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Do you think Mitsubishi Pajero is able to easily bypass Ford Explorer?

Do you think Mitsubishi Pajero can easily bypass Ford Explorer in all respects? As if not like that. The method of choosing a choice of two cars worth one and a half million. I am ready to deal with this wonderful business, weeks and months.
Feel every pen. Add and reduce bass in acoustics. To think that in this car the ceiling is not too muffled to the touch, but in it is more pleasant in appearance. Here, two liter Jack Daniels do not fit into the glove compartment, and there the monitor shines there. All summer I would go on daily trial trips, listened to the noise of the engines and reflected on the possibilities of transforming the luggage compartment, but what is interesting: when you start driving every day, you quickly merge with equipment and stop focusing on details. And vice versa, the shorter the pair test drive, the more you see the differences.
After the first ten minutes driving Ford Explorer and Mitsubishi Pajero, the truth is immediately confirmed by the truth that we do not tire of preaching. The fact is that you can not treat cars with prejudice. Was it enough for the previous embodiment of the model? What if the Explorer used to be stupid on the road and outside it, and Pajero is the other way around?

Typical, similar
Ford Explorer and Mitsubishi Pajero can be safely called typical SUV at the beginning of the 21st century. Both are on completely independent pendants, but at the same time are rightly considered universal SUVs. So, for example, Pajero, according to the manufacturer, can pull a trailer weighing 3.3 tons along with it, overcome a half -meter ford and a rise of 40 degrees. And Explorer, having similar characteristics, also shows excellent handling, despite the fact that we have a frame structure in our pair, and the Japanese has a supporting body.
Both have advanced transmissions with a reduced gear, but Pajero allows you to drive both on the rear -wheel drive and on a constant full (it has a blocked center differential). For Explorer, the front bridge is connected automatically when the rear wheels are slipped. This happens, regardless of the lack of an interdessual differential, rather softly.
Pajero for everything else has good geometric cross -country ability, and forcibly

blocked differential in the rear bridge. But this is for off-road, and you still have to get to it. And preferably as quickly as possible, so as not to waste time in vain. So first, find out who is who is on the asphalt.
Krylatsky drift
Here we drive up to the starting line and, waiting for the go -ahead, we will get the pedals to the floor. I sat in an American and first sinned on the false engine, because Mitsu remained standing still. We tried again. Pajero all the samely helplessly polished the asphalt, frantically slowing down the masking wheels, and then he only had to smell the Explorer trace, since Ford had already disappeared. Why is that? Because traction on the bottom and effective electronics.
But when it comes time to stop the Ford Explorer, it is no longer so good. No, the brakes work effectively, but with what effort you have to put pressure on the pedal! While getting used to getting gray ... Otherwise, his behavior on the road is very worthy in any case for SUV. Yes, he can sometimes peck at a sharp stop, but in general the suspension is in a European-handed. By the way, in general, it is the same as the spring version of LR Discovery. And the steering is also much more clear than you could expect.
Mitsubishi Pajero IV behaves on the asphalt much more relaxed. Then the settings balance are clearly outweighing towards comfort. Until a mild tendency to vertical swing ... Ford control is as easier as it is better to go on ice on studded rubber than on summer. However, this is on the asphalt, but it seems that we have already arrived?

Material: Mitsubishi Pajero IV

Matter: Ford Explorer

Raised virgin lands
On the road, we began with the fact that we tried to drive both cars on a slippery hill. Neither Ford nor Mitsubishi take her in a quiet move. With acceleration, only Pajero got. The seeting followed him Explorer immediately sat on the crossbar of the frame. His geometry is worse than we switched to less steep changes, and here Mitsubishi made a full program for the lack of a place for dispersing Ford. The engine perfectly pulling from the bottoms and a balanced anti -bearing system allowed the Explorer to take obstacles without hustle and bustle, even with hanged wheels. Meanwhile, Pajero hung on the next bump, and his electronics tried in vain to understand what the driver wanted.
Then we chose a snowy area of \u200b\u200bcrossed terrain and took turns raised the virgin lands on rival cars. At relatively low speeds, Mitsubishi was better controlled, but with an increase in speed, a more rigid Ford suspension gave him an advantage. In general, with dynamic off -road movement, both hold themselves perfectly in their hands.
If at the same time, Mitsubishi had not yet rumbled with all his plastic panels! From these positions, Ford puts it on both shoulder blades. Since he radiates power, comfort and solidity with his whole being. Many are on these hooks. And others, however, fall under the Pajero hypnosis, and indeed firmly convinced that the Japanese is always better than an American. Although, as you can see, in reality everything is not so simple.

Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov