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The current hero is Ford Ranger 2008
Not so long ago, we tested the Mazda BT-50, and we liked it with its integrity. The current hero of Ford Ranger, in fact, is his brother, characterized by details of appearance. Some buy a pickupa because they need a light all -wheel drive truck. Take potatoes, firewood, roofing material, cement. Such a minority. The bulk of Russians selecting a full -wheel drive car wants, but the classic SUV cannot afford. Why did I get it? Yes, to the fact that the Ford Ranger and the Mazda BT-50, and even more so the Mitsubishi L200 are in no way of those full-size pickups that plow America, loaded with eight-hundredth ATVs or a KTM pair. These are small trucks from Asia, on which bananas and rice are carried, or what is growing there. So if you are a fisherman, a carpet, or, say, a hunter, or you have an inflatable boat with a motor, and in your head the wind is Ladoga, then this is to us, in the club of lovers of pickups. Because, I will not stop repeating, the pickup is cool and, as they say in one of my favorite television programs, always cool. In this case, we are dealing with the coolest Ford Ranger option called Wildtrak. He is struggling to be a real jigit (that is, sorry, cowboy). His seats are trimmed
a combination of skin and alcantara and decorated with embroidery. He even has branded rugs, with an orange tub. On the front wings, decorative pads a la air intakes. Special design of the front bumper. Plastic aerodynamic installation at the junction of the cabin and body. But the main thing is the elegant roller shutters closing the cargo compartment, on which it is so convenient to lay out tackle for installation, to put a thermos with coffee, or even a burner with a pot. Still, the plastic hardtop-kanopi looks too utilitarian, the flat cover is uncomfortable, and here is what is needed. ONE FOR ALL
The Ford Ranger of the new generation is placed by the Duratorq TDCI series. Funny for a person who speaks in Russian, the name consists of the contraction and fusion of two English words: durable is a hardy, strong, persistent and torque torque. Very promising characteristics are hidden in the name as for the awkward name TDCI, then the turbodiesel with the power Rail power system and the direct fuel injection system are even simpler. It is precisely a single fuel ramp of high pressure that it differs from the previous motor. And even four valves
on the cylinder, and in the old, I recall, there were three each. All this is a plus of a turbine with variable geometry and several more modern technological solutions interesting only to engineers allowed to remove 143 liters from a 4-cylinder 2.5-liter engine. With. At 3500 rpm and 330 nm of the peak of torque already at 1800 rpm. In fairness, it should be noted that somewhere up to 1250 the motor pulls badly, which is typical for all sixteen-plapant, so if you are stalled, moving into a small slide, do not be surprised, just add gas, releasing clutch. In the working range of revolutions, the motor demonstrates enviable agility, allowing it to be equally easy to hold 150160 km/h and instantly accelerate from 70 to 110, when the overtaking window opens in front of the puffing panel. Moreover, without changing the transmission of pronounced pickups there is no diesel engine, some revival can be found around the mark of 21002200 rpm. In case you have to force protracted steep climbs below, you should not discard, it is better to switch. If you need to move smoothly, and even with a load, and on a slippery coating, then it is advisable to switch to a low row of a hand -boxed box and choose a second gear. On a straight line, even at the first, traction at a soft start may not be enough.
Everything is ahead According to the manufacturer, the Ford Ranger salon was completely redone. It is difficult to say how full, and indeed I liked the previous option. At least much more than the L200 cabin or Mazda B-series. It became more spacious ahead, it is a wider fact. Solders are deeper, lateral support is better. The organization of the driver’s workplace, already good, offers an even wider range of adjustments. Now the high pilots are not crowded. The buttons and handles that control the devices of the second echelon, and their location became more modern, I won’t pick up the other word. Yes, and these devices themselves are climate installation, that the audio system is taken from a number of higher class equipment. A deep two -story console box and three cup holders are very convenient. Yes, yes, I calculated them. And I did not forget about the wonderful retractable table located between the passenger’s airbag and the mess. But with planting and drilling, not everything is so cloudless. If you climb into the salon and jump out of it ahead, then, climbing into the back seat, I immediately remembered the old Cherokee, and even Hunter in places. The door is narrow, it opens on the insufficiently large angle, the sofa is shifted forward, and the corners of its pillows are braked. To squeeze through the door-toe is still half half, it is necessary to guard the leg inside, and then still, the legs, somewhere to put them, and then this bevel distance to the back of the front chairs is small, or rather, it will be said that for an adult tall higher The average is not enough to go on a long journey.
Although in the new L200 there are no more places, and the couple of my friends stood the road from Moscow to St. Petersburg and back in it There are more weights
The body of the new Ford Ranger will include more than a ton of cargo. I won’t know that it could be twenty bags of fertilizers? I would be sorry to put in a car worth $ 33,000 fertilizers. And the cement would be sorry, and bricks! But the fact remains the carrying capacity of this pickup 1075 kg. The volume of the body in liters is 1126, the length of the floor is 1530 mm. A full -wheel drive version, but only such will be officially able to take a tow with a maximum mass of three tons. Access to the cargo compartment is common through a leap rear side. The latter is quite durable on it can be a couple of healthy men.
Take further
Ranger rides well. Adequately steer and slows down, rolls in moderation. There is no feeling that you are driving a truck. That's just that the view of the vast hood
it reminds you that you are driving a serious apparatus. Well, it's great! True, it is not very convenient to park this crocodile in the capital of our Motherland, clogged with vehicles. Having drove home for mud shoes, I traveled for a long time around the yard in search of free space, enough to get into it five pickup meters. If I were in the field, I would have parked three times already, and so I had to climb into the curb and stand on the edge of the dog platform. Pay less
As I already said, the most expensive Ford Ranger in the Wildtrak configuration, which costs 860,000 rubles. The simplest Ford Ranger will cost 640,000 rubles. He will not have catchy stickers, he will come out more to the color, neither leather nor air conditioner, but a painful diesel and all -wheel drive and always ready. What else do you need? Be sure to rim and protection of the front, in the body a plastic liner, a cover up or hardtop, add music and navigation to taste. Total thousand in seven hundred can be met. It will turn out to be a relatively inexpensive and quite pleasant off -road truck.
By the way, have you already decided that you will carry it in it?
Author: Igor Gubar, photo of Alexander Openov-Baranov
Source: Magazine 4x4 [February/2008]
