Test Drive VAZ 2111 coupe 2006 - N.Vot

Automatic pleasure

30 years old fans of Togliatti cars were waiting for a machine gun. Did not wait. It remains to guess why the AvtoVAZ did not decide to let their experimental developments in the series. It's convenient! Practically! How many motorists changed their native technique, recreated on foreign cars with ACP, - do not count. But it turns out that the automatic on the frets can be put almost at home.
 
Automatic gearbox - dity megapolis. Apparently, the congestion was a serious stimulus for a long time, since the first ACPs almost simultaneously appeared seventy years ago in France and America. The domestic auto industry also made attempts to master the automata, but the mass such products did not. The continuing passivity of Russian factories creates a niche for dealer centers, which as an additional option is offered an automatic box installation.
 
Almost all domestic cars are adapted to install the ACP. Experimental samples exist, but there are no serial options. Therefore, no automakers are taken for business, but technical centers. Today we will tell about the hatchback LADA 112, which is equipped with an automatic box from Toyota Corolla. For the sake of justice, we note that in our case the transmission took a used, with a mileage of 50 thousand km. By the way, a new transmission to our cars because of the high costs put very rarely.
 
Distinguish the car with the ACP from serial products is difficult. Restyled version gives only a radiator box that breaks through the front bumper air intakes. It is mounted in front of the main engine radiator. In the salon, the differences can be found more. First, another lever with planetary switching modes (parking, rear, neutral, drive) was applied. The pedal node is changed: the brake pedal has become wider, and the clutch pedal is either cleaned under the rug, or dismantled. The rest of the ten remained a dozen. But this statement concerns only external differences.
 
The car is touched, as soon as the driver releases the brake. Accelerates without jerks, gaining speed gradually. Some motorists who installed the ACAP claim that the maximum speed of their machines has grown, and the fuel consumption has decreased. But these words should be treated with a healthy skepticism, since the desired is often issued for valid. As a rule, automatic transmission reduces maximum speed and overclocking dynamics, increasing gasoline consumption. In short, the car began to manage much more pleasant: no delay in traffic jams, the car shakes smoothly from the place, and if necessary, it is sharply accelerated.
 
When choosing a firm that will take on the automation of your car, one important point should be considered. It follows only to official dealers, because in this case the factory warranty will not be interrupted. In other cases, all the guarantees of the plant will be invalid, despite the most convincing promises of the servicemen.
 
The installed equipment provides a warranty, which is usually two years or 50 thousand km. Most salons after the warranty expires further maintenance of both the box and the whole car. The experience of operating cars with automatic activists is still small, so the services are trying to follow their destiny.
 
On average, the fee for comfort in the domestic front-wheel drive car is $ 1500. For this money, the automatic gearbox, starter and cooling radiator will be installed in the car.
 
Text: Maxim Egorov
 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [07/2005]