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Pratsche in town

The word pritsche translated from German means a beater. It is necessary to assume that VW Transporter Pritsche got its name due to the characteristic of the side truck from the cabin dancebox of a sledge-shaped profile.

Why, what do you think the man in the street, not burdened with his own business, is buying a minibus? To carry a numerous relatives and tell. This is an exhaustive response only in the case when a person is first declared for the purchase of a bead. It has long been noticed: once Zaimaev in the economy Mikrovan, many motorists are infected with a certain bus virus, because of which, the despite of all the passengerity, truly comfortably feel only behind the wheel of a minibus. But, probably, the most drive can be felt behind the wheel of a minibus and a truck, a kind of quasi-type. Performance of Volkswagen this kind of car is called Transporter Prithsche.

Everything looks simple: the manufacturer took the front part of Transporter and joined her outdoor body with folding sides. It would seem that nothing outstanding. However, in urban traffic jams behind the wheel of this car, the increased attention is guaranteed to you because it is not a typical minibus from VW. Sufficiently non-standard appearance for our roads has TRANSPORTER. In addition, the beater is equipped with a complete drive.

The interior is quite common here for Volkswagen conveyors. Everything is familiar. But behind not separate seats, but a common sofa. The positions of the back and seat for obvious reasons are not amenable to adjust. But, unlike the passenger pickups, Pritsche is all right with the place to accommodate all the trifles of the type of first-aid kits, fire extinguisher, tools and other junk, accumulating in the trunk of any car. The pickup for the storage of all this SKARB is intended only the body, which has to retrieve with special locking lids. And in a bow, it is enough to raise the seat of the rear sofa and the load in the resulting box that you wish. Another plus bus roots are the opportunity to go from the front seats zone to the rear sofa, without leaving the car.

But the great pleasure of led this car. We launch a 140-strong turboodiesel and when squeeze the clutch, we understand that it is a car for brutal men. All six gears of MCP switch with army definition. The front-line transmission ratios and transmission with the connected automatic coupling rear-wheel drive can sometimes be folded and forcefully sniffing the diesel exhaust couple of traffic races on credit vessels. The relatively large dimensions of the car do not interfere at all: the sides and feed of the car are perfectly felt through the hefty lops of the side mirrors, and the front hemisphere under control due to the high landing and short hood.

At a more or less high speed, the machine clearly makes it clear that it always needs to load. An empty body at speeds of about 100 km / h guarantees jumping and starling on the irregularities of the road.

From the trajectory, the car does not jump, but you begin to understand that the nickname of the beater was given to her not only for her appearance, she really can soul to sculpt. But as soon as the body is at least half of the maximum passport 1.2 tons, the car calms down and carries its ridges with due smoothness. It does not even be necessary to include the locking of the rear inter-track differential. In general, such a car can be considered as an alternative to the usual pickup. It looks quite in a cargo. In addition, representatives of the commenters are usually stronger than civilian all-wheel drivers. A price tag at 1 210,400 rubles finally puts VW Transporter Pritsche in one row with modern pickups of other brands.


SPECIFICATIONS

VW Transporter Prithsche
Dimensions (mm) 5476x1994x1963
Road clearance (mm) 165
Mass (kg) 3000
Wheel base (mm) 3400
Square of the cargo compartment (M2) 4.2
Load capacity (kg) 1211
Engine operating volume (cm3) 1984
Max. Power (hp) 140
Max. Torque (nm) 340
Acceleration 0100 km / h (c) 12.7
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b(km / h) 158
Price (rub.) 1 210 400


material: Alexey Batushenko

 

A source: Mkmobile Magazine [August / 2010]