Nissan Grand Livina Riview

Nissan's latest MPV is already proving itself as a product bold 'challenging' the storm and grind the road less traveled an MPV fitted with low ground clearance. The climax occurs when the party was out of the Grand Livina desert in Bromo area. One must be guided by one car and even had to be withdrawn Toyota Hardtop to get away from the slippery and rocky climbs. Pity if forced!

To prove the courage of the latest product, PT. Nissan Motor Indonesia, which bought the car this Nissan in Indonesia made a breakthrough by doing the road test is the start of Yogyakarta and ends in Legian, Bali. Total distance journey in three days were planned along the 885 km.

To travel along it, the editors managed to taste the performance and handling five of the seven variants Nissan Grand Livina, which is planned to start officially marketed since 5 April 2007 this. The fifth model is a 1500 cc engine transmit Manual, 1500 cc engine and an automatic transmit two model 1800 cc engine and an automatic manually transmit and 1800 cc-engine model with the most luxurious classification.

Each variant has advantages and disadvantages of each. To travel out of town, the editors recommend the 1800 cc engine version that is more powerful. While traveling within the city could use a 1500 cc variant.

The first stage starts from the Hyatt Regency Hotel Yogyakarta towards Batu, Malang, East Java, we've been through with four variants Grand Livina. Until a rest point in Wonogiri, we used the 1500 cc engine variants manual transmission.

In the first route, a plateau, we must be smart choose the right momentum to move the teeth. If not, then the 1500 cc engine that carried the Grand Livina was like losing power. And we feel when incoming Wuryantoro area.

Remove from Wonogiri, we switch to use Grand Livina 1800 cc engine speed manual transmission. Some street uphill from Sidoharjo toward Purwantoro become too heavy with the Grand Livina 1800 cc engine.

After the second rest point in Tulungagung, our party consisted of fellow Bisnis Indonesia, Republika and OTOCOID again obtained 1500 cc engine, but automatic transmit. On this route we agreed to not recommend the small engines used melibas transmit automatic incline.

With the contents of three passengers plus a personal baggage of each passenger, the Grand Livina 1500 cc automatic transmit feels heavy for some climbs high in the mountains towards the town of Kediri, East Java. Similarly, when entering the area of Batu, East Java. To escape from this high rise, we must prepare square off enough. The trick, always keeping pace and maintaining torque.

The second day of the journey became very heavy. In addition to its route should be a lot of climbing, at this stage the committee began to run games adu thrifty gasoline-irritant. We are assigned to 1500 cc cars had to manually transmit collided with fellow journalists who use similar cars.

Before leaving, we tried to give signs of the areas that need extra energy to go through. Some areas that include trips from Stone to Malang. Then Purwodadi to Sukapura through Bromo area. The rest of the trip that can be played keiritan gasoline.

Yeah, right. Some of the tracks in between the route to Batu Malang, the Grand Livina 1500 cc engine should be forced to work harder and of course had to throw a few drops of gasoline. Similarly, when coming into the region toward Sukapura Bromo. Moreover, GPS is used as a tool of travel guides have time to mess up in reading the map, so that the group had entered the wrong route up to several kilometers.

Arriving at the lunch-point of Probolinggo, it turns out the amount of gasoline that we use has only reached ¼. The numbers listed in the instrument panel makes the Grand Livina strataegi competitors begin to prepare our tempting to 'throw away' race serve gasoline.

Thankfully, the second day until the trip ended in Ketapang, we were not tempted by stimulation of another journalist colleagues to further accelerate the vehicle over 80 km/hr. Thus, the name of our group are listed as the record holder for the most economical vehicle, which is 17.5 km per liter!