Comparison of Kia Cerato, Skoda Octavia and Toyota Corolla: Two Bestsellers vs. Corolla
First, some more statistics. As we have said, sales in its segment Octavia out of competition. The closest pursuer is Kia Cerato: last year these sedans sold just over 11,000 units. Yes, the gap is great, but do not forget that in 2018 cerate survived the change of generations. Continue reading
Test drive Haval F7. Are Chinese cars starting to catch up with smartphones?
Cars from the new F series, in contrast to the models with the H index, are aimed at a young audience that values modern technologies. Actually, the letter F, according to the idea of the creators, is decoded as Future, Fashion and Fun – that is, “future”, “style” and “pleasure”. A crossover body design should emphasize this feeling, because it looks like … Continue reading
Auto motodinyuzhna: cars with engines from bikes and vice versa
Reasons for building a car with a motorcycle engine can be, as a rule, two. The first of them – reducing the cost of budget cars. If for our “Oka” they adapted a VAZ four-cylinder engine, roughly speaking, sawn in half, then foreign designers often used just motors from motorcycles.
Another reason for installing a motor engine under the hood of a car is, of course, a sport. Or rather, high efficiency of motorcycle units with their compact size and low weight. Continue reading
Rio X-Line: the key problem of the passenger “crossover”
Over the past month, X-line has helped me make repairs and move. On the spaciousness of the cabin, which can be shoved, in principle, almost everything, I have already written. Thus, a pair of interior doors, fittings, endless corners, baseboards, buckets, bags and other delights of the building easily fit into the Kiyanka. Even the furniture, however, disassembled. Continue reading
Crossover motocross. Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross vs Subaru XV vs Suzuki Vitara
It is understood that when buying a four-wheel drive crossover, even such a very compact format, as in our three today’s heroes, you at least sometimes plan to use the acquired features – four driving wheels and increased ground clearance. In other words, you will drive not only on asphalt, and sometimes still travel to the fields, to picnics, and the road to your house in the village may not allow you to reach it by an ordinary car. Continue reading
