Renault Duster test drive since 2012 SUV

Renault Duster. Control shot

Following two gasoline versions, Renault produces diesel modification of Duster budget crossover explosive. We went to get to know Diesel to the capital of Azerbaijan Baku City of Contrasts.

Renault Duster. Price: 607 000 p. On sale: since the summer of 2012

Vladimir Makkaveev, a journalist, 34 years old, a driver’s experience of 15 years, travels to Volvo C30

Baku city of contrasts! Yes, yes, it was Baku, and not Istanbul, as affirmed in the legendary Soviet comedy. Moreover, Istanbul on Gaidu from the diamond hand was removed precisely in the old Baku. Following the covenants of the Soviet director, but rather the aspirations of its new owners, the oil Caspian Republic indeed turned its capital into a city of contrasts. Glass, almost Dubai skyscrapers from the narrow medieval streets of the old city look so futuristic that Istanbul is falling away!

And as they go to Baku, they do not ride, in my opinion, anywhere else, except in some kind of most distant Chinese province. But there the Chinese go stupidly, because they don’t know how to do otherwise, sincerely believing that you can only drive a car in any way. This is the matter of the principle: if you drove three intersections and have never cut anyone, why did you even leave the yard? Is it worth it to be surprised that my partner sighing in relief, when we finally break out beyond the limits of the Azerbaijani capital, away from the madness of the Baku drivers, to the coastal hills that were drowning out from the Caspian spider webs.


In the back row, surprisingly spacious

Here Duster can take a walk! After all, the diesel version, according to Renault, is entirely focused on Off-Road: from a decent moment of a 1.5-frail engine at low speeds to off-road settings of the Communist Party. The extremely short first gear and really partly saves, allowing Duster with a 90 -horsepower engine with a moment of 200 nm very confidently to spank along blurry at night at the Caspian steppes. At the highway, enthusiasm is subsided. The regiment of the maximum moment by diesel standards is not so large about 1000 min-1, and when the maximum power is reached by 3750 min-1, the moment is completely lowered to 170 nm. As a result, the accelerated dynamics of diesel Duster is one and a half times worse than that of a 2 -liter gasoline counterpart: 15.6 versus 10.4 C to hundreds.


Although ESP for 13,000 rubles. and appears in the list of Duster options since spring, really cars equipped with an auxiliary electronics will begin to leave the Moscow conveyor only in September

Perhaps the diesel will be much more economical in operation? After all, the cost of the diesel Duster, at first glance, is almost the same as that of a gasoline, with the only difference being that the interior mileage is one and a half times shorter than 10,000 instead of 15,000 km. The first two in cost are really identical to gasoline, rise in price occurs only on the third. Nevertheless, for 100,000 km, losses in comparison with a gasoline version will amount to 90,000 rubles. Plus 25,000 rubles. The price difference in the cost of the diesel and 2 -liter gasoline version of Duster. So 115,000 rubles are already gaining. Too many to repel this delta at gas stations. Savings with 5.3 liters per 100 km in a mixed cycle of a diesel diesel against 7.8 liters in a 2 -lit gasoline version for 100,000 km will be about 75,000 rubles. So in relation to the Duster, the economic component of the diesel version seems very doubtful, especially given the best dynamic and model indicators of the gasoline engine. The only operational segment in which the diesel Duster, thanks to a high torque on the bottom, has superiority over a 2 -liter gasoline counterpart.


The yellow-gray sticker 4wd instead of a nameplate looks cheap and tasteless

However, there is also an important issue of prestige ... Another French revolution has opened a diesel window for the budget segment in Russia! And Renault, by and large, does not care how to divide the capacities on its conveyor. For the French, the launch of the diesel Duster on the Russian market is more likely a control shot for the already conquered segment, and at the same time a springboard for the mass launch of Renault diesel engines in Russia.

Three months of endurance tests of the European Duster in 2011 at irrevocated diesel gas stations and three more months of cold tests have already resulted in a number of adaptive measures: in comparison with the European Dacia, the Russian Renault Duster has acquired new radiators, a more powerful heater and a modified injection system. As a result: if the European version of Duster allows you to produce cold starting at 20C, then the Russian boot comes to life at 25C.


The air filter indicator informs about the need to replace

Like a 2 -liter gasoline version, cars with a diesel engine will be equipped with an optional ESP. But only in the fall. However, all these are trifles that are unlikely to be able to seriously hit the sales of the chief bestseller of the Russian car market of the 2012 season. At a price of 607,000 rubles, in addition to UAZ Patriot, Duster simply does not have competitors in a diesel family, except for one exception ... We are talking about Great Wall Hover H5, which is in full minced meat with a leather salon, camera, automatic transmission and others The attributes of a beautiful life are offered for 845,000 rubles. In terms of controllability, they are quite similar. The only aspect in which the Chinese is definitely inferior to the Frenchman, the traction characteristics on the bottoms. The motor is simpler, and the four -speed machine is not the best off -road assistant.

 
Our verdict
Already now it is clear that, unlike Europe, where Duster's diesel version has shifted about 60% of the model sales, in Russia, diesel is unlikely to pull over 1020% of customers. For Renault, the launch of the diesel Duster in Russia is rather an attempt to close the entire game table of the budget segment and create a bridgehead for the mass launch of diesel engines in Russia.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
+
Good traction characteristics at low speeds, high cross -country ability, decent level of comfort.
-
The absence of ESP in the database is not the most striking dynamic-model indicators in comparison with the 2-liter Duster gasoline.

Driving
Given the off -road orientation of the diesel version, some lack of acuteness in management is quite excusable.

Salon
The interior is as budget.

Comfort
Successful suspension settings.

Safety
With all the desire for saving, the absence of ESP in the database, and before the fall and optionally, the SUV is unacceptable for the present time.

Price
Has no analogues in the market

We do not love
Tasteless
The yellow-gray 4wd sticker instead of a nameplate looks cheap and tasteless.

Comfortable
In the back row, surprisingly spacious and comfortable.

Comfortable
The air filter indicator informs about the need to replace.


SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions 4315x1822x1625mm
Base 2673 mm
Equipped mass 1375 kg
Full weight 1875 kg
Clearance 205210 mm
Trunk volume 408 l
Fuel tank volume 50 liters
Diesel engine, 1461 cm3,
90/4000 l. s./min-1, 200/1750 Nm/min---1
Mechanical transmission, 6-speed
Dynamics Max 156 km/h; 15.6 s to 100 km/h
Fuel consumption is 5.3 liters per 100 km in the mixture. cycle
Competitors Great Wall Hover H5, UAZ Patriot

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [June 2012]