Test drive Ford Kuga since 2012 crossover
Ford kuga - automatic transmission and 200 -horsepower engine
Last debutant, the European Ford Kuga crossover finally acquired an automaton and a new 2.5T turbocharger with a capacity of 200 liters. From .... In order to penetrate the new engine and automatic transmission, the journalists called to ride a new product along the winding paths of the Karelian Isthmus. Maybe because in those places the SUVs traditionally prefer, or because many are associated with rally races, and Kuga has a new motor is borrowed from Ford Focus RS.
Buried pit
Yes, the new motor decently pulls from the bottom. True, in order to feel that under the hood there is really 2.5 turbo, and even with two hundred horses, you must first practice adaptive automatic transmission. Realizing that we need everything from the motor, the Japanese Aisin automatic machine began to click more vigorously with his five gears. It was then that acceleration to a hundred became like a passport 8.8 seconds. Then the turn came to experiment with a manual regime. And here it turned out that there is only one option for him: braking by the engine on the descent. And all. Since in the drive mode the brains of the box do their work on switching more promptly than with manual manipulation with the selector lever.
Access to the subspace
Well, otherwise what is this Eurocerosaver? Yes, he is in principle rich: all sorts of different electronic systems for helping the driver, cruise control, separate climate control, heating, bluethef, a USB-extension in a musical system, lumbar-lumbar support. And also a panoramic hatch, a double back door, Start/Stop button. Of course, most of all this is for an additional fee. But still we note: there is, there is the opportunity to equip the salon so that it will resemble the insides of the intergalactic yacht. True, the places behind the pilot only remain on the non -exposed pilots. But the trunk is large, although for me it is better the opposite. After all, it is easier to fill up the seats with a load than to make the passenger quickly lose weight.
To evaluate the full -wheel drive transmission, where the latest fourth -generation Haldex has managed to connect the rear axle in the sand of the ski lift. The coupling is really high -speed and soft. True, as our previous experiments have shown, it is not designed for a long skill in the mud. THE BEST?
And what is the Kuga stand out among competitors, who, according to the Forders, are about fifteen? A credit program of 2.9% per year, an interval interval of 15,000 km for diesel and 20,000 km for gasoline. And the face is not a general expressing, similar, however, on the cheburashka thought about gender belonging. And, of course, 200 liter engine. With. This is the most powerful of relatively affordable crossovers. But the most expensive real price for dealers for it begins at about 1,400,000 rubles. For more or less decent equipment, the disk-signalization-magnetol, etc. will run about 50,000 rubles. Although in our interesting time, you can probably use the sales, by the end of September, the Ford for the promotion will sell its crossover for 100 thousand cheaper.
Author: Evgenia Lyubimova, photo Ford Motor Company
Source: Magazine 4x4 [October /2009]
