Do new cars have less powerful air con

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devizes18193 wrote: »

Have recently got a vauxhaul combo life . Nice car lots of toys , the air con works ok ,
Back in the day I had a new vectra and a zafria both which seemed to be more powerful in the air con dept .
Maybe be i an looking at the problem with rose tinted specs , The last new car was 10 years ago . Before i trog back to the dealer wich is 15 miles away .thought i would ask .

Thanks

Most cars these days have climate control which does tend to be more efficient as it will modulate the fan speed as required to reach the temperature set. Cars with just plain old aircon don't have the facility to control the temp so will just blast out cold

jimbo6977

Ssangyong cars are obsessed with aircon.

The climate control puts it on even if you request max temp!

Maybe Koreans prefer very dry air?

OhhEnnEmm

Doesn't it totally depend on the car? I'm looking for a car for comfort now, one I won't have to do much work on, been given the choice of either a renault clio or a citroen c1 and like i say it's about comfort for me so the Clio's better looks really don't matter...

And despite the cheaper price point of the C1, I know a friend with one and I'm having to turn it down because I know from his car that the AC is absolutely shocking... It makes no sense to me!

Why is this? & does anyone have any experience with the AC in the new shape Clio? Cheers

daydotz

New shape clio 2017 us pretty cold

Richard53

jimbo6977 wrote: »

Ssangyong cars are obsessed with aircon.

The climate control puts it on even if you request max temp!

Maybe Koreans prefer very dry air?

Isn't this the whole point of air conditioning? It's conditioning, not just cooling. I find dry air in the cabin, whatever the temperature, it a great aid to comfort. Also, it keeps the windows free of fog. With proper aircon, you can drive along in temps of 30+ degrees and 100% humidity, and your windows will be clear on the inside.

kev25v6

m0bov wrote: »

I have a CX-5, 2018. I noticed when I set it to 20C as in my old car, it does'nt pump out chilled air, I have to turn it down to 18C, then back up when its cold enough.

We have a CX-5 at work and the air con is excellent. Even on the hottest day, within 200m it is blowing ice cold air out, with the windows up still it’s nice to sit in the car. My Outlander phev is cold but no where near as good. My old Astra J could put ice on the windscreen if left long enough.

mcpitman

Ahhh the memories of old Vec-C, agree with others, possibly the best air-con I've ever had. Astra J was pretty good too.


Insignia now and good climate control once set up (never moves off 21deg all year round).


To the OP, go into the settings, there is a fan speed adjuster setting somewhere where you can tell it to get to temp quickly or normally, by default normally set to normal, I have mine on max and gets to temp within minutes on a really hot day and calms down after then, just maintaining the temp.