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Test Drive Kia Mohave: Important Attribute
Kia Mohave Typical American, he was even named after the desert in California. The main competitive advantage of the seven-bed South Korean level of equipment at a relatively affordable price. After all, as over the ocean, we love big jeeps. The size is still important!
At first glance, some special emotions of Mohave does not cause. A simple angular design without delights, but also without explicit contradictory elements. Externally, KIA is a regular hardwash, which will take a large company on a picnic or without difficulty will depart a heavy yacht. The overseas motifs are traced in the cabin: the electrically regulating the pedal node, the servo drives of the front chairs with memory. The chairs themselves are covered with slippery skin and have a not better profile. The rest of the ergonomics of good. Especially liked the SuperVision instrument panel with a pleasant illumination, which in addition to excellent design is also readable perfectly.
Kia Mohave is a typical American with a spacious interior, angular appearance and a rich list of basic equipment.
On the second row of seats, both three adult passengers will be easily. There is plenty of feet, and there will not be closely in the shoulders. In addition, in the basic equipment of Mohave, trumps with its own climate control unit and heated seats for the rear passengers. If most seven-bed SUVs are placed on the third row enough for children, then in Kia Mohave, two adults will be very worn on the gallery. This remains a decent stock of the free space of the trunk in 350 liters. If you fold the two rear armchairs to the floor, a huge trunk of 1045 liters is opening the outstand, well, and the second row of Mohav seats turns into a real truck with a luggage compartment a little less than three cubic meters.
Interior Mohave without designer sings. The front chairs are covered with slippery skin and do not differ in the perfect profile. But already in the database of the seat and steering column are equipped with an electric appliance with settings.
Initially, the Russian market Kia Mohave debuted in two versions equipped with V6 engines. Under the hood one of them is set to a 3.6-liter gasoline unit with a capacity of 274 hp, the second is completed with a 3.0-liter diesel engine. Subsequently, due to meager sales, the gasoline version from the Russian market was decided to remove, so we had a diesel SUV on the test.
Kia is not bad for direct and well copes with rough terrain. However, despite the ball suspension and rolls in the corners of the pit and irregularities cause serious vibration not only on the body but also on the steering wheel.
3.0-liter 250-strong diesel here in the suit. The first hundred heavy Mohave weighing 2.3 tons is gaining after 9.6 seconds. The start is accompanied by a small transmission chain, but after 2000 rpm, the motor wakes up and goes to the maximum 540 nm. As a result, good dynamics are also stored in the city and on the highway when the speedometer arrows turns the mark of 120 km / h. At the same time, the KIA appetite is in perfect order in a mixed cycle. The route computer showed consumption of a little more than 10 liters of diesel for 100 km of way.
In the rear row, the expanse and expathere. Three adults will be easily boiled here. Another Mohave couple will easily take on the third row.
It is a pity that the six-speed machine does not always have time for the hype. The transition to reduced transmission occurs with an explicit delay, and switching from the first to the second and case is accompanied by jerks. A pause can be compensated by manual switching, but in general the situation does not correct it.
If you do not pay attention to the empty steering wheel, Kia Mohave stands quite well on a straight line, but as soon as the smooth road fabric ends about himself resemble the vibrations of unsourished masses. Despite the high profile of tires and pretty ball suspension. Each pit or road joints take Mohave surmound and Korean's body will threatenly shudders. Moreover, the vibrations from the Kochki are clearly felt not only in the cabin, but also on the steering wheel, although the steering wheel itself is neither informative, no clear zero.
Off-road Arsenal Kia Standard with electron-controlled coupling. Geometric patency worsen considerable skes and a large wheelbase. In the top version, the SUV is equipped with the rear pneumatic suspension.
The sharp turns are accompanied by quite strong rolls, and if at least a little overdo it at the speed at the entrance to the turn, Kia immediately responds to the capacities of the front of the front tires and begins to sculpt the path from the trajectory. On the waves of asphalt there is a decent diagonal routine. The bunch of turns is clearly not his element.
To the left of the steering wheel, the full-wheel drive washer was located, as well as the ESP shutdown key and the activation button of the descent helper from the slope. Already as standard, the rear passengers receive their own climate control unit and heated seats. The rich equipment is distinguished by the electric drive of the pedal assembly, the ventilation of the driver's seat and the navigation system. The main attraction of the cabin is the dashboard with cute scales and pleasant illumination.
Kia Mohave off-road arsenal is quite traditional. The operation of the full drive system corresponds to the electron-controlled coupling, which has three modes. You can drive with an automatically connected front axle, turn on the full drive forcibly, and add to the complete drive of Redea. In addition, in the Arsenal Korean there is an assistant descent from the slope. The rear pneumatic suspension, which is proposed in the top pack, rather not the off-road attribute, but is intended to adjust the clearance with a large load or towing a heavy trailer.
Due to the low sales of gasoline Kia Mohave, only a diesel version, equipped with a 2.0 hp motor V6 with a capacity of 2.0 liters, is available in Russia, which gives a heavy SUV with good dynamics.
Outside the asphalt Mohave feels clearly confident. Shot on the primer, the frame SUV ended up with dignity. High tire profile allows not to think about the pits and develop good speed on the crossing. It will not leave the SUV and on steep climbs, confidently climbing forward. In case of a stop on the slope will help the Hill-Start Assist system preventing a rollback back. But with geometric patency is not so smooth. Low Swees are also referring to the terrain, risking damaging the plastic skirt, and because of the large Mohave wheelbase, it hurts the belly even on medium height differences.
Among Kia Mohave competitors is beneficial for the price, level of equipment and the size of the cabin.
One of the main advantages of Kia Mohave before competitors is the price value and equipment ratio. Already in the basic version for 1,799,900 rubles in the equipment list there are xenon headlights, an electrolyuk, a leather interior, an electrically adjustment of the front armchairs, heated the front and rear seats, three-zone climate control, a non-functional engine launch system and a rear view camera. In the top modification for 1,969,900, the rear air suspension, navigation system, driver's seat ventilation, 18-inch discs with tires 265/60 R18, as well as the electric drive of the pedal node are added.
Already in the basic configuration KIA is equipped with xenon headlights and rear view chamber. Externally, a more expensive version can be distinguished by 18-inch wheeled disks.
For comparison, the most affordable Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 3,6-liter gasoline engine capacity of 286 hp In more modest equipment it will cost at least 2,070,000 rubles. The minimum price of a 7-seater Toyota Highlander in a similar configuration, inferior to Mohave on the size of the cabin, is 1,831,000 rubles. In fact, the proportionate Honda Pilot is equal to both the price tag, but is inferior in the equipment. In addition, none of the above-mentioned MOHAVE competitors can boast the presence of a diesel engine, which in my opinion is an indispensable attribute of the ownership of a full-sized seven-sized SUV, especially in the conditions of the next jump in fuel prices.
Ruslan Galimov
Tactical and technical characteristics
Kia Mohave 3.0 V6 CRDI
Total information
Year of release 2008.
Body SUV.
Number of doors / seats 5/7
Dynamics
Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h, Sekund 9.6 (9.6)
Maximum speed, km / h 190 (190)
Sizes and mass
Dimensions, mm 488019151810
Curb weight car, kg 2275
Permissible full mass, kg 2800
Wheel base, mm 2895
Road clearance, mm 217
The volume of the trunk is minimum / maximum, liters 350/1045/2765
Engine
Engine type 6-cylinder V-shaped, diesel with direct fuel injection Common Rail and turbocharged
Engine location in front
Engine volume, cm3 2959
Number of valves 24.
Maximum power 250 hp at 3800 rpm
Maximum torque 539 nm at 2000 rpm
Transmission
Transmission type Automatic 6-speed
Corner full
Suspension
Front pendant independent, spring, type McPherson with transverse stability stabilizer
Rear suspension independent, multi-dimensional, with transverse stability stabilizer
Front brakes disc ventilated
Rear brakes disk
Tires, discs
Front tires 245/70 R17; 265/60 R18.
Rear tires 245/70 R17; 265/60 R18
Front wheels 7.5jx17; 7.5JX18.
Rear wheels 7.5JX17; 7.5JX18.
Fuel, flow
Fuel consumption of urban / country / mixed, L -0 / -0 / 10.2
Type of fuel diesel
Fuel tank capacity, l 82
A source: Carclub.ru.
