Lanos complete set. Chevrolet Lanos sedan car Video Sources. Vehicle specifications

Simplicity can also be elegant, which is why Chevrolet is introducing the new Chevrolet Lanos, a simple and elegant solution for those looking for a reliable, no-nonsense vehicle that is comfortable and functional. This is a car that has everything you need and there is nothing superfluous. All you need to do is fill the gas tank and fill the washer reservoir with water in time, as well as undergo maintenance. Yes, and one more thing - it's a good idea to check the tire pressure at least once every few months.

Chevrolet Lanos is designed to bring you joy. Design that never ceases to delight the eye. A performance that makes you feel like driving. An extensive set of standard equipment that creates comfort and coziness - all this is Chevrolet Lanos. Whichever version of Chevrolet Lanos you choose, your choice will be eminently reasonable.

Chevrolet Lanos is one of the most inexpensive foreign cars on the Russian car market. A 1.5 liter (86 hp) engine and only a manual transmission are installed in a Chevrolet Lanos car. The basic configuration does not include power steering, but there is a driver's airbag. For a separate cost, you can get power steering, air conditioning, central locking, power windows, radio and fog lights.

Inside the car, the Chevrolet Lanos and the compact driver will feel comfortable. The luggage compartment has a capacity of 322 liters, and the rear seats of the car are folded in a 60:40 ratio, thereby increasing the trunk to 958 liters. This Chevrolet Lanos is being assembled at the Zaporozhye Automobile Plant (ZAZ) under the license of the Korean GM Daewoo. The manufacturer gives a 2-year warranty for the Chevrolet Lanos car, with no mileage limitation.

This C-class sedan with a manual transmission, a 1.5-liter engine with 86 hp, a driver's airbag, audio preparation and heated rear window is distinguished by high reliability and a developed passive safety system: reinforced front and rear body pillars, connected by roof with four strong ties, steel tube safety beams that are installed in the front and rear doors and under the windshield, body structure with a rigid passenger cell.

Equipment

Body: 4-dr notch
Engine capacity: 1.5 / 86 HP
Gearbox: MT
Radio preparation
Body-colored bumpers
Driver's seat belt indicator
Audio preparation
Console between front seats with ashtray for rear passengers
Sun visors (with driver's side mirror)
Front cupholders
Heated rear window
Rear mud flaps
Black folding mirrors
Wheels in black
Full size spare wheel
Wheel covers
Remote control trunk lock
60/40 split folding rear seats
Sound system with 4 speakers
Steel wheels 14 "
Driver airbag
Power steering

Chevrolet Lanos sedan car

Daewoo Lanos, a lightweight (subcompact) front-wheel drive sedan or hatchback car designed and originally produced by Daewoo, was first introduced at the 1997 Geneva Motor Show under the Daewoo Lanos name as a replacement for the Daewoo Nexia. It was designed in collaboration with a number of reputable German and British engineering companies at the Daewoo R&D Center in Woking. The body of the car was designed by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro (ItalDesign). With the entry of Daewoo into the General Motors concern on April 30, 2002, the car began to be sold under the Chevrolet brand.

Background

It all began in 1992, when the joint venture between Daewoo and General Motors ceased to exist. After that, Daewoo decided to develop new cars to replace the old ones on its own. Lanos's development program began in the fall of 1993 with a comparative study of competing models from twenty different manufacturers, following which Toyota Tercel, Opel Astra and Volkswagen Golf were named the most important competitors.

Lanos was designed in collaboration with a number of reputable German and British engineering companies at Daewoo R&D Center in Woking. The following companies participated in the development: Rochester Products Division (engine), Delco Electronics (brakes, including ABS), GM Powertrain Europe (automatic transmission), Italdesign (body, structural analysis, electrical equipment, prototype manufacturing), PARS Passive Rückhaltesysteme GmbH ( airbag) and Porsche (concept car - diagnostics, structural analysis, suspension and brake components, experimental industrial observation). The body design was developed by the famous Italian studio ItalDesign under the direction of Giorgetto Giugiaro. Its design was selected following a competition in which 4 variants of the car's appearance participated.

By the end of 1995, 150 prototypes had already been manufactured. The model development program included many tests at various locations. The safety test included a test of stability and reliability at high speeds, which took place at the test site of the Technical Center in Worthing (UK), as well as testing the brakes on Mount Großglockner in Austria. Low-temperature testing was carried out in Canada, Sweden and Russia (in Moscow and Khabarovsk), and high-temperature testing was carried out in the USA (Death Valley), Oman (Nazva), Australia (Alice Springs), Spain (Barcelona) and Italy (Nardo). The engines, partially copied from Opel, were refined by specialists from the Porsche engineering department.

As a result, the Lanos car (with the factory index T100) was developed and put into production in 30 months and cost the company $ 420 million. This is Daewoo's first in-house design. The small middle class car (Class C) Daewoo Lanos, developed on the Daewoo Nexia platform, was first presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1997, in the same year the car began to be produced in South Korea. The model included three body styles: a three-door hatchback, a five-door hatchback, and a sedan. The cars were equipped with engines with a working volume of 1.3 to 1.6 liters, with a capacity of 75 to 106 hp. Also, a limited edition of Lanos Cabrio was created in the back of a convertible, which was produced from 1997 to 2002. At first Daewoo Lanos were produced only in Korea. But already in the same 1997 Lanos began to be assembled in Poland at the FSO plant.

In 2002, General Motors Daewoo Auto & Technology was created, after which Lanos began to be sold under the Chevrolet brand of General Motors Corporation (GM). GM has made its own changes to the exterior of the car, namely: the shape of the trunk lid, radiator grille and rear fenders, the shape of the interior handles and side door trims, the shape of the taillights.

Since 2004, Chevrolet Lanos has been assembled at the ZAZ plant. Official deliveries of cars to Russia under the Chevrolet Lanos brand began in 2005, and since 2009 - under the name ZAZ Chance

Overview

Specifications

The power unit of the Chevrolet Lanos with a volume of 1.5 liters is developed on the basis of the Daewoo Nexia engine with the same working volume of 1.5 liters, but contains some design differences in the ignition and power systems. To reduce the toxicity of exhaust gases, the power unit is equipped with a recirculation system. For the implementation of Euro-2 standards, the model is equipped with an exhaust gas catalytic converter. The 1.6-liter engine is 16-valve, with obviously the best performance characteristics (power, economy). In general, the engine range of numerous Chevrolet Lanos clones existing around the world is much more diverse and in addition to the already named Korean engines, there are other variations, for example, with the power units of the Melitopol Plant (MEMZ) on the ZAZ L-1300 / Sens models, represented by carburetor engines 1 , 3 liters and injection volumes of 1.3 liters and 1.4 liters.

The front suspension of Lanos is of MacPherson type, independent, spring, with anti-roll bar. The rear suspension is semi-independent, spring. The front wheels are disc brakes, the rear ones are drum brakes. The steering device is a pinion-rack type, on some cars - with a hydraulic booster. The car turned out to be quite maneuverable, with a small turning radius. The ground clearance height is 165 mm for vehicles destined for the CIS countries. An undoubted advantage is a roomy trunk (395 liters), however, the seat backs, although they unfold, do not form a flat surface with the floor. But passengers in the back will be cramped, especially for large people - the lack of knee space affects.

Safety equipment does not shine with wealth. There is not even an airbag in the basic configuration of Lanos, it is offered only in the SE version. The car is equipped with inertial diagonal seat belts for the driver, front passenger and outermost passengers in the rear row, for the middle passenger there is a lap belt. In crash tests (Euro NCAP, 1998; ARCAP, 2006), the car showed itself far from brilliant. Low results in the tests (incomplete three and two stars, respectively) are associated with insufficient saturation of technologies to prevent consequences in case of an accident. On the other hand, and this is not bad considering the price category.

Modifications of the model line of the Lanos family

Daewoo Lanos, aka Chevrolet Lanos, a 4-door sedan is the most common model. If we compare how much a new Lanos costs, add to this the availability of spare parts, "omnivorousness" in relation to fuel, it will become clear why it is a popular foreign car in the countries of the former USSR that is most willingly used as taxi cars.
Daewoo Lanos / Chevrolet Lanos 5-door hatchback. The exterior and interior almost completely repeat the appearance of the sedan.
Daewoo Lanos Sport 3-door sedan, also known as Lanos coupe. Pseudo-sports version. Was going back to South Korea. It was discontinued at the end of 2003. It is currently considered a rare model. It has front and rear bumpers different from the sedan and 5-door hatchback, a visor spoiler, "skirts", massive rear optics, "Sport" stampings on the front fenders, alloy wheels. The 2003 3-door Lanos was equipped with a 106-horsepower 1.6-liter Opel engine and automatic transmission. Accelerated to 200 km / h. It was completed with two front airbags, reinforced seat belts, including for rear seat passengers. Due to the fact that the model is no longer in production, original body parts, especially non-standard, longer than usual, doors are in special demand among owners.
Daewoo Lanos II (factory index T-150) is a sedan that, after minor restyling and rebranding, is sold in Russia as the new Chevrolet Lanos, also known as ZAZ Lanos. It has a slightly different shape for the rear lights, a modified profile due to the elongated geometry of the rear fenders and trunk. "Muzzle" acquired a branded Chevrolet cross and a wider radiator grille. Airbags are included in the Chevrolet Lanos catalog. Simultaneously with the start of sales of Daewoo Lanos II in 2002, the production of this model was discontinued in Korea. The Chevrolet Lanos car gave way to the Chevrolet Aveo family. From 2004 to the present, cars of the Lanos T-100 and T-150 line are fully assembled only at the Ukrainian plant AvtoZAZ.
Daewoo Sens, aka ZAZ Sens, is a new Ukrainian-assembled Lanos car in the back of a 4-door sedan. Factory index L-1300 with engine and transmission from Tavria, which significantly reduced the price of the car. Sens are equipped with an unconventional for the rest of the Lanos family, a 1.3-liter MeMZ engine produced in Melitopol with a power of 70 hp. Ukrainian Chevrolet Lanos 2008, instead of a 1.3-liter engine, are equipped with a new 1.4-liter MEMZ-317 engine with 77 horsepower produced by the same Melitopol plant with an automatic transmission made in Korea. The "power-up" of the engine caused the price of Sens (new Chevrolet Lanos) to rise by about 7% from the end of 2008 to the beginning of 2009. In connection with the end of the contract between AvtoZAZ and General Motors for the use of the Chevrolet brand, Lanos 2009 is sold on the Russian market under the ZAZ Chance brand.
Lanos-pickup aka Lanos-van (heel) is a limited batch assembled in Ukraine as a result of an upgrade. The 2005 Chevrolet Lanos van is assembled at AvtoZAZ.
Lanos-Electro is an environmentally friendly concept Lanos is a car announced by the same AvtoZAZ within the framework of the Capital Auto Show held in Kiev in 2010. The green Chevrolet Lanos car is equipped with eight 15 kW batteries, which theoretically allows you to drive about 100 km on a single charge.
Lanos-cabrio, aka Lanos Sport only without a roof - known only in the form of pictures - as a visual idea, a bold conceptual development of Daewoo.

Options and configurations Chevrolet Lanos

The Lanos lineup was represented by four main configuration options:

S - the minimum basic configuration of the Chevrolet Lanos, practically naked - no electric windows, CD players or other useful options. Official dealers had a joke that even asking how much a Chevrolet Lanos cost was considered indecent.
SE - slightly different from the base build. Added to the options are electric rear window heating, body-colored bumpers, rear fog lights.
SE Plus - the set includes an electric headlight regulator, partial galvanized body parts.
SX - CD player, tape recorder, radio, power windows, power mirrors, front fog lights.
limited-edition Lanos Sport trim - for some time this trim was offered with options similar to the SE + SX, black and red leather and metallic silver interior trim elements. For such a Chevrolet Lanos, the price was not at all budgetary and, depending on the amount of stuffing in, could shake even the imagination of Maserati owners.

Currently produced, the Ukrainian new Chevrolet Lanos is available in three main configuration options:

S - in the basic assembly, the cars are equipped with plastic bumpers in body color, a full-size spare wheel, a rear sofa that folds out in a 6/4 ratio, and an electric heated rear glass unit. Lanos Chevrolet is a textile salon, most often monochrome.
SE - such a Lanos car has a power steering column, electric front glass lifters, two front airbags on the driver's side.
SX - new Lanos 2012 is equipped with central locking, tachometer, front and rear fog lights, air conditioning.

Advantages and disadvantages of the car

Sound insulation leaves much to be desired, the engine (at high revs), suspension operation, heater fan noise are clearly audible in the cabin, however, for many motorists, the price covers this annoying drawback.
The 1.5-liter eight-valve engine has traction and is well coordinated with the gearbox, but its low power of 86 hp is unlikely to please fans of dashing driving.
The steering is also not designed for active drivers, as at high speeds it hardly allows you to keep the trajectory.
The brakes lack information, ABS is very useful on slippery roads, but it is only available as an option in more expensive trim levels.
The doors open and close quite gently, but at the same time they emit a characteristic grinding sound, but many are ready to forgive this, comparing them with domestic cars.
Getting into the driver's seat for a tall person is just extremely uncomfortable, like the driver's seat itself. The adjustment is ineffective, so a driver with an outstanding height will have nowhere to move away, when trying to adjust it will have to choose between comfort for the hands or the convenience of pressing the pedals.
The rear seat is rather cramped for three people: the outer ones support the side struts with their heads, and the comfort of the average passenger is not to be envied. The Dacia Logan, for example, with its luxurious passenger seat, is clearly not a match for the Lanos.
Review and rear-view mirrors. From the driver's seat, the view cannot be called successful - the width of the front pillars of the body leaves much to be desired, despite the fact that the external mirrors are rather large, the road is not very well visible in them.
Windshield wipers leave a fair amount of uncleaned surface at the top of the windshield.
The interior of the car is wretchedly Spartan, everything is strict and no frills, inside is hard gray plastic. Front door trim pockets and a modest glove compartment.
The side windows are raised and lowered with little effort.
Trunk volume is quite modest, but it can be increased by first folding the rear seat.
But the consumption of gasoline in the urban cycle is quite immodest, the 10.4 liters per 100 km promised by the manufacturer turn into 12-13 liters, especially for new cars that are in the running-in stage. However, low grade of gasoline can often be the reason.

After analyzing the announcements in the press and on specialized sites, we determined the "red price" for Lanos, depending on the year of release. Let's make a reservation that due to the fact that the odometer is easy to twist, you can not pay attention to the mileage declared by the seller. Just keep in mind that on average a car runs about 25-30 thousand km per year. That is, the 5-year-old Lanos has covered at least 125-150 thousand km.

UP TO $ 4 THOUSAND We found about 5 cars for that price. All of them were produced before 2003 and have damage to the body. The engine has been overhauled at least twice. The condition of the undercarriage is also poor. And the worst thing is the salon, which is so dirty that you need to do several dry cleanings to get rid of the old smell. It will cost another $ 2.5-3 thousand to put such a car in order. But keep in mind that if the geometry of the body is broken after a serious accident, a car of any age can no longer be made completely serviceable.
$ 4-7 thousand For that kind of money, you can find a more or less live car of 2003-2005, but with significant flaws. For example, a “dead” engine, crumpled fenders, problems with the chassis and electronics. If there are only one or two problems and the geometry of the body is not violated, then you can buy such a car, but you need to fix all the breakdowns immediately (one malfunction pulls another). So, you can make a complete overhaul for $ 700, rebuild the chassis - for $ 500, or, for example, replace the muffler - for $ 200. That is, you need to plan the purchase so that at least $ 1–1.5 thousand remain in reserve. But if everything is worn out, for example, the car worked in a taxi, then the restoration will take at least $ 3 THOUSAND. That is, it makes sense to watch a newer car.
$ 7-9 thousand For that kind of money, you can pick up a good option for the age of 5 to 2 years. Moreover, it makes sense to pay more for a good package: HBO, air conditioning, power accessories and a good radio tape recorder. The engine, chassis and body at this age, if the owner followed the car and did not get into an accident, are alive.

Equipment

The car is sold in several versions: S (basic), SE (improved) and SX (comfort). Unlike the base version, the SE version has power steering, front power windows, air conditioning, tachometer and central locking. Even more preferable is the car in the SX configuration: there are front fog lights, an airbag, and the steering wheel is height adjustable. In addition, the car is equipped with ABS, and the wheels are 14 inches (on the usual one - 13 inches).

Engines 1.5 and 1.6 liters: technical nuances

Lanos is equipped with engines of 1.5 liters (86 HP) and 16-valve 1.6 liters (106 HP). Both motors are similar to the "Opel" design of the 80s (from the Kadett E and Ascona C models). The disadvantage of both is the high fuel consumption in the city (about 10 liters per 100 km).

At first glance, it is better to buy a car with a more powerful engine. But mechanics at various service stations say that in the event of a failure, overhaul will cost a third more ($ 1000 instead of 600-700), and taking into account the fact that we choose a brand new car, capital may be needed in a couple of months. Note that both engines are sensitive to a broken timing belt - the valves are bent. Therefore, we recommend replacing the belt and rollers immediately after buying a new car. At the same time, the masters making the replacement will inspect the water pump for leaks (it “lives” about 200 thousand km).

We also advise you to pay attention to the cooling system, a malfunction of which can lead to an early overhaul. This is easy to do: start the car, let the engine warm up and feel the lower pipe of the cooling system. If it hasn't warmed up, the thermostat needs to be changed. At the same time, look at the fan of the cooling system: if it does not turn on after warming up, you need to change the sensor responsible for this. And, of course, there should be no leakage in the system.

With proper maintenance, the service life of the motors is about 300 thousand km, or about 10 years. But due to the low quality of our gasoline, engines often do not pass even 150 thousand. A sign of an imminent overhaul is blue smoke from the chimney on an unheated engine.

After the agreed mileage, the valve seals are the first to be handed over, the hydraulic lifters are also coming to an end - the repair will cost about $ 300. Also, due to poor gasoline, the gasoline pump may break down: the filter mesh is clogged, it burns out due to excessive load.

Another problem that is common to many cars over 5 years old is the electrician. Sensors are on, high-voltage wires are out of order. So it's best to replace these parts after purchase ($ 100). However, the described disadvantages are inherent in cars of any manufacturer.

We look at the interior and body

It is often possible to restore the history of the car from the state of the interior. First of all, look at the steering wheel: after 200 thousand km, it is so polished that it already shines. If the age of the car is small, then it most likely worked in a taxi or somewhere at a company. Even if the steering wheel was changed before the sale, pedals with worn rubber pads can also judge such mileage.

Now fold the backrests of the rear seats. If cargo was transported by car (for example, a foreman drove), there will be signs of wear on it. The trunk, which is worn from the inside, speaks of the same thing. By the way, if the plastic mounts on the trunk are damaged or they are not enough, then it was removed for the purpose of body repair - the car was broken.

You can confirm this guess by removing the spare wheel - after a hastily done repair, there will be traces of welding and / or putty under it.

By the mountings, you can also determine whether the bumpers were removed: the craftsmen usually put non-native bolts, which is immediately visible. Take this seriously: the front bumper could have been removed after an accident (the accident was hidden by replacing the hood).

How much does a Chevrolet Lanos cost?

Since 2009, Lanos has been sold in the Russian market in more than 12 modifications. For the remains of imported Chevrolet Lanos, the price of 2012 is approximately equal to the cost of Ukrainian Lanos-Chances (ZAZ Chance) and begins from 250-260 thousand rubles... The most expensive Lanos are 5-door hatchbacks with 1.5 liter SX engines. For such a Lanos car, the price starts from 355 thousand rubles... ZAZ Lanos can be bought for the amount from 250 to 350 thousand rubles, depending on body type, engine power and equipment. The Ukrainianized Lanos ZAZ Sens is worth order 220 thousand rubles... Lanos van (ZAZ Lanos Pickup) for sale for 250-280 thousand rubles... For any color in the metallic version, you need to pay about 5 thousand rubles. In the secondary market for 2007 Lanos, the price is at least half the price of the Chevrolet Lanos of the last years of production.

The price of the new Chevrolet Lanos in the minimum configuration starts from the amount of the order 250 thousand rubles, which allows the car to confidently keep in the list of the best-selling cars. The slightly higher cost of Chevrolet Lanos remaining in the warehouses of official dealers does not prevent them from being sold no less actively than the new ZAZ Chances. The plans of the Russian representative office of AvtoZAZ are to conquer at least 2% of the car market and retain the title of one of the best-selling budget cars in the world for Chevrolet Lanos 2012.

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daewoo_Lanos http://avtolanos.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_09.html

Lanos is one of the most popular models of the end of the last century and the beginning of this century. The car was produced under the Korean brand Daewoo, under the Ukrainian ZAZ, it was assembled in Ukraine, Korean and Polish. At the peak of its popularity in 2005, this inexpensive sedan began to be assembled in Ukraine at ZAT ZAZ specifically for the Russian market under the well-known Chevrolet brand. For 5 years, according to the signed contracts, almost 172 thousand Chevrolet Lanos of Ukrainian assembly were delivered to Russia. In 2009, these sedans were delivered under the Chance badge.

Exterior of the Chevrolet Lanos

Modern design of the car Chevrolet Lanos

Chevrolet Lanos is a passenger car developed in Korea by Daewoo, but assembled in Ukraine under the control of the American corporation Chevrolet. Lanos comes in various colors: white, green, yellow, red, gold, blue, blue, but the most popular are gray and black. The car is very easily recognizable by the large three-section radiator grille at the front and the large (compared to the size of the car) oval headlights. Fog lights are located in the lower part of the bumper, or simply plugs in color, if the minimum vehicle configuration was selected. Between the foglights there is a rectangular narrow air intake, consisting of 4 sections.

When viewed from the stern, the Lanos stands out with its disproportionately long bonnet in relation to its short luggage compartment. The doors are almost the same size, and there are oval rear-view mirrors on the sides.

The flat roof goes into a miniature, almost like a hatchback, fifth door. It hides a luggage space with a volume of 322 liters behind it, but with the seats unfolded, it increases to 958 liters and allows you to carry more overall things. The car does not stand out with significant optics, both front and rear. It is equipped with standard flashlights with conventional bulbs. Unlike the front optics, the taillights appear more angular and vertical on the car body, presenting a completely different style.

Chevrolet Lanos is a mid-size car. Its length, width and height are 4237, 1678 and 1432 mm, respectively. The ground clearance is small - 110 mm, and the rims to match the entire car - with a diameter of R13, although the factory provides for the installation of rims and R14, and some owners manage to install wheels of 15-inch and even 16-inch diameter.

Ground clearance is the distance from the supporting surface on which the vehicle stands to its bottom. Also called "clearance".

Salon Chevrolet Lanos

Salon Lanos is characterized by rounded shapes that follow the contours of the body

Inside this car, everything is very simple: a winding undulating dashboard made of standard plastic, a bright standard instrument panel opposite the steering wheel, which is easy to grip, a center console with a minimum set of levers and buttons, and a regular radio tape recorder, or just a box for it, if this is a very simple version. Perhaps, only audio preparation will be made from standard materials.

Salon Lanos is characterized by rounded shapes that follow the contours of the body. The predominant material for the upholstery of the door and seat cards is fabric, although at least half of the area of each door is made of plastic. The front seats can be adjusted mechanically - forward, backward and backrest tilt.

Vehicle specifications

Chevrolet Lanos is equipped with only one 1.5-liter gasoline engine

The choice of engines for this model is completely absent, since the Chevrolet Lanos is equipped with only one 1.5-liter gasoline engine, which works in conjunction with a 5-speed manual transmission, which also does not provide other options. This petrol power unit develops 86 horsepower and 130 Nm of torque, while consuming 10.4 liters of fuel in city mode and 5.2 liters outside the city on the highway.

The main technical characteristics of the "people's car" can be shown in the form of a table.

Chevrolet Lanos specifications table

Index	Data
Total information:
number of doors / seats	4/5
equipped weight, kg	1030
full weight, kg	1595
maximum speed, km / h	172
acceleration time from 0 to 100 km / h, s	12,5
trunk volume, min / max, l	322/958
Dimensions:
length, mm	4237
width, mm	1678
wheelbase, mm	2520
Engine:
working volume, cubic cm	1498
power, h.p.	86
torque, Nm	130
number of valves	8
Transmission:
transmission type	5-speed manual
type of drive	front
Fuel and fuel consumption:
urban cycle, l / 100km	10,4
extra-urban cycle, l / 100km	5,2
mixed cycle, l / 100km	6,7
fuel	AI-95
fuel tank capacity, l	48

The brakes on the car are ventilated disc brakes at the front and drum brakes on the rear pair of wheels. This is quite enough to make Lanos stop fast enough even at very high speed.

The suspension on the Chevrolet Lanos is tough, but quite comfortable, especially in comparison with most VAZ models, which are in the same price range as Lanos. At the front, it has wishbone struts with an anti-roll bar, and at the rear, the suspension is based on wishbones.

The anti-roll bar is a special device that is built into the car's suspension and serves to reduce the number and level of lateral rolls when cornering.

Driving a Chevrolet Lanos

Many have tried their hand at driving a Chevrolet Lanos or at least some modification of it. The car quickly reacts to the turn of the ignition key and picks up speed, accelerating not so slowly as for a budget subcompact - in 12.5 seconds its speed can reach 100 km / h. However, when in the car, besides the driver, there are still 2-3 passengers, then its dynamics disappears somewhere, and it becomes more and more difficult for Lanos to pick up speed. At the same time, the motor is audible in the cabin quite clearly. Again, we will make a discount on its belonging to a certain class of cars, and, as a result, the lack of the necessary noise insulation. Yes, it was created primarily as a workhorse and as an inexpensive family car.

It is very easy to drive a Chevrolet Lanos, the steering wheel lies comfortably in your hands and allows you to enter sharp turns without much effort. The car easily conquers speed above 150 km per hour, but then it starts to float slightly on the road (partly due to the tires), and its gasoline engine simply roars deafeningly. At a speed of 120 km / h, no deviations in its behavior are observed: the car confidently holds the road.

Despite the use of inexpensive explosive plastic in the cabin, there is not an abundance of squeaks and crickets inside, although they are present. Perhaps due to the practically absent sound insulation, they are not audible.

Chevrolet Lanos passes bumps on the road more smoothly, efficiently and imperceptibly than its competitors in the price niche - Daewoo Matiz, VAZ 2110 and Kalina.

Expert opinion

Nikolay Gray

Over 5 years of experience Specialization: body repair, customizing, preparation for painting, detailing

By the way, it is very easy to find spare parts for this car, and their low price pleases Lanos owners.

The combination of all the above qualities made the Chevrolet Lanos a very popular car on the roads of Russia and foreign countries.
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Sales market: Russia.

Chevrolet Lanos is a class C front wheel drive car that replaced Daewoo Nexia. The model was first presented at the 1997 Geneva Motor Show and was originally produced under the Daewoo brand. An attempt to establish production in Russia was carried out in 1998, when the Taganrog Automobile Plant began production of this model under the name Doninvest Assol, but in 2000 production was curtailed due to problems with the supply of components. In parallel, SKD car assembly was carried out in Poland (since 1997) and in Ukraine (1998 - Zaporozhye Automobile Building Plant). In 2003, ZAZ achieved a more serious localization (including stamping, welding, painting and body assembly) of Lanos models, including even modifications with a Ukrainian-made engine and gearbox. Only Ukrainian-assembled cars equipped with Korean 8-valve engines 1.5 liters (86 hp) and 16-valve 1.6 liters (106 hp) were supplied to the CIS market. Since 2009, the model has undergone some technical transformations and began to be offered under the ZAZ Chance brand.

There are three configurations that Chevrolet Lanos was introduced to the CIS market: S, SE and SX. The basic equipment offers a minimum level of equipment, including a full-size spare wheel, audio preparation (speakers, antenna, wiring), metallic paint, bumpers in body color, tires on steel rims 185/60 R14, folding rear seats in a ratio of 60/40. The SE is additionally equipped with power steering, power front windows and a driver's airbag. The SX package, in addition to the above, includes air conditioning and front fog lights, ABS, tachometer, central locking.

The front suspension of Lanos is of MacPherson type, independent, spring, with anti-roll bar. The rear suspension is semi-independent, spring. The front wheels are disc brakes, the rear ones are drum brakes. The steering device is a pinion-rack type, on some cars - with a hydraulic booster. The car turned out to be quite maneuverable, with a small turning radius. The ground clearance height is 165 mm for vehicles destined for the CIS countries. An undoubted advantage is a spacious trunk (395 liters), however, the seat backs, although they unfold, do not form a flat surface with the floor. But passengers in the back will be cramped, especially for large people - the lack of knee space affects.

For a long time, Lanos was considered the most popular car of the Chevrolet brand. Lada Kalina and Renault Logan were once considered its main competitors. However, he could not strongly press these models in the Russian market, even due to the low price and the absence of serious problems with spare parts. Not too strong positions turned out to be in the secondary market as well - used Lanos are losing value pretty quickly. On the other hand, this is one of the most affordable cars and, being in good technical condition, can be a good purchase for a poor buyer, of course, taking into account the real assessment of the planned mileage in the future.

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In the "big" power industry, they seem to have learned how to deal with large-scale fluctuations in consumption - with the help of pumped storage stations, storage facilities of liquefied air and even trains with concrete raised on a hill. However, short-term power surges or dips are still a problem. A similar situation is observed in approaches to the design of technology, where until recently, excess energy was simply thrown into the air. Why? There were no suitable technologies for its accumulation and storage.

One-stop solution

When braking, even the most environmentally friendly city bus senselessly loses the energy spent on acceleration - it simply escapes into the atmosphere in the form of heat through the heating of pads and discs. Effective energy recovery systems can save it, but the usual batteries are not suitable for their creation - frequent and short recharge cycles quickly disable them, and they cannot accumulate sufficient current in a short-time braking mode. And this is where supercapacitors come to the rescue.

Traditional batteries (lead-acid, lithium-ion, etc.) are capable of storing a relatively large amount of energy, but it takes a long time to charge, and they are not able to give "quickly and a lot". You can compare the battery with a bottle with a narrow neck - the volume is not small, but you cannot pour out all the liquid at once. But it is more logical to compare a supercapacitor with a glass - it has a relatively small volume, but it is able to give up the entire accumulated charge almost instantly and replenish it just as quickly. By the way, the resource of these devices is also different: more than a million cycles for a supercapacitor and several thousand for rechargeable batteries. A separate issue is the operability of devices at temperatures below zero: unlike storage batteries, the efficiency of a supercapacitor is unchanged even at –50 ° C.

And what about Russia?

Until recently, modern supercapacitors were not produced in Russia. But in the near future in the city of Khimki, near Moscow, the Russian developer of energy storage and storage systems TEEMP will open its first production facility. The enterprise will allow the company to launch the production of supercapacitors and storage devices based on them with a capacity from 50 F to 3000 F - according to its own patented technology.

“Our design of cells and modules can significantly reduce internal resistance, reduce the number of parts, optimize current and thermal fields, as well as achieve high reliability - the modules continue to operate after repeated tests at the level of short-circuit currents. For example, a 3000 farad supercapacitor was tested with a current of up to 32 thousand amperes! " - says the CEO of the company Sergey Kurilov.

“In addition, we have unified the design of the supercapacitor and the lithium-ion battery, which makes it possible to launch the production of combined storage devices that combine the high impulse characteristics of a supercapacitor and the energy intensity of a battery,” he adds.

The TEEMP supercapacitors use a multicomponent organic electrolyte developed by NUST MISiS. It expands the operating temperature range of the device to –60 ° C, which allows the company's modules to be used in the harshest climatic conditions. Despite the fact that the Arctic application of TEEMP modules is one of the promising areas, the development of an electrolyte for a hot climate is already underway. With it, supercapacitors will work effectively at temperatures up to + 85 ° C!

In 2017, it is planned to develop a new electrolyte based on ionic salts: it will increase the voltage of the base cells by more than 40% to 3.8 V.

Faster, stronger, cheaper

Electro-regenerative braking systems are the most obvious application for supercapacitors. Here they are widely used as part of various solutions for transport: starting systems for an internal combustion engine, start-stop systems, as well as as part of hybrid systems (HEV) - for braking energy recovery. In electric transport, such devices have another application: a combined energy storage unit that combines a supercapacitor module and a rechargeable battery, guarantees a significant reduction in the weight of the device and extends the service life by one and a half to two times. Supercapacitors are also in great demand in railway transport in systems for starting engines of locomotives, service vehicles and diesel generators, as well as braking energy recuperation.

Supercapacitor modules are capable of ensuring reliable starting of diesel engines at extremely low temperatures - up to minus 60 ° C. Current regulations prohibit jamming shunting locomotives at air temperatures below + 13 ° C, but with simple and reliable starting devices, railway workers will no longer need to keep them idling go. This will not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but will also reduce fuel consumption by shunting diesel locomotives to 43%, which is about 15% of the total consumption of railways per year!

A traditional problem in civil aviation: starting gas turbine engines for short-haul airplanes. The fact is that charging conventional ship batteries takes at least 50 minutes. If the flight lasts less, then the plane or helicopter at the arrival airport is simply not jammed - until the charge is enough for a restart. Supercapacitor modules are fully charged in 8 minutes of flight. Imagine how much fuel and money such a system can save! In addition, conventional batteries are only charged for 1 start attempt, while combined solutions provide guaranteed starting at temperatures down to –60 ° C and a 3.5 times longer battery life.

The problem of pulse power compensation in power electronics cannot be solved without supercapacitors. Today, power capacities are loaded by no more than 56% due to the fact that the basis of consumption in the calculations is the peak load power, which sometimes exceeds the nominal by tens of times. A way out of this situation is offered by supercapacitors, which allow to provide more than fifty percent reduction in capital costs during the construction of power facilities, as well as the possibility of increasing the load, which is connected to existing facilities. At the same time, supercapacitors are able to work effectively without replacement for 15 years, while the lead-acid batteries so far common - only three years. Thus, the choice of modern technology in the foreseeable future leads to significant cost savings.

The solutions listed above are only a part of the tasks that TEEMP supercapacitors can solve. “Today we are working on a range of new applications for our energy storage systems, from hybrid vehicles to medical technology. At the same time, we see the interest of manufacturers in new developments and therefore we strive to offer them new technologies packaged in a ready-to-use product, ”says the head of the company Sergey Kurilov.