Test Drive Suzuki Wagon R 2000 - 2003 Hatchback

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Suzuki Wagon R +
The car debuted in the summer of 2000. His analogue of Opel-Aguil. Recently, all-wheel drive modification appeared in Russia.
Engine: In Russia, only 1.3 liters
(76 l. P.)
Transmission: 5-speed mechanical, 4-speed automatic. Front or four-wheel drive.
Price: $ 12 95014 450.
Test car: 1.3 l, 76 liters. p., 5-speed gearbox, 4x4, $ 14,450.
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Today, Mark Suzuki officially represents any of its models in the Russian market in the Russian market. Jassnie's all-terrain and three modifications of Grand Vitara (three- and five-door body, as well as the elongated version of the Grand Vitara XL-7) with a constant drive to the rear wheels and the plug-in front axle. In the arsenal of these cars, a reduced row in a handout and frame design.
In the passenger Trinity of the Wagon R +, Ignis and Liana Drive on the front wheels with the automatic turning on the rear through the viscous coupling. Of course, all the passenger cars are with the front-wheel drive.
In the metropolitan auto show somehow heard about Wagon R + mad stool. This nickname as it can not exactly convey the emotional perception of the car. He is all so ... However, you can't tell one word.
High door Gulko got out, and I found himself in a small office. I tried to remember where the last time it was so straightforwardly in a mini Wen, not that bus. Here you can easily turn with all the body to the exit, and your feet will never be hurt. However, there is no need for a step of Wobkov, and you are on the street (or, on the contrary, in the cabin).
Despite the miniature size of the trailer, the rusty itself (195 cm) and not a bad counterfeit on the front seats seemed freely than in the relative Suzuki Liana. He also fits on the back without difficulty when a mid-height man was sitting in front of him. And now attention! The 3.5-meter car has a trunk more than a nine, and accelerates to hundreds faster than eight-flaped dozen. Now it is clear why Milashka gave such a nickname.
 
Yes, he is
And all-wheel drive! Surprised? Wagon R + 4x4 will cost approximately $ 1500 more expensive than the front-wheel drive. As a rule, this is brought to order.
The four-wheel drive of the trailer with the viscous foot on the cardan, screwing the rear wheels when the front slip. On an empty country road at a small speed, the typewriter can even manage the driving skid (while the motor has enough traction for such a maneuver).
The main advantage of the full drive of the r + the ability to go on the raised snow roads, iced lins and, of course, urban snowpath. Passersby and passage are sincerely surprised when this box boldly dives into a snowdrobe next to the Niva, and then, not particularly straining, herself is chosen on the asphalt and
 
And leaving
In parking lots and next to them Suzuki is the main acting person. Deployed at one reception there, where other in two or three, has a magnificent visibility and provides the driver a good sense of size (though, the rear janitor leaves an extensive unread zone). And on the multi-purpose parking lot a short typewriter with a height of 1.8 m (!) It can be seen from afar. On the urban streets, the trailer pleases the convenient characteristic of the engine. To praise for a trap 1,3-liter engine, probably strange, however, we note: the car confidently keeps in a stream when the motor is operating in the range of 15002500 rpm than no advantage.
But there is not enough elasticity on the country highway. Even with partial loading, the driver sometimes falls before overtaking to join the fourth gear, and with a complete interior it becomes mandatory. It's nice that Suzuki and then remains pretty quiet.
What can not be borrowed into the activation of the R + Wagon, it is a tough suspension. But already found another reason for the praise, a smart electric powerful, emphasizing the lightweight and fast feedback circuit. The controls generally correspond to the expected on four with a plus card. The gear shift mechanism lacks definition, but the brakes with good feedback. We use them: cool the heat, we stand somewhere on the sidelines and ...
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Two of the three climatic installation wheels can not only turn, but also pull them out, including so air conditioning and heating of the rear window. It also turns on the light in the cabin ... Imagine remember the Volga.
Pretty spacious niches are generously scattered through the cabin, there is even a container between the chair and the door are rarity for kids. I did not immediately find adjusting the driver's seat in height: it is not located on the left, like all cars, but on the right. Perhaps the seat of the right-hand car was lazy to remake?
Here are still traces of someone else's luxury: when you turn on the ignition on the panel, the ESP indication lights up, and there is no stabilization system on our trailer. It can be seen, and the engine of progress, even Japanese, is really too lazy. Do not believe?
For example, the rear armchairs: how are they laid out in the usual car? Remove the headrest, fold the pillow, lower the back and so on both sides. And suzuki? Press the latch button on the top of the back and slightly push it. The pillow itself will shift forward and down, the back will fall on top ... everything!
Grade R + is the only one, but rich. It is well noticeable against the background of competitors. Mirror electric drive, ABS and two pillows Standard equipment. And on our car, the pillows turned out to be whole four all-wheel drive modifications sometimes fall to the dealer in the extended configuration. Another plus in the offset of the trailer.
SUMMARY
Suzuki Wagon R ++ more and more convenient than it seems at a distance. In combination with a full drive, almost the perfect citizen.
+ Good motor characteristic, magnificent visibility, easy transformed salon, rich basic equipment.
- Hard work suspension, ergonomic shortcomings.
Alexander Budkin
Photo: George Sadkov
 
 

 

A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"