Great Wall Hover - reviews speak for themselves

Chinese brand Great Wall - one of the long-livers of the Russian market. In 2011, the company released a new model - Hover H5. This car is a luxury version of the rather widely known in Russia Great Wall Hover, reviews about which are always positive. The unit acquired a new exterior design, an improved interior and two more powerful engines. In the shape of the SUV, the brutality was reduced, and in front of the H5 now resembles Mazda cars. Behind them appeared a new bumper, another luggage compartment door, and also new lighting equipment. The new body kit has increased the overall length of the car by almost 3 centimeters, and the width by a centimeter.

The Hover H5 can be equipped with a 2.4-liter gasoline engine with an output of 136 hp. Or a 2-liter turbo diesel with a capacity of 150 "horses". Both engines in the basic configuration are aggregated by 5-speed mechanics, and the diesel version can be ordered with a 5-speed automatic.

Prices for a Chinese SUV fall in the range of 700 to 825 thousand rubles. The most expensive is the top-end equipment Great Wall Hover H5 diesel, reviews of which, by the way, are more positive than about the gasoline colleague. Despite the fact that the Chinese constantly improve their products, while maintaining acceptable prices, quality problems still remain. Adjustment of body parts is far from ideal: the gaps are too large, sometimes uneven. The luggage compartment door must be closed with great force. There are other, minor, but unpleasant shortcomings.

Salon became presentable and a little more convenient, the upholstery of seats and ceiling changed. On the steering wheel there were buttons for controlling the phone and the radio tape recorder. More informative was the combination of instruments. Usual music was replaced by a comfortable Russified multimedia system with a touch screen, and the speakers of the audio system no longer wheeze when adding volume.

However, not everything is so smooth. The details of hard plastic are not always well adjusted to each other, the seals rumble, the handle of the lumbar support roll dangles, the Hover computer does not have an on-board computer, and the air conditioner proved to be ineffective in the heat. With visibility everything is in order: thin front pillars, impressive exterior mirrors and a rear-view camera with parktronics make it easy to maneuver on an off-road vehicle. The situation is good with the capacity, because the Great Wall Hover H5 can comfortably accommodate 5 people and all their luggage. And if you expand the rear seats, the Chinese SUV is almost a house on wheels.

In motion, the Hover is unhurried, and the dispersal to the groan takes about 13 seconds. The chassis of the car also says that this car is not designed for fast driving. The SUV is heavily swinging on uneven asphalt, the body is shaking on all potholes, the steering is devoid of informativeness, and on the steering commands the car reacts belatedly.

But it's worth moving out of the asphalt, as the picture changes dramatically. Hover has many adaptations for overcoming off-road: a powerful frame, continuous rear axle, large wheel suspension courses and others. Impenetrable SUV suspension absolutely does not care about the quality of roads and the number of bumps: move a ravine, pit or climb a high curb - for Hover this is a trifling matter. The off-road car is ready to accept and "mud baths", the main thing - not to climb into an open swamp. It is for these qualities about Great Wall Hover that the reviews are supportive, because, as we all know, Russia can not boast of its own roads.

What is the verdict? This car is woven of contradictions: it has good equipment, but unstable quality, good capacity, but low level of comfort, good cross-country ability, but a weak motor. The car has been produced for several years, Great Wall Hover's reviews remain good thanks to the low price and the total absence of competitors able to compete with Hover in terms of their consumer properties. Well, about Great Wall Hover reviews speak for themselves, just take a look at them.