Test drive Ford Kuga since 2008 SUV

Matured "focus"

They immediately wanted him. Without thinking about reality, falling in love only with photographs and press releases, motorists, among whom are many tricks, began to record Zhdunov out of habit ...
Numerous clubs of lovers and potential owners of Ford Kuga appeared in Russia as soon as the first crossover from the blue oval was presented at the Frankfurt car dealership in September 2007. The car caused a frantic stir, which allows you to call it almost without exaggeration the most anticipated novelty of the year. Everything is true enough to see how many Focuss dissects along the city streets. The incredibly popular class C sedan, however, has one drawback. Sooner or later, you grow out of it, but you don’t want to part so! I do not want to cheat on a beloved brand. It’s not on Explorer to transplant, this is a player from a completely different league and weight category, and here Ford made a move Kuga, presenting a novelty in a rapidly growing class of crossovers, while most competitors have long present these models.
They immediately wanted him. Without thinking about reality, falling in love only with photographs and press releases, motorists, among whom are many tricks, began to record Zhdunov out of habit, it was worth Ford only to confirm his intention to sell crossovers in Russia. But in early March, many, if not scared away, cooled the announcement of Russian prices for an absent -minded car from 880,000 rubles, and even without a spare tire and even a doctrine for which you need to pay extra! Is it worth paying such money and for what the answer will give the crossover one of the first Kuga parties in Moscow.
The car built on the Ford Focus and C-Max platform is made in the key to the so-called Ford kinetic design. Quite powerful and at the same time dynamic lines, a cocky expression of a European face, a stylish fresh silhouette is good! And this opinion, perhaps, is separated by everything. Going down in the morning for the parking lot, you risk catching the preoccupied Fords, looking around the car literally from head to toe. Perhaps the fact is that so far the car is still a very rare fellow traveler in the stream, but Kuga’s attention is distracted by so much that sometimes you have to fear for the safety of other traffic participants who forget to look at the road. Traffic lights are of particular danger, where the greedy drivers of C-class sedans have the opportunity to torture you with questions about the new kugu.
So, fighting off the undressing views of the magicians, we decide to rush away with Kuga away to get to know each other, alone a comfortable chair with electrical adjustments hospitably accepts the driver, allowing you to choose almost the perfect landing, although the seats would not have prevented the tilt adjustment. The Ford Power Magic button, located directly under the emergency rod (do not miss), and the car starts up, fed up with a turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel engine with power 136 hp An uncomfortable handle poker, clutch (while the car is offered only with six -speed mechanics), gas and diesel are readily picked up for 2000 rpm, giving the car a cheerful and perky acceleration. The lever, as we are familiar with other worthy Ford brand machines, fun and clearly clicks the programs, but this is just the case where the machine is persistently asked for a machine. It is promised and, aggregated with a 2.5-liter turbocharged gasoline engine, will appear a little later, but for now there is nothing to choose from. There are no complaints about the transmission, except that the girls who love crossovers almost more than men, the clutch pedal may seem heavy. Nevertheless, an automatic box is preferable in this machine. Despite the dynamic and easy acceleration, which helps out in typical road situations where a quick start, excellent stability on the road and excellent feedback of the steering, the kuga does not provoke an active ride. This is a good-natured and cute car, which is still expected to roll in corners. On him i don’t want to drive, playing checkers on the Moscow Ring Road, but there is an irresistible desire to take on board the company of friends and go to the picnic or to the country.
Cordlessly put four-five-five people in his tissue-kozhan chosan. Of course, the four will be placed here with great comfort for two, the rear seat is shared, they rely on the folding tables hidden in the backs of the front seats, and the armrest, which is pretended to the seat in five -seater. However, the three in the back will not be uncomfortable. Soft plastic, perfectly fitted panels, the reddish lighting of the salon, creating a futuristic flickering of plastic of the central console and the gearbox lever, the panoramic roof, Kuga boasts an absolutely transparent roof, which invariably causes the delight of all passengers.
Of the curious chips, one can also mention the ability to connect the phone to the car via Bluetooth and control the magneto voice, though subject to broadcasting in English.
A good engine insulation, a rather soft suspension and a worthy audio system will make a tireless and long trip. The only thing that can violate the comfort of the company that escaped from the city to nature is the tinkling and shaking of the luggage, hidden in the trunk and bouncing on the bumps of roads near Moscow. And you can hide there a lot and with passengers its volume reaches 410 liters, and if you fold the seats, then the cargo area increases to 1355 liters. Moreover, you can get there either by throwing the fifth door up completely, and just raising its glass. Under the floor, the same non -serious doom that caused indignation is hidden, for which it will be necessary to pay 1,700 rubles when buying. But why is the funnel hidden in it, to find out only at the gas station
Forget that the car must be fed with diesel fuel, and not gasoline, the happy owner of the KUGI will not allow the gas pistol. The fact is that the crossover is equipped with the Ford Easy Fuel refueling system, the neck of the tank is closed with a curtain, through which you can penetrate, only persistently pushing the funnel there. Moreover, refueling the Kuga, the gun must be constantly held, so it will not work to stand on your car, admiring your car and avoiding looking at an increasing amount on the scoreboard.
As usual, they wanted the best, but it turned out not too well. The only hint that can justify this inconvenience is given to the shameless PR-fraz on the Ford Recomends BP tank cover. Perhaps the BP pistol freely allows you to saturate Kugu, but you must agree, an offensive restriction of freedom of choice of gas stations. And try not to lose the funnel.
Having refuel, for some time you can forget about the tank of the fuel in the diesel engine is predictably economically economical (by the way, thanks to him for Russian-language) shows an average of 9 liters per 100 km. In distant warriors, a cruise control will come in handy with it, the consumption of DT in the fourth gear decreases to 4-5 liters.
Despite the intellectual system of all -wheel drive with the Haldex clutch, borrowed from Volvo, and 195 mm clearance, you should not climb on a serious impassability on Kuga. This is still a city car, and his favorite obstacle to the border. Stylish Kuga fits perfectly into the city landscape. Dimensions (length 4443 mm and width of 1842 mm) do not complicate the life of the driver in the parking lot too much, but parking sensors would not have prevented the car. It is available as an option, and later it is planned to be installed on a crossover and rear view camera.
I didn’t want to part with Kuga with this family good car, in which everyone will be comfortable. With him, in the appendage, I immediately want a family, a child (better than two, each on a table) and a dog to go to the forest for mushrooms and to a summer house or a night club with a company more. He is honest, all his reactions are expected and predictable. True, it is not clear why the crossover is a six -speed mechanic - a tribute to fashion? The car in the fifth gear is calmly 160 km/h, supporting about 3500-4000 rpm, and to wave further, already at completely illegal speeds, did not apply to a family person. But from useful options, it is worth mentioning the doktka, the rear parking sensors (9,400 rubles), the front heating of the front seats (5,800 rubles), the outlet 230 V (3,900 rubles) and the automatically darkening rear mirror. Such a car will cost a little more than 900,000 rubles. The basic, but rich Trend set costs from 881,000 rubles, and Titanium from 961,000 rubles, although Later Ford promises to significantly expand the choice of configurations. Dear? Competitors in the person of Japanese crossovers are not cheaper! Toyota Rav4 will cost such a complete set about the same amount, slightly cheaper Honda CR-V. And finally, Nissan Qashqai, the price of which starts already from 597,400 rubles, but Kashkai, you see, is simpler. But all these cars from the very beginning boast of the opportunity to order an automatic transmission, and this is a big plus in this class. Nevertheless, the queue for the grown Focus, as the new crossover itself is called the Zhduna themselves, lined up for many months ahead. After all, any boy dreams of a jeep
Svetlana Aleeva
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Stylish design
Great ergonomics
Traction and economical diesel
A clear work of the checkpoint
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Lack of automatic transmission
A small glove box
Unfinished manual brake
 

The price of the tested car is 1 097 700 rubles

Complete the test of the tested car
Frontary airbags
Side airbags
Inflatable curtains
Abs
Anti -boom system
The system of dynamic stabilization
A full -wheel drive transmission
Electroregulation of the driver's seat
Steering amplifier
Multifunctional steering wheel
Adjustable steering column in height
Adjustable steering column by departure
Steering wheel decoration with leather
Salon decoration with leather
Electric heating of the front seats
Rear -view mirror
Bluetooth kit for phone
Remote Central Castle
Contactless access
Climate control is two-zone
Air conditioner
Electric drive and heating of external mirrors
Electric power drive of external mirrors
Electr -glass lifts are front
Rear electric windows
Back seat
Trip computer
Fog lights
Alloy wheels
Coloring metallic
Cruise control
Xenon headlights
Rain sensor
Light sensor
CD changer
CD-audio system
A roof with a panoramic view
spare wheel - DOCACE
point lighting lamps
Adjusting the lumbar drive of the driver's seat
spray -haired ones

Specifications
Body
Ford Kuga car
SUV body type
The number of places 5
Trunk volume, l 410/1355
Equipped mass, kg 1613
Full mass, kg 2130
Length, mm 4443
Width, mm 1842
Height, mm 1677
Wheel base, mm 2690
Road clearance, mm 195 195 mm
Engine
Type diesel, with direct fuel injection Common Rail and turbocharged
Front location, transversely
Location and number of cylinders 4 in a row
Working volume, cm 1997
Cylinder diameter/piston stroke, mm 85.0x88.0
The degree of compression is 18.0
The number of valves per cylinder 16
Maximum power, L.S./rpm 136/4000
Maximum torque, Nm/rpm 320/2000
Transmission
Gearbox mechanical six -speed
The drive is complete
McPherson front suspension with a reptile stability stabilizer
The rear suspension is independent, multi -link, with a reptile stabilizer
Front brakes Disco ventilated
The rear brakes are disk
Tires 235/55 R17
Dynamics
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
city cycle 6.7
country cycle 4.5
mixed cycle 5.3
Diesel fuel

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Source: Carclub.ru