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At the end of last year, the last model of the Kalina family - the station wagon, climbed into the AvtoVAZ conveyor. Features of the long -awaited novelty were studied by Sergey Mishin. Lada-Kalina VAZ-11173
The path from the first presentation of the station wagon to the conveyor took more than three years. Serial production and sales began in December 2007.
Engine: gasoline, 1.6 l (81 l. P.).
Gearbox: 5-speed, mechanical.
Configuration: norm, luxury (planned).
Price: in configuration, the norm is 254 300 rubles.
We are used to considering the station wagons with working horses. But the model of the model is different. The most massive of ours are the VAZ four and Lada -111. The first is an assistant in any work, up to the transportation of potatoes in bulk: easily washing upholstery and trunk rug are allowed to do this. That's why, thanks to a low price, the four is in demand among summer residents and villagers. Eleventh
the same, although more spacious, is not completely adapted to such work: it is not so easy to clean the pile upholstery from dirt and the floor of the trunk. Kalina in a new guise complements the sector of domestic universals, but is not designed to replace either one or the other. Thursday because Kalina’s trunk, like the eleventh, does not tolerate dirt, and the eleventh - since the VAZ -1117 significantly loses in its volume - 360 liters against 430.
Most likely, lovers of traveling with a family with one or two small children will be of interest to the car. Perhaps the car will attract the attention of citizens who occasionally need a large volume of the cabin.
SPECIAL SIGNS Road religions went into oblivion along with the first samples. And it’s a pity, the lodgers were very convenient for transporting volumetric cargo - it is enough to fix a couple of crossbars, which is done relatively simply and quickly. The trunk, of course, can be put, but only with the help of original brackets screwed under the door seals.
Without these handles on the roof, the station wagon looks very modest and differs from the sedan and the hatchback only the back: the long roof, the original rear lights and the fifth door, which, in design, resembling the oka door. The connector line is shifted to the roof and the sidewalls of the body - with this solution, the probability of sucking dust and exhaust gases is minimal. Large bent glass provides a very good review back. And it is sprayed less than on other station wagons. However, he has a janitor whose brush saves the zigzag -like filament of heating from fringation. The rear washer feeds from the main tank -
the hose stretches from the motor compartment back under the upholstery of the roof. It is convenient that only one container will have to be filled with water, but there is a minus - the rear wash will steal the water in the front. The door of the back of the back is unlocked in a four -click: if the lock is not locked, the keys are not required, and it rises high - even the tall owner will not hook it with his head. Another pleasant moment - the door lock is drowned into the threshold, which allows you to load and unload heavy things with a drag, without fears to catch or damage the load. The trunk is separated from the cabin with a quick -removable lid folding in half.
If you fold the rear seat, the trunk volume will be 650 liters to the level of glasses. At the same time, the floor is not quite even - the backs thrown forward do not fit horizontally, their front part remains slightly higher than the rear. Another feature of the station wagon is a high (about 20 cm) threshold of cargo
compartment. Replacing light bulbs in the rear lights is simple - unhooked the Velcro, bent the edge of the upholstery, and the access is open. The reserve lies down under the floor, in it is a jack and a cylinder key. On top, the wheel is covered with a rigid organ, and the floor of the trunk is even. The cargo can be fixed - for this there are brackets on the floor and in the lower part of the back seat back. Tumbling eyes sticking out from under the bumpers - perhaps not entirely aesthetically, but convenient and practical.
A 50 liter tank is enough for an economical car.
NORM
So far, the station wagon is equipped with only an 8-valve 1.6-liter engine and produced only in configuration of the norm. Such a machine is equipped with an electric steering amplifier, a central lock,
the front door electric windows, heat -absorbing glasses, four speakers and antenna. However, they promise that it is the universals in the near future that they will begin to leave the gates of the factory with the installed radio. The price of this norm recommended by the plant is 254,299 rubles. Warranty - three years or 50,000 km of run.
A palette of fruit and berry flowers is selected for a viburnum family - from apricot and barberry to apple and blueberries. However, inedible shades are also provided -a bakery (gray) and caribs (light blue). This year, factory workers are going to equip the station wagon also with a 1.4-liter engine-in addition to 1.6-liter. And also master the luxury package or its elements - airbags and ABS.
On a short trip, it turned out that the behavior on the road station wagon was no different from others Kalin. A painful, flexible eight -valve motor is clearly to his face. Unless, of course, do not demand sports agility from the car. It can be predicted that for an image station wagon, a business person is most likely more dynamic, but preferring high revolutions, a 1.4-liter sixteen-plastic. However, forecasts are not very grateful. The market will give a real assessment, or rather, consumer demand.
Kalina -Universal - a compact car with a modest appearance; In terms of possibilities, rather, urban than country and tourist.
+ Compactness, roomy and convenient salon, a traction engine.
- Small the luggage compartment, there are no religions on the roof, a high threshold of the trunk.
For the same money
Reno-Logan 1.4 liters
From 265,000 rubles.
In the simplest configuration, Logan still has one airbag, and this sedan surpasses the viburnum universal. ZR, 2007, No. 8
Chevrolet Lanos 1.5 liters
From 250,000 rubles.
A quite modern inexpensive car assembled in Ukraine. Although this is a sedan, it can be a worthy alternative to Kalina-Universal. ZR, 2007, No. 7
Source: The magazine "Driving"
