As they say: Toyota Mark.. As in fact: Toyota Mark II.
The ruling model "Toyota Mark 2" is so popular in Russia that many heard about her even in St. Petersburg and Moscow, not to mention the regions east of the Urals. It is believed that the car is called Toyota Mark, and the twice in the title refers to the generation.
Meanwhile, in 1968, the car was called Toyota Corona Mark II, that is, the "second crown version", and it was created in order to fill the niche between the luxury Crown and the mass Corona. By the fifth generation, that is, by 1984, the name Corona dropped, and the model began to be called Mark II. Such Russians knew it for those 20 years that it was possible to import right-hand drive cars on the cheap.
It is curious that the Tenth Generation Mark II Toyotov decided to beat, and called him Mark X, that is, the "tenth Mark". But the confusion went on again, because the second generation of this model was also called Mark X, and not Mark Xi at all. O myself outstanding cars Japan market read in and parts of our big review Models from the rising sun.
3rd place
As they say: Mercedes ML-Class. As in fact:Mercedes M-Class. The Mercedesian SUV, which appeared in the early 2000s and quickly received recognition not only among the gangsters, but also among officials, businessmen and glamorous parties, we are accustomed to calling "Emel" or "Emels". The indexes contained ML350, ML550 ... But no ML class in the Mercedes-Benz models list. How so? It's all about legal intricacies. BMW had exceptional rights to use the letter M in their indexes, so the M350 and M550 could not appear on the world, but here is the M-Class concern Daimler Nobody forbidden to establish. So the logical inconsistency appeared, which was aggravated after the exit of the prestigious GL class. Still no one can try to "daimler" didn't like the idea to call car Mercedes-Benz ML-CLASS. How profitable now to buy a used "Emelka" and how much it will cost it, we understood in one of.
2nd place
As they say:"Niva". As in fact:Lada 4x4. Confusion with the title "People's" SUV began in 2002 when it appeared Chevrolet Niva.. The GM concern has reasoned that it is necessary to produce a model to the market under the name, known to the Russians. More famous namethan "Niva", came up with it difficult. Probably, "Chevy-Niva" planned to make the heiress "ordinary", but then an understanding came that cars can be released in parallel. As a result, in 2006, the "ordinary" "Niva", that is, the VAZ-21214, renamed LADA 4x4, and the "Niva" brand was left to a joint venture "GM-AvtoVAZ". True, consumers will not redo the simple stroke of the pen, and the people continue to be stubbornly called the VAZ SUV "NIVIVA", and Jiem-AvtoVazovsky - "Shevi-Niva", "Schneva" or "Niva-Chevrolet". On the history of the legendary "Niva" and its demand after 38 years of life on the conveyor we.Good day!
We need reviews and opinions about two cars: Kia Picanto. and Mini Cooper..
Selects as the first machine. Gift girl from parents.
Kia Picanto. just like. The maximum speed of about 900,000 rubles, without a loan or with a minimum loan. It is considered white with red stripes.
Mini Cooper. Machine of the dream "Want a little one." Price about 1,450,000 rubles, with a decent loan. Considered red with black stripes.
Both with a machine gun. Both new.
Operation: 2/3 - city, 1/3 - Intercity (~ 350 km one way and then back).
Questions that are interested in choosing:
1. If you understand correctly, MINI Cooper is being made to order in Oxford. Serial production no? Adaptation to Russia, respectively, also not? And the question is how well the car feels in Russia? How long can it live normally in our operating conditions?
2. Official dealers are only in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan. We can assume that the car is only for the capitals? MINI regional roads will not survive? Or the lack of dealers is connected with something?
3. We have OD BMW, but the warranty mini they do not serve. How critical is it? To go to Moscow once every 15 km is not a problem, but if there are some serious problems - it is already stressful. How big is the likelihood of serious problems with the warranty mini?
4. How the car feels on russian gasoline? And what's all the same pouring? One says 95; On the forums, some write that is better than 98.
5. How does MINI feel in winter? Salon is normal or only to ride clothes? Will start and work normally from -25 and below?
6. The safety of the machine plus minus is the same or mini is significantly better in this matter?
7. It is often found that Mini on the machine should not be taken even for urban ride. This is true? Or is it normal there automaton?
8. Probably the main question - is it worth MINI in order to pay for it such money? MINI COOPER is a choice of daughter. Kia Picanto is an alternative to which the daughter agrees, but without much enthusiasm. Parents are ready to take a loan if it is clearly understood that it is worth it.
9. Toyota car Aygo (2 generation) New buy in Russia is not possible? OD is not. And in a different way, do not import?
Alternatives that can be taken for the driver's patrol, people are known, but you need a youth unusual machine.
Kia Picanto no specific questions did not write, because This is a more traditional car, but opinions about it are also interesting.
Judging on the issues, you have a very weak idea of \u200b\u200bthe Mini Cooper
This is not some kind of exclusive product, it is just a premium brand belonging to the BMW Corporation
In Europe, their very much
This car is in essence for a long time German, product technology BMW
If we are talking about mini cooper, then the aggregates are standard enough:Automatic machine-hydro 6 steps of production AISIN, Japanese, brand Extremely common in AvtoMu, in reliability Aggregate is not bad
By the way, it is placed on new models of the front-wheel drive concern Platform: Models of BMW X1 / Mini Cranisen in budget versions with a two-liter engine, an oxider is already placed on a two-stage.Engine on mini cooper production BMW 1,5 liter turbo 136 hp Three-cylinder is very good, it is a new generation (from 2014) and replaced the more capricious 1.6 four-cylinder turbo engine (N13, it is the prince for Peugeot, etc.)
For three years already passed, how they run, there is no information on the network for them practically about breakdowns
from BMW dealers in private conversation heard that the engines are new 1.5 and 2.0 are very goodWith my wife and I exploit the mini cooper 2014 with a mileage of 65 thousand, but we took a used and mileage our only less than 10 thousand
It shows well, there were only problems with the panel, in which the previous resellers were climbing, and mileage twisted crooked ((
Errors were issued and we eventually replaced the panel on the dealer recommendation
under the order from Germany 24500
Installation and flashing of brains about 11 thousand.
BMW Service Esse - but the pleasure is not cheap, but not cosmos, overpay, yes, but at least it is clear for what.In general, about the car-class, exterior on an amateur, the interior is just cool.
In management surprises with its "non-chairs" - a dense harsh suspension, slightly tight steering wheel, feeling like on a small "wedge"
Eliminated, engine frisky (acceleration to 100 7.8C)
The settings of the exhaust "Basit", as if under the hood the unit is much more seriousService: oil you will change on any service, but with the electrician you will have to dealer
Gasoline 95.By purchasing if Moscow is to drive around several dealers, trade nele, prices are now sweet to the whole premium, especially on cars 2016
Is it worth the car of his money - the question is very rhetorical for whom
Small cars every year are becoming increasingly popular, especially those who go within the city feature. These cars are not noisy, consume little fuel and occupy less space, which makes them an excellent choice for practical drivers.
1. Mini Cooper.
Car Mini Cooper. Never enjoyed much popular in the UK. However, the car earned unprecedented previously recognition in other countries. Model MINI Cooper 2007 deserves special attention.
2. Audi A1
The chic and besides, the Audi A1 hatchback is quite small in its dimensions, it can also boast a very economical consumption of fuel.
3. FIAT 500.
Car Fiat. 500 is a real "exclusive". It's hard to believe that such stylish car It was created back in 2008. Even today, this car remains worthy and a reasonable choice For the city.
4. Citroen DS3.
Stylish design and flexible system settings make Citroen DS3 the best choice among cars 2013. Until now, DS3 remains more than a popular model. There is also a convertible version with a sliding roof.
5. Vauxhall Adam
Vauxhall ADAM provides its owner's widest opportunities in the "Setup" of the cabin. In addition, the car is quite reliable and demonstrates high driving qualities.
6. Volkswagen Beetle
The notorious "Beetle" - Volkswagen Beetle - and today enjoys great popularity. One of the best models has recently become version of 2012. The car is relatively affordable and, equally important, economical in fuel consumption issues.
7. Seat Ibiza.
SEAT Ibiza survived several generations and the best is considered to date the model from 2008 to date. The car has a sporty look and looks very solid.
8. ALFA ROMEO MITO
Another "Handsome" of 2008 is Alfa Romeo. Mito. There is a car on the truth of the "tiny" 2-cylinder twinair engine, which, however, does not prevent him from demonstrating it a good parameters for driving.
9. Volkswagen Up.
Beautiful car 2011 Volkswagen Up will delight with its small size and high degree of practicality. The car will become good choice For those who have to ride a lot in the city in traffic jams and park.
10. Peugeot 208.
The car Peugeot 208 from 2012 surpassed all his ancestors not only for riding qualities, but also on the beauty of the design. In addition to this, the car has a very wide, modern functionality.
Especially for those who are interested in the history of the automotive industry, we have prepared a review about.
17.10.2016
Mini Cooper - The legend of the automotive industry, the history of which originates from the distant 60s of the last century. This pretty little car His bright design causes subsidiaries from autoled, and among young people cars have an image sports car. However, this charming baby is not so good with reliability, as I would like. How expensive is the maintenance and maintenance of the second generation of Mini Cooper with mileage, and what to pay attention to buying, I will tell you in this article.
A bit of history:
In 2001, after a huge break, the company re-equipped the plant in Oxford, where New Mini began to collect. In 2002 updated car It was on sale in the CIS. The second generation Mini Cooper refers to the SUBCOMPACT CAR class and is produced in two types of body - three-door hatchback and a two-door convertible. The first are made since 2006, the second - since 2009. Despite the fact that externally, the second generation is very similar to the first, these machines have no interchangeable detail. The mini dimensions remained the same, except for the length - it increased by 60 mm. From the most notable changes, it is possible to distinguish three: the space for the feet of the rear passengers has become much larger, the battery moved from a special niche in the trunk floor to a more familiar place, under the hood, instead of the ignition lock, started the "Start" stop button. In 2010, a second light restyling was produced, as a result of which were changed: the front bumper, design wheel disks and the design of the multimedia system.
Advantages and disadvantages Mini Cooper with mileage.
In the CIS, cars were officially available with three gasoline engines: 1.4 (89 hp), 1.6 (120 hp) and turbocharged 1.6 (178 hp). On the secondary market You can find cars and with diesel engines 1.4 and 1.6, brought to us from abroad in a used state. Buying machines with diesel power units risky enough, as 99% of such cars have not native mileage. The largest distribution was received by a gasoline atmospheric engine 1.6 (120 hp). Owners Mini Cooper with such a motor recommend changing oil at least once every 10,000 km. If this is not done, closer to 70,000 km, the engine will start sweating the oil, and the consumption can be quite serious, up to 1.0 liters per 1000 km. Unfortunately, the motors are not long-livers, and even when properly operation Rarely live to 200,000 km, the middle lines of the engine service 150-170 thousand km. The device of motors is such that on small valves, the valves are rotated quite a bit, literally per millimeter, and this is not enough for normal work masonry Caps. This lies the reason for the increased oily appetite and other problems with the power unit.
Timing timing chain. In principle, this node is quite reliable, but if the engine in the engine will be lower than the average, the chain can stretch after 6,000,000 km, so checking the oil you need 1000 km of run. If after starting the engine you hear ringing rapid sounds from under the hood, this is a direct signal of the need for urgent replacement of the chain. Every 25,000 km is required to replace the thermostat (100 cu), the pump will serve 40-50 thousand km, the replacement will cost 200 cu. Over time, from under oil filter It may begin to leak the oil, as a result, the smell of Gary appears in the cabin. On cars that are operated in megalopolis, the first serious repair of the power unit will be required to run 70 - 80 thousand km, repair will cost 1500-2000 USD, the cost of a new motor is 4000-6000 thousand cu. 
Mini One was equipped with a 1.4 engine, such cars are a little less encountered in the secondary market. Structurally, this force aggregate It is very similar to Motors 1.6, the difference only in the design of the pistons; All problems that are inherent in Motor 1.6 are also characteristic of this engine. At the most powerful power unit, the turbine lives long, thanks to additional Pompe and cooling antifreeze. The main problem of turbocharged engines is that with small runs, they begin to lose power: gasoline injection is not through the valve, because of this, over time, the valves are formed by Nagar, and they do not close to the end. ONLD lives about 50,000 km, the replacement will cost 250-300 USD. Like atmospheric motor, due to constructive features Engine, on low revolutions An oil deficiency occurs, which in turn leads to rapid wear of parts and engine mechanisms.
Transmission
Two gearboxes are available on mini cooper: six-speed mechanics and automatic transmission with the same number of gears. There are no special complaints to the reliability of transmissions, and their resource significantly exceeds the lines of service of power units. Clutch B. mechanical box The gear is caught up 100-120 thousand km, the replacement will cost 400-500 cu, (in the official service). According to the Regulations, both boxes are considered not serviced, however, the experienced owners recommend replacing working fluid Transmissions are no less often than every 60,000 kilometers.
Salon
Before buying a used mini Cooper, check the performance of the hatch: if previous owner He was not served, it can open and not close, or vice versa. If the hatch during the operation of the car was never lubricated, then it is better not to do this, because with a 90% probability, if you are lining the hatch, the gears will start slipping in the lubricant and you have to change the entire mechanism. Windshield Installed almost at right angles, so chips and cracks are present on most machines; If the glass with the rain sensor and heating, the replacement will cost 300-350 USD. Problems with electricians are extremely rare.
Running Quality Mini Cooper With Mileage
Mini Cooper is equipped independent suspension, in front - MacPherson, rear - multiple. About the lines of service part of the suspension it is hard, as many exploit this car as a "sports", as a result, the lines of the suspension service decreases at times. Stabilizer bushings, as well as on many cars, are considered consumables and serve, on average, 15-20 thousand km (8-15 USD, pc.). Silent blocks of the levers will have to be changed every 40-45 thousand km (30-60 cu, pcs.), hub bearings - 60-70 thousand km (80-120 cu, pieces), shock absorbers will serve 70-80 thousand km (100-150 USD, pcs.). Ball supports Stretch enough and can last up to 90,000 kilometers (30-50 cu, pcs.). Front brake pads On average, change times 30000 km, rear - 40000 km.
Outcome:
Mini Cooper is unlikely to interest practical and family vehicles, as there are very few space in the cabin, and only a medium-sized bag can be put in his trunk. But if you are a young driver or a girl, have a good income and want to stand out in the stream, then Mini Cooper is the car to which you should pay your attention. Considering possible problems, the cost of repair and resource of power units, I would recommend buying this car new and only official dealer.
Advantages:
- Dynamics of acceleration.
- Reliable transmission.
- Original design.
- Good build quality.
Disadvantages:
- A small resource of the operation of power units.
- Hard suspension.
- Little place for the feet of passengers from behind.
- Luke requires special attention.
Looking at any small car And trying to try it to the city street, especially, to the Russian, unwittingly think that somehow there is a small size of the car with a common picture. A small car is knocked out from a total stream. However, when looking at chinese car Lifan-320 "Smily" - this feeling does not arise, although its dimensions are not great.
Probably, the whole thing is that this Chinese car is largely reminded by the appearance of the "proud British named Cooper and the MINI name".
The body of the five-door hatchback Lifan-320 "Smiley" absorbed only some features of the appearance of their cult "twin". Though common features Exterior and echoes the appearance of mini, some details still make the "320th" car original.
Chinese automakers, however, like the people of the East as a whole, tend to decorate cars, often empty. In the case of this "Lifan", the situation is fundamentally different. The body design of the car is made in the traditions of European minimalism. Manufacturers only changed the rear rack of the roof, slightly expanding it. This gives a car some massiveness in comparison with the same mini, at the same time depriving the stylistics of the body of a certain integrity. The manufacturers themselves say that their brainchild is more like Japanese than on european cars. Decide, probably, there will be a consumer. The one for which the value of the car is important.
The same one is more important comfortable salon, convenient driving and ergonomic management of the main systems will be pleasantly surprised by the implementation of all listed moments in Lifan 320. The automaker, apparently, confesses philosophy, according to which the main driver is the driver. All comfort of the interior is directed to him - the leading car. Even the central console, which in other cars is focused strictly in the center, as it were, it would be slightly rotated to the driver. And, of course, only being in the salon of the 320th Lifan, you understand the deceptiveness of visually small overall dimensions Machines - in freedom more than when looking outside. Color range in general is a strict, but not so much to use the word "presses".
Comfortable to the driver Salon, plus small dimensions - and once! To the pleasure of the consumer a car, ideally suitable for trouble-free movement in the collision of urban highways.
If speak about specifications "Smily-320" ... drives it, will not be afraid to put it, "Miracle" - a sixteenthly smelted power unit with a volume of 1.3 liters. Engine develops power in 86 hp Thanks to such a motor power, this machine can accelerate "up to hundreds" in 14.5 seconds. The torque generated by the engine, at a maximum reaching 5800 rpm, is transmitted to the front wheels through the mechanical five-speed box Transmissions. Maximum speedWith which the "Smiley-320" move is able to move 150 km / h.
In the city cycle of motion, fuel consumption is slightly less than five liters a hundred kilometers of the way. The engine configuration does not represent anything special - the usual car class for this class four-cylinder row with two distributive treals. The characteristics of the motor are in accordance with EURO-5 ecostandart norms.
Suspension U. Lifan Smily. (320) lever, and is traditionally divided into front and rear. Both are equipped with depreciation racks and transverse movement stabilizers. As a result, the car has good handhelability when moving along most road surfaces.
The condition of the coating of essential significance does not have a relatively high clearance - 170 mm. Such clearance allows the machine to operate, in some cases, even on rural roads.
The car is equipped with reliable brakes - front disk and rear drum.
Of course, tests carried out at the factory test site, with a large stretch, you can call a test drive, but, nevertheless, comparing the results of factory tests and real experience driving other models "Lifan", experts concluded that in general 320i "smily" operational qualities It fully complies with its segment.
As officially expressed some media - "it was decided to start" the production of this model on the "Derway" automobile plant, located in the North Caucasus, in Karachay-Cherkessia. At the power to sustainably satisfy the demand of the consumer, the plant plans to go out by mid-2011 (in 2010, this car has already passed all the necessary certification tests).
The price of Lifan Smiley (320) in 2014 (for basic configuration) ~ 320 thousand rubles. In essence, this is a small fee for the possibility of "rushing on all sails" (it is approximately so translated into Russian "Lifan") on Russian expanses in the car, so similar to "British".
