Test Drive Skoda Fabia Hatchback since 2010 Hatchback
The reader chooses a small car with an "automatic" to 550,000 rubles.
Spring comes to the anniversary 2010th, and with her and spring, with all the accompanying female pleasures. It's time to think about the gift on March 8 Oksana Gorshchenikova, basketball player, driving experience of 6 years, goes to Nissan Almera. Wants a small car with a gun. Budget - up to 550,000 rubles.
Requirements for the car
Image
From the point of view of the image, any B-class car with a price plank to 600,000 rubles. Not the most ideal option by definition. So in this segment the slogan image is nothing, thirst for everything! relevant, like anywhere!
Style
Ideally: Beautiful, feminine and modern. But ideal cars, like perfect people, does not exist. Especially in the herd of urban minor.
Economy
Efficiency in the city cycle is one of the key factors.
Challenges
I am not a racer, and the engine power for me is not an end in itself, but the controllability means a lot.
Interior
Simply, understandable and moderately, but without frills, so that nothing distract from the road. It is important to the effective distribution of light in the cabin at night.
Equipment
ABS is obligatory, the stabilization system is desirable. Nothing particularly needed.
Freedom of choosing a terrible thing, especially for women during shopping. And car shoping is no exception. I want to but stupid my husband only. But to understand what the woman wants, sometimes she can not even. Well, okay, because the girl I am advanced and not at all a blonde, I will try to systematize my desires and lead them to a common denominator with our capabilities.
So, the wishes are the first and most important thing: tired of pushing in traffic jams, dried up the pedals and enviously glancing on the happy owners of automated cars. The second, but no less significant, good visibility and acceptable dimensions. And acceptable from all points of view: so that packages with products from the supermarket were where to stuff, and children in their chairs in the back sofa lived freely, but at the same time with the parking lot in the scored cars, as if barrel herds, the city center did not occur . And how will you go to a meeting with my girlfriends, so three circles around the cafe have to pass, while the parking place is retained. They are already moving to the dessert, and I still ride in addition to this car, of course, I should just like to be as comfortable as possible, well, and satisfy our family budget. It is small, but even on those 550 thousand, which I set itself in the form of a maximum plank, in the first approximation among the greedy automakers there was a good ten contenders.
After sitting in the evening on the Internet, reading feedback and having heard girlfriends and friends, in the second round I selected three models.
Chevrolet Aveo. Price: 514 940 p. Selected: due to attractive prices, sufficiently good external data and urgent recommendations of a friend.
Shevi got into my narrow list primarily under the influence of a friend, which rides on it for almost a year and, in general, everyone is pleased. But the taste and color, as you know, does not happen comrades, so I try on this blue jumpsuit on my figure. Externally, a machine, though without delight, but quite nothing! The salon is neutral enough, but I liked the design of the central console. Someone will say that it looks rustic. But for me the simpler, the better. Handling, on the contrary, disappointed. The steering wheel is not the most dense, but at the same time sufficiently heavy: the amplifier could be both more effective. Shevi's power is in principle enough, although the 4-speed automatic can sometimes seem to be too thoughtful.
A tiny trunk also does not add points to its piggy bank: it will have to dangle to the store almost every day. Not found critical reflection in the internal dimensions Aveo compactness pleases: In the largest megalopolis of Europe, extra centimeters of the car's length are sometimes turned around for us, girls, big problems. But in the case of Aveo, this does not mean that it is easy to park on it. The most attractive price, of course, seduces, but the mediocre visibility and tiny non-informative side mirrors make it difficult to park, which makes me completely abandon Chevrolet.
Style
the entrance storms do not cause, but also rejection too. It is quite modern and moderately youth. Pleasantly
Challenges
Not the most acute steering wheel, a comfortable suspension, an acceptable motor that slightly spoils a pensive gearbox that defines the mediocre dynamics. Calmly
Interior
The salon is spacious enough. Interior without delights, but the most ergonomic. Conveniently
Economy
6.4 liters per 100 km. For a 1.4 liter motor with a machine gun is quite acceptable. Good
Equipment in standard
In my opinion, the car is quite staffed, especially considering its price. Dissens only the absence of adjustment by the steering wheel and ESP, which cannot be taken even as an option. Middle
Like
Democratic price, ergonomic salon.
I do not like
Pensive KP, poor visibility, non-informative mirrors.
Specifications
Brand and Model - Chevrolet Aveo 1.4 Ls Auto
Dimensions - 3920x1680x1505 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1399 cm3, 101 liters. s. / 6400 min-1
Transmission - automatic, 4-speed KP
Dynamics - 165 km / h; 13.1 s to 100 km / h
Hyundai i20. Price: 546 900 r. Selected: Because of the bright youth appearance and the vast popularity of the predecessor Hyundai Getz.
Hyundai i20 after Aveo simply amazes with breadth, spacious and excellent visibility. Landing is noticeably higher than that of competitors, and it is much more convenient to park on it: you feel the dimensions at times. A spacious trunk and a chip sofa, where two children's chairs will fit without any problems, also add positive emotions. The power engine is the same as the Aveo, but the box, albeit 4-speed, but is still working.
Sports, modern, in terms of design exterior I20 will give competitors a hundred points ahead. The interior is also decorated very nice. Is that the ergonomics of the central console in the first acquaintance introduces into a light stupor. To learn to navigate in an infinite manifold of flat buttons, you need time. With my position, the better the better this is not consistent.
The only thing that confuses: Korean still seemed hard to me: both in terms of suspension and control. A sharp steering wheel, a dense suspension in all this felt some kind of male start, or something.
Style
Military and quite creative. Against the background of competitors, it looks just wonderful. Fine!
Challenges
I I20 seemed a little tough. The female urban car involves more softness. But dynamics at the level, thanks to a reasonable machine.
Bico
Interior
The most modern of the whole Trinity, but ergonomics is not the best requires addiction. Contemporary
Economy
6.2 liters per 100 km. The minimum indicator of all three test participants. Great!
Equipment in standard
I did not consider a naked car at all. The second basic set of classic for me to my pocket and is quite suitable, in one exception: there is no ESP, available only in the top version of Elegance. But it is already falling outside of my budget. Not bad
Like
Attractive design, luxurious visibility.
I do not like
Hard suspension, average sound insulation.
Specifications
Brand and model - Hyundai i20 1.4 AT
Dimensions - 3940x1710x1490 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1396 cm3, 100 liters. s. / 5500 min-1
Transmission - automatic, 4-speed KP.
Dynamics - 170 km / h; 12.9 s to 100 km / h
Skoda Fabia. Price: 548 000 r. Selected: Since I will hear one of the best car segments in terms of price / quality ratio.
Another thing is Skoda. Although the angular design of Fabia makes it a few thumbname, inside this silver boxes, obviously female soul is hidden. In Skoda, the world immediately becomes somehow quieter and peaceful. Maybe due to better sound insulation and more feminine handling, but moving around the city in it I am much calmer and more comfortable. Silently like a cat, it is so hot on the road on soft paws. Even switching the 6-speed automatic box is almost invisible. At the same time, Tiptronic also leaves the ability to manually switch. In combination with a 105th powerful engine, this gives a significant gain in the dynamics, but, alas, turns out much more than in 1,4-liter competitors, fuel consumption.
The trunk is comparable in size to the i20. No frills interior, ergonomics easier, but it is a plus for me. Although the audio control buttons on the steering wheel would have come in handy. Fabia Reputation: visibility, of course, is better than that of the Aveo, but the Korean standard, given the i20, it is far. Dead zones in Gym shoes maybe more. But the most frustrating, in my opinion, hopelessly outdated exterior design. It is clear that soon awaits Fabia facelift, but it is likely to be to me no longer afford.
Style
Quiet, but too angular. I taste more smooth, sports and dynamic features. Calmly
Challenges
In terms of controllability Fabia and i20 of a feather, but with markedly Skoda comfortable. Drive it nicer dynamics is much better. Fine!
Interior
A little austere, but very volumetric and functional interior Skoda Fabia I liked nothing less than a modern cockpit Hyundai i20. Good
Economy
7.6 liters per 100 km. With the motor 1.4 Machine Skoda are not aggregated, so initially it was clear that with 1.6 Fabia engine will significantly voracious competitors. Acceptable
Equipment in standard
Basic and only accessible to me Fabia equipment with a machine even includes ESP! Wonderful
Like
Highest comfort and pleasant handling.
I do not like
Angular design, the lack of controls on the steering wheel.
Technical Specifications
Make and model - Skoda Fabia 1.6 Auto
Dimensions - 3992x1642x1498 mm
Engine - petrol, 1598 cm3, 105 l. p. / 5600 min-1
-Auto Transmission 6-speed manual
Dynamics - 185 km / h; 11.5 to 100 km / h
My choice
Aesthetic component, multiplied by the outstanding visibility, Hyundai vs. dynamics and comfort Skoda like this we can formulate my final dilemma. Reasonably, it would probably be to wait debuting in April restyled version Fabia But the Czech pig in a poke is unlikely to keep within my modest budget. And the road spoon for dinner! Per-wait prospects for next March 8 in his old Almera I was not smiling. Therefore, today and now I choose the i20 with its nice design, high landing driver, excellent visibility and good handling.
Editor's Choice
In our opinion, in this case the choice depends on the vital priorities and the rationality of the nature of the future owner. Oksana approached the choice of the car as a shopping and took a clothes from the most fresh collection, which appeared on the market only last year. There is nothing surprising in this, especially since I20 fully deserves all the good words that have been told about him by our heroine. However, if you choose the mind, not a heart, given the Ambiente package, accessible for 550 thousand rubles, the choice of Fabia with a motor 1.6 and ESP looks much more efficient. After all, at Hyundai i20, the stabilization system is present only in the top configuration for 601 900 rubles, and Chevrolet Aveo is missing as a class.
Photo: Sergey Crostes
A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [March 2010]
