Test Drive Renault Grand Scenic since 2009 Minivan

IN A TEAM

So as not to disappear one by one
Three years ago, Europeans have already voted with their blood for their blood for the minivans as a successful compromise capacity compactness-efficiency. Before our consciousness, these arguments reached only now. The present buyers are no longer as polar in preference or insanely luxuriously, but hopelessly expensive, or absolutely utilitarian. Minivans just occupy a golden middle.
Who is something
A single-volume car is valuable, first of all, wide opportunities to use this internal volume. Therefore, by placing our competitors in places, we paid attention not only to the movements of minivans, but also such parameters as the number of space for passengers of the third row, the convenience of transformation of the cabin and the rationality of the organization of the internal space.

Ford S-Max
Price tested car $ 36430
Max. Power 220 l. with. at 5300 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b230 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 7,9 s

Mazda5
Price tested car $ 28700
Max. Power 145 liters. with. at 6000 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b196 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 10.1 s

Mitsubishi Grandis.
Price tested car $ 38750
Max. Power 165 liters. with. at 6000 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b200 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 10 s

Opel Zafira.
Tested car price $ 30490
Max. Power 150 liters. with. at 5600 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b176 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 14.3 s

Renault Grand Scenic
Price tested car $ 33339
Max. Power 135 liters. with. at 5500 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b190 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 11.5 s

Hyundai Trajet.
Price of a tested car $ 25690
Max. Power 173 liters. with. at 5900 rpm.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b192 km / h
Acceleration 0-100 km / h 11.5 s
 
 
1ST PLACE
Ford S-Max
+ All our experts unanimously put on Ford first place, noting excellent ride qualities in combination with a rather spacious lounge and beautiful design. Having a version in the line with the engine from Focus ST, this car deservedly claims the title of hottest minivan
- S-MAX has failed to detect any serious misses. High-quality car for adequate money. Pledge of success in the market.

2ND PLACE
Mazda 5.
+ It is proper to lay a path to the heart of a very demanding driver. Excellent running quality and such trifles, like sliding rear doors or no aerodynamic noise put forward a minivan to a position closely close to the leader. This pretty long car practically does not require addiction and very close to the sensation to passenger cars.
- The main disadvantage of Mazda5 should be considered a fairly close third row, when using which in the seven-seed version, inevitably you have to move forward even the front right passenger

3RD PLACE
Opel Zafira.
+ Pleased with a significant internal volume and, undoubtedly, a wonderful handle. Dynamic qualities could be recognized as good if it were not for noticeable engine noise in the cabin
- The main disadvantage of the whole range of cars with lightning on the nose is not enough careful ergonomic studies of many and many internal elements. A wide variety of buttons, handles and levers can be completely uncomfortable when used. This is especially felt on the go, when there is neither time nor the desire to understand, for example, with the confused algorithm of calling information on the central display
4th place
Mitsubishi Grandis.
+ Memorable design, large internal volume and simplicity of seats transformation allowed Mitsubishi Grandis to rise to fourth place in the overall standings. With its sizes, this minivan retained the proper share of the chassis
- Grandis, so you liked this when I first got acquainted two and a half years ago, with a full-time rate with five specific competitors suddenly seemed like little interesting. And in terms of controllability, he lost half of the test machines, and only the marks satisfactorily earn
5th place
Renault Grand Scenic
+ Demonstrated a classic French approach to the construction of the car. Beautiful, memorable machine with a huge amount of intra-alone addicts will satisfy the automotive needs of a large family
- Not too much space for passengers of the third row, due to which the seats can be attributed to full only with the stretch, and most importantly, quite mediocre driving quality and high price did not allow this simpaty to rise above the fifth place
6th place
Hyundai Trajet.
+ Korean car industry literally every month is increasingly pleased with us and the responsible approach to the construction of the chassis, and a fairly well-developed interior. In addition, Hyundai is exclusively spacious. Places plentifully even for third-party passengers
- The most annoying this car completely refused to accelerate. Even with one driver to keep up with the rest of the trajet brethren could only with great difficulty. Still, the mid-sized minivan must have at least some kind of intelligible dynamics.
 
Text Evgeny Hapov, Vladimir Smirnov
Photo Leonid Dedukh
 

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