Toyota Camry test drive since 2009 sedan
Toyota Camry against Toyota Camry, Russian assembly against Japanese. Who will win?
Ten test days, one and a half thousand kilometers on the road, about 200 liters of gasoline and many, many man-hours of all the means we needed to compare two identical, at first glance, cars: Toyota against Toyota, Camry against Camry ... True, The first with a Japanese passport, and the second with Russian. Camry’s popularity today is already indecent. But I will say. In general, initially we wanted to compare top modifications with an excellent 3.5-liter V6, but fate looked at our intentions from a different angle. And she ordered that the testing machine was stolen from the fleet! Popularity! I had to be content with 2.4-liter cars. However, for this test, the engine is a third -rate thing ...
The first Japanese, in black. I sit down, look around. Do I need to check the quality in the original sample, nevertheless, the car came from its homeland? But there, they say, the spirit of old Sakichi is still hovering over the plant. And he comes to the collector who allowed the conveyor on the conveyor, he comes in the form of a nightmare. It is now clear why the salon is flawless. The only thing that is still slightly annoying the disgusting imitation of a tree. Well, it does not fit with a turquoise beard! But this is not related to the quality of the laws of the genre of affordable business class. And soon I get used to the tree. Like Camry itself.
It is now clear why the people with such appetite consumes this dish from the Toyota menu, the machine has a special energy and sets the driver in a complacent-successful way! Camry has excellent sound insulation, cool smoothness. And the power of the 2.4-liter engine, as it turned out, is enough. The black sedan cheerfully gains speed and allows you to feel in the stream, if not by the president, then the highest level official for sure. But thoughts about V6 do not leave their heads ... Camry is addictive. She cannot be understood in a day, to feel in two. But if you had a chance to travel on it for at least a week categorically do not want to part. It is difficult to leave a small comfortable world, which, moreover, everyone respects on the road. But I had to do it.
Fortunately, the castling was pleasant. I again found myself in the usual interior, which this time was put in a silver shell (like black, this is the best color for Camry). Hello, Russian Toyota!
Despite all the assurances of the company's representatives that there is no difference between Japanese and our cars, I rushed meticulously to study the salon. He climbed on him with a magnitude and a caliper, pulled the handles, opened the glass and clapped the doors. Then he went to a broken primer and listened for a long time. Will he sing? No. Silence is gold. Inspection of the body did not reveal any difference as a paintwork. As a result, after a series of inspections, I began to go crazy. It seemed to me that the car assembled under Peter is even better!
Why not? A little later, I jumped on chairs for a long time, which completely and completely Made in Russia. The chairs stubbornly did not want to give out their origin. Obviously, there was only one thing for them, like Japanese, there was not enough lateral support. The upholstery is leather, and in the ultimate turns you need to logically rest against what hit the knees and hold on to the steering wheel tighter.
Does Camry like to ride in incendiary? Yes, he loves, but as much as, for example, a deputy to run in between the debate up and down along the floors of the Duma. That is, Camry, of course, is able to do this, but whether she will have such a big question.
Camry horse in the balance sheet of comfort and controllability. She is quiet and floating, but at the same time she holds a straight line confidently. Moreover, regardless of the quality of the road. Even on a disgusting coating, it flies an arrow forward without moving. Zero is clear, and the driver does not strain.
Perestroika is also launched in ease of feedback when the steering wheel for small angles is provided with a provision. Yes, and at the limit everything is commendable and in transition is clear. The steering wheel successfully informs about the actions of the front wheels, and the car itself, despite the obvious rolls, clinging and blocking the tires, prescribes a turn with an unexpectedly high speed. Who said that deputies are not running up the stairs?
It turns out that the game is unlikely? Formally, this is not so. There is a difference in equipping cars, but it is superficial in nature and does not play any role. For example, tires. On the Japanese is Yokohama, here is the domestic Michelin. And those and others are completely civilian, dimension 215/55 R16. And I could not notice the indigenous differences in motion or on braking.
Outwardly, the Japanese woman, in addition to tires and labeling on glass (cheers, glasses are also ours!) You can identify a fastener eye rawarded behind the bumper on the left, with which the machine is fixed during transportation by sea. Of course, you can’t fit a trailer for it, but you can use the stuck transport when small towing. If you have a car with a mechanical checkpoint. But any towing is much more important that due to the start of sales of our cars, prices for all Camry fell by 9 percent. Japanese woman has great prospects. So far, the plant in Shushara can produce up to 20,000 cars annually, but for a couple of years, the Japanese plan to bring it to full capacity, and this is 50,000 cars a year! Also, over the next 8 years, the share of our components in Japanese machines will increase by another 30 percent. So further Russification of Camry is a matter of time.
In fact, if Toyota had suddenly decided to play me in the representative office of Toyota by giving me a Japanese car for a Russian, and vice versa, a joke would easily be a success. There is no difference between these machines. The quality is the same. Well, tires, marking and other small attributes do not count.
And further. Russia, of course, is a country with its well -known features in regard to the quality of work. But even we have the principles of assembling cars laid down by the legendary Toyoda did not fail. And this makes you believe in the best.
Specifications
Toyota Camry car
Length/width/height, mm 4 815/1 820/1 480
Wheel base, mm 2 775
Equipped mass, kg 1 525
Working engine volume, cubic meter. cm 2 491
Power, l. With. at rpm 167/6 000
Torque, NM at rpm 224/4,000
Fuel consumption in the city/on the track 13.6 l/7.8 liters
Fuel consumption in a mixed cycle of 9.9 liters
Gearbox automatic, 5-speed
Front brakes ventilated discs
Rear brakes non -premised wheels
Acceleration from scratch to hundreds of 10.2 seconds
Maximum speed 205 km/hour
The volume of the trunk is 535
Approximate prices for Toyota Camry of the previous and current generations in the secondary market of Russia
Toyota Camry, 2001-2005, Left steering wheel
In Moscow from 400,000 r
In Novosibirsk from 450,000 r
In Vladivostok from 450,000 r
Toyota Camry, 2006-, Left steering wheel
In Moscow from 650,000 r
In Novosibirsk from 750,000 r
In Vladivostok from 800,000 r
Toyota Camry, 2001-2005, right steering wheel
In Moscow from 390,000 r
In Novosibirsk from 420,000 r
In Vladivostok from 380,000 r
Toyota Camry, 2006-, right steering wheel
In Moscow from 770,000 r
In Novosibirsk from 770,000 r
In Vladivostok from 700,000 r
The cost of sending a car according to the railway from Vladivostok to Moscow and from Moscow to Vladivostok ranges from 50,000 to 74,300 rubles.
Source: Drom.ru
