The beginning of the 21st century, and the Furunja company decided to expand a little and create new division - AJV, the essence of which is to produce mid-budget and business class cars, but mainly intended for families, not for racing.
Was the first car from the new division - Alivia, a mid-budget compact minivan, but with a spacious back row.
It was never more than 4.6 meters long, but it was quite comfortable in the back row, you could easily stretch out in a semi-recumbent position.
Otherwise, in its two configurations;
1.4MT
1.4AT
There was nothing special, just reliable, unpretentious minivans for family trips, but with a spacious back row that could be turned into a bed.
Otherwise, the usual front-wheel drive, automatic or manual transmission, Mac Pherson suspension in the front and levers in the back, a classic layout with a transverse engine.
They were equipped with new generation engines, with direct injection, and weight loss:
MGF-20.3-T-Eco Bust: New lightweight 3-cylinder engines with direct injection and turbocharging, made entirely of lightweight aluminum, with lightweight crankshafts, due to which their weight with a turbine did not exceed 103 kg.
Which, coupled with direct injection, gave good efficiency, but also according to eco standards, the engine was ahead of its time …
In general, buyers appreciated these models, simple, reliable, interesting design - a good family car …
Thanks to which it was sold until 2010.
But there was another trump card up his sleeve:
Alivia V6 2.4 AWD
A dark horse among the sheep…A separate luxury package with a V6 under the hood…
It featured a luxury interior, heated seats, an additional rear row, a panoramic roof, a digital instrument panel with built-in multimedia, cast 16" disks, and of course these madmen were able to stuff a small V6 with all-wheel drive under the hood!
-MG L6 FE, also a new generation engine, v6, lightweight, with direct injection, but without a turbine.
But thanks to the larger volume and number of pistons, it already produced 155 hp and 240 torque even in the naturally aspirated version. But the important point is that FE is a version deliberately strangled for Alivia, in favor of economy and ecology, the block itself could hold more than 200 hp.
But the engineers considered that 155 hp would be quite enough for such a family car, and more is not needed, but fuel economy never hurts, and still the very fact that there is a V6 under the hood warmed the soul.
Especially with all-wheel drive - which gave, albeit small, but cross-country ability, on large wheels.
It was quite possible to go into the forest for mushrooms on it, without problems …
But still, at what cost? Here the owners of Alivia v6 were in for a surprise and a price to pay for the v6,as soon as it was time for maintenance.
Because opening the hood the owner would see 3 cylinders at most, and would think that he had been deceived…
But no, the thing is that, as you understand, fitting a V-shaped engine into a small engine compartment was something out of science fiction, but the engineers managed to do it by turning the engine so that the 2nd half of the engine went exactly under the dashboard, deep into the engine compartment, the problem was solved, but the problem is…
That the owner could not just replace even the spark plugs, only 3 spark plugs, and that’s it, for other manipulations with the engine he had to be removed
Alivia v6 was of course prestigious, roomy, comfortable, fast, passable, but much more expensive than its basic configurations, and very expensive to maintain…
But this was an exclusive configuration for a wealthy family man, which could only be purchased by special order, in order to go on weekends in the forest to relax, and brag to your neighbor that you have a V6 under the hood! This could also be understood by the digital instrument panel, and the sports dual exhaust.
And of course, the owner of this V6 could easily install stage 3, flash the ECU, and remove about 200 hp from the engine …