Test drive Ford Expedition 2002 - 2006 SUV

DUEL? DUET!

The cooler the jeep, the further go beyond the tractor golden rule of anyone who will at least slightly overestimate the capabilities of their all -wheel drive friend. But even with a caterpillar tractor, but without a durable cable you will have a hard time. The spring thaw with doughing snow allowed us to fully taste jeep joys, and at the same time check the qualities of tugboat and evacuation skills. Both Ford and Nissan are not newcomers in this field. Which of our competitors will act as a turnip, and who will become a grandfather will show the test.
Who is what
Nissan Patrol
The price of a tested car is $ 64 100
Max. Power 245 liters. With. at 4800 vol./min
Max. speed 190 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 10.8 s
 
Towing cable
The price of a tested cable is $ 00 007
Max. traction force 2 t
Max. The number of jerks 15
Cable length 5 m
 
Ford Expedition
The price of a tested car is $ 61 400
Max. Power 260 l. With. at 4500 vol./min
Max. speed 190 km/h
Acceleration 0100 km/h 10.7 s
Do multi -liter and well -packed all -wheel drive often fight with the elements for which they are originally created? Well, what if, say, the enemies cut off all the ways to retreat, or a straightener is a hundred times faster? Or our bad and I say, and I will pass, and will make me climb to where the Makar did not drive the calves really ... Are representatives of the all -wheel drive elite on our treacherous off -road mess, which are weighing for three tons, are so hopeless?
 
Both of the car presented on the test are well known to our readers. With a close price and full weight, approximately the same litrae, power and comfort, our experimental differences have fundamental differences.
 
The restyled Nissan Patrol remained a true adherent of the frame structure with a dependent suspension, while the frame Ford Expedition has acquired both in front and an independent lever suspension with the possibility of installing an air chamber. Nissan transmission allows you to hardly connect the front bridge, has a reduced transmission and locking of the rear differential. For greater articulation of bridges, the rear stabilizer can be dissolved by an electric drive.
 
The updated Ford, which has just appeared in car dealerships in the prestigious design of Eddie Bauer, is equipped with a full -wheel drive system connecting the front bridge using a multi -disc clutch, a handout with a reduced transmission and an anti -circne stabilizer. Expedition does not have bridges. Both jeeps are equipped with automatic machines and a rich set of electronic options.
Asphalt dynamics
The launch of the Ford Expedition engine occurs somewhere far ahead, and after the efforts of the starter there remains a quiet rumble in the bowels of the body. Vibration to the salon is practically not transmitted, and the work of the motor is guessed only on the revitalized shooters. Nissan is slightly noisier, and its off -road suspension of the power unit is noticeably tougher.
 
Our competitors passed the exam called the pedal to the floor equally briskly. The difference is that the expedition, breaking away from the place, like a diesel locomotive, accidentally divorced from its composition, then somewhat mortgages, and there is no trace of frantic acceleration at the top. Such a jerk allows you to leave almost all competitors on the traffic lights, but overtaking at a speed of 80 km/h should be planned with the same diesel thoroughness. A well-familiar and quite acceptable sound of a two-valve low-speed engine Triton looks like a large fan noise and changes the timbre in accordance with the gear shifts that occur smoothly and also somewhere deep under the floor.
 
Patrol does not leave fatty black stripes under the leading wheels on the asphalt, but its acceleration is more uniform. The change in transmissions to the automatic transmission is clearly felt. Quite clear boundaries of the ranges of the ranges allow, for example, to confidently give up when overtaking, knowing in advance the moment when the machine will transfer the transmission down. Whoever says what, but I like this behavior of an inseparable pair of motor-korobok. The twisting of the watering engine to the top is accompanied by a rather sharp howl. However, the Japanese never particularly hid the sound component of the successful production of horsepower. It is clear that the holder of a five -liter jeep is unlikely to be concerned about fuel economy, but it was nice to note the completely moderate appetite of both all -terrain vehicles.
Both SUVs are inhibited remarkably, and here it is necessary to make a compliment Ford, which no longer requires a second pitching to stop.
 
Helpability of asphalt
An independent Ford Expedition suspension has definitely done its job! A huge and heavy -looking car follows the movement of the steering wheel, like a kitten behind a bow. I can’t even believe that there are three tons of weight behind him. The suspension swallows unevenness perfectly, and the rolls are small. In general, five in asphalt discipline.
 
By the way, in a huge jeep there are good dimensions. At least in a cramped allege, it was possible to fit into the space correctly, four centimeters exceeding the width of the machine. The front wipers that cleanse the surface seemed strange to the palm that is missing to all edges of the windshield.
 
We will not open America if we say that the real element of Nissan Patrol is far from asphalt. A dependent suspension with uncertain bridges is reliable and unpretentious, but it is far from the subtlety of the lever settings. A straight riding on Nissan Patrol is accompanied by slight continuous steering. You quickly get used to it, but, transplanting into a car with an independent suspension, you find unnecessary movements of the steering wheel. In addition, Patrol is shaking. Its suspension, capable of withstanding the assault on tremendous obstacles, excessively harshly repeats the irregularities of the roadway. The view forward is magnificent, but the smaller back door does not have a wiper. We have to be content with only the right half of the image in the central mirror.
To the barrier!
The hard coating was left behind. Under the wheels, dirt, water and snow turning before our eyes. The tires are approximately the same. Ideal conditions to find out who? We turn on everything that you can and climb at our own peril and risk. The tractor, by the way, is not observed nearby.
 
Both machines are quite tolerably overcome the first 200 meters. It seems that the place for the competition is chosen unsuccessfully, but here Ford, overcoming the snowy road, suddenly and tightly rises. The snow that is reaching the middle of the wheel was packed under the low -located motor protection, completely depriving the experiment with the coating. Swing back and forth? It wasn't there! Only polished holes under all wheels. It is impossible to finish the traction in the overseas jeep. Here it is, a victorious jerk from the traffic light! The rivals had to join forces and become allies.
The first evacuation was relatively fast and Nissan was made at the limit of the strength of the standard cable the moment of its broken -up was coincided with Ford's movements, and after three minutes we again kneaded snow -shaped. Fast riding on soft snow on Nissan Patrol demonstrated all the advantages of a real all -terrain vehicle. The energy -intensive suspension allows you to rush, almost without analyzing the road.
The Japanese easily crushed a 40-centimeter layer and where there was not enough inertia, continued to crawl like a snowmobile Buran. At the same time, the blocking of the bridge has never been required. Rolling on a rigidly connected front bridge is approximate. However, with a minimum skill, making an amendment to more lazy rudder reactions, it is possible to fit into the intended trajectory. When leaking back, they complained to the unpeeled left glass from behind, but the error does not threaten a mistake when choosing a trajectory. He will get out!, We thought, and he always got out.
 
Ford Expedition reacted more willing to the movements of the steering wheel, and allowed successful raids to the side of the bent road. The American smoothly swam over the snowdrifts, while there was at least some kind of speed. However, his inability to leave the very created situations again played a cruel joke.
 
Blacks begin and lose ... In a small slope, in a well -taned place, our expedition suddenly sailed off the trajectory and drowned already in a real snowdrift. The reason for leaving it turned out quickly. Now the snow was filled not only under the ski of protection, but also into the space between the front wheel and the mudguard. Moreover, the last meter of swims was greatly compressed by this wedge. With the twisted wheels, the hung three-ton-tonnik is useless ... But there is no cable ...
 
Nighting the snowy blocker with the Ford Balonnik, they went on an expedition for a rope. After two destroyed fakes in beautiful packaging, they found in the store this coveted piece of a dirty white parachute sling, produced by an unknown factory using unchanged technology since pre-perestroika times. He lost the red flag over the years, but citizens, look for him! Unserfounded and inexpensive, he will withstand.
 
They rolled the track with Nissan, closed, pulled. Well, Ford stands, tight. It looks like a turnip, albeit the colors of another. And the snow under it has already melted. It is necessary to pull and pull up the mountain, almost on the ice, and the cable is short, because it was doubled by the two -ton, and the cars are three -toned ... And the daylight, although it increased, is not summer. They left the blocking of the cartridge bridge as the last remedy against their own instillation. We twitch first slightly, then a little stronger, then a little more. If only the tractor would not stalk ...
 
Nissan's ability to dose traction with grams decided everything. For the tenth time, Ford stirred, and on the fifteenth five -hundredth coupling reluctantly crawled uphill, leaving a grandiose imprint of the bottom of the Ford Expedition in the snow. At this symbolic moment, an understanding of why it was the Japanese auto industry who conquered America, and not vice versa. So, with a score of 2: 0, an off -road testing ended.
Comfort and resume
Of course, Ford is in many ways more modern and comfortable. The seats of the third row are even more spacious than the second, and the seats are cleaned in the floor so that a flat surface is formed. And the reserve is hidden under the floor, and the glass in the rear door opens. And it costs cheaper. He has a new torpedo and impressive appearance. The European buyer will be unusual to the selector handle growing from under the steering wheel, but these are trifles.
 
The main thing is that a large American jeep can confidently move only along the roads with any, but hard coating. And in the class of cars, which my child christened with the word off -road workers, in this test defeated a slightly old -fashioned and almost $ 3000 more expensive Nissan Patrol. He won because it stands in a row with a honeycomb, a defense and Gelend. And for this, his tall fans will forgive the crowds on the front seats and a non -resistant steering wheel, and their children do not have the lack of legs in the third row and a harsh suspension. Any off -road Nissan on the shoulder, and he was always enough on our open spaces.
 
However, this is my arrangement of winners. From the point of view of the cable, everything can look completely different.
 
P. S. Going to such adventures, do not forget about the two -table rope warranty of the return.
 
Nissan Patrol

In serious tests, the king of off -road unconditional leader.
Ford Expedition

On the asphalt, he is good, but the spring thaw was not entirely on his teeth.

TOW ROPE

The presence of the mooring end in the trunk of any jeep is equivalent to a real chance for salvation.
 
HOW DO THEY LOOK
Nikita Rozanov
 
Nissan Patrol.
The 1997 Prime Minister of the 2003 Design Update Nissan, under the leadership of Shiro Nakamura.
Ford Expedition.
The 1996 premiere of the 2003 Ford design under the leadership of Chris Bird (Chris Bird).
 
OUTSIDE:
These are border guards. In the sense that behind their style and design on one side is the style and design of two eminent world brands, the territory of another design, the design of utilitarian and functional begins on the other. For example, the camouflaged silhouettes of the military Defender and Hummer first generation are not far away. Therefore, the appearance of the Japanese SUV is harsh, and in places it is straightforward, and there is nothing to look for nuance where it should not be. However, we have individual transport, and therefore the design is still not devoid of artistry, which is especially noticeable among the American. The proprietary recognition at a fairly high level, and the faces of each are supplemented by the features and details of the corporate style. For Ford, this is a radiator cladding, taken into a small grid (even the baby Fiesta is the same), and, of course, the ellipse of the emblem. And the Nissan is helped by brutal chrome constructions, from which a frame (ramishche!) Lying with a circle of emblem the size of a tea saucer is unpretentious. In view of the fact that expedition is simply an rear -wheel drive, an off -road topic in its appearance is not particularly wake up. What can not be said about Patrol, which even flaunts the relief under the front bumper, resembling Safari slides. The picture from the side develops the same philosophy. Ford is decorated with a silver and slightly flirty arrangement of the bottom of plastic protection, encircling the body around the perimeter, and Nissan demonstrates the embossed muscles of the wheel arches and ... that’s it. The recognition of the back is built at ingenuous techniques such as the spare and swing and asymmetric rear doors of Patrol. Expedition just does not have all this.
INSIDE:
Inside, you immediately recall that the Expedition on the American classification is also the Truck truck. In this regard, the composition of the instrument panel and its details are simply canonical for the design of commercial means of transport of the New World. In addition to just light skin and poker of the impersonal automatic transmission. True, in a cozy bosom of passenger traditions, he returns still rather stylishly and dynamically drawn a door upholstery panel. This is not to say that the interior of Patrol was decided completely differently. But, for example, a protrusion of the nightstand of the central console is almost like that of the PRIMERA passenger, and something distracted something from the placement of the instrument block in the center of the designers. The rudders, of course, are solid, weighty, puffy and four -spokes, which is fully consistent with the size and weight of the cars themselves.
SUMMARY:
I will not say that this pair of cars for an amateur. Most likely, they are for an energetic and filled life. I don’t know difficult or easy, but what for special, for sure. If you live that way, then both cars are for you. The rest of the nuances.
Text Evgeny Khapov photo Alexander Nozdrin
 

Source: Cars