Chevrolet Captiva and Chevrolet NIVA tested in the Carpathian Mountains

In the heart of the Carpathians - the ski resort Bukovel, held a unique automotive event - Festival "UkrAVTO 4x4", organized by the Ukrainian Motor Corporation. Among all automotive brands represented at the festival, the legendary off-road Chevrolet NIVA, and Chevrolet Captiva crossover shown themselves to be the best car for trips to the snow-covered mountain serpentine, winding forest trails, ascent and descent. UkrAVTO Corporation, which includes a distribution company, "General Auto Group", the official distributor of Chevrolet in Ukraine, has organized the first Festival of SUVs "UkrAVTO 4x4", which took place in the popular ski resort Bukovel, at an altitude of nearly 1,200 m. The festival program was divided into two parts. The first two days of the Festival cars tested by representatives of the media. In the following days to take part in the activity of car festival to all guests of the ski resort. To carry out test-drives have been designed routes with snow cover, drawn-out turns and steep turns. Guests of the Festival had the opportunity to try off-road cars Chevrolet in real severe conditions, to test the resistance of vehicles to heavy loads and to determine their level of control on mountain roads. Crossover Chevrolet Captiva, specially designed for the modern family, well adapted to winter conditions and showed his best side. This car with a monocoque body is equipped with four-wheel drive with front wheel slippage has short overhangs and high ground clearance and large wheel arches for a strong reserve. The car just did not notice the "snow porridge," hills and icy pit on the roads and feel confident on the narrow mountain serpentines. This car is roomy and comfortable, providing long wheelbase of 2.7 meters. The fact that plenty of space in the car for the driver, passengers, baggage and a large amount of evidence that for some countries in Europe, seven-seat Captiva is a version without increasing the dimensions of cars! As for the legendary Chevrolet NIVA, then the range and complexity of the journey, road conditions, number of persons and luggage items - all with an updated NIVA it does not matter. Off-road Chevrolet NIVA is provided by the construction of transmission and ground clearance of 220 mm, and large moves suspensions. This guarantees a confident and safe driving on rugged terrain, overcoming the fords of up to half the depth and slope rises to 50%. The car is equipped with an engine capacity of 1.7 liters, an electronic fuel injection and exhaust system that complies with emission standards "Euro-4". At the Festival "UkrAVTO 4x4» Chevrolet NIVA showed his best side, because these are the conditions in which the car is revealed in full. In summary, we can see that the Chevrolet Captiva and Chevrolet NIVA really are excellent cars by price / quality ratio for the realities of the Ukrainian winter.