What is better: crossover or larger sedan? The crossover is different from the hatchback hatchback - a comfortable body with a mass of advantages

Typically, the car is chosen on the basis of, first of all, from the capabilities of the wallet. As a rule, approximately for the same money that the car dealer is asking for a car, it is possible to purchase a sedan - once a half is large in question to buy a full-wheel drive machine model. We will negate that it is not about the premium segment here, where the buyer's criteria when choosing a somewhat different. And in the more "landed" segments of the car market, the choice is, for example, between Mazda CX-5 and Mazda6, Volkswagen Tiguan and Passat, Kia Sportage and Optima.

Immediately striking, which, unlike sedan, boasts a complete drive and a higher road lumen. Actually, crossover adherents mainly to these advantages of their cars constantly and appeal. In their opinion, in winter, in the winter, the modern city is simply impossible to drive without these technical attributes. At the same time, it becomes incomprehensible how this daily manage to carry out owners of millions of mono-drive sedans.

In fact, four-wheel drive really sometimes cuts out only those owners who are chosen on nature, on a light off-road. But it is rare. The overwhelming majority of owners of modern all-wheel drive cars will not think about the road, which is not the teeth with a large ordinary sedan. Because the car is a pity!

And electronics with its anti-duct, bidding and other "opposite" systems installed on modern "eats" almost half of the off-road capabilities of these cars. And if, God forbid, suddenly the clutch is overheated, which provides four-wheel drive to our crossover, he will turn into an ordinary mono-drive universal.

Another advantage of the crossover is a high planting of the inhabitants of his salon over the road. The farther forward the driver brings down the road, the better in terms of security. But there is here and minus. All other things being equal, sit in the sedan chairs (especially large) is much more comfortable than in.

Yes, and the wheelbase of a large sedan is longer than that of the "Cross". Already only thanks to this trip on the sedan, especially for long distances, we tire an order of magnitude less than in the crossover. In general, places for passengers and a driver in a large sedan salon much more than in. But in the latter you can "fill up" the backs of the back chairs and immerse in the car, such as a bike.

Few people notice, but this is a fact: rear view cameras, circular review and all sorts of electronic parking assistants first appeared on and SUVs. Just because it is on them, and not on sedans, these electronic "helpers" are more in demand, because with the visibility and feeling of the dimensions of the sedans of cases, in their mass, much better.

One of the most important criteria to be guided by choosing a car is the body type. The number of types of car bodies over the past 15-20 years has increased almost twice. Manufacturers are increasingly trying to combine several types of body in one car. It is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish one option from another, but we will do it all.

Let's figure out in the classification of car body types

To begin with, we divide all body types into 3 groups: three-volume, double and single-volume.

Three Power

Three Body Bodyhas a protruding hood and trunk. Three-volume belongs to the least universal bodies due to the limited possibility of transformation of the cabin and trunk. This group includes sedans, coupe, cabriolets and pickups.

Sedan, coupe.

The main difference between the sedan's coupe consists in a two-door body. The coupe (from the French "Couper" - cut off) is usually built on the basis of a sedan and has a sports slope (lower body, powerful motors). The coupe does not always have a pronounced three-volume body and in the form often resembles a three-door hatchback. But the hatchback always gives the vertically located trunk door, which the coupe is trying to make the most horizontal.

Convertible, coupe-convertible, roadster.

Convertible is a coupe with a "soft" roof-awning, which develops behind the rear seats and rises if necessary

But the soft top did not allow to use the car all year round, so in the late 90s began to gain popularity of the new version of the open body - a coupe-cabriolet. At first glance, this is the usual coupe, but it is worth pressing the desired button, and the rigid metal roof rises and gently folds into the trunk, turning the coupe into a convertible.

Double convertible (without a second row of seats) is called Roger.

Roger Porsche Boxster Roadster Audi TTS

Pickup.

Pickup Mitsubishi L200.

Pickup is a body with an open truck separated from the salon with a rigid partition. Simply put, this is a reduced copy of the usual truck. Most often, this body is confused with a van. In order not to make mistakes, it is enough to remember that Pick-Up in English means including "pick up", "pick up", then you mean - throw in the body quickly ... most pickups are built on one platform with SUVs and have good Patency. As we have, and in the whole of Europe, pickups are not particularly popular, but in the USA from them crazy.

Double-pixels

In a two-capacity body There is no protruding trunk, and its lid opens only with glass and is considered another door.

Double bodies include hatchbacks, universal, as well as crossover and SUVs created on their base. Double bodies are highlighted by the most accommodated trunk (universals) and compact sizes (hatchbacks - "hatchback", you can translate English as the "Rear Door"). At the same time, the universals and hatchbacks have a folding rear seat, which makes it possible to significantly increase the volume of the trunk and in characteristics always indicate its minimum (i.e. with decomposed seats) and maximum (with folded seats) value.

Hatchback, wagon.

Hatchback Skoda Fabia New and Universal Skoda Fabia NEW COMBI

The main difference between the hatchback from the station wagon is the value (length) of the trunk.

In addition to the usual hatchback, there is still a lifbec - hatchback with almost a three-billing body. Liftback The trunk lid has a small ledge and resembles a sedan, but opens with the rear glass.

The hatchbacks are very popular in Europe, but we are only gaining popularity, and mainly thanks to Liftbacks (due to similarities with sedans).

The main advantage of the hatchback is its compactness and maneuverability, but the wagon always wins in terms of the volume of the trunk.

SUV.

Crossover, though it tries to look like an SUV, but can not boast And impressive And very often inferior to an SUV in height. Sometimes they are called "Parcattails", probably with a hint that such a "SUV" is suitable for riding on parquet, and not truly off-road ...

Crossover Nissan Qashqai.

In addition, more and more often crossovers are created on the basis of hatchbacks and differ from them only with high ground clearance and large wheels.

Recently, the popularity of crossovers around the world has grown very much. Despite the fact that the first crossovers appeared relatively recently (mid-90s), almost every producer already has in its model range of such a body or plans to add it shortly.

Single complisters

Single-volume The body does not have a far-speaking hood and trunk - the engine and the luggage compartment are almost in the cabin. Single bodies are proud of the huge number of transformation options for their spacious salons.

The "one-unified" bodies include the most "young" types of body: minivans, compact holds, microvany - that is practically all buses of any size. You can distinguish these body options in the size of the machine and by the number of seventive rows.

Minivan.

The compactment is based on the microvain and minivan, length from 4.2 to 4.5 meters. At the same time, some compact holdes may have a third nearby seats. The first "compacts" saw the light in the mid-90s. In fact, it is a bit reduced (compact) version of the minivan.

Mikrovan

Mikrovan Nissan Note.

Mikrovan is simply enlarged in size (height) hatchback with a more spacious interior. In Microvane, there is no third row of seats. Length does not exceed 4.2 meters. The first microvans appeared only 5-7 years ago, but are already rapidly gaining popularity in Europe and even on our roads can be found more and more.

The differences are increasingly

Gradually, the difference between types is becoming less noticeable. What is only Skoda Superb sedan-hatchback costs (the trunk lid opens with glass and without it) or almost single-visuous Honda Civic hatchback.

In the sedan of the body two-volume, that is, a constructive trunk of the car is separated from the cabin. The volume of the trunk is 430 liters. In winter, when it discovery, the cold air does not fall into the salon, which is also heated faster. The rear window is polluted less than the hatchback (which has a rear door washer). When you hit the rear during the accident, there is no depressurization of the cabin. The driver and passengers do not fall unpleasant odors (for example, a spare canister with gasoline) from the luggage compartment.

Trunk.

In the hatchback of the body one-slot, as the trunk is not separated from the cabin. Its cover is an extra door. This facilitates the loading and unloading work and makes it possible to get inside the car in case, say, freezing in the winter period of castles of other doors. On the other hand, its discovery quickly cools the air inside the car. Since the luggage compartment does not have sufficient sound insulation, the overall level of noise inside the car increases. This also contributes to the knock of the rear shelf, appearing with its fragile fixing.

Despite the fact that the useful volume of the trunk in this case (here it is only 360 liters), much lower than that of the sedan, with a folded rear seats, its volume increases almost twice as long as - up to 705 liters. The rear seats, depending on the size of the cargo, can be folded both completely and partially. The possibility of transporting large-sized cargoes: baby strollers, refrigerators, skis, garden tools, etc., which makes it practical in many cases.

Now consider: Priora sedan or hatchback, which is better in other characteristics.

Dimensions and other parameters

Compare some dimensions of these modifications.

The length of the car in the sedan modification is 4350 mm, the height in the equipment is 1420 mm with a width of the wheelchair 1410 mm of the front wheels and 1380 mm rear.

Machines with this type of body are equipped with a softer suspension and has a good balance (weight distribution) along the axes.

The word "hatchback" it is no coincidence that means "shortened" in English. The length of the Lada Priora car in such a body is 4210 mm at a height - 1435 mm. The shortened rear hatchback makes it easier to parking the car and control them. This also contributes to a good aerodynamic form. At the same time, the machines and in that, and other modifications have the same clearance (135 mm under the outlet system and 170 mm under the power unit), the overall width (1680 mm, without taking into account the sizes of the rear-view mirrors) and the width of the rear and front wheels width, weight characteristics. Fuel consumption is slightly different.

Of the differences, I also want to note the differences in the installation of children's seats (UF or U).

Price

Prices for cars with a different form of bodyworks in the same configuration differ quite slightly, although the hatchback is still a bit cheaper due to their smaller length.

Therefore, the differences between the sedan and hatchback modifications in the cars of this model are complete.

I never loved the sedans, but Ironically, three of the four cars were sedans. And only one was perfect - Renault Kangoo. Nevertheless, the type of body sedan is very popular, it is most often on the roads. For some reason, people buy such cars, so I decided to imagine and figure out: "Why?"

But for a start, I will tell you why Hetchi and universal I like more. Everything is simple - they are practical! Try to shove the bike into the trunk of the bike - it is unlikely to succeed even with folded second-row seats. And in the Hatch of the same class two, if the seats are folded. The sedan will not fit the refrigerator, the old TV and in general there is almost nothing oven, because the opening is much less than in Hitce. What is already talking about the universal? Therefore, I wondered: "Why is the body sedan generally produced? Does he have any advantages over Hatchs? " And the first answer was born immediately:

You can carry long items

The sedans are longer: if the rear seats are folded, then the long items can be transported with a closed trunk, while in Hitce will have to carry an open-fifth door.

Not dirty rear window

Hetchi and universal drive with dirty tasks after any rain. The rear janitor helps, but the visibility still decreases, and it looks bad. The sedans are not even completed with the rear janitor, the glass is almost not dirty. Dirty it becomes when it is not clear what color of the car. In practice - almost never.

In winter, the salon is not cooled

It is the most significant minus for me. Imagine a firing frost. You just walked in the cabin and here you understand that you need to get something / put in the trunk. It is such an unpleasant feeling when you understand that all progress on heat instantly will disappear. Especially this minus is relevant when children are in the cabin. I remember how everyone suffered when shooting, because there were often cameras to get it, and there was frost on the street, sometimes before -27. In the sedan, the salon is separated from the trunk, so there is no such problem.

Do not rattle the regiment

Even in quite expensive hatchbacks makes itself felt the trunk shelf, it is noise. And if it is removed, noise insulation is worse in the cabin. Here the next advantage appears -

Do not thunder things in the trunk

In Hatches, it is better to hear what is in the trunk. Yes, the contents can be fixed, but this is not a way out for everything. Anyway, there will be cases when the cabin will be a roar from tools, nails, cans and bottles, thrown into the trunk. In the sedan, the contents of the trunk does not interfere with you.

No vony from the contents of the trunk

Well, at least once forgot to throw garbage and threw it in the trunk? I had such that I was returned to a pretty pickled kangoo after a picnic. In Hitce, the division of the trunk and the cabin is only formal, all odors easily spread through the cabin. In the sedan, this problem is also not.

On the trunk you can decompose the glade

Well, why, I saw this many times. Try it with hatchback!

In the daily operation of the trunk big

The volume of the trunk in the sedan is greater than in the hatchback in the vehicles of the comparative class. For example, in Kia Rio sedan, the volume of the trunk of as many as 500 liters, and in the hatchback - 389. Therefore, in most daily tasks, the sedan will be more convenient.

More attractive

It is this smell that confused me most, because it was presented as prestige. Type sedan prestigious and the like. I need practicality, and not contrived prestige, but in fact, the share of truth is there. If we talk about cars to the C-class, then the sedans are very often look more complete, while the same models in the body of the hatchback seems to be somebirds. Look at Aveo or on Kia Rio: In the body, the sedan model seems more completed. The sedans are really a little longer (15-20 cm), and the body shape emphasizes even stronger.

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If you argue about what kind of modification of the car is a sedan or hatchback - better, then the main difference is the difference in functionality. Sedan is a car model, the trunk of which is located outside, separately from the cabin. In the hatchback, on the contrary, the trunk is combined with the salon, so the hatchback is always a little shorter of the sedan. And cheaper sedan than sedan. Let's talk about what other differences are in these two modifications, in addition to appearance and prices. And are they?

If briefly, it can be said about the sedan that it is a comfortable and not very practical car. Traditionally, the sedan salon is more expensive, has more "beams", compared to hatchback, as it was originally created for a rich and business public, which is rather demanding and picky - from here and higher cost. This is a machine for work, for travel trips, well, for the city holiday, of course.

The sedan has a smoother move, due to the fact that it does not have a lot of lifting capacity, it is not conceived for this. For a soft stroke in a sedan suspension, special devices are used. Cargo to the trunk can be placed long or wide in shape, but in height, the place for the cargo will be limited to the height of the trunk.

In the hatchback, the place in the trunk is limited only by the height of the roof of the car, and if folded the rear seats, the volume of the trunk becomes much more than that of the sedan. That is, in the hatchback you can transport enough overall cargo. This car has more lifting capacity, and he has a tougher suspension, so in Europe it is very popular with lovers to travel driving.

But from the neighborhood with the subjects immersed in the salon may occur. These are noises, vibration and possible smell from the cargo - all this will be in the cabin. Thus, the hatchback is less expensive and less comfortable than the sedan, the car, but more practical.

What car is solid - sedan or hatchback? If earlier it was believed that the sedan had a more respectable species than the hatchback of the same brand, then the modern generations of hatchbacks made such a comparison senseless. They look no less solid than sedans. Yes, and on security, both modifications are approximately equal.

Five advantages of crossover and sedans: Battle continues.

Probably there is no such owner of the sedan, which would not look at the crossover. Indeed, the market of SUVs in recent years is experiencing an incredible boom. observed worldwide. This is due to the fact that, according to many people, cars class SUV are more versatile and practical compared to conventional sedans and universals. As a result, many drivers began to abandon passenger cars in favor of crossovers and SUVs. But this boom does not really say that SUV cars unconditionally won on world car market.

The fact is that they also have the pros and cons, as well as passenger sedans. So the question of what car is better not yet resolved. If you also have not yet decided what to buy, crossover or sedan, we suggest you learn five reasons why the best election is the purchase of an SUV and five reasons why it is still worth buying a sedan.

Crossover - a large cargo space

From the very beginning of its appearance, crossovers have always been more specific, compared with sedans. For example, the volume of the trunk is 495 liters. But the Honda CR-V crossover has a striking amount of cargo space, which is 589 liters.

If you fold the rear seats, the volume of the cargo space will be 1669 liters. And this is taking into account the fact that the Honda Accord sedan is more crossover in its overall sizes.

So if the trunk size is important for you, it is definitely the best choice for you is a crossover. This is one of the main advantages of any crossover.

Crossover - Full Drive 4WD / AWD System

Most of us live in the region, where in winter the weather gives us everyday surprises, in the form of ice rain, snow, hail, etc., turning our roads to the winter rally track, on the rink or in winter off-road. Naturally, every driver knows that a high-quality winter tires is needed to any car for reliable clutch with expensive.

But non-receipt passenger cars in winter are noticeably losing all-wheel drive even with the most expensive winter with studded tires. But even more advantages in winter, of course in crossovers and SUVs ,.

The fact is that in addition to transmitting torque on all four wheels, as a rule, crossovers have increased ground clearance, which is relevant on snowy roads, streets and alleys. This allows drivers not to experience difficulties in winter even on country roads outside the city. So, if you need to go to the cottage in winter or in the village, then you better buy all-way, since it wins noticeably on the passability of a passenger sedan.

Crossover - High Landing

One of the reasons why crossovers became popular worldwide is a high driver landing. The fact is, thanks to the height of the seat crossovers in the cabin of the machine are high, which provides the driver and passengers a higher landing than in any passenger sedan. High landing provides the driver with the best visibility on the road.

For example, the driver of the crossover offers visibility for several cars forward. As a result, control the crossover is more comfortable and safer, since the driver can see in advance what happens in front of other machines.

Thanks to this, drivers and passengers feel comfortable and calm in crossovers. And this is the main thing for any manufacturer so that the products meet the maximum criteria for comfort. After all, in the modern world for car owners, this is the most important thing.

Crossover - off-road

Many sedan owners dream of a road off road and sightseeing roads. In most cases, this is not possible. Unfortunately, cars are not intended for use outside asphalt. Naturally, if you are a lover of digging dirt in the forest or want to pass the flooded areas of the road, without fear of getting stuck, then for you the best choice of the car, of course there should be vehicles of class SUV.

Yes, of course, you can buy a passenger rally car, but the best solution will still be a crossover or a full-fledged SUV.

Crossover - to be trend

If you follow the fashion not only in the world of consumer goods, but also want to be in the trend in Automir, then of course you should purchase a crossover or an SUV, since these days it is really their market. We must admit that the share of sedans in the car market will decline. And this is not avoided. Almost all automotive companies cannot bypass the side of the boom in the crossover and SUV market, observed around the world. Therefore, it is still possible to receive maximum profits in the SUV market, they will produce and design new off-road models.

Unfortunately, without prejudice to the sedans, the development of crossovers is not possible. Naturally, many car brands are forced to reduce investment in the development of new cars in the body of a sedan, shifting their interest towards crossovers.

It is noteworthy that it touched even powerful passenger sedans, alternatives that were actually not until recently on the global car market. But now many automakers began to produce powerful, which, according to technical characteristics, are no longer inferior to passenger sedans.

And this trend will only continue. So in the coming years we will see even more powerful crossovers and SUVs, which have specifications that previously could only be found in charged sedans.

So, if you are looking for a powerful car model, you now have no need to purchase a passenger car. On our market, today there are already many powerful crossovers and SUVs, which not only do not infer the performance of sedans, but also have a number of advantages over the car, which we wrote above.

Sedan - Fuel Savings

Despite the fact that crossovers have done a long way of development from non-economic vehicles towards technologies that help save fuel, nevertheless, they could not take advantage of passenger sedans so far. It is noteworthy that it did not work out even in hybrid crossovers. Still essentially economical.

The whole thing of course in the "sailboat" of the SUV class cars, which leads to an increased aerodynamic air resistance. We must admit that sedans have significantly higher this indicator. Plus, of course, this is the weight of the body which crosses naturally more. As a result, passenger cars are much more economical crossovers and SUVs.

So if for you saving fuel is the main thing when choosing a car and you do not need versatility and practicality in the vehicle, then it is worth buying a sedan because it is an unconditional leader in front of cars SUV class cars.

Sedan - Comfortable Salon

We have already said that crossovers and SUVs have a high landing of the driver and passengers, which gives a feeling of calm, which provides an increased level of comfort. But this is if we proceed from the Psychology. In practice, in terms of the level of convenience and comfort, cars in the body sedan and the wagon are noticeably bypass their all-wheel drive competitors.

The fact is that due to the vertical landing of the seats of crossovers during long trips, the car passengers can be very tired. In addition, in many SUVs the seats are quite rigid, which is clearly not in favor of maximum comfort. In the sedans, the seats are set somewhat differently, having other corners of the location, which give more capabilities to adjust the automotive seats for maximum comfort while driving.

As a result, the driver and passengers when traveling in a passenger car feels more comfortable. It is worth noting that even with long-term trips, the driver and passengers of sedans get tired less than in SUV class cars.

Sedan - Time Vainted Reliable Platform

Unfortunately, with an increase in the popularity of crossovers, the level of satisfaction with cars of class SUV does not grow. What is the reason? After all, people buy, counting on the advantage over passenger cars.

But oddly enough, with a survey of crossover owners, many of them often complain about explicit frequent problems with all-wheel drive vehicles associated with their quality and reliability. Why many crossovers are not so reliable as passenger cars? After all, most of the modern SUVs are based on the platforms of passenger models.

Definitely answer this question is very hard. Here, of course, there are plenty of reasons why crossovers often upset their owners. For example, the main enemy of any crossover is a new platform, on the basis of which one or another model is produced. After all, in pursuit of profit, many companies are in a hurry in design, development and. As a result, it leads to frequent miscalculations and lowers.

In addition, due to the fact that many SUVs and crossovers are based on passenger models, do not actually receive some modernization in the suspension, which ultimately leads to its rapid wear. This is due to the fact that in many models of crossovers, the suspension design does not withstand the weight of the car, which is significantly more compared to passenger cars.

Sometimes car companies trying to create a reliable crossover and using the platform of universal or sedans, somewhat modernizes the architecture in the calculation that the new model will be high-quality. Sometimes in automakers, it turns out to create stunning models of crossovers that are reliable and high-quality. But it's more often the opposite.

Unlike crossover sedans are more reliable and tested by time. After all, many cars are produced on the basis of old classic platforms, which over time have been modified to perfection and actual ideal. Agree that more than 100 years have been enough to ensure that modern cars become almost perfect, unlike crossovers, which, in principle, despite their mass, are still at the beginning of their development path.

So, purchasing a sedan, you will know in advance what you get. When as the purchase of a crossover, it is in principle the acquisition of the "cat in the bag". So if you still decide to purchase an SUV, be prepared for any surprise. But the fact that you will spend on an SUV significantly more money for service is definitely. Get ready. The cost of spare components, the cost of repair and planned, for crossovers is significantly higher than passenger sedans.

If you are not ready to overpay for the crossover, the best choice for you should be sedan.

Sedan - visibility and visibility

Did you notice how to capture the automotive industry? Technologies are especially developing in the field of help drivers while driving the car. One of the fastest growing systems that has become massively appearing on modern cars, this is a feature of parking with reversing. Noticed how quickly this option moved from expensive premium cars on economy class vehicles? And of course there is nothing wrong with that.

But few people know that since the appearance of the video help when parking, this option is primarily installed on crossovers. Didn't think about? Of course, this is done not just and not only for marketing. The fact is that due to its sizes they have significantly worse visibility.

That is, the number of blind zones in SUV class cars is much larger than in passenger sedans. Especially poor statement in crossovers and SUVs are observed when parking with reverse. This is where the video camera is indispensable on the trunk lid, which transmits the video image of what is happening behind the machine when moving by reverse.

For the same reason, other, more advanced, technologies of helping the driver in Parking appeared. For example, at the moment, many automobile companies began to equip both passenger and off-road cars with a 360-degree system around the machine, which is projected onto the LCD screen of the information and entertainment system.

A similar visibility of space around the machine is achieved at the expense of several video cameras located on each side of the car.

Naturally because of the poor surroundings of crossovers and SUVs, this system of circular review during parking is indispensable. So, the system of assistance to drivers, appearing in many crossovers, also began to apply on passenger cars making them even comfortable and safer.

Yes, of course, do not forget that not every sedan boasts stunning visibility driving. For example, Mercedes-Benz CLA has a very bad visibility and maybe even apparently inferior to many modern crossovers. But most often the sedans have better visibility.

So behind the wheel of the Honda Accord or BMW 5-series visibility of the road and space around the car is much better than or.

Believe me, on the passenger car you will be much easier to park than the SUV created on the same platform.

Sedan - Design

Of course, there are people for whom the most beautiful cars are hatchbacks or universals. There are those for whom the top of perfection sports cars. But as they say, they do not argue about tastes. But still these machines are not for everyone.

When buying a car, making the choice between the hatchback and sedan, as a rule, the future motorist enjoys its personal preferences. In the former post-Soviet space, that is, the Great Troika Russia, Ukraine, Belarus for the average person was a dream to have its own apartment, the country and the car and the perfect car was the 24th Volga. As not to look at it, it can be the same with different sides, the steering wheel can be rearranged from the torpedoes to the back seat and few people will notice the difference, probably because of this established opinion, since childhood, we looked at this car with a lust passing on Street or on TV as a companion Khrushchev moves on this sedan.

Using the example of Opel Astra, the differences in the body of the body sedan, hatchback and wagon are perfectly visible.

Pros of sedan:
- big trunk;
- isolation of the trunk from the salon (smells, sound);
- with an accident less chances of depressurization of the cabin from the back;
- when opening the trunk, the cold does not fall into the salon;
- winter faster heating, in summer faster cooling due to a smaller volume of the cabin;
- the rear window is not dirty, do not need a rear janitor;
- Large solidity (for those. To whom it is important).

Pluses of hatchback:
- more compact dimensions;
- the best handling due to the lack of "tail" (IMHO, not proven);
- quick access to the luggage compartment, on the trip for example;
- Wide opening in the trunk (important with the rear seats folded);
- Hatchback is usually a bit cheaper than a similar model in the body of a sedan;
- Usually the hatchback looks more sporty.

Hence the majority of us and went love to this type of body. If the car, then it should be in the body of a sedan, which you will not say at all about the Europeans who have most cars are hatchbacks. Compact, but at the same time spacious cars they love more. This is understandable with their close streets, where everyone is parked five centimeters from each other. To plant a dog in the trunk in such a body will not be any problems. It is more convenient to put things from the supermarket? Also. And what if you need to translate the Christmas tree for the new year? Sedan with such possibilities, unfortunately, it can not boast.

But why, after all, our people like this type of body, which cannot be said for sure about the hatchback - it is prestigious and status, you ever seen the car of the highest, prestigious class, let's say a new S-class or the 7th BMW series in the body wagon ? Not. Only sedan. The desire to be similar to older brothers and have a full, and not "cut" trunk + in winter when opening the 5th door in the back of the head does not blow.
Well, as characteristic of a difficult Russian man - to be Macho wants almost everything and "rolling" to the girl on a cropped car - a minimum is not solid.

Another reason why the hatchbacks are more common in Europe compared to Russia - this is the absence of cottages. Therefore, the volume of the body Europeans is not as important as many Russians. Seasonal migration to the cottage and back requires a lot of space in the trunk. It is good that people fit. Oh neither twice, most of the hatchbacks are inferior in the length of the bodies of the sedans and the universal.

The essential difference between the sedan and the hatchback, this is the full noise insulation of the trunk from the salon from the sedan, you are drunk to hear the ringing of a jack or slip other spare parts for the trunk of the sedan, which cannot be said about the hatchback. And if God's grandmother's marinated cucumbers break in a sharp turn in Hatchback? We'll have to stop directly on the track and urgently cleaned everything, because it is impossible to breathe this, verified in practice.

In winter, the hatchback has more problems, sitting in the car, I want to warm it at once, and the difference in the volume of internal space between the bodies is 1.5 times! So it is almost 2 times to warm the car longer.

A very important nuance, which, by the way, for some reason, not all pay attention to this clearance. The clearance is the distance between the asphalt on which the car and the lower point of the car, as a rule, in passenger cars it is from 12 to 16 centimeters. The second factor is the length of the wheelbase than it is greater - the worse the passivity as well as the clearance, at the hatchback the length of the base is less than that of the sedan, respectively, the hatchback is passing sedan if of course to keep the same model (for example, Ford focus sedan and Ford focus hatchback). The same model can look great in the body of the hatchback and absolutely not to look in the body of the sedan, as the opposite.

When transplanted by the wheel, with a hatchback to the sedan, a very unusual moment is that in the first body - you are accustomed, where the rear window ends, ends and actually your car ends, although it takes it many times more than in the sedan, it is necessary Re-releaded follow the dimensions of the car and count on an additional 30-40 centimeters, which you simply do not see due to the dead zone. But this is all designed for those who driving at the wheel quite a bit, for experienced drivers with many years later, it's not a question and put a wagon with a trailer in the garage \u003d)
Our mentality is of course designed for a sedan man, a babe - hatchback.
Behind the hill, as I said, everything is different.

Each of us decides for yourself, do you want to light on the car or do you want to calmly ride? Do you need to transport skis, trees, bicycles, and so on? Or do you just take a taxi for this purpose once a year? Do you need an additional trunk? When can you buy a trailer or ask for help from a friend on a van? At the highlights of the answers are given, output below.

In short, morality from all this above-named diversity in who you really are, your personal preferences and the mass of other factors. Hunter you or a businesswoman who is an extra trunk as a book of a monkey, an egoist you or a good family man with a zoo in the house. I personally, as the author of this article, in his experience, I can say that yes, like most Russians I like the sedan, but there are moments when you go somewhere to relax in Europe, the population of which, insensively love hatchbacks and universals and you meet Alfa Romeo Juliet in juicy, like a sunset, a bright red body on the wide and the truth of giant drives (the body of the hatchback approx .red) and it is too hard to make a choice, better and most of all you need to listen to your heart, like the choice of my wife, Practicality or beauty ... to each his own. Choosing for your heart, because we are not the owners.

In the USSR, there were not only sex, but also types of automotive bodies. Rather, the body type was only one - a classic sedan. Later, the country learned about the universal - for example, there were white "Volga" working in a medical service. And with the arrival of the restructuring, the hatchbacks appeared - "nine" VAZ-2109. And then it started: the coupe, roadster, crossovers, microvens, Liftbacks - Henry Ford Himself leaving. And here also to help manufacturers, marketing came to the manufacturers: the autohydigants began to call their new models and at all mysterious words like the "four-door coupe" or "Fastbek". "Komsomolka" tried to collect all together and sort out modern types of car body.

We note immediately - everything was so mixed that it is impossible to fit the diversity of modern car forms to a common denominator today. That neither take the basis - still there are cars, absolutely not falling into the class. Similar to individual moments, we decided to divide all types of bodies into three groups: three-volume, double and single-volume.

Three binding body

The main sign is a protruding hood and trunk, as in the classic "Zhiguli" of the first model. This is the most conservative type of body, and gradually the world fashion for such cars is fading - they say, no versatility and possibilities of transformation of the cabin and trunk. This group gets sedans, coupe (including converts) and pickups.

The brightest representative of the three-volume body is sedanwhich is still present in the model range of almost all manufacturers. Unlike Europe, the sedan is of great popularity on Belarusian roads, where "Prestige is all", and many drivers still share cars on sedans and not sedans.

Coupe - The same sedan, just not with four, but with two doors. The coupe is usually built on the basis of the sedan and have a sports bias - a lower body, powerful motors.

Cabriolet - This is a sedan or coupe with a soft roof-awning, which folds behind the rear seats and rises if necessary. But the soft top did not allow to use the car all year round, so in the late 90s began to gain popularity with a new version of the open body - a hardtop coupe. At first glance, this is an ordinary coupe, but it is worth pressing the button - and the rigid metal roof rises and gently folds into the trunk, turning the coupe into a convertible. Double convertible (without a second row of seats) is called roadster.

Pickup - This is a car with an open truck separated from the salon with a rigid partition. Simply put, this is a reduced copy of the usual truck - as in films about American farmers. Most pickups are built on one platform with SUVs and have good permeability. In Belarus, and in all of Europe, pickups are not popular with popular, but in the USA from them crazy.

Double bodies

They have no protruding trunk, and its back cover opens only with glass and is considered another door. That is, there are three-door and five-door cars. Double bodies include hatchbacks, Universalas well as created on their base crossovers and SUVs. Double bodies are highlighted by the most spacious trunk (universals) and compact sizes (hatchbacks).

The main difference between the hatchback from the station wagon is the length of the trunk. In addition to ordinary hatchback still exists liftbek - hatchback with almost three-billing body. Liftback The trunk lid has a small ledge and resembles a sedan, but opens with the rear glass. The main advantage of the hatchback is its compactness and maneuverability, but the wagon always wins in terms of the volume of the trunk.

Most SUVs and crossovers (about them a little later) are essentially universal, but they can be allocated in a separate class due to appearance and sizes. SUVThanks to the large road clearance, the full drive and the presence of a frame body, always higher than any wagon and most crossovers. Crossover Although it tries to look like an SUV, but it does not boast a frame body and impressive clearance and is very often inferior to an SUV in height. In addition, more and more often crossovers are created on the basis of hatchbacks and differ from them only with high ground clearance and large wheels. Such are often called pARCATHNIKS. - Mol, the pseudo-roadster is suitable only for riding on a flat asphalt.

However, recently the popularity of crossovers around the world, and in Belarus, has grown very much. Despite the fact that the first crossovers appeared relatively recently, almost every manufacturer already has in its model row such a body or plans to add it in the near future.

Single Body Body

They do not have a far protruding hood and trunk - the engine and the luggage compartment are almost in the cabin. Single bodies are proud of the huge number of transformation options for their spacious salons. This includes the youngest types of body: minivans, compacttwans and micromens - That is, almost all family cars of any size. You can distinguish these body options in the size of the machine and by the number of seventive rows.

Mikrovan - It is simply increased in the height of the hatchback with a more spacious interior. In Microvane, there is no third row of seats. The first microvans appeared only 5 - 7 years ago, but they are already rapidly gaining popularity in Europe, and even on our roads can be found more and more.

View from the sixth floor

Over time, the difference between the types of body is becoming less noticeable. What only Skoda Superb sedan-hatchback is located (the trunk lid opens with glass, and without it) or almost single-visuous Honda Civic hatchback. The desire of the manufacturers to create the most universal car will soon lead to the fact that it will be incredibly difficult to understand what car at the car will be incredibly difficult. For example, due to smooth forms, the Mercedes CLS sedan advertisers called the "first four-door coupe in the world." And the BMW X6 SUV and at all called Sports Activity Coupé. Although the body of the last two cars, many specialists call fastbques - due to the shape of the roof, smoothly flowing into the trunk. It turned out that this term was used in the 1930s to designate machines with a drop-like rear. In general, the times of the Times, when Nan RB, will open the Department of History of Automobile Body, and Students of the BNTU or BGEU will defend diplomas on the topic "Four-door coupe: Heritage echoes or a victim of marketing?"

Not much now on sale of compact crossovers or at least cross-hatchbacks with a price of up to $ 15,000 and not with "mechanics", and who is presented, then either with a simple "robot" or with a morally obsolete 4-speed "automatic". Therefore, we could not refuse to check in the case of the five-year JAC S2, which at the specified price is offered in the top configuration, and even with the variator.

Jac S2 is declared a compact crossover, but still correctly called his five-door hatchback with good clearance 200 mm. Released in China, it only happens to be an editorial, gasoline and atmospheric: Motors with a volume of 1.6 liters (118 hp, 150 nm) and 1.5 liters (112 hp, 146 or 165 nm, depending on the modification). Gears are also two: 5-speed "mechanics" or variator. In Ukraine, the model is represented only with a 1.5-liter engine, but the ability to select the transmission is not trimmed. Classic suspension - MacPherson racks in front and torsion beam rear, steering with electric power.

Our test visited Jac S2 in the Top Package Intelligent with a variator. The car costs 389 thousand UAH or $ 14.9 thousand at the time of publishing the material. Equipment included: Front of driver and front passenger airbags, side security curtains, electronic security systems (ABS + EBD, ESP, EBA (emergency braking), TCS (Traction Control), HDC (Help), HAC When climbing), alarm and central lock. There is also heating and electrically regulating mirrors, rear view camera and rear parking sensors, electric windows of all doors (driver with AUTO function), air conditioning, cruise control, media system with touchscreen display and other options.

Design

Jac S2 is definitely the most harmonious representative of the JAC crossover family, although not so spectacular as the eldest S7, which is not for sale yet. In general, if you cover the logos and remove promotional stickers, the "deuce" can be taken for the Korean, and the real country of origin will be issued, except that the abundance of chrome elements, inappropriately painted in red brake calipers, and coarse welds on the doors. The "sixteenth" wheels and original curls on the windows line of the rear doors look well. Fur S2 Editors without objections recognized the second generation at Hyundai i30, however, this is the case when someone else means bad. At the same time, S2 received unpainted bottom sections of bumpers, which means it is possible to worry about the safety of the LCP on the sidelines. It should also be noted that the rails are already installed in the basic equipment, which today starts from 315 thousand UAH or $ 12 thousand.

Jac S2 optics regardless of the Halogen package. Far light reflex, and "Middle" is implemented through lenses.

LED daytime running lights are placed on fonts.

Button of the trunk lock is set between the handle and the logo on the fifth door.

Interior

However, inside without excesses, and everywhere hard plastic dilutes only the dashboard-covered trump card and soft archers of armrests in the door cards in front. An unusual solution - at the base of the visor's visor, a hole is made through which, leaning, you can watch the windshield. It covers a small dashboard with a small font of the speedometer and a tachometer that surrounds the insert "under metal" to the entire width of the panel. Pockets of the door panels would not interfere with the recesses under the bottle, and the separation of the "smallest" before the transmission selector is too small that with the ashtray, which is without it. It is assumed that, for example, the phone can be placed in the recess on the upper console or under the "handbrake", but in the first case it will pop up on the first turn, and in the second the place itself is chosen not in the most convenient way.

The steering column is adjustable exclusively in height. The elements of the interior are not bad, but during operation in the cabin arbitrarily appeared and the annoyable creaking, presumably, from the rear shelf or fastening one of the seats.

In heated in the sun, the car clearly feels the specific "aroma" of the leather of seats.

The font of the dashboard scales is small, but at night the readings are well read.

The steering wheel of the middle thickness, soft, and in my opinion, even more comfortable than in the class above the Haval H2, which was with us a week before "Jaca". Cruise control controls and phone calls are made to the left needle, and the right - control of the media system: the volume, disconnection of the sound, the source selection and switching of songs / radio stations. Experienced, it turned out that cruise control in S2 is the easiest and increase or reduce the speed of the "swing" on the steering wheel. This element allows you to activate or disable the system, and the control speed is set by the gas pedal.

The driver's seat is adjustable in height in a good range - from the bottom to the highest position you need to make a lever at the base of the pillow 21 movement up! The landing behind the steering wheel complicates a strongly littered body rack, but if you do not lift the chair to the highest possible way, you can develop and get used to the trauma-safe trajectory to the car. However, what is really not enough, so it is heated seats and adjust the steering column on flights - to put the correct distance to the steering wheel, it is necessary to shift the chair too much, resting with the knee in the center console or sit with the elongated hands. In part, this ergonomic disadvantage compensates for the tilt-adjustable bent central armrest and soft seats with chain sidewalls.

The staffing media system liked graphics, speed of work and worthy as for a budget car with the sound of speakers (six pieces in S2 in S2). Settings are available basic audio adjustments, including balance, telephone connection via Bluetooth, read from USB, AUX, radio and, suddenly, pressure and tire temperature. By the way, navigation, despite the presence of the appropriate button, is missing, and the image from the screen of the smartphone cannot be displayed on the scroll screen. Unfortunately, near the sunlight on the display, almost nothing can be seen, but it can be completely "repayable" by touching the pictogram in the upper left corner - an indispensable function at night. It should also be noted the pleasant "lunar" backlight of the dashboard and keys, and a good image quality from the rear view camera. Let it be without dynamic markup, but seriously cuts off when maneuvering with reverse move - a review back to S2 is limited to the features of the body design in the trunk area.

Landing on the second row is complicated by the protruding arches and are seriously limited to the height doorways. From amenities, it is possible to note that the pockets in the backs of the front armchairs, an almost imperceptible central tunnel and a good stock of the foot space. At the same time, the passengers behind the passengers do not have their own ceiling lamp and armrest, and the indivisible back would like to tilt a little stronger. By the way, you can only leake it from the trunk with simultaneous pressing two keys on the sides.

The central armrest has two fixed working positions - horizontal, as well as with a slight tilt to the variator selector. The design is very simple and comfortable. You can not shift the hand to reach the display of the media system.

There are no problems with access to the arrangement organs.

Access to the second row is complicated by a narrow and low doorway.

Jac S2 went to 2 make-up mirrored.

The claimed volume of the trunk is 450 liters. On "Paper" it is 30 l more than in Chery Tiggo 2 and 130 l larger than the Renault Sandero Stepway indicator, although it is subjectively at the entire three-level compartment. The floor covers the sloping raised floor, under it a full-fledged spare wheel on a steel disk and body metal without hints for noise insulation. Alas, no hooks or organizers on the walls and the back of the second row are not in the smooth floor with the formation of the step. In addition to the spare wheel in the underground, the jack is hiding and the cunning folding key, which is described in more detail in the video version of the test drive.

How rude

The first kilometers behind the wheel of S2 indicated the lack of noise insulation of wheel arches, gender and a motor shield - noisily even at urban speeds, and on the highway and it is completely unpleasant. Although there was an assumption about excessive loudly, WANLI tires. At the same time, the car without unnecessary shaking passes small and medium irregularities, joints, seams and not too broken rail movements, a little yielding to the energy consumption of Chery Tiggo 2 suspension, which forest trails are not terrible and the sleeping police are almost not noticeable. Very easy in handling the steering wheel is good in vanity in the parkings and actively responds to turns, but still innerformative in motion. In addition, sharp maneuvers at speeds above 100 km / h are accompanied by serious, although not critical, rocking.

With all this, S2 will vividly respond to the pressing of gas and the urban flow cuts well, especially if you keep the tachometer arrow above 2.5 thousand rpm. The variator is complemented by a sports-mode with a manual switching of virtual gears that do not want to use due to sharp revolutions without a noticeable effect in the dynamics. Departure on the track showed that the engine turnover is 120 km / h in the area of \u200b\u200b3000 rpm. If you wish, you can go and 150 km / h, without losing the road control on a straight line, but such a regime does not succeed in comfort already by sharply increasing fuel consumption and acoustic parameters - strong noise from the road and motor.

By the way about "appetites". Consumption in urban mode, depending on the day of the week and the use of the air conditioner, an average of 7.0 to 10.0 l at the stated 6.5 l / 100 km in a mixed cycle and at the same time it should be noted that the car went with a common mileage of about 400 km and no run-in Not passed. If you do not try to overtake everyone, you can exit about 8 liters on the "honeycomb" in the city.

In the rest

Chinese car industry quickly progresses, and Jac S2 is another confirmation. It is not deprived of the shortcomings, but at the same time it seems to be an interesting car, in case a casual car needs for a relaxing move around the city between work and house. First of all, because of the variator, with which it is comfortable to move through traffic jams, moderate appetite and comfortable front chairs. You can add good clearance and non-piece design. He would still heal the steering wheel and seats, and solve the problem with noise insulation, would be at all very worthy for his class hatchback.

Specifications Jac S2 CVT Intelligent

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