Test Drive Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 2008 - 2010
Cadillac Escalade Hybryd - American "Green" car with a motor 5.7
In one of the form of Facebook opposite the graph of religious views I read: I believe in everything. This phrase could become an ideal advertising slogan for Cadillac Escalade Hybrid ... American hybrid is an uh-uh ... well, it seems shorter, by and large it is an animated show on the front panel monitor, and the reduced fuel consumption they reached , Just removing the heavy spare.
True, there are also sounds characteristic of the electric motor, but they probably recorded them in mp3.
Pig with parsley
All this is not exactly a joke. After all, the idea of \u200b\u200ba hybrid Cadillac Escalade is very different from ordinary green marketing, practiced by most of the current producers friendly to the nature of the machines. People from Porsche, BMW and especially from Lexus were seriously fascinated by ecology, and their hybrids resemble something like an energy drink drank a little, but you feel cheerful. Specialists from Cadillac entered purely American. Taking a sandwich, on which shelled poles of a fatty kitlet, an omelet of a dozen eggs and a liter of mayonnaise, were added there even an ohana of greenery for health.
No trolleybus in the world could not enter this hillock
Nevertheless, here he is in front of us, with a motor 5.7 liters and a blue ecoschilder on his side, as if the ground gangster, who donated to the restoration of the temple. Let's train it. After all, he must differ from the usual purely physically. Maybe even speaking batteries under the bottom? Pretty this question, we drove it to the lift. The bottom turned out to be absolutely identical to the usual configuration except for the missing spare. Instead of her empty place, and in the bank's trunk with sealant. Plugged the wheel of Rini. In principle, it is not difficult, but suddenly the disk will take? Then call the tow truck. Not quite comfortable in the forest.
Cartoon on the central panel too primitive
Trolleybus, Hood, Truck
Under the hood of the hybrid, too, nothing specially discovered. Only a new large power control unit. Neither the electromotor, or the battery do not touch anything with their hands. All hidden deeply in the depths of the novelty. In the Escalade equulsion salon, only the picture on the monitor with the redistribution of energy flows. At the same time, it does not show one of the main battery charge parameters. That in general causes some vague suspicions
Consumption 14 liters per hundred digit is quite pleasant
But this is the first hybrid on our tests, which sings like a trolleybus during acceleration. By the way, his Aria is well audible in the cabin. And outside at idle, it gives the symphony of a restaurant hood. In the stupid state, you can enjoy the embroidery and viols of a cooling hybrid, as if it is not SUV, but a tractor with a trailer.
Aphrodise and paper crane
Credo buyer of this car I wish everyone. Cadillac Escalade devilish acceleration, angel consumption and a huge ancient Roman salon. In principle, there is no reason to abandon this car if, of course, you are not confused by its appearance. However, the owner does not necessarily look at him. You can approach the car, having hung up, and leave her without looking around. Such behavior will quickly enter the habit and will not become an obstacle in order whose soul is full of love for a truly American essence, but in no way accommodates American Negro-design.
And do not forget the V8
On such conditions, I would pay 3,500,000 rubles. Because it is not despicable monetary signs, and comfort, dynamics and volume in their pristine, no limited form. At the same time, I have the right to feel at the wrong director of Small Cherkizon, but the hereditary intelligent, the defender of the planet, and the Hippie girls will give me wreaths from dandelions and paper cranes.
- reduced gear is traditionally included through neutral
- Disconnection function ESP in reality helps little
Sorry, I will not be a frequent guest on off-road. Too capricious hybrid on sandy beaches. The front wheels in the soil fracture and all this commodity is helplessly worth it. The torque is torn inside and not reaching the wheels. With overclocking, if not sorry the bumper, as much as you like. And the latitude of the problem. With other hybrids, this is not remembating. What are the settings for? Do they protect transmissions if efficiency increases? I'm afraid a letter from the USA will go to the answer for several months and will achieve the editors a hundred years after the release of this article.
However, it is not so important. We learned what is in fact American eco-car, and we can confidently predict his evolution. The following model Cadillac Escalade will be with a solar panel on the roof, hydrogen installation in the trunk, a gas cylinder in the wing, bicycle burden and old good large V8, for there is nothing such that there would be no American tolerance. Ecology? OK! Many cylinders? NO PROBLEM!
Caution, technical details
The 6-liter gasoline engine V8 is equipped with an active fuel consumption management system (Active Fuel Management AFM) and input closing delay technology (Late-intake Valve Closing Livc). The AFM system turns off half the engine cylinders in a situation where a smaller output power is required for example when the highway is moving at a constant speed. That is, the intake valves simply block the fuel supply to the cylinders. Thus, the power unit not only allows Escalade Hybrid when moving at a low speed to spend exclusively electrical energy, but also allows the operation of an eight-cylinder engine in an economical four-cylinder mode for a long time.
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photos of Alexander Insurance Baranova
Source: 4x4 magazine [September / 2011]
