Test Drive Suzuki Aerio (Liana) Sedan 2001 - 2007 Sedan
Chief Trump
The Suzuki Liana car debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 2001. It was a kind of body hybrid experts attributed him to mini Wenam, who is to Hatchbacks, and who and to the universal. In any case, to one-applifter. In 2002, a four-door classic sedan added to the five-door body, in this form, the car was shown in Detroit. True, there she appeared under the name Aerio the same as in the historic homeland. Liana / Aerio model was built on the basis of Suzuki Baleno the same chassis, the same power units. And, probably, this is the right platform Baleno proven itself well, and the good is not looking for good. In addition, not the largest automaker in the world (the volume of production of about 1 million cars per year) does not act wastefully. So new cars only bodies and interior. But new radical.
We took a sedan for the test. Hatchback externally, of course, more interesting, but the sedan is newer. By the way, the vegetable name of the car is actually nothing to do with the flora. The name is formed from the first letters of Slogan Life in a New Age. Life in the new century. Epoch. Or world. How justified this application?
The appearance of the Liana sedan is quite modern and is quite neutral. However, it looks even in the side and behind, with some complaints about sportiness. The front bumper is a very developed aerodynamic composition, which continues the body. The bumper is made at the same time located with a low spoiler, in which there are holes for fog lights (optional). The bottom edge of the spoiler is on the same level with overlays on the thresholds of the car and the skirt of the rear bumper, which indicates a good coefficient of CX (factory data of 0.37; is quite decent for a fairly high car).
Head optics Large polycarbonate block headlights with protrusions for sections of turn signs. It's funny fashion to arrange small forms in single-blank bodies.
High feed reminds about VW Polo Classic and Seat Cordoba. A spoiler with a fashionable LED stop signal is mounted on the trunk lid. Rear optics Squeezing to VW Passat. The diffusers are absolutely smooth, and there are only two light bulbs. The fog and the reversing lamp is rendered to the frame of the room to the center of the trunk cover. The luggage compartment is unexpectedly bulky, under the carpet is hidden molded tanks for tools and ... Full-sized spare parts. So you and the CD! Good door handles, and the doors themselves slam in an adult. Salon is not spacious, but for the comfortable placement of four adult citizens is quite suitable. There is enough space for the feet even from behind (only not for the average passenger, which will be interfered with the transmission tunnel). The roof is high, and space over your head in excess. The middle head restraint of the rear row causes a lunizing: there is no less to see. The finishing materials of nonsense in appearance and very high-quality, especially liked the texture of the seat upholstery. Build fit at level.
Landing comfortable, longitudinal adjustment of the chair is enough to put it under the driver of medium height. The size of the steering wheel is optimal. The symmetric front panel is divided into the middle of the vertical console, which dominates the round arms of air conditioning control. By the way, he can serve to the salon up to 450 cubes of air per hour.
Unusually narrow and absolutely black dashboard comes to life when turning the ignition key. Surprise: Excursion in the 80s All devices electronic. The large matrix of the speedometer is very similar to the pointer of the floors in the elevator of the multi-storey house, and the four square of the fuel level resemble the network display in the mobile phone. The tachometer is made in the form of an arc as sporting machines. More, however, is like a cassette radio record indicator. At the end of the scale there is a small red sector, starting after 6500 rpm. Excellent can be twisted, only here is the machine ... Under the hood, everything is very beautiful, plastic casing minimum. Here is the two-rigid head of the engine (block and head of the entire aluminum alloy, the valve cover is sitting on the so-called floating gasket that excludes the leakage of the oil). The engine is not equipped with a belt, and a silent self-tight chain of timing attribute of an expensive engine. Release in athermal case. A hefty battery in 75 amps-hours, a vacuum amplifier brakes is just a cargo, this is not even a groove busement! With all the free space, under the hood, more than enough, and it will not be very difficult to get to the nodes and aggregates.
Warming over the blue cooling fluid light bulb went out. I turn on the drive, and the car rushes out of the three-level basement of the car dealership towards the spring day. Floor pointer starts counting for some reason with the value of 2, the tachometer arc is filled with orange squares, the fuel column flashes the route will have to start with benzocolones.
The gas tank hatch cap is combined with a trunk cover handle, the whole design is mounted under the driver's left foot, the hood lock handle is above the same foot. Several storubluble bills stop the convulsion of the fuel level pointer. Now it is possible to come down once in the name of the model there is a word Sport ...
There are no visible guidelines for this in the Liana cabin, but the transmission of this car turned out to be all-wheel drive, with an inter-axis viscous clutch, which connects the rear axle when slipping the front. It must be said that almost all, even the smallest passenger cars manufactured in Japan for the domestic market have all-wheel drive modifications. They are practically not supplied to export. Liana (and Baleno) rare and pleasant exception. But it is not worth identifying a four-wheel drive with any noticeable off-road capabilities (Liana clearance is only 150 mm). Such machines are designed not to conquer the risky soil, but for a reliable and safe movement on solid coating, be it dry, wet or icing. Or all this at the same time, as in the Moscow streets in early April. Fully independent pendant in front and rear (on the subframes), a rather acute and informative steering wheel, good brakes with ABS, Luxury Rubber Yokohama Advan Plus Four-wheel drive. What else does?
In general, the behavior of the car is rather front-wheel drive. To put it into the skid, it is not possible to reset the gas in the turn almost does not react, to add, too, only smoothly straightens the trajectory. Not too sporty. But it should behave a normal urban car.
The motor is slightly sluggish on the bottoms. True, at the same time he is quite noise (105-strong 1.6-liter motor, offered on the Russian market, for himself the Japanese components with a 1.5-liter engine with a capacity of 110 hp, and for the US 2 liter 130-strong). The four-stage automatic box works softly and smoothly with a calm ride ... Suzuki Liana Modern family car, predictable and understandable. It does not require addiction at all, and it is quite suitable for both women and men without sports ambitions.
Liana's chief trump card four-wheel drive, very relevant in our climatic conditions. The front-wheel drive modification of Liana in its price niche has decent rivals, and a lot. But among all-wheel drive cars of competitors in Russia, Liana, perhaps, not to find. And there is a machine with a full drive only $ 1000 more than with front.
Egor Carpunin, Mikhail Vasilyev
A source: Magazine Motor [May 2003]
