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Meet - Tagaz Tager, he is SsangYong Korando

Who did we have nostalgic on old good frame off-roads? Get: Korean Rangler SsangYong Korando KJ is collected on Tagaz. Its name is now Tagaz Tager. As you may, remember, I myself am still retrograde.
I love, you know, to complain about the times who have ever been in summer, when all SUVs equipped with iron bumpers and insensitive to the quality of fuel with motors. Everything is so, but we easily forget that for this strength I had, in particular, to pay handling on the road and fuel consumption for 20 liters per hundred. On the other hand, even within the neighboring Moscow region are full of such roads and refueling, which for other modern models of SUVs is simply terribly becoming. Against this background, the second coming of Korando in the face of Tagaz Tager looks quite natural ...
Cowboys from Mars
In 1996, the newborn SsangYong Korando made a strongest impression as, however, and everything that the English designer Ken Greenley did for Koreans. This car still looks unusual: it seems that he has been built by aliens inspired by the Jeep CJ appearance. Acknowledgment Martian Cowboy. Structurally, this car is a classic SUV mid-90s of the last century. Moreover, Tagaz Tager no changes, except for nameplates, did not get everything identically original.
Main plus models Mercedes-Benz engines and transmissions. The Germans at one time were sold to the Koreans licensed, and they still produce these nodes. By the way, it should not be concluded that in Taganrog there is no screw utilum at all, there is a full-scale assembly production with welding and color bodies.
OLD. KIND?
The engine on Tager is installed longitudinally. However, it is difficult to imagine a 3.2-liter row six, located otherwise. As a counterweight to this 300-Newton-meter mastodont, a well-order 4-step automaton is docked. There is also the version more compromised with 2.3-liter four and manual transmission. In addition, a diesel engine is expected, but we traveled exactly on a 3.2-liter version.
Ahead of Tagaz Tager independent torsion suspension on transverse levers from behind the continuous bridge, springs and longitudinal levers. Transmission type PART-TIME 4WD, that is, in dry asphalt, you can ride only on the rear drive. The front wheels are activated by means of electrical couplings (by the way, the maintained Korando is a weak place), which means to exit the interior to go to 4x4 mode. The downstream transmission is also included with the electrical machine. What else? Oh yeah, all brakes disk, steering rack.
DO NOT DRIVE FAST
If you think that a big engine is needed to ride as a bullet, buy an old Mercedes or a new Tager and make sure about the opposite. Well, yes, up to hundreds of little less than 11 seconds, quite well. On the highway, you can go 130, and 140, but the transmission settings are still Mercedes, which means that have a relaxed ride. Look, I'll stop the accelerator pedal. Along the way, the kick-down button hidden under it is pressed. Then a small inscription POWER lights up on the instrument panel, the automatic transmission switches to the step down, then the motor should go a little, and after that it starts overclocking. Objectively, in the stopwatch, everything happens quite quickly. But this is a subjective feeling of thoughtfulness in a word, I don't want to drive on Tager. In addition, the chassis to the attachments on the asphalt does not have. All these elder rolls in turns, longitudinal squabble. Again, the brake pedal does not require some effort, the street racers can not worry. Well, let yourself stand in the queues for Honda Civic or Mazda 3, and we will go there, where in price four-wheel drive, traction on bottoms and road clearance. Because if the car does not burn blood on the asphalt, he must be good outside it. Although it is better, of course, when both and more is available.
Only holding hat
The front bumper hangs low. And in his recently, transparent fog beans. If it would not, it would be possible to jump over the cafeteria much more cheerful suspension allows you to: it is soft, but energy-intensive, breaks almost does not give. Of course, on Ughab, Tager goat, and the passengers are better to stay for something, and nevertheless, he is really good for riding on the uneven road. As I said, for another modern SUV in such a situation, the heart bleeds seems to be, after the next strike with a crunch, the levers will cut, and the shock absorbers are flowing, and 17-inch discs burst. And on Tager, you will jump yourself completely calmly, almost without concerns of what is there, the fogs are still not living.
This car has very decent movements of the suspension, but I would not participate on it in the jeep-trial, the transverse rolls of the body are greater. Well, yes, all right center gravity is high, the suspension is soft.
And where is heightened friction?
The control handle of the transmission modes is almost imperceptible, it hides in front of the right knee of the driver. If you do not know, you will not find immediately. But what is nice: and the front axle, and the downstream transmission is turned on immediately, without delay. If you do not know, most of the SUVs require an advance transition to 4x4 and 4x4L modes, the car must pass a few meters so that the load goes to the transmission, so that the gears are synchronized and come into engagement here: turned the handle and everything is OK. And this is a tangible plus. Another plus is expected to be a little later, the Tager's rear axle is not equipped with an increased friction differential, but soon it should appear. Without him, honestly, knead the dirt is not very fun, because there are no anti-test electronic systems on Tager.
And one more thing is good waterproof. I do not know whether it was designed to be designed, but this car quietly goes around the headlights in the water, keeping the air filter dry, and the engine is smooth.
In general, for the work outside the road Tager receives a test (especially if you have not yet forgotten about its abilities on Ughab).
Puzzles history
The topic to which I was hard to get to get, salon. He is very old-fashioned. And even mysterious. For example, in front of the navigator, an absolutely flat panel, as if they wanted to put another instrument shield. True, the Aerbeg is hiding behind it, which cannot but rejoice. Landing the driver vertical, correct, but with me with a height of 186 cm still lack the adjustment range. Armchairs are rich, leather, and they seem to even promise some side support, but it is not not counting on that Tager will take you as tightly and gently like some German. To fasten the belt, he has to be quite far back. No, everything is clear the belt is attached at the rack, and it is revealed back to make the doorway wider. But still neakkuratnyko

Matchast: Tagaz Tager
 

 
Coffee on the sofa
It seems that the designers thought more about the rear passengers. Thus and break to the sofa comfortably, and sit spacious. It is only unclear: why in the trunk under the ceiling is suspended the belt coil for the third, central sequence, if only two is fit on the sofa? The trunk, by the way, is somewhat more than I expected to see. But the main, the most fat raismin is not in this. It turned out that the Salon in Tager is unfolded entirely, giving two full-fledged beds. Moreover, the back of the rear sofa is adjustable, so you can drink your morning coffee in the middle car. Romance! (Or is it called somehow otherwise? Well, no matter.) Whether I would be a young bachelor, I would think about buying.
 
Finally, it must emphasize that with all its pros and cons of Tagaz Tager, the proposal in some sense is unique. First, three-door body besides him there is only a suzuki jimny and Jeep Wrangler, but both are completely from the other operas. Secondly, with the engine 2.3 and the Tager manual transmission costs 629,900 rubles. In the class of universal SUVs (SUV), only the Chinese, and Niva.
Well, for Tager in the configuration we have tested 3.2, the automatic transmission is already asking for 769,900 rubles. By the way, the same is worth the Taganrozh Hyundai Santa Fe Classic with a 2-liter diesel engine and automatic transmission. It is more good, much better behaves on the asphalt and not worse on the off-road, but there will certainly live on bad roads ...
 
Author: Savva Safonov, photos of Alexander Insurance Baranova

 
 
 

 

A source: 4x4 magazine [August / 2008]