Toyota Camry test drive since 2009 sedan
That the Russian is good
Representative, comfortable and spacious, Camrei was very fond of Russia. For sales, she has been inaccessible to any of more than two dozen competitors for a year now and is quite deserved. Just remember, a business class from Toyota is somewhat different from what European firms put into this concept. Hand on the pulse
In Russia, a large Toyota is so popular that even regular, once every six months, the increase in Kamri prices for a long time passed as if unnoticed. Despite everything, every month it was bought an average of two thousand pieces. Not all, however, to the cat Shrovetide. If a year ago, Kamri firmly held almost half of the business class market, then in the first months of 2008 its share decreased to 36.9%. The line, which has recently reached six months, is now reduced to two or three.
However, they still do not forget to follow the situation in the market in Toyota. As soon as interest in the car began to cool, they immediately tried to warm it up. In April, the dealers appeared Kamri collected in Shushara near St. Petersburg for 79109 thousand rubles. cheaper than before. So the car can lose leadership, except if in the summer they will very well accept the new thean. At the price of Nissan 838 500 rubles. For a 2.5-liter machine with a variator, this can happen. But for now
What is the price?
So far, Kamri is the best. Big business sedan for 790 thousand rubles. This is a gift by current standards. Double cheaper than any German model of the same class. The extensive list of basic equipment may be delighted at all. Judge for yourself: in addition to the generally accepted, a generous set of airbags and an electric package, there are options such as alarm, parking sensors, remote control not only of music and an on-board computer, but also by climate control on the steering wheel, a 6-disk chainger. When buying many European classmates, you will have to pay extra for all this.
The machine, namely with it, buy the lion's share of Kamri, also costs quite reasonable money 38,000 rubles. But the most interesting, Toyota may be even more profitable. With a surcharge of 49,000 rubles. The eleganes version has leather chairs with an electric drive of front adjustments, a digital sound processor and a more comfortable interior. Yes, for the only skin alone, sellers of prestigious German models will twice a minimum of twice!
True, the Japanese save on ESP. You can get a stabilization system only in prestige, which is still 47 thousand more expensive. In the load you will get very useful xenon headlights and a cruise control almost meaningless in our conditions. In general, $ 39 thousand per sedan of a Japanese brand with a similar level of goods is still quite acceptable money.
Only a chair with a leather trim has a pillow adjustment on the angle of inclination
Mirrors with backlighting in visors and a scores are laid for all Kamri
There are no air ducts for the rear passengers in the basic comfort
As a definitely profitable acquisition, a top suite can be considered. In terms of equipment, it is not much richer than prestige: the rear sunglassic curtain, more wood in the cabin and the back of the sofa adjustable along the angle of inclination. But the main trump card of such a Toyota is hidden under the hood of a 3.5-liter V-shaped six of 277 liters. With. Machines of the same capacity at a price of $ 46 thousand today no one else offers.
And the last. Excellent understanding that in Russia, Camrei was not appreciated least for a purebred Japanese origin, our cars collected for some time will be sold together with imported ones. One price! Of course, in such a situation, most buyers would like to get a foreign car. True, it will not work to order a Japanese woman if you do not know one secret. In Shushara, only the four most running flowers are collected: black, silver, gray and turquoise. And there are nine of them. The Russian palette will be expanded, but most likely only next year. Hence the conclusion: red, blue, golden, dark blue or white Kamri will deliver you from Japan itself.
List of standard equipment
Fulfillment comfort:
. ABS with electronic distribution of effort and emergency braking amplifier
. 6 airbags
. Active head restraints in front
. Adjustment of the front seats in height
. Headlight washer (only with automatic transmission)
. Make -up mirrors in visors
. Oblast
. Leather steering wheel and lever KP
. Central Castle with DU
. Signaling
. 2-zone climate control with DU on the steering wheel
. MP3 Magnetol with a 6-disk chainer
. Parkestronics in front and back
. Rain and light sensors
. Electric windows
. On-board computer
. Heating the front seats
. Electric drive adjustment and folding heated mirrors
. The steering wheel with an amplifier adjustable in length and angle
. Velor salon
. Light alloy wheels R16, tires 215/60 R16
. Front and rear mudguards
. Full -size spare wheel on a light alloy disk
Eleganes additionally:
. Leather salon (dark gray or beige)
. Adjustment of the driver's seat on the angle of inclination
. Digital sound processor mp3-magnetic
. The length of the central armrest adjustable in length
. Air ducts for passengers of the sofa
. Electric drive of the front seats
Prestige additionally:
. Xenon headlights with washer
. Cruise control
. The system of dynamic stabilization
Lux is additionally (only with a 3.5 l engine):
. Rolling the steering wheel and gearbox lever
. The back sunscreen
. Adjustment on the angle of inclination of separate in the ratio of 2/3 of the back of the sofa
. 6-speed automatic transmission
Outside Outwardly, the car has not changed at all since the debut two years ago. And besides the Russian Vin-number, this silver sedan does not seem to give itself out: smooth gaps of body panels, solidly laid seals, uniform layers of paint and varnish have nothing to complain about. Savings on matches, such as unpainted mirrors or door handles, are still not allowed in Toyota. Naturally, there are also those details without which the respectable car of light alloy wheels, light tinting of glasses, fog lights, neat stripes of chromium on the doors and the radiator grill are unthinkable today.
Nevertheless, who is looking for, he will definitely at least something, but find: in the color of the lower part of the doors, shagren was found. How she will survive the first Russian winter issue open. In fairness, it is worth noting that the flaw of the color was revealed only on two of four with the addiction of the examined vehicles of the domestic assembly.
There are no more production jambs in Kamri. Another thing is the minuses that are not suitable for the class, which were found in the cabin.
And inside
The car key always looks like his business card. The model, claiming prestige, should correspond to the status. You can’t say this about Kamri’s simple key with an iron sting. But even Yaris has a launch system with a button, but in the business sedan, the Japanese for some reason considered it an unnecessary luxury. The salon, I must admit, has generally become an article of savings, especially if we are talking about the basic version of comfort.
Yes, there is something to praise the car. The doors are widely opened, there are no problems with the landing on the sofa adult eighty meter in the second row, throwing the leg on the leg. The sofa is soft, there is a central armrest and a pair of cup holders, and ashtrays in the upholstery of the doors will probably be useful to smokers. But on this the amenities for passengers of the sofa and end.
But they will have to put up with the lack of pockets in the doors and the scarlet inserts under a tree, which is no longer anywhere in the cabin. Instead of climate control ducts, a gaping hole in the back of the central armrest. No sockets in order to recharge the laptop, no individual lighting plafones, nor sunscreens on the windows. And why on the armrests of doors not distinguished by the wear resistance of velor? Transparent glass panels on the central console are acceptable for the Corolla Versso, but it asks for something more built in Kamri's salon. Not in the best way fixed panels in the corners of the beard and not in the style of Toyota. And the handles of the radio and climatic from the plastic painted with silver, and even with the play of the axes and completely nonsense.
Large mirrors, comfortable door handles, Kamri's pockets in upholstery can like at first sight
On the heating of the seats, only two positions saved the buttons. But how softly and noble the lids of the cup holders and boxing open!
The washer washer is turned on with a separate button. In winter, this will help to spend more economically non -freezing
The glove box is shallow, but wide and closes with a key
Spacious sofa to match the representatives of the representative class
Such a box will easily interfere not only a compact camera, but also from half a dozen CD-disks
Those who are accustomed to aristocratism of the best European machines will not understand such savings. But it is worth introducing Kamri to the two sizes that has grown by two sizes, with a profitable one, only 2530% at a greater price, and everything will fall into place. Inexpensive, spacious and generally soundly. In addition, as we have already said, there is a direct sense to pay for a leather interior in this case the driver’s place will be even more convenient and ergonomic.
Behind the wheel
True, if for some reason you prefer a mechanical gearbox, a leather salon will not be able to get a fixed configuration. It's a pity. Despite the common opinion that few people with a pen are needed, Kamri-2,4 MT takes 150180 owners every month.
So first about such Toyota. The engine will start only if, before turning the key, squeeze the clutch pedal. An experienced driver will do this out of habit. In winter, the motor is so, by the way, the crankshaft is easier to scroll. The location of the pedals and levers, the efforts of them do not raise questions. Unless the moves of the lever box could be shorter. Thanks to a fairly high landing and large side mirrors with visibility, everything is in order. Yes, and parking sensors in front and behind will be a good assistant.
In an armchair, a driver is easily arranged in a ninety meter tall: a range of longitudinal movements 23 cm and 6 cm in height. Nevertheless, the pillow lacks adjustment on the angle of inclination without it, the right leg on the gas pedal does not receive the necessary support in the thigh. There is no strict lumbar support. And the armrest is, in fact, only the box is not adjusted either in length or in height.
The correct armrest, a chair with all the necessary adjustments is in the Eleans version. Moreover, the height of the lumbar roller can be changed using an electric drive. He sat down comfortably, the skin, electric drives relaxed, the machine gun in such an environment is easier to notice the remaining advantages of the Toyota salon. Dear -looking, a well -readable panel of instrument with a profile of optitron, quiet and effective climatic, which can be controlled without tearing hands from the steering wheel. I liked how sedately, the lids of the cup holders and hiding places on the central console and the tunnel openly open. By the way, elegans have air ducts for the rear passengers. And it is in such a salon that it becomes clear that they love Kamri in Russia not only for an affordable price. Eh, the on -board computer would have been taught the Russian language, as, for example, on a focus.
Governing bodies
1. Block of electric windows. 2. Blocking buttons of the central lock and electric windows. 3. The remote control for mirrors. 4. The parking brake pedal. 5. The buttons DU radio. 6. The buttons of the speckle climate control. 7. The board computer control button. 8. Cruise control lever. 9. Clock. 10. The alarm switch. 11. Block radio and MP3 magnetols. 12. Climate control unit. 13. The lid of the front panel cache. 14. Coicier. 15. The cover of an ashtray. 16. The buttons to turn on the heating of the seats. 17. The cover of the block of the cup holders.
Dashboard
1. Signal lamp blocks. 2. The indicator of the temperature of the coolant. 3. Tachometer. 4. Indicator of the operating mode of automatic transmission. 5. Speedometer. 6. Board comprehensive display. 7. Fuel level indicator. 8. The button of the outline of the odometer and adjusting the backlight intensity.
We load the suitcases
But the pros and cons of the trunk, whatever version, will remain unchanged. People who were responsible for its arrangement seemed to work a lot on the principle, satisfying, but in no case is expensive. The main trump card of the cargo department is a capacity. Take away the three tops of the largest size, while also shinging in the corners of weighty backpacks this please. But with ease of use, just trouble. Corners in the trunk as in the maze. Massive hinges of the lids can mate the luggage. And horizontal torsions of the lid should be hidden under the upholstery. Not a Lada, in fact.
You can open the hold in three ways. Pulling the lever in the cabin, pressing the button on the key fob or turning the key in the keyhole on the lid. But who prevented the outer handle that would unlock the lock without a keyboard?
One way to open the trunk is extremely simple, but not always convenient
The part of the jack was attached to the trunk floor cheap and cheerful
A small luggage can be securely fixed at the posterior wall of the trunk with a grid
Under the floor, a full -fledged stock on a cast disk. Thank you very much for Toyota. But the Paul Plywood itself, covered with a layer of fiber fabric. To fold part of the back, you need to pull the handle to which the cable is attached is convenient. In details, however, a puncture again. On our car, the drive of the left side of the back worked perfectly, and did not pull the right pull, did not work.
Car dimensions, mm
Salon dimensions, mm
Safety
In the rest of Europe, Kamri is not sold, therefore, the car did not participate in the Euroncap tests. But her level of security is still very worthy. In American crash tests, USncap Toyota received 5 stars. Moreover, you have the right to count on decent protection not only with the front and lateral strikes of the car a hard body, programmable safety zones, four pillows and inflatable curtains above the windows, five full -fledged head restraints. And in the front seats a system of protection against a woven blow is intended, designed to protect the cervical vertebrae from injuries.
For attaching children's seats on the couch there are an isofix loops. The right front pillow is turned off. Do not forget to do this if you are going to carry the child in the armchair with a back forward.
Having tried how powerfully, Camrei can inhibit intensively, do not get carried away with a reduction in the distance to the walking cars in front. According to the results of our measurements, in order to urgently stop with 100 km/h, it took a large Toyota 42.9 m. Today there are many European models that have enough 3840 meters in this situation. However, tires play a traditionally important role here.
On the roads Are you not going to zeal at speed? And right. In this case, you will live with Kamri the soul in the soul. Moreover, with a 2.4-liter engine and mechanics, it is also noisy with temperamental races. It is worth the arrow of the tachometer to approach 4000 (and the engine is spinning so that you don’t have time to blink your eye!), As the sound of the motor will violate the idyll still in the cabin. But if you do not pay attention to the noise, then even 150160 km/h the machine will remain assertive. Changed phases of gas distribution, properly selected gears in the box all this easily allows you to leave the flow of cars behind in the traffic light of the spurt. What Russian, as they say, does not like
With the Kamri-2,4 automatic machine, it gives less reasons to remember hard fines for speeding. She starts equally briskly and fast up to 7080 km/h, but then noticeably wither. The automatic electronics, trying to adapt to your driving style, can only slightly reduce the response time to press the gas pedal and switching. And the programs in the box are selected for sharp accelerations in far from the best way. A hundred travels to the second car, in the third 150 km/h. So, at 80 km/h, with a kik downs, the automatic transmission can turn on with the fifth third, or maybe the second. To get used to this Czech is not easy. And already at 140 km/h, the speed set is far from so lively as it has the right to demand from the 167-horsepower engine.
But it is worth pushing the right pedal no more than half, and switching will be prolonged25003000 rpm. The steps in this case change completely imperceptibly. Acceleration becomes a little less assertive, but it occurs in almost complete silence. An unhurried, measured ride is best suited to the car.
The suspension of all modifications is also tuned to comfort, and its energy intensity is worthy of luxury models. The car reports on potholes the size of a soccer ball only with light slap of wheels, lying policemen can be completely painlessly overcome at speeds much larger than most cars permissible. The steering wheel is no longer acute, and the amplifier is too zealous. The rolls in corners are small. With the sound insulation of the bottom of the car, everything is also in order: a layer of mastic, plastic shelters, and in the rear wheel arches there are also felt lining. In the general stream in the city, the driver can whisper with a sofa passenger in a whisper.
However, it will be difficult for you to resist the temptation and driving slowly on a 277-horsepower car. Such Camrei constantly pushes to press the gas a little stronger. The machine gun has 6-speed, in which the programs are selected much better, and the thrust is good for 300 nm to revel in powerful overclocking. Forty or one hundred and forty on the speedometer does not matter, the car rushes forward, like a frenzied hound behind a hare.
It is very correct that the system of dynamic stabilization for Kamri-V6 basic equipment. The motor works extremely quietly, and you do not notice speeds. So the risk is serene to enter the turn much faster than you can, is very great. But you also will not have time to get scared, like electronics, slowing down the wheels and settling engine speed, will help to season your nose along a safe trajectory.
It was also pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of a 6-cylinder engine. On average, he drinks 13 liters of the 95th per hundred, approximately for a liter and a half less (yes, this is not a reservation, really less!) Than 2.4 AT. Moreover, the Toyota flight comprehensive case can be believed.
Engine
1. Clot of the glass of the glass gunner. 2. Expansion tank of the cooling system. 3. The tank of the steering amplifier system. 4. The oil -packed engine cork. 5. A probe of oil level in the engine. 6. Air filter case. 7. The tank of the main brake cylinder. 8. Battery battery.
And without them
It is better to forget about the current Camreid about sorties to nature. From the surface of the road to the subframe in front, the details of the rear suspension and muffler are only 15 cm less than the predecessor had. And if they put a steel protection of the crankcase, which is very useful in our conditions, then the clearance will decrease by another 15 mm. In addition, it does not contribute to frequent congresses from asphalt a long, rather low front overhanx.
However, the car does not lie on the road, like other German models with sports marty. Yes, and the wheels of a 60 percent profile allow us to travel to our pardons painlessly.
Operation, service
This is not to say that the costs of the planned TO for Kamri are too ruined. Yes, already in three years they will be 22.5 times higher compared to the most profitable French machines in this part. But approximately the same number of Korean models or, say, Volvo-S80: each odd TO is about 5000, each even 8500 rubles. Nevertheless, your costs could be at least one and a half times less, do not order Toyota to visit the service every 10,000 km.
On versions with an automatic machine, about once every 20 thousand km, it comes to change the brake pads. Together with the work, the front alone will force to fork out almost 5,000 rubles. As the run increases, the number of consumables is traditionally increased.
Tires for Kamri St. Petersburg assembly are supplied by the Michelin plant near Moscow
As a result, Kamri is more burdensome than direct Japanese competitors of Thana and Galant. But warranty obligations for 3 years or 100 thousand kilometers are spelled out without pitfalls, as, say, from Korean firms or Mitsubishi.
The queues for the service in Toyota almost won. You can find a dealer that will accept the very next day. More than 60 official centers are engaged in maintenance and repair of cars in Russia. There are 11 of them in Moscow, in St. Petersburg 5, and each has more than a dozen repair posts.
We liked
A solid appearance
Work of a 6-speed machine
Spacious rear sofa
As well as:
Profitable price
Great sound insulation
Generous basic equipment
Excellent smoothness
Economical and powerful 277-horsepower V6
Arrangement of the cabin with leather trim
We didn't like it
Unfinished trunk with budget decisions in the decoration
Anglo -speaking flight compartment dangling in the guides of the armrest cover
As well as:
Oblasts of painting St. Petersburg cars
Lack of adjustment on the angle of inclination of the pillow with a fabric finish
Toyota Camry 2.4 AT (3.5 AT)
common data
Body, number of places/doors
Sedan, 5/4
Equipped mass, kg
1525 (1610)
Speed, km/h
205 (230)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
10.2 (7.4)
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
7.8/13.6 (7.4/14.1)
Fuel supply, l
70
Engine
Location
Front transversely
Design
gasoline, 4-cyl., Row, (6-cyl. V-shaped) with two upper camshafts
The number of valves per cylinder
four
Diam. cylinder x Piston stroke, mm
88.5x96 (94x83)
Working volume, SMZ
2362 (3456)
Compression ratio
9.8: 1 (10.8: 1)
Power, L.S. at rpm
167/6000 (277/6200)
Torque, kgsm at rpm
22/4000 (35/4700)
Chassis
Drive unit
On the front wheels
Transmission
5 (6) -st. Automatic
Gear rates I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Z.Kh.
3.5; 2.1; 1.3; 0.97; 0.73; -; 3.58
(3,3; 1,9; 1,4; 1,0; 0,7; 0,6; 4,2)
main gear
3.94 (3.7)
Suspension:
Independent, spring
front
At the racks of McEferson
behind
Mollycent
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
Tires
215/60 R16
Car
from 6.86 rubles/km
Prices for spare parts and then, rub
TO1 (10,000 km) 4582-5507
TO2 (20,000 km) 8200-9096
TO3 (30,000 km) 4582-5507
TO4 (40,000 km) 8500-16 140
Oil filter 386
Air filter (engine) 880
Air filter (salon) 1450
Spark plug (1 pc.) 590
Front brake pads/rear 3600/2300
Tip of steering thrust 2546
Ball support 2368
Front shock absorber/rear 4144/5000
Front/rear wing 6304/11 917
Hood 16 840
Front/back door 15 562/14 060
Front bumper assembly 18 191
Rear bumper assembly 21 076
Windshield with a seal 13 145
Side glass 2903
Farah assembly 14 575
Rear lamp assembly 3718
We decided:
The machine cannot boast filigree accuracy of the interior assembly, outstanding finishing materials or honed controllability. But all this is more than paying off good equipment, much more affordable than most European classmates, at the price, as well as Japanese quality and reliability. Just do not save on a leather salon.
Alexey Sergeev, photo Maxim Goncharov and Vadim Mikhaleva
Source: Magazine buy a car [06/2008]
