Test Drive SsangYong Kyron since 2004 SUV

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Why do you need fashionable parquets for now? To ride them in bad, broken roads. With two not quite ordinary representatives of this family in their native habitat, Sergey Voskresensky and Igor Soldunov were acquainted. Photo: George Sadkov.

SsangYong Kyron.
Released since 2005
Engine: gasoline, 2.3 l., 150 hp
Gearbox: Mechanical 5-speed or 4-speed automatic, two-stage dispensing box.
Equipment: 4 options.
Price: 802-977 thousand rubles.
Test car: 2.3 l, MCPP - 824 thousand rubles.
Suzuki Grand Vitara.
Released since 2005
Engines: gasoline, 2.0 l., 140 hp
Gearbox: Mechanical 5-speed or 4-speed automatic, two-stage dispensing box.
Feedback: 4 options, there is a short-pass three-door version with a 1.6 liter engine.
Price: 775-904 thousand rubles.
Test car: 2.0 l, MCPP-820 thousand rubles.
So it works a modern light all-life? You can imagine a certain recipe for which such cars are created. Spacious body type universal, most often carrying, enlarged ground clearance, permanent drive per axle, automatic connection of the second pair of wheels. Sometimes it is possible to block the coupling responsible for the inclusion of the second leading bridge. As a result, a universal car is obtained, well adapted, by the way, to Russian realities, road and climatic. Such and on the highway is not bad, and the capping will not leave, and winter roads are not afraid.
But there are several sprawers among parquets who went across the canons. With two such we decided to get acquainted closer.
Sanin Cairon is different not only with the original appearance (after recent modernization it has become much calmer), but also by a completely jeep design: frame, rear-wheel drive, a rigid connection of the front, lowered a series of transmissions. Suzuki-Grand Vitara is also not like everything: permanent four-wheel drive, blocking the inter-axis differential, reduced why is it? Decided to sign up in serious passing?
Well, let's see what you are capable of. We are going to Karelia! Moreover, special, non-standard route. In Tver we turn with the usual Leningradka and make your way to Ladoga in local Tversky, Novgorod and Vologda tracks. A decent asphalt under the wheels is replaced by a broken, then goes into a grader, a little village and again what was once asphalt; Then - a broken military concrete. As a result, from three and a half thousand kilometers traveled, a thousand, with superfluous, fell on the roadless roads or with such a coating that it would be better not at all. It got and completely detailed settlements. So the impressions of the machines will be systematized by road types. They called themselves all-day - let them answer for the bazaar.
Eaters kilometers
To begin with - smooth good asphalt. After all, before off-road from the capital you need to get.
Cairon immediately seems heavy, mighty, unshakable. Not an athlete-bodybuilder, but strong, healthy man. Only that's why a real strong man should, sitting behind the wheel, take care of the head from a contact with a strongly littered front counter? Why does his shoulder rests on the upper fastening of the seat belt and head knocks on the handle? The benefit of the seat is spacious, wide - no need to sash the sedier. But there is no form for them! The modest interior is like an annoying reminder of a rather big price of a car. Okay, let's go! Stretch large, widely placed pedals and twist are rather big, but the thin steering wheel is convenient. But you remember the box to be uncomfortable in the word every time, holding the lever: Switching fuzzy, with some clanging.
But go along the straight highway is a pleasure. The motor is quite quiet, although it seems a little lazy. We will not, however, find fault - its capabilities is enough for a quick ride. Long-freight suspension swallows all small (and medium) flaw coverage. But it is worthwhile to come back in turn, how big casual rolls are manifested and, most unpleasant, noticeable delays on the steering steering. Cayron will first bend down, then he will think a little and only then will start turning.
Something he reminded us with his behavior? So go large, heavy all-terrain vehicles. Not surprising: After all, the Breeding Korean is their relatives on the design of the chassis.
Exterior Grand Vitara from those at first oh! And ah!, and then cool. But the interior is also gloomy, but modern and original. The seat is spacious, rigid, like the Germans; True, the pillow is short, like almost all Japanese. Bagel is small and plump, the box - automatic drove!
Hmm Motor at first seems some kind of dead, and the box is Dergana. But it is worth changing the style of driving - not to trample the right pedal to the floor, and it is smoothly to act, as the machine is transformed. The engine of exploits does not make, but lucky is quite confident, and the operation of the machine and no longer remember. True, the Tikhoniy engine is a big vitara not call. The suspension transmits in detail to the body all that finds on the road. Compared to the teddy Cairon, this is a real station. But it ruls clearly and clearly, like a good car.
It is a passenger car and resembles Grand Vitara on asphalt. Moreover, with certain athlete deposits.
Selyan
Well, the federal route ended. The asphalt is worse and worse, now the grader is not suitable. Here we went here!
The character of Kairon almost does not depend on what he has under the wheels. The worse the road, the deeper wheezing, the most actively dull somewhere under the car unsurrent masses, but only a small part of the perturbations come on the body. The car floats that your ship. It goes in ships in turns: the same thoughtfulness and slowness. But if a pit or washing board turn out to be under the wheel, often on the grader, Cairon can sweep and cheerfully so far away. Well, what makes it with his slowness peculiar to him, giving the driver time to curb these highly removal. Do not forget that the main leading wheels are a job. Therefore, on a slippery road, it is not necessary to work with gas very sharply - risks to break into the skid. True, before the car will think well and hurry with sliding will not become.
You can, of course, connect the front, but then Cayron will become tight, stupid, worse the steering wheel. Yes, and the load on the transmission is increasing. It is better to use the rear-wheel drive, but neat. That's when it becomes quite slippery ..
Snack your teeth, yes stronger! And do not talk, but it is not long to bite the language - you are traveling to Grand Vitar. Japanese, too, remained true to herself: collects all bumps, holes and rods and all the shocks transfers further - on the body, seats and passenger organisms. In this case, the suspension breakdown is not planned. Body rolls are still moderate, the routing is practically absent. Yes, and the car ruls on the uneven road is quite confident. The tendency to Jarnu on the comb from Vi-container is noticeably less - the pits under the wheels are not so easily knocked down from the course. So that the car floats, you need to try, but it is better to avoid it - she has a sharper reaction.
Ride the grader on Suzuki, of course, more interesting, but also markedly tiring: noisy, and shaking exhaust.
Type all-terraines
Here he is a simple Russian countryside. Where are the wish, there is better, in low-spirits - scary, in some places deep ruts, stones are found. Now we turn on the lowered and lowered on Kyrona really had to be included. Motor and so does not differ in the heroic burden on low revs. And with a rigidly connected front and twisted wheels, it becomes quite tight: fell down the clutch, while you touch. So we crawl on the first-second lowered with one thought: I will go through or stuck? Why, it is asked, all these rapid bridges are lowering, if the ground clearance is not particularly great, and, most importantly, the sings are such hefty? Soft on the move Kayron, it strives, having swinging on the next knocker, to make anything about something long nose. And it will be applied - so probably not without consequences - the bumpers are rather fragile. No, as Caircause neither affected, no matter how off-road attributes - nothing has happened. On the off-road for ordinary norva, he does not get angry
However, as the Grand Vitar. Its advantage is an automatic box that allows you to accurately dose trail and makes almost unnecessary reduced gear. But geometric patency and tumbled here. The front skell is short, but damage the plastic skirt under the bumper - a pair of trifles. In the middle of the base, the distribution box hangs, rear - the outlet system. So you have to resort to the help of a boy. In this role there is a passenger who runs ahead and shows where it is better to twist the steering wheel so that, God forbid, do not catch anything.
Trucks and buses
Usually, the parquets are not small cars, it is possible to send passengers, and accommodate the load. How to evaluate our experimental? Differently. Five will arrange and there, and there. Kairon has the whole problem in the low altitude of the cabin: after all, under the floor of the frame, which eats a lot of space. Landing behind the wheel of Vitara is more vertical, bus. Probably because her salon seems to be spacious and in front, and behind - no wonder our two-meter photographer was constantly running in Vitara! The trunks are quite spacious, but Vitara is deep, and Kairon has a larger area.
Who needs him?
No matter how to add to the PARTNER, the most auto-road transmission, the essence of the car does not change from this. If the geometry is mediocre, the moves of the pendants are modest, and the tires are unlobs, there is nothing to climb into the UAZ king. For riding in the most detached roads, from a good asphalt to less smooth intercourse, their capabilities are enough. And if I decided to climb where deeper - look for another car.
Our experimental in general turned out to be completely different. Bright, original Vi-container - a versatile car, confidently feels on different coatings, ride it interesting, he even a slightly provoctern
Kairon is not a smaller wagon, and its main advantage is comfort: here is quiet and gently. Only he drives at all excitement at all and is coming to a calm, leisure driver.
Cars showed unity only at fuel consumption - 10.3 l / 100 km from both.
So if you do not put the goal of the conquest of harsh off-road, and dream of riding a cottage or arrange picnics on the nearest glank, you can safely take a parking card. What should he have a transmission? Yes, in general, anyway
SsangYong Kyron - under the original body hid a mighty frame chassis. Apparently, there is no other platform from the Korean firm, and I really want to get out of the parquetical class.
+ Comfortable suspension, low noise, original appearance, moderate fuel consumption.
- modest off-road capabilities, mediocre manageability.
Suzuki Grand Vitara is a real wagon: not bad on asphalt, not afraid of capping. In the choice of transmission, the Japanese again coincided.
+ Good handling, spacious salon, modern design.
- Hard suspension, high noise level, moderate motor capabilities.
Transmission etudes
The schemes of the complete drive of Kai-Ron and Grand Vitara are clearly borrowed from more serious cars. According to this part, Sanyan is a close relative of such cars such as UAZ or, for example, a Nissan patrol. Permanent drive - on the rear wheels. The front is connected at the request of the driver. There is no inter-axis differential, but there is a reduced transmission. Just, reliably, quite well on a heavy off-road. Only off-road it is not for Kairon. A for broken and slippery roads, where the parquets feel well, such a transmission scheme is unlikely to be optimal.
Grand Vitara with its constant full-wheel drive, inter-axis blocking and reduced transmission begins in conifers to Niva or Defender. Also a good option for serious affairs. Only Vitara for such cases is not intended. On graders and carpets of its scheme looks preferable than implemented in Kairon. But on the asphalt, why constantly twist all the wheels?
It seems that no wonder on most such cars is implemented by the transmission scheme with automatic (if necessary) by connecting the second pair of wheels. Do not work the driver once again strain, and the fuel is less spent
Smrochit machine gun
Be to be on the Karelian Cleans and not see the local dots? We decided to combine a pleasant with useful: cars on the off-road try and your interest in military history
Including independent Finland belonged to the Eastern neighbor - the Soviet Union is a big caution and slowly prepared for war. Corrected: In 1939, the war began. Winning with Soviet politicians and strategists as fast and victorious, it turned into a protracted and bloody. A small country unexpectedly had a serious resistance. The Finns struggled for their land were glad to be laugh, but the technical and numerical advantage of the Red Army did its work: the main Finnish defensive position on the Karelian Isthmus of Mannerheim - was broken, Finland lost a significant territory, and the Finnish fortifications survived after the war were blown up.
Since then, it has passed without a small 70 years, but the places of the former battles are still impressive: the ruins of reinforced concrete dollars, small and huge, kilometers of granite bars, the remains of the rusty barbed wire. Where the grassland fire was buried moss, fragments crunch under their feet - the arrivals clearly did not regret the shells. Around the fortifications to which it is easier to get to get, more or less polled, on some ruins - memorial plates - Finns of their heroes ..
The most interesting thing is that not only Little Finland was preparing for defense, but also a huge Soviet Union. In the twenties - early thirties, when the country was still weak in military and economically, seriously feared the attacks of imperialist powers. It was assumed that the blow could be applied through the territory of Finland. Along the previous Soviet-Finnish border, from the Finnish Bay to Ladoga, a serious defensive position was built - Karelian Straighfon. In their power, Soviet fortifications are hardly inferior to Finnish. Our dotham also had to play: in 1941, when Finland spoke on the side of Germany, Karelian Streetoron stopped Finnish troops. After the war, the fortifications were modernized, then they couldned them and finally they finally abandoned. Today, some fortification facilities found themselves in the country areas, other looted and ridden. But where the metal hunters did not get, in the forest, away from modern roads, you can still find the pending moss concrete louds, looking at the crossroads of forest tracks with rinse-free bobbin eyes. Our grandparents were built not for fear, but for conscience.
Sergey Voskresensky

 
 
 
 

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"