Dodge Journey test drive since 2008 SUV
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Weekend evening. We and we are sitting from relaxing friends in the living room of a country house somewhere between Peter and Vyborg and watching TV. Show Jorney's advertisement. How do you like a car? - Dimanchik asks me. I answer without hesitation: you will like it. An ideal client
Well, of course you like it! Jorney seemed to come up with Dimanchik. Firstly, he is an avid cyclist: he can get together and leave with his pedal horse in some wilderness to devote all the weekend to completely crazy orientation in a dark forest with hungry mosquitoes in the company of the same activists as he himself. Secondly, the Dimanchik loves to score his Opel under the eyeballs with luggage and relatives and, having added to the trunk on the roof, everything is the same great, to go for more than three hundred kilometers to the semi-wild cottage. Thirdly, Dimanchik is not alien to winter types of rest and almost every Sunday in the company with Gerlfrend Svetka and brother Andryukha spends on a ski highway. In addition, he has an extensive collection of backpacks, sleeping bags, tents, primuses and a whole bunch of tourist causals. And during the New Year holidays, Dimanchik intended to advance the car to the north of Sweden, taking with him a couple of skis, snowboarding and food for the second year in a row, by the way. Well, just the perfect client for doja!
A lot of delicious
Jornie is really very talented. He is primarily a station wagon, but not only. A little more minivan is from the point of view of the possibilities of transforming the salon. And a little altitude of the permissive for this try to point impressive wheels with fleshy high -profile tires and a decent clearance. By the way, there are all -wheel drive modifications, but such Jornie from America is not a foot.
What impresses me the most was his honesty: unlike all kinds of SUVs, he does not try to disguise himself under the jeep. Therefore, the appearance of the machine is quite peculiar. In front, a car, but not ordinary, namely Dodge: a family cross with a ram provides one hundred percent identification. From the side of the stern, Zhora still looks like an all-round thanks to a highly raised bumper and large lanterns. In the profile, the car is original: a nose from the sedan and the wheel from the jeep was attached to the minivan. But there is no Irish stew: Giorny looks very harmonious. In addition, it immediately becomes clear that this is an amazingly functional thing.
Salon invention
Actually, Giornny was conceived with a sight of seven places, but the third row is, in general, a thing for an amateur. Access to two separate seats, which in a folded state form an even platform, is quite convenient, thanks to the sofa that is helping forward and up. But even a person of medium height exclusively children will not be able to accommodate there. Yes, and the roadsuit will be obtained by children's chairs $ 2300, since you can order them only with a 3-zone climate control. But everything else that nature has generi generously awarded will be happy to appreciate not only large families.
He cannot occupy spaciousness. The trunk and in itself are quite decent sizes, but due to the folding sofa it easily doubles. Moreover, the front passenger chair can be bent, and then something pretty grandiose will fit into the salon at ease. And under the pillow of the same chair, a pillow of the same chair, there is a secretary.
By the number of different niches and boxes, Jorney is just a champion
Infusal at the legs of the rear passengers is an elegant and practical solution
Foot handbrake is the largest puncture in the ergonomics of the machine
In general, various boxes and niches for Scarb are here in the most unexpected places. Of the most impressive finds, I will note the pantries in the floor under the feet of the rear passengers, equipped with practical plastic troughs: a whole dozen cans of coal with a coal will fit in such a basement. Boxing between the chairs on the central tunnel of the classic of the genre. But two glove boxes in the front panel in front of the passenger are generously. True, they are quite kutsy in size, but the one that is higher is conceived by the refrigerator: air comes from the air conditioner. Even the glass on the ceiling is wrapped with a hill: being complemented by a spherical mirror, in a ajar state, the case cover allows the front seats to control the situation on the rear.
On high
Since Gierny Dyuzhe is great with a road clearance and statue, you are more likely entering it, and you don’t sit in this sense very much like an all -around. The rear seats move in the longitudinal direction along the rails and, moreover, they have no problems tilt with convenience. But my place is ahead. And then surprises begin.
It was not possible to quickly find the optimal labor position: the chairs' adjustments are more than sufficient. I think that a cap -shaped Dimanchik with his height under a hundred and ninety would have settled without problems all the more so that the supply of space above his head is almost unprecedented. I was more delighted by the remarkable fact that the steering column is regulated by departure. And not on conditional millimeters, as, say, with Caliber, but for several full -fledged centimeters. Another pleasant surprise was the soft plastic of the front panel for the American is almost nonsense.
Wide possibilities of transformation of the salon is the strongest side of Dodge
On the basic modification of SE, the salon is simpler than that of the R/T version, but it does not seem poor at all: even the polyurethane steering wheel is pleasant to the touch. The central console is decorated for metal, but it looks very decent. And R/T, supplemented by climate control, looks even better: chrome-plated stoop peas and buttons from high-quality plastic are drawn the most daring associations. Almost Volkswagen!
However, exactly what is almost. Because the visor panel of devices made of hard wooden plastic, because the buttons on the steering wheel also lack grace, because the skin in the expensive version is not impressive. But the direction is given correctly: in comparison with his relatives, Caliber, Evenger and even the expensive nitro interior Giorny’s interior, higher than any embellishment without any embellishment.
Best the enemy of the good The functionality of the crossover left such a pleasant impression that it was possible not to drive at all: no matter what Dodge will be on the journey, I am already pleased as a boaver. But, on the other hand, maybe a surprise awaits me here too?
It is clear that it would be naive to wait for some special agility from the car with a modest American standards with an engine of 2.4 liters by an volume of 2.4 liters. Well, accelerates, well, rides. It rolls normally. It can roll quickly, it can slowly be the main thing to evenly. Because the car comes out rather reluctantly for overtaking: both the box is slowly thinking, and the capabilities of the engine itself are still limited. But this does not annoy me: I am ready to hasten slowly. It is much more important to me that in the cruising mode of Zhora does not bother with a cacophony of sounds: the noise insulation of the machine deserves all praise.
According to the ears of the new Riga, Giorny shims confidently, demonstrating excellent exchange rate stability and unwavering character: there will not be any hints of American buildup on the gentle waves of the body and at all. But as soon as we go towards Seliger to the periphery, the asphalt trash begins. And what do you think? Dodjo Any roads of roads! According to the broken asphalt, the crossover stubbornly cuts kilometers, hiding behind thick wheels and an omnivorous suspension the true face of the landscape. Dimanchik would be just happy!
Between Wan and Jeep I decided to push the story about the shortcomings of Dodge into the last chapter. I’ll just list what I didn’t like, there will be very few of them.
The parking brake is designed not by the handbrake, as we would like, but by a separate pedal hefty and very unsuccessfully spelled out on the road to the site for the rest of the left leg. And if I had the size of the shoes more than the 41st, I would probably constantly cling to this scabble.
I did not like the sight. In the inner mirror, there is practically nothing but the headrests, to see, in front of the horizons is limited by thick front racks. And only the outer mirrors pleased them not to complain.
You could still be complained to a large loading height of the trunk. That's basically it. Not so many minuses, right? But there are enough pluses for several cars. In fact, Jorney has no competitors: there is only Zhora between mini-wenes and all-terrain vehicles. And I am inclined to regard the lack of all -wheel drive as good: you need all the presenters pay extra and buy a jeep. There is nothing superfluous here. And the R/T equipment is also too much: a democratic SE with a rag salon and balanced sled characteristics is not only more pleasant, but also cheaper for 260 thousand rubles. Which, according to the mind, should be spent on a couple of bicycles, skis and tents.
By the way, in America you can buy Jornie with all-wheel drive and a 3.5-liter engine about 235 forces. But the most offensive is that even such a car in the States costs five thousand green is cheaper than the easiest Se. But the Dimanchik is better not to talk about this
From the bar table
The two main configurations of Giorni are not only in a set of equipment, but also by power units. A more affordable SE is equipped with a 2.4-liter in-line four with a capacity of 170 liters. With. Already in the database - 6 pillows, automatic transmission, stabilization system, alarm with an immobilizer, air conditioning, air pressure sensor and a full electric package. Such a machine will cost $ 34,300. R/T with a V6 engine (185 forces) more expensive by $ 11,100, but such a crossover is already equipped with 19-inch wheels on light alloy disks, roof rails, leather salon, fog control, cruise control, 2-zone climate and on-board computer. Luke, sophisticated multimedias system and the third row of seats - for an additional fee.
Dodge Journey 2.4 SE (2.7 V6 R/T)
common data
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 5/5
Equipped/complete mass, kg
1705/2380
Length x width x height x Base, mm
4888x1878x1691x2890
Front/back, mm track
1571/1582
Road clearance, mm
230
Speed, km/h
188
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
11.9
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
7.6/13.0 (7.6/15.0)
The volume of the trunk (7/5/2 places), l
483/805/2296
The volume of the fuel tank, l
77.6
Engine
Location
Front transversely
Design
gasoline, 4-cyl., In order (6-cyl., V-shaped)
Working volume, SMZ
2360 (2736)
Power, L.S. at rpm
170/6000 (186/6400)
Torque, kgsm at rpm
22.4/4500 (26.3/4000)
Chassis
Drive unit
On the front wheels
Transmission
4 (6) -st. Automatic
Suspension:
Independent, spring
front
Type McEzerson
behind
Mollycent
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
Tires
225/65 R16
Car
from 9.67 rubles/km.
+
High functionality; high -quality interior; Energy -intensive and comfortable suspension
-
Inconvenient parking brake; mediocre dynamic characteristics
Kirill Brevdo, photo of Maxim Goncharov
Source: Magazine buy a car [09/2008]
