Test drive Renault Scenic in 2009 Minivan
Need compact-Ven to 1,000,000 rubles
Need compact-Ven to 1,000,000 rubles For vehicles of the same class as it turns out, can be quite different virtues. And it makes the choice of the machine even more troublesome affair ...
Nadezhda Deeva, housewife, 5 years driving experience, drives a taxi, want practical and roomy monocab, the budget - one million rubles.
Requirements for the car
IMAGE
With regard to car image for me does not matter. Without prejudice relate to models of all brands. Except ... the domestic and Chinese.
STYLE
Of course, I like beautiful things, but the design can become decisive only ceteris paribus.
Economy
It is not critical.
Challenges
The main requirement of obedience and ease of management. The dynamic properties are not so important.
INTERIOR
First of all, the machine should be convenient, comfortable and safe, both for me and for my child.
EQUIPMENT
Priority position means security and climate control. The rest is optional.
Despite the fact that the rights I have for quite some time, the need for private car did not arise until recently. In the end, the machine has a husband, or at least I used a taxi. But now, when the child has grown up, and her husband more work, more and more have to think about their own transport. For frequent trips around the city and to the country I need quite spacious, comfortable and safe car, which also does not attract too much attention. The fact is that to the nearest to our house parking 10 minutes brisk pace. In my opinion, it is not too convenient. That is why the demand from the hijackers crossovers I do not even consider. Besides her husband (he is well versed in cars) said that SUVs unreasonably expensive and, moreover, are burdensome to maintain.
Simple golf class hatchbacks do not suit me for two reasons. First, the modest trunk lacks for traveling to the cottage with a full cargo display. Secondly, I like good visibility from a driver's seat, while driving a low hatchback I feel uncomfortable. As a result, one-application remains. Models like Nissan Note or Opel Meriva seem too small, and machines like Ford S-MAX, on the contrary, are too long. But Renault Scenic and Mazda 5 What is needed, in any case, in terms of size. True, two copies that fell on the fitting, differ markedly in the configuration. Thus, the 5-seater Frenchman is equipped with a 1.6 liter base motor and a manual gearbox, while Japanese has a more powerful 2-liter engine, an automatic and an additional third row of seats. However, it is even more interesting: it will be easier to understand which car I really need.
Renault Scenic. 758 000 rub. Selected because: one of the most popular monosopecies of Europe, from the company that owns the laurels of the CD-WaN creator as such, simply cannot but cause interest.
Externally, the Frenchman does not affect. When looking at Scenic, there is no mental lifting of the ordinary car, only and everything. At the same time, Renault seems to be too high, or a short one ... in general is not a fountain. Instead of the key here, the card with the buttons is unusual, but I suppose it is easy to get used to it. Especially since the flat card, unlike the usual keyfob, is easily placed in the wallet. Inside Scenic, at first glance, it also seems the most common. Gray seats, black front panel ... surprises except for digital tidy, located in the center. I thought that it would not be very convenient to read the information, in fact, turn the head at all. I liked landing. Scenic is sitting high enough, so you see on the road you see for a few cars forward. For tight movement, as in Moscow, it is very important. Back review worse, but Renault, as it turned out, a very convenient parking sensor. He not only makes it paint, but also displays colored graphics tips on the dashboard: the green can be passed on, well, and the red stop came. I liked the sofa even more. Rather, in fact, it is not a sofa at all, but three separate chairs, as if shifted close to each other. It turns out a full-fledged triple row. If you install a children's wheelchair on the central place, then still grandparents and grandfather will be able to sit on the sides to look after the child. Good and trunk deep and high. He swallows the baby carriage and folding playpen once or twice, and the places remain in excess. And on the salon, many pleasant little things are scattered: folding tables, hidden sections in the floor, spacious boxing between the seats. In short, the domestic conditions from the Frenchman at the height.
As for driving qualities, then I, of course, is not very comfortable to communicate with the mechanics. By and large, this is the only complaint, especially since Scenic can be bought in our market with the ACP. The power of the base motor is personally enough for me, in the city there is no place in the city, while Renault turned out to be a car very quiet and soft. The suspension and tires digest all the irregularities, including the paving tram paths, which in Moscow there is still a lot.
Summarizing, we can say that, not impracting appearance, Scenic was played out at the expense of a comfortable, thoughtful salon and very comfortable behavior on the road.
Style
Let the appearance are not the most important visor Scenic, for me it is not fundamentally. Fits
Challenges
very soft suspension for me more important than the dynamics. Good
Interior
Here everything is at the height, and in particular the wellness of the salon until the last little things! Fine
Economy
Within the normal range. It is good
Equipment in standard
The basic version has a good price, but modest equipment. However, even the Scenic in full mince will be noticeably cheaper than Mazda 5. By pocket
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Comfortable, roomy and practical interior, large trunk, high smoothness, reasonable price
- Increasing appearance
Specifications
Brand and Model - Renault Scenic 1.6mt
Dimensions - 4345x1845x1680 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1598 cm3, 110 hp / 6000 min-1
Transmission - 5-st., Mechanical
Dynamics - 185 km / h, 11.7 s to 100 km / h
Mazda 5 2.0 AT. 944 000 rub. Selected because: Stylish, attracting views The model of a popular Japanese brand is highlighted in the stream. But is it a good five in real exploitation?
Unlike Renault, Mazda clearly makes a special focus on design: the car looks brighter, in each of her dash, the desire is read to surprise, fall in love with yourself. However, in my opinion, the Japanese even stopped slightly. Here, let's say, the waves on the sides of the body seem to be somehow a contrived solution, completely deprived of the semantic load. It is that in the top five does not leave indifferent, so it is sliding doors with an electric drive. At first they seemed to me a baby fun, but the real convenience of such doors can only be estimated during operation. For example, if you need to put a child in a wheelchair, it is enough just to click on the key fob button and not think about where to give a bag and so on. Sliding doors are thoughtful for young mothers. Very good!
But in the cabin you quickly understand that Mazda in terms of convenience is inferior to Renault. Here, for example, the same sofa of Japanese is rather double not so wide and comfortable as in a French car. Of course, I remember that Mazda is 5 seventeal, but the two additional chairs hidden in the trunk personally do not particularly need me. At the same time, the configuration is designed in such a way that the car's sevenness will still have to pay. In my opinion, this is not quite honest. The trunk also seemed less convenient. He is deeper than in Scenic, but at the same time lower and already reach the back of the second row of seats, opening the fifth door, almost impossible. Yes, and landing in Mazda is more easy, that is low. And, let's say, the same parking sensor has no visual indication, it only flashes and not very loud at the entrance to the obstacle.
In terms of dynamics and driving 2-liter Mazda with a gun liked more than the French car. It's simple: hit the gas and go. At the same time Japanese seemed a little more noisy and much tougher on the go. On the road, you feel literally every detail. Perhaps you can get used to this, but to be honest, such a nicety family car to anything.
Style
Design is good and the sliding doors is even better! Class!
Challenges
Machine is good, but I would like to make the suspension softer. Norm
Interior
If not for two-seater sofa, everything would be at the highest level. Good
Economy
Five was quite voracious, on average about 12 liters per 100 km. Terepimo
Equipment in standard
The car originally was not cheap, but everything you need is already in the basic version. Fits
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Interesting exterior, very comfortable with electric sliding doors, spacious enough interior
- High price, stiffer suspension, only two-seater sofa
Specifications
Make and model - Mazda 5 2.0 AT
Dimensions - 4558x1750x1615 mm
Engine -. Gasoline 1999sm3, 144 hp / 6200 min-1
Transmission - 5-art, automatic.
Dynamics - 186 km / h, 13.1 to 100 km / h
My choice
It turns out that even one, at first glance, is not the most fundamental thing is to change the idea of \u200b\u200bthe car. In general, Scenic liked me a little more. Thoughtful interior, huge trunk plus high smoothness and competitive price. And in order to become my ideal car, the Frenchman did not have a single sliding rear doors, in practice, proved to be even more comfortable than I could have imagined. That is why the choice I make in favor of the Mazda-5.
Editor's Choice
One can not disagree with the fact that the sliding door for CD-Wen is a huge plus. However, for this undoubted convenience of the buyer to pay a very high price. After all, in our Japanese market only comes in an expensive version with a 2-liter engine and automatic transmission. Hence, the base price is only slightly non-falls short of a million. So Scenic is more a bargain. Moreover, as rightly observed character of our material, French compact van also good in itself: spacious, thoughtful, safe and comfortable.
Photo: Rustem Tahirov
A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [October 2011]
