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Suzuki Alto Car Overview

The price of the car surprises - from 650,000 yen!
SUZUKI ALTO car turned 25 years old! The first car that was named Alto was born in the distance in 1979 in the form of a truck layout. It is remembered, she was sold then for the whole price for the whole price in 470,000 yen, and in order to save the door from the front passenger, there was no cylindrical castle. Such a simple car. And her then color? I remember, people joked that it was, they say, not paint, these are traces of rust. Laugh, joked, and she took and reached the leaders! And the word alto, as everyone now knows, has become a symbol of a micro-car car.
Now Alto transformed. If you calculate, the new generation of this car has become already the fifth. Taking into account the fact that Alto's previous generation was born in October 1998, it turns out that the present full replacement of the model range took place 6 years.
The concept of the car its developers determined as a modern type frame machine, the use of which should not be burdensome. By August 2004, about 4 million 90 thousand cars Alto were registered in the mill. It is clear that when developing a new model, the authors could not not take into account the existence of a whole army of drivers, for which Alto means microllera. Therefore, he is doomed to remain so in his new guise. Judging by the materials that a representative of the manufacturer's company provided me, the developers brought a new motto for use, the essence of which is that with Alto we go to the service, with Alto shopping, rest also with Alto. Despite such an intricate wording, everything is determined by the qualities of the new machine as its efficiency and ease of treatment.
And in this regard, the authors did not neglect the opinions of women's drivers. The advisory board was even organized, consisting of married women, so that this project can be completely painted by the Mom plan. Here, for example, a hook for packages, which is located on the side of the console and which withstands the weight of 2 kg. This is just an idea suggested by this Mother Council.

Increased attention to becoming unlike others. That's what is distinguished by a new car. I will later return to this, but for now I will say one new model in a new model, a newly declared exterior design.
As for the engine, it is common to all alto modifications. Budget set E (2WD) is equipped with a 5-speed manual transmission, its price is 650,000 yen without tax (about $ 6,200).

Interior and external design of the reborn car
The car, which, finally, appeared on sale is very original in style, even if for a while forgetting that this is a new model all the same alto. Sometimes, for example, you go along a number of electrical appliances - just so much, and all such a similar one. And suddenly, among this, uniformity - stop! - noticed something fresh. Here and with the new alto. Immediately draws attention to the straight line of side windows and their combination with a roof line, a particularly performed arc of the front wings, and the rear wings, which are enclosed on the rear side doors. It is impossible, however, to get rid of the thought that it's all a little cleaned. On the other hand, the back of the body is made very simple. Many will even celebrate what it looks like Toyota Passo and Daihatsu Boon. Body color Coconut with metal - I must like an adult driver.
Now let's look at the interior design. I was immediately interested in how the angle of the back of the back chairs is sufficient, and whether the design of the driver's seat is provided in height in the salon of equipment E and G? It turned out that everything is as if someone predicted my desires. Especially worthy of approval what I would call the spaciousness and high class finish. And now what. I was surprised that now in the economy salon (modification E), as in all other, there are no protruding outward metal surfaces or parts.
Does not cause rejection and front panel. Everything is done simply, large blocks, so as not to be exchanged for small fragments. The size of the instrument pointers is just at the level when they are a bit, and at the same time they are well noticeable. Oh yes, I agree, looks a bit robust, but there is no and that miserable, which is distinguished by the latter generation salon Wagon R. The upholstery of the chairs, made in the form of a mosaic canvase, is also very attractive.

Useful volume is equally large and in the front area, and on the rear seats. Since the side windows stand almost at right angles, nothing presses on the side. The door opens very quietly. And most importantly: the back and the front doors swallow all 90 degrees. It is very convenient for landing or disembarking, as well as for landing in the cabin along with the baby.
Salon equipment is very diverse. For example, the opening of the door without a key on the machines of the increased category of comfort. So the door from the front passenger again remained without a cylindrical castle.

Best All Alto E!
On the site of the machine intended for trial trips, stood in such a sequence: first the machine of the equipment is economical (e), then standard equipment G, and, finally, the machine of a comfortable configuration of X. I did not fit in my head, as it may be to initial The contribution was only 470,000 yen? So I, without hesitation, chose Alto E.
I tried. I will say right away: good! Of course, something is not entirely beautiful, but in terms of driving comfort, in terms of your pleasure, I repeat once again: very good! Even something resembles a small Renault brand car. Isn't it too? Yes No, that's the way. On the go, neither the roll nor the exhausting shaking in the transverse plane. The machine shoes in the tire size 135 / 80R12 68S (Falcon SN-535), and on a sharp start somewhere at the crossroads they publish some creak. Nevertheless, they successfully cope with unpleasant vibration and shocks, and create good conditions for driving. And yet: rotting the wheels is almost not heard in the cabin. But this was trying to the developers of SUZUKI microlo machines.

As I noted, on Alto setting E costs a 5-speed gearbox with manual shifting of speeds, which I described everything in detail. Do not even forget to explain why the box has such a short switching lever. It is impossible to say that the traction characteristics of the motor caused me disappointment. No and no again! The transfer numbers are selected exactly under the high-speed mode, which is mainly practiced on the roads of Japan. And therefore, the torque is not passing into the back, and the car runs along the road very confident.
By the way, the automatic transmission is also provided for Alto E. This is what is equipped with Alto G, that is, with three steps. And if we generalize the impressions received from trial trips on both machines, I can say that the machine also gives decent running parameters. If, for example, press the accelerator pedal and on the second gear to go to the speed of 80 km / h or more, it will become clear how long the car behaves when overclocking. Yes, and the engine noise at the time of switching to increased gear can also be estimated as within the limits of allowed. In contrast, the 4-speed automatic transmission installed on Alto x has some kind of vague switching algorithm. It seems that they took the same 3-speed automatic transmission and mechanically extended it another step. This, by the way, can be said about the comfort of ride. On Alto x, there are two wheelcharges: 13 inches and 14 inches. So, as far as I can judge on my trip, tire clutch with an expensive, oddly enough, above all at Alto E. So, at least it seemed to me.