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Quite clearly, Chevrolet Orlando is one of the most feature and performance packed 7-seater that money can buy. This total value for money 5-door MPV is an outcome of Chevrolet engineers designing a complete comfort filled 7-seater drive without compromising on the engine capacity underhood.
Powered with a standard 1. This power is ensured to reach the engine on gear changes with the instant effect of 6-speed automatic transmission. The combined effect of this 6-speed transmission and 1. The striking exterior features are laudable with its raised stance, muscular body appearance and high driving profile. The wraparound lights at the rear profile are sufficient to seize eyes of the onlookers at this stunning MPV.
The 5-spoked designed wheels of Chevrolet Orlando are kept bigger in size to provide the drive with a very sporty look and a promising grip even at the most uneven surfaces. The interiors are comfortable and are available with flexible seven seating arrangement. Chevrolet has also kept in mind the connectivity feature and offers you wireless Bluetooth connection that enables you to make and receive calls on hands-free without putting hands off of the 3-spoked steering wheel.
The safety aspects provided with this size vehicle are significant and are of utmost importance. ESP Electronic Stability Program with Park Assist sensors and cameras prevent your exteriors from getting scratched of wrong handling of the vehicle in emergency cases and narrow available spaces for parking. All an all, Chevrolet Orlando is a winner is pretty much all the aspects, designing, features and performance, icing on the cake however is the quite affordable price tag.
All these features combined make the drive one of the most desirable MPVs in the segment. Chevrolet Orlando is not just the dedicated city commuter to carry your family and friends from one place to another. The drive also provides you decent sophistication inside, this 7-seater MPV is designed in dual-cockpit shade to give it a sporty appeal with Chevrolet's special illumination touch. The dashboard offers you easy access to audio and Bluetooth connectivity which can be also regulated from switches mounted on the steering column.
This 3-spoked steering wheel is also mounted with other multi-functions like cruise control that helps you to adapt certain driving style on highways. The driver's information centre is made precisely in the line of sight and for clarity is illuminated in blue on side ways.
These dials provide necessary information to the driver that assist him for safe and economic driving. The gear column is ergonomically set in combination to the adjustable steering wheel to offer you relaxed driving position and easy gear shifts. Inside, Chevrolet Orlando is spacious and comfortable. There is enough space for legroom and headroom in the three rows.
The seats are flexible and can be adjusted to best fit size. The front row passenger seat can be adjusted in 2 ways manually. Auto climate control function with rightly set air vents provide you with an option to set the temperature of your cabin as per your need, automatic updation and allows fresh air to circulate in all the cabins of the car. The little storage compartments such as two cup holders provided in the centre console, dashboard mini storage cabin, door panels and seat-back pockets ease access and storage of small things.
This 7-seater MPV can go under transition that will offer you maximum volume for cargo space and can even work as a cargo hauler rather than a passenger vehicle. You will enjoy your rides with Chevrolet Orlando as it offers you choice to listen your favorite tunes through standard CD player, MP3 playback and aux-in audio input jack fitted in. Also, you can can connect your smartphone with the interface via wireless Bluetooth and play your favorite media.
Through this Bluetooth connectivity, you can make and receive calls on hands free without hindering your driving technique and putting off the hands from steering wheel. Orlando also offers you latest connectivity technology i. Chevrolet MyLink through which you can get an access to more than radio channels, satellite radio and other features via 7-inch display screen. Chevrolet Orlando is designed with striking exterior features and is able to stand out in its own image among the crowd.
Its raised stance, muscular body appearance and high driving profile states its strong presence on road. The bi-zone center grille is designed in honeycomb style divided by company's insignia in the center. The large front headlamps are bifurcated in three segments inside increasing the light rays frequency ensuring the clear visibility in night and adverse climate changes. The wraparound lights at the rear profile are sufficient to seize eyes of the onlookers at the moving car.
Looking sideways, you will find that the 2nd door is kept wide and large so as to offer easy entry to second row and third row cabin inside. As such, enough boot space is provided in the car, so much that you can even fit in a bicycle in the trunk with rear seats folded ofcourse , the supporting stand at the back and extra handle makes this task easy to lift and transport it to the desired location.
In addition to this, the large 5-spoked wheel design add-ons sportiness to this vehicle and ensures better grip on rugged surfaces. The dimensions of this MPV is kept keeping in mind the comfort space inside as well as easy handling of the vehicle on all-terrains.
The overall length measures mm and the width is mm. Even if you are tall, the raised height measurement of mm provides ample headroom to its occupants. The seats are arranged in a configuration, enabling the car to accomodate up to seven adults. We got some people to fill up the car to its full capacity and drove around, and they said it was mostly a comfortable ride, except that the seats were a little hard, so everybody felt it more if we hit a pothole or bump.
The maximum boot capacity with all seats folded flat is 1, litres to the roof, or litres to the window line. However, we would prefer if the back seats could be pushed forward to increase the storage space a little, as the space is very narrow if the seats are up. As it is, the Orlando can either comfortably fit a maximum of five adults — six if only one back seat is folded down — with things in the boot, or seven adults with no boot space.
The middle row has fold and tumble split seats, while the back row has fold down split seats. For a person used to driving a compact car, at first we felt it would be a challenge to drive this big vehicle.
It drove smoothly, but there would be a slight jerk when the gears shift by itself in automatic mode. We believe the jerkiness is probably because the Orlando is a big car with a relatively small engine capacity of slightly less than 1,cc.
At corners, we could really feel the stability of the car; it felt planted to the ground, and close to no body roll, making us feel safe and secure in it.
Not to reinforce stereotypes, but parking assistance would be especially helpful if the car is driven by a woman, as Asian women tend to be small, and if even a taller than average Asian woman had trouble parking the vehicle, we could only imagine how difficult it would be for an average sized Asian woman. Specification of Chevrolet Orlando Engine: 1. His first step into automotive journalism was during his cadet ship in Business Times in where his seniors were heavyweight writers about the world of business Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye is a passionate advocate for road safety.
The 1. When coaxed, the hp four pot is noisy and lacks refinement; not helping matters is a transmission that lacks decisiveness when selecting which gear to use in many given situations. Smoothness of shifting is also not in line with our expectations of a good torque converter automatic transmission.
If our evaluations of its straight line performance has not painted an encouraging picture of the Orlando thus far, the good news then is that it goes uphill from here.
Driving dynamics strike a balance between ride and handling that can be described as good, and not merely in the context of an MPV. There is a firmness to its ride, but one that never comes close to being brittle or crashy — doubly impressive considering that it runs on upsized rims. It settles quickly, however, giving the chassis assuring composure over most surfaces.
Allied with a steering that is decently quick and accurate, the Orlando is quite capable of stringing a few fast corners along our favourite back roads. Other than a relatively weak powertrain, there is actually little wrong with the Orlando, and by extension, that gives us little reason to discourage you from buying one.
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