TagAZ "Shark" car: specifications, photos, owner reviews

This car, which many call "TagAZ Shark", is quite a remarkable phenomenon in the domestic automotive market. Russian manufacturers do not spoil their compatriots with an abundance of sports cars. And a solid car, which was not produced in the walls of the Russian giant AvtoVAZ, is a unique case! In this article will be given the facts about the history of the appearance of the car "TagAZ Shark", the technical characteristics of the car, the feedback of the owners of this sport car.

History of the project

The project of the modern sports concept car "TagAZ Shark", as they say, was born in agony. The developers and engineers of the Taganrog car factory spent two whole years debugging the concept and implementing innovative technologies. As a result, the first copy of the domestic sports car was released in 2013.

For a long time, the parameters and characteristics of TagAZ Aquila were kept secret. The appearance of the new project looked ambitious. However, as it turned out, behind the aggressive exterior was a completely innocuous and friendly character.

What happened in the end

It is necessary to make a reservation at once. This car can be called a "sports car" with a very big stretch. Sports can be called only the appearance of the car "TagAZ Shark", whose photo bypassed the cover of all domestic and some foreign specialized magazines. By its technical characteristics, this car, rather, can be classified as a "budget sedan." Which, by the way, confirms the official international classifier.

Disputes about the title

Strictly speaking, the official name of the car sounds like "TagAZ Aquila", which means "eagle" in Italian. But among Russian motorists rooted more familiar to our ear name "TagAZ Shark". And it took root so much that manufacturers can just think about renaming the brand! But seriously, for any car, the main thing is not the name, but the appearance and technical characteristics. They will be discussed below.

Appearance of the car "TagAZ Aquila"

The exterior of the car really turned out to be quite remarkable. It embodied most of the features and design solutions inherent in luxury sports cars. Not without specific borrowing. For example, the general outline of the body structure quite clearly resembles the lines inherent in some Lamborghini models 10-15 years ago. And the characteristic "shoulders" on the front wings cause direct allusions to the famous creations of designers Porsche or Bugatti.

Nevertheless, despite some "replicas" of famous brands, the car "TagAZ Shark" is quite self-sufficient in its exterior. Unique design solutions embodied in the design of the body, you can count a lot. It should focus on the main of them:

• The original bumper of "sport" style, with an abundance of elements that significantly improve the aerodynamic performance of the car;
• Wide and high radiator grille, giving the front projection of the car a distinctive recognizable appearance;
• An innovative scheme for placing lighting fixtures, starting with headlights and ending with fog lamps;
• Smooth and logical "overflow" of the side panels of the body into the rear wings, which also significantly reduces the resistance of the air when driving;
• Relief thresholds, which are called, again, to provide not only comfort, but also high rates of aerodynamics.

The result of the work of designers was a very cute body with sporting contours and a pronounced "naughty" character. Perhaps, Russian motorists who call it "sharks" are not so wrong.

The car "TagAZ" - the interior of the car

Interior decoration of the car, finishing materials and the overall layout of the interior is also sustained in the generally recognized canons of the sporting style. Of course, given the budget of this car, there is no point in looking for an abundance of genuine leather, wood panels or an abundance of chrome parts. Nevertheless, ergonomics and the general atmosphere of the salon suggest association with belonging to sports models.
But on this similarity with sports cars at "TagAZ Aquilla" and ends. In the photo above it can be seen that the engineers tried to make the saloon, like in modern sports cars (like "Nissan GT-R"), but as a result, budgetary prevailed. The cheapness of materials, cheap stove and strange forms of front torpedo - all this does not allow to call "TagAZ" a true sports car. At the same time, the interior was much better than the VAZ of the tenth family, which can already be considered a plus.

What's under the hood?

Of course, any potential buyer is primarily interested in the technical characteristics of a particular model of the car. And the most important criterion of choice is, of course, in the parameters of the power plant. To date, Aquila is equipped with a single engine option - a 1.6-liter gasoline unit, manufactured in China, under license from the Japanese company Mitsubishi Motor.

The parameters of this engine, equipped with an electronic system of distributed injection, are far from the standards and requirements for "full" sports cars. A total of 1584 "cube" of working volume, capable of producing 107 horsepower, clearly do not meet the expectations that arise at the first glance at the overall appearance of the car. The intrigue, which quite a long time managed to save developers and manufacturers about the main technical characteristics of the TagAZ Shark, was quickly dismissed by the owners.

Accordingly, no special technological frills should not be expected and from the transmission - quite an ordinary 5-step "mechanics", however, with the use of some very modern technologies and even own designs designed to improve the dynamic characteristics of the car.

With all this, the requirements for the fuel used, if you believe what the owners say about the TagAZ truck, are almost at the level of expensive and prestigious models of the sports class. This, in particular, is associated with an indispensable condition for the use of gasoline, the octane number of which is not less than the mark "95" and all other requirements imposed by the eco-standard "Euro 4".

Other technical characteristics of TagAZ Aquila.

If to speak about other characteristics, TagAZ Shark has quite modest data. The four-door sedan, designed for five passengers, has 468 cm in length, 182 - in width and 139 - in height. Given the length of the wheelbase, which is quite sufficient 275 cm, the geometric parameters of the machine are quite suitable for the classification standards of sports models.

Dynamic properties

Not very "sporty" look and the characteristics of the dynamics of the domestic "Eagle". And the matter here is not even in modest rates of maximum speed, the limit of which is 185 km / h, but in a fairly long overclocking. Up to "hundred" the machine weighing "only" 1400 kg, is dispersed already for 12 seconds. One can only hope that when new engines that issue 125 or even 150 "horses" will be installed, as planned, for the serial models of "TagAZ Shark" (photos of such modifications have already appeared in the media), the dynamics of the machine will increase significantly.

Prospects

By the way, about the future of the domestic sports car. The plans of developers and engineers include work to expand not only the technical stuffing, but also the body options. In spite of the fact that the Taganrog people, as usual, surround everything connected with their production, a certain aura of secrecy, it is known about the plans of the TagAZ plant to produce a two-door modification of the Aquila. That it will be equipped with a 2-liter engine, capable of developing a capacity of 150 horsepower.

Of course, much depends on the commercial success of this model. Although, given the quite affordable cost, we must assume that the machine will be able to occupy its niche in the market. If, of course, it does not reveal any critical defects or chronic malfunctions. In this regard, it is quite interesting to consider the reviews and assessments of those people who were not afraid to acquire for themselves the truly first domestic sports car or what is called one.

Reviews of owners about TagAz Aquila

If you summarize all the information that has accumulated to date, it is necessary to recognize that reviews of owners of the TagAZ Shark car are, as a rule, positive or, at least, benevolent. Many people note a sufficiently high rate stability of the car, high resistance to lateral drifts and the effect of aquaplaning. Of course, much depends on the rubber, in which the car is "shod", but the fact that the controllability of the domestic car does not scold everything in itself is indicative in itself.

The most frequent plus, which distinguishes the owners of "Sharks" is very high indicators of such parameters as price and quality. About the price it will be a little lower, but concerning the qualities of the car (or rather, its assembly) certain complaints are met. It is a question of insufficiently dense adjoining to a body of back doors and a cover of a luggage carrier, and also to a squeak of plastic in interior. However, the last aspect is purely individual. Like complaints about, for example, that the space for the front license plate is too high.

The price of the car "TagAZ Aquila"

Today, the cost of the TagAZ Aquila in the base set and in all four body color variants (black, white, red and yellow) is just over 400,000 rubles, depending on the region and the dealer. It is possible that, as in the case of AvtoVAZ products, these prices will undergo certain adjustments in the present conditions in the near future. Nevertheless, the price for such a car - let's call "TagAZ Shark" a sports car and not - quite acceptable. This can become a sufficient demand for this vehicle.

Instead of a resume

Thus, the multi-year efforts of the developers, designers and engineers of the Taganrog car factory have not been in vain. As a result, the car "TagAZ Shark" turned out pretty pretty outwardly and quite solid inside the car. Although it does not reach the level of expensive sports models, "Eagle" nevertheless has all the necessary set, which is quite enough for urban conditions, and for suburban routes.

This car is not designed to set speed records or claim one of the main roles in the James Bond films. However, considering the very presentable and original appearance, reasonable price and quite acceptable technical characteristics, we can say: the car "TagAZ Aquila" is quite worthy to occupy its own full niche in the domestic market. Especially if we take into account the upheavals that the entire global automotive industry is going through at the present stage.

So, we found out what the domestic "Shark" (TagAZ car) has technical characteristics, cost, design and interior.