Renault Duster test drive since 2012 SUV

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Test Renault Duster

The great Blacks of the Automobile World Monsieur from Renault fulfilled their promise. The inhabitants of the Earth received an SUV at a real price ... Is there something unusual in making a megalyx crossover? Who will you surprise with this today?

But creating a high -ended passage car at the price of UAZ Patriot is really something incredible.

The main borderiness
The numbness arises at the moment when you see him. He does not look cheap. On the contrary, confidence brings out in appearance. Designers from Renault called their work solid and aggressive. Probably referring to the angry manager (he failed the next sales plan and is now forced to ride a budget brand?). There is a share of truth in their words, because from afar, and from some angles near, Duster looks like a Touareg. But in reality, the news is seasoned with a fair amount of boresiness, and everything else from the evil one.

The great Blacks of the Automobile World Monsieur from Renault fulfilled their promise. The inhabitants of the Earth received an SUV at a real price

The test drive of the novelty Renault decided to arrange in a country where the relics of the twelfth apostle are in Uzbekistan. The choice of place was clearly with a hint: even fellow countrymen of migrant workers can afford a car. We left the plane in Tashkent and began acquaintance with the budget-mobile, going towards Samarkand. On the way, I decided to bend my fingers, noting the advantages of the car, being sure that one hand is enough with a margin.

Do not be afraid to anneal on the virgin lands.
There is enough thrust to break into the fullest

Drilling
Uzbekistan is a beautiful, friendly land. Any person with whom you met on the street will invite you to your home and treat you with pilaf. This is if he has no money at all. If finances are present, you will not leave without a gift. I almost gave me a kid. The animal is useful, but it is very inconvenient to carry on an airplane. It is worth asking the road to gather half a city to help. Almost everyone speaks Russian, and certainly everyone is glad to see a guest from Russia. At night, you can calmly go outside and, having caught the first car, ask you to take it to where you can eat. The trip along with food will cost no more than a toothpick.

Bad bag. Duster suspension is specially created for broken roads

Renault Duster harmoniously fit into such an atmosphere. Its price favors the wallet, the appearance is friendly, and the decoration caresses. Have you noticed, I have already bent three fingers? Most of the path we rode at dusk and in the dark, having managed to pretty much to be nourished by local road color. Where else do you see the Daewoo Damas minibus with a police blouse? Not only did the beacon look at him like a fake nose on the face of a clown, so he also rode at a speed of about 60 km/h along the almost empty highway, where no one interfered with him. He was dragging like a turtle, and a special signal on the roof blinked, testifying: well, is it cool? We flashed past with a whistle. By the way, the Uzbeks drive much more intelligent Italians. True, they forget to use the turn signals, because of which they unexpectedly cut. While at least something can be distinguished at dusk, they go without light, and when the darkness is thickening so that their own hands are not visible, they cut the distant one at once. You will laugh, but they will finish the neighbor here. At the same time, Uzbek routes are pretty plowed, due to the shortage of agricultural vehicles they decided to sow them.

The dashboard is just a pezhon

The regulators are comfortable but blind

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Do not slow down, do not turn off
Thus, I had to go completely out of the oncoming flow along an absolutely holey canvas, falling over to overtake on two wheels, because the locals are only half inferior to the left row. At first I was nervous, dropped in front of the pits, cut it sharply, and then realized: it is not necessary. You can go in a straight line. The Duster suspension is specially created for bad coatings of developing countries. He clung to the steering wheel and Davi for gas. I bent the fourth finger.

The next day, we drove into an abandoned quarry, and also visited several more off-road points, one of which was located in the very center of Samarkand on the site of the ancient settlement. We traveled to the remnants of the city dating from the sixth century BC. They just opened the gate and said: ride. Riding for excavations folk Uzbek fun.

For flat pop.
The back is much more spacious than you could expect. But to the heights of convenience, the back sofa is far away

The Renault Duster will be delivered to our market without a stabilization system and anti -boom electronics for another year, so you can only hope for off -roads for the geometric parameters of the body. Without an electronic collar and imitation of interdosseary locks, it is only necessary to take obstacles. However, I bend the fifth finger of the geometric cross -country ability of the novelty amazing: the entrance angle 30 degrees, the exit 36, the fracture 23. It does not look like a SUV, closer to a universal SUV.

The transmission is offered both mechanical and automatic

The role of Styer
Fingers for advantages ended, I decided to move on to the shortcomings. By all concepts, a cheap SUV should break the ears due to poor sound insulation. Shoot the soul with wild vibro -haos suspension. Clake in the vice of the rear passengers. Pull the luggage in a meager trunk. However, it does not converge. You won’t listen to the music in Renault at a minimum volume, but you don’t have to yell the passenger. Sitting from behind is quite convenient. There are enough places for bags in the rear. Strong vibrations from the wheels are not felt. The last French were especially afraid. After all, the Duster platform weighs less than the wheels, which means an incressed mass in percentage, but the engineers coped. You need to look for shortcomings from the other side. Duster has a heavy steering wheel. You get tired of parking and maneuver. As the head of the Duster project told me, the French, creating a car, understood that they still could not achieve complete harmony for that kind of money, but we can outline the boundaries in which the car would look worthy. They chose for the novelty the role of a runner for long distances. Hence the weighty steering wheel to better control the car on the highway at high speeds.

The trunk is large and convenient, but the transformation is lame

Swastika and star
Bending the second finger, I remembered the air conditioner. In the minimum configuration for 500 thousand rubles, it is not at all (it is impossible to order even as an option!), And where it is, it is also with oddities: he holds his head warm and his legs in the cold. The third finger on the conscience of the wipers. The windshield cleaning area is unusually small. The fourth missing anti -boom system. Without it, it will be bad on the off -road. The search for the fifth drawback was very difficult. I like the rest in the car. The equipment with a 1.6 liter engine is not fast, you wait as for 13.5 s until it reaches a hundred, but there is a two -liter engine, it is much more fun with it: 10.5 C to 100 km/h. The six -speed manual transmission is slightly peculiar with a very short first gear, but this is done specifically, as an imitation reducing for off -road. The clutch of all -wheel drive, borrowed from Nissan, is prone to overheating, but what does Duster have to do with it? She and Qashqai boils quickly. In general, the fifth finger remained not bent. Renault has more advantages.

Before leaving Samarkand, we visited Tamerlana's grave. The inscription on it read: do not open, otherwise there will be a war. The Soviet archaeologist opened it on June 21, 1941. On the walls of the crypt, an ancient ornament in which two elements are distinguished: the swastika and star. An amazing country is still Uzbekistan. But Renault Duster seems to be even more amazing.

They are real.
Another reason for surprise is quite decent (at the level of golf class) trunk

Caution, technical details
Renault Duster was created on the Renault Logan platform and Nissan all -wheel drive chassis. The station wagon can operate in three modes: constant all -wheel drive, front -wheel drive and 4x4 with a locking of the center differential. Features of the Russian Duster: the glass of the glass washer of the volume increased to 5 liters, the battery and the generator of greater power, the steel protection of the bottom of the power unit, the absence of a soot filter for modification with a diesel engine. Also for Russia, engines are offered by a working volume of 2.0 liters and automatic transmission.