Test Drive Volkswagen EOS since 2011 Convertible

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It seems that very soon the word awning will leave from the car lexicon. It is probably for the better - a cabriolet with impressive riding will not look something unfavorable, less temptations will be at Vandalov, and the buyer will be able to get any two cars, paying just one. To the current beach season at the market there were at least two more transformer.
 
Spartan in principle, the Opel Astra salon at Twintop is animated with separate strokes, which is not surprising, because when the interior lowered the roof becomes an exterior and the orphans should not look like. First of all, chromed edging of the speedometer and tachometer dials are drawn. For separate money, a leather decoration of the cabin with a firmware is possible, whose stitch, according to Opel designers, resembles a riding saddle finish.
Another caliber. You never noticed that the silhouettes of convertibles, when they are without a roof, are not so different from each other, rather than when they have this roof? Now that in the hands of designers was not textiles taking the shape of a frame, but more susceptible to the fantasies of the artist metal, they got the opportunity to make the car exterior more expressive. Opel marketers pay attention to potential buyers that the TWIN TOP profile reminds classic Calibra coupe. Squeezed to the cult models of the past - the reception that the German company applies more and more. Recall that the Opel GT premiere took place quite recently - hello from the distant 60s.
In case of rain. One of the advantages of the Cup Cabripe from Opel is that on a trip to it can not be sent a couple plus children or a dog, but four completely overall adults, if anyone is interested. This was made possible thanks to a rather impressive for a wheelbase class, as well as due to the effective design of the hard vertex consisting of three parts. In the trunk, they fall exclusively compact, leaving 205 liters in it. Loading and unloading are simplified thanks to Easy Load - when you press the button, laid in the trunk, the roof elements are lifted by 25 cm. Another convenience: the roof can be installed, omitted when moving at a speed of up to 30 km / h, which is convenient when the rain has suddenly started or when the green traffic light caught you at the time of transformation .
 
Although the functional elements and controls are familiar to us on other VW models, a number of part of the interior of the coupe-convertible was renovated. These include a driver's seat, facing doors, rear seats, as well as specially designed for EOS automation of climate control. At the request, the driver's seat and facing the sidewalls can be performed in two colors, and dark in the upper part will dominate the dark to minimize the reflection in the glasses.
You go quiet. The standard package includes air conditioning, for some reason cruise control, music that will be worth it - even at a speed of 100 km / h with lowered riding in the car, you can talk, without increasing the voices, or listen to music, without cutting it on full power, - Seats with memory and heated mirrors. Cosmo version - Do not be surprised, there is an SUV in the VOUGE version - affects the sports steering wheel and the remote control system of the roof drive. The COSMO version goes by default with a 200-strong engine.
Button Tin. On Astra Twin Top, four gasoline engines are possible - 1.6 l with a capacity of 105 hp, 140-strong 1.8 liters, as well as a pair of two-liter with a turbocharger with a capacity of 170 and 200 hp Double-liter motors are equipped with exceptionally 6-speed mechanics, a manual box with five steps is installed on versions of 1.6 and 1.8. In addition, the latest Motor mentioned maybe for extra? 1360 have a 4-speed automatic transmission. Fans of diesel fans can order a 150-strong diesel 1.9 CDTI. ABS and ESP complied with a component of a compartment-convertible, and as an option, the car can be equipped with an IDS Sport system with the SportSwitch function, which by pressing the button on the dashboard will allow making shock absorbers more hard, enhances feedback on the steering wheel and sharpens the engine reaction to press the gas pedal .
Under glass. Cup-convertible from Wolfsburg started a few later than a similar car from Russelheim, but it would be naive to believe that engineers and designers could have time to take into account their competitors and make some adjustments - the cycle of the design of a new model sometimes takes several years. Nevertheless, VW EOS has a number of explicit if not advantage, then the differences are for sure. First of all, it is fully opened and closing in 25 seconds of the roof, having even name your own - CSC. Its front part is made of glass and can open separately, like a sliding panoramic hatch, which is very practical and allows you to feel like in the cabriolence even in the cool time of the year. Another point - the roof of the CSC made a windshield frame rather short, and therefore over the heads of those who sit on the front seats, it opens significantly more sky. And finally, according to VW specialists, the car was originally conceived as a convertible coupe, and not a convertible version of the same Jetta, for example, therefore the roof line and the visual proportions of the entire car resemble a classic convertible. Silhouette and antennas are not spoiled - they are hidden under the lid of the luggage compartment. When all five parts of the roof are hidden, 205 liters of free space remain for luggage. The lid itself has an electric closer, which in the last millimeters pulls it to the castle.
 
Another point - the roof of the CSC made a windshield frame rather short, and therefore over the heads of those who sit on the front seats, it opens significantly more sky.
To le man. The fact that the EOS is positioned by the manufacturer as an intermediate, an assistant car is due to the fact that the place of the once popular Golf convertible today takes the Beetle convertible, so a new convertible coupe must wear closer to Passat. This is spoken by not only dimensions - EOS is a fairly wide vehicle - but also the presence of a half-automatic air conditioner, fog, 16-inch alloy wheels or ESP. The list of additional options includes almost everything invented today for cars of a similar class - from seats with adjustments in 12 directions to the LE MANS package, which implies a sports running part with a reduced approximately 15 mm road lumen.
Cherry ripened. For VW EOS, the manufacturer provides a fairly wide range of motors. This is a 140-strong two-liter turbodiesel and four gasoline power units. Four-cylinder motors of 1.6 and 2.0 l are able to develop 115, 150 and 200 hp All of them are equipped exclusively mechanical gearbox. The robotic DSG box is possible exclusively to those who will take on the vertex of the EOS gamma, will acquire a six-cylinder version of the coupe. The top model, equipped with a 250-strong V6, can not only accelerate to a hundred in 7.3 seconds, but will also be degraded in the base of 17-inch discs, climate control, chrome-plated radiator lattice ribs and LED rear lamps of the cherry blossom.
 
 
Text Dmitry Gronsky, Photo Opel and VW

Opel Astra Twintop 2.0 TURBO
 
Engine gasoline, with turbocharger
Working volume (cubic cubic) 1998
Power (hp at rpm) 200 at 5400
Moment (nm at rpm) 262 at 4200
Drive front
Gearbox 6-stupas. FUR.
Length / Width / Height (mm) 4476/1831/1414
Mass cut (kg) 1515
Maximum speed (km / h) 237
Acceleration up to 100 km / h (c) 8.9
Fuel consumption (city / highway, l / 100 km) 13.3 / 7.3
Price in Europe 30 295
Volkswagen EOS 2.0 TURBO FSI
 
Gasoline engine, with turbocharger
Working volume (cubic cubic) 1984
Power (hp at rpm) 200 at 5100
Moment (nm at rpm) 280 at 1800-5000
Drive front
Gearbox 6-stupas. FUR.
Length / Width / Height (mm) 4407/1791/1443
Mass Curb (kg) 1539
Maximum speed (km / h) 232
Acceleration up to 100 km / h (c) 7.8
Fuel consumption (city / highway, l / 100 km) 11.2 / 6.5
Price in Europe 32 350

 

A source: "Autopilot"