Test Drive Ford Tourneo since 2010 Minibus

Criteria utility

Corporate heels
Temperature beyond -23 degrees with, sharp impetuous wind, blizzard. At the speed of 90 km / h, the wind was so shaky in the board that the car managed to keep on the course only due to the energetic driving movement. This is not an extreme landing in bad weather on the instrument, it is a test of vans.

Ford Tourneo Connect.

Ford is significantly more competitors and inside, and outside
The dashboard is easy to read. The steering-adjustable steering wheel allows you to choose an optimal landing. KP lever with clear moves, and the handle comfortably lies in the hand.
The cargo space is huge, but in order to fold the seats, it is necessary for a serious strength, and in order for them to take the laid place, they need to bounce outnetally, but it works.
Connect seats turned out to be the most comfortable, but at the abundance of the shelves, there is no place to put a phone.
 
Under the hood
Engine: Working volume 1796 cm3,
max. Power 115 l. with. at 5750 rpm,
max. Moment 160 nm at 4400 rpm
Fuel consumption (highway / city / medium): 7.4 / 12.9 / 9.4 liters per 100 km
Number of seats 5.
Drive front
Suspension
Front independent spring
Rear spring
Gearbox fur. 5-stupas.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km / h 170
Acceleration up to 100 km / h, from 12.7
Total information
Mass Extra / Full, kg
1420/2120
Useful volume of cargo, m3
3,2
Load capacity, kg 700
 
Peugeot Partner.

The poorest basic equipment bots on low price
Manufacturers say that Peugeot inner volume is greater than 200 liters, in fact it is a delicacy, the benefits of Partner in smaller wheel arches and the most simple sequence folding algorithm: you just need to press two buttons on the backs.
For some reason, it is believed that the lifting door is prestigious, but more convenient all the same swing, especially those that can be opened both by 90 degrees and 180 degrees.
Seat folding scheme is the same: the back falls on the pillow, and the whole design rises vertically.
The steering column is adjusted only on the angle of inclination, and the middle seats.
 
Under the hood
Engine: Working volume 1361 cm3,
max. Power 75 liters. with. at 5500 rpm,
max. Moment 120 nm at 3400 rpm
Fuel consumption (highway / city / medium): 6.2 / 9.7 / 7.5 l per 100 km
Number of seats 5.
Drive front
Suspension
Front independent spring
Rear torsion
Gearbox fur. 5-stupas.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km / h 150
Acceleration up to 100 km / h, from 17.5
Total information
Mass Extra / Full, kg
1190/1780.
Useful volume of cargo, m3
2.8.
Load capacity, kg 590
 
Renault Kangoo.

In the traffic of urban traffic jams, there are no equal and short cars.
The basic configuration (Express) includes a radio tape recorder with a CD. Tachometer and speedometer are familiar and readable, which you can not say about the temperature pointer and fuel level; The lever is not the most convenient and in the upper positions to it have to be stretching.
Of course, two side sliding doors are always more convenient than one, it allows you to play passengers / cargo combinations as you like. In the nomination, the transformation of the cabin, in this test Renault wins points.
The steering column is fixed tightly, and taking into account the vertical landing it is convenient to presser
 
Under the hood
Engine: Working volume 1390 cm3,
max. Power 75 liters. with. at 5750 rpm,
max. Moment 112 nm at 4400 rpm
Fuel consumption (track / city / medium): 5.5 / 9.2 / 6.8 l per 100 km
Number of seats 5.
Drive front
Suspension
Front independent spring
Rear torsion
Gearbox fur. 5-stupas.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km / h 154
Acceleration up to 100 km / h, from 13.7
Total information
Mass Extra / Full, kg
1065/1645
Useful volume of cargo, m3
2.6
Load capacity, kg 580
 
Liked / did not like it
 
Ford Tourneo.
LIKED
Large external mirrors for the van needed, because if you ship under the roof, then the salon mirror becomes useless
DID NOT LIKE
Close the hood by the ignition key? This Ford Brand Chip makes itching the engine every time you open the hood
 
 
Peugeot Partner.
LIKED
Salon deflectors are simple and functionally, you can send a stream anywhere, but you can simply close. There is just nothing to break!
DID NOT LIKE
The idea is not bad, but here's a form ... After washing in the cold, open a gas tank problem. By the way, the same distinguished and Kangoo
 
 
Renault KaNGoo.
LIKED
The combination of the engine and the box is expelled from the usual traffic boredom, the empty machine instantly screwed into any gap
DID NOT LIKE
The abundance of a naked metal inside the car for $ 20 thousand discourages
 
Probably, if I lived in the suburb of Paris and had his shop where I would trade with milk and fresh greens, I would seriously reasoned about the benefits of the acquisition of a cargo-passenger van for 1518 thousand euros. But while alive Gazelle and Vis, the lot of such cars in Russia serve as corporate transport for all occasions in large companies. Although I was secretly told that the persons of the famous nationality bought several partners in order to carry the cucumbers to the market.
Riding impressions
To overcome the snow brush height of 15 cm, which marked in front of the parking lot, succeeded with the seventh attempt, just rolling his gauge. Yes, in the conditions of our winter, a highly restored 1.4-liter engine and not the biggest road clearance is not the best combination ...
But after the night in the cold, the engine was swamped without problems, and we joined the traffic of Moscow traffic jams. Here, narrow and short partner and kangoo have shown themselves well. They are squeezed into any gaps, and the woven engines allow you to even stalk. In general, if your interests fit inside the ring, then the choice of Peugeot and Renault is quite acquitted. They will not take a lot of space when parking and in time will be in place. But on the track, at a hundred velocity, high body is already forced to completely concentrate on driving. The advantages of Ford are revealed just where there is a place to overclock. 130 km / h, even in winter tires, the van behaves predictably, it stands very well on the arc in turn and keeps the straight, practically without reacting to the ruts. Do not deceive yourself: Despite the small reversal radius (by the way, all three cars are distinguished by excellent maneuverability), Connect a large car and behaves accordingly. With inappropriate traffic jams in comparison with competitors, the movement is pretty nervous interfere with dimensions and rescued brakes. But this is noticeable when you jump over from one machine to another. It is enough to spend the day at the wheel of the Ford to estimate the elasticity of the 1.8-liter (115 liters.) DURATEC, which allows an empty machine to touch from the second and switch through the transmission. And in general, the more time you spend behind the wheel, the Connect seems less, but with the width you have to be considered always and often where Kangoo and Partner are seeping forward, Ford remains to be sad in the tail of the tube ...
WORKING SPACE
In winter, in Russia, the life of automotive photographers is Epos Caleval. Especially relevant to the place where the country is told about the country of eternal ice: very cold and the sun quickly fails for the horizon. Even when the interior is needed, the lighting conditions require open doors. Of course, the life of corporate drivers is not so surry, but participation in the photo shoot helped to understand that the cars are found very quickly. This is especially noticeable in Kangoo with his abundance of a bare metal: buying a car for $ 20 thousand, I would like to see the front racks and window sills covered. True, the heater here is the most efficient. A little longer required to warm up the Peugeot salon, and Ford in this category Outsider.
The driver's working time is divided into three unequal parts. The first, the shortest, preparation for the exit. The corporate machine must be clean by definition, but the rectangle of the design and the vertical walls are tormented by collecting all the rubbish, which watered the streets. Take the same water procedures in the frost. Our wards oh, as they do not like. It is enough that all three cars of the benzobac opens with a key. The idea itself is not bad, anticrimony, but now open the gas tank after washing at Kangoo and Partner is quite problematic. From the conversation with drivers it turned out that sometimes this operation takes up to the hour of time! Connect refrained without problems, but the open larva still inspires concerns. By the way, the key opens and the hood opens, and in order to check the level of glass savings, it is necessary to join the engine. Renault engine in this case is not necessary, but in order to open the hood for three drivers, the total experience of which is close to 40 years old, it took 10 minutes that it was so much time to search for a tiny lever under the front panel.
The rest of the time (from 8 to 12 hours daily) is divided into motion and waiting. When the work takes up so much time, the convenience of the driver goes to first place. All three cars offer a vertical landing, but more comfortable managed to get driving Connect: here are three adjustments of the driver's seat, and the steering wheel is adjustable in two planes. At Partner, the steering wheel is adjusted only by tilt, and Kangoo is fixed tightly. Drive for the clutch of French cars is a traditional mystery. Each time the non-informative pedal has to catch it, and at what point the device will work only the manufacturers know. The KP lever liked most of the Ford: the massive handle comfortably falls into the hand, and it is difficult to miss. Peugeot has a slightly worse situation. The most vague drive of KP in Renault, in addition, to the first, third and fifth gears you have to reach.
The interiors of the French are very similar, obviously the second generation of cars was done with a loan for a competitor. Here the mass of shelves and shelves, boxes under passenger seats and hidden cavities at the feet of the rear passengers. And a huge shelf under the ceiling ... In principle, all the same can be found in the Connect salon, but nowhere to put a phone or pack of cigarettes. An attempt to attach them on the front panel, after several maneuvers, the failure of the mobile phone had to crawl throughout the salon. A comfortable ashtray is included in the basic configuration only peugeot, and in the corporate consciousness of Ford and Renault, a healthy lifestyle is already apparently rooted.
USEFUL VOLUME
To transport four passengers is not a problem, but a comfortable this trip can be called only in Connect, there is more space and in width, and in length. But the French machines are spacious, you will not call the heads of the seds freely, but threesome in the back seat are closed, and the knees rests ...
The rear seats themselves are separated in the proportion of 40/60 and folded the same, in two receptions: the back is stacked on the pillow, and the whole design rises vertically. It is most convenient to do it in peugeot, just press two buttons on the backs. In Renault, after the back is folded, you need to pull over a pair of belt loops. Ford loop alone and effort on it is Neda: Ford seats are easiest to dismantle at all, but the installation back will also require effort.
The difference in the volume of French machines is minimal, the Renault space is slightly smaller due to the fact that the arches are slightly more included in the salon. Ford is clearly larger in width, and height. But the swollen rear doors are available only in the long-base version of Ford, and Kangoo and Partner offer their customers lifting or swinging doors to choose from. So, on the convenience of Loading, Ford is a little inferior to competitors.
SUMMARY
To write in detail about the equipment and options does not make sense, there are a lot of them. Number of airbags, high or low roof, long or short base (for Ford), ABS and PBS, the quality of the audio system all depends on the thickness of your wallet.
French cars are very close to convenience, and by chassis. Operating experience suggests that here is an exemplary parity. So, the question of the price and aesthetic priorities remains. For most, Ford criteria comes forward, but it is more and more expensive, moreover, it is obvious that the cost of operation will be higher.
If your interests do not go beyond the borders of the megalpolis, you can vote for the French by the ruble, and if the city / highway mileage is equivalent in the coordinate system, then Ford wins.
Text Max Sergeev
Photo Leonid Dedukh
 

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