Suzuki Wagon R 2003 test drive - 2007 hatchback

Plus, deserved

Suzuki Wagon R+
The car made his debut in the summer of 2000. His analogue of Opel agila. Recently, an all -wheel drive modification has appeared in Russia.
Engine: in Russia only 1.3 liters
(76 l. P.).
Gearboxes: 5-speed mechanical, 4-speed automatic. Front or four -wheel drive.
Price: $ 12 95014 450.
Test car: 1.3 l, 76 l. p., 5-speed gearbox, 4x4, $ 14,450.
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Today, Mark Suzuki officially represents on the Russian market any of its models in an all -wheel drive version. Minerals Jimny and three modifications of the Grand Vitara (three- and five-door bodies, as well as an elongated version of the Vitara XL-7 Grand) with a constant drive on the rear wheels and connected by the front bridge. The arsenal of these machines has a low row in the handout and frame structure.
The passenger trinity of Wagon R+, Ignis and vines of the front wheel drive with automatic turning on the rear through the viscousoft. Of course, all cars are with front -wheel drive.
In the metropolitan car dealership, I once heard about Wagon R+ a frantic stool. This nickname exactly conveys the emotional perception of the car. He is all such ... however, you can’t say in a word.
The tall door shut up loudly, and I found myself in a small office. I tried to remember where the last time I sat so right in a mini-van or on the bus. Here you can easily turn the whole body to the exit, and your legs will never hurt. However, this does not need a step sideways, and you are on the street (or, conversely, in the cabin).
Despite the miniature size of the trailer, the most tall (195 cm) and by no means a thin colleague on the front seats seemed freer than in the related Suzuki Liana. He also fit on the rear without difficulty, when a man of medium height was sitting in front of him. And now attention! A 3.5-meter car has a trunk more than nine, and accelerates to a hundred faster than eight-valve ten. Now it’s clear why Milashka was given such a nickname.
 
Yes, he is still
And all -wheel drive! Surprised? Wagon R+ 4x4 will cost about $ 1,500 more than the front -wheel drive. As a rule, this is brought to order.
The all -wheel drive of the trailer with the viscousyft on the cardan twisting the rear wheels when the front slipping. On an empty country road at low speed, even a controlled skid manages (while the motor is enough traction for such a maneuver).
The main advantage of Vagon’s all -wheel drive R+ is the ability to go along the snow -sprinkled roads, icing lifts and, of course, city snow porridge. Passers -by and passes are sincerely surprised when this box boldly dives into a snowdrift next to the Niva, and then, without particularly straining, she herself selected on the asphalt and
 
And leaving
In the parking lots and next to them Suzuki is the main character. It unfolds into one trick where the others are two or three, has excellent visibility and provides the driver with a good sense of dimensions (though the rear janitor leaves an extensive unlocked area). And at a multi -seater parking, a short machine 1.8 m high (!) Can be seen from afar. On the city streets, the trailer pleases the convenient characteristic of the engine. It is probably strange to praise for a burden of a 1.3-liter engine, but we note: the car is confident in the stream when operating a motor in a range of 1,500,2500 rpm than not dignity.
But there is not enough elasticity on the suburban highway. Even with partial loading, the driver sometimes has to stick a fourth gear before overtaking, and with a full salon it becomes mandatory. It's nice that Suzuki and then remains rather quiet.
What can not be combed into the asset of Wagon R+is a hard suspension. But there was already another reason for praise an intelligent electrical power, endowing a light and fast steering wheel for feedback. The governing bodies as a whole correspond to the expected four with plus. The gear shift mechanism is not enough clarity, but the brakes with good feedback. We will use them: cool the ardor, stand somewhere aside and ...
Let's look around
Two of the three climate control wheels can not only be twisted, but also stretched out, including the air conditioning and heating the rear window. The light also turns on in the cabin ... Involuntarily, you will remember the Volga.
Pretty spacious niches are generously scattered along the cabin, there is even a container between the chair and the door is rare for babies. I did not immediately find an adjustment of the driver's seat in height: after all, it is located not on the left, like all cars, but on the right. Perhaps the seat of the right -hand drive car was too lazy to redo?
Here are also traces of someone else's luxury: when the ignition on the panel is turned on, among others, the ESP indication lights up, but there is no stabilization system on our wagon. It can be seen, indeed laziness, the engine of progress, even Japanese. Do not believe?
Here, for example, are the rear seats: how are they laid out in a regular car? Remove the headrest, throw off the pillow, lower the back and so on on both sides. And the Suzuki? Press the 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 ... That's it!
Vagon’s equipment R+ is the only one, but rich. This is clearly visible against the background of competitors. Electric drive mirrors, ABS and two pillows standard equipment. And in our car, the pillows turned out to be four all -wheel drive modifications sometimes get to the dealer in expanded configuration. Another plus in the offset of the trailer.
SUMMARY
Suzuki Wagon R ++ is more and more convenient than it seems at a distance. In combination with all -wheel drive, an almost perfect citizen.
+ A good characteristic of the motor, excellent visibility, easily transformed interior, rich basic equipment.
- hard work of the suspension, ergonomic flaws.
Alexander Budkin
Photo: George Sadkov
 
 

 

A source: The magazine "Driving"