Test Drive Nissan Murano since 2010 SUV

Anti-collider

Nissan Murano. Price: not defined. On sale: since January 2009
Ideal cars, as well as ideal theories. While physicists tried in vain to run under the Geneva Great Hadron Collider, we rolled around CERN on the new Nissan Murano
Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 31 years old, car journalist, driving experience 12 years, personal car - Ford Focus
At the beginning of the fall, Geneva and surroundings lived in waiting for the launch of a large hadron collider. Some were waiting for this event with impatience, hoping that the tank would finally bring together two fundamental law universe with the general theory of Einstein's relativity and quantum field theory of the field, thereby making a revolutionary breakthrough in science. Others with horror! A part of skeptical physicists predicted almost the end of the world, frightening the man in the emergence of black holes, then the mole-site of spatial-temporal wormwalls, which threaten the time machine.
But, alas, after several trial launches, the collider failed: under the action of a strong current, one of the electrical contacts was melted between the magnets, which led to the mechanical destruction of the part of the cryogenic system. Further experiments were postponed until spring. And residents of Geneva had to be satisfied with other tests. It may be less global and significant, but much more spectacular and close people. Nissan has chosen the surroundings of the Lake Geneva as a platform for the first large-scale press drive of the new Nissan Murano. Accidentally or deliberately, but the route he passed across CERN. That's just, in contrast to the launch, the tank, the test of the second generation Murano passed without incidents. The wiring did not fail, and on narrow mountain serpentines of the French Alps we were able to appreciate the character of the novice.
The appearance of Murano has become even sports and muscular. Saving the overall silhouette lines of the previous generation, the new car borrowed some elements of the exterior from Nissan Qashqai: the windows of the rear doors and the elegant horizontal triangular lights, which came to replace the bulky vertical, the very unequivocal associations typify.
If the first generation Murano is five years ago, he became the first sporty crossover of the Japanese brand, then his heir went even further, having completed a step in the Higher Society: the first time in the business class! A fundamentally updated luxurious club in the club living room does not leave doubts about the new Murano affiliation. Dear leather upholstery black or beige color with double lines, aluminum inserts, nicely modified central console and dashboard with control buttons on cylindrical appliances, soft variational lights fully comply with ideas about the comfort of a business class car. All the auxiliary transformation functions of the cabin are maximally automated. In addition to the natural front seats and remote controlling the door of the luggage compartment, Murano even got even driven by the back of the reverse seats.
Adaptive steering and new multi-dimensional suspension added comfort both to the driver and passengers, also pushing Murano in the embrace of the business class. The new Murano was created on the same D-class platform as TEANA. Additional transverse ribs allowed to increase the rigidity of the platform torsion at once at 45%. In general, this very well affected the controllability and stability of the car, that's just in the pursuit of comfort in Nissan, they still overwhelmed. The transverse stability stabilizer is clearly lacking hardness. In high-speed turns, Murano is strongly cubed in the transverse plane, as if specifically in order to demonstrate another not the most severe side of its character: very mediocre side support for the front seats. However, this is perhaps the whole negative, which you will be able to find in the new Murano with all the desire. With regard to the engine and transmission, Nissan Murano is not the perfect, but still very close to the ideal.
The VQ Series Nissanovsky Engine, marked with so many awards both by this and especially on the side of the Atlantic, has become more powerful and more economical. Due to the reduction of their own friction of moving parts, a decrease in detonation and cosmetic changes in the design of the motor of the motor with the same volume became 18 hp. more powerful 252 hp The maximum torque rose from 318 to 334 nm, and the average fuel consumption, on the contrary, decreased by almost a half liters: from 12.3 to 10.9 liters. Naturally, such a pleasant positive growth dynamics of the characteristic of Murano is not only explained, but maybe even not so much the further evolution of the engine, as a comprehensive modernization of the transmission. Installation of bearings with a low coefficient of friction, new seals and some other updated parts led to a 20 percent reduction in friction losses. Changes in the pressure adjustment system and the introduction of a new microprocessor, which controls the transmission process of the transfect variator Xtronic CVT, made it possible to significantly optimize the process of switching, making it smoother and fast.
The IThereelectual Total Mode 4x4-I System with an electromagnetic clutch provides the possibility of transferring up to 50% torque to the rear wheels. At the same time, at speeds up to 80 km / h, All Mode 4x4-I works with the absorption, providing in advance with the possibility of slippage of the front wheels, based on the position of the throttle and torque, and transmitting the torque to the rear axle, without waiting for the situation when the wheels start losing Coupling with road surface. At speeds over 80 km / h, the system is already working without damage, responding only to the actual slippage of the wheels. But, it should be recognized, and this threshold of the reactivation rate of the system of the system is quite large. In general, during the Alpine Test, Nissan Murano has shown itself as a balanced car, quite relevant fundamental business criteria. And most importantly, in contrast to the notorious collider, the new Nissan crossover is not an ephemeral, but a completely held project, which is no doubt that the successful future.
Therapeutic coating
In the coating of the body of the new Nissan Murano, for the first time in the European market, the innovation of the company Nissan is a self-setting protective layer Scratch Shield Paint. Thanks to the addition of a special transparent polymer car, the protective layer has acquired a self-healing. Elastic polymer coating Nissan Murano can delay shallow scratches on the body. In the event of the appearance of scratches, the process of restoring the coating, as a rule, is spontaneously, entering into the active phase due to the heating of the body of the car in the sun to a temperature of 50s and above. The cure of scratches in this case takes a few days. However, the process can be accelerated by using hot water as a catalyst. Several liters of boiling water are enough to restore a small area of \u200b\u200bthe paint coating.
True, it should be recognized that the depth of scratches that are fully restored due to the SCRATCH SHIELD layer is relatively small and measured by microns. In addition, the cost of body parts with the protective layer of Scratch Shield Paint is likely to be slightly higher than the usual, which will inevitably affect the cost of body repair. But the game still costs the candle: at least, the owners of Nissan Murano now do not have to worry about polishing of dust scratches and scuffs.
Driving
A powerful engine and an enlarged body rigidity noticeably increased the stability of the car.
Salon
The luxurious spacious lounge in the style of the club living room quite consistent with the level of the business class.
Comfort
Soft suspension
and improved sound insulation of wheeled arches increased comfort.
Safety
A complete set of standard security systems, including 6 pillows, curtains and active head restraints.
Price
Unspecified.
Advantages and disadvantages
+ Powerful motor, hard chassis, full drive system with protection function.
- Significant transverse rolls when passing turns; The new audio system with the 11th speakers from the back significantly resonates.
Specifications
Brand and Model - Nissan Murano
Dimensions - 4834x1880x1730 mm
Engine - gasoline, 3498 cm3, 252 hp / 6000 min-1
Transmission - CVT, 5-speed
Dynamics - Max 210 km / h; 8.0 s to 100 km / h
Competitors - Lexus RX350 / 400H, BMW X5
Our opinion
Even considering a small price incision, which inevitably accompanies the appearance on the market of any updated model, already today, before declaring the final price, Murano can well be recognized as one of the best offers in its class in terms of price / quality ratio, which promises a new Nissan a long and successful career on Russian market.
Posted by: Vladimir Makkaveev
   
 
 
 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [December 2008]