Test Drive Jeep Grand Cherokee since 2010 SUV
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In the presentation, this car does not need absolutely. For Russia, the Grand Cherokee of the first generation has become a relic, a symbol of a whole period of the newest history, epoch, oversaturated with events and ambiguous. And the current model is the usual sight on our roads, although there is no longer an in the heart of the surrounding in the heart of the surrounding. At the beginning of the nineties, Grand Cherokee blew off the SUV market with their tactical and technical parameters: the buyer received reactive dynamics without much damage to the passability. Over time, competitors pulled up, and on their background, the second-generation car painted the dashing image of his predecessor. The characteristic style has been preserved, but high-speed qualities have fed. And by the season 2002 of the 2002 model year, Grand Cherokee suffered Faeslifting with a serious audit of the contents of the subcontrol space. Turbodiesel changed, and at the head of the family, the version of the Overland with a forced 4.7-liter engine stood. The former four-stage automatic gave way to the five-speed, also German origin.
When a new car only appeared, many joked that it greatly looks at the first Grand, but squeezed by bees. The swollen, they say, the poor fellow, and never recovered. True: When looking at the car, such an allegory suggests itself. The proportions are practically the same, only the firms gained. It seems to be wound an SUV in the sixteenth wheels, but they also seem small. Here would be an inches eighteen ...
However, there is another point, not aesthetic properties visibility. Problems with the sensation of dimensions of us are attended quite rarely affect the design of modern cars, and their own experience. Grand Cherokee is one of the unpleasant exceptions. High belt line and massive body racks are forced to feel like in an armored car. All hope is only on large outer mirrors. However, because of its sizes, it sometimes has to be disadvantaged: the right mirror we ruthlessly demolished the SUV of comparable dimensions, trying to stay between two rows. The interior of the car initially causes shock. One hundred percent Europe! There are no US motifs and NUMBER, only hints like overheadless seats with weak side support and black and green display graphics. View of the cabin dear and high quality. Noble, clean design, full order with buttons. The soul is warm the accuracy of the wooden decor and the respectability of the leather-suede seats. On the dashboard six dials, but the testimony is perceived without complications. The organization of the multifunctional steering wheel is generally ideal! I can not even believe that all this is really created in America!
The list of equipment of the version of Overland is huge, but something should be mentioned. In particular, electric drivers of the driver's chair in ten directions and electric hatch; Climate control, four airbags and, of course, an audio system with a CD receiver, changer for ten disks and acoustics Infinity about ten speakers. In the realism of the sound, cars from the ocean have always been ahead of their fellow from old light and Japan, and Grand is another confirmation.
Traveling from behind together comfortably and carefree, threesome. Only one detail was alarmed: the edges of the door do not enter the wheeled niches, as in most of today's all-terrains of different classes. And it exposes the wardrobe of the danger passengers to be evapricated when landing about road and off-road dirt. Grand Cherokee temperament is still the same. Two-tont Mahina accelerates with the enthusiasm of a charged hatchback, sensible to any displacement of the accelerator pedal. In the three-digit zone, the speedometer arrow flies in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the resistance of the car and the quality of noise insulation is such that speeds up to 120 km / h are not perceived by a driver or passengers as serious. The coherence of the engine and the transmission is awesome! Switching fast, barely noticeable, traction capacity of the motor is enough to shoot without frequent transitions in kick-down. Most likely liked the ability of the automaton to carry out the engine braking: when the speed is discharged, the box independently selects the appropriate step, and the loyalty of its choice causes doubts. Therefore, the subsequent acceleration begins not on the fifth with the subsequent convulsive switching to the fourth or third, but immediately with the third. As a result, a significant reduction in the time of the machine reactions to the human team.
Handling Grand Cherokee is quite good. Yes, the responses of the SUV on the steering turns are not blocked, but they are sufficiently accurate and predictable. Sour a suddenly high level of feedback here here, and you will understand why ride this car is much more pleasant than on the mass of other SUVs. And setting up all-wheel drive transmission here is so successful that it is not even a very experienced driver to drive a car on slippery coatings. Of course, on the Asphalt Grand Cherokee is not X5, but from American fellow he left very far. But with the smoothness of the stroke, the picture is not so rainbow. Fully dependent suspension design causes tangible oscillations of unsappressible masses, and a rigid passage of large irregularities.
The uniqueness of the Grand Cherokee is that off-road it keeps no less confident than on the track. The possibilities of the QUADRA TRAK II system are truly impressive. In conventional modes, this is a rear-wheel drive car: the front axle is automatically connected through a multi-disc clutch when the rear wheels are slipped. The inclusion of the downside is accompanied by a rigid locking of the inter-axis differential. The rear axle is equipped with an automatic interlocking differential lock completely efficient, because the diagonal hanging does not immobilize the car. A well-thought-out body geometry allows you to overcome the pits and bumps without risk to cling to the soil. However, it is not necessary to ignore the following: if your Grand wish in highway rubber, all its dispensings and locks in a truly difficult situation will be powerless. One, final touch remained. On the territory of Moscow and St. Petersburg, a 24-hour support program for Chrysler and Jeep car owners acquired from official dealers has recently been introduced. In the case of warranty faults, as well as annoying road troubles, such as the ending fuel or damaged tires from the nearest dealer center, teaching will be released for help. A similar type of elite service is practiced in Europe and North America. Manufacturers of premium-brand cars, we also have it for the first time. Another argument for.
The car provided CJSC Daimlerkraisler cars Rus
The article was published in the magazine wheels No. 5 [68] for May 2003
Text: Leonid Klyuev
Photo: Roman Stunnin
A source: Magazine "Wheels" [№68 / 2003]
