The Correspondent Of "Behind The Wheel. Of the Russian Federation" became a participant of the rally From the past to the future", which contended for the championship retro, classic and hybrid cars.
On the Moscow-Voronezh route, nine retrocers, including the Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, convertible Buik Limited, Datsun 2802, two GAZ-21 and six hybrids, were among them: three Toyota Prius, Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, Lexus CT220h and Lexus RX450h. The organizer-the Moscow Department of Environmental Management and the Environment-and the first in the world of hybrids was initiated by the organizer-Moscow Department of Environmental Management and Environmental Protection on September 9 to draw attention to environmental issues and environmentally friendly modes of transport. This is all, of course, important, but not something that made the car rally truly unique. The winners of the rally were defined in two classes: "Retro" and "Hybrid", and in two nominations. In addition to the traditional accounting of time in the eco-rally, the amount of spent fuel was also taken into account, that is, winning the race depended not only on the rally experience of the participants, but also on their ability to spend the fuel most economically. Mercedes-Benz 300c Cabriolet D (W186IV) On the start day of Vasilievsky's descent, the feeling that the past and the future were compressed into one point and exist together here on Red Square. Side by side stood a brilliant iron retake and modern cars made by the latest technologies. The massive outline of "old people", highlighting the grille of the radiators, the sharp back wings of Elvis Presley, the "caps" on "Volga", as from the Soviet film, the veil and the bright red lipstick of the ladies, the retrosuits, hats and canes of the men-participants of the rally-club looked contemporaries of their cars. Next to them, they're not like these new hybrids. The Toyota and the Cadillas are highlighted as "green" blue and green, as is now accepted by the world's automakers, turquoise highlighting of the instrument panels, multimedia systems showing the process of electric motor and charging batteries. Cadillac Escalade Gybrid, on the square in Kolomna, on the first day, participants passed from Moscow to Novomoskovska via Kolomna, on the second day-to Lipetsk, on the last, third day of rally, overcame the route of Lipetsk-Zedon-Voronezh. In every city, a stop for mini-exhibitions of cars under the open sky. In Kolomna, the cars were lined up in front of the Kremlin building, in Lipetsk-in the heart of the city, in front of the administration building. Only a small stop was planned in the heart of Zedona, but the children of the cars were not released every minute or so. The non-usual mileage was solemnly finished in the central square of Voronezh on the Day of the City. The hybrid Cadillac Esscalade is moving at a speed of up to 40 km/h and with a slight acceleration in electric traction, the gasoline engine is jammating automatically. In the case of sudden acceleration, the LAN is activated and both systems are activated at maximum acceleration. When the hybrids are launched from the mountain and the hybrids are in charging mode, the retrocars and hybrids have performed in two different credits, and an absolute total classification has been summed up. All prizes went to the members of the Rally Club of classic cars. This is not surprising, given that the hybrids crews consisted mainly of people who first participated in the rally, among them Deputy Head of the Moscow Environment Management Department Sergei Melnikov, representatives of Toyota, who were particularly interested in the results, since the three Prius and journalists were involved. Correspondent " For Roulet. RF " acted as a navigator on Cadillac's Escalade. On the screen in real time information about the mode in which the car is working is shown: using DCA, electric drive or charging the batteries First place was taken by the crew of Pavel Panov and Olga Shadrin on the car "Cadillac-El Dorado-Biarritz" of 1959, in the second place Evgeniy Yaroslavsky and Sergey Ushanov in the same car, bronze went to the head of the Museum of retrovehicles Dmitry Oktyabrsky and his wife Olga, who were driving to GAZ-21, 1957. Mercedes 190 ,SL Fewer all the fuel was spent by Toyota Prius-54.2 litre of gasoline-918 km (an average of 5.9 l/100 km). The result is good, especially given that the pilot confessed that he did not save and often traveled in the "pedal to the floor" mode. The second was a hybrid Lexus CT200h -- a total consumption of 60 litres. The average cost of the vehicle was 1,030 km, its average cost was 5.83 litres per 100 km. The "Cadillac" winner in the expressway required five times more petrol: it used 276.9 litres per 1,038 km, which is an average of 26.6 litres per 100 km. In comparison with "Biarritas", the hybrid Cadillac Escalade 2010 has proved to be twice the cost of the 5.7 liter engine. The Hybrid Escalade consumed a total of 92.7 litres at 12.4 litres per 100 km. That's what modern technology is capable of! The Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Two "Toyota" panel, which took part in the rally, showed spending 6.6 and 6.7 litres per 100 kilometers. The hybrid Lexus RX450h with a 3.5 litre engine needed 120.5 litres for 905 km, or 13.3 litres per 100 km. Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Organizers of the environmental rally "From the past to the future" decided to make it an annual event. Electric vehicles will be invited to start next year. What's the route? So far it remains a mystery, because there are actually no electrorefuations on Russia. However, the organizers look to the future with optimism. Mercedes 190 SLStart of 9 September-9 September: Cadillac Eldorado BiarritzMercedes-Benz 300c Cabriolet D (W186IV) Cadillac Escalade Gybrid In the Golden City of Novomoskovskovika, in the Golden City near Novomoskovskotovka Prius and the Cadillac Eldorado BiarritzCadillac Escalade Escalade, the hotel is moving at speed up to 40 km/h and with a slight acceleration in the acceleration. In the case of sudden acceleration, the LAN is activated and both systems are activated at maximum acceleration. When the hybrids are launched from the mountain, the hybrids shall switch to the charging mode of the batteries. The real-time display shows information about the mode in which the car is operated: uses the LAN, electric drive or battery