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In the business class range, it turns out so different cars that it is not always easy to reduce them to a single denominator. And sometimes it is even interesting to choose competitors not from the discharge of clones, where the differences are looking for with the stubbornness of the detective, but to get a few random lots from the drum. Let them and not direct competitors, but they are playing everything in one field, declarating their involvement in the class E.

Who is something
Toyota Camry.

Price tested car $ 39 800
Max. Power 186 liters. with. at 5300 rpm / min
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b225 km / h
Acceleration 0100 km / h 9.1 s
Chrysler 300 C.

Price of a tested car 40 000
Max. Power 193 liters. with. at 6400 rpm / min
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b201 km / h
Acceleration 0100 km / h 11.1 s
Skoda Superb.

Price tested car $ 47 000
Max. Power 193 liters. with. at 6000 rpm / min
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b232 km / h
Acceleration 0100 km / h 9.4 s

The starting point we chose a superpopular Camry. Although she was in our tests many times, but the fashion does not pass on it. And the consumer actively votes the ruble for the top of the business class due to its relative availability and high quality. Of the two engines to our test, three-liter approached. Complete set here is one maximum, and the box is automatic. The leather salon is present, as, however, on competitors.
 
In the company to Bestseller, it was decided to roll out not so much popular how much extraordinary and expressive Chrysler 300 C. This brutal giant is on the border of the classes E and F, but hard does not want to transfer to the upper segment to dangerously exhaust and expensive representative sedans. Yes, and in addition, it is built on the E-class Mercedes platform, and at a price even below the Merce, which makes it possible to draw it into the niche considered. But the engine to meet the framework of the genre, I had to be content with the weakest 2.7. But anything else, except for the absence of a HEMI named and a single male instead of two exhaust, our modest Chrysler from the top 5.7 is no different.
 
Well, the third participant for equilibrium is slightly smaller, although not particularly. Skoda Superb is familiar with our readers, and fans of the Czech brand. It is not-no, and it will flash in the city stream, but not everyone pays attention to it because of a successful disguise under the VW Passat fifth, now past generation. In fact, the superb and there is a Passat, but stretched in the base exactly 10 cm. It was not enough for a donor car that was not enough to switch the border of class D. Here, on the contrary, it is the most powerful engine from the proposed gamma 2.8. And the most complete possible mince on this particular instance.
 
We are far from the opinion that a certain real buyer considers for itself this particular circle of cars in the hope of choosing one of the three proposed. But, at the same time, it will now be better to imagine the range of possible for loved ones and within the framework of the genre. Although it can make a potential client on the most unexpected acts or refusal of previous decisions.

Toyota Camry.

Engine: Working volume 2995 cm3,
compression ratio of 10.5: 1,
max. Power 186 liters. with 5300 rpm,
max. Moment 273 nm at 4300 rpm
Fuel consumption (EPA): 8.3 / 17.7 liters per 100 km
Volume of fuel tank: 70 l
Chrysler 300 C.

Engine: Working volume 2736 cm3, compression ratio 9.7: 1,
max. Power 193 liters. with at 6400 rpm,
max. Moment 258 nm at 4000 rpm
Fuel consumption (EPA): 10.8 l per 100 km
Volume of fuel tank: 68 l
 
Skoda Superb.

Engine: Working volume 2771 cm3, compression ratio of 10.6: 1,
max. Power 193 liters. with at 6000 rpm,
max. Moment 280 nm at 3200 rpm
Fuel consumption (EPA): 7.4 / 15.6 liters per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 62 l
 
DYNAMICS
In principle, you can not argue on this topic at all, but simply look at the dynamic characteristics table and decide who is faster. But the subjective sensations and practical comparison are sometimes very different from dry numbers.
 
Not too long ago we tested C 300 with an engine 5.7, remember? How he accelerates you can imagine. Hurricane 6.4 s to 100 km / h! From a motor of 2.7 liters with a capacity of one and a half times smaller, we did not wait for excessive vigor. And in vain. I would say that for a large, solid car, the dynamics is quite sufficient, the gas pedal is responsive and except that the additional stock is not felt under it. The four-stage ACP without a manual control function was surprisingly sensitive and fast. Yes, and switching is carried out according to the famous Mercedes zigzag, which makes it easier to enter D, although there is no function of manual box control.
 
The braking dynamics of the very hard of Chrysler's Trinity is the best. Giant calipers firmly hug large-caliber discs, and Mahina is declining smoothly and quickly, without clutch and deoxidation. Bravo! Again, thanks to the designers from Daimler.
 
In comparison with the American Europeans, the Czech representative of the People's German Concern is obliged to be more vigorous. With a simultaneous start, it is, but the advantage is much less significant than it is based on the characteristics. When you touch, the Skoda seems to slow down, damping the gusts of the driver, does not break off from the spot. Then, the truth is falling, but at the time of switching gear, it is clearly freezing to, jerking, go to the next one. All reactions seem to be visited, transmitted to the wheels through the hydromeft. However, it makes a car on which, with a large probability, a hired driver carries a chef, more adapted for calm, although not sluggish ride. By the way, if you decide to independently across the ACP selector, it is unlikely that you will like his handle from the first time. At first glance, an excellent powerful wooden handle with two chrome-plated buttons in the ends. But push to change its position, follows only the left key under the thumb. The right thing turned out to be a bout, and its presence interferes with tactile palm receptors. Many will say that these are soldiers and the search for fleas, but I'm confident on a comfortable expensive car there are no trifles.
 
Alas, but the same algorithm of work applies to superbov brakes. In principle, if you slow down to the floor, you will stop fast tires, ABS. But with minor slowdowns, the brake system is not working too adequately. It is expressed in the following touches to the pedal and wait. After a few moments, the effort is growing and the brakes bite. It becomes an unpleasant surprise, although you get used to you in a few days. It seems that this is an incorrect algorithm for the operation of electronics, which is in charge of the execution of brake commands. Perhaps only on this instance.
 
Toyota. Honestly, to find fault here is nothing. Smooth, without the slightest delay, start, instant switching and responsiveness, even on small changes in the position of the right pedal. At the same time, the illusion of movement with less than in fact, speed is created. This is maintained high noise - vibration and lack of visible rolls. At idle motor and simply confused: to determine that Camry started, impossible without looking at the tachometer arrow. When starting it often plays with a driver, a fool's joke twisted a second one and a half, and you think it started. Turn on Drive, you will give gas, and the car does not go, you have to repeat everything from the beginning, waste time. Here it is necessary to remember that it is necessary to hold the key in the starter position longer.
Camry brakes can not be called overly effective, but adequate completely. Accurate dosage of their corporate sign. But the dirty outdoor pedal of the parking brake, for which you catch up with the left feet or the brushful deficiencies, though insignificant.
CONTROLLABILITY
It would seem that the most bulky dough member, and even half-blooded-American, Chrysler, is simply obliged, due to traditions, fall out of any little cool turn. But everything happens up to the opposite! It stands on the road as free even with sharp rearrangements and allows you to actively twist the ram even at high speed. To do, however, it will have to have a highly long transmission number of the rail, and the retro is a huge diameter. And the reverse reaction is almost no observed. But there are no guilt of the hydraulicer of his efforts are not excessive. Cause of rear drive: You give gas when the rotation is folded, and the steering wheel is not in a hurry to spin to zero itself. The car will not give you to forget the controlled wheels here are not leading.
 
Large irregularities do not lead 300 with the slightest squirrel, he passes the waves of the road even better than the carrier of its Mercedes E-class maternal platform. The little thing is also swallowed without shudders due to a small, compared with its own weight, unsourous masses. There is even a feeling of some isolation, detachment from the surrounding world. But the average obstacles of the type of lying police are transmitted to the body with tangible, hard jokes. But the speeches about the breakdown of the suspension here cannot be highly high.
Chrysler, as we said, the largest representative of the business class is five meters. And his glazing in the please of hot-rhodovsky design is a narrow loophole. The windshield is at a large distance from the driver and the review does not improve. About the back and speech is not overlapped with a top of the high back of the rear seat. And ultimately, given the fact that the side mirrors are on a significant width, see the right car that goes back is difficult.
The behavior of Skoda on the road is not too varied with the habits of most Audi and Volkswagenov. Who traveled to A4, A6 and Passat will not know too much new. But since the superb is long and relatively narrow, then one of its characteristic qualities can be called stability when driving in a straight line. It adds comfort to rides them is less shaking on the pits. The capacious front multi-dimensional suspension adds pleasure and transverse accelerations, and with vertical. But when the front axle was already safely flew by a bang, a rear trolley bursts on it. And there the spring elements are robustly than that of the Passat, and the wheels hurt the irregularities, especially sharply showing itself at the time of straightening the opposite pendant. Yes, and on small irregularities, the decent stiffness of the suspension does not allow fully abstract from road peripetias. Everyone is clear with you, Pan Superb, serve you smooth European paths.
But here is a very sensitive steering wheel, the slightest movement of which corrects the trajectory of the car. But even in the maximum twisted position, Superb does not shine a small radius of rotation affects the long base and not too large angles of rotation of the front wheels. Competitors, in contrast to him, sprinkle with parking surprisingly cool. This is especially true of the Giant Chrysler.
 
They transplant in Toyota and as if home returned to the fact that he was driving before her address, departs in the background. Yes, it is not too convenient to maneuver, it is not too convenient to maneuver in the conditions of variable corners of the turn, but now it is no longer fundamentally for me. Camry relaxes her to lead her one finger. And the transformation of the road leaf is elementaryly swallowed with a capacious suspension, and for rare quietly. The more you ride on Toyota, the better you understand the wide masses, who chose this model with a strange appearance of a charming ugly to themselves in constant companions. In a good sense, she, like a Volga, solid and simple. Here and the showroom does not cease the chef, and an experienced driver entrusted from previous cars will receive pleasure from management. Just the car forgives mistakes and does not respond to the possible doss of the driver.
 
The big car does not seem an elephant in the dishwasher largely due to the high landing and above the road, and the driver in the car itself. The large area of \u200b\u200bglazing also contributes to a reliable orientation in space, and accurate parking. In domestic conditions, it is very pleased that Camry has a big clearance, and scratch the thresholds and the bumper is not so easy. But for some reason, under the middle of the bottom, the exhaust pipe was performed before the corner. After recent restyling, this disadvantage was less noticeable, but it did not completely disappear that slightly reduces the ramp angle.
ERGONOMICS
There are three absolutely different schools. Almost concepts-Karovskaya finish 300 s amazing the imagination of an unprepared person is no less than the exterior of the car. White dials, aluminum, bold shapes. And which is in the cabin space in all directions and in front, and behind! No other large-sized American car offers so much air inside. Driving seat drives back to a gigantic, basketball distance, so also the steering column can be put forward as anywhere else. It's nice that even the knees do not interfere with the instrument panel, nor the door, nor the steering wheel here is a maximum of private space.
 
You can say about the superb that the a maximum of possible excesses is offered. Although not all these options come in even an expensive fixed package, they must be ordered separately for money. It is two refrigerators in the front armrest and in a niche behind the back back, heated the back chairs, an umbrella (!) In the armrest of the left rear door. Even in the back can be adjusted by the right front seat, apparently that the petty caliber of the vengeful boss can push to the torpedo itself of a large-sized guard, so that the service of honey did not seem. Small at least because a large person on the second row is not too cozy the ceiling is littered, and the feet feet rest in the backs of the front seats. No, for knees in a long cabin, the place is full, but the feet in other models are usually placed under the front armchairs there is no. Yes, and the width of the sofa is a maximum for two. And at the same time the most expensive skin and a magnificent shade of a dark tree.
But in Camry, a tree is perhaps the most annoying miscalculation. First, because it is plastic, and the car claims for respectability. And secondly, because plastic is cheap, kaki color. Everything else in the interior of Toyota is super, five points. Doors collapsed quietly, the location of the handles and the buttons are perfect. You can argue about the location behind the wheel, but I am broad, not too profiled front armchairs seem to be more relevant style and the image of the car, symbolizing success.
 
Toyota Camry.
 

Wheel base, mm 2720
Length, mm 4815
Width, mm 1795
Height, mm 1490
Clearance, mm 150
 
Now the silhouette of Camry was given away, and at first her forms seemed unusual and irrational. But on the American look normally, and in the USA, the car bursts very bolko

A traditionally soft, deaf plastic is applied in Toyota. The finish is made with minimal gaps. But the artificial tree still inflicts a noticeable high reputation damage

Dashboard Optitron Standard readability of all indicators. Yes, and the layout pleases and does not tire

I am sitting in the edge for growth, and people for 190 cm will already be shed into the ceiling. Width and length perfectly
 
Chrysler 300 C.
 

Wheel base, mm 3050
Length, mm 4999
Width, mm 1880
Height, mm 1485
Clearance, mm 145
 
If you do not know that 300 s serial machine, you can unwittingly assume that either this is the concept of work of bold young designers, or a hot genus with the fed roof racks

In Chrysler's cabin, not only stylish and pathetic, but still very spacious and comfortable. Comments no rare case

Large white scales, spaciously located inside a large opening under a wooden rim, reasonable and verified solution.

Rear can even carry Big Big Boss. He will not be closely even with a typically bourgeois attribute on the head of the star-striped cylinder
 
Skoda Superb.
 

Wheel base, mm 2805
Length, mm 4805
Width, mm 1756
Height, mm 1470
Clearance, mm 150
 
The B5 Passat, which served as the Base Super Loop, is no longer released, and the Czech flagship is going to produce for a minimum of three. And he will remain one of the most conservative models in Europe

Skoda seats Sports. Active lateral and poplite support tightly hold the body in the saddle. Especially if the figure is not too large

Create such finely digitized scales could a person who caring for the driver of the Superb was not distracted by the larger on the shield anyway

It is very spacious and comfortable only together, but someone's thoughtful hand suited in the middle of an equilibrium head restraint, cleaning the rear review
 
SUMMARY
Not too fertile soil for estimates arises when the target purpose of goods is different. If we abstract from the price, I would put a stylish, original and aggressive chrysler on the first place. But, given the European car's eurgen car about $ 52,000, Camry sees a much more interesting purchase that you can easily notice if you just go to Moscow streets. Well, Superb? I would not be able to call him unsuccessful. But the car on an amateur who does not want to simultaneously stick out, buying Chrysler, and be in mainstream, choosing a Toyota.
TRUNK
Toyota Camry.

Maximum volume: 520 liters. The space of the right configuration. But the load prevents the high threshold and oblique lights that narrow the opening. But why did you forget to attach an inner handle on the lid?
Chrysler 300 C.

Maximum volume: 445 liters. Yes, such a large car could have a larger cargo compartment. The main thing that steals the volume, giant wheel arches. And again there is no handle inside. Is that saving?
Skoda Superb.

Maximum volume: 460 liters. Optimal luggage opening low, rectangular. And the smooth threshold undertakes the metal overlay, which is not so sorry and not so easy to scratch.
HOW DO THEY LOOK
Nikita Rozanov

Toyota Camry.

The premiere of 1996 is a new version of 2001. Toyota design under the leadership of Katsuo Morobochi (Kazuo Morohoshi).
Chrysler 300 C.

The premiere show of 2003. The design of Chrysler under the leadership of Crere Trevor (Trevor M. Creed).
Skoda Superb.

Premiere Show 2001 Design Skoda.
OUTSIDE:
Not a couple it is about all those who will try to stand in the parking lot next to the Chrysler 300 C. Therefore, in general, a good design of Camry on an inexplicable reason for its owner, the reason begins to seem to himself by the same infantile ladies, and a rather characteristic of the exercise the image of Superb is trivial ... It is clear that for a long time this advantage in style can not continue, but while the style in the spirit of El Capone is a favorite, and this is a fact. The same stylistics of the designer demonstrates its superiority as in the nomination awareness and all other articles. Even fashionable corporate content is blown away. If on the moment it is bred from bias and look at our top three, it turns out that 300 is not so perfect. The proportions do not improve the dynamics, and deliberately handled the windows line only enhances the theme of the vertical, which also does not decorate the silhouette of a quick car. Camry, on the contrary, elegant and rapidly, sometimes too, and Superb can be used as a reference of a certain middle of two poles. Behind the troika turns out to be more tolerant to each other's appearance. All quietly and calmly, and Chrysler aggression focuses only on sharp rays of the emblem.
INSIDE:
Once inside any car from the troika tested, you immediately understand that the manufacturers are very proud that they were able to declare in the business class. Gorda, should be what you joined. In this regard, the skin and wood, as it were, determine the level of the height of the plank, from which the highness of self-esteem begins. Dangerously. Here is Chrysler. Another thing: a tree is only in those places that shop shops in the cold car will be concerned. This is a small segment of the steering wheel, handle of the AKP selector and the door handle. The rest of the decorative finish is entrusted with a silver metal, which introduces dynamics and rigor to the image. The architecture of the instrument panels is very diverse from the Skoda cockpit formed by the central console and the Camry panel to a new-fashioned bedside table, which replaces the central console in 300 C. Of course, the rudders of the four-spoke and solid, but the American stylists managed to give the helm of ease, while the needles of his needles and to a minimum Reducing the size of the central pillow.
SUMMARY:
If you are ready for the fact that a week after buying a new car, your daily routine will be known to the whole house, then Chrysler 300 C your car. Everyone else is suitable for both Camry and Superb equally. True, Toyota can also charge the expression of its lines, but this is already a matter of taste.
 
LIKED
 
Toyota.

The handle of the ACP is perfect in the palm of palm, and when moving to position D, it does not block it off without stopping
 
Chrysler

Style of hours, music and climate laconic and self-sufficient-accurate. From the road to be distracted
 
Skoda.

Funny hole of the hole in the front seat. Great Helps Place Long Cargo
 
DID NOT LIKE
 
Toyota.

The rear armrest for some reason does not lie horizontally, but falls on the pillow. A useful cupboard crashes into a plastic edge brush
 
Chrysler

With huge heavy doors, the inner handle is a little enough, for which it is completely inconvenient
 
Skoda.

The second chrome button on the handle of the ACP cheating. She prevents the correct grip of the palm. And by d easily flush in 4
 
Text Vladimir Smirnov Photo Oleg Plato
 

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