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Netehas Ranger. New pickup test Ford Ranger

Among modern pickups, it seems that such qualities as masculinity and brutality have completely depreciated. Now, there is another fashionable body design and civilian interior, climate control and passing in the cabin. So the new Ford Ranger made his significant contribution to the processing process of pickups. This rainger is no longer suitable for a spark chack Norris in a wide -brimmed hat.


The fact that modern pickups almost completely lost the insane of the working trucks is quite normal evolution. The new Ranger looks modern and even fashionable: there is a lot of chrome and silver plastic in the decoration, the front line is made in a new corporate style, a bright representative of which is a fresh Explorer. In general, the criterion for the relevance of the design of the pickupa is very simple: close with your palm everything that is beyond the driver’s doors and imagine that this is an ordinary SUV. It means that with the design, according to current concepts, order. The new Ranger this test is easy. But the food ... And all the pickups are one, and no one has managed to come up with something original here.


Chrome gills on the front wings of a propulsion. Although not, there is still functionality: it is very convenient to distinguish between engines and transmission of test machines on them
There are more surprises inside: there are the same chopped edges of the front panel, vertical foul deflectors, blue backlight and the same general idea of \u200b\u200bthe interior as the passenger focus. And in richly equipped rangers, a multimedia system with navigation, which can be found in Focus, is even installed. In general, comfort and coziness reign in the interior, which are provided, inter alia, not bad for the truck, a bunch of power connectors, an abundance of button and twists, as well as a lot of place for the rear passengers: the new Ranger has become much more spacious for the second row riders. This is another sign of turning a workhorse into a civilian universal car now on it can be set off on a long way by one four.


The driver’s landing is slightly overshadowed by the steering wheel -adjusted steering wheel
The equipment is also full order. It became clear when in the windshield they found ... Failures of its heating! After that, I no longer began to be surprised at the standard multimedia-navigation with Bluetooth and USB interfaces, parking sensors, a rear view chamber, a two-zone climate control system, a stabilization system that completely replaces the mechanical locks in the Russian market (we will still check the electronics in the case!), I will control the background, backlighting of the passenger compartment, leather armchairs, lateral inflatable pillows and mass of other equipment that is uncharacteristic until today for such machines.


The backing has a very practical plastic cladding available in the form of an option. Another convenient part to order a sliding curtain for the body, also from plastic

Thanks to such a wide range of additions, the basic version of XL and the top -end Wildtrak (between them are still lying XLT and Limited) almost like different cars. Including at the expense of the mass of external accessories: for example, such as 18-inch wheels, footboards, arcs on the roof and in the back, different decoration of bumper, radiator and mirrors. Therefore, Ranger can be bought in any guise, at least a simple hard worker with a half -of -half cab and a gasoline engine with mechanics (1,186,000 rubles), at least naked by the comfort technology of the universal handsome Wildtrak for 1,557,000 rubles, not counting a few options.


By the way, Ranger is the first pickup, which received a five-star assessment in EURONCAP Crash tests
Buyers of a ranger are invited to choose from three engines and three transmission. The simplest and most affordable combination of a gasoline 166-horsepower engine with a volume of 2.5 liters with a 5-speed mechanics non-alternative for it. This is the shifted Duratec 2.3, which is placed, for example, on S-MAX. An additional 200 cubes gave an increase of 5 horses and 23 N ∙ m, but this is still not enough for a heavy frame truck. I tried the entire range of revolutions of this motor, and everywhere the result is one: it does not go. To make a whole event on such a ranger on a suburban highway. And in order to do this, I will have to recall the Zhigulev technique: he let go of the overtaking slightly forward, gained speed and slipped through the passage, putting down a good moment. Alas, gasoline will not allow more gasoline, no matter how you wield a stiring.


In the last generation of the model, gasoline engines were not offered at all

Whether it is a diesel! Even the younger 150-horsepower unit with a volume of 2.2 liters rides quite worthy thanks to a rod of 375 N ∙ m. This engine with a 6-speed manual gearbox, which allows you to always be in the moment and is quite intelligent, so as not to annoy even a lazy driver. In such a machine, you can not only leisurely carry goods or wipe off on the off -road, but I did not feel the problems with overtaking on narrow tracks with comfort for long distances. But the same engine, but with an automatic transmission about 6 programs, caused mixed feelings. It seems to go, no worse, but the thoughtfulness of the box at the decisive moments nullifies all the advantages of the machine while you wait for switching down, the gate on the highway will click for a long time.


For other markets, a 2.2-liter diesel is offered by Forders and in less forced versions

Therefore, motor 2.2 with an automatic box will be an ideal choice for those who travel around the city or rural areas. An honest mechanics remains more preferable for the track, which will squeeze the full potential of the younger diesel. Well, if compromises are unacceptable and allow funds (in the amount of at least 1,401,000 rubles), then it is worth stopping at a top 200-horsepower diesel engine with a volume of 3.2 liters, which gives out as much as 475 N ∙ m of thrust. It doesn't matter to this, what transmission motor is confidently pulling everywhere and always. The schedule from the powerful stand confirms this thesis: the flat shelf of the peak torque begins at 1600 revolutions and is leaning for sunset only after 2500. Structurally, the engine is similar to the younger fellow and belongs to one family called Global Puma. Only now has one additional cylinder.


Another important feature of the new Ranger is gorgeous for such a machine noise insulation. But not only the appropriate materials are responsible for the silence in the cabin, but also unusually quiet motors in the work: it is traditionally to call the diesel pickup with the tractor simply does not turn the tongue. The past generation was such a Shumka and never dreamed!
If the Ranger salon looks like a completely ordinary SUV, then the habits of a work truck-worker are still manifested on the move. Firstly, significantly effort on the steering wheel. Secondly, the frame, the spring suspension and unloaded feed scheme impose their restrictions on the ability of the car on the asphalt. But having before my eyes, passenger scales with a cheerful blue backlight and clutching a small steering wheel in your hands, getting into a rage on serpentines is easier! But Ranger quickly pulls out: at speeds above 100 km/h, the canvas make it hard to cling to the steering wheel, and 120 the actual ceiling of comfort on this machine. But at the same time, the ranger has good brakes and transparent, as far as possible, steering, so the city and the highway are given to the pickupa without problems.


Ranger's passageability is still difficult to call, but in comparison with the previous generation, progress is evident
And how are things outside of solid coatings? Indeed, until recently, buying such a truck was the easiest way to get an honest SUV for minimum money. Flapping metrosexuality, do pickups lose in the offroood capabilities? Amarok is good, the new Colorado also has good potential. Is Ranger behind? In the arsenal it has 229 mm clearance, good geometry (entry and entry angles are 28 degrees), connected by electronics all-wheel drive with a lowering gear, a system of assistance when descending or climbing the mountain, electronic stabilization and ABS, which can work in an off-road mode, and Also a trailer stabilization system. It is important that all the insured electronics is included in the basic configuration of any version of the rainer.


By the way, for other Ranger markets, other transmission options are offered. For example, strictly rear -wheel drive or all -wheel drive with honest mechanical locks

To connect the full -wheel drive, it is enough to turn the round selection of the transmission modes for one click, and this can be done at speeds up to 120 km/h. In this mode, the stabilization system reviews its views on the slipping of the wheels: for example, slipping in connection with the passage of bumps will not be perceived as a freelance situation. When switching to a lowering (only after a complete stop of the car), all the main electronics are falling asleep, and only special assistants for driving along the mountains remain to be stable.

The one that helps to descend is conveniently tuned in the cruise lever, goes into the background when reaching 35 km/h and completely turns off when accelerating to 80 km/h, and the assistant at starting to the mountain is designed not only for kettles. Try it, tire without it into a slide with a slope of 60% on a completely loaded rainer, the mass of which is 3200 kg, or by car with a trailer, the mass of which can reach 3350 kg!

On the stones and clefts, Ranger is confidently climbing. It so happened that I tested cross-country ability only by car with the younger 150-horsepower diesel and automatic. On the off -road, this ligament works fine: the box always selects the desired gear, and the lowering row on solid soil is required only with very cool upsurges. The suspension on the bumps is harsh and does not make the impression of the all -in -and -handous, but this is characteristic of almost all pickups in an unloaded state. The main enemy of the rainer on the mountain roads of diagonal hanging. The car is quite capable of cope with this situation through electronics slowing down the skid wheels, but if you catch the diagonal, a little in the hill and break out thoroughly, it will not be easy to continue moving forward.

The saying without knowing the ford, do not stick into the water known not only to lovers of off -road fun. But I was not up to her, when I saw a huge puddle ahead, from the captivity of which, scattering dirty spray, Ranger colleagues jumped out of fun. They drove, which means that I could, and rushed to overcome the wide swamp overgrown with grass in the middle of the field. But the step is right and left, and the bottom can be very different from what I was counting on. And so it turned out: Ranger plunged into the water almost on the very headlights and stopped, stuck in Il and buried under water in something suspension.


The depth of the forhrus overcome by the new pickup of Brod up to 80 cm. This is a serious indicator

I put it back, and the car refuses to go the first second. But then the electronics are turned on, which brakes the desired wheels and replacing the pickup with honest locks. The system works surprisingly clearly, and, crumbling instant mechanisms, Ranger crawls out of captivity. From the second call of the puddle, I submitted to me, but I managed to leave a license plate in it. Overlining the latter took more than an hour, and during this time I studied her bottom in detail. After that, the faith in the cross -country ability of the ranger only strengthened to slip at the depths he had to be in liquid silt, while clinging to the levers to the rather big boulders.

What did Ranger bring to the pickup market? Nothing globally, because almost everything was already the same in the Volkswagen Amarok, presented several years ago. But Ranger is a completely fresh model and has just a gorgeous equipment for its segment. Therefore, the Ford Pikap is one of the few not only for those who need a workhorse or an affordable SUV, but also to those who want a universal strong car for work and relaxing with a decent level of comfort. Now only Volkswagen Amarok yes Nissan Navara can be ranked to these. Amarok with a simple 2.0-liter diesel diesel engine, all-wheel drive and one and a half cab can be bought for 1,068,500 rubles. (There are also monopoly versions for 995 600 rubles), and with a double cab and all -wheel drive for 1,181,900 rubles. The version with an automaton is already coming paired with an 180 -hp motor with a power of 180 hp. For the price of 1,343,300 rubles. For comparison, the basic Ranger with a half -of the cockpit costs from 1,186,000 rubles. (150-horsepower diesel with mechanics by only 3,000 rubles more expensive). Ranger is more expensive than a German opponent by more than 100 thousand! But it should be noted that the Ford pickup has a better equipment. For example, he will not have two airbags, but all seven, including the knee. Yes, and you will not have to pay extra for the air conditioning with music. As for Nissan Navara, which is sold with us only with a double cab, this model in a very poor basic configuration costs at least 1,318,000 rubles. Normal versions of NAVARA are estimated at 1,429,000 rubles, a model with an automaton of 1,474,000 rubles. Ford Ranger with a double cabin and an automaton from 1,373,000 rubles.

Author: Dmitry Laskov
Photos: author, Viktor Borisov and Ford


 

Source: Auto.mail.ru