...bought it boots. M-Yes! By today's standards, Uncle Styopa not giant. So much time has passed?! People over the years have strongly grown up. Became the largest and more spacious cars. Accommodate if they present "Uncle Step?
Let' s just say-most modern cars provide a convenient landing for people with a subway growth of ninety, normal build. What should be done by those whose growth is much bigger? And the other dimensions are appropriate? In principle, if the driver has not moved two metres, he will be able to take the wheel. The only exception is that they are very archaic designs and supercompact models. For example, Land Rover Defender: the native "loaf" or the smallest "Japanese", especially those destined for their market. But it's half a case. There are other passengers who need somewhere to plant. Is there any room left for them? Let' s check it out. Our test team consists of a two-meter tall test team, with a weight of 100 kilograms and two of his assistants. The last guys are small: if they haven't been long before the subway, it's a little bit too much, and it's a good thing.What do we do? First of all, we're in charge of driving. What's he like over there? Is there anything to do with moving your hands, kicking, spinning your head? What about the entrance-exit? Nothing's going on with the review? The next is an extreme test for the capacity of the rear seat. The same test body tries to sit on the back sofa with itself. Passengers, they're different, too. And then, at last, a little more small assistants come into the case, and the whole of the trinity is squeezout into the back seat. How's the salon? Five sedans of different classes and sizes have become our "polygon." The available Renault Logan; the popular Ford Focus; long as the Skoda Superb; a solid Nissan Tana; a huge Audi A8 L. You ask why such a motley company? It's simple: in contrast, you can visually demonstrate the successes and failures of the designers in terms of ergonomics and linking. It is far from the fact that a larger car in a nomination will take precedence over a less solid one. Which, as a matter of fact, has been confirmed. All the vehicles tested provided a large man behind the wheel with acceptable conditions. Although there were nuances. It's a little more complicated with the back sofa, and the details are much bigger. We'll talk about them. In small things, as you know, the devil is hiding. There was no surprise at the helm of the Special Forces. No one with Audi A8 could argue. However, the cheaper Skoda Superb-if it lags behind the convenient landing of the driver, then a little bit. There's no problem here for the drivers and the bigger of our main test driver. Nissan Tana, no smaller than the Superb, is a representative of another design school, Asia. There are smaller settings, and the range is not so wide. That's probably why Nissan doesn't seem as big as it looks outside. Focus is essentially the same "German." And despite the more modest external dimensions, he tries to please the driver as much as possible. And he succeeds. Although Ford's larger rivals are inferior to objective reasons. The People's Logan was the most popular. The little sturdy little box, like a box, was suddenly spacious. But it's not long in length, but in height. A high landing makes it possible to use the internal volume rationally. Renault doesn't have the most comfortable seat, nor the other ergonomics ' abominations. But there's plenty of room! What else do you want for that kind of money? On the sofa, who has the most comfortable and spacious back sofa? Of course, Audi! For a representative vehicle this parameter is one of the most important. Again, Skoda Superb is giving way to Skoda Superb. This is a surprise. The car's gonna be two classes down! We need to remind you that Audi was taken in a long-distal way. Nissan Tana was frankly disappointing this time. If the driver doesn't turn around, so the passenger will be spacely. I don't think so! "Japanese passengers" sit behind the driver. There's a big car ... The Ford Focus is much more than Teana's external dimensions, and we did not have great illusions about the place for the rear passengers in it. They did the right one. A big man can fit himself with a lot of work. The Renault Logan rejoyed again. It is not only in the driver's seat, but in the rear seat it is possible to drive any passenger, regardless of his anthropometric data. It is more convenient here than in Focus and perhaps even in Teana. There's no sign of a special room, but you can't put your foot on your foot, but you don't have to burn anything. Not a car, but a taxi driver's dream. The three of us mixed up in our study! Oddly enough, most of the vehicles tested turned out to be four-local. Provened sofa cushions, folding bed armor in the center of the back-all this makes the central passenger, if not the outcast, the holder of the second class ticket. Most of the cars weren't blabbing. Except perhaps the giant Audi. The compact Ford proved to be very good against the background of the more overall rivals-Teana, at least not wider (rather than a little bit more). But one car doesn't have it all! And this is the Renault Logan. His marvette is perfectly flat, and the doors are almost vertical. Not the back seat in the car, but the bench in the drawer. Three large men sat on this bench without any special refinement and comfort. No one had to sit on his side, no one was shovelling the elbow in the ribs. And all six legs were found, and the central tunnel was very small for the Frenchman. Audi, of course, is a long, broader and solid, but three passengers in the back are better to take in a small and unassuming Renault. The personal bus has a large impact on the capacity of the passenger compartment. The cars of the same class will benefit from higher models. In the "contested" hatchback, the driver will be low, with his legs stretched out, and the rear passengers will remain small. A large sedan can often be a spacious sedan, with a long straight roof giving more space over the head of the rear passengers. The minivan is the most spacious car. The high height of the cabin makes it possible to implement a high, "bus" landing, the length of the car is used rationally. It is worth taking into account the peculiarities of national design schools. Europeans (especially Germans) will certainly give priority to the driver, oppressing the rear passengers. Even a small car will find a large range of longitudinal adjustment of the front seats. The Japanese and other Asians are more likely to share the length of the "fair" salon, giving seats equally. In my opinion. Was it good to be small? It would seem that a small size of 170 cm. and a "hound" would guarantee convenience in any car. Let' s see. Renault Logan Logan The driver arranges both the driver's and the height of the installation. To keep the bark from seeing the road, the steering column is lowered to the bottom. If you're not sitting on the back of the couch, and behind the tall driver, my knees will almost get stuck in the back of the front seat. Ford Focus behind the wheel is worse than the Logan, the pillow is shorter and completely horizontal. There's enough space behind, even if the driver is pushed to the point. But, unlike Logan, the front seat is not able to put the feet under the front seat. Nissan Tana ress "domestic". You're comfortable, but you're not really a little rut. You have to choose: either you sit up high and you see the road, but your arms are bent, or your hands are comfortable, but the visibility is getting worse. It's a good back, but I'd like to have a better pillow, and the upper driver is not in the legs. Audi A8 L In this hilly limousine I have to sit high and close to the wheel, otherwise the road is not visible. I moved up and up, and I almost head to the roof and front. It's a nice chair. The back is perfect: the sofa is designed for orthopedically correct landing. Skoda Superb I am here in my plate-the bar and the roof do not crush my head like Audi, though they are closer than in Logan or Focus. And it's all good. The second row is already in the A8. But the ceiling is higher, and the distance to the front row is so large that you can put your leg in the back. Conclusion? Very simple. The problem with the "small" person is smaller than the "big" person. But even modest growth does not allow to buy a car without a fitting, and the most ferrous machine may be inconvenient. So why do you have to suffer for your own money? Andrei Kochov, editor Result How do designers manage to make the car more or less convenient for people of different growth and size? Why are the machines equally comfortable for both men and women whose proportions are different? This applies not only to cars, but also to other machines and mechanisms managed by a person. This is where the notion of "representativity", or, at the same time, "percentile." has a strict and long mathematical definition. But the percentile of us is interested in ergonomics. If we measure some anthropometric parameter (for example, growth) of all people in the city, country or world, we will have some sort of distribution of people on growth. We will split this sample into 100 parts (100%). Take, for example, 5 per cent of the most malorized men. It's the so-called 5th percentile. Its value is 164 cm. So, 5% of modern men are below this height. The 50th percentile shows the growth of the average man. Its value for men is 175 centimeters. Half of the male population is below that height, and half is higher. 95% of the men below 187 cm are the 95th percentile. Do you think the test results are controversial? So, you don't knock your head on the door-door, you take the shelf in the compartment of the train, the coach at the airplane class doesn't get to your stomach, and you'll probably buy your clothes in a regular store. So you're just not Uncle Stepa, and you're feeling a little better. At least, the choice of everything, including cars, is much wider for you. From the point of view of the 95 percentile, in the victory of Audi, it was hard to doubt. This representative car is simply obliged to provide space and comfort to its inhabitants. The second place was expected to be close to the size and price of Nissan Teana and Skoda Superb. Alas, there was no struggle. The Superb Salon was much longer and more comfortable. In addition, the Nissan gave way to Logan. The little "Frenchman" is a unique car at the capacity of the cabin. Focus-in the last place: it gives enough space to the driver, but is too small to the rear. VIDEO: Special test