Test Drive UAZ Hunter 315195 2003 - HB SUV
Came in English
The most affordable UAZ was born and sold from us, and the names are foreign. About these and other features of national hunters tells Maxim Sachkov. Photo: Alexander Kulnev. The current all-director-nomination from the 1970s - 35 years ago from the gate of the Ulyanovsky Automobile Water was released UAZ-469. With minor changes lived UAZ to the last, the most serious in the entire history of the update. In 2003, the car received a new front suspension, upgraded transmission, modern engines and a more humane interior. For the first time in the long life, the Ulyanovsky Occourt gave the official name, and even on the English manner - Hunter, that is, a hunter.
On the shelter
Immediately after birth, Hunter appeared in a single configuration - today the most expensive. Just do not think that the car with the encouraging grounds of Comfort (again Latinov!) A stuffed with some intricate devices and systems. Hunter crashes already established stereotypes about a modern car: what are the original options such as the rear hook and the pellet cover (see Table).
True, in this configuration you can choose the engine - 2,7-liter gasoline ZMZ-409 or the CMP-514 turbodiesel of 2.2 liters. Both aggregates corresponded to the ecological standards of Euro II, and from the new year, the versions are in sales, stacked in tighter requirements for harmful emissions. Three times green UAZ will be on average by 5,000 rubles more expensive. The company of the Volga Motors is a five-speed manual transmission of the Korean company Dai-Mos, the main pairs of gasoline and diesel engines are different-4,11 and 4,625. The lightweight version of the already ascetic car also received a foreign name - Classic. Finding in the capital of the car did not succeed in such a configuration, but the dealers assure - under the order will be brought within a month. With predecessors, the classic is related to the folding back board instead of the fifth door: there are no fog lamps, and the wheeled niches are not protected by hide. But a lot of luck will have to make the conquerors of off-road. For example, the condone metal bumpers and the UMW-4213 crash engine with an electronic injection and the neutralizer in the exhaust system. True, many potential buyers are skeptical of this motor, not trusting its reliability. Yes, and instead of the Korean five-speed box, the domestic four-ku is installed. Special nostalgia impose non-synchronized first and second gears: How about Peregazovka and Double Clutch Layout?
The dealers usually offer to a poor setting of basic equipment. One of the most common - alloy wheels, additional folding seats, plastic covers for a spare wheel. But many firms are engaged in tuning. They are willing to satisfy almost any desire of the owner of Hunter - set air conditioners and additional heaters, increase the ground clearance, cut and enhance the wheeled arches and thresholds. The table shows the prices of Hunters in the capital's car dealerships. In other cities, they can be higher, and below - it depends on the cost of delivery, which in the country does not exceed 10 thousand rubles. Factory guarantee for new cars - 2 years or 50 thousand km. It applies naturally, only on those who trust the service to non-sash corporate stations. Consider, experts say: Hunters who do not deliver problems are listed in the Red Book. I wonder if the hunter did not get to us for the test? Meet the Hunter in the Comfort configuration with a 2.7-liter gasoline engine.
BEHIND THE WHEEL Cute color! Even sorry for such a car to go off-road - still scratch a brilliant metallic. The roller and even the tassel is no longer cracked, and the owners of such cars are rarely treated - expensive. Modern technologies and materials, of course, is good, but do you need an old fashionable catch? It would be better to fix the emblem as it should be - okay, Cree-merco, so also huge washers look out of the lattice.
With Hunter, you can neglect the morning charge. Sitting into the car, the willy-unill perform first pulling up, then turns the body, and finally squats.
However, Hunter is for strong not only by the body, but also in spirit. Take the behavior on the road - on harmless to the modern car (even the osstodnik!) Speed \u200b\u200bspeeds for a hundred from the driver requires a lot of courage, and most importantly, the ability to hold UAZ in the strip. It is better not to think about harsh maneuvers to not even think - to return the Hunter to the trajectory is far from everyone. Well at least large wheels and the energy-intensive suspension painlessly tolerate bumps and pit.
In Hanter, like in any other car, they live a dedication of antiques deep, who are trying to rewrite on modern way. Sometimes it looks funny. For example, a strict army speedometer with an electronic (!) Odometer. Or shooting vents are moving with difficulty. At least, on a new car, the salon failed - maybe then are designed. And between the seat belt and shoulder passes the palm. I wonder why pedals at different heights? So far, you will be transferred, already and slow down late - I do not know how in boots, even in light sneakers without a knockout, it does not work yet. Yes, and the braking path, to put it mildly, leaves much to be desired (more details in SM, 2005, No. 10). It is necessary to get used to the tight non-informative clutch, but the Korean box against the background of everything else is the oasis in the desert. Transfer switches easily and clear, and no noise does not turn to the noise.
However, it is unfair to evaluate the UAZ only on asphalt - after all, he was written in the family most of the time wander off road. Perhaps on the patency in something Hunter and is inferior to predecessors - for example, does not interfere with adding gasoline ZMZ-409 thrust on low revs, then the reduced transmission would be required less frequently. And even when you get into serious molds, sorry for carpet in the cabin - the floor in Khan-Tere will no longer get out of the hose, as in Old Uziki. By buying Hunter, you need to make aware that it is impossible to approach him with the familiar standards. Age and perennial traditions of production are affected, which are difficult to defeat, even investing considerable money in imported units and equipment. And although it still remains the cheapest in its class, the difference with the closest competitors is already small. Not far from the races when Hunter goes from the market - I wonder in English?
Consider options
5-door wagon
The whole, however,, depending on the configuration, the opening of the trunk opens either a swing door, or the board in combination with the top lid. Pros and cons have both designs. For example, with a solid door it is easier to contact, and on the pitched board it is easier to stick a heavy cargo to crawl it inside. By the way, the luggage compartment is although large, but not very suitable for the transport of ordinary things. Those on the floor are rolled through the tunnels under the rear seats (the experienced closed by plywood or boards) under the feet passengers, and the folation from the upper rows is poured on the door opened by the fifth. But rear backs fold in parts (40:60). But here you have to suffer - first, for a long time and the head restraints for a long time, then turn the handle to the muscle pain until the back does not take a horizontal position. If necessary, the trunk can be made inhabited by ordering additional folding seats. But remember: these places are not equipped with seat belts.
A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"
