Where they collect Pajero. Where are Mitsubishi collect? Quality of domestic assembly

Assembling Mitsubishi Pajero. Performed for almost 37 years. The legendary SUV from Japan has become so popular that the company has already released its fifth generation. In demand model and among domestic buyers who are interested in where Mitsubishi Pajero is collected for Russia. After all, even the beginning of the release of the car at the enterprise in Kaluga did not allow to fully satisfy the demand of all motorists of this region.

Where they collect Mitsubishi Pajero

The popularity of the Padceo model, which is sold in dozens of the countries of the world, led to the fact that they produce it in several plants. On the russian market SUVs come from such enterprises:

Nagoya Plant. The largest Japanese plant, where more Pajero is produced than elsewhere.

Mizushima Plant. The enterprise, which also collect a huge number of SUVs of this brand, including Pajero.

PSA RUS in Kaluga.

The Russian enterprise is a joint project of companies from the Russian Federation, Japan and France. The plant has been working for 8 years, and on the quality of its assembly has recently been almost no complaints. At the same factory, an assembly was made for Ukraine, but in Ukrainian car dealerships you can find new PAJERO only from Japan.

Assembling past versions of Mitsubishi Pajero

Since the beginning of the issue, the Pajero model was produced in different countries and in several enterprises. At the same time, most cars have a Japanese origin. In Japan, two businesses and a special test track are located at once. From here, SUVs were supplied and continue to be exported to the United States, Europe and Asia.

For several years, Mitsubishi Pajero assembly lines were worked out on the territory of Thailand. According to some car owners, Thai assembly was characterized by higher quality even compared to Japanese, and it cost cheaper. The affordable price could cause to expand production, but in 2012 the plant was destroyed by flooding. After recovery, the production of Pajero was not renewed by clicking on a more popular modification Pajero Sport.

Build quality

Russian versions of cars intended for the local market and several neighboring regions differ from japanese cars The presence of a separate spar frame and the changed body design. The design of the front and rear axles has changed, where the LSD gearboxes are installed. Important difference of Kaluga assembly Mitsubishi Pajero. - more high level Adaptability to domestic roads. The model is much better manifested its off-road qualities, although it is cheaper than Pajero from Japan.

Buying an SUV in the Russian Federation, you should know that for Russia, and for Japan its quality remains still high. The reasons are a quality control system that does not differ from Japanese, and the use of large-sized ("unscrewing") SKD assembly from parts that are supplied from Mitsubishi's main enterprises.

The first medium-sized crossovers Outlander Japanese company Mitsubishi released to the world market in 2001. After another 4 years, the manufacturer has already presented the second generation, gathering on the new GS platform. And by 2012, the third version of the "Parketnik" appeared. The Outlander 2017 sold now is a third-generation restyling. Despite the 16 years of release, the machine is still popular - even among domestic consumers, whose purchasing power has fallen a little over the past few years. And Russian motorists are interested in where Mitsubishi outlander is collected now - and they collected before, as many choose models from the secondary automotive market.

Where did the first Outlander models going?

The first businesses where they collect Mitsubishi Outlander. From the very beginning of its release, located in Japan. In addition, the production of a number of models of the company are located in the Philippines. However, the most popular plants where crossovers collected for the Russian market and produce them so far for Europe and Asia are:

• enterprise Nagoya Plant, located in Obadzaki Japanese Prefecture Aichi. One of the most large factories MITSUBISHI, where most of all its products;
• Mizushima Plant, an enterprise located in Okayama Prefecture (Krasiki). The second most important plant of the autocontraser, collected hundreds of thousands of cars. Including Mitsubishi outlanders of all three generations.

Fig. 2. Nagoya Plant Enterprise from a bird's eye view.

For the first 4 years, this model was supplied to Europe, and in our country's salons only from these two enterprises. And on the quality of its assembly, there were practically no complaints. However, due to the poor quality of the road cover, even the crossover had problems with chassis and steering. In addition, delivery from Japanese plants led to a noticeable increase in the cost of the machine. As a result, the company decided to produce cars and in the territory of the Russian Federation.

Assembly lines in the USA

In early 2010, the manufacturer of the crossover was made a statement that the ASX model that comes to the North American market as Outlander Sport will be collected in the United States. The new country in the list of Mitsubishi enterprises allowed to reduce shipping costs and increase the competitiveness of the car. The place where the American version of the car was to be collected, chose the plant in Illinois.

By 2016, the year it turned out that the Outlander Sport produced in the US was not so popular as it was assumed. The demand for crossovers did not achieve even initial forecasts of 50,000 units per year. Therefore, now the assembly lines in Illinois are stopped, and the plant became interested in Rivian Automotive, which gathering the budget electric vehicles here. And still meet in the market models Mitsubishi. American production is possible - especially since their release stopped a little over a year ago.

Models for the domestic market

Question, where to collect Mitsubishi outlander in Russia, worries domestic motorists recently - from 2012. Although the first crossovers of the local assembly appeared back in 2005. From that time we can say that Outlander is available at the enterprise in Kaluga. Although in fact the car is only collected in Russia - all parts, starting from 2005 to 2012, exclusively Japanese. And in the process of producing cars, specialists from Japan are involved.

Thus, all crossover models for Russia can be released:

• until 2005 - only in Japanese enterprises;
• in 2005-2011 - in 90% of cases in Japan, 10% are collected from Japanese parts in Kaluga;
• from 2012 to almost every third Outlander. In the Russian car dealership, it can be said that it was produced by the Kaluga enterprise.

Starting from the 3rd generation, almost all of these crossovers were completely collected on russian factory. And production established japanese company Together with the Italian autoconecer PSA, it fully copes with demand for the model. Moreover, recently, there are almost no complaints from consumers about its quality.

Quality of the model of the Russian assembly

The second generation of outlander began to be supplied to the Russian market from Japan and from one of the domestic enterprises - PSMA Rus. And, although at first there were no more than 10% of all models sold in Russia, since 2012, the production line producing crossovers increased its production volumes. By 2015, the figure reached 30 percent - and, it means that no more than 70% Outlander will continue to come to us from abroad. And since 2014, when manufacturers have made changes to production plan Plant, models are assembled using new procedures.

Russian motorists going to purchase a Japanese crossover should be aware that only 10% of the parts of the machine can be attributed to Kaluga in Kaluga:

• car chairs;
• glass;
• exhaust system.

A certain part of the details comes from Japan. The remaining elements of the car makes and collects staff, almost fully consisting of the Japanese. And the assembly, adjustment and testing are carried out by domestic masters. The leadership of the Russian branch assumes in the future to produce more details to Outlander on its own, which will even further reduce its cost and should not affect quality. Although, according to buyers, how not to collect the car in Russia, its reliability will still be lower than the Japanese version.

Complaints on the domestic version of the crossover

Until the beginning of 2014, there were many complaints about the poor sound insulation of the cabin and not too high-quality suspension to the outlines collected in Russia. However, immediately after restyling the number of claims decreased. New production methods made it possible to forget about many problems even for models manufactured in our country for sale in the Russian market.

Among the few remaining minuses of the model is worth noting the quality of the interior decoration. Used in the domestic version of the Japanese manufacturer, cheap plastic is not too attractive neither in appearance or to the touch. In addition, the material begins to creak less than six months of operation of the machine. Another disadvantage of the place where the Russian Outlander is produced is the lack of original spare parts. So in the event of a breakdown to wait for supplies from official dealer We have to months, and the cost of maintenance of the model is higher.

But the model is equipped with good modern security systems. During the crash tests according to the EURO NCAP standard, the car that gathered in Kaluga was rated in 5 stars, which is the maximum number of points. According to the results of the verification, the crossover received from 64 to 100 percent of the ranking in all categories.

Where collect Mitsubishi Outlander Updated: August 11, 2017 by the author: dimajp.

After the news about the beginning of the assembly in the summer in Kaluga SUVs Mitsubishi Pajero Sport Internet filled "funeral" Comments, such as "All, disappeared car!" But is it so terrible, how is his little? To find out this we went to the test to the Kaluga region and, I must say, I learned a lot of interesting things.

Mitsubishi Montero Sport, Nativa, Pajero Dakar, Challenger - At the current generation of Pajero Sport frame SUV, which appeared in 2008, many names. As well as markets where it is sold, as well as plants where it is released. To Russia, remind, Pajero Sport was previously supplied from Thailand. But after the flooding in the fall of 2011, the factories were standing for a long time, because of which, according to the results of the Russian sales of 2012, "Pajero Sport" was missing almost 13%. Given that Pajero Sport is popular with us (even in the "bad" last year sold 6762 cars), and Russia for Mitsubishi is the most important market, it is not surprising that the Japanese decided to search for the SU-Higure SUV assembly.

By the way, at the Joint Kaluga Plant "PSMA Rus", where Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Citroen are produced by Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Citroen, since November 2012, we have been riveted with a new one, and they make it at the full cycle. But Pajero Sport is collected by the large-sized method and in Russia, in fact, only the frame of the future "passing" is born. Its in the form of individual details are brought to "Gas" to Nizhny Novgorod, welded in the Conductors of the company Mitsubishi, they are applied anticorrosive, ground, paint and send in Kaluga, where, in turn, the body with interior, motors, boxes come in fully finished form Transmissions, suspension and bridges. In Kaluga, the frames are abolished by the aggregates and "marry" the chassis with the body. Here, in fact, all the assembly. The degree of localization (now it is about 2%) in the future it is planned to build up, but so far it is only due to small parts of the type of salon rugs, glasses, etc. By the way, besides the fact that Kaluga is not raging tropics, there are from russian assembly And one more pleasant "bun", but about it below.

From January to August 2013, the sales of Mitsubishi Pajero Sport rushed up, rising by 41% compared with the same period of 2012. And with a result of 5630 sold cars Pajero Sport while coming second in the class of large SUV, yielding only more expensive (from 1.7 million rubles) and Patosoy Toyota Land Cruiser. Prado.

In the meantime, I wander around a well-known SUV and I look out for the changes that the cars gathered in Russia were supposed. So, the car has old headlights, but the radiator grille and front bumper - already new, changed the design of cast disks by 16 and 17 inches plus turn signals in rear lights Now white. And all?! Yes all. Moreover, it seems that this is the last noticeable restyling: updating the appearance of Pajero Sport in the company no longer plan. And in this form, the SUV will remain before the release of a new generation of model. When? In 2015, expected new generation Pickup L200, created based on the Geneva Concept. And created on his chassis Pajero Sport, according to tradition, should appear a year after that.

In the meantime, the cabin is the former simplicity and minimalism in the decoration, inexpensive hard plastic, which is not scary to smear and it is easy to clean, angular instrument panel with large buttons and "twilts", massive transmission control levers ... no sore and glamor, everything is severe and The case, as it relies with a serious "Menzhitsky" car. With visibility, too, order: the frontal racks are not too thick, and the hefty "lops" of the side mirrors eloquently resemble that the basis of Pajero Sport - let the small but truck L200.

The updated Pajero Sport has a multimedia system with a high-resolution screen installed in Russia (in the photo). The rest of the torpedo is the former. And on the scale of the instruments, for example, there is still not enough indication of the inclusive low row in the dispensing box.

But the inconvenience is all the same. Landing in front and back is typical for the framework of the "Japanese" of the 90s, that is, they squeeze in a passenger low, which is sharper and inconvenient everything is felt in the rear row. And in the width of large-sized drivers, driving can not be completely free. Plus back driver's seat Feels like a narrow, and everything still lacks the steering wheel adjustment on the departure and have to either sit closer or reach to the "Baranka". I hope on the new model all this will change.

Under the hood, too, without change. I am first getting an SUV with a 2.5-liter diesel engine and a 5-speed "automatic". The roots of this proven engine with the long name 4D56 DI-D High Power go back in 1980. But today the third generation of this diesel engine is installed on Pajero Sport, equipped not only by direct injection and fuel system Common-Rail, but also a turbocharger with a variable geometry. In a pair of S. automatic box Motor issues 178 hp and 350 Nm of a moment that develops in a dyel-wide range of 1800-3500 rpm (C mCP - 400 nm at 2000-2850 nm). By the way, the Pickup L200 (on his chassis and built Pajero Sport) is sold in Russia with a weaker version of the same diesel engine equipped with a regular turbine, which "blows out" from the motor only 136 hp and 314 nm. Not fair! In response to this, Russian representatives of Mitsubishi hint transparently that next year we may have some versions of "Elki" with a 178-strong diesel engine.

Intense and instyle equipment, there is a route computer with a flow meter and corporate stance with an altimeter. But in the top version of Ultimate (in the photo) with a multimedia system and navigating this computer there was no place! In machines 2014. model year (On sale - from April) This misunderstanding was corrected, but no less strange: over a large multimedia screen is simply made "an extension" for a small display of the "mining". Put such a combination on old cars will not work: the form of the top of the torpedo is changed under the second screen.

Only equipped with this Motor Pajero Sport still lazy, as a well-hearted bear. Translate the "automaton" selector in Drive, let go of the brake pedal, and the car is worth it. Hedgehog - Bird Proud, until you hide ... Only there is no special sense, there is no special sense, the two-toned SUV hurries slowly: overclocking to "hundreds" takes 12.4 seconds. Not a squirrel, of course, you will not fall out of the stream and flow in it quite dynamically. But also, the engine does not have to wait for the "inventious" engine, plus during overtaking and sharp accelerations will have to be found to non-sustainous reactions of the gas box and swinging it manual switching With the help of fashionable submissive "blades". All this is accompanied by an uterine metal growl, but the connoisseur of the brutal SUVs do not scare this, "the sound of a diesel engine is sweet and pleasant." Much more here annoys constant shaking lever dispensing boxwhich is transmitted vibrations from the motor.

Against this background, a more soft-working 3-liter gasoline V6 (222 hp and 281 nm) sounds a pleasant baritone, on paper more than a second more than diesel fellow (11.3 s), and in fact, gas and motor, and The same 5-speed "Avtomat" reacts already sharper. But still there is no "gasoline" of the thrust that there is a diesel engine, and it is not only felt on the track when when overtaking the transition to reduced transmissions gives more noise than a tangible acceleration. So a second gain in acceleration to "hundreds" is clearly not worth the fuel consumption and the transport tax that you have to pay for the choice of the V6 motor. There are, of course, fans of gasoline versions, who have their own arguments, but their share in Russian sales of Pajero Sport - only 10%.

If necessary, carry a large load rear seats fold and lean forward. The cup shoulder on the left on the wing - for the third row of seats, but in Russia, the seventh version of Pajero Sport is not supplied, although accessible to other markets, for example, in Thailand.

What diesel and gasoline versions are similar, so it is in the "ship" habits on the go. "Padrezhik" goes a rotational, such a sailor. It is more or less stable on direct, but it is worth a straight line to change the turns and irregularities with the "waves" on the track - and all, the rolls, routine and walking on azimuth, as if the yacht on a large wave. Brakes are also accompanied by a differential on the nose, and for a tight and long-time pedal you have to put pressure from the soul to get the desired slowdown from "cotton" brakes that the SUV is acting as if through force. On the yacht Pajero Sport, even in a state, close to the rest: you stop him sharply from a small course - and the SUV is still a couple of seconds, swaying and calming down, as if only moored at the pier. At the same time, the accuracy and sharpness of the steering is also comparable to the ship, where the turn direction is only set. And, like on the ship, on the steering wheel, Pajero Sport accounts for literally "sweeping" - from the stop until the "Branc" makes 4.2 turns. And the reversal radius is probably like a tanker? Fortunately, on the contrary: only 5.6 meters, less than all in the class, although the wheelbase is the longest - 2800 mm!

However, if with such budget haggards you expect from this SUV also a yacht-soft move, then hard disappointment awaits you. Unlike the Pickup L200, the PAJERO Sport rear axle and relies on the springs instead of the springs. On the broken asphalt and the rubble grader, the suspension "holds a blow" and allows you to go fast, but passengers shakes and chats, as in a rattle, and even clearly gives the steering wheel. And then there are still vibrations from heavy 17-inch wheels, the rear axle and massive front suspension, which diverge on the body and the salon, like circles on water. So long "swimming" on the broken roads the energy-intensive suspension will take out (for it it is sharpened, actually), but the crew and, especially, rear passengers Not far to the instruction and other charming "Sea Disease". By the way, "crickets" appeared from shaking in the cabin: the shelf creaked below the climate control unit. But this is already a claim for overseas collectors: their work on the salon is perfect, alas, you will not call.

"Armor" from aluminum and steel for motor, boxes and distribution dealers install dealers. With frequent shootings on off-road on protection, it is better not to save, it is much calmly crawled on the soil on the belly. But if we were bogged down and pull the car, be careful with towing hooks on the left side of the move side: there are cases of their extension from the jerk when pulling out.

But it is only worth going to "in the field", as everything falls into place and says a lot. Total off-road is the native "water area" of this car. On the slippery and risking from the rain of the Condrov's crossway, we successfully spilled all the puddles and pounded the alumina "virgin", climbed all the descents and lifts, denied the bottom of the relief in all kolas ... and all this on universal road plates! Squalled for the foggy of the stuck tractor did not need to never! If you put more "toothy" mud rubberYes, and to lower it before the assault "directions", the SUV and will turn into a small stubborn tank at all, which except that the wall does not climb. By the way, if it is very necessary, the winch will be driving on the wall - it is not for nothing that Pajero Sport is so popular like that of off-road tuning, and manufacturers of autocomponents offering a lot of advanced equipment: power bumpers, snorkels, protection, lifting kits for Suspension and body ...

In general, replacing registration, Pajero Sport retained its utilitarian essence and serious off-road talents. And even got a small bonus from Russian "citizenship." Thanks to him, the base version of Pajero Sport in Russia with diesel, "mechanics" and air conditioning fell by 20,000 rubles and now costs 1,319,000 rubles. 30,000 rubles also "looted" like diesel versions with "automatic" (now they cost from 1,390,000 to 1,580,000 rubles) and with gasoline V6 (from 1,400,000 to 1,600,000 rubles).

Pajero Sport is equipped with a SUPER SEELECT I-Symmetrical All-wheel drive transmission with symmetrical inter-axis differential (He divides craving over the axes of 50:50, at "just" pajero - 33:67), allowing you to connect front axle Even on asphalt. It is convenient when the chain coating is constantly interspersed with slippery. When the wheels are slipped on the top row in the distribution, the "inter-seed" is slightly clamped by an ussociation, and when the reduced row is turned on, it is rigidly blocked. The basic equipment also includes the forced blocking of the rear "diff", but at speeds above 12 km / hour it turns off.

Competitors? Nearest at the price - SsangYong Rexton. With a 2-liter diesel engine (from 1,399,000 rubles), but it is positioned as a more luxury option. It is much closer to "Pajero Sport" on ideology - a new frame, but it is even more expensive: from 1,444,000 rubles. Five-door Land Rover. Defender? A lively classic that does not need a view, but it remains long to live long, the price tag starts from one and a half million, on the convenience of landing in the cabin - no better than in UAZ-469, and in terms of passive security - last century. Do not forget about Nissan Pathfinder. At the cost of 1,580,000 rubles for a 2.5-liter diesel. Only he lives the last months: soon it will change its next "parquet" with the same name.

With such scenaries, it is not difficult that among Mitsubishi Pajero Sport's foreign cars actually took a special position in the market. On the one hand - the price: cheaper only UAZ and "Chinese". Plus, deserved reputation and respect for lovers to get away from civilization, hunting or fishing, and not in a detour, but directly. On the other hand, under the onslaught of the classical tribes crossovers framework SUVs I dyuct, so the rivals and classmates at Pajero Sport is getting smaller. Even in the ranks of the company Mitsubishi, the losses are coming: the new "simple" pajero, which, however, is expected no earlier than 2016, the Japanese also promise to turn into a crossover! However, the new Pajero Sport in the company promise to preserve its current concept. Now it is more pleasant to hear in the age of publication and "pupil" of the world car industry, because the need for strong, hardy and brutal "passing" has not been canceled. 5.6

Many motorists are interested in where they produce individual. For example, a person has Pajero and it is interesting to him where his brothers make. In this article we will see where are the individual models of Mitsubishi.

Where they collect Mitsubish.i. I.- MIEV.?

This is the first electric car of the Mitsubishi Motors concern. Not so long ago, the car appeared in Russia. At the moment, this model is going exclusively in their homeland - in Japan, at the Mitsushim plant in the city of Kurasiki.

Where they collect Mitsubish.i. Pajero. Sport?

The legendary sold in Russia has a multinational history.

• Since 1998, the car was produced exclusively in Japan.
• Since 2004, components from the United States began to enter Russia, although production in Japan continued.
• From 2008 to 2012, cars were covered from Thailand.
• From 2013 to 2015 was produced at the factory near Kaluga.

Here is such an interesting story of this Japanese SUV.

Where are the Mitsubishi Pajero collect?

Pajero is a dream of millions of motorists around the world. One of the first SUVs that quickly become popular. In 2015, the models were 25 years old, which made it one of the oldest models of the concern. During this time, the model survived 5 updates. Mitsubish.i. Pajero. Collect in Japan and this is good news for real connoisseurs of Japanese equipment.

Where they collect Mitsubish.i. Outlander.?

From 2012 to 2015, the assembly was conducted in Russia, all at the same factory near Kaluga. As a result, it turns out the following:

• 2010 - 2012 - Outlanders from the components from Japan were collected in Russia;
• Assembly after 2012 (until 2015) was held in Russia;

For the Russian assembly, tight quality control is conducted. At the moment, there were no questions about the quality of the Russian assembly, although some motorists did comments towards the Kaluga plant.

Where they collect Mitsubish.i. ASX?

- One of the most popular models in Russia in terms of price / quality ratio. In addition to production in Japan, at the factory nagging in the city of Obadzaki, the car is produced in the United States at the factory in Illinois. It is difficult to determine what kind of production in Russia more: American or Japanese. Some believe that in the American assembly models, complaints appear on the creak in the suspension.

Where they collect Mitsubish.i. Lancer.?

It's no secret that this model is one of the best-selling in Russia. Main competitor, Toyota Corolla, is a purebred Japanese, which is going at the factory in Japan. On the same conveyor collect and. In Russia, the model comes with a small markdown, because the direct competitor model is a serious obstacle to this price bar.

Below is the table of countries produced by Mitsubishi models.

Personnel solemnly open in 2009 25 km from Kaluga Plant to the crisis numbered about 3,000 people. In total, 546 million euros were invested in its construction and commissioning. The owners of the authorized capital of PSMA Rus in 320 million euros are the French concern PSA (70%) and Mitsubishi Motors. Corporation (30%).

What is collecting

But according to the evil irony of fate, the French, the main owners of the Kaluga plant, made a bet on the assembly of machines of the C-segment - the same that the current crisis sucks the most merciless. Therefore, at the end of February, on the lines collecting the sedans of Peugeot 408 and Citroen C4 (until 2012, as we remember, here were collected by Peugeot 4007 and Citroen C-Crosser, and before last year Mitsubishi Pajero Sport), as well crossover Mitsubishi. Outlander listed only 1381 employees. The rest or issued a notice of a reduction with five salary, or did not extend contracts, Yoshi Inamori told us, deputy director "PSMA Rus". From his words, if before temporarily hired employees, it was much more in percentage ratio, now the advantage is not in their direction. And since the situation is on sUV market Low better, empty predominantly French branches of the conveyor.

The effects of optimization on PSMA Rus are visible to the naked eye on factory parking. If a couple of years ago find the place here it was problematic, now - even eliminate. On Friday, it is generally deserted - recently the leadership announced the transition to a four-day working week while maintaining production in two shifts.

To describe a disaster scale, I will give the following statistics: the estimated productivity of the Kaluga plant is 125 thousand cars a year, and in five years - from 2010 to 2015 - local workshops left only 104 thousand French and japanese cars. They collected them, mainly by the CKD method (finely forged assembly) from imported parts and sets - more than 77 thousand cars. Since 2012, at the plant and adjacent shops, as well as the forces of contractors (only 18 companies), the production from bumpers, seats and glasses to wiring and tires gradually mastered. According to Inamori-Sana, according to the 166th declaration of the enterprise, by the beginning of this year, it was obliged to increase localization to 20%. However, at the current moment this indicator is already equal to 30% - with this level, taxes on the importation of components are reset.

Here, however, there is an important nuance: more than 90% of suppliers from those that provide russian details "PSMA RUS", - Foreign companies. It means that the plant is still dependent on imports, and therefore susceptible to the harmful influence of the weak year of the ruble.

However, some import substitution is still happening. It concerns leading positions. Only two foreigners managers left in the French direction - others replaced the Russians. With the Japanese line of assembly a little more difficult, explains Yoshi Inamori. Since the production system here is initially Japanese, 16 specialists were invited to the enterprise, to replace which very problematic for a number of reasons.

How to collect

Next followed a tour of the conveyor. Production workshops "PSMA Rus" consist of three lines - welding, painting and assembly. Moreover, welding and assembly are divided on the line - for a C-segment and SUV. There are all the cars produced in Kaluga on the same line.

The production process begins with welding of coming from the nearby "Gestamp-Severstal-Kaluga" body details. Operators are pre-manually welded them at checkpoints to then transfer them to the line of robots, where, as the factory it is called themselves, "dance" occurs. From 2000 welding points 1300 are carried out by robots. After the "dance" with the main bodies of the body future car Enters the stage of assembling attachments of attachments - doors and hood, then the first quality control occurs. Girls operators manually feel the surface for the presence of scratches or deformation, the instruments are checked the body geometry. If marriage is found, the collected goes to refine.

If everything is in order, on special trolleys, the naked body drives into the elevator and goes along the labyrinths in the paint shop. We could not get into it: according to the guides accompanying us, safety requirements and quality control are too high here. Nevertheless, we learned that out of 20 hours required for a full cycle of assembling one outlander, nine hours of car spend in the workshop of painting, where about 6 kg is applied to it different fluids. During this time, he managed not only to paint, but also to dry with subsequent control.

After passing two laboratories - destructive control and metrology, where the main control of the geometry of the body and the assembly of its panels is performed, we are heading together with future machines in the assembly shop, where in the territory of 60 thousand square meters. M in one shift is involved 150 people. All begins interior decoration - laying of wiring and installation of interior elements (torpedo, airbags, etc.) and cabin sheat. By the way, the doors of the car at this stage are pre-dismantled and go to a separate assembly line. Since each detail has its own passport, it will return a little later to the previous place.

Having passed the gradual 400-meter segment and to acquire both external details, such as suspension and exhaust system, Outlander turns out to be in the place of "wedding" - the body here is served on top of the engine waiting for it from below. Closer to the end of the conveyor thread in the stern, the rear and side glassThe seats appear in the cabin, the wheels are winding on the hubs. And all the next quality control is completed. At this stage, in particular, the angles of wheel adjustment are checked, and under a special shower - the tightness of the body. Within two minutes, water is supplied to the car at various angles. If there are no problems, it is sent to the test landfill, where it is waiting for several kilometers of various coatings - crushed stone, comb, artificial irregularities, descents and lifts, dispersion and braking zone. If the assembly flaws pop up at this stage, the car leaves in the so-called retouching zone, where it is brought to the commodity state.

About 40% of the staff involved in the assembly of Mitsubishi Outlander, are women. Keep this in mind when the red sense for the sake of want to speak at the expense of "curves of hands".

Will Pajero Sport "Russian"

Turning from one workshop to another, along the way, we detect an idle line along the way. Until last year, she was collected by the second retired generation Mitsubishi. Pajero Sport. In the summer of this year, his successor is expected in our country, which at first will be imported from the plant in Thailand. The question of whether the newcomer assembly in Kaluga will be established, while it remains open. In many ways, the answer will give the demand for this passing. However, whatever it was, the conveyor itself is ready to take him to visit.

This summer, Mitsubishi's brand plans to start selling a new generation of his all-day Pajero Sport, whose predecessor was collected at the Kaluga Conveyor PSMA Rus. We went with the inspection to the factory to understand what he lives today, what and how they are collected.