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Test drive updated Ford Transit: Truck for every day?

The portal Kolesa.ru suddenly looked into the segment, to which an ordinary motorist almost never addresses. In the vicinity of Munich, we experienced in the updated Ford Transit business a hardworking minivan with a set of environmentally friendly options. And at the same time thought: how does transit feel as a car for every day?

I am sure that frequent passengers of route taxi probably believe that the driver of minibuses needs to be born. It is good that the test program of the updated Ford Transit did not include reversing along the streets banned in traffic jams and collecting money from passengers. Otherwise, I would have thought too.

In the Munich airport, journalists were waiting for a dozen restyled Ford Transit. However, even my future fellow traveler, the editor -in -chief of a specialized cargo media, could not recognize all the differences on the way to the car. Moreover, changes in the transit from Gulkin beak. Refined only by the front bumper and the radiator grill. But do people in the salons of commercial transport choose the original and modern design? I have never considered commercial cars in the show rooms of dealerships, but I am sure that there is no answer.

It was not possible to get as much as possible to settled the seat is regulated only in one plane: forward and back. It is impossible to adjust the angle of inclination of the back due to the partition between the cargo compartment and the cab. A small window was done in it to see the load through the salon mirror (only it is not clear: why?), And it is better to look back through the side mirrors.

It seemed that the clutch pedal is too high, as well as the site for the rest of the left leg. To use the latter, I had to bend the knee almost at 90 degrees. However, some discomfort in the arrangement at the wheel is compensated by a large number of all kinds of departments, shelves, cup holders, and two glove boxes in addition.

The very situation inside the new Transit began to resemble a truck less and more and more cars. However, depending on what to compare

It was not particularly difficult to park transit during one of the stops on the test route. Incidentally, the most compact Transit has 4.8 meters in length and 1.9 in width exactly the same overall parameters near the mondeo sedan. True, a passenger car is half a meter below, but this fact is unlikely to make maneuverability, but the review from the cabin opens much better than from a passenger car: a huge windshield and two -section external mirrors along with a high landing allow you to completely control everything that happens around.

And managing a minivan seemed to me no more difficult for me than an SUV. True, a significant role in this was played by a 400-kilogram cargo, kindly laid by representatives of Ford in the luggage compartment in order to increase the loading of the rear axle. The steering is relatively responsive, the force on the steering wheel can be called informative, and rotating the lamb transit is no more difficult than in focus.

The engine in any of the updated Transit line diesel diesel duratorq tdci, a volume of 2.2 liters. But depending on the execution (length of the base and type of drive), its power varies from 100 to 155 hp. But the most powerful motor is available only in rear-wheel drive versions, and for front-wheel drive, the motor assortment is limited by a 140-horsepower option. The gearbox for all versions is one 6-speed, mechanical, the lever of which is stuck in a special pedestal on the central console. The programs are shifted clearly, in addition, the engine is more than elastic for the diesel engine, which even allows you to use increased gears in the city without bothering their frequent change.

As is often the case with cars outside of Russia, the most interesting in the presented new products will not reach our country. In the case of the updated Ford Transit, we are talking about an environmentally and economically profitable Economic Economic. With it, the diesel engine receives a jamming system and starting the engine at traffic lights, and at the same time a speed limiter at a mark of 110 km/h. However, you can remove the leg from the gas pedal and the engine can be jammed for free.

Cars will appear on sale in November 2011, accurate prices are not yet known, but Ford representatives promised that there will be about the same amount of new minibuses as the pre -sustained generation, that is, from 885,500 rubles, however, the Russian assembly may affect the price of transit. : The production of cars in Elabuga is about to start.

Ford Transit can be considered as a car for every day. It is not difficult to manage it; Fuel costs will be less than that of two -liter gasoline machines. And the dimensions of Ford are not so great as they seem from the outside. There is no need to talk about the capacity of the luggage compartment at all. But there is no comfort in the car, and it is unlikely to be in the nearest generations. Therefore, if life forces you to choose a truck with a daily car, then Transit is perfect. In other cases, it is better to passen a car


Author: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Alexander Korobchenko


 

Source: Wheel magazine [September 2011]