The debut of the new car is accompanied by a whole series of photo and videos: as a rule, customers are shown the most photogenic and rich versions. With the price, the situation is the opposite: the cheapest package is entered, but finding photos of the “base” is not easy. The contrast between the “naked” initial assembly and the advertising top version is very large: popular examples are in our selection.
1. Audi A1 Sportback
The Audi A1 life cycle is coming to an end, and there will be no successor to the “state employee”: the German brand seeks to become more premium. In the meantime, the basic hatchback for the German market surprises foreign journalists: for 23 thousand euros, the buyer will receive a car with “stamps”, halogen headlights and a 5-speed “mechanics”! Plastic caps, “tube” headlights and an abundance of plugs are not what Audi buyers are used to.
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Everything is also modest in the cabin: there are only two buttons (and two “swing”), a parking brake in the form of a “poker”, an ordinary air conditioner without individual airflow distribution buttons. And also the basic Audi A1 is a plain salon with fabric chairs and rubber pedal overlays. The gloss of the gloss is not deprived of advertising top versions: the S-line sports body kit, alloy 18-inch wheels, a two-tone salon with a contrasting stitching and an abundance of electronic assistants. There are almost twice as much as hot ones: over 40 thousand euros!
2. Kia K3 (Rio)
The Koreans decided to “assign” the KIA Rio successor to the K3 model: the family is available in the form of a sedan and a cross-hatchback, Mexico was the first market, but recently they offer a “three” in the Middle East. To reveal all KIA cards is in no hurry: they advertise only a “disputed” version of GT-line with a completely LED optics, an original body kit, a roof hatch and a two-tone “digital” interior. There are such four -doors of 23 thousand dollars in equivalent.
The basic version with the “mechanics” is sold for 14.5 thousand dollars: such a car has turns in wings, an old-style antenna, there are no LED elements, 15-inch “stamping”, and the choice of colors is limited. It was not possible to find pictures of the salon of the cabin, but the second poor equipment with the “atmospheric” 1.4 and automatically lit up in the UAE. The fabric salon, the “handbrake” is classic, the mirrors are folded manually, the engine is launched by a key, a conventional air conditioner and a simplified media system with a 8-inch touchscreen are installed. But in the database is a virtual “Device” and six airbags.
3. Skoda Fabia
Skoda does not hide the difference between different versions of Fabia and clearly shows in the configurator what the savings look like. The hatchback in the simplest configuration costs 16 thousand euros in the equivalent in the Czech Republic. In the initial version, a 1.0-liter turbo engine with a 5-speed “mechanics”, puffy dimensions of 185/65 R15, steel discs, rear drum brakes. LED running lights, cruise control and four airbags do not require surcharges.
In the cabin, since the 1990s, a stove control unit and air conditioner, a “compromise” media system with an 8-inch touchscreen and analog goals. The virtual instrument panel, the rear view camera and multiple are at once. But red contrasting inserts, metal overlays, perforated steering wheel and antichrome – the prerogative of the Monte Carlo version with a starting price of 21 thousand euros. With a 1.5 turbo engine, a 7-speed “robot”, 18-inch discs and “dopa” Skoda Fabia will pull 26 thousand euros.
4. Hyundai Verna (Solaris)
In the last generation, the Indian Hyundai Verna was a copy of the Russian Solaris, and there was reason to believe that the new sedan would be comprehended the same fate. It is all the more amazing that in two years of sales the basic version was unless the bloggers have been lit up: there are no such machines on the official Hyundai website and even on Indian classifides! The simplest Verna is a plug instead of the LED strip in the front, halogen headlights and “tube” lanterns, turn signals, stamping with caps and the price of 15 thousand dollars.
In the cabin, the black plastic module instead of the touchscreen of the media system, the analogue scale of the devices on the plate under the screen, the multi -line with a lonely “swing” on the left and the air conditioner with conventional washers. In the initial configuration with atmospheric engine 1.5, a 6-speed “mechanics” are combined. In the top of the ligament of the 1.5 and “robot” turbo engine, a pair of screens with a diagonal of 10.25 inches, leather finish, an audio system of Bose with eight speakers, contour backlight, ventilation and heating of the front seats, as well as adaptive cruise control with the function of auto-products. The price reaches 23.5 thousand dollars.
5. Toyota Land Cruiser 300
Unlike other participants in the collection, the basic Toyota Land Cruiser 300 can be found in Russia. Such SUVs are easiest to identify by 18-inch wheels with a high profile of 265/65, an abundance of unpainted plugs on bumpers, functional black rails, a smaller amount of chromium and of course simplified headlights without L-shaped sections of daylight lights. However, the main nuance under the hood: in the UAE, an option with an atmospheric “six” 1GR-Fe with a volume of 4.0 liters and a 6-speed automatic is preserved!
The easiest Land Cruiser 300 with a fabric salon, a media system with a 8-inch screen; In the cabin, morally outdated wooden inserts with royal varnish, and the instrument shield is simplified, 7-inch. The old -school Land Cruiser 300 costs from 65 thousand dollars in equivalent. Savings compared to the GR Sport top version with a gasoline 3.4-liter turbo engine and a 10-speed automatic is almost two-time! However, the poor “Kruzaki” is popular only in the Gulf countries, and in other regions they are ready to overpay.
6. Ford F-150
The North American bestseller remains the Ford F-150, and the “blue oval” is honest with its clients: the configurator is branched, there is even 3D modeling with a view of 360 degrees! The simplest pickup costs only 37 thousand dollars, but you will have to agree to a two-door cabin, a short base, rear-wheel drive and atmospheric 5.0-liter gasoline V8. The appropriate appearance: 17-inch stampings, high tires, unpainted bumpers, mirrors and radiator grille, utilitarian lighting equipment.
But in the cabin, saving mainly on finishing materials: at first glance, the difference in the interior with the top version of King Ranch for 80 thousand dollars is minimal! However, there are many nuances: chairs, climatic systems, the functionality of the information and entertainment complex, even the transmission management algorithm-everything is organized differently. In addition, the top-end Ford F-150 by default with a long base, a four-door cab, a 3.5-liter V6 gasoline and all-wheel drive. The version of the Raptor is worth it: such a pickup with V8 can cost more than 130 thousand dollars.
7. Dacia Duster
The new generation of Dacia Duster is offered in Romania at a catchy price of 15,900 euros. Such a car is only white: other colors are paid. Drums of the rear brakes, 16-inch “stamping”, black unpainted fragments of bumper and plugs instead of foggy compromises instead of fog. But in the initial configuration, a 1.0-liter turbo engine, which works on gasoline and propane! The gearbox is a 6-speed “mechanics”, only the front drive.
Multirul is installed regularly, but the media system is not provided, like the rear electric windows. Analogue scales of devices with a 3.5-inch screen on the on-board computer, air conditioning with washers a la Lada Iskra, classic “handbrake”. However, the cheapest crossover has four pillows and safety curtains, ESP, emergency braking system with pedestrian recognition, assistant recognition of road signs and strip control, rear parking sensors, and cruise control with a speed limiter.
If you do not take into account special versions, then the most expensive Duster is a front-wheel drive hybrid with a 140-horsepower E-Tech system. This is the only two -pedal modification, and the price is 26 thousand euros. You will not have to pay extra for a 10-inch touchscreen, an audio system with six speakers, a virtual instrument panel, non-climate access, climate control and wireless charging for gadgets. However, there is an all -wheel drive hybrid on the way, and its price will probably exceed the bar of 30 thousand euros./M
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