Test drive VAZ 2120 Nadezhda 1998-2006 Minivan

New persons and performers

Barguzin test, hope
 
VAZ 2120
Hope
1.8 l, 89 hp, mechanical
5-speed gearbox, $ 8700 (244,000 rubles).
GAZ 2217-404
Barguzin
2.5 l, 140 hp, mechanical
5-speed gearbox, $ 10 900 (305,000 rubles).
More than five years ago, VAZ 2120 and GAZ 2217 (named, respectively, Nadezhda and Barguzin) have already met face to face (ZR, 1999, No. 10). Then the Nizhny Novgorod minibus was registered on the conveyor, and the Togliatti mini-wenes only began to collect the VAZ in the workshops of the experimental and industrial production. From that time, cars have matured their faces changed, new motors appeared, a list of modifications has replenished. In addition, other buyers came, looking for a multi -seater car for family trips and business trips, which falls under category V.
Third observers
Plastic surgery has a beneficial effect on cars, new headlights modernized the appearance of the Nizhny Novgorod machine and simply saved Togliatti. And they shine better (this is especially noticeable in hope). But it costs modern optics is much more expensive than the previous one.
The body of both are collected is not accustomed. With the side doors, they tormented hope in an open state, and in the Nizhny Novgorod minibus, on the contrary, they are badly slammed. You were lucky, said the driver who had driven Barguzin from the gate of the car dealership. Many cars cannot close the doors at all. The hood, add, too.
Ay, Barguzin, it’s not ashamed, not the first year on the conveyor! As soon as the washing machines began to extend the body, the water rolled into the salon through the lifted hatch and the windows. Hope transferred the test with dignity, except for the foggy headlights.
The luggage departments of both are quite modest. In Barguzin, a 16-inch spare wheel eats a useful volume. A suitcase or a couple of small bags will stand next to the rest of the luggage will have to be dragged into the salon. The hope is less than in the little oks. True, the seats are laid out here, turning a car into a cargo -passenger. Having done this operation only once, I sincerely sympathized with the future owner. The fixers are jammed, and to raise three seats at the same time the task is not easy.
The luggage compartment of hope and Barguzin closes the door with gas stops to raise an impressive sash even an elegant young lady. This design for these cars is perhaps more convenient than the swing doors on the picnic, the thrown roof will hide from the weather or the scorching sun. The main thing is to change the stops in time.
Seven on the shops
On Barguzin, he is drawn to go on a long journey or, in extreme cases, to leave the city with a warm company. In hope, it is better to load already walking up (read, non -healing) people and take them at short distances. Do not agree? I ask for salons!
Settling behind the wheel of a barguzin, you remember his relatives lift his leg high, you sit in a battles, you look back into large cargo mirrors. However, a person with sufficient passenger experience will not experience serious inconvenience. But to manage the hope of him will certainly be easier than a mini-van in character closer to the car. First of all, it is easier to navigate in a dense city stream and park on close parking lots. Although the mirrors for such a car are clearly small, it is difficult to adjust them from the cabin (the lever rests on the skin), and the right partially overlaps the door frame.
The general drawback is an inconvenient pedal node. In the hope, the clutch can only be squeezed out with a toe, and in the Barguzin there is no site for the left leg. In advantages, we write down the adjustment of the steering columns is true, the range is not enough.
In terms of assembly and interior design, GAZ 2217 is a cut higher than hope. Quite a modern, neatly assembled, two-color dashboard of a bus against a morally obsolete, tasteless, distorted torpedo mini-wen. On Barguzin, as on all modern models, heating and ventilation is controlled by three trolley handles. The hope of archaic sliders; It is impossible to figure out how to direct the air to the glass or to the legs, without instructions.
In order for Barguzin to bake, you need to pull the steering wheel on the steamed switch is unusual! In the Barguzin salon, I counted six loudspeakers. The future owner will save on audio training, spending only on a radio.
Five armchairs with armrests located against each other, the sixth passenger sits next to the driver. In the middle, a convenient folding table with cup holders, fountain -core departments and individual lighting. On the ceiling there are four bright lamps with fluorescent lamps, an additional heater in the legs, on the windows of the curtain ... Only the geraniums are not enough! When the window is -10C, you calmly sit without outerwear inside, although the stove works for half -heartedly. But it is worth drowning out the motor, as heat instantly disappears through poorly seals.
In the second and third rows of hope, five will also be swayed, but they will not go so comfortably. Two rear seats, rather, children's. And behind the front seats there are not so many places, and the extreme passengers properly support the ceiling. Two weak bulbs do not interfere with dozing, however, if the window is not very coldly additional stove is not as hot as in a barguzine. However, in the summer, in the hope, it is also hard to lower only the front glass.
Road notes
Despite the general roots with a half, in the behavior of the Barguzin, passenger shows also skip, for example, small rolls in corners. A completely comfortable and energy -intensive front suspension, but the back could be softer: on irregularities, the stern noticeably rearranges. Hope in character is closer to a light car, but it is far from the ideals of controllability and comfort. Still, the Niva chassis is based on a suitable not only for the highway, but also for off-road.
On a snowy and icy road, the rear wheels of the Barguzin, even in harmless situations, begin to slip. The position will be slightly adjusted to winter tires and passengers, carrying out the leading axis. But the bus still cannot compete with all-wheel drive hope on slippery coverage. True, in car dealerships there are also Barguzins performed by 4x4. But these versions are noticeably more expensive, they release them in very small batches.
Barguzin’s base is 60 mm longer than hopes, however, to maneuver on a minibus is easier to turn a turning radius of almost two meters less! The VAZ 2120 hydraulic wrap accurately understands the driver's desire, GAZ 2217 is not so good. When parking, turn the steering wheel is a pleasure, but moving in a straight line, you are constantly stinging.
Cars are accelerated almost the same, well, maybe the hope is a little more frolic. But by elasticity, the 2.5-liter ZMZ-4052 engine will let the VAZ-2130 motor with a volume of 1.8 liters switch to Togliatti mini-van more often. From the first kilometers, the Niva box crunches during switching and howls in unison by other transmission nodes. Barguzin behaves quieter; In fairness, we note that we did not listen to the 4x4 option. The GAZ 2217 rumbles the rear bridge a little, but the final system plays the main violin.
According to the test results, Barguzin eats fuel on average per liter more hope. If you seriously look at one of the cars, estimate the other cost of maintenance and spare parts. Keep in mind that hope is still a small-scale car, because some parts (in particular, iron) are in price and shortage. And with the assembly and quality of components as lucky. On the test hope, for example, the gasoline sensor and the rear janitor did not work, it took Barguzin to pull the fastening of the wiper chips.
With equal capacity, cars differ markedly for its intended purpose. In search of comfort, you will choose a barguzine. And others will reconcile with a close and uncomfortable salon of hope, remembering her cross -country ability. Each has its own advantages and, alas, general disadvantages. The main plus explains them partly: the most affordable new foreign car of this class is more expensive than hope and barguzin combined.
Future owners
GAZ 2217 and VAZ 2120
The factory warranty is 30 thousand km or 1 year for Barguzin and 35 thousand km or 2 years for hope. The cost of the normchass for repair work in Moscow is 300,400 rubles for GAZ 2217, for VAZ 2120 one and a half times higher. TO-1 (2 thousand km) in the capital costs an average of 4000 and 6000 rubles, respectively, TO-2 (10 thousand km) 3800 and 4000 rubles, TO-3 (20 thousand km) 6000 rubles. Barguzin has another intermediate one for 1 thousand km 800 rubles.
Name by name
Domestic cars are distinguished, as a rule, in indices. Even those who had a name were still contemptuously called numbers, for example, six, eight. Our duelists are exceptions to the rules. The sequences of letters and numbers appear only in the documents, in the conversation, sable with a low roof from birth began to be called a bargusin, and a full-wheel drive mini-wen from Tolyatti Nadezhda. Alas, these pretty names on the machines themselves cannot be found.
SUMMARY
GAZ 2217 Barguzin is a wonderful car for relaxing ... If you are not an owner and not driving.
+ Good maneuverability, warm and comfortable interior, good dynamics, Euro II.
- fuzzy operation of the steering wheel, a leap body, an increased noise of the transmission.
SUMMARY
VAZ 2120 Nadezhda car for every day for a large family until the children grow up or well -being will not improve.
+ Good cross -country ability, transformed salon, Euro II.
- It is difficult to access many nodes and assemblies, a cramped and explosive interior, increased noise.
Maxim Sachkov
Co -author: photo: George Sadkov
 
 
 
 

 

Source: The magazine "Driving"