Test Drive Ford Kuga since 2012 Crossover

All photos of Ford Kuga since 2012

Express on Myshkin

Before you, undoubtedly, the most interesting novelties in the most sought-after class. They have no characters caused by the close-in-power, but different in the design of power units. With three recruits, Sergey Voskresensky broke up with three regiments of the Army. Photo: Alexander Kulnev.
Volkswagen Tiguan 1.4 L, 150 hp, 6-speed mechanics, equipment Track & Field, options, 921 063 rub.
Ford Kuga 2.0 l, 136 hp, 6-speed mechanics, Titanium equipment, options, 1 099 300 rub.
Renault Koleos 2.5 l, 170 hp, Variator, equipment Luxe Privilege, 1,074,000 rubles.
Gloomy, scarming heavy clouds morning eats the rest of the woman's summer. Dampness, cold and indestructible desire to leave bad weather anywhere. Tver, Kimra, Dubna, Sergiev Posad, Uglich and suddenly it is it - Myshkin! We go to the provincial town, where almost certainly stands on the high Volga shore church, there are a couple of museums and, as the map shows, ferry crossing. Except her, the route involves a wide variety of roads.
Our wards, it seems, do not mind. Very optimisticly attaching motors, each on your own way. Two-liter Ford Cuga Basovito tauralitis with energetic turbodiesel. At times, it will repeat Volkswagen-Tiguan, whose gasoline engine 1.4 TSI is so crawled by superimposses, which starts with a characteristic diesel current-current, and then humbles the temper, starting to publish more familiar sounds. On their background, Renault Koleos, just a few hours ago, registered, simply not heard with its classic 2.5-liter gasoline atmospheric. They have already crossed the swords at the landfill, demonstrating different characters, but close parade indicators. A 500-kilometer route is called to place a point above I.

Hunt for emotions
It seems that the stylists of Reno this time did not seek to let the coleos against the background of competitors. What happened turned out to be quite nice, but purely collective, and even with a pronounced Korean bias. Even in the opinion of their own poreshikov, the car does not look aggressively, and its design is expressive and unobtrusive. And how inside?
Honestly, not very cozy. Some chaoticism and at the same time faceless officialness breaks the charm even the most expensive version of Luxe Privilege. I will give due glass roof, spacious seats, convenient controls and canceled readable, but some kind of not a French device combination. Everything is: leather, solid audio system, separate climatic installation. That's just a dull front panel, on which only brick window with a clock and a thermometer is notable. Look to cling not for what! And after all, the advertisement will immediately be restored: one of the distinguishing features of the Koleroch driver is very easy to get driving. Yeah, it's easier to nowhere, although it fails to figure it out in a climatic installation. It hurts the shallow and the buttons are crowded against the background of a desert well-being.
Engine and variator Main objects of criticism of experts: Say, noisy, it is too vigorously accelerated, as you expect from 170 horses. Probably, they are feeding it no matter in the sake of ecology. Indeed, competitors have a turbine, pickups, temperament, here at first a cheerful jerk from the place, and then the power is lost in the monotony of the variator. However, the car is not so simple, as it seemed in the conditions of the landfill. On the track quickly finds out that the initial pressure is quite

enough for confident overtaking, and the engine and transmission perfectly understand each other. Before the gas regime in the floor, the driver simply does not reach. From here a completely different sense of dynamics and quite comfortable sound support.
In general, he likes to give comfort. The suspension copes perfectly with most irregularities. On the gentle waves of the Runcachk, maybe they are rescued, especially at high speed, but it is worth getting on gravel or capping, you just conquer the capabilities of suspensions, easily quenching most of the Koldybin. Here Koleos really worthy of admiration!
But to the brakes too sensitive pedal, it is necessary to get used to it, as well as a peculiar controllability. In its electronic-rubber relationships, perhaps the greatest drawbacks of the car are hidden: it is very thoughtful. Here, in the most common impurge, the driver turned the steering wheel, and the crossover first shelters and only then, having spooled, executes the team. Alas, feedback is quite conditional, and here you have to take into account the delay: it's not very pleasant to steer.

Passion over parquet
Ford Cuga directly in front turns into a universal favorite. At first glance in appearance, nothing unusual, but on the background of quite balanced and, perhaps, even too calm externally competitors, this Ford attracts attention.

Feelings are enhanced, barely find themselves in an elastic driver's seat with pronounced lateral support. Cuga insistently envelops ... No, rather, takes in vice, surrounding a high console, a grip steering wheel, a comfortable lever of the gearbox. Nothing superfluous, but everything is done with a designer highlight. I put my hand on the door armrest, stuck in the dense arms of the chair, estimated a high landing, Russified menu, swivel devices, functional climatic installation and do not want to go out. Although nevertheless is close because of the underlined sports notch.
Turbodiesel fills the car not only by characteristic sex vibrations, lever boxes and even seat cushions, but also a kind of energy, since abrupt and enough. At first, it seems that 136 horses are made in a completely different test and, of course, they will refuse the possibilities of more powerful and vigorous gasoline competitors. It was not here! Thanks to the well-selected gear ratios of Transmission, Cuga starts good from the spot, and the tachometer arrow will cut 1500 rpm, the acceleration of the turbine is gently, but persistently presses into the back of the chair. Know the transmission! The main thing is not to twist the motor, because to 4000 revolutions acceleration weakens noticeably. At the highest gears, the crossover will post excellent elasticity. There is, however, one feature is worth, by believing the ideality of the settings, drop the tachometer arrow below the cherished mark, and the car almost instantly holds a very sharp boundary between going and does not go, forcing feverishly work

box.
At high speeds (90130 km / h), the noise of diesel becomes very moderate, even inconspicuous, but he comes to a change of tires, very sensitive to the grunge of the road surface.
Pendants, unlike French, do not indulge as comfort, rather emphasize muscularity. Ford seems to say: Jumping and having a sharp vertical star can be patient, but on serious Colds, the car can, for example, to famously jump from the springboard, well and without breakdowns in the gravel.
Sharp, solid, elastic in the control of Ford the complete opposite of the coleos. But I sunk enough for a while: in rapid turns, this scaby is inclined to the side split and pouring the front axle. However, it is worth a slightly slow down, and the car becomes simple and understandable in management.

Surrounded by drive forces

To say that you fall in love with the first minutes of dating, shower. It makes goodness from him, German practicism, but externally, he is too Volkswagen: serious, strict, impressive.
But the bottom, unlike competitors, is equipped with impressive steel protection. She slightly worsens the main indicators of the road lumen, but the confidence will instill.
Although, possibly unreasonable. After all, being in the Salon of Tiguan, catch yourself thinking: Well, not a crossover, he is at all! Rather ordinary passenger car. There is even a toggle switch Off Road, but everything is protesting in you due to a standard low fit, devices with a lilac lighting, a gloomy climatic installation, a completely ordinary steering wheel and lever of six-speed mechanics.
But it's on the eye, and then a great, ideal proportions of the seat is not trying to be sporty or unnecessarily comfortable. Sitting into it, you realize that it is hardly wanted better. At least in everyday life. No crowding around, perfectly thought out space, verified adjustment logic.
When is this allegedly small car (1.4 l, is there a lot?) It starts from the scene, it seems that she has no equal, so easy, even explosive acceleration on the first two transmissions. A little later, the idea of \u200b\u200bcreators becomes clear: the box is designed to go on rough terrain, so the first two steps are strongly shortened. So when when maneuver automatically turn on the first

transfer, Tiguan responds to a dissatisfied lever: He could pull out on the second. The motor is similar to Diesel: even, torque overclocking, excellent traction, because of which you begin to be confused in the transmissions. But these sensations are shifted to the zone of higher (20003500) revolutions. Yes, and the operating range of the gasoline motor is noticeably wider.
The salon sometimes breaks through the hard samples of the mechanical compressor, and above 3500 rpm and just a bass drilling of the engine. But in general, Tiguan does not tire.
Behavior on the country highway he resembles a passenger car. Dense suspension quite significantly shook the saddles as if ordinary golf, only with a more developed muscles. An elaile, reliable, impenetrate on a broken gravity, but the comfort is not particularly accounted for.
Compensation for the principle of suspension was adjusted to the little controllability. Here is really all in a passenger one: accurate reactions, minimum of rolls, good feedback on the steering wheel. In the rapid turns, Tiguan pleases with clearness and stability, it is not only right, but also ignorly.

Won decent
A small journey turned out to be interesting and saturated: Myshkin met the sun, well-preserved merchant mansions, tidy streets. The only thing with what is the frank brute force here, so it is with a huge amount of mice,

implemented by local boxes.
Cars baked a wide variety of roads, fully discontinued the features of their characters. But the coolest and correct won, which turned out to be also the cheapest in this Trinity. I had to forgive him the domakes of jack and the reconnaissance. However, without flaws, as it is known, it does not happen, it is important that they do not translate dignity.
Cars for a test are provided by Russian representative offices of Renault, Ford, Volkswagen.
Renault Koleos.
The first Compact Crossover Renault is presented in March 2008. In Russia since the fall of this year. It has a twin samsung-QM5.
Engines: gasoline 2.5 l (170 hp).
Transmission: 6-speed manual or CVT variator. The drive is full.
Required: Expression, Dynamique, Privilege, Luxe Privilege.
Price of basic versions: 869 4001 074 000 rub.
+ Convenient overclocking speaker, rational interior and trunk, good smoothness and acoustic comfort, full-size spare.
- Too sensitive brakes, inexpressive handling.
Total rating of 7.9
He would be a little less than unobtrusiveness and simplicity, and bright, memorable features, on the contrary, you watch more, and turn out of a good one in an excellent student.
Ford Kuga.
The compact crossover is represented in the spring of 2008 at the Geneva Motor Show. In the summer, sales began in Russia.
Engine: Turbodizel 2.0 l (136 hp).
Gearbox: 6-speed manual, Full drive.
Hardware: Trend, Titanium.
Price of basic versions: 881 000961 000 rubles.
+ Expressive driver workplace, flexible and temperamental motor, convenient handling, brakes and climatic installation, energy-intensive suspension.
- Vibrations on seat pillows and controls, mediocre smoothness.
Total estimate of 8.0
Building energy. However, when delight will dull, much turns out to be less bright than he saw at first.
Volkswagen Tiguan.
Presented a year ago in Frankfurt. It is produced and sold in Russia since August 2008.
Engine: gasoline 1.4 and 2.0 l (150 and 170 hp).
Transmission: 6-speed mechanical or automatic, complete drive.
Required: Track & Fild, Sport & Style, later Trend & Fun.
Price of basic versions: 904 0001 053 550 rub.
+ It is convenient for the driver and passengers, a rational luggage compartment, an outstanding engine and transmission, excellent handling and brakes, good acoustic comfort.
- Hard suspensions, mediocre visibility through the outer mirrors.
Total rating 8.2.
True Volkswagen: Emotions are missed, but bribes the goodness and the thoughtfulness of most characteristics.
Sergei Voskresensky: Interesting observation: when the control lamp finally lit up after refueling to the full on Renault Koleos, and the route showed a stroke of 56 km, in Tiguan, the arrow was barely close to the red zone, and in Kuga showed a little less than half. Curious information for reflection.