MG ZS (2001- TO 2005)ZS的毫克(2001年-2005年)
How we chuckled when, in the aftermath of BMW pulling the plug on Rover, then owners the Phoenix Consortium unveiled plans for the MG ZS, based on the Rover 45.怎样当野猪,在经历了宝马插头拔月孚、当时业主的凤凰财团亮相规划镁ZS的基础上,罗孚45. How could a car that oozed a genteel charm turn into something that would be in any way credible?怎么把车停上渗出了温柔魅力转入以任何方式将一些可信吗? It just couldn't happen.只是不能发生. Thing is, it did.事情就是那样. Although we still scratch our heads and wonder how they pulled it off, MG Rover have a car of genuine talents in the MG ZS.尽管我们还大伤脑筋,不知他们柏榕毫克孚真正的人才有一辆汽车在ZS的镁. As a used proposition it makes a lot of sense, combining a mixture of tried and tested mechanicals with some agreeably modern styling cues.用它作为一个命题有点道理,结合既有久经考验机电有的欣然现代造型线索.
HISTORY历史
The history of the MG ZS can be traced right back through the Rover 45 to the Rover 400 of 1995.ZS的历史可以追溯到毫克的右背经孚45罗孚4001995. Offering a 'new' car based on a six year old design would appear to have been suicide in modern terms.开办了'新'的基础上,6岁的汽车设计似乎已经自杀的现代条件. Offering a sporting model based upon the tweedy 45 further dented the MG ZS' chances of success.基于运动模式提供tweedy1945年进一步ZS的欢欣镁'成功的机会. As the centre tine in MG Rover's three-pronged launch in June 2001 the ZS had its work cut out.作为中心尔蒂在毫克孚的三管齐下2001年6月推出了ZS的工作切出来的. Knives were sharpened as journalists pre-planned their savaging of the car yet when they emerged from the ZS on its press launch their faces betrayed a combination of bemusement and admiration.刀削尖新闻工作者预先计划自己的轿车savaging然而当他们走出ZS的推出对新闻界脸上背叛结合大惑不解和钦佩. The ZS was enormous fun.ZS的是巨大的乐趣. There was no avoiding the fact.也没有回避的事实.
Two body styles were available, four-door saloon and five door hatch with a pair of engines; a 115bhp four-cylinder unit in the ZS120 and a 175bhp 2.5-litre V6 in the ZS180.两体可风,四、五门门球馆舱口一副引擎;一115bhp四缸股在zs120和175bhp2.5公升V6导在zs180. Upspec ZS120+ models were also offered for those who hankered after a few extra creature comforts.upspeczs120+型号也提供那些热衷于搞了几服美食. Later in the year the 100bhp ZS CDTi diesel model was announced.在今年稍后的ZS的cdti100bhp柴油机型号06. In 2002 MG Rover began offering dealer approved LPG conversions on the ZR120 models.2002年开始开办毫克孚改建液化石油气经销商在批zr120型号.
A major facelift was visited on the MG ZS in the Spring of 2004.改版是一项重大的访问毫克ZS的2004年春天. The changes included, updates to the interiors but the major alterations were focused around the front end.变化在内的腹地,但主要的更新改建都围绕前端. A revised grille and twin lens headlamps were brought in as was an integrated splitter for the front bumper and a reshaped boot lip that curls up into a spoiler.修改门锁及双透镜大灯被提起公诉作为一个完整的战线分流、重塑靴碰碰唇,四肢变为破坏者. The last models rolled from the production line in 2005 as MG Rover went bust.上次型号冷轧生产线,2005年为毫克孚告全面崩溃.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
Aside from the obvious spoiler kit and alloy wheels, most of the changes that truly transform the ZS have been wrought out of sight.除了明显破坏者袋、合金车轮203,205,206,208ZS的真正转变已激怒了视线. The car has been lowered by 20mm and fitted with stiffer springs and meatier dampers.车已经降低为20mm,并装有泉水的内容而使阻尼. Suspension bushes are now made of rigid polyurethane instead of rubber to give more road feel and sharper reaction to the driver, who can now react to said changes more effectively thanks to a quicker and more accurate steering system.悬浮草丛现了硬质聚氨酯橡胶反而给更多的路感和敏锐的反应司机谁能说现在的变化反应更快更有效、更准确地感谢督导制度. Bigger brakes mean that you can overtake other traffic without recourse to speeding.大刹车意味着你可以求助于其他车辆超速超车. If you need to work that one out in your head, you may not constitute the ZS target market.如果你需要工作,你的头一出,你可能不构成ZS的目标市场.
Inside the car the transformation is not all good news.车内所有的改造并不是好消息. The pedals, seat, steering wheel and gear stick all feel beautiful, and as they're the parts you directly interface with, you'll relish every nuance.<脚踏、座位、方向盘、齿轮棒都感到美丽由于他们的接口部分直接与你,你一定能行每个细微差别. Unfortunately the rest of the cabin isn't really up to scratch, the dashboard looking a bit of an eighties relic and certainly not up to the class standard.可惜其余的座舱不是真的达到标准,仪表一点看,肯定不是一个80舍利到一流水准.
In an slightly desperate attempt to lick the Rover 45's somewhat frumpy lines into shape, stylist Peter Stevens, who has the McLaren F1 and Subaru Impreza P1 on his CV, probably wouldn't view the ZS as his finest hour.在稍绝望企图舔孚45年的形状有点新意成线、设计师彼得史蒂文斯谁有麦克拉伦F1和他的美国CV富士impreza小、ZS的作为来看,恐怕不是他最美好的时刻. It's not an ungainly car, just one that looks a little aftermarket.这不是一个检控官车,只是这个看来有点售后市场. Still, that front end treatment does have genuine overtaking presence and the bibs, skirts and spoilers are said to have a beneficial effect on downforce, engine cooling and aerodynamic efficiency.还有,前端待遇是否有真正的存在和超车的领巾,裙和破坏者都以对各downforce,发动机冷却和气动效率.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
The ZS120 models have been by far the biggest sellers in the ZS range, and prices start at around £6,300 for a 2001 Y plated ZS120 hatch.zs120的型号已远远ZS的幅度最大的卖方,6300左右开始,价格为2001英镑肽Y镀zs120舱口. Expect to pay an additional £600 in ZS120+ guise.预料英镑的额外支付600zs120+幌子. Saloon models command a premium of around £700 over their hatchback counterparts.球馆型号指挥地价约为700英镑对其hatchback. The most desirable model available is the ZS180 saloon which opens at around £7,800, again on the 2001 Y plate.最理想的模型是可zs180球馆开幕7800英镑左右,2001年再度肽Y盘. The diesel ZS CDTi models are still very thin on the ground and ex-dealer demonstrator stock may well represent your happiest hunting ground.cdtiZS的型号的柴油仍很薄躺在地上前示威股市交易可能是你快乐的猎场. Insurance for the ZS is a mixed bag, the ZS120 being rated at a fair Group 12, but the ZS180 commands a hefty Group 16 premium.为保险ZS的是一个混合袋,按公平zs120被评为集团12但zs180指挥大幅溢价集团16.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
The MG ZS, being largely based on proven Rover 45 mechanicals has yet to show any significant failings.毫克的速度,在很大程度上被证明是基于罗孚45年机电仍未见任何重大失误. Some will have been driven hard so check the tyres and also scan carefully for signs of accident damage.有的将已硬驱动扫描等检查轮胎也是精心意外损坏迹象. The clutch should have plenty of life left in it and make sure the brake pads aren't about to wave the white flag.离合器有很多人生留下它的刹车皮,做到不约挥舞白旗. Check that the servicing work has been done, that there's no accident damage and you should be able to land a decent car.检查维修工作已经完成,有没有意外损坏,你应该能够找到一份象样的汽车.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx. based on ZS120) For most parts the prices are quite reasonable and worth the money.(约基于zs120)部份价格相当合理,物有所值. Expect to pay around £95 for a full clutch assembly, £160 for a starter motor, around £85 for a headlamp and up to £135 for a radiator.预期支付95英镑左右全部装配离合器、起动马达为160英镑,一英镑左右前照灯高达85135英镑的散热器. Brake pads should cost about £55 for the front and £50 for the rear.刹车皮要耗资大约55英镑,50英镑,前方后方.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
Drive a ZS180 back to back with a Golf V5, probably the sportiest of the line, and the Rover stomps all over the Volkswagen, its steering, chassis and engine beating the German into submission over the sort of lumpen road surfaces that make up the British B-road.紧接着落地zs180高尔夫球V5环境,大概sportiest的路线、与罗孚踩死各地福士,其督导、底盘和发动机击败德国就范过去那种无产者路面,使占英乙路. Two world wars, one World Cup and one world of leathering then...两次世界大战,其中世界杯和世界一::然后leathering
Performance for the ZS120 is respectable, reaching 60mph 9.0 seconds before running on to 122mph, the same engine fitted to the Lotus Elise demonstrating the benefits of weight reduction.zs120是令人尊敬的表现,达到9.0秒,60mph到122mph然后行走,同时发动机装配了荷花叶锡展现减肥好处. The ZS TD combines a fair turn of speed with 52mpg parsimony.运输署ZS的公平相结合的交替速度52mpg简约. The ZS180 is a good deal punchier, making 60mph in 7.3 seconds en route to a 139mph maximum velocity, although its acceleration is bettered by the Renault Clio 172 and the Honda Civic Type R, neither of which give a great deal away in terms of interior space.zs180punchier是相依的,在7月3日作出60mph途中一秒钟,最高速度139mph,虽然其加速度做得更好由RenaultClio型和172型本田公民住宅、其中既给了大量的室内空间走. The ZS CDTi is reasonably lively with a 52mpg average fuel economy figure to back up its claims.cdtiZS的合理生动的一52mpg平均燃油经济数字备份其债权.
It's out on the open road that it all gels beautifully.它的开出的道路,它都凝胶绚丽. The steering feels perfectly weighted for flinging the car down a twisty back road, and the suspension is firm without becoming unduly crashy or harsh.督导感到十分加权为flinging车回了曲折的道路,受是坚定和毫不过份crashy或苛刻. The V6 engine fitted to the ZS180 gives it a brawny feel that's lacking in most rival units which instead need to be revved hard in order to extract some meaningful muscle.V6发动机装到了zs180粗壮觉得它的竞争对手最缺乏的不是单位须引擎为了谋取一些有意义硬肌肉. Even the gearbox is sweet and slick, whilst the brakes have a punchiness about them that inspires enormous confidence.即使是变速箱、甜滑头,虽然刹车有感情,激发了他们巨大的信心.
OVERALL 总体
Although cynics may point to the fact that the development budget for the MG ZS didn't have too many zeros on the end of it, MG Rover have produced a fine driver's car.虽然讥讽指的是ZS的开发预算为毫克零点就没有太多底,罗孚毫克,已经产生了良好的驾驶的轿车. Expect the latest thing in slick interior design and you'll come away disappointed, but if all you've ever experienced is the sanitised experience that passes for many of today's warm hatches you may well be in for a pleasant surprise.预料最新的事情,你就会滑头室内设计称心失望但如果你经历的一切经验消毒合格许多当今热烈舱口你可能在一个惊喜. With its urgency and zest, the MG ZS is a car that will have you thinking about instead trying a later apex on the final corner before the newsagents.其迫切性和兴奋,镁是ZS的车子,你会想到后来反而试图顶端报刊之前的最后一个角落. Has outrageous fun ever been so accessible to so many?从未有这么离谱的乐趣方便太多?
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