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They are still studying in China. Not only design and manufacture cars, but also serve them properly. In the meantime, a test drive in Chinese is a very time-limited ride on a tiny site. Therefore, I can tell about driving impressions only in the most general terms. Moreover, the presented cars may differ from those that get to Russian dealers.
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The Chinese are already succeeding in quite decent-looking crossovers and large sedans, but the appearance of compact models is trouble. Sedan Dongfeng A30 also can not be called harmonious. Once this could be considered excusable for an inexpensive B-class car, but now in this segment without design there is no place.
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But the interior makes a good impression. The keys do not play, the efforts on them and the climate control knobs are at the level of world-famous models.
Touch screen multimedia complex - with a good response. Positive two-tone finish with interspersed inserts for aluminum and informative devices.
Just let's not forget that this is a top-of-the-range equipment - with navigation, leather and a hatch beloved by the Chinese. And in Russia, demand is likely to shift towards simpler machines.
Several circles on the site marked with cones did not reveal crime.
The brakes correspond to the class and, as expected, quickly overheated in 25 degree heat. By the way, they are disk on all wheels.
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The front panel of the Dongfeng A30 sedan is modern and almost devoid of ergonomic miscalculations. The front panel of the Dongfeng A30 sedan is modern and almost devoid of ergonomic miscalculations.
You can find fault with excessively long strokes of the gear lever and clutch pedal, but I won’t. The first fact does not interfere with clearly catching programs, and getting used to the second feature is a matter of habit.
Petrol 116 strong aspirated 1.6, working in tandem with the optional four-speed "automatic", predictably sluggish. Only AvtoVAZ employees managed to achieve no straining habits in the flow of aggregates with such a combination - on the Grant and Kalina with a four-speed Jatco gearbox.
In general, I liked the A30. Racers among its customers are unlikely to be, and the rest, if they find differences from analogues, then only in terms of price and reliability of the car. And this is a fundamental point, and therefore the company Dongfeng in no case can not miss: competition in the sector of budget sedans is unbelievable.