BMW X1 test drive since 2009 SUV

The name BMW X1 sounds proud

In -line gasoline six for BMW X1 6.8 seconds to hundreds. BMW big car deception ... You enjoy it only when you know that this is BMW. And if you sit behind the wheel with blindfolded eyes, you will immediately receive a blow on an ideal idea of \u200b\u200bthe vehicle.

It will be inflicted by a heavy hammer in disappointment. In Bavaria, they do not know how to attach plastic in the cabin so that it does not rattle after each crack in the asphalt. This is not just like that, a frank contempt for Mercedes shows this. You understand, they say: we are not coming to the consumer here, our god is controllability. The disadvantages of the salon only emphasize this.

They were so carried away by the correct passage of turns that their creation only does, which is looking for the opportunity to turn somewhere at least somewhere. Even if you always go straight. More precisely, you try the rest is already tolerant. X1 throws the rear axle on large irregularities, like a pickup, and has a hole in a gas tank the size of a nickle, where the fuel goes from where, without waiting for the end of the working day. The painting is completed by the mycelium of the buttons that grew around the washer of the I-Drive system, whose perspective as a smart and, most importantly, safe controls for a long time causes a lot of doubt.

More tenderness
BMW car is not for everyone. He reveals his character only in the hands of a certain audience. At BMW you need to ride aggressively, evil, then the shortcomings are disappeared. The side of the front panel and puck I-Drive, when you bite into the ranks of city cars on the verge of conflict. Driving involves so much on the highway that there is no second to search for a new CD. The roar of plastic is completely blocked by the roar of the motor and therefore ceases to exist. So quite quickly the reputation of the brand in your critical consciousness is restored. Unless the X1 does not require nervous steering, but it somehow is knocked out of the overall picture.

In general, all the above mistakes of the Germans do not cancel. They wanted to make Bavarian Qashqai, but forgot to read fresh newspapers. The Japanese, too, first released a mini-crossover with a hard suspension. Then they burned on consumer complaints and softened the springs during the restyling. The audience of the girl. They do not like when the car is hit on the asphalt. They need more tenderness. And for men, X1 is too small. But BMW with perseverance worthy of the Shnobel Prize offers us a piece of aggression in its purest form. As a result, the future Audi Q3, although he has not yet left the assembly line, but almost won.

There are more revolutions
The impressions of the gasoline engine are the most contradictory. On the one hand, this is a classic. A in -line atmospheric six -cylinder unit with a longitudinal location: what could be more traditional? In peak, even the best V6, it will always be more balanced and less noisy. No extra vibrations. But it can only be felt at high speeds. Maximum power of 258 liters. With. It is achieved at 6600 rpm, and the regiment of the moment of 310 nm begins after 2600 rpm. In a cramped city crowd is very inconvenient. We have to constantly keep the box in sport mode, which finally kills the remnants of comfort. And if you believe the on -board computer, it eats 16.5 liters of gasoline per hundred.


Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
 

Source: Magazine 4x4 [July /2010]