Test drive by Renault Modus 2005 - 2008 Minivan

Give the steering wheel to mom!

In the first circles, he showed himself with a beech: in the back seat it was mercilessly chatted, the lowered headrest pressed between the shoulder blades, and when I turned around, following the same modus just jumped out of the highway to the grass, unable to resist the turn ... crossing the wheel, I He also first tried to steal the Mordofonten landfill on the winding ring, which is located near Paris. The 1.4-liter engine tried from all his 98 forces, but it did not work out for him: the retarders, carefully arranged on the highway, were, by and large. The box also did not like the imposed sharp style: the lower gears turned on with a delay. ABS, like all systems of recent generations, works clearly, the steering wheel also does not cause complaints ... but still something is wrong! Moreover, it seems that the matter is not a car.
 
FAMILY FRIEND
The modus, built on a class platform in the Reno-Nissan Alliance, enters Twingo and Clio. With all his appearance, he says: I am a family car, although small. In this case, I will introduce myself to the mother and the bail of a family trip. And at once everything falls into place, a calm, smooth style is much more to your liking and modus and its passengers. Are you not going to portray a racer if children are in the back seat? Our style is a calm movement in space.
 
Calm, but non -casual, and this is a great specialist in this modus! A huge glazing area of \u200b\u200b3.56 m2 allows you to inspect the entire hemisphere forward, backward, up ... They finished the exercise. By the way, warm -up, if desired, continue the height of the ceiling allows.
 
In the back seat, a maximum of two adults will fit, for small-caliber passengers it is transformed: the three are crowded, but fun, but this is exactly what it is important!
 
The modus has not a small trunk at all, but family values \u200b\u200bare sometimes large. We have this Modus bicycles is ready to take a couple on board. True, on the rear and only outside, for which the bicycle fixes are provided in the bumper.
 
Safety is especially important for mom. I know that EURONCAP gave a high appreciation to the Crash test. And so that he does not happen in real life, the car is equipped with a nearby device. For example, thanks to additional sections in the headlights, the modus mophes the eyes of 40 at the same or larger angle of turn of the steering wheel and speed of less than 60 km/h.
 
Children, come out, we arrived! Lunch will be through ... so, it's time to leave the image!
 
Family purchase
In recent years, in the European automobile market, classes B and C have changed places after the first now about 35%, for a 30%golf class. In the segment in Renault with his Twingo and Clio, it takes the second place between Peugeot and Fiat, and Clio brings the main income. It is not surprising that it was decided to consolidate the success with a new car following a modern trend, compact, but spacious (read high).
 
Cars are already found on French roads and perfectly confirm their family purpose. During the round table at the Parisian Autosalon Luke-Aleksandr Menar, the director of international operations Renault, answering the question of the price, mentioned that a week ago he bought a modus to his wife, giving 13.5 thousand euros. I suppose that in Russia the car will cost from $ 17,000.
 
Dear, when I become the director, we will also buy you a modus!
 

Safety for everyone
This is the name of the strategic concept of Renault, which provides for the most thorough development of the structure in order to ensure the highest protection of a person. At the design stage, the Modus withstood more than a dozen Crash tests, both virtual, and real, and, barely entering the market, fell under the European program of testing new EURONCAP cars.
 
A cruel blow overlapping officially set standards, the car withstood with honor, becoming the first owner of five stars in the class of Supermini cars (here, for example, Klio, Peugeot 206, mini, etc.). Of the 37 possible points, the modus earned 32.84: the crew was protected by six pillows, including two frontal adaptive, two side and two curtains to protect the head; Documents of belts and, of course, the power structure of the body.
Modus became the seventh model of Renault, who received five EURONCAP stars, thereby confirming the leadership of the company in the field of security.
 

Foreign relative
The modus has a peer who partially uses the nodes and units of the same platform in the Renault-Nissan Alliance. We are talking about Logan very important for Russians. Let me remind you that this incredibly cheap model by modern standards was developed specifically for third world countries (ZR, 2004, No. 7). Following Romania, where the release of the Data-Logan has already begun, the turn of Russia comes: Autofmos promises to start the production of cars under the brand of Renault Logan in mid-2005.
 
The premiere of Logan took place in June ... And almost immediately the company was convinced that not only developing countries can be attracted by a low price. A stream of letters from Western Europe poured addressed to Renault: why on earth do you not offer this car to us? And on September 20, a sensation happened: the company announced that it was decided to sell the car in Europe next year from 7,500 euros.
 
It is not yet determined exactly where the extra cars will be assembled. It would be logical to increase production at the Romanian factory. In the first four days of receiving orders, he scored 2250 local applications, not counting 11 thousand preliminary.
 
Logan was warmly met in their homeland, waited in Romania ... We will find out what reception we will find out in Russia in a few months. By the way, Logan will certainly replenish the Park ZR.
 
Anton Chuykin. Photo: author and Renault
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"