Test drive Volkswagen Touran 2003 - 2006 Minivan

All inclusive

Convenience, comfort and spaciousness is usually not required from compactwane. The creators of Turan went much further.
 
Selinas, Ritz, Brenners Park-Hotel End Spa, Radison-scandinavia are huge, luxuriously finished numbers, bathrooms with multi-level lighting, a jacuzzi with a hydromassage. The wife always rejoices in fresh colors in the room, you are cold beer in the refrigerator, the children do not cease to be surprised at the inexhaustible fountain of entertainment. Only the most expensive hotels can provide service at a similar level. Why am I, actually? Just a trip in the new compactwane Volkswagen-Turan was comparable to living in the most cozy hotel in the all-inclusive system.

Elite apartments
You, of course, will not find hydromassage in the tourist, but how the interior space is equipped here, in my opinion, worthy of the highest praise. Compactwane by definition should be roomy, practical and convenient. Turan is also comfortable. But the main thing is how excellent performance!
 
True, outwardly, he is a very modest rhbed, single -volume minibus. All the exterior frills repeaters of the indicators of turns in the side mirrors, and an expressive optics. The main advantages of the machine are hidden inside. Chairs, for nothing that they are not upholstered with skin, but look great. Thanks to the minimum of adjustments, the driver's seat is convenient, like a cozy home chair.
 
Steering wheel? I don’t really like the way it looks, but in all respects it is optimal and adjusted in the length of the departure and the corner in huge ranges. Pedals? Also, as if, nothing unusual. But by the effort, size, you feel that they cared about you. The floor gas pedal is very convenient in long travels, and the shape of the site for the rest of the left leg is well worked out.
 
And, of course, as in a good resort, there is not even a hint that you will be disturbed by annoying little things, such as the difficulty of adjusting the microclimate or managing the musical system. The central console is just lovely. Circles of the divided climate control five with a plus. Of all the buttons and levers, I did not like only the traditionally uncomfortable Volkswagen joystick of mirror adjustment.
 
Fortunately, it is quite rare to communicate with him. But hand over in the turn several times a day. Excellent ergonomics of the Captain's bridge allows you to easily perform this maneuver. The picture in the salon mirror eats the central rear seat slightly, but still the maneuvers in reverse did not cause me the slightest fear. What is on a cramped street, that in the urban crowd it is very easy to maneuver, because from the nose to tail only 4.39 m is less than that of most medium -sized sedans. And how, with such dimensions, managed to make the car so roomy?
 
 
    
In the floor in front of the rear passenger chairs there are capacious secretaries
 
The diesel car immediately gives out a tachometer that begins with 4500 rpm.

The 7-seater car under the floor of the trunk hides steam
Additional chairs, and instead of the spare, there will only be a kit to eliminate punctures
 
Any of the seats can be removed from the cabin, but it weighs 16 kilograms

This plate is designed to recall that the trunk lid can be opened to a larger angle

Transformer-cargo
Most of us do not need expensive minivan at all in order to deliver the boxes from the coal in trading tents or refrigerators to friends to the country. But if desired, Turan can be loaded with such work. To start with the fact that the maximum lugger volume of 1990 liters and a carrying capacity of 650 kg make it one of the most capable compactwenes in this regard.
 
Your faithful loves to take a picture, a basket, a cardboard and a little dog with him? Do not mind, there is a place for everything. Ready to argue, she can hardly fill several dozen drawers, pockets, secretaries and shelves with which the creators endowed Turan.
 
Turan can be turned from 5 to a 7-seater car. A pair of additional chairs, which, hidden under the floor of the trunk, cost 700 euros. At the same time, not only the front passenger and the driver, but also the other five will be provided with decent comfort. All seats are separate, you can change the angle of inclination of the back, move back and forth, turn into comfortable tables or completely remove from the cabin.
 
They loaded, settled, and everyone will probably regret only how soon the trip ended. After all, Turan can add controllability to its impressive list of advantages.
 
Temperament fat man with good character
Do you tell you that 13.5 s to hundreds is there a lot? Do not believe. Have you heard that the diesel is not created for temperamental driving? Not true. Do you think a high body means a rolled car? And such a statement is not indisputable.
 
According to the first sensations, Turan is not a compactway at all! Rather, a temperamental hatchback with a very gambling engine. His 101-horsepower diesel, I remember, liked it at Ivis. Turan, although heavier, is heavier, he goes very cheerfully.
 
Six programs, turbocharged, 250 nm of torque. How inspires this feeling of vigorous traction in any gear! Typically, tracted diesel engines are sour in 45th gear, when the speed is to a hundred and higher. Diesel Turan is a pleasant exception. Do not lower the tachometer arrow below 19002000 rpm, and the car, as if inspired by the first tips, rushes to fulfill your assignment. Moreover, Turan does not let out even on a steep rise. The main thing is to keep speeds on which you feel an effective turbine picking up. True, there is a minus here.
 
In this mode, diesel is clearly noisy. But in this it is easy to find a compromise. The sixth, I touch the gas a little, on the speedometer 120 km/h, and our rest is quiet and serene again.
 
Do you like it? Then, for the basic Turan-1,9TDI with six airbags, the steering wheel, ABS, ABS, ESP, the central lock and immobilizer, the electric windows and mirrors, the radio with CD player will have to pay at least 23,47 euros. What is expensive? What did you want?
 
In prestigious hotels, and even according to the system, read security, comfort, pleasure, entertainment, and even trans -enabled people with skinny wallets usually do not stop.
 
Note to the Sibarites
As you understand, Turan is well equipped in the base, but those who wish can make it even more comfortable. The leather interior costs 2156 euros, divided by climate control 1409, a hatch with electric drive 783, xenon headlights with 877 washing-built into the bumper, a phone with loudly 886, a CD chamber for 6 discs 287. There are even more than three dozen other joys. Do you think a 101-horsepower machine is not enough power? In 27 094 euros, a 135-horsepower diesel car will cost. This easily develops almost 200 km/h and even more elastic.
 

Instead of the central seat for 407 euros, you can install a boxing box

 
Volkswagen Touran 1.9 TDI

Length x width x height, mm
 
 
4390x1795x1650
 
Trunk volume, l
695/1990
 
Radius of turning, m
5.6
 
Speed, km/h
177
 
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, with
13.5
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
5.2/7.4
 
 
Engine
 
Working volume, SMZ
1896
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
101/4000
 
Twisting, kgsm at rpm
25.5/1900
 
Price, euro
23 850
(Basic Turan -1,6 - 20 737)
 
Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 
 

Source: Magazine "Limousine" [11/03]