Once a year I am on week refuse machine. This year Fiat Freemont" it took me just to get to the Parking lot at lake Garda and back.
Fiat FreemontFiatski "parketnik" is not just a new car-it is the first stall of the unification of Italians with the American "Chrysler", in the home of which they like comfort, space and clean air. Another geographical supplement-Fiat-Fremont-is gathering in Mexico-gives us a chance in Russia to buy it for acceptable money. In the meantime, the price of Euro25, 990 has been declared in Europe. When the "Fremont" appears at the end of the year, a 3.6-liter petrol "six" will appear in 278 L. full drive and 6-speed DSG, the amount, of course, will grow. By then, Russia will be opened, as promised, by its own (without Sollers) representation of Fiat. So, I'm going to the lake on that "Fremont" that my friends in Turin gave me, an unimodal one, with a 2-litre 140-strong diesel and a mechanical six-speed gearbox. The start was a little delayed, lost in the three rows of seats in the spacious seats. The door opens almost to the right angle. The front and back doors of the front and back doors are invited to load the cabin with any traveler's fantasies. I could just move all the windsurfing equipment here, including the sampling mast. There will also be two passengers. Take the last one, the extra row is surprisingly easy. If necessary, these seats shall disappear in the same field as the divided symmetry of the second row. Then there is a flat load compartment which, if measured to the roof, has a minimum of 758 litres up to a maximum of 1,461 l. But this is not the limit: because of the folding front of the right front seat (option), the improvised trunk can be increased by an extra meter. Thanks to the emerging backrest of the right front seat, a smooth baggage compartment can be increased by an extra meter. In addition to the 32 possible configurations of the salon at "Fremont" there are a lot of branches in the console, the doors, the right seat, and even in the floor-for all small things, bottles, etc. Before you shut down the engine with the "start-stop" button for exactly one week and recommend "Fremont" to the camping site of interest to the surfers, I rode a few hundred kilometers, which entitifies some conclusions. I think I'll start with the flaws. There's no spare in the car. Not really. Europeans on the line for this reason do not react very much. And for nothing, the Italian workshops, I swear, do not work. You'll have to wait till Monday. Fiat Freemontno and designers can understand how to place a spare or at least a dockable, only sacrificers the magnificent Transfiguration of the Salon. And yet, I would not recommend going to Russia without a fifth wheel. Another weakness of "Fremont" appeared when it was raking on the mountain tracks. It was clearly not enough to cover the front wheel on the slippery stony pavement. I do not see how such a long front-wheel-drive vehicle, which has not enough room for maneuver in the mountainous town, will be swinging in the deep Russian snow. The rest of the minus sign goes into the plus. It is no secret that the "Freemont" is a "Doj-Jorney" twin, but the American origin is well hidden. "Fremont" has a big ground clearance than many of the "parkegpers", I intend to have 215 mm to the rear suspension, to the front bumper and to the threshold of 245 mm. Road light. The American soft nature of the running parts of the technique of Fiat has almost disappeared. But not enough to deprive the machine of its comfort. "Fremont" takes turns with a little understeer and a smaller roll than the Dodge. In addition, it is more accurately managed by good feedback on the steering wheel. Not as much as his German competitor in the price group is the lighter Volkswagen-Tighan, but Fiat does not tie the bumps on the bumps, and it is dulling all the road-moms. On the "police waves", the truth is, the car is prone to a small vertical pump, but it is necessary to pay for comfort. Last month, I went to the Tiguana with a DSG box and the same as "Fremont", 140-strong diesel. "German" is more than 300 kg lighter than a whole row of seats, and so it looks more to the left. On this background, however, the 2-litre filiet diesel "Multijet" in the bundle with exactly the mechanical 6-speed mechanic did not disappoint. Fiat FreemontW is a good thrust and suitable for the holiday mood. The engine reacts with a slight delay, and the clutch requires a strong left leg. I'm used to working on the right, so I often climb 3,000 rpm-there's a loud voice that is almost unheard on the diesel engine's idling speed, or it will be unnerving. Freemont, like Tiguana, has, however, a more powerful 170-strong brother. Let' s see how expensive it is. The two engines, according to the developers, cost 6.4 litre per 100 km of track, throwing 169 g of CO2 at that distance. And here is the moment to talk about international Dno without a car. With an environmental conscience in my fist, I'm in Fremont with an open-right window, disabling climate control. So they say we can save up to 1.8 litres of fuel and throw away less greenhouse CO2. The speed on the extra-urban roads is not more than 80 km/h, on the Autobahn to 120 km/h-another saving reserve, and "Fremont" becomes almost harmless. But then I get tired of it, I close the window, and, I'm sorry, I'm going to go to 160 km/h for a minute. Looking at the interior, you won't even say that this "Fiat" is of American origin. There's a small town ahead, dropping speed and moving slowly along a narrow path. Suddenly heard a shot, a stone's throw, and the right window fell into the salon and into the street, opening the astonished face of the road worker Maurizio Pichchon with a powerful petrol machine blowing from the road with dirt and stones. So Fremont protected me from a ridiculous chance: the stone could have been put into the head through an open window. Or worse, I would walk by on foot ... It's a good thing I wasn't without a car this day!Fiat FreemontFiat Freemont