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Five years ago, automatic parking systems were something fantastic. Today they are installed not only on premium cars, but also on affordable cars. I wonder if they work the same on expensive and cheap cars? Can you trust the car parker? Will human automation surpass parking in art? We tested several cars.
To protect them from damage, the rows of cars in the parking lot were imitated with light and soft foam cubes. We set the distance between them for each car individually: it consists of the length of the body and another 0.7 m on each side. Enough to confidently park manually, and manufacturers promise that the automation of this stock is guaranteed to be enough.
We fix time, we notice features, we enter errors into the protocol. Then we gradually move the cubes and repeat the exercise. And so on until the automation starts to malfunction.
Along the way, we evaluate the interface - is it convenient to use the system, is the control logical, how does the graphics of electronic devices look like.
Of course, car parkers get additional advantages for their multifunctionality - for example, for lateral parking or assistance when leaving a number of cars.
So, get into the parking lot!
KIA-SPORTIDGE
5th place
5th place 5th place
“Korean” lost to rivals in everything. Unless the set of functions he has is the same as that of Toyota and Ford, that is, he can park only in parallel, both on the right side and on the left. True, here too, a person who first finds himself behind the wheel of a Sporting may experience a hitch. In other models, the side of the street where you want to moor is recognized by the automation by turning on the right or left turn signal, and in Kia you have to press the same button several times - an unnecessary action and is less logical.
Red is the color of increased attention. And this is justified when you use the automatic parking on the Sportage
Red is the color of increased attention. And this is justified when you use the automatic parking on the Sportage. Red is the color of increased attention. And this is justified when you use the automatic parking on the Sportage.
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The interface is primitive, for a non-Russified dashboard a fat minus. But this model is assembled in Russia. Sporting performed the practical work worse than the others - in about a third of the races I did not see a parking place, I parked crookedly several times, ran into a curb from cones. In addition, the measurements had to be stopped at around 1 m (half a meter from each bumper) - the worst result.
FORD KUGA
4th place
4th place 4th place
The smart crossover, as it was nicknamed by the company, was far from the smartest in the parking lot. If only because he is not trained to call into tight niches - to complete the maneuver he needs at least an additional 0.8 m to the length of his own body. But in the interface there are sensible things that for some reason other manufacturers have not thought of. For example, prompts to the driver what they should do in the process of automatic parking do not appear on the instrument panel, but directly on the central display, where the picture from the rear camera and the parking sensors graph are displayed. And this screen is conveniently located - at the top of the dashboard.
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There is no word "edte" in the Russian language! Kuga needs an experienced corrector. We can make a patronage
There is no word "edte" in the Russian language! Kuga needs an experienced corrector. We can make a patronage. There is no word "edte" in the Russian language! Kuga needs an experienced corrector. We can make a patronage.
If the screen is located so far from the driver and a lot of information is displayed on it, it should be at least twice as large
If the screen is located so far from the driver and a lot of information is displayed on it, it should be at least twice as large. If the screen is located so far from the driver and a lot of information is displayed on it, it should be at least twice as large.
Only - that's bad luck! - painfully small. Yes, and moved almost to the windshield. (It is strange that among the additional options there is no binoculars.) And even more so, it is worthless for such an intellectual to make gross spelling errors. Therefore, the interface is only third place. And the penultimate final.
TOYOTA-AURIS
3rd place
3 place 3 place
The first car parking systems that appeared on the Prius worked, to put it mildly, not in the best way. Apparently, that’s why Toyota just covered itself with a pile of papers just in case - in the Auris operation manual on eight pages the situations in which the car parker may not work correctly are considered.
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Without unnecessary words and embellishments - Japanese practicality in the performance of Toyota Auris. Inexpressive, but comfortable
Without unnecessary words and embellishments - Japanese practicality in the performance of Toyota Auris. Inexpressive, but comfortable. Without unnecessary words and embellishments - Japanese practicality in the performance of Toyota Auris. Inexpressive, but comfortable.
However, the test results show that unrest is clearly unnecessary. The modernized parking system pleasantly surprised. In terms of clarity and accuracy of the parking assistant, Auris put even the expensive Audi-A6 in its belt. As, however, and the speed of the maneuver, although this is mostly due to the fact that the car is more compact. The interface is purely functional and, perhaps, not as catchy as the others, but there are no complaints about ergonomics. However, I would like not only techies, but also designers to work on a machine at a price of a million.
AUDI-A6
2nd place
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The most expensive test machine shares the system with a relative - Volkswagen Passat SS. Of all the participants, only these two models can park not only in parallel, but also perpendicularly to the road, for which they get extra points. And they help to go back to the road from a cramped place. However, the differences with the Volkswagen are not only in the interface, but also in the behavior.
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Audi-A6 "- the most caring. And write, and show, and signal. And, most importantly, everything is in place
Audi-A6 "- the most caring. And write, and show, and signal. And, most importantly, everything is in place. Audi-A6 "- the most caring. And write, and show, and signal. And, most importantly, everything is in place.
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Despite the higher status and price, Audi is inferior in diligence. He turned out to be less attentive - more often than not he noticed accessible parking spaces. And one day I started to turn the steering wheel late and did not hit the target between the foam cubes. Therefore, in driving exercises A6 took only third place. But in general, Audi has not dropped its high status - a nice interface, good ergonomics, convenient maintenance when parking, and there are no equal vehicles with long range parking sensors.
VOLKSWAGEN-PASSAT SS
1 place
1st place 1st place
The test leader lost to Audi only in the design and ease of use of the interface. The Passat SS has a more modest schedule. And the display of the model with four rings rises above the dashboard, which allows in some situations to keep both the real picture outside the window and the electronic one on the monitor in view. The rest of the “Volkswagen” gives odds to all opponents.
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It is convenient when the graphic parking sensors (the image of the car), showing the distance to the obstacle, are displayed on the image from the rear view camera. The same picture was built at Audi and Ford
It is convenient when the graphic parking sensors (the image of the car), showing the distance to the obstacle, are displayed on the image from the rear view camera. The same picture was built at Audi and Ford. It is convenient when the graphic parking sensors (the image of the car), showing the distance to the obstacle, are displayed on the image from the rear view camera. The same picture was built at Audi and Ford.
Only for this shelter for the camera would give Volkswagen the first place. For all the others, this “eye” does not see anything for at least six months a year due to dirt flying from under the wheels
Only for this shelter for the camera would give Volkswagen the first place. For all the others, this “eye” does not see anything for at least six months a year due to dirt flying from under the wheels. Only for this shelter for the camera would give Volkswagen the first place. For all the others, this “eye” does not see anything for at least six months a year due to dirt flying from under the wheels.
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He was the only one who reliably climbed into a niche that was only 0.6 m longer than the body (300 mm of free space on each side), and even once climbed into the target another 100 mm narrower. I made a minimum of mistakes - only a couple of times out of several dozen attempts I did not see a suitable parking place. And although the seconds during the maneuver, he did not show the best (largely due to the large dimensions), but he acted most stably, accurately and comfortably for the driver. A separate weighty plus - for the location of the rear view camera, which leaves the logo only when reverse gear is engaged. The review is excellent even in the most slushy weather.
MAN Vs MACHINES
We organized a competition not only between cars, but also between the driver and the automation. With rare exceptions, the living organism emerged victorious. At the first maneuvers, the results sometimes differed by 10-15 seconds, depending on the car and the ability of the driver to park. The parking assistant lost mainly because he thought and tried on longer, turned the steering wheel more slowly.
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The difference became even more noticeable when the distance between the cubes decreased. The explanation is simple: a person used a more optimal trajectory for the race, because he needed less visits. But the final conclusions of the experts coincided: the parking assistants work quite tolerably (unless Kia needs to debug the automation), and those who park insecurely will be more likely to help than to hinder. And the next generation, be sure, will grow to the level of a pro, and then plug him in the belt. After all, this was the case with all electronic assistants.
PAMMING ALL THIS
Mikhail GZOVSKIY, Head of Testing
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Frankly, I pressed the button of the parking assistant in the editorial Ford Focus 3 five times with force. The first is out of interest, as soon as I moved to this model. The steering wheel is famously spinning without my participation - a fun sight! The last time I tried the system a few days before the test was to make sure that it was useless to me.
In order for the car to find an empty seat, you have to drive too slowly, and this, in a metropolis, naturally causes dissatisfaction with other drivers.
And it was precisely when help was most needed, that is, in cramped conditions, that electronics found its weaknesses. Without problems in two steps, the Focus can only park when it’s one meter front and back in the car’s reserve. The distance is a little less - and Ford no longer sees the opportunity to get in between other cars or demands to advance yourself back and forth more than required by an experienced driver, number of times (thanks to the excellent work of the front and rear parking sensors!).
In general, in my opinion, a parking assistant present in rich trim levels is useful only to inexperienced drivers. The main thing is not to admire the rotating wheel and not to forget that the machine itself does not know how to slow down!
I WANT A PARKING ASSISTANT
How much a car park costs is difficult to calculate for each model. Only Volkswagen offers it to the Passat SS separately for 36 970 rubles. (the minimum price of a car with a parking assistant is 1, 172, 970 rubles), the rest are only in fixed trim levels. For example, at Audi-A6 it is already in the basic configuration at a price of 1, 704, 000 rubles. At Toyota Auris, Kia Sporting, Ford Kuga, the automatic parking system appears only in the most expensive versions: respectively , Prestige for 944, 000 rubles., "Premium" for 1 299 000 rubles., "Titanium plus" from 1, 443, 000 rubles. There is no other option - if you need a parking assistant, you have to fork out for the indicated amounts.
No need to be afraid of auto parking. She has not yet grown to an experienced driver, but she is already performing maneuvers much better than a beginner
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