"Mercedes Viano" - the car in all plansattractive and interesting. Designers managed to achieve truly excellent driving qualities and ease of control, to the size of the same will be able to get used to even the most inexperienced housewife.
The layout of the salon was also successful, thanks tothat the minivan successfully competes with such whales as the Chrysler Grand Voyager and the Ford Galaxy, and the shuttles like the Volkswagen Multivan, Hyundai Startex will outperform in all respects.
Graceful, slightly pointed in front of the body completelycompensates for the aesthetic flaw in the form of a heavy task. By the way, in comparison with its predecessor, such tuning "Mercedes Viano" allowed to create a practical spacious car with relatively small dimensions. It is thanks to this stern that the open rear door can be used as a visor for several folding tourist chairs. The chairs themselves, like other numerous massive tourist props, can easily fit under the seats in the rear row.
Directly 7-seater passenger cabinmore like a mobile office for business meetings - a pair of armchairs behind the driver's seat is set against the minivan's turn - "face" to the three chairs of the rear row, in the center there is a convenient folding table that can be adjusted in two planes. With regard to this layout of the cabin, it can be changed - the seats rotate and move. Moreover, the rear row of seats is easily removed. If we turn the second row of seats 180 degrees, we get a passenger car with a huge luggage compartment. The smoothness of the Mercedes Viano course (the owners' testimonies to that certificate) can be compared without exaggeration to modern high-speed electric trains. The minivan is equipped with a 6-cylinder diesel engine (3 l, 224 hp) and a 5-speed automatic transmission.
Max speed "Mercedes Vivano" reaches200 km / h, up to a hundred minivan accelerates in 9 seconds. In urban driving mode, fuel consumption does not exceed 14 liters, outside the city - about 9. A lot, however, taking into account the dimensions and weight of the car - it's quite economical. With a fuel tank of 75 liters, the Mercedes Vivano is able to cover a distance of more than 800 km. In part, this economy is due to the Start / Stop system, which turns off the engine during a brief stop and starts when the accelerator pedal is depressed.
Mercedes engineers managed to extinguish noisediesel engine and street, you can communicate in the cabin of a minivan with a familiar timbre. To make the long journey pleasant, comfortable and safe are designed: fine suspension, ASR and ESP systems, electric drive of windows and side doors, high-quality finish, multimedia system and many useful trifles in the form of pockets, stands, etc.
Summarizing the above, we conclude: looks minivan is actual and stylish, despite the fact that in its appearance traces the motives of previous generations. "Mercedes Viano" is universal (and an office on wheels, and a capacious family car) and meets almost any requirements of a modern motorist.
