VAUXHALL FRONTERA (1991-TO 2004)狂暴边疆(1991至2004)
Vauxhall launched these three and five-door off-roaders in late 1991 into a market deep in recession, yet they were immediately a smash hit.路上,这三个发射五门对开道路一九九一年底深处变为市场不景气,但他们随即身影. Sales of GTi-style cars had crashed after insurance companies pushed premiums through the roof.但GTI销售式车后坠毁保险公司保费通过推顶. Suddenly, all those twenty-something buyers needed a new type of vehicle to turn their attentions to and they found it in the Frontera.突然,所有21买主需要一些新型汽车把注意力转向它的发现和边疆. Vauxhall didn't exactly create the off-road/leisure vehicle market but they certainly made it more accessible.路上不正是创造off-road/leisure汽车市场,但它当然也更容易取得. The Frontera comes in two forms that appeal to two different buyer groups.这两种形式的边疆来吸引买方两个不同群体. The Tonka-toy looks of the three-door are as irresistible to as many people as the five-door junior Range Rover styling.<tonka-玩具白眼三大门是向尽可能多的人无法抗拒的五门射程孚初级造型.
HISTORY历史
The Frontera, though assembled in Luton, is actually a rebadged Isuzu design, but more so than the Isuzu Trooper/Vauxhall Monterey (RIP) twins.<边疆虽然聚集在卢顿,其实rebadged五十铃设计、但更比五十铃扶栏/狂暴蒙特雷(食)双胞胎. The engines are a successful mix of European and Japanese, like the styling.引擎是欧洲和日本进行了成功的组合,如造型.
There were three models at the October 1991 launch ?共有三种模式,在1991年10月推出? a 2.0-litre three-door Sport, a 2.4-litre five-door and a 2.3-litre turbo diesel five-door.一个2.0公升3门运动,2.4公升的五门和2.3公升柴油涡轮五门. The first change came in September 1993 when the 2.0-litre engine gained fuel injection.1993年9月第一次来到变当2.0公升燃油喷射发动机获得. The model retained the Sport name but gained electric mirrors and windows.运动示范保留牌子赢得电动窗、镜子. Apart from a couple of very limited-run special editions and a short-lived but desirable open-topped Sport version, there were no further changes until April 1995 when new engines arrived, including a 2.2 and a 2.8-litre turbo diesel.除了一两个非常有限开办专版、短暂但可取不限突破体育版有没有进一步的变化,直到1995年4月,当抵达新引擎,包括了2.2和2.8公升柴油涡轮.
For the 1997 model year, driver and passenger airbags became available and the 2.8-litre turbo diesel engine was swapped for a 2.5 with more power and torque.而在1997年的模型,司机及乘客气袋和可得2.8公升柴油涡轮引擎被调换了2.5更多权力和扭矩. A new dashboard lifted the appearance of the interior and addressed all the ergonomic criticisms that had been thrown at it since the 1991 launch.新仪表板外观解除内务部和处理所有被投掷工效批评它自1991年发射.
The line-up was replaced by an all-new range (including a V6 derivative) in October 1998.排队改为全新射程(包括V6导导)1998年10月. This featured more modern styling and a new 2.2-litre (Opel rather than Isuzu) direct injection diesel engine.这个节目更现代化的新造型,2.2公升(而非欧宝五十铃)直喷式柴油发动机. The 2.2-litre petrol engine from the old model was retained and the 3.2-litre V6 from the (now defunct) Monterey was borrowed for the replacement flagship Estate model.2.2公升汽油发动机,并保留了旧型号的320公升V6导自蒙特雷(现已解散),是借来的旗舰产业置换模式. This 3.2-litre engine was also added to the three-door range in October 2000 in the Sport RS model.这3.2-公升引擎也增加了3门射程在2000年10月在体育遥感模型.
Late 2001 saw further changes to the Frontera line up, with a V-shaped grille, clear light lenses and new designs of alloy wheels adopted.2001年末看到了进一步修改的边疆线,以V字型格栅、新设计的镜片和清晰轻合金车轮通过. The Olympus models, previously special editions, were subsumed into the mainstream range whilst the 3.2-litre engine was now offered in both three and five door body styles.奥林匹斯的模范,以前专版、虽然被并入主流射程320公升引擎无论是现在的3至5门课程体风格. By early 2004 it was all up for the Frontera.据2004年初全部为边疆.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
You don't get full-time four-wheel drive.你不能全职四轮驱动. No, these are Suzuki Vitara-style off-roaders.不,这是铃木vitara式对开道路. Most of the time, the Frontera is a rear-wheel drive machine but you can change to four-wheel drive quickly enough.大部分时间,是一个边疆后轮驱动机,但你可以改变四轮传动迅速消散. The main advantage with cars of this type is the ability to see over the cars queued ahead of you and to anticipate hold-ups.同车的主要优点是能见到这种车排队超过预期提前举行议起坐.
The interiors are a bit boring to look at but are usually full of equipment to make the journey less tiring.内部人士有点沉闷看而通常使旅程充满设备少劳累. Many cars have electric windows, central locking and a sunroof as well as a good sound system.有不少电动车门窗,天窗,中央锁,以及良好的音响系统.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
You can pay as little as £2,500 or over £14,000, depending on the age and condition of the model you choose.你可以少付2500英镑以上14000英镑,视乎你的年龄和条件选择示范. Apart from the most recent Fronteras, the most expensive cars tend to be the 2.5-litre turbo diesels.除了最近fronteras,往往是最昂贵的轿车2.5公升柴油涡轮. A 96N-plate five-door 2.8-litre can be yours for around £4,200 or £600 less if it's a three-door.一96n板五门2.8公升可你4200英镑,或约600英镑,如果少的3门.
New Fronteras from October 1998 start at just under £6,400 for a three-door 2.2-litre Sport.从1998年10月开始在新fronteras略低于6400英镑为期3门2.2公升的体育运动. A five-door estate is about £6,800 and add £800 for Limited trim.五门产业约6800英镑和800英镑,加上有限的修剪. The V6 Limited starts at around £7,400; add £500 for automatic transmission.V6导有限公司的始于7400英镑左右;加上500英镑自动变速器. The 2.2 DTi (turbocharged and intercooled) diesel runs from about £7,000 as a three-door Sport to £14,800 as a late-plate Limited automatic estate.2.2DTI技术(涡轮增压、中冷)柴油作为主线约7000英镑3门运动为14,800英镑下旬板有限公司自动屋.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
For a time the Frontera had a bad name for quality with owners descending en masse on Vauxhall HQ to complain.一段时间的边疆了恶名质量下降与业主集体狂暴总部就抱怨. Mechanicals are generally tough, though like the interiors, so there?s no major concern with the durability of either.一般机电强硬,虽然像腹地,所以?收盘无重大关切与耐久性. But look out for leaky rear doors, oil leaks, rattly crankshafts, clattery camshafts and noisy wheel bearings.但寻找漏后方车门、油外泄,rattly曲轴、凸轮轴、嘈杂clattery车轮轴承.
Be careful, as always, with the turbo diesels.小心一如既往,与涡轮柴油机. If the engine has had a hard life it'll blow lots of smoke, even when warm.如果引擎已辛苦就会冲击地段的硝烟,即使温暖. Turbo rotor seals are vulnerable to abuse so get the car checked by someone who knows what to look for.涡轮转子海豹等易被滥用得到遏制车内有人知道找. Better to be safe...更是安全::
With any off-roader, the most important thing is to check that the vehicle hasn't been badly abused if it's gone off the beaten track.与任何非路由器、最重要的是检查车辆若未获严重虐待的敲响守旧. Scuff marks on the paint, small dents and touched-up black paint on the bull-bar (if fitted) are all tell-tale signs that your chosen machine has spent some time off the bitumen.马克对头皮油漆、小金属桶触到了黑色油漆的公牛杆(如果安装)都不稳的迹象,你已经花了一些时间挑选机器沥青序幕. All are OK, just something to help get the price down a little.一切都还不错,只是有些价格降得有点帮助.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(Based on a Frontera 2.2 16v ?95?) A full exhaust system is about £320.(二月二日基于16v边疆?1995年?)排气系统全部320英镑左右. A clutch assembly will be around £105, while a new starter motor will be just under £75.大会将围绕一个离合器105镑,而新起动马达将略低于英镑75. An alternator should be close to £120, a radiator is around £115, a front headlamp is about £50 whilst front brake pads are in the region of £16 and rear shoes £19.一个发电机应接近120英镑,115英镑左右,是一个散热器、前照灯前沿阵地约英镑50,而该地区的刹车皮是16英镑英镑后方鞋19.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
Or perhaps off the road?或者过马路? The Frontera isn't really at its best either way.<边疆不是真的,充其量也不讨好. It does a fair job both in the mud and in Sainsbury's car park but suffers from being a bit of a compromised vehicle.它在一个公平的就业和泥塞恩斯伯里的停车场,却仍被这有点像汽车受损. The weight is considerable, with that heavy transmission to carry around, but most of it is down low in the vehicle so stability is not as bad as some top-heavy rivals.重量可观,但与周围沉重传输携带、但多数是在车上做稳定低不是那么恶劣有些头重脚轻的对手.
You'll notice it's slightly truck-like to drive, if you've come from, say, a GTi, but then you can't drive your hot hatch through a muddy field, can you?包包预告它的卡车稍样驾驶,如果您来自说出,但GTI,但是你不能驾驶你舱口通过泥泞热点领域,你呢?
Like all vehicles of the type, be prepared to accept that the Frontera wasn't really designed to sit quietly and be totally stable at 80mph on the M1 and you'll be more forgiving of its limitations.象所有的车辆类型、愿意接受,是不是设计边疆静坐、完全稳定在80mph的M1和就会更宽容的局限性.
OVERALL 总体
Neither fish nor fowl.不伦不类. It wants to be a real off-roader but hasn't got the ground clearance or full-time transmission.想要做一个真正的休路由器但没有捞到清除地面或全职传染. Equally, it's a little too unrefined to cut it as a motorway cruiser or easy-to-drive shopping car.同样,也有点太不登大雅之堂减为高速公路或巡洋舰容易对驾驶购物车. Best to think of it as a handsome and full-size toy-car and one that has the ability to cope with most things you can throw at it, whatever the weather.最佳觉得是一笔可观的专职大小玩具车,其中最有能力应付事情你可以糟蹋,无论天气.
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