Test Drive Vaz Kalina Sport since 2009 Hatchback
From sports to fashion
In the palette of AvtoVAZ products, a serial sports model appeared. With the features of the novelty, Andrei Sidorov became acquainted. The topic of motor racing is very popular among Russian auto-owners. Many personally equip their car sports or pseudo-alone elements, often without understanding how they affect its running quality. The factory tuning is good because it is made by the company closely in contact with the car manufacturer. Of course, the individuality of the improvements is very limited here, but everything is done at a high professional level and relatively inexpensively small-scale production of cheaper piece.
Until recently, AvtoVAZ belonged to this market sector with a cool. The only court company Superato collects front-wheel drive phones with more powerful 1.8-liter engines, and the pilot production of AvtoVAZ three-door version of Lada-112.
Nowadays, the production of an inexpensive sports version of Hatchback Lada-Kalina Sport has begun. Equipping close to the luxury configuration: alloy wheels, fog lights, moldings on sidewalls, electric mirrors and heating, door electric windows and a glap in the upholstery of the ceiling.
Air conditioning is offered as an option. Two modifications with 1.4 and 1.6 liters engines.
Candidate of Masters The cheapest version with the index 11194-33 is equipped with serial units: a sixteenthly gauge 1.4 liters and a gearbox, because the rolling qualities of this car at the level of the civil counterpart. The main differences in the appearance and some sports elements in the cabin.
Original front and rear bumpers and threshold fairing give the machine to a battle appearance. Supplement its alloy wheels, spoiler at the top of the tail door and the indispensable attribute chrome nozzle on the outlet pipe. Fortunately, the silencer tuning is not provided, so this car will not lie loudly.
Salon sportiness is emphasized by solid dark gray finishes. Seats are made on the basis of serial but with a sports bias. Frame frame, and packing, color and cut original. On pedals, metal lining with rubber inserts so that the shoes do not slide.
Alas, Kalina-Sports Lained Airbags in a sports steering wheel for her simply no place. But in the near future, they promise a steering mechanism with a short rail. Electrocessor Korean company Mando as the most efficient: a promising short steering force has increased efforts. A little later, the Kaluga version will appear, also tuned under a short rack.
In the suspension changed a little: to make the car more clearly and was slightly stricter in control, increased caster. For this, the front stretch brackets were finalized and installed the original top supports of the suspension.
Brakes regular, with ABS, tires dimension 185/60R14.
And master More hot version 11196-33, with a 1.6 liter engine. The modern priorith sixteenthly gauge with a lightweight connecting rod-piston group is combined with a twelfth gearbox (with a reinforced secondary shaft). The new shaft is made at the same time with the lead gear of the main transfer (in the tenth box, this gear presses). The main pair with a gear ratio of 3.9.
Front brakes disc, ventilated, increased dimension. Discs from the company Alnas from Almetyevsk, caliper brackets are refined from serial. The rear brakes are also more efficient (disc from VAZ-2108, with TVR caliper). Accordingly, the parking brake drive is changed. But due to disk mechanisms, the rear axle had to abandon ABS adapting his native to four disks was too expensive.
The suspension of this modification is of greater rigidity and drawdown of the machine for a couple of centimeters, with a corresponding reduction in the road lumen. All shock absorbers gas-filled, manufactured by CAAZ. 195 / 50R15 tires will be only on alloy wheels.
The total volume of the release of Lada-Kalina sport for the near future is 2.5 thousand cars per month. The share of a more modest version (11194) will be about 70% in them. The version of Sport 1,4 will be available in July, and the sport is 1.6 a little later.
Sell \u200b\u200bthem will become the usual way through VAZ dealers. Terms and terms of service, the guarantee is the same as other ways. Vacation price Sports 1.4,300 thousand rubles., Sports 1.6 350. But at first, apparently, they will be more expensive because the dealers will try to remove the maximum profit from the first pancakes.
Kalina in sports equipment will give its owner a fashionable image.
Andrei Sidorov
A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"
