Test Drive Suzuki Jimny since 2010 SUV
Chevrolet Niva and Suzuki Jimny: Informal Competitors
The difference between these cars can be squeezed into one sentence. Read it if you want. It is the last here ... in front of you two cars, in order to warm up, you need to turn off the air conditioner: Chevrolet Niva and Suzuki Jimny. At the first motor volume of 1.7 liters, in the second 1.3. But both are serious passing. This is bodied. In addition, they are closest in a number of characteristics and price among the CD-class SUVs sold in the Russian market. Yes, they formally relate to different classes. Yes, the father of the family will not be able to afford Suzuki Jimny. But young people often consider it as an alternative to Chevrolet Niva. So we simply had to bring them in a friendly duel.
The most accessible Jimny costs 641,000 rubles. For this money, we are offered manual transmission, air conditioning, a CD player, roof rails and airbags in front. For the maximum completed (with air conditioning, railings and audio preparation) Chevrolet Niva gives 497,000 rubles. The difference, of course, is essential. But, I repeat, Jimny is the nearest Niva competitor for the price.
Immediately clarify that we visited the most expensive version of the Japanese, with skin and automatic transmission, for 678,000 rubles, there was simply no other in the press park. And although it is not entirely correct to compare the cars with different boxes, you still have to make a small amendment on it.
Swallows good
The main thing can be said in advance: Niva is practically inferior to Jimny, winning only in one in the suspension. If you live in the countryside and often drive around in bad roads, bumps and codobins, you have no choice. Only Niva. Her suspension is ideal. It is energy-intensive and soft at the same time. It is possible not to slow down in front of the pit or lay a policeman, on the contrary, even set gas and do not be afraid of hitting your head about the roof. Compared to Chevy, Jimny suspension has no suspension. Due to the continuous bridges, rigid springs and a short jimny irregular base, it does not work out. He jumps on them, juggling the passengers inside the close salon, like balls in the Sportlovo bank. It quickly tires.
Niva swallows bumps as a loaded pickup on the springs. For the purity of the experiment, I planted in her next to the owner of Jimny, and we went on its usual cottage route through the forest along concrete blocks. The poor fellow buried and instinctively closed his head with his hands before every digwist he did not know what was capable of a good chassis from Tolyatti!
The remaining advantages of Chevy flow out of its size. He has more trunk and spacious rear row. It's all. Want to buy Chevrolet Do not read on and be happy.
Log under pedal
I started a test with the Japanese, then I moved to Niva and immediately understood: she has no seats, front panel and brakes. The dashboard is made of used lingers, which simply threw the control buttons. Seats fall under you like an old foam sofa. Under the brake pedal lies log. In the extreme power of the steering wheel, the hydraulicel vibrates from overvoltage. A cumulator on the ceiling, equipped with a microlift, opens with a screwdriver. The knob of the distribution box lever rotates around its axis.
Fuel index is lying as a hydrometeorological center. Felt on the floor of the trunk forgot to consolidate. Surprisingly, but if you ride a few days, you forget about everything unpleasant: the habit comes into force. Therefore, we will continue to compare rivals according to the characteristics. Ergonomics and quality will wait until better times.
Hard VS standing
According to the design of Suzuki Jimny is a 100% SUV. He has a frame, bridges in front and rear, reduced transmission in a dispensing box. Plus a rigidly connected four-wheel drive that does not have an inter-axis differential. Chevrolet Niva is more civil, built on a bearing body, in front of an independent suspension, behind the continuous bridge. Reduced transmission in stock. Four drive constant with inter-axis differential.
Compare Chevrolet Niva and Suzuki Jimny permeability is very long. Too many nuances. Jimny has a more powerful slide in the distribution, plus there is a complete set with automatic transmission. This gives a serious advantage of off-road by traction passability. But the fact that the Suzuki motor gives 110 HM, and the Chevrolet engine is 17 more, nothing says. Because Niva on four hundred kilo is heavier. But she has much less freight wheels, since it is better to articulate the suspension. In addition, it is more stable below the center of gravity.
Geometric patency is approximately equal. Niva is a little better than Jimny on the corner of entry and a little worse around the corner of the congress and the corner of the ramp. There is no big difference. And the traditional competition who will be taken to the highest mountain won both cars, joking with overclocking.
LOOK AT THE ROAD
If you compare cars on asphalt, Niva is better damping irregularities, but keeps the course worse. You want to get a button on the panel on the panel, you will pull over it and you can go to the next row. The Japanese is more clearly configured, and besides, it is noticeably high speed. Its power is 85 liters. s., And Rosso-American 80. accelerates to a hundred Jimny faster about the torque and the difference in weight we have already spoken.
If you return to consumer properties, it is easy to sit in Niva just from behind, and Jimny has an air layer instead of the trunk. But the Japanese in the standard airbag and ABS, and NIVA cannot be obtained even for money. New modular headlights Chevy are not inferior to Japanese, but there are no fog in the basic configuration. The dispensing box control mechanism for both machines is sometimes twisted with the steering wheel and ride backwards, until it deigns to turn on.
Matchast: Chevrolet Niva
Matchast: Suzuki Jimny
Before part of Suzuki's shares bought Volkswagen, both cars were produced under the GM supervision. But the future of the factory cooperation in Togliatti and General Motors is also foggy. It pleases that under the hood niva plate: Made under license AvtoVAZ OJSC. Cool! We are heated Gangster Motors with its intellectual property.
Approaching the final, I repeat: Chevrolet Niva loses in many articles in quality, ergonomics, traction. Even at the price of maintenance. The first one on Chevrolet Niva in Moscow costs 9600 rubles, the second 9300, the third 17 400. Suzuki Jimny 4800, 7600, 8600, respectively. But if your roads are bad, you need Niva, and Jimny is good to everyone, but it hurts jumping.
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photos of Alexander Insurance Baranova
A source: 4x4 magazine [March / 2010]
