Test drive Ford Excursion 2000 - 2005 SUV
Big Mac
In the names of the Ford Rivets, one can always catch the romance of adventure, so well suitable for the character of all -terrain vehicles. A relatively compact explorer is a desperate adventurer traveling alone. Large forwarding, as if reporting on readiness for more serious campaigns. Lincoln-navigator, like an experienced sailor, who every now and then pounds the audience with stories about distant wanderings, and he himself is not averse to shaking the old people. And it doesn’t matter that these adventurers will spend all their lives in stone jungle. After all, for the sake of a red word, nothing sorry. In this sense, the name of the largest alternate in the gamut of the blue oval is somewhat surprising. Excursion? What romance here, however, your bewilderment will last only until the first acquaintance with the car. In fact, this Ford is much more than his younger brothers justifying his own name: you can collect entire tourist groups in order to only stare at the world's largest jeep. And charging a separate fee from those who want to sit inside or touch with their hands. Because the world has not yet seen such a car.
Godzilla is resting
Like Hippolytus Matveevich, Ford decided to surprise, first of all, by the breadth of the scope. Excess is officially considered the largest all -terrain vehicle of the world. It is 18 centimeters longer, 8 wider and 14 higher than the ex-champion Chevrole-Sabern. An exximity was built on the frame of one of the largest pickups in the world of Ford-F-Super Duty, on which you can also put a body from a dump truck.
However, from the pickup, the exquisite is not only the frame, but also the front of the body, lighting equipment, suspension and steering - in general, everything, except perhaps the loading platform.
Even standing next to this monster is a little scary. And who said that the size does not matter? Has, and even what! A huge chrome radiator grille makes an indelible impression. As if you were looking at the mouth of a real dragon. And on the steps with a small street you can easily dance a tank! But does the exquisite have positive aspects, except for gigantic sizes? How, for example, about capacity?
10 facts from a personal file
The largest all -terrain vehicle in the world is 5758 mm length
The slowest speed in the USA is 147 km/h
The most voracious in the USA average fuel consumption is 21.5 l/100 km
The maximum load (trunk+trailer) is almost 6 tons
From each copy sold, Ford motor receives the company
about 15 thousand dollars of net profit
There are 10 cup holders and five 12-volt outlets in the cabin
Each car contains over 450 kg of iron and about 5 kg of plastic,
obtained as a result of secondary processing of raw materials
The only place where the exquisite is produced, the plant in Louisville, Kentukki
Annual output of not more than 50 thousand
The price in the United States is $ 34 13544 885 depending on the configuration, which makes
Exchance by the most expensive car that ever wore the emblem of Ford
The mountains are full of people Everything is in order here. If desired, you can take up to ten passengers on board. But do not promise them the amenities of the tourist dablecker. Rather, Ford comfort is comparable to ordinary school bus. To start with the fact that the ninth and tenth applicants for an excursion trip will be forced to be content with a small hard bench in the tail itself. This is not even a galley, but a real closet, where you can plant only for serious fault.
The third row of seats is noticeably better. Nominally three -seater, he will accept two adult passengers freely. Moreover, with a certain comfort. Here, both climate control system deflectors, and opened windows. It is a pity, there is no telephone tube to communicate with the driver - yelling through the entire salon about what is blowing strongly, somehow unsalually. We themselves cannot be corrected - there is no control keys in the back. But there is an intricate curved seat belt holder, which is so easy to hit the head in a bend or with sharp braking. The second row can be called three -seater without any discounts. Yes, what is there - if you squeeze, you can sit four and all the gurt to choose the modes of work of the musical system. It is a pity that the pillow is too low, so taking a comfortable pose is quite difficult.
In general, it seemed that a huge internal space is used inefficiently. So in front of the traditional American sofa was taken by two separate chairs. For what? To make a huge and completely stupid box in the armrest? And the space in the legs of the front passenger eats a huge tumor of the gearbox.
Every moment I caught myself thinking that I was not sitting in a passenger car, but in a truck. Solid tolerances when adjusting the panels of the body and salon, the outer door handles, as if Peterbilt, borrowed from the tractor, almost a vertical landing - all this is clearly from a cargo opera. Even from a legal point of view, for the management of a ten-seater car, a dry mass of three tons is required more abruptly a driver's license of category B. and, going to plowing the seething road flows of Moscow, I realized why.
At night, the exquisite shines that the New Year tree is lighting even in the steps!
In a non -labeled size, the mirrors even managed to place the reinterition repeaters
Radiator cladding and headlights are exactly like that of a Pikap F-Super Duty
At the wheel of a dump truck No, of course, Ford is not ZIL-130 to you, silence in the salon and the lack of vibrations on the steering wheel gives the breed. Nevertheless, something prevented me from feeling at ease. Maybe the hood leaving for the horizon? Because of him, I absolutely did not feel the dimensions and the car parked on the Boulevard Ring traveled almost squinting. The most ordinary restructuring is also strained - all the time you only think, as if someone cannot be crushed inadvertently. Indeed, next to Ford, usually self-confident Pajero and Patrols seem to be carts from the nearest supermarket, to say about ordinary sedans, which are fussing somewhere far below.
It is generally accepted that the driver of a large alternate in Russia has an advantage in any road situation. Like, they will yield and step back, and there is no question of cutting. I do not know. Existles did not complain with attention, obviously taking from afar, taking me for the carrier of furniture or Coca-Cola! An unpleasant moment.
But how is it shaking! The slightest pothole in the asphalt of the Ford body welcomes joyful bouncing. On the tram tracks, you instinctively squeeze the steering wheel stronger - you would not fly out of the saddle! At the same time, even on a relatively even coating, the exesh does not forget to sway typically in American. In general, the smoothness of the stroke with a big minus. But could there be a different car suspension that should carry a five -ton trailer behind?
The driver simply surround the fruits of civilization. Above the head of the computer display showing the instant fuel consumption, here is the climate control panel, as well as the ogster and even the department for the remote control of the garage gates
Remember, shoulder! It is clear that such a heavyweight needs an appropriate engine. 6.8 -liter ten in 310 forces - what is needed. The spectacle of a sharply starting exhibiting could collect entire stadiums. Under the juicy baritone of the exhaust system, the mighty body shudders, and the car weighing a little less zil begins frighteningly fast movement in space. Well, why not truck races? At the same time, Ford, like an eccentric professor, takes to the sides all the time, forgetting that you need to go straight. But 11 seconds overclocking to hundreds seem at least twice as short.
On the highway, the exesh, without unnecessary trouble, puts the arrow on the limiter at the mark of 160 km/h. The speedometer, of course, is pumping - American colleagues measured Ford no more than 147. We willingly believe. However, I somehow do not want to go faster than 120 at the speedometer. Firstly, adjusting strokes are tiring - Ford is constantly scouring. And secondly, the desire to scare to completely beat off the brakes.
Limited equipment
Abs
Safety pillows: driver and front passenger
Climate control
Electric package (glass+mirrors)
Leather salon
Fog lights
central locking
Alloy wheels
Radio
Price in Russia $ 69 900
In the parking lot to brake mechanisms, you feel respect - nevertheless, on all wheels, ventilated wheels of solid diameter, again, three -channel abs. But do not forget, all this farm must be divided into sixteen, or rather 3261 kilograms. That's why one can say one thing about the brake dynamics of the world's largest alternate - he has it. No more. In the American market, in this discipline, exxors are among the doubles - the braking distance from 70 miles per hour (112 km/h) is as much as 70 m! So - are there still those who want to show off?
If so, keep in mind that the stability on the road of the ancestor is an extensive pickup F-Super Duty again one of the worst. Do you think that something has changed for the better with an even higher center of gravity?
That's right-come out on the highway, install a cruise control at 110 km/h and remove your legs from the pedals. They say that all of America rides.
Yankee, go home!
Ford-ekskoskhn's debuts accepted the American green bayonets. What accusations did not fall on the poor fellow! Like, it does not fit into the garage, and it takes one and a half rows on the road, and in the event of an accident, crushes a passenger car without choked, and the air poisons mercilessly. And for the indefatigable appetite of the exquisite, even a nickname-form-valdez, named after the infamous tanker, crashed off the coast of Alaska. In fact, these nit -picking have no reason. Blockerbim is insured by a colhary participants in the movement, in a standard American garage, a giant, although not without difficulty, is placed. And according to American legislation, exxors belongs to the class of medium trucks, and therefore strict requirements for economy and exhaust do not seem to relate to it.
However, he is not such an enemy of nature. For one fifth consists of parts obtained as a result of recycling, and more than 85% of the components of the car can be further disposed of without harm to the environment.
No, I'm not a jeep, I'm different
I don’t know how the Americans are there, according to statistics, only 10 percent of which at least once go into battle with off -road, but we have a special conversation. He called himself a sink, an alternate of that is, - climb the dirt. And you are there? The flag is in your hands, just for the sake of God, do it extremely carefully - the all -terrain vehicle is not the strongest.
A noticeable role is played by a mass - three tons are not the best ally of Jeeper. The wheels are easily pushed by a solid, at first glance, coating and burrow deeper. The front bridge can be picked up forcibly, or you can leave the selector lever in the car position, then the transmission will think when connecting the front. But even despite the presence of a lowering series of gear, we do not advise the head of the head of the head to climb to meet the adventures. Exchance yourself will not allow you to do this. The fact is that the parameters of geometric cross -country ability are much worse than you can expect. The angles of the entrance and the congress - the indicators vital for the jeep - are significantly reduced. Behind - with a standard trailer device and a blocknerbim system - in front. Blockierbim is just a piece of iron, in the event of an accident, it does not allow an ex -shock to crush a defenseless car. Well, what are the off -road performances after that? And most importantly, do not forget that it is not difficult to put Ford on the belly, but it is almost impossible to pull it out of there without the help of a tractor.
Deflectors in the cabin are made from recyclables
Who needs it?
Do we like the extension? I will answer the oncoming question: do you like lunch in McDonald's? The gourmet, of course, grimacing: no, it is better to die. And a person’s man will quite reasonably notice that at least you know in McDonald's what you get for your money. So here-a sophisticated fan of all-districts will be right, noting that the extension with his, at best, with a satisfactory behavior on the highway and the impassability, is not an opponent of BMW-X5 or Toyota-Lend-Croizer. But the Americans have no questions who need such mastodons. And giving 40 thousand blood for Ford, they know that they receive a multi -seat vehicle with unsurpassed talent of the tractor. Yankees do not give a damn about the gluttony - they have a penny. A completely different question is whether Russian buyers are ready to lay out the amount almost twice as large (oh this customs!) For the happiness of possessing the largest alternate of the world?
Ford Excursion Limited
common data
Body
9-seater station wagon of the frame structure
Equipped mass, kg
3261
Complete mass, kg
4037
Length x width x height, mm
5758 x 2032 x 2037
Base, mm
3482
Road clearance, mm
206
Maximum speed, km/h
147
Acceleration time 0-100 km/h, with
eleven
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
21.5
Fuel supply, l
167 (AI-92)
Engine
Location
The front is longing
Design
V-shaped 10-cylinder,
aluminum alloy heads
The number of valves per cylinder
2
Cylinder diameter X piston stroke, mm
90.2 x 105.8
Working volume, SMZ
6761
Compression ratio
9
Power, L.S. (kW) at rpm
310 /4250
Torque, kgsm (nm) at rpm
59.6 / 3250
Chassis
Transmission
all -wheel drive, with the connected front bridge
Transmission
automatic, 4-speed, lowering a number of gears
Suspension: in front
dependent, transverse beam,
five -line semi -elliptical springs,
the reptile stabilizer
behind
dependent, transverse beam,
two -leaf semi -elliptical springs
Steering
worm type, with an amplifier
Brakes
disk, ventilated, ABS
The size of the tires
LT265/75 R16
PER
The largest all -terrain vehicle of the world,
almost unlimited towing opportunities
AGAINST
Average driving characteristics on roads and outside of them,
colossal appetite,
high price
Mikhail Medvedev, photo Maxim Goncharov
Source: Magazine "Limousine" [04/01]
