Toyota Avensis test drive since 2009 sedan

Butterfly Effect

Toyota Avensis III: inspired pragmatism
Before the butterfly, having made the wings of the beac-beac-beac-beacle, it will flut out, it will visit both a mundane larva, and in its own harmonious, but emotionally buttoned with a doll on all the buttons.

Toyota Avensis to its third embodiment completed a full cycle of mysterious degenerations.

Mark on the Italian radar
Each Italian has a radar in his head. And there is no terrible military secret, because this radar does not react to the flying of nuclear warheads or reconnaissance aircraft. The radar of the inhabitants of the Mediterranean boot works in the frequency range of beauty. Beautiful women Ma Che Bella!, Clothing, architecture, art items light a light in the eyes of Italians, an indicator of detecting a target worthy of the costs of ENEY emotional and/or material resources. Cars in this regard are no exception. And Toyota was pretty risked by arranging an Avensis III test not just in Italy, but in its Fashion capital, Milan. I remember that during the static presentation of the previous Avensis, the Roman taxi driver (the mouth of these workers of the steering wheel, as well as the mouth of the baby, speaks the truth) to the question of the attitude to Toyota cars, squeezed out something about their reliability. But only. Times are changing, and Toyota models change with them.

To say that Avensis III attracted the crowds of Milanians would be overexposure. But the heads of Aborigines often turned after the car, and in the words of the faces it was clearly hooked and surprised. Toyota? Avensis ??? Glory to the goddess of the Sun Amateras, the continuity of the style in the Japanese car tradition of the third thing, and the designers of the Toyota studio ED2 in Nice, no one loaded the Tsu, how to modernize Styling Avensis II. If it happened otherwise, the successor is possible, after many classmates would have swollen to business gabarits from a sense of their own overwhelming, and a fashionable and as appropriate as a saddler on the greenhouse, a sharp substetrician, fell on the cow's cow. Such a car is perhaps hunting, but it is not given a pegas.

Avensis III that in the guise of a sedan, that the station wagon flies. Two like a butterfly pairs of wings. One radiator grille with the strips will aim. The second headlights resembling mahano tails. The singing supports all the plastic of a slightly elongated and expanded body. Who will now say that Avensis, even taking into account the saaboid hood, sings from someone else's voice? The designers had a rather thin hearing, so as not to fastech in the little things. Instead, as if, as if at the entrance to the booth, to hang out the garlands of the rear LED dimensions, with the help of the diffusers they curl in spectacular, as if hot double spirals that give a feeling of heat. No, Avensis III looks so comme il faut that the Russian admirers of the model, which previously put it for its sophistication and style, are lower than, say, for comfort and pleasure from driving, now with a light heart they can raise grades for artistry.

The interior will not deceive the expectations of mature people who can appreciate the convenience of classic, solid things. Here, Avensis III follows the traditions laid down by the predecessor, but gives it a modern interpretation. So, the decor for a polished tree replaced the inserts for blackened metal, titanium or takesum (bamboo coal). And no pseudoaluminia on the central console, as well as color cacophony of displays on the dashboard! The three-spoke steering wheel with a combined core and the start/shutdown button (from the 4th level of Russian configuration) of the engine are those stylish accessories that are sufficient and appropriate to emphasize the excellent form gained by Avensis.

Nevertheless, beauty is inferior if it does not require sacrifice. For the elegant and at the same time, the energetic profile of Avensis III with the body sedan is charged in a triple size. The model never differed in the height of the cabin, and now, after the superstructure of the foundation of the seats (for the sake of ease of landing/landing), the curst of the ceiling, which was distracted from behind, will clearly feel especially placed behind. The heavily litter feed glass allows only to guess about what is happening in the rear (now the headrests of the head restraints are not in the back of the sofa is not a panacea), but the parking sensors, like the rear view video camera, are available in our market only in the top -end of the six -fixed triggers finally truncated trunk ledge turned out to be compressed by the compression of the nominal volume Coffra for 11 liters. No, the new Avensis certainly fluttered from the cell of wingless pragmatism from the cells he has been living by his ancestors. Takashi Yamamoto, the chief engineer of the project, noted: Europeans love their eyes, and this was accepted as a target designation. The Italian radar recorded: the goal is amazed.


The rear passengers will be surprised to learn that the model base is far from the largest in the class: there are enough space for legs. The lack of a floor tunnel sitting in the center of the sofa will appreciate

The ceiling is practical
So let's drink that each of us, no matter how important the project he is engaged, is never interrupted by common sense! The collector of managerial folklore would surely take a toast on a pencil, which could be uttered by someone from the Avensis III production managers at the banquet on the occasion of the surrender of the facility. Any model has its own practical ceiling, the height of the study, which is still technically possible to rise above, but business strategists have no desire. For Avensis III, the rule of reasonable sufficiency is perhaps tougher than for the main competitors who are often European or world flagships of their companies. The leaders of Toyota Motor Chicks Premium Lexus Gnesz, and they provide an internal regime of a pure sky.

The gap between the practical ceiling of Avensis III and the Lexus Echelon is noticeable. Under a wide saucer of the hood, you least want to find a regular support, and the lid of the trunk of the sedan is unnaturally light for a solid car. The adjustment ranges of the steering column in two planes are limited, while the levers under the lamb are somehow clumsy. And the violinist hardly feels the moment of turning on the climate installation modes: so babies of smooth buttons on the central console. We will have to, looking up from the road, make sure the display was a team. But all this, like the absence of deflectors of the ventilation system in the rear of the cabin, is acceptable for the D-class. Moveton Front Kamushkov in the wheel arches, which turned out to be the only gap in the coin of noise insulation of the model.

However, for Avensis III, the fraction of ballast is not fatal. The car has lifting force, sufficient to deprive competitors of advantage in the height of the technological flight. Already in the basic Russian package of comfort (a sedan with a 1.6-liter engine), among other things, the air conditioning, heating seats, an audio system with an MP3-player, an electromechanical parking brake, 7 eirbegs and active front head restraints. From the next step, comfort plus (sedan with a 1.8-liter engine/μP6) an advanced VSC+stabilization system is available. Then there are a two-zone climate control, rain and lighting sensors, a smart key, the servo drives of the front seats and the steering column, a turning bixenon, a navigator with a sensory display, an interface of Bluetooth, as well as an audio system with 11 speakers and a hard drive of the server. The list can be continued

What is valuable, for Hi-Tech filling are not forgotten simple, but from this no less necessary things. The washer of the headlights turns on a separate rarity! button, which allows you to save non -freezing. Sedans in the top complexing are laid by sunscreen curtains of feed and rear lateral glasses. All Avensis III in Russian are equipped with a full -sized stock that does not eat the volume of the trunk. Practicality only increases the already impressive practical ceiling of Avensis III.


Variator modes are displayed on the dashboard


The flight is normal!
Traffic jams on the roads will soon deprive of any meaning of the test drive. The value will remain the only parameter of the convenience of planting the driver. Here Avensis III is on top: it is easy to feel yourself driving at ease. Competitors with gasoline engines will have to be hard. Their ambitions are the new four Toyota (diesel versions of Avensis, which again pass Russia, I will leave the brackets) to the Earth using Valvematic technology, which pumps into an equal and less working volume more power and thrust. Ford Mondeo and VW Passat with 1.6-liter engines, like Mazda6 with a base 1.8-liter engine, is useless to play catch-ups with Avensis 1.6 Valvematic. The starting version of the starting version added the most weighty +22 liter in the dedication. p./ +10 nm. It is enough to step on the heels (the difference in time of acceleration to a hundred more important in our conditions than the maximum speed, only 0.5 s) two -liter Mondeo and Mazda6 with mechanics! Yes, Avensis 1.6 Valvematic, for sure, is not grandfather's option.

Nevertheless, there is an occasion to prefer a version with a 1.8-liter engine (reached a power of 2.0? Liter four of the previous Avensis). More precisely, two reasons: in addition to the variety of Russian packages, this is the possibility of choosing a Multidrive S variator, which replaced classic machines with gasoline Avensis. Such a transmission is not just more than even an advanced manual transmission, it goes to a solid car, it is really good. The second difference in a sprint of 0-100 km/h has not become a problem. Nostalgia on a regular handle will finally disappear, barely press the Sport button next to the variator selector. The result is obvious! At the dispersal, the variator will walk as low as possible along the seven -speed staircase of virtual transmissions, work them to the maximum, and the easily sold power supply under the right foot will remain even at auto -track speeds. Searching more complex ways can sort through the gears of the selector. A pleasant surprise that pierced the sound insulation has a vigorous, with character, the voice of the motor.

Oddly enough, for all these pleasures you will have to pay a very moderate consumption of gasoline, which is very useful with a non -record volume of the fuel tank. A quick, but incompetent Mahaon slaps wings in amazement: he is a frequent guest at a flower dressing. From lyrics to business! Avensis with a 2.0-liter engine also remembered appetite, and yet it will be more difficult for it to justify its higher price, now having the minimum superiority before the average brother in power (152 VS 147 hp) and dynamics (10 VS 10.4 C/205 VS 200 km/h).

Is Avensis III comfortable on the go? Clarity will come in the spring, when we test at home the version with increased (initial, 140 mm, not small) clearance and suspension package for bad roads intended for our market. The medium -sized potholes in the Milan asphalt spoke with a loaf of the euro suspension chosen, which, however, did not knock down the car from the course. And before, a high margin of stability of the chassis, as well as adequate, well -predicted brake operation, remains Avensis trump card. Ailles that lubricated the impressions of driving went into the past. The new generation model is less fucked in corners, and the steering electric power steering that completely replaced the hydraulics reached the degree of perfection when the immunity of the helm to the road flaws is combined with excellent informativeness. In a word, becoming more interesting, Avensis handling is more reliable than ever. It is doubly difficult for competitors who have not managed to stole the previous Avensis (in Europe and even more so in Russia in the leaders of the segment), it is doubly difficult to do with the new Shmyak-Sshmyak-Schmyak and Nyam-NOM-NOM. Having been fed with rationality, Toyota Avensis now knows how to fly on bright wings of emotions and high technologies.

Engine
petrol; L4; working volume 1798 cm3; Maximum power 147 hp at 6400 about/min.; maximum moment 180 nm at 4000 rpm; Mechanical gearbox 6-STI./Variator Multidrive S. Front drive. Maximum speed 200 km/h. Acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h 9.4/10.4* (9.7/10.7*) ** s. The average fuel consumption is 6.5/6.7* (6.6/6.7*) ** l/100 km.
Dimensions:
length 4695 (4765) ** mm; width 1810 mm; height 1480 mm; Wheel base 2700 mm. Clearance 140 mm ***. The volume of the trunk/cargo compartment is 509 ... ** l. The volume of the fuel tank is 60 liters. Equipped mass 1370/1405* (1405/1430*) ** kg. Tires 215/55 R17 ****.
The price of the basic version in Russia n. D.
*With a Multidrive S ** variator for a Tourer version with a universal body *** with a standard suspension for the European market **** on a tested car


Close in spirit
The first among equals

Ford mondeo 2.0 sedan
Dimensions/base, mm4844x1886x1500/2850 clearance, mm130 working volume L4, cm31999 Power, l.S./vol./Min145/6000 traction, nm/vol./Min185/4500 Box of transmission of acceleration up to 100 km/h, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9, C9 9 maximum speed, km/h210 The average fuel consumption, l/100 km7.9 volume of trunk, l493 * volume of fuel tank, l70 equipped mass, kg1402 price of the basic version in Russia, rub. 625 300 * with a full -sized spare wheel

Mazda6 2.0 sedan
Dimensions/base, mm4755x1795x1440/2725 clearance, mm165 operating volume L4, cm31999 power, l.S./vol./Min147/6500 thrust, nm/vol./Min184/4000 Box of transmitting member/automatical control time to 100 km/h, C9.9 (10.8)* maximum speed, km/h214 (204)* The average fuel consumption, l/100 km7.0 (7.7)* volume of the fuel tank, l64 volume of trunk, l519 equipped mass, kg1295 (1320 )* The price of the basic version in Russia, rub. 866,000 (910,000)** with automatic transmission5

Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSI sedan
Dimensions/base, mm4765x1820x1472/2709 clearance, mm114 operating volume L4 Turbo, cm31798 power, l.S./vol./Min160/5000 traction, nm/Min250/1500 Box of transfers/automatical time up to 100 km/h to 100 km/h. , C8.6 (9.0)* maximum speed, km/h220 (215)* The average fuel consumption, l/100 km7.6 (8.2)* volume of the fuel tank, l70 volume of trunk, L565-1091 Equipped mass, KG1417 (1439)* The price of the basic version in Russia, rub. 795 275 (864 859)** with automatic transmission

Toyota Avensis III
Body
The Toyota Auris platform is based, but the base is stretched to the same size as the Avensis II, and the front and rear ruts are expanded by 45/30 mm compared to the latter. Steel -bearing body. The task of significantly increasing its rigidity was not set, since the second -generation model has already reached the level that suits engineers (+40% VS Avensis I). The coefficient of the aerodynamic resistance of the sedan and the station wagon former (0.28/0.29).


Engines
Avensis III received the gamut of new atmospheric fours of the Valvematic family with a working volume of 1.6/1.8/2.0 liters (a 2.4-liter motor in the lists is no longer listed). In addition to the phasor -breeders at the inlet and release, these motors have a mechanism for adjusting the rise of the inlet valves and creating the effect of resonant boost of the inlet collector of variable lengths. Due to the best mixture of formation, it was possible to raise the power by 320% while reducing the consumption of gasoline. In the European market, the model is also represented with three turbodiesels (126/150/177 hp) with a total fuel line, which is raised from 1800 to 2000 bar. All solids correspond to EURO 5, while the Euro 4 gasoline motors.


Transmission
The base for versions with gasoline engines is now not a manual transmission5, but a manual transmission. An increase in the number of gears for the sake of increasing efficiency is supplemented by grinding the switching mechanism to improve the smoothness of work. For versions with 1.8- and 2.0-liter engines, the Multidrive S variator has two automatic ordinary and sports modes, as well as manual. The advanced variator software allows him to adapt to different conditions of movement and eliminates the problem of engine hanging in an acoustic discomfort zone of increased revolutions characteristic of transmissions of this type. Diesel versions are equipped with MKP6, and a 150-horsepower engine can also be combined with a new, six-band automatic transmission of a classic type.


Suspension, steering, brakes
The stabilization system VSC+ directed effort on the steering wheel will tell the driver where to take the steering wheel to counteract demolition/skidding

The complex of generally accepted devices of active security is complemented by the VSC+ stabilization system with the automatic steering function to neutralize demolition/drift. The improved energy -absorbing frame of the body increases the degree of security of passengers in the accident. Like Avensis II, seven eirbegs, active head restraints of the front seats, and injuries of brake pedals and adhesion also provide passive safety. Already Avensis II has earned the maximum EURONCAP rating for the security of adult passengers, but the model did not flash in children's and pedestrian crash tests. Now the Toyotovites hope that Avensis III will receive the highest assessment, calculated by a new, complex methodology that has been operating since February 2009


Style
Toyota's branded nose crawled down a little down, but from this his expressiveness did not lose
The front stand is spectacular and smoothly joined with the horizontal surface of the hood and the front wing
The sidewall may seem flat, but this sensation will level the wide shelf of the window sill
From this angle, the relief of the rear wheel arch may seem too inflated
Branded bilateral cladding does not shine with expressiveness, but will be remembered quickly
On the front arches, the wheel reassignment of the relief is invisible and, moreover, looks even elegant
Similar decorations of the sidewalls become an element of corporate identity.
Now it has it and Avensis has variations on the theme of aerodynamic diffuser look like a mandatory scream of a modern automobile
The rear lighting technique is expressive and beautifully cut into the back of the body

In an interview, the head of the Nissan, Schiro Nakamura, said that he would also attribute the traditional peremptory of views on the design of Toyota managers to the specific features of Japanese automobile design. In how really, the features of the Toyota style, which seems to our euro -eye to too unemotional or even boring, is in essence a rule or a taboo. For them, probably, people who wear the kimono of deep autumn flowers are well lived (in Japan the biggest life expectancy!). However, the new Avensis is forced to focus on Europe, and, most importantly, on the market of America, where you need to look fit and young not only due to the crisis. So the style has to live in a new way. It is curious that the new Avensis has not yet become the right of Nakamura San. The national flagship must act without fuss and even if you change the course, then smoothly, with dignity. Which is happening.
The front stand is spectacular and smoothly joined with the horizontal surface of the hood and the front wing

Text Mikhail Kozlov


 

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