CHEVROLET TAHOE test drive since 2008 SUV
Lake that can drink “taho”
In the past generation, this car really became cult. Only not with simple jeepers, but by special services. An integral participant in escort motorcies, giant in size and boy in image, Shevy caused fear and respect. Do not believe the words American
Little by present times can make me dive under the car. However, between the knitting needles of the anterior cast 20-inch disk of the brand new taho I see something that makes me stor. From the bottom of the tip of the steering thrust sticks a butter under a syringe with a solidol. On the one hand, if the lubricant will not be blocked in time, there is no demolition. On the other hand, the Americans offer, albeit a large, but a XXI century car for $ 72,000, and not an antediluvian GAZ-66 with a representative body for a symbolic fee.
Fortunately, the car is not a skirt, it is not always convenient to climb under, and a clearance of 23 cm contributes to easy penetration. A powerful frame is in place, powerful suspension springs, too. Only now the lower levers, in contrast to the upper steel, from aluminum alloy, is not great for the all -terrain vehicle. The reptile stabilizer with a diameter of the good scrap, which means the buildup promises to be minimal. But the frail rubber bushings that attach its ends are unlikely to last long during active ride.
The next moment, from surprise, I almost soaked my forehead with a symbolic (rather from pebbles and dirt) protection of the crankcase of a 5.3-liter motor. The steering rack in size is almost toy. A few good impacts on the road, and what will think with her scary. This is also a minus, but an underdeveloped rear bridge with powerful springs, to which I finally crawled, simultaneously surprised by the plumbing diameter of the exhaust manifold, I write down in an off -road plus. Almost all the configurations for the American market with a multi -link rear suspension, except LTZ, are the only one that comes to Russia in several versions.
So, a truck? Not really. In addition to shock absorbers, the gaze grabs pneumocylinders. They not only support the constant road clearance, no matter how much the load in the trunk, but also part of the electronic-controlled complex, which changes the characteristics of the suspension depending on the type of road.
In the forest in the buttocks
Overwhelming in the dust, like a street cat, I thought about the justice of the mud bath for the tachu. And again an ambush. The distance between tires and arches in front is very small. Good clay will score the gaps in a couple of minutes, and the plastic cut, which was pinned to the front bumper skirt, will not add cross -country ability to this fraud.
Due to the long, almost three-meter base, the diameter of the tacho turn reaches 11.7 meters
Well, we turn on the reduced series of gears. You do not need to pull any levers for this, a round handle to the left of the steering wheel, elegant, as in Lacetti, gives an electronics command. The transmission mode indicates an indication of the transmission mode, then calms down, showing that you can be moved. At the same time, the indicator of the turned off ESP, which is not needed now, lights up. Taho confidently, roaring, like a huge bear-gris, crawls through the forest. However, his cramped black skin is frankly sorry. The branches are rampant, and in order to somehow smooth out the situation, I fold the side mirrors by pressing the button.
Ahead is not a very deep hole, but remembering the notorious frill on the face of an American bear, I stop. It is not to collect the berry with it, like with tidy teeth, but to tear or tear it off with the bumper, especially when handing it back, just spit. To climb, I change the angle of entry, as far as possible on a narrow road. There are, then, then hanging the left rear wheel, half -ground without problems, pile of cobblestones perfectly, hill, so that you! With this length of the base and the clearance does not save the chirking with a belly. But all this resembles an electronic and not at all a terrible attraction, because comfort in the car is excellent.
The salon is equipped almost exhaustively. Only in front there are three 12-volt sockets. In one we include a 220 V converter, in the other charger for the video camera, in the third coffee maker
Now thick, then empty
The skin of large electrified seats, divided into both rows of climate control, hatch and pedal unit, again with an electrical regulatory, an audio system BOUZ what is not here! A special delight of air ducts for passengers from behind, whose deflectors are arranged not only in the floor, but also in the ceiling. Travel at least to the ends of the world.
Of course, I would, with pleasure, only now the arrow of the fuel level sensor behaves strangely. Instead of indicating how many ninety -second remained in the tank, she dances, showing the amount of fuel on which you can go with a specific consumption. I click on the accelerator, green numbers of instant expenses on the computer’s display are approaching a hundred liters per 100 km, and I see that the tank is empty. A few minutes later, when a powerful acceleration ended, gasoline is already half a tank.
In order to somehow stop the desperate drunkenness of the 325-horsepower engine, I reconfigure the transmission to an automatic desk, when the front axle connects when slipping. To no avail, less than 19.8 liters on the highway does not drink. In the rear -wheel drive mode the same song. But on the highway, four of the eight cylinders of the cunning American motor Wortek should turn off. Now we will sew you, alcoholic! At a speed of 90 I throw gas and a miracle! As the computer shows, I'm going on half. Eight, six, three liters per hundred! On a tachometer of 1500 rpm, but inertia is not infinite. I add gas to a quarter of the pedal, 1800 rpm, and again all the cylinders are in action. Was it worth it to be wise at all?
The salon is transformed at your discretion. Both with the help of buttons next to the driver, and through mechanical levers on the chairs. If necessary, the seats can be removed and left at home
The seats of the sofa are profiled, with lateral support. Having fastened on the off -road, you feel safe, like an American hill on the attraction
Soon I still managed to find the economical position of the accelerator pedal. Five millimeters of the course of the limit. The car does not go, but floats, only to keep the right leg under a constant degree of uniform flour. The left is also not a rest for her not to rest. But you want to reach the gas station, you’re not so begging. After all, not everyone will undertake to tow almost a three -ton giant.
In short, I understand why the largest chevrolet was named after the California Lake in the mountains of Sierra Nevada, not far from the legendary city of Karson-City gold-nosmers. Give him will, but he will drink a whole lake of gasoline!
On the seas, on the waves If you do not think about the global fuel crisis, then there is enough pleasure. Despite the traditional steering wheel of the steering wheel, the car can be pulled out of America, but America is never from the car, the course stability on the straight line is beautiful. As for a hundred, that after Tahoe copes with almost any irregularities perfectly and barely nods on the waves. At times, it even seems unnecessarily tough, but so much the suspension electronics are tuned. However, not everything can do it. In the bend, the rear wheels stumble upon a series of potholes, bouncing, and the feed is instantly rearranged, forcing to steal. And go do it quickly with an off -road steering wheel!
It seems that the speed was a slight deception, more than a hundred, but I realized this only by looking at the speedometer. The motor roars only in the lower range, and having gained momentum, it accelerates the car so smoothly that you do not notice. A four-speed automatic transmission with a hard selector-skater on the steering wheel, although not very convenient, but copes with the business competently.
For the smoothness of the tacho stroke, you can forgive the hard plastic of the torpedo, and the inconvenience of turning on the wipers, and children's sizes a glove box. True, his full analogue can be found in the armrest. The watermelon is not a watermelon, but a two -kilogram head of cabbage will enter there for sure. In addition, it is difficult to imagine a more spacious car. By accidentally pressing the button next to the lighting plafon, I was surprised to find that part of the huge sofa was formed without my help. In the same way, the trunk door opened smoothly, giving a couple of folded seats of the third row. A little effort, and seats, like a couple of suitcases, were in my hands. It’s hard of course, but you can put them anywhere, optimizing the space under the most overall load. Another minute, and homemade charm, not entering the elevator, is ready to travel to the country.
And everything would be great if it were not for the damned fuel consumption. And even the price that seems high is very profitable. After all, for $ 7275 thousand, nothing like this, either by cross -country, or comfort, albeit an American model, will not buy. The native brother of Escaladus is much more expensive, the Range Rover is even more so, and he is less, Lend-Kroizer-200 is the same plus the queue for years. Here you have American help. Love and don't complain.
Having tried on a blazer
The story of the large chevrolet jeeps (and their native brothers of the brandy-em-si brand) counts for almost half a century. In the early 60s, all-wheel drive pickups and universals designed on their base appeared. The name Tahot made his debut in 1992 and since then Bolshoi Chevrolet (like Ji-Em-si-Yukon) survived only three generations. The current, third, was represented in the fall of 2006 and, unlike predecessors, got rid of the springs in the back and torsion suspension, improving its road qualities. It is difficult to find taho in free sale, but the waiting period is not so great: from the moment of order until the car arrives 5 months.
Chevrolet Tahoe Ltz
general information
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 7/5
Equipped mass, kg
2510
Length x width x height, mm
5131x2007x1953
Base, mm
2946
Road clearance, mm
231
Front/back, mm track
1732/1702
Speed, km/h
192
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
9.0
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
10.1/17.9
The volume of the trunk (7/5/2 places), l
480/1162/2269
The volume of the fuel tank, l
98
Engine
Design
8-cylinder, V-shaped, 16-valve
Working volume, SMZ
5328
Power, L.S. at rpm
325/5200
Torque, kgsm at rpm
47/4200
Chassis
Drive unit
On all wheels
Transmission
Automatic 4-st.
Suspension:
spring
front
Independent, and double transverse triangular levers
behind
dependent, with electronic control
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
Disk ventilated
Tires
275/55 R20
Car
from 18.67 rubles/km
+
A spacious, comfortable salon; large carrying capacity; excellent balance of road and off -road qualities; profitable price
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High fuel consumption; Large front overhang
Kirill Savchenko, photo of Maxim Goncharov
A source: Magazine buy a car [07/2008]
