Test Drive Ford Escape since 2008 SUV

Leningrad time

The model is a job in Russia is well known, although Ford has never sold it officially before. And here is the car in Russia on legal grounds. The first kilometers on the new Ford drove Mikhail Gzzovsky. Photo: George Sadkov.
Once these prospectuses seemed unnecessarily wide, and now from the height of one of the famous Moscow Staliniks, where the Ford is a novelty, it can be seen that the lava of overall lights is barely flowing. Yes, and post-war tower-skyscrapers are already far from the highest in the capital everything changes, and our perception of life too!
It seems that the class of parcktails with their simplified transmissions appeared quite recently. And in recent years, five cars have become familiar and with at all ephemeral patency. What is there a lower transmission forced inter-axis blocking and that far from everyone!
On their background, the search looks promising. Under normal conditions, the front-wheel drive machine, and the rear wheels are connected through a multidisk clutch when the multidisk coupling is slipped. On the 4x4 Lock button panel to block the clutch.
Check how Intelligent 4WD System works. On the Rasky Square, the countryside is excellent! In the fall, it is possible to carefully sprinkle to your favorite cottage for not very deep rut. The driver should not be buried, otherwise the search will go! The moves of the suspension are small, the coupling is connected with a noticeable delay, and the anti-test system that could slow down the vehicle, no. In general, it is not worth bringing to diagonal hanging: the collar is made first of all for the city.
In the stream, you sit on the same level with the owners of ossevnikov class above, enjoying an excellent visibility over the roof of the flow. Above the head of a solid stock to the ceiling, the front racks are ridiculated to be rigorously, it is already unlikely? But practical.
The same emotions cause chassis. No, it is not felt in the refining of many constructive fellow. But the suspension allows you to bear the lying police stroke. At the same time, Ford turns out to be far from the risks, despite the height and 200 mm of the road lumen. The absence of a course stabilization system, of course, is caped. But the car is unequivocal in reactions. The old good hydraulicel well informs about the corner of the steering wheel, the brakes allow you to dose the slowdown with the accuracy required in the metropolis.
Motor? It is increasingly likes turnover to maximum moment on four thousand! And this love is picked up a four-stage automatic machine: straight, not too fast, but not to the toagodum. I am no longer surprised by a modest amount of gear. In principle, the stated maximum speed of 160 km / h is not needed. With active ride in the city, the flow rate of about 13 liters within the limits. Remember: no engineering tricks will not save from frequent gas stations if you keep the pedal in the floor
In one of the halls of the height of the hotel at a press conference on the occasion of the Debut Ford-Ismep, the head of the Russian Ford Nigel Bresenbury, telling about the car, compared it with Leningrad. Classical architecture renovated in accordance with the Stalinist original interiors plus modern filling. The search has gained a lot of new things, but the mechanics are familiar. And let the Leningrad not the highest skyscraper, and the aspot is not a record holder on electronics. Always appreciated the classics.
Ford Escape.
Ford Ismeep debuted in 2000 on car dealerships in Detroit and Geneva. The upgraded version offered in Russia (the analogue of Mazda Tribute) went on sale in Asian markets at the end of 2006. Produce cars in Taiwan.
Engine: gasoline 2.3 l (145 hp)
Gearbox: Automatic 4-speed
Equipment: XLT, Limited
Price: 845 500931 500 rub.
Test car: Equipment XLT, 845 500 rub.
+ Good acoustic comfort, comfortable brakes, good visibility, presence of forced locking the inter-axis clutch.
- Modest interior decoration and mediocre audio system in XLT version, lack of stabilization system.
Ford Escape Graduate of the classic School of Parketnikov Last Decade: I did not lose off-road
packs, but gained passenger comfort and handling.
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A source: Journal "Behind the wheel"