Suzuki Splash test drive since 2007 hatchback
Spray of pleasure. Suzuki Splash
Wow what a pretty! At the sight of this rather tall baby with huge, as if surprised eyes, you involuntarily recall the already forgotten cartoon of cars. A fairy -tale hero in real life? Maybe we just lack it for complete happiness?! A miracle without feathers
At first glance, the car is clearly female or for those who want to attract attention. After all, seriousness in Suzuki Splash is completely absent. Well, what is this image, laughter, and only: the headlights on the shelf, the doors high and width, almost like in a small -sized apartment and everything is amazing in the back of 3715x1680x1580 mm. True, the generously glazed trunk lid is framed by a powerful optics looks much more solid. A peculiar cuckoo for those who go from behind: enjoy until they overtook! And this is a miracle, unless without feathers, proudly stands on seeming huge, but in reality quite ordinary wheels 185x65/R15. Grotesque! A parody, especially if you look at the width of the rear track with almost zero overhang. Wow, 1470 mm at a base of 2360 mm! What stability should the crumbs have?
But all empty speculations were dispelled by practice. No, until Splash and I have completed a single figure of the highest autopilota, and not because for the Russian version of the car we did not provide ESP. The car took and swallowed my not small body, like a sparrow of a worm. I have not experienced anything like this in the model of such a small class. Where did such a scope come from in the cabin, only the Japanese know: to the ceiling, a sufficient distance, the elbow does not cling to the door, and it’s scary to look back. We will not be cunning about the three convenient passengers, but there will be nothing to divide on the gallery in two large -sized guys. Maybe vision of vision? I personally check, leaving a driver's seat adjusted to high growth. There is no doubt: I fit, without even touching my knees in front. One thing only confuses: only one small suitcase will fit in the trunk. However, rummaging into the bowels of the compartment, I find a three -tier structure. On top, the standard shelf is below the plastic box, under which the spare space is also provided. Nevertheless, if the owner inadvertently finds a chest with jewelry, the space for him will be found: the backs can be folded by arranging an even and voluminous cargo platform. Nevertheless, the car is purely passenger. Fabric blue inserts of armchairs and tone for them finished door panels look painfully tender. Oh, getting dirty! However, no, from behind, where children are likely to accommodate, the heavenly blue of the doors is made of plastic, which means that it will not be difficult to wash it. It is also easy to refresh the torpedo, which although also made of plastic, also hard, thanks to embossing, it looks far from cheap. It was not difficult to adjust the steering wheel to the slope, it was a pity only to adjust the convenient bagel for departure. But the range of passages vertically and in the longitudinal direction turned out to be so great that it was enough for his eyes for comfortable management of Splash with any dimensions of the driver.
Assessing the interior and traveling through numerous drawers and shelves, I still could not get used to a high landing. And to the cool wide -angle review of the front, large external mirrors, as well as to the fact that the automatic transmission selector sticks out of the floor, and not the trivial rod of mechanics or the handle of a robotic box. Wow, how pleased! True, the Suzuki motor is only 1.2-liter, and this does not cause much enthusiasm. There is, of course, the hope of squeezing 86 hp from it, but so far theoretically. Yes, it turns out interesting. On the one hand, there is even high, but small. In the other place, in the cabin is completely extra -class. And how to understand, again, a tachometer atypical for such a car, introduced separately above the dashboard? After all, this Suzuki is hardly called sports. Multi-poles in Japanese
Once again, I focus on a 4-speed automatic transmission, which turns out to be locks of the three upper gears. In how they were disgusted! That is, in winter, not only click on the brake pedal, hoping for ABS, but also work with your head and hands, slowing down the engine. However, now is summer, and you can rely on Drive without complicating your life. And for special lovers, there is also a liter 3-cylinder version of the machine with a mechanical 6-speed gearbox.
Well, you, damn it, give it, I would say a famous movie hero. No other words come to mind when you press on the accelerator. So, it means why it was called Splash, which means a surge in translation! So the fish behaves, which suddenly noticed a fly from under the water: in excitement it takes off over the surface. A completely unexpected dynamics dumbfounded no less than the salon. No, it, of course, is not sports, but subjectively, the machine gains speed much faster than it really is. But in general, 14.9 C to hundreds are not bad. But after a while, a surge again, and much more powerful than the first. At a speed of over 90 km/h, the car accelerates even better than from a place. He only pressed the accelerator, and on the speedometer already under 140. And at that moment everyone who goes nearby begins to catch breathing with amazement. Absolutely expensive agility at the baby, and the voice bursts in a cocky and even slightly embittered. What, they say, did not expect? I am, Suzukin son! There is a beauty in Suzuki's riding engines, you can’t say anything. And the more revolutions on the tachometer, the stronger you start yourself, driving the car, like a pony that adjusted to adult jumps, and without a button
Kikdown, which is not at all. Faster, even faster, clicking! An unnoticed step on the asphalt pierces the front racks to the chips. Here are the bad luck, they did not design for our potholes. But Splash maneuvers without a shadow of doubt, rebuilding from a row in a row, quickly occupying any piece of free space. Just have time to move away from the squeak of the turning on the turning. Indeed, despite a decent height, the car is amazingly stable. Yes, now I again recall the atypical, ironically I have encountered by me and I absolutely do not want to accompany this car either according to the mind or for any other reasons. Yes, she does not like bad asphalt, on which an elastic exact steering wheel with an electric power is to be kept, but everything else is so nice! Take at least such a trifle as the buttons of the audio system C mp3. They are large, without backlash, aesthetically verified, and the sound quality is very good. At least it’s unlikely to come to my mind to change something in music. And the fuel consumption? Yes, of course, he is far from the passport. However, 100 km (11 l) in urban traffic jams with a constantly included air conditioner is not such a bad indicator. In addition, on the highway we still reached a completely harmless 6 liter per hundred. And what pleasure they received, and not to express.
A source: Magazine Cars and prices June 15, 2009.
