Skoda Praktik test drive since 2005 van
Will we practice?
In Russia, they began to sell a sketch -practitioner - a cargo van based on a Rumster. Sergei Klochkov tested him in practice. Photo: Konstantin Yakubov. Skoda -practitioner turned up on time - it was necessary to take old furniture. As usual, an intermediate point between the apartment and the landfill is the summer cottage
There were few furniture. The well -fed chair, almost in the format of the fifth door lifting, was barely entered - the opening from the bottom is packed with a step - about 150 mm, which creates difficulties in loading and unloading. Yes, there are five doors in this typewriter! Through the side loaded
the mountain is still a mountain in the depths of a rather big compartment - a length of 1605 mm and a volume of 1900 liters. Unlike most heels that preserve only the front part of the donor car, the body practically did not change in comparison with the Rumster, they only drowned out side windows in the stern. Moreover, the deaf rear doors do not have a solid outer skin panel, as often done in vans, and steel sheets, welded instead of glass! The cabin remained unchanged - a functional interior, neat assembly, comfortable chairs. Like a passenger brother, a steering column here with two adjustments, there is an electro -hydraulic amplifier - it is simply necessary for a distortion machine for maneuvering in the city bustle. Unsuitable and ABS - in Europe now do not produce cars without this system. The air conditioning is responsible for the climate, for the mood of the radio tape recorder with
four speakers are simple, but more here is not necessary. The steel grid behind the cab will protect the crew from damage to the load during sharp braking or accident. The partition can be pushed 100 mm ago, increasing the seats adjustment range, so find the driver for your practice medium -sized, if you do not want to sacrifice the volume of luggage. Another mesh (option) protects the glass of the fifth door from contact with cargo and from crackers. The floor of the cargo compartment with an anti -slip coating is leveled over the entire length. Under the folding lid in front, in niches for the legs of non -existent passengers, there are convenient containers for tools and other little things, behind - a full -size spare wheel.
Under the hood of my practice, the top -aggregate - in -line gasoline four 1.4 l/ 86 hp. The motor is quite brisk, with a mild cargo, the dynamics of the car is not bad. Only have time to click the programs, since the box works clearly. The technical characteristic shows the maximum speed of 171 km/h - is ready to believe, because the differences from the passenger machine, I repeat, are minimal. It is curious that the other two motors are choice - three -cylinder: gasoline 1.2 liters and a turbodiesel 1.4 liters, both with a capacity of 69 hp. According to the broken primer, before the cottage itself, I had to crawl with a turtle speed - the reinforced rear suspension springs stood up with a stake. After all, they are designed for 640 kg of load and the mother -in -law of the chair was not within the power to squeeze them. But you can definitely not be afraid of the pendants! The frequency of maintenance is 15 thousand km at the cost of the Normal Council $ 40.
General impression? I liked the car, although a specialized body is still more suitable for a split heel - it is both spacious and more convenient. The calculation of the manufacturer is simple: serious
practice does not require investments - in fact, this is a cargo modification of the Rumster, which can be assembled on one conveyor with it. So why not expand the model gamut at the cost of such small efforts? But I did not like the price very much - $ 17,300 per testing machine or at least $ 15,490 for the basic version. Despite the fact that the practices are not produced in the expensive Western Europe, but in the Czech Republic, where the price level and, accordingly, the cost of products below. However, the price overstated in comparison with the expectation of customers is the general problem of modern Skoda models. In any case, in Russia, as evidenced by quite modest sales. But for Denmark, the price turned out to be just right - the postal department of this country purchased practices to deliver small parties of correspondence.
Source: The magazine "Driving"
