Honda Pilot test drive since 2009 SUV

Giant Crossover, first test drive Honda Pilot

The car market is developing, customers are becoming more sophisticated, forcing marketers to invent more and more sophisticated moves. So Honda has discovered a new D-class crossover segment.
The first buyers of King-Size from Honda crossovers were Americans. If it weren’t for them, we have not seen all the periurals larger than CR-V. Pilot was developed in the California Design Studio. The appearance turned out to be successful, solidity and gross forms will attract not only American customers, but also domestic customers. So, if you look closely at the Honda Pilot, then you are a successful person, you have already managed to get a family and do not refuse to conduct weekends on fishing. Otherwise, why did the designers provide eight seats and a towbar for a two -ton trailer?
We went on vacation with the new Honda Pilot in Karelia. For the test I got a car in expensive EXECTIVE configuration (there is also Elegance without excesses like a leather salon and a steep audio system). While the tank is filled with 92-Benzin, (its motor should digest without problems) look at the cabin.
Let's start with the trunk: the third row of seats is installed here, which easily hides underground. If necessary, the second row also folds, as a result, an absolutely even floor is formed. Also, the second -row seats can simply be moved forward, in which case you can sit on the third row seat and stretch your legs. The back door of the trunk is two -section. If you want to open the door entirely, you only want glass. By the way, the massive door is equipped with an electric drive. In winter, to close, you don’t have to get your hands dirty and put bags on the ground.
The pilot’s salon came out a huge, with a margin of place to the ceiling, and to the rear seats. Perhaps five basketball players will be accommodated here quite comfortable. Both front seats are equipped with memory with memory. The seats themselves are moderately tough, with good lateral support. The rear seats lack the length of the pillow, but the legs can be pulled a little, the place to the front chair is enough. You can drive a couple of hours on the third row, this is very good, given that in most SUVs, only Chihuahua can be appropriately planted there. If you are a large father or mother, rejoice, ISOFIX mounts are provided for four children's seats. Given that the car was originally American, and in the States to cars with a high center of gravity, a special demand, passive safety paid a lot of attention. There are ten pillows in the pilot, while for three rows there are inflatable safety curtains. The car successfully passed not only the European NCAP, but also the North American crash tests. In addition, the front part was made the most loyal to pedestrians who always cross the road in the wrong place.
Let's get back to the cabin. For all basketball players who are comfortable in the cabin, there are many niches, departments, secretaries and cup holders. Honda Pilot can become not only a comfortable means of movement, but also a memory simulator. For example, after refueling, we had to look for a long time where the keys were put, and after they found it, we regretted that there was no remote mark that allows you to start the motor in a contactless way.
In front of the pilot driver are laconic devices with three scales, which are illuminated at night with pleasant, scattered light. Additional information is displayed on a monochrome display located in the center of the torpedo. Frankly, the numbers on it are small and the same. Therefore, if in motion I want to consider at what speed the fan is blowing, it is easy to get distracted. The American market provides an option with color LCD display. We hope that in Russia a similar option will appear after preparing the necessary cards for the GPS navigator. Also for Russian cars, the rear view camera displays is located in the salon mirror.
The box lever is located on the central console, which is very convenient. The parking brake here is American - foot. Another purely American plastic here. Despite the pleasant appearance, the entire front panel is made of oak solid material. Soft zones in the decoration can only be found on armrests.
But with comfort in the asphalt movement. The motor works quietly, as if covered with a pillow, with active acceleration, its voice is not even enough. Honda affects buyers with its active noise reduction system. A microphone is installed in the car’s cabin, a signal from which is analyzed, after which the audio system makes fluctuations in antiphase, designed to suppress a noise source. To help complex equipment, good sound insulation and windshield that absorb noise.
Another know-how system of active control of engine supports, which is activated while turning off the cylinders. The pilot has a six-cylinder V-shaped engine with a capacity of 257l.s. To save fuel, it used a temporary shutdown scheme of cylinders. In conditions of low loads, the supply of fuel in two cylinders is turned off, and at low speed with an uniform motion of active, only half of the cylinders remain. These tricks made it possible to bring the average fuel consumption to 11.8l/100km. By the way, the motor was adapted under the Russian winter. According to Honda representatives, the control unit is designed to start at -40C.
Despite the large space and all sorts of tricks to increase comfort, it is most pleasant to move behind the wheel. On the broken road, the back of the car shakes significantly, when loading the trunk becomes more comfortable.
Pilot is controlled, as befits a large car, with a worthy course stability, without nervous reactions to the steering of the steering wheel. With a sharp rotation of the steering wheel at a small corner, this giant crossover is more shifted from side to side, which turns - American genes are affected. However, this is a small flaw, the main factor that makes you make maneuvers with a margin, a motor. When you go out to overtake at 120-140 km/h, the five-speed automatic is thought a little, then it includes a low, but there is no dynamic acceleration, the revolutions are growing smoothly. The engine develops maximum power after 5000 rpm. The issue could be solved using a manual regime, but it is not.
But the brakes inspire confidence. You get used to them quickly, and there is no doubt about their effectiveness. In very critical situations for revenue, the VSA stabilization system will come.
Honda Pilot will play playfully with the cross -country motion. There is not only all -wheel drive, but also blocking the rear differential using an electromagnetic coupling. When slipping into the rear axle is transferred to 70% of the torque. According to the passport, the road clearance is 200 mm. Very good for the crossover. Another off -road function is the start system on a steep slope, it fixes the machine with blocks, allowing you to continue driving after stopping. The additional function of the hydrotransformer of the automatic transmission does not overheat when rolling the machine back.
According to engineers, the rigidity of the new body has increased significantly, and it itself is made by 52% of high -strength steel. However, during diagonal hanging, the back door refused to close, gaps appeared in the doorways, and the locks began to cling to the body. Of course, such shortcomings are unforgivable to the real rogue, however, do not forget that initially the car is American, and behind the ocean many acquire a monotive version.
For the general public, Honda Pilot will be represented at the summer Moscow car dealership, and cars will appear in the interior of dealers in early autumn. PILOT prices will begin at 1 million 400 thousand. rubles. Clients will be offered the Elegance and Executive configuration, the latter is 100 thousand rubles more.

 

Source: Auto.mail.ru