SUZUKI GRAND VITARA (1998- TO DATE)铃木vitara盛大(1998年至今)
The Suzuki Grand Vitara is a serious four-wheel drive that has struggled to rid itself of the wide-wheel and bodykit image Vitaras were saddled with in the early nineties.盛大是一个严重的铃木vitara四轮驱动,挣扎摆脱了宽轮bodykitvitaras形象在90年代初就被背负着. In many ways Suzuki themselves didn?t help its cause by introducing a frivolous three-door soft-top version, invoking the spirit of what many people consider the worst car in recent history, the Suzuki X-90.在许多方面,铃木本身雾化?笔,帮助其事业引入无聊3门软顶版引用本着什么很多人认为,在近代历史上最差的车,铃木的X90. These associations do a fine car no favours.这些协会不偏袒任何车罚款. Find a good used Grand Vitara and you?ll have a reasonably stylish 4x4 that will embarrass many more ?established?找到好、用盛大vitara你?当地有相当气派,4-4多难堪?确立? off road favourites when the going gets muddy.越野名曲当境况泥泞.
HISTORY历史
The Grand Vitara is a more serious proposition than its junior sibling and upon launch in April 1998 offered a five-door body with a 2.5 V6 engine, then a unique feature in the junior 4x4 market sector.宏伟vitara命题比它更严重的是,一经推出少年兄弟在1998年4月提出五门周围2.5V6发动机,当时一项特色初级4-4场部门. Five months later, the turbo diesel option was introduced, with a 2.0-litre capacity in the same body shell.5个月后,柴油涡轮期权推出了2.0公升容量相同体外壳. The range remained unchanged until May 1999, when the GV2000 Soft Top was launched.范围不变,直到1999年5月,当gv2000软顶拉开战幕. This used a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, and had three doors and a rather ungainly profile.这个用2.0公升四缸引擎,并有3门比较检控官概况.
The range was completed with the launch of the three-door estate variant in March 2000.该公司共发射射程3门变种2000年3月地产. This handsome model offered the larger dimensions that buyers in the market for vehicles such as a Honda HR-V or Toyota RAV-4 weren?t getting from the standard Vitara.这个模型提供了可观的市场规模方面,买家如本田汽车的HR丰田诉或腺-4统计学?笔洋行vitara标准. Like all Grand Vitara models, it boasted a rugged ladder-framed chassis and low-ratio gearbox, which bestowed superior off road capabilities.象所有盛大vitara型号,拥有一个凹凸不平阶梯骨架底盘低比率变速箱,上级赋予越野能力.
Early in 2001, both 3 and 5-door versions got a minor facelift and a trim upgrade.早在2001年,这两个3和5门版本有轻微改版升级、蟑螂等. The 3-door got a new 1.6-litre engine option, while the 5-door gained a better turbo diesel engine and a 2.0-litre four cylinder petrol variant.3得到了新的大门1.6公升引擎选择而5门获得了较好的涡轮柴油机2.0升4缸汽油变种. The long wheelbase 2.7-litre XL7 seven seater variant debuted at the end of 2001 followed in April 2002 by a five seater model.长轴距270公升xl7七个座位变种亮相后在2001年底到2002年4月5座示范.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
There?s a vague division in the market for four-wheel drives at the moment.?收盘模糊分割市场四轮驱动的当务之急. ?Proper??正当? off-road cars such as Range Rovers or Toyota Land Cruisers have tough ladder-framed chassis which are far more rugged than those that use a car-based monocoque arrangement, such as the Toyota RAV-4 or the Honda CR-V.越野车等一系列火星车或丰田土地巡洋舰上强硬阶梯骨架底盘都远远高于使用汽车凹凸不平的车身安排如丰田腺-4或本田铬钒. If the market were divided into those two camps, things would be easy.如果市场分成两个阵营,便很容易的事情. Unfortunately you get vehicles like the Land Rover Freelander, with its serious name and off-road pretensions which are monocoque bodied, and vehicles like the Suzuki Grand Vitara that seem quite lightweight, but boasts a full ladder frame and low-range gearbox.可惜你得象越野车freelander,其名称和严重占用道路造作所车身健全铃木汽车一样,似乎颇为盛大vitara轻、但拥有一个完整的阶梯框、低射程变速箱. In truth, the Suzuki is a great deal more accomplished and no-nonsense than many would believe.事实上,铃木更是大有成就,不尚空谈,比许多人都相信.
The five-door versions have sold far more than the soft-top and newer three-door hardtop version, and makes an interesting case for itself.五门版本都卖出远超过软顶,更新3门坚壁版一个有趣的案例,使自己. Equipment on the both five-door versions includes a CD player, electric windows, central locking, powered mirrors and an adjustable steering wheel, but air-conditioning and ABS were extras.无论设备的五门版本包括CD唱机、电动窗、中央锁、可调方向盘、动力镜子,但空调、ABS的人可有可无. Given that asking prices for the V6 significantly undercut rivals such as the Freelander, this makes the Grand Vitara a value used buy.既然开价大大削弱对手的V6导等freelander,这使得盛大vitara用来购买价值. There have been no short cuts on the safety front either.没有捷径的安全战线. Proof of this can be seen by the fact that Suzuki immediately meets the latest stringent USA model year crash standards; the Freelander needs modifications to do so.这证明可以看出的是,铃木随即会见美国模式的最新年度坠毁严格标准;freelander需要做的改动. Twin airbags are standard of course, as is the now almost compulsory high-level rear stop light.双气袋是标准当然,现在几乎是必修高层后方停止轻.
The three-door models may have sold less, but in many ways are more interesting.3门模式可能有卖少,但在许多方面都更有趣. Badged in this country as GV2000 models, they are identically priced and specified, but the two body types are built in different factories.badgedgv2000型号为这个国家,他们是相同的票价和特定的但两个团体在不同类型建立工厂. The Soft-Top is made in Suzuki?s Canadian plant (a joint venture with General Motors) while the Estate comes from Japan.该软顶是在铃木?收盘加拿大厂(通用汽车公司合资),而来自日本的产业.
The front section of the Soft-Top?s canvas hood ?前一段的软顶?收盘帆布盖? above the front seats ?以上前座? can be folded back or removed separately if required, enabling the driver and front seat passenger to enjoy open-top motoring targa-style.可以折叠或拆除,分别如需要让司机和前座乘客享受开顶驾驶targa式. If you want to go the whole hog, the rear section has been designed to be unzipped and folded down to create a full Cabriolet-style 4x4.如果你要去整猪、后部设计上已被打开,并创造一个充满cabriolet下跌折叠式4-4. Be warned however, it?s not a quick job.被警告但它?收盘快不就业. Once you?re roofless, however, the car does become a very flexible load carrier thanks to 50/50 split rear seats that can be independently folded for loading versatility or `somersaulted?一旦你?重屋顶,但是车内是否成为一个非常灵活载荷运载感谢50/50分裂后座可以折叠独立'或载货多姿多彩somersaulted? forward to provide maximum storage.前进提供最大的储存. The Estate?s load area is equally flexible.地产?同样灵活的负荷范围.
The rest of the 3-door interior is described by Suzuki as ?fashionable yet functional?.其余3门内政部描述铃木作为?时髦但是功能?. Functional would be the pertinent word; grey plastic abounds but it all works well enough.将相关文字功能;但这一切盛产灰色塑料厂做得不够好. There?s certainly plenty fitted as standard; a radio/CD player with remote control, power steering, front electric windows, power mirrors, central locking, twin front airbags and tinted glass.?当然许多装配收盘为标准;电台/影音播放与遥控、动力转向、前电动窗、电镜、中央锁、双气袋、茶色玻璃门前.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
Grand Vitara prices start at just over £6,200 for the best model in the range, the 2.5-litre V6.盛大vitara价格开始仅仅超过6200英镑的最佳模式的射程,2.5公升V6导. For this sort of money, expect to net one of the early 1998 R-registered cars, and expect to pay about £400 more for an automatic model.对于这种钱,预计1998年初住宅网之一的注册车约400英镑,预计付出更可自动模式. A more recent 2000 V-plated manual five-door V6 will command around £7,600.最近00年更V型镀手册五门V6导将指挥7100英镑左右. The diesel models start at a similar amount, and this will buy a 1999 T-registered 2.0TD manual.晚上同样型号的柴油量,这将购买1999笔注册2.0td手册. With the diesels, the automatic option commands a premium of about £500.随着柴油机、自动选择指令地价约500英镑. The three-door Grand Vitaras start at around £6,300 for a 1999 T-registered Soft Top.3门盛大vitaras开始为6300英镑左右1999笔登记软顶. Hard top models go for around £500 more.打顶型号500多英镑左右走. Insurance for diesel Grand Vitaras is Group 11, with all petrol-engined models falling into Group 12.保险集团是柴油盛大vitaras11,所有汽油引擎型号跌入集团12.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
The Grand Vitara is largely reliable, but as with most proper 4x4s, you?ll need to check for damage caused by off road work.宏伟vitara基本上可靠,但由于大部分妥善四轮驱动车,你?当地需要核对工作造成损失的产道. Have a good look at the underbody, and check the suspension, sills, ramp and departure points and also wheelarch liners for signs of damage.看看底部有一个好的、受检查,窗台,舷梯还wheelarch客轮出发点和损坏迹象. Also inspect the paintwork and body for damage from branches etc. It would also pay to reject cars with whining differentials, noisy gearboxes, a chattering set of valves or a loud camshaft unless you plan to undertake the repairs.油漆、检验科等机构,也损害拒绝付车牢骚差异,变速箱嘈杂,嚅套阀或大声凸轮轴除非你计划进行修理. One bugbear of the range is seizing brake callipers, especially if the vehicle has been laid up for some time.抓住一个老掉牙的刹车距离卡尺,尤其如果汽车已经奠定了一段时间. Other than this, just insist on a fully stamped up service history.除此之外,只有坚持一个全面服务的历史烙印.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 1998 Grand Vitara V6) If the previous keeper?s been off-roading in their Grand Vitara, check the exhaust system, as at around £500 for a replacement, it?s not a repair to be undertaken lightly.(大约1998基于盛大vitaraV6导)如果先前料理?收盘被占用巷道的宏伟vitara,检查排气系统,更换了500英镑左右,这?收盘不会轻易将进行修理. A new clutch assembly will be around £200, and a replacement headlamp is about £130.新议会将离合器200英镑左右,而取代前照灯约130英镑. Front brake pads and rear brake shoes are both around £55 a pair, whilst a new radiator retails at £250.前刹车皮、刹车蹄后方都是一双55英镑左右,而在新的散热器零售250英镑. A new alternator is only slightly cheaper at £240, whilst a new starter motor weighs in at a pricey £350.新发电机只是稍微便宜240英镑,而在新的起动马达重达350英镑的价钱.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
Drive the Grand Vitara solely on the road and you?ll be enjoying about half of the full ownership experience.驾驶宏伟vitara仅靠道你?当地约有一半的充分享有所有权的经验. To understand its raison d?etre, it?s best to undertake a bit of off-road activity.了解他们存在的丁?理由,它?收盘所能承担一点越野活动. For a start, you get the box-section steel ladder-frame structure for strength and durability and the low ratio gearbox, for impressive ability in the mud.一开始,你就得到箱型钢梯子架结构强度及耐久性、变速箱比率偏低,为可观能力泥. In fact, the only thing the Grand Vitara lacks is permanent four-wheel drive.事实上,唯一欠缺的是盛大vitara永久四轮驱动. Suzuki says you won?t need it (though Land Rover owners, of course, will beg to differ).铃木说你赢了?笔需要它(虽然越野车主,当然会苟同). Instead, a new ?Drive Select?反之,新?驾驶责? system has been developed; rather than having to stop to engage four-wheel drive, as was necessary before, you can now do so at speeds of up to 62mph.系统已经开发;而不是停止搞四轮驱动,由于之前有必要,你现在可以做的航速可达62mph.
The Grand Vitara five-door?s other unique feature for this sector of the market is a V6 engine (though you can also opt for 2.0-litre Turbo Diesel version or two-litre petrol in the three-door models).宏伟vitara五门?这一部门的其他特色的市场是V6发动机(虽然你也可以选择2.0公升柴油涡轮版或两公升汽油3门型号). The V6 in question is a specially-developed 2.5-litre 24-valve 2493cc unit with multi-point fuel injection, putting out 142bhp.V6在一个特别的议题-开发2.5公升24气门2493cc组的多点燃油喷射,熄灭142bhp. It doesn?t make the car a ball of fire (the maximum speed is a mere 103mph) but in an off roader of this type, that?s not a problem.它没有?笔作火车厢一球(最大航速仅仅103mph),但在场外这种路由器、为何?收盘不是问题.
No, the key selling point here is torque; pulling power to get you up the steepest of slopes.不,这里的关键是转矩卖点;拉动力得到您的陡峻山坡. Pulling power to make constant gear changing around town unnecessary (it pulls in fifth from almost walking speed).拉动力不断改变周围镇不必要齿轮(龟山在它几乎从第五步行速度). That the top Vitara is now at last an easy vehicle to live with is also confirmed by the changes which have been made in terms of steering, suspension and overall refinement.顶部vitara,正处在汽车上轻松地生活的变化也证实已在策划、受整体细化. Steering first; the new rack and pinion set-up is light-years ahead of the old recirculating ball system this company used to inflict on its customers.第一督导;新的齿条和小齿轮设置是轻岁月的老球系统循环使用这家公司造成的客户. The car now goes immediately where you point it.现在不用你马上车点. The ride too, is far better than anything Suzuki have yet produced (though it?s still not perfect over rough surfaces).打起精神也总比什么尚未产生铃木(虽?收盘较粗糙表面还不完善). The engineers have also learnt how to control body roll ?工程师也学习如何控制身体滚? and not before time.而不是之前. The three-door GV2000 models are even better on road.3门型号更棒gv2000道路.
Driving an original Vitara at speed along a bumpy country lane was an experience akin to sitting astride a bucking bronco.原驾驶速度沿着崎岖vitara在国家里是一个经验屈曲类似于坐在一个交汇野马. In comparison, the GV2000?s ride is a revelation, thanks to a new five-link rigid axle with movement controlled by separate springs and low-pressure gas shock absorbers.相比之下,gv2000?收盘坐就是一个启示,由于新的5连接刚性车轴与运动控制分开泉水和低压气体避震. This is now something you really could use as an everyday car.这是一件现在你真的可以作为日常使用的汽车. Refinement is also in a different league from Vitaras of the past, with much effort having been made to eliminate the main areas of noise, vibration and harshness.细化也是一个不同以往的联赛从vitaras,既然作出了很大努力以消除噪音的主要街道、振动和生硬. What it boils down to is that this is one of the very few affordable off roading vehicles that you could easily live with as an only car.归根究底是什么,这是世界上极少数得起车,你可以轻易过筑路生活作为唯一车.
Of course, it won?t handle quite like an everyday car; you?re too high off the ground for that.当然,获胜?笔颇象一个办理日常车;你?过高过重的理由. It?s not bad, however, providing you don?t fling the Grand Vitara around too much; the addition of a front stabiliser bar has done little to control body movement.?收盘不坏,但您提供鲍思?笔丢给宏伟vitara周围太多;加上一个酒吧门前无甚稳定剂来控制身体的运动. Where the Grand Vitara Soft-Top doesn?t feel quite as happy is on the motorway.凡盛大vitara软顶不惜?笔的感觉很快乐,是高速公路. It?s susceptible to side winds and the fabric hood reminds you all the time what you?ve bought.?易方收盘风罩和面料时提醒大家你?味买. In the wet, thanks to the PVC rear window, you can hardly see anything behind.在潮湿,由于审核后窗户,你看不到什么后面. Still, this isn?t a motorway car ?但是,这肖国?一名高速公路车笔? and in any case, there are plenty of compensations.而在任何情况下,我们有很多的补偿. The Estate is quieter, of course, with better visibility through the tailgate glass, but it too gets buffeted about.地产是宁静的,当然有更好的能见度透过玻璃栏板,但得到太工交约.
OVERALL 总体
A used Suzuki Grand Vitara is a good way to acquire a reasonably priced, usefully sized ?proper?采用铃木vitara一个盛大是一个好方法获得价格合理、有效尺寸?正当? 4x4.4-4. The three-door models veer towards the ?style over substance?3门模式转向争取?风格超过实质? leanings of Suzuki?s past, but the five-door cars are excellent buys.得票铃木?榜首,但五门车购买优良. A V6 five-door estate has a lot going for it.V6导了五门产业已经走出了很多准备. If you can track a good one down, it won?t disappoint.如果你可以跟踪一个好了,赢了?笔失望.
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