Chevrolet Orlando: the ground clearance is impressive, the engine is powerful. Minivan or SUV?

Designers of the American concern succeeded in making on the platform of the Chevrolet Cruze, which belongs to the classic class C, a compact minivan with pronounced exterior signs of an SUV. Indeed, Chevrolet Orlando, whose clearance is more than 150 mm, equipped with a rough-looking plastic protection on the bottom of the body and having developed wheel arches, is more like a crossover.

And yet this car is designed for a couple with a large number of children - the number of seats, excluding the driver's seat, there are six. The volume of the luggage compartment in this version is symbolic and is slightly less than 90 liters. Sequential transformation of the cabin with the folding of rows of seats alternately increases this figure to almost 900 liters and one and a half cubic meters, respectively.

Interior Features Chevrolet Orlando

The interior space of this compact is well thought out and organized, there are a lot of small boxes for small items, which in a lot of cars accumulate over time a great many. A spacious interior combined with the outstanding road characteristics of the Chevrolet Orlando, the ground clearance, which allows to overcome obstacles without obstacles, makes the car very practical.

The power unit of the Russian version of this car is represented by a gasoline engine with a working volume of 180 cu. Cm, developing power over 140 hp. It fits well with both an automatic and a mechanical box. Both types of transmission have six stages, which make it possible to use the engine as efficiently as possible. Powerful Chevrolet Orlando motor, road clearance above average - a good recipe against the Russian off-road.

The manufacturer announces the expansion of the range of engines in the future and expects to supplement it with a diesel engine with a turbo-supercharged two-liter capacity with a maximum capacity of over 130 and 160 forces. As many as two variants of high-speed diesel engines under the Chevrolet Orlando hood, the clearance that is redundant for a city car, the heaped out look more and more approximates it to a full-fledged SUV.

Technical parameters of the compact van

The dynamic characteristics of this extraordinary representative of the class of minivans are impressive, the maximum speed is forcibly limited to 190 km / h, the power reserve allows for more. Overclocking is also at an altitude - up to a full hundred the car accelerates slightly longer than in 10 seconds. Not bad at all. The fuel consumption for a fairly large and heavy car is small: in a variant with a gasoline engine - 7 liters in city traffic.

Interesting is the fact that the Chevrolet Orlando, the clearance of which is quite large, is supplied not only to our country, but also to the prosperous Old World, where the condition of roads does not cause particular complaints. Apparently climate change and snowy winter have done their work, and the designers responded quickly to the changes.

Thus, the Chevrolet Orlando car, created on the basis of a passenger car and happily combining the features of a compact van and an SUV, will suit both large families and simply fans of crossovers. Big cars in our country love, which means that this car is simply doomed to success.