Test drive by Renault Kangoo since 2008 Minivan

Renault Kangoo, pleasant in every way

Car companies like people: are born, live and die. During its existence, some firms achieve success, others are not. Among them there are long -livers. There are those who crossed the centenary line. One of these companies is Renault.
 
The world -famous Renault company was founded in 1898 in Paris. Over the long years of her existence, she has accumulated vast experience in creating a variety of cars, including sports and racing. The fact is that automobile competitions are a powerful generator of new ideas. The Renault technocenter is closely cooperating with the Formula-1 design bureau, located in Viri-Shattiyon and Antonon. The innovations born there are testing on racing cars. In this way, the compounds then take their place in serial cars, allowing Renault to be in advanced technological progress all the time.
 
We present you one model from a large family of cars of this company Kangoo. It has been released for several years, but the car looks modern thanks to the expressive appearance of the front and narrow vertical rear lights, emphasizing the undeniable highlight of the car of a large internal space. The side surfaces of the body have wide plastic inserts that protect the doors from random touch to foreign objects. The front spoiler is equipped with a soft rubber protective lining. The car is constantly modernized, improved, changes. Only that which brought him to the path of success, a unique personality remains unchanged.
 
The main modifications of the Kangoo Generique and Authentique. There is a position version of this Kangoo Express car, which is also produced in two versions. The car body can have partial or complete glazing, swing or upwards opening upward. Unfortunately, a device that protects the trunk door from spontaneous closing is ineffective. That is, the door must be maintained almost until the lock is triggered, otherwise there will be strong cotton. A pleasant impression is made by comfortable rear shift doors on the sides. If desired, you can choose a car with one such door on the right side. This solution is convenient when unloading heavy objects and during the rain. The front doors do not differ from traditional, they work easily and reliably. The machine has three types of hatches on the roof of the car. Their combinations are different: for example, a transparent motionless hatch in front and a large hatch that moves using an electric drive in the middle of the roof, a transparent and opening hatches above the rear hinged door. This structure allows you to transport long-sized items. The car interior is extremely practical and functional, in addition, it has wide transformation capabilities. The rear seat can be folded into a third or completely in such a way that it turns out a spacious cargo space. To fix the cargo on the floor, there are special rings. Landing the driver and the front passenger is high. The seat is hard and comfortable due to the anatomical form. A review from the driver's seat is excellent in any direction. Using the rear view mirrors is convenient. According to the preliminary order, an athermal windshield is put, which reduces the level of thermal radiation penetrating into the salon and eliminates glare. Indications of devices are read easily. A highly located remote display makes it possible during the movement of the car not to take his eyes off the road. There was a remote control panel of the audio system, which is attached to the steering column on the right side. A significant height of the cabin made it possible to arrange a long deep clothing compartment above the entire windshield. With rational use of the height of the car, it is also possible to equip the interior with additional boxes along the sides of the vehicle (under the ceiling) according to the type of aircraft. Spacious pockets are mounted on the inner panels of the doors. And if you still do not have enough body of the body for the carriage of baggage, which happens extremely rarely, on the roof of the car there are fastening points for the upper trunk guides.
 
Now you can go. Having joyfully break off the place in the first gear, the car begins to show a certain laziness and lethargy. The gas -bearing by the gas pedal in order to unscrew the engine in this case helps little. Associations arise with a waking person who will first be started from the alarm clock, and then begins to slowly stretch, yawn, etc. But these are nuances, there is enough torque, and if desired, the car is quite easily touched by the third gear. On a protracted rise, you can accelerate in the fourth gear with an almost full load. There is a fifth gear, using which in the city stream, even at a speed of 60 km/h, you can save the engine, it will respond to your care with a quiet grateful purr. And there is nothing to say about the country highway. In the fifth gear, it is permissible to move without switching for a long time. By the way, about switching: it is light. The provisions of the first and third transmission are closely located, so it takes some time to get used to the box. The back gear is activated only after lifting the sleeve on the switching lever to order it by chance.
 
The steering due to the presence of a steering hydraulic power steering is also light. The machine responds adequately to the steering wheel. It is not difficult to manipulate properly located clutch and brake pedals, and they answer obediently to the driver’s commands. The brakes are especially successful: they work softly and at the same time quickly, clearly and efficiently. What can not be said about the gas pedal. True, this is not a racing and not even sports car, but a reliable workhorse with a soft, responsive, friendly character. Such do not, they do not care for them, and for this, on the move, they provide you with proper comfort. On the hillocks and potholes, you do not jump on, like on a cart drawn by a horse. Properly selected characteristics of the anterior independent and rear torsion pendants adapted to our road conditions will not allow jumping, in any situation they will provide you with constant contact of the car of the car with the road. The high Kangoo does not swing on the go compared to other machines and, with sharp turns, is not more than more than a conventional car.
 
The design of the model allows you to safely move even without the use of special active safety systems, which are delivered for this model as an additional option. The body of the body with a programmable deformation guarantees the integrity of the cabin when hit. At the same time, your safety will be provided with the action of two frontal airbags, front seats headrests with close protection and three -point safety belts with a programmable retention device. The protection system for thousandths of a second simultaneously drives pillows and belts equipped with pretense and effort limiters. Moreover, excessive pressure on the head and chest can be avoided. In the back seat, safety is carried out according to the same principle.
 
The car is equipped with an anti -theft engine locking system. The automatic door locking system protects the driver while moving from involuntary opening of the doors and from uninvited guests at the moments of stops.
 
In general, the car leaves a pleasant impression. Not claiming luxury and chic, he captivates with his practicality, convenience and external attractiveness. Kangoo will successfully find use in large and small cities and on suburban tracks. It can be used as a machine for transporting small goods, as a family car for tourism, for traveling to the country. In addition, Kangoo easily copes with the towing of a trailer weighing up to 1100 kg. In a country where almost every family has a plot of six acres, such a car is indispensable. Renault Kangoo will be a faithful assistant in all your affairs. And his price is quite acceptable from 9990 euros.
 
We thank the Inkom-Avo salon for the car provided for the test.

 
 

Source: Magazine Cars and Prices No. 15, April 19, 2004.