Firmly produced budget SUVs Tagaz Tiger. As a basis, Russian designers took the platform korean car "SSANG YONG KRANDO". Despite the fact that the novelty has more than half of the reliable Korean spare parts in its design, she never received great popularity in Russia.
Design
Cars "Tiger" have a very interesting appearance. Such an SUV clearly attracts the attention of the public and is not lost in the gray mass of other machines. In front of the front, there is a massive bumper with integrated fonts of triangular shape. The radiator grille is successfully located above it. On the sides are round headlights and broad turn signals. However, together with its unusual, Tiger cars are very outdated externally. Such a design was popular in the 1970s (remember about the "Jeep Vrangoler", nothing reminds?), With the exception of plastic parts and rails.
In the profile of Tiger cars, more than the hatchback resemble their compactness. Moreover, the trunk of the novelty has the smallest volume - 350 liters. It is even less than some hatchbacks. Such a "capacity" can not boast any SUV and crossover.
Specifications
It should be noted that cars "Tiger" are produced in several body variations, each of which is equipped with its line of engines. So, five-door SUVs are equipped with a gasoline engine with a capacity of 150 horse power and a working capacity of 2.3 liters. Three-door modifications are equipped with two diesel units. Among them - power plants A volume of 2.6 and 2.9 liters and a capacity of 104 and 120 horsepower, respectively. Three-door cars "Tiger" can also be equipped with a gasoline engine for 150 and 220 "horses". As for transmissions, the buyer does not remain to choose anything, except for the mechanical "five-way". The exceptions are modifications of AT5. They are equipped with a 4-range "machine".
"Tiger" -Automobile: price and configuration
Cost russian SUV Directly depends on the configuration. In this way:
It is worth noting that all configurations are equipped with disk brakes (front - ventilated, rear - with a mechanism parking brake), ABS wheels, 3-point adjustable safety belts and hydraulic steering power amplifier.
A variety of body color will be a pleasant news for car enthusiasts. Total buyer can choose one of the 6 color options. The domestic SUV "Tagaz Tiger" is offered in white, beige, silver, black, dark blue and dark red design.
Conclusion
Considering the cost and level technical Equipment, It can be said that Tiger cars are a serious competitor for Chevrolet Niva, but the latter for some reason remains more popular in the Russian market.
Prepare this material was more difficult than usual: Most official dealers Tagaza took a circular defense, not wanting to share information. But sewed in the bag do not hide - all the sores of the "TAGER" are well known and are actively discussed on the Internet. What's "Crando" that the "Tager" are built on proven Mercedes units and are really similar as two drops of water. But not from the point of view of reliability, which today and let's talk.
Transitional period
The most painful for the owners of the "Tagers", known from the very beginning of the model of the model, that is, since 2008, - the nicudinal reliability of the mechanical transmission on cars with gasoline engines ( SP, 2010, № 8 ). It is often unsafe to ride with such a box.
Let's say if you need to go to the transmission below to slow down the engine, you will come across a difficult task: the lever will be in an invisible barrier due to the difference of turns of the shafts, which is not cope with its responsibilities synchronizer, more often than second or third transmission. If you turn on the transmission still succeeds, an unpleasant crunch, published by the box, beat the desire to even touch the lever. It's easier for those who own the old techniques - the passage and double clutch disclosure, but to master them on modern car, bought besides for considerable money, hardly acceptable.
The owners demanded that the aggregate replacement dealers. And they were not ready. Why dealers, TagAZ himself got into a difficult situation: the plant had to highlight a separate workshop, where 183 were repaired for the first nine months of 183 - almost every fifth! Changed the synchronizers of the second, third and fourth gear assembly with couplings, but it often did not help: the repaired aggregate soon began to crunch.
Some owners changed four to five times! Meanwhile, TagAZ, without cope with the repair, came up with the deprivation of the guarantee owners due to the allegedly irregular operation of the machine: Say, should not switch transmissions with turns above five thousand. But in the operating manual there are no such restrictions, so it sometimes reached the court. As a rule, the solutions were in favor of the owners - of course, the price of shabby nerves. In fairness, we note that the plant acknowledged the defect with mass and even publicly apologized to the owners.
TagAZ, after all, also found himself in hostages of the current situation, as Songong hid the scale of the problem and did not hurry with her decision. It seems that the agreement between enterprises did not provide for any sanctions in the event of the delivery of defective nodes. These are Koreans and took advantage of: by rumors, to reduce costs, they transferred the production of some units, including gearboxes, China. Indirect confirmation of these rumors is the fact of disappearance from the Korean marking Carter.
As later it turned out, the case was not only in synchronizers, but also in the inconsistency of the shafts. This defect learned to eliminate on one of Yekaterinburg firms. They remove the entire filling out of the box and, collecting parts of the crankcase, handle bed beds for one transition. And in order to fix the external ring with the tension, the additional sleeves are brought into bed. And only then put new coupling and synchronizers. There are no complaints of transfers in this way, but not every owner is ready to go for a thousand kilometers.
Adventures electronics
With the arrival of the autumn of 2008, other difficulties began: at a temperature just below zero gas engine "Tagra" managed to run only with the fifth-sixth attempt. At "Kararado", by the way, there was no such problem. It turned out that Koreans, adapting the program of control unit under our climate and gasoline, was slightly mistaken with the settings: due to a short pulse on the nozzles, the mixture was too poor.
The defect was eliminated by changing the fuel characteristic parameter from one to four and adjusting the temperature coefficient. Reflash the blocks for free, under warranty. There was only one snag: no dealer had the necessary equipment. In the first "tagheras" in the configuration T5, the engine cooling fan constantly worked. With this defect figured out quite quickly - it turned out, it was necessary to change the contacts in places. By the way, the dealer network of Tagaz sick place. There are cases when installation additional equipment In branded maintenance stations managed to undermine the feast of seat belt pretensioners. Tagazu even had to terminate contracts with some sellers.
Motherland will help
All these problems hardened the owners, and now they are actively discussing on the network, which is suitable from domestic analogues in return of the capricious original. Some ossels in rear suspension The UAZ springs are already working, which are slightly tougher relatives, thanks to which it was possible to lift the back of the body by 55 mm (it became a good help on off-road).
In order to have enough moves of the shock absorbers, they are replaced by "Volgovsky". It is important only to remember that the carrying capacity of the machine does not become more from this. It is a pity, until we found adequate replacement by the factory semi-axes of the rear axle, which, it seems, also Chinese - with a decent "egg" in the area of \u200b\u200bthe working surface of the gland. Therefore, leak oils on brake mechanisms After 20 thousand km - the usual thing. And there are practically no original semi-axes on sale, and if there are, three times more expensive than usual.
DROP BY DROP
There are no special problems with the engines. True, and here TagAZ distinguished himself: if on the Korean "Singonge-Korando" with the diesel engine of the OM662 series, the turbocharger served quite reliably, then on the "tag" he sometimes passes the oil. The weight defect did not become, but where did he come from the exhaust design? Apparently, again the unknown origin of the unit is affected, this time the turbine.
At five-door "tagheras" there is another defect: by 50-80 thousand km can score the axis of the rear wiper. We recommend at the first signs when the brush begins to crush the glass, disassemble and lubricate more serious problems.
By car, visiting our edition a year ago ( SP, 2010, № 6 ), Cracks were found on the frame in the area of \u200b\u200bthe rear left suspension lever. The fact that the carrier item was not broken in half, we consider the merit of our test group, on time I discovered a defect. But everything could end in sad! There are no other complaints to the chassis.
Comparatively weak are recognized, perhaps only racks front stabilizer - After 40-50 thousand km, please change. Ball supports, Silent blocks, steering thrust and tips sometimes serve more than 180 thousand km. With the bearings of the hubs as lucky. The scatter on the resource is in order: from 20 to 200 thousand km. Here, by the way, Chinese components are superior to Korean.
Rear axle in version with disk brakes: stockings while dry, but, sometimes begins to sweat with oil when running 2-3 thousand km. It turns the gear of the gearbox that is unpreicious.
Rear axle in version with disk brakes: stockings while dry, but, sometimes begins to sweat with oil when running 2-3 thousand km. It turns the gear of the gearbox that is unpreicious.And "Kararado" and "Taiga" cannot be called full heroes of this category, since the first is old, and the second is too young. Therefore, we give the third table without the traditional calculation of the cost of the cost of a kilometer of a mileage ( SP, 2011, № 1 ). These machines go beyond the adopted technique, we decided to tell about them only from the desire to draw the attention of manufacturers to the need for more competent selection of models for our market. So that simplified technologies do not undermine the consumer confidence in the long-known model.
Sales market: Russia.
Tagger, except for UAZ jeeps, is a full-fledged SUV in our market. And it does not matter that this is a licensed copy of Korean SsangYong Korando. The latter was created on all the canons of the currently forgotten genre. Spar frame, solid rear axle, front double-end suspension, four-wheel drivehaving a PART TIME and a downgrain. Now such a set can be found either in specific models or in rare large and dear SUVs. Korando had it since 1996, the Tager - since 2008. Recall that in 2007 the Russian enterprise acquired equipment and rights to industrial assembly of the SUV. "As a gift", the Taganrog double together with the chassis, all-wheel drive transmission and gearboxes (5maps and 4AKP) got engines. Gasoline 2.3 L (150 hp) and 3.2 liters (220 hp), as well as diesel 2.6 liters (104 hp) and 2.9 l (120 hp ). Most of the modifications are equipped with mechanical box Gear and only for the most powerful 220-strong motor are offered "Automatic".
The main difference between the tagger from SsangYong is a five-door body, which in Taganrog is released with three-door. The equipment is typical for the 90s, that is, no newcomer electronics. Practical salonOf course, it does not look modern, however dashboard The car is quite informative, all readings are easy to read, the control unit on the central console is functional and for greater convenience is supplemented with a deep niche for storing small items. Under it - another niche with a tray and two cup holders, the tray for the trifles is also above the center console. Plastic lining of the cabin is practical and easy to clean. Basic equipment The tagger includes a steering power steering, adjustable steering column, standard electropacket (power windows, side mirrors Heated and electrically regulating), immobilizer, air conditioning and central locking with Du. In a more expensive equipment, the car will offer a CD player with 6 speakers, leather upholstery and heated front seats.
Under the hood Tagaz Tagger can be found power units Miscellaneous volume and capacity such as gasoline and diesel. All - production under license Mercedes-Benz. The initial gasoline "16-valve" of 2.3 liters with multipoint injection issues the maximum power of 150 hp. (at 6200 rpm) and 210 Nm of torque (at 2800 rpm). Another common option is a gasoline row six-cylinder 3.2 liter motor. It has a capacity of 220 "Forces" (at 6500 rpm) and 307 Nm of torque (4700 rpm), which allows the tagger to type "hundred" in 10.9 seconds and maximum speed 170 km / h, while for the basic version it is 12.5 seconds. and 165 km / h, respectively. Installed on TagAZ Tager and diesel "four" - with a volume of 2.6 and 2.9 liters. They are modest in terms of power (104 and 120 hp), but they have quite a decent charge (216 nm and 256 nm), on average, I will be satisfied with 8.7-10.5 liters of fuel, while gasoline is spent in mixed cycle 10.2-15.9 l / 100 km. Volume fuel tank All versions - 70 liters.
As already mentioned, there are classic solutions for the SUV in the Tagger. Among other things, the car is equipped with a hydraulic steering amplifier and front and back disk brakes (front ventilated). Transmission of PART-TIME 4WD can only be used on a slippery road, you can only move on dry asphalt on rear drive. The front wheels are included using electrical couplings, electronics controls and turning on the downward transmission. The body size is different depending on the number of doors. The five-door tagger has a length of 4512 mm, three-door - 4330 mm. Wheel base - 2480 or 2630 mm. Standard for SUVs steel tires 235/70 R16, a spare full-size wheel is fixed on the doors of the trunk. Self luggage compartment has a volume of 350 liters, it can be increased to 1,200 liters, folding the back rear seat (It is divided into two equal parts), while the smooth floor is formed.
Despite the outdated design, the security requirements are not forgotten. In the jeep standard, Tagaz has stiffeners in the doorway, a trauma-safe steering column, three-point straps, anti-locking brake system (ABS), driver airbag, and a passenger pillow has been offered for surcharge. There are no data on crash tests.
Tagaz Tager caused the great interest of buyers due to its low cost. The main advantages of the models are excellent permeability, good dynamics, high maneuverability, comfortable interior and good equipment. Among the minuses, the owners are often called a tendency to "goat", big flow Fuel, small trunk. Another minus manifests itself on the 3-door version with the most powerful engine - a combination of a large thrust and a short base entails a tendency to drift. It would not hurt here the permanent four-wheel drive Full-Time (which in the original offered Korando 3.2 AT), but the Tager of such pleasure is deprived. Although on the Internet, you can find a solution to this problem by folk crafts partial replacement nodes. There are disadvantages due to both assembly quality: not very clear switching speeds (especially when moving to reduced), problems with LCP and insufficient corrosion protection.
Read completelyIn 2008, the production of a three-door SUV "TagAZ Tagger" began production - a licensed copy of the Korean model. In 2009, a five-door version of the car, developed by the forces of the Korean engineering division of the Tagaz, stood on the conveyor (Korerao has no five-door version).
"Tagaz Tagger" had traditional for utilitarian SUVs design: frame, continuous rear axle, hardly connected four-pass drive. The car was installed on the car licensed "Mercedesian" power units of Korean production.
The basic version of the SUV under the hood stood a 2.3-liter gasoline engine with a capacity of 150 liters. from. In combination with a manual transmission, and the drive could be rear or complete. Tagaz Tagger with a row six-cylinder engine 3.2 (220 l.) Had a four-step "automatic" and four-wheel drive. And even in the range there were two turbodiesels: a four-cylinder 2.6 liter (104 liters) and a five-cylinder volume of 2.9 liters (120 liters s.) - They were completed with "mechanics" and all-wheel drive transmission.
In 2009, the prices for the rear-wheel drive Tagaz Tager 2.3 began with 470,000 rubles, in basic equipment Machines were a driver's airbag, ABS, air conditioning, electric car, alloy wheels Option with six-cylinder gasoline engine cost from 625,000 rubles.
The demand for the "Tagger" was very modest: for example, in 2009, 2462 copies of the model were sold. At the same time, many buyers complained about the low quality assembly, let's say, the gearboxes of some versions had to return to the plant for repair.
TagAZ himself had serious financial problems in those years and gradually reduced production volumes, and finally the release of Tagers ended in 2012.
