Secondary market offers for that amount a very limited choice of right-hand drive cars with good mileage. There is still the domestic UAZ and Niva – but not this time. Today we will consider three compact Japanese products – Suzuki Escudo, Honda HR-V and Toyota RAV4, as without it. Cars will receive grades on a 5-point scale in five categories.
1. Freshness
Copies of the Suzuki Escudo in our budget are available with a large run-up model years, but you can find and 1995-1996. Anyway, “dvadtsatiletnej”, 3 points.
Honda HR-V will be fresher, 1999-2000, has not passed a key milestone. 4 points.
Toyota RAV4 will be the first generation, 1995-1996 edition. 3 points.
2. Appearance
“ASSEDIC” was always a fun pleasant little car with a square design. Now, he looks utilitarian, “out of time”, except that the headlights and the entire front end look quite childish and naive. 4 points.
Honda HR-V with its pointy fish nose was in his time, can be a pioneering experiment, but now its “face” quite expressionless. The rear part is more or less in the whole car some inharmonious, 3 points.
The first Toyota RAV4, especially in three-door version similar to the frog – the same naive lights, small size. But in General, the body has the correct proportions, not cause rejection. 4 points.
3. Salon
Escudo may be a three-door version, but you can find a more spacious five-door variant. Here inside the realm of straight lines, lowered front fascia with a roomy shelf, lots of niches. The Windows are large, visibility is good. Escudo bigger than its rivals – 4200 mm long. 4 points.
Honda HR-V is a five-door version, the front panel looks more modern, the cabin is quite spacious in width, but the ceiling is low. The length of the smallest car is 3995 mm. the whole interior does not cast you in a very ancient epoch. 4 points.
Toyota RAV4, as rivals, similarly has two versions. In the big body length of the car is 4115 mm. the Interior is made in old traditions of the 90-ies, huge door handles, “dipercaya” front panel with shelf. 4 points.
4. Ride quality
Escudo always equipped with four-wheel drive, in this plan you don’t have to suffer standing in front of a selection of well-preserved, but front-wheel drive car. Suzuki can always be sure of its off-road capabilities – rear solid axle, the front axle is rigidly connected, there is a reduction gearing, ground clearance of 20 centimeters. On the secondary market is represented mainly Escudo with a 1.6-liter gasoline engine rated at 100 HP, but there are more powerful 2-litre car with 140 “horses”. Automatic – the torque Converter. 5 points.
Honda HR-V on the secondary market is offered with a 1.6-liter engine, which produces 105 forces. The drive can be front or full, on the basis of the coupling that connects the rear axle when slippage. Even the all-wheel drive variable speed box here. The ground clearance of 17.5 cm, very far in the mud will call, and review lower than the Escudo. 4 points.
Toyota RAV4 is always with 2-liter engine capacity of 135 HP, all-wheel drive here, too, on the basis of the clutch. Ground clearance of 20 centimeters, in principle, the car will drive almost all road conditions. Automatic – classic, hydrotransformer. 5 points.
5. The technical part
Escudo owners complained of leaks from the cooling system, leaking power steering, cracked exhaust manifold. Overall the machine is quite reliable, with a sturdy suspension, with long walking machine. 4 points.
CVT the Honda HR-V is not the worst among boxes of this type, but the wear is faster than a classical machine. Perhaps in this age variable will have already been replaced or repaired, but in any case, this additional “risk”. Can fail rear gear, and 105-horsepower engine, which must always spin up to high speed, begins to “eat up” the oil. 3 points.
RAV4 can also annoy various problems – knock in the steering rack, waste engine oil, rattling plastic in the cabin. However, in the aggregate arising failures and bounce the car attracts by its reliability and maintainability, no wonder he is a bit more expensive competitors for those same model years. 5 points.
Summative evaluation:
Suzuki Escudo – 4 points
Honda HR-V – 3.6 points
Toyota RAV4 – 4.2 points
So, in this contest the advantage got still the good old RAV4. And readers NGS can make your choice to vote or to talk about other cars in the comments.
Your choice
Loginto rateSurvey completedYou have successfully voted! The results will be published upon completion of the survey.
- Suzuki Escudo
- Honda HR-V
- Toyota RAV4
Sorry, your browser is severely outdated and does not support a vote
