Honda Pilot test drive since 2009 SUV
Mogikanin
Honda Pilot. Price: from 1,400,000 rubles. On sale: since September 2008 Cars such as Honda Pilot are increasingly being persecuted: they are drowned with fuel prices, they are crushed by taxes, and the parking spaces are suffering. But even insoluble perturbations do not become an obstacle to them on the way to the Russian market free from prejudices
We usually have a large ship or a large swimming or a large torpedo, depending on the mood, the state of the wallet, the weather or other equally logical and understandable factors. In most cases, these parting words carry a comic hue. But it is not without reason that they say that in every joke there is only a share of a joke. For the Honda Pilot crossover, both wishes may be quite real.
The appearance of this car in Russia can provoke a split in the camp of a potential audience. The inveterate stagnation supporters in automobile design will surely hope for the classics of forms, simplicity and cleanliness of Pilot lines and the lack of modern frills. They can be understood: a deliberately brutal image of the model, it seems, was really created with the help of a ruler and two ingredients of the school ready -made flight and compass. It would seem simple geometry but how much ex-press! Leo's confidence here harmoniously intertwines with the insolence of the monkey and the titanic calm of the koala. And there is no need to talk about masculinity: it literally pours out in an endless stream with a powerful facing of the radiator, flows from an impressive bumper and, shimmering through massive wheeled arches, splashes out onto many -day wheels.
Even the most avid modernists will not deny the latter, which, however, is unlikely to be able to make such a clear ignoring of modern design trends in the era of applied forms and streamlined realism. Where is the game of faces and whirlpools of relief surfaces, where is progressiveness and swiftness? Don`t Be Squared! If they weren’t so limited-ugly, expressed by the language of Mia Wallace, the wife of Marseellas Wallace from a criminal reading. Be that as it may, Honda Pilot remains a solid city extra-road worker with a full arsenal of amenities and a prestigious price. And none of the above castes can accuse the car of lack of comfort or free space. Behind the controversial, like Malevich’s black square, a completely unambiguous interior is hidden by the appearance of the car. Here, like the ideal Chekhov man, everything is fine: and profiled chairs with electric drives, ergonomic controls, a multifunctional steering wheel, and a transformable interior, and even a melodic sound of a radio. Well, or almost everything: cheap plastic surrounding from the front and flanks provokes a certain confusion of feelings. But fullness, initially the car was nevertheless intended for the United States, and the Americans, unlike us, are frankly finishing materials.
The wasted optimism will quickly return the picture from the rear view camera, which suddenly pops up on the salon mirror when the appropriate transmission is turned on. What for these purposes the information display on the front panel did not fit, it is not entirely clear, but for ingenuity five with a plus! A map of the navigation system would also look good on the same screen. But there is no such equipment even in the list of options that for a representative and expensive model today, you see, is strange. Let's hope this is a matter of time. Until then, a way in an unfamiliar area will have to be paved along the old fashioned way. But when the air in the cabin is repented from the breath of eight people bowed above the map (yes, the salon is 8-seater!), The temperature balance will restore a three-zone climate control in a matter of minutes. Leaned degrees are set up separately for the driver, front passenger and wholesale for all those sitting behind. By the way, it will not be closely nobody: even on the third row of seats there is enough free space to cause envy among drivers of many small -solcables. Only now, at single obstacles, it shakes back in the back. The body recognizes centimeters of bumps and pits with an accuracy of a millimeter. Another thing is a relatively even coating, where the SUV becomes like a flat stone launched on the surface of the water. Softly damping with a suspension on gentle irregularities, the crossover seems to be sinusoidal over the road, despite visual heavyweight. Of course, he really is not an inch, but with its decent dimensions, it differs with a rather modest mass (2092 kg), obtained as a result of the use of light materials in the design.
Light but strong! The Honda Pilot is equipped with a 3.5-litar 6-cynic engine with a capacity of 257 hp. But not the heroic forces. Armed with a clean 5 -speed automatic (there is no manual mode), a car without a well -done enthusiasm will storm not only the first hundred meters, but also goes to high -speed overtaking. It accelerates exemplary smoothly and evenly, there is no dispute, but somehow without a light. But the economy of the model promises to be high. The system of alternating cylinders facilitates the life of the motor, deactivating two or three cylinders depending on the load (traffic jams, measured riding, intensive acceleration) and reducing gas consumption. Yes, and managing Pilot is nice. In American, a light steering wheel does not differ in acuteness (3.7 turnover), but reacts to driver's messages with minimal delay, demonstrating information good for a car of this class. The crossover holds the road steadily, without requiring special steering and completely ignoring the rut. And the engineers managed to achieve a 6 -meter radius of the turn with such a car dimensions, the courtyards forced by vehicles will not be a western for Honda Pilot. Other
Unlike most all-wheel drive systems that activate during slipping, VTM-4 evenly distributes the torque to all wheels even with normal acceleration on dry asphalt. If necessary, on the rear axle can be transferred to 70% of the moment. In the lock mode, a constant distribution of the moment in relation to 45% on the front and 55% on the rear wheels is established.
Driving The car accelerates smoothly, but without much zeal. It is well controlled and keeps the road.
Salon
Seven on the shops, not counting the driver: for mass trips to the nature of the most! That's just the finish materials pumped up.
Comfort
Convenient seats, soft suspension and thoughtful ergonomics.
Safety
In total in abundance: both pillows and electronic assistants.
Price
Among competitors, the cost of the model seems quite appropriate, if not modest.
Advantages and disadvantages + A huge salon with comfortable seats, good obedience to the steering wheel, a rich basic equipment.
- A thoughtful machine, which also does not have a manual mode.
Specifications
Mark and model - Honda Pilot
Dimensions - 4870x1995x1845 mm
Engine - gasoline, 3471 cm3, 257 hp/5700 min -1
Transmission - automatic, 5 -speed KP
Dynamics - max 180 km/h; 9.9 C to 100 km/h
Competitors - Land Cruiser Prado, Nissan Pathfinder
Our opinion
Such models continue to be in demand among our compatriots. With the load of interesting characteristics and decent baggage of basic equipment and the Options, Honda Pilot should easily join a party of dimensional all -wheel drives. And the sane price will only accelerate the process of passing face control.
Author: Dmitry Tytyuchenko
