Test Drive Ford Explorer since 2010 SUV
If the crossover is crossed with a mobile phone, it will work out ford explorer
If the five-meter crossover is crossed with a mobile phone, you will find Ford Explorer. You will like it if you are a fan of the company Sony ... a week behind the wheel of the Ford Explorer passed somehow particularly empty and empty. What was this car?
I do not know, I forgot about him at once, as I passed the garage of the representative office. An obvious sign that the new Explorer has become a little better. If you find it difficult to give a machine, it means that it is either completely devoid of any charisma, or so comfortable and balanced that it does not give birth to you no extraneous sensations. Ford Explorer Charisma is not deprived, but there is no exemplary convenience in particular in particular, on the front panel full bardak. The front console looks great, and this is its only dignity. Unfortunately, Sony made it. Everyone who uses the phones of this Japanese company, other opinions, but they can not be trusted. The owners of Sony Mobile Physics, as a rule, admire their gadgets immensely, but then buy yourself Samsung, HTS or iPhone. I wonder why?
Do not even try.
To guess exactly how the off-road electronics Ford will behave, it is useless. He can strike or, on the contrary, block all the wheels, and then it will be accepted to do it alternately
Cook sewn ... or hope for the case
Sony has always been distinguished by the fact that they did at their gadgets. They repeated the same disgrace in a five-meter parkettie ... I did not say the SUV, because, alas, Explorer switched to the discharge of crossovers in our classification. In the current version, it was deprived of not only frame structures, but also a reduced transmission. It's like removing the Dinosaur Skeleton and release for a walk. Or not? Rather, the bearing body is much more convenient. But crying about the destruction of jeeper signs is still not a sin.
Off-Road.
We were tormented by Ford until his electronics rented and did not cut off. Then she rested, and we are in the ranks again, but I didn't want to repeat
Do not Cry.
He was an SUV, and became a parquetical. Today it has already grieved
Design wins.
New Explorer is primarily a celebration of marketing, but not an engineering thought
However, back to climate and radio. Honestly tried to get used to the new algorithm, but could not. Temperature information is unpredictably appeared on the central multimedia screen, then in a small window at the speedometer. The same with radio stations. The panel from Sony, of course, Touch Screen. But why the sensory was even an emergency alarm, and even stubcouncing it into a narrow tunnel, to penetrate into which you can only with a mother's mother or nail? Understand, I even read the instructions. Something cleared. It turns out that all this is a Japanese mini-multi, the whole system is sharpened for voice control. The only misunderstanding my dictation. It is so imperfect that sometimes I myself do not understand what I said. Enjoying Japanese gambling in all its glory did not come out. Maybe you will succeed?
Most I was afraid of the front bumper skirt, but they managed to pull out other journalists with the root
Painted transmission
Sony's sabotage, fortunately, was the only lack of Ford Explorer, which is worth mentioning. Otherwise, it is perfectly balanced and harmonious. For a huge car rides extremely intelligent. I do not call any maneuver whether overclocking from the scene, turn, turn, parking, wherever he gave up. All that the designers did, maximize its incremental oversized length. They even provided it with an automatic parking lot. You do not want to be jammed, click on the button and follow the exciting process. We did not mess around this for a long time and went to off-road. Most of all I was afraid of the skirt of the front bumper, but the other journalists rushing it with the root, rushing around the rough terrain to us. With an improved advance, the case went more fun. Road clearance 211 mm. Smart transmission ... UPS, that is, not quite. It seems to be trying on the toggle, even the icons completely identical to Landrovier (Ford Explorer was the co-promoter of the Land Rover Discovery itself). There are sand modes, snow, dirt, but the result is infinitely far from English. Intelligent Explorer system does everything. Sometimes it slows down all the wheels, since once again gives a mad slip, sometimes allowing temporary slipping. The only thing that does not work with it is to provide a continuous non-stop movement, as Discovery is managed. Ford made a parco lawn with an SUV. What is surprised? For crossover, Explorer is excellent.
What do these forces mean?
Having dealing with the previous generation of Ford, we compared it, for example, with Mitsubishi Pajero. Now we put it in one row with Honda Pilot and Mazda CX-9. In this circle, it would be more appropriate to operate the volume of the trunk and overclocking to hundreds of asphalt. With the last there is a small problem. The number of seconds required by Explorer to get to 100 km / h, the manufacturer does not reveal. It is known only that his six-cylinder 3.5-liter gasoline engine develops 294 horsepower. How does this affect the dynamics? Probably good. We'll have to wait until we arrange natural Drag Raysing between the Japanese rivals and the American and we define the winner by the street method. I hope this happens this year if competitors are not afraid.
So far, with certainty, one can say one thing: Sony Explorer is much more European than many of his classmates. This car is moving in the direction of old light with seven-year steps, becoming more obedient, manageable and, alas, designer sophisticated.
CAREFULLY! Technical details
In the new Explorer, innovative technologies of active and passive security are implemented. The structure of the Explorer body is designed to ensure reliable protection for passengers. In the event of a collision, the security framework, protecting the driver and passengers, is like a capsule in racing cars. Thanks to this, the new Ford Explorer for the first time awarded the Top Safety Pick Awards of Road Security Institute (IIHS) of the United States. The standard set of safety features include: Curve Control Turns Control System, a new generation of airbags, side security curtains, alert system of non-fastened belts, security system for children and a tire pressure monitoring system. Additionally, you can order adaptive cruise control, BLIS (monitoring system of blind zones) and a system of active assistance during parking, which automatically parches the car parallel to the carriageway.
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photos of Alexander Insurance Baranova
A source: Magazine 4x4 [September / 2012]
