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Old names, new cars! Is the bestseller of the Russian Toyota-Kamri market is ready to defend advanced positions in the fight against the latest Nissan-Thean and Skoda-Superb? Mikhail Gzovsky was looking for an answer on the roads of the training ground. Photo: Konstantin Yakubov.
Nissan Teana 2.5 l, 182 hp, a unavailable variator, Luxury equipment, 1 033 100 rubles.
Toyota Camry 2.4 L, 167 hp, 5-speed automatic, Prestige equipment, 932 500 rub.
Skoda Superb 1.8 liters, 160 hp, 6-speed mechanics, Elegance equipment, 1,112 510 rub.
Weapons of victory
After defeat in World War II, it was forbidden to develop and produce weapons. At first glance, this is a disaster for industrial and striving for independence of the state. Moreover, if the country has a situation with natural resources, as on the planet of Shelezyak from the cartoon. But the pessimists are shameful today by Japan is inhabited by robots, increased development of high technologies has brought the economy to leading positions in the world. The pronounced export orientation also contributed to this, including you and me.
In Russia, special measurements for cars of this price category: we do not separate the comfort and smoothness of the move from representative appearance. Kamri has all this in abundance. The landscape outside the windows changes, and you seem to travel on an air cushion. The lulling softness of the suspensions, the unobtrusive voice of the motor, the inconspicuous switching of the machine determine the driving manner. We will have time everywhere, we will achieve everything; We will eat debt pits, we will damp financial shakes
And if you go faster? It becomes obvious that customers did not demand victories on the tracks in any market. The steering with active driving is openly empty; The brakes are effective, but there is not enough confidence in accuracy. The motor is twisted willingly and soundlessly, but the box does not keep up with it at the transitions down. A Japanese woman with an unlotted stabilization system fearfully cracks ABS in rather harmless turns, and if you add speed in the bend, the case will end with a skid. But even earlier you will regret the plan, slipping out of the sluggish embrace of the seat.
For twenty years, Kamri has been lying on the most popular medium -sized sedan of America. Behind the ocean Toyota is valued primarily for an affordable price, and in recent years and for fuel economy. And we have? With the opening of the St. Petersburg plant, Kamri prices decreased, and the quality remains at the same read, a reference level. As for the fuel consumption, in Russia, despite its rise in price, this criterion affects the choice slightly.
The art of diplomacy
Hito No Furi About Mite Waga Furi about Naose. So a Japanese proverb that the Japanese proverb sounds for other people's manners sounds, correcting your own. This statement is probably known not only of politicians, but also by the developers of the New Thean. It is no secret, the previous generation has a comfortable reputation, but completely deprived of the drivership, moreover, it was not distinguished by external attractiveness and identity. Now everything is different: in the stream of Thean, the eye pleases. It is not just solid: a scattering of LEDs in lanterns that Swarovski crystals give Shika. Nissan lost his face, and his gaze acquired determination, which now dominates in character.
Today you will no longer order the Thean with a 2-liter four, clearly weak for a heavy car. Under the hood, one of two 6-cylinder engines. With a smaller equipped mass and grown by 9 hp. The power of the 2.5-liter engine sedan seemed to move from the heavy weight group to the middle. The speed set is perceived in a completely different way and thanks to the transmission: the place of the 4-speed assault rifle was taken by the Xtronic variator, and the last generation, saving fuel and time on switching.
When driving, the variator copies the machine, allowing the tachometer arrow to finish to 3500 rpm, and then leaving the virtual step above. But it is worth pressing the gas to the floor, as the engine rises to 6000 rpm and hangs on them. True, in the runway it is noisy.
Far from the ideal in sled disciplines, - we wrote a little more than a year ago about the theater of the past generation. You can’t say this about a modernized machine! Changed kinematics of the rear suspension prevents the skid at the early stage of its development. The hydraulic steering wheel amplifier adequately transfers reactive force to the steering wheel, allowing you to better control the machine in critical modes. Oddly enough, the soft and chubby driver's chair turned out to be very tenacious in corners the merit of a new three -layer filling. Among our experts, there was no one who would not like the driver’s landing.
The mission of this car to ensure the rest of the rear seat passengers another of the quotes dedicated to the former thean. Fortunately, with a noticeable progress in sled disciplines, Nissan did not lose his former achievements: still muck on the go, the decoration is even richer, and the style is cleaner. And Thana added in the inner volume: behind the room is larger for both the knees and above the head. Stand comfortably, throw your head on the horseshoe of the headrest. Hot? The problem of perforated skin of the seats does not blow out with cool air. There is a heating, and a personal climate control unit, and a train to the front passenger. Gakumon Ni Chikamichi Nashi! Or, in Russian, there is no short ways in science. Whether it is the science of big policy or seduction of the buyer.
Developed socialism
Each time I sit in another unknown skoda, memories are returning me for fifteen years. Remember the first rumors about buying a Czech company with Volkswagen? And the folk foreign car Felicia? Superbia design is much more emotional than the predecessor. The self-confident grille of the radiator will not seem inappropriate in the German club, and the sides and back are made in a typically English style commented on the licked, like a lacquer's pin, a photo from a glossy press release in solid binding. Here you have a folk foreign car
Tail my eyes, I would never say that I am sitting behind the wheel of a Czech car. Audi! Well, or, at least, Volkswagen! It even smells like in German cars. Simple -looking seats do not require a multi -minute fit, the panel does not distract asymmetry and stylistic experiments. Everything that you touch is made of solid plastic and no less soundly fitted.
This is a feeling of confusion, in my opinion, one of the most attractive in any car. There is a feeling of controlling something one, and not a collection of gears, bearings, couplings and nozzles. Not all manufacturers manage to achieve this!
A test copy with a 1.8-liter TSI engine equipped with a turbocharged, in combination with a manual gearbox, the majority will hardly be in demand by the market in absentia. And in vain! The combination of a traction motor and a magnificent, clear in the transmission shifts allows you to go in a way, sometimes jumping through the transmission. As for the accelerated dynamics, the less powerful Skoda was furnished with hundreds of Nissan and Toyota by 0.9 and 1.3 s, respectively. Superb is quite harshly uneven, but this is a consequence of the German chassis again. But handling deserves all praise.
We listen to the opinion of passengers. If two are located behind, the nit -picking will not follow. On the floor, the stands under the feet are carefully laid, in the rear left door there is a niche for an umbrella. But if it happened to go on the back of the threesome, the idyll will be broken: the Skoda salon is the narrowest in the Trinity, so that shoulder contact cannot be avoided.
The beautiful idea of \u200b\u200bTwindoor (double rear door) reconciles eternal enemies practicality and originality. Usually Superb is unlocking like a sedan, but if you press another secret button, the fifth door will soak up with the glass. This is not the only thing SuperB surprised, in the arsenal of his considerable possibilities, parking without hands appeared.
Our tests necessarily include measurements of a road clearance. Inspection of the car from below often reveals those cards that cannot be seen through the sparkle of the varnish: in a kind of ten details, starting from the protection of the crankcase to various sensors and muffler, we found the stigma of audi and Volkswagen. Fresh ideas + good performance \u003d developed socialism?
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When Kamri entered the Russian market, few could compete with her in terms of comfort/price. The generously equipped thean is able to shake leadership in the ranks of the options, and Super bribes the achievements of German engineering. It remains to determine what is closer to you!
HANDS OFF!
The parking maneuver captured with a long exposure, Skoda performed without the help of hands. To do this, press the button and activate the Parking Assistant system, which will find the clearance in the line of the cars and leads the command to the display: Stop, turn on the back move, remove your hands from the steering wheel. Further is perceived as a dream. The steering wheel itself rotates in one direction or the other with different speeds, depending on how you get out of the gas pedal. If parking is impossible in one entry, the electronics will take the steering wheel in the right direction and offer to move forward. However, the system is far from perfection: she does not see the curbs, and once for some reason she tried to store Superb from the opposite roadside! Nevertheless, the fact of the spread of such an option (in this case, it will cost 11,000 rubles.) On serial machines a good reason for optimism.
Mikhail Gzovsky: If I were on the site of the buyer, I would not choose from three, but from two offers from the European or Japanese school
automotive industry.

Toyota Camry
The sixth generation of Kamri was presented in January 2006 at a Detroit car dealership. In Russia, the car appeared in the spring of the same year; At the end of 2007, production in St. Petersburg started.
Engine: gasoline 2.4 and 3.5 liters (167 and 277 hp).
Gearbox: 5-speed mechanical, 5-, 6-speed automatic.
Complete: Comfort, Elegance, Prestige, Lux.
Price: 1 141 0001 265 000 rub.
+ Low noise, vibration, high smoothness.
- _x0007_fire from sports, behavior on the road, not so spacious against the backdrop of competitors of the rear sofa.
General assessment 8.3
Compared to the new models of Nissan and Skoda Toyota, it is still good in terms of comfort, but is clearly inferior in controllability.

Nissan Teana
The new, the second generation of the model debuted in 2008 at the Beijing Auto Show. In the future, the model should stand on the conveyor of the Russian Nissan plant in the northern capital.
Engine: gasoline 2.5 and 3.5 liters (182 and 249 hp).
Gearbox: a stranded variator.
Complete: Elegance, Luxury, Premium.
The price of basic versions: 835 5001 233 400 rub.
+ Magnificent driver's seat and spacious even for three passengers, the rear sofa, excellent brakes.
- The most modest road clearance and trunk in the Trinity, there is no adjustment of the steering wheel.
General assessment 8.4
During the evolution, Thana retained the comfort of the predecessor and significantly added from the point of view of controllability and style.

Skoda Superb
The second generation of the model showed the public for a motor show in Geneva in the spring of 2008. Superb debuts in the Russian market were appointed in the fall of 2008.
Engine: gasoline 1.43.6 l (125260 hp), diesel 1.92.0 (105170 hp).
Gearbox: 6-speed mechanical; 6-, 7-speed automatic.
Completions: Ambition, Elegance.
The price of basic configurations: 940 0001 070 000 rub.
+ Convenient front seats, excellent handling, multifunctional voluminous trunk, spacious for two rear sofa.
- A mediocre review in the salon mirror, a rather stiff suspension.
General assessment 8.5
With the new superb, the Czech company entered the German level of design and production. The model is good in quality, rich in options and at the same time distinctive.
 
 
 
 
 
 




 

 

Source: The magazine "Driving"