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The new Skoda Octavia Scout has become more freak
The new Skoda Octavia Scout has become more frozen, but its internal space is still not inspiring ... The old Skoda Octavia Scout station wagon was a rarity because it had the arrogance to be sold more than Toyota Rav4. Perhaps this saved him.
Nobody needs ordinary all -wheel drive station wagon in Russia. And for that kind of money they took. Try. If so expensive is probably not trash.
Regarding the previous Dresteling scout, I was constantly asked what and how. However, having heard about his price, they fell into prostration. Today, the price tag is no longer so causing within the framework of the class. In addition, he was improved. The main changes in the model affected the appearance, a new motor has appeared.
He rides along the crossed terrain, albeit without enthusiasm
Paradise for the dog
The designers did nothing good with appearance, rather, on the contrary, but they worked gloriously on the motor. Previously, a two -liter Volkswagen atmosphere stood on Skoda Octavia Scout. He developed 150 horsepower at 6,000 revolutions. And issued 200 Newton meters at 3500. It accelerated to one hundred kilometers per hour in 10 seconds. Decent result, good characteristics. If the reality of our time had not been completely frostbite, to release such a motor for another hundred years and enjoy. But they came up with a new engine with a smaller volume (1.8 liter) and added a turbine to it. Only two pieces increased horses, but they begin to tear at full speed at 4300 revolutions. The moment increased to 250 nm and is available in full from 1,500 revolutions. At the same time, acceleration is now only 8.7 seconds to 100 km/h. Lovers will be very happy to demolish road posts.
Such exercises must be performed in the respirator's clutch strongly stinks
In my opinion, the evolution of all-wheel drive station wagons should go in a completely different way. Designers should direct their thought towards the transformation of the salon. In the end, we are dealing with a big suitcase. Make it so that its salon turns into a large freezer, and then into a small pool. Come up with a double bed. Create a mechanism for fastening sleeping passengers in the back seat. We want a sliding roof to carry the statues of Venus in an upright position. What do we have today? Just a faster station wagon in which there is even a flat floor in the trunk! Paradise for the dog and a semi -finished product for the owner.
There is no softer
Skoda Octavia Scout is generally a strange car. By decoration, he leaves behind not only Volkswagen. Even Mercedes has such a soft material of the premium front panel. Want to enjoy the interior decoration? It is only better Audi, and then not one hundred percent. This is indisputable, but the rest
Mercedes decoration materials on the sidelines smokes
The trunk is huge, but you can’t do an even sleeping place
Geometric patency is very limited by front and rear overhangs. Road clearance 179 mm. The wheelbase is long. The Haldex coupling connects all -wheel drive on its own when it pleases. There is no blocking. The gearbox is mechanical. In other words, the element of this station wagon is snowy asphalt or a maximum primer.
For off -road, I would prefer Subaru LegaSy Outback. True, then I would have to come to terms with the decoration of the salon, fashioned from cheap Chinese toys. To endure a less peppy motor and a greater price. But what you just can’t give for 213 mm of the gap and an adequate system of all -wheel drive.
- Six -speed mechanics on off -road are meaningless
- Behind, as in any universal, spacious
By tradition, we traveled to Skoda Octavia Scout everywhere both on the asphalt and off -road. On the highway, the Czech is perfectly controlled, remarkably holds a straight line, confidently enters the turns. A little hard police officers pass a little hard. On the off -road there are not enough suspension moves and the clutch suffers wildly (after a trip along the sand, it smells of burning a couple of days).
A few years ago, I drove on the Drestylic Skoda Octavia Scout from Moscow to Vladivostok. He withstood disgusting roads, terrible gasoline and hard operating mode. I hope I did not lose Skoda in reliability with the new engine.
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
Source: Magazine 4x4 [December /2010]
