Test drive Chrysler Crossfire 2003 - 2006 compartment

Fire bomb

Chrysler Crossfire
It has been produced since 2003.
V6 engine with a capacity of 160 kW/215 liters. p., gearboxes: six -speed mechanical and five -stage adaptive automatic machine.
Price - 49,000 euros with mechanics and 50,150 euros with a machine gun.

For the first time presented in the role of the Kraisler-Crossfair concept in January 2001 in the United States, and a year later in Geneva, he produced the effect of an exploding bomb. After loud success, the leadership of the corporation had no choice but to force the production of the car on the conveyor. And two years later sales began. Overseas, in its ideology, design and the main purpose, the crossfire is based on the Mercedes units, and make it in Germany at the Cuban Firm of Pockets. The car from the first industrial party was in Latvia - there was an acquaintance there.
I remember that three or four years ago, passers-by turned their heads after the Craceler-Prowler. The effect of the appearance on the streets of the city of the new model then and now, when I slowly rolled on the crossfire on the autumn boulevard, it was similar - general attention. What, besides him, awaits the owner?
Six and a half to hundreds
The name itself, which can be translated as cross -fire, suggests that the heart of the car must correspond to the image. And, indeed, the creators worked not only on external forms. The engine, may not revolutionary in design, embodied a number of original solutions. People, at least a little versed in automobile engines, know that the ideal of balances is a in -line six. But the engine of this design would not fit under the flat hood of Crossfire. Therefore, the motor cylinders were ruined by ninety degrees, and to reduce uneven in work on the crankshaft, a balanced one was placed. The engine has three valves per cylinder - two inlets and one graduation. Having removed the extra valve, they managed to get by with one hollow camshaft in each head. And this, in turn, made it possible to place two candles in the cylinder - for better combustion of fuel, reducing noise and reducing toxicity. With such a engine with a capacity of 215 liters. With. And a six -speed mechanical gearbox crossfire shoots up to hundreds in 6.5 seconds.
Contrary to expectations
Fuel consumption with an automatic five -speed box in the city cycle is 2.6 liters, and on the highway - one and a half liters (!) Than with six -speed mechanics. A machine with such an adaptive automatic (it is set to order) was at our disposal. The machine operates almost perfectly, adjusting to the driving style by its own understanding. If the course of the thoughts of the wise unit still does not suit the driver, then at his disposal a lever swaying from side to side. Choose the programs yourself - show your own will.
Twisting the moment to the rear leading 19-inch wheels transfers an integral drive with four CV joints, not counting the hinges in the half-beds. All this is done to extinguish vibrations from the operation of the units.
Usually, from the suspensions of cars with a sports character you expect dental stiffness. This is not a mention: the front line is 155, and the back is 160 mm - what is the fraction here? Although, when we were driving along the repaired bridge, the stern at the joints threw a couple of times quite hard, but nothing more. Not a hint of a breakdown breakdown. Everything is strict, hard, like a man, without hysterical blows and a clang of details.
With a breeze, lifting the tail
In a short time, the new model managed to like it. A spacious salon inspires a sense of confidence. The front panel is symmetrically separated in half. The passenger and the driver feel equally safe in finished skin and polished aluminum cockpit. When the first hundred on the speedometer managed to exchange on the suburban highway, an anti -winged automatically extended from the stern, creating an additional clamping force. By the way, if desired, it can be raised at lower speed by pressing the button on the central console.
In the cabin, amazingly quiet: their own sensations convince of the effectiveness of all design decisions that reduce vibrations and noise.
The front wheels for better handling have a smaller diameter and width: this allows you to clearly prescribe the trajectory in corners. The rear bast shoes of an impressive dimension 255/35ZR19 tightly set the stern of the car with the road. And if it happened to overdo it at a speed in a bend - esp (dynamic stabilization system) will interfere with the skid. Of course, in such a short time not to feel all the subtleties of the behavior of the crossfire. But there is no doubt that the car will be successful with wealthy motorists.

In standard configuration, the machine is equipped with a six -speed gearbox.

The Mercedes engine is covered with a slab with a Chrysler logo.

Anti -wing can be advanced manually by pressing the button on the panel, without waiting for a speed of 100 km/h.

EQUIPMENT
Abs
Anti -boom system
The system of dynamic stabilization
Side airbags
Air conditioner
Adjustable steering column
Fog lights
Audiosystem
Tire repair kit:
compressor and tire sealant

SUMMARY
Chrysler Crossfire
+ Original design, in some ways echoing with Aston-Martin.
- We have to highly raise a bag with golf clubs when laying in the trunk.
Sergey Klochkov. Photo by the author and Daimler-Coisler

Source: The magazine "Driving"