feeling of legendary models 205, 405, 306 or 206 RC. Rcz worthy successor of traditions.
For once, the French had a normal handle (until recently, by the way, only a machine was proposed for the 156th strong version). The short-main mechanism, clear work is almost any revolutions. The only defects strange plug when switching to two and more gears down.
At a speed of 85 kilometers per hour, the spoiler is put forward at an angle of only 90 degrees, and after 150, it creates an additional pressure force, attacking at an angle of 34 degrees. Immediately you can see, the French remember about the problems with the insufficient resistance of the Audi TT of the first years of release.
The forced opening button of the rear anti-cycle is located on the central tunnel between the lever of the handbrake and the gearbox.
Another disadvantage of Peugeot Rcz does not work with Peregazov. Technically, this applies only to the 156th strong version: gas reactions here are highly recapinated, while the more powerful RCZ follows the right pedal as tied. And physically it is impossible due to widespread and located at different levels of pedals. The playground for relaxation of the left leg is far installed, and when the accelerator is pressed, the step of a la kickdown is felt. But why is she on a car with mechanics? In general, the assembly layout is far from sports.
And yet, PEUGEOT RCZ is the best manner of the Frenchman in recent years.
Pleasant gravity of the steering wheel when maneuver, which seems absolutely natural in speed turns, becomes uncomfortable in the parking lot. And in our case, it is also exacerbated by 19-inch optional discs, shovel into the CONTI SportContact 3 giant tires for golf class of size 235/40 R19. Again the victim on the altar of beauty: the hydraulicer at low speed clearly does not cope. But in turns, he has an excellent duet with a suspension.
The angle of rotation of the wheels, like their clutch with an expensive, is felt so accurate that the feeling of permissiveness is born: I want to storm turns all with a greater and greater speed.
Rcz on huge rollers is only a little more sensitive to a rut than the usual golf class hatchback, on our Russian roads amples significantly stronger, and behind the pit it is necessary to close in the trunk, there is no reason, only the sealant. But it's all the little things. And in general, it is surprising that the truck 308 can go. And it is doubly surprising that behind the RCZ is still a semi-dependent beam! I remember this when the car is quite sharply breaking into a skid when the gas is discharged, and reluctantly gets out of it.
The side view of a rue of some, it would seem that inequate in the principle of lines and elements, which ultimately looks harmonious, alone and even a bit defiantly.
In general, the chassis is a very worthy addition to the magnificent designer body. Hard and chain is just as much as it is necessary for the heated coupe. It is 100 percent copes with those tasks that the developers are placed on such cars: make a civilian car more solicitky and interesting in management.
It is clear that such pleasure costs money. The minimum price for the 156-strong Peugeot Rcz on the handle is 1 199,000 rubles.
A sports version with a 200-strong engine and swivel fists is worth a minimum of 100,000 rubles more expensive. Our option, though not the most powerful, but taking into account the options it goes far beyond the boundaries of 1.3 million rubles.
Is there a lot or a little? If you compare with the most expensive peugeot 308 in the complete set of Allure for 662,000 rubles, it turns out that much. And if with an ideological German enemy represented by Audi TT, which in a similar version (1.8 TFSI, 160 forces, 6-speed mechanics) costs at least 1,563,800 rubles, then not very. But we will talk more about the cost of keeping this handsome in the second part of our test.
Surprisingly, for a sports coupe from Peugeot Rcz a very spacious trunk of 384 liters! Scheduge brackets and a special grid for fastening cargo are provided.
To open the trunk door, you must first press a special button under the bumper, above the number sign, and then raise the lid. Uncomfortable. Hands are always dirty.
In the meantime, one thing can be argued: this is a normal fee for the sensations that you get, admiring the RCZ, driving them and hanging at refueling (fuel consumption at RCZ is 9.6 liters per hundred kilometers). And then not so simple in our time to find a car with a human face. Live car. Which good-natured will win on the traffic light, glitters with his hemispheres and, winning the tail, will fly away in the next prize at the beauty contest.
Exploitation
Common car mileage, kilometers 10420
Mileage from the beginning of the dough, kilometers 2492
Fuel consumption, lithres 100 kilometers 9.7
PEUGEOT RCZ Specifications
Engine type gasoline-turbo R4
Working volume 1598 cm
Max. Power, hp / rpm 156/6000
Max. Moment, nm / rpm 240 / 1400-4500
Drive type front
Transmission 6-st. MKP
Front suspension independent McPherson
Rear suspension torsion beam
Brakes Disk Ventilated Front and Disc Rear
Dimensions (DHSHV), mm 3287x1845x1359
Wheel base, mm 2612
Curb weight, kg 1200
Max. Speed, km / h 217
Acceleration 0-100 km / h, from 8.0
Fuel consumption (combo), l / 100 km 6.7
CO2 emissions, g / km, ek. Class 176, EURO 5
Volume of luggage compartment, l 384-760
Volume of fuel tank, l 55
Tire size 235/40 R19
Price, rubles 1 350 000
A source: Motor magazine [September 2012]
