Honda Pilot test drive since 2009 SUV
How deceiving nature
The car market will fever! You look at the price list of dealers and wonder: for the price of the Japanese of the middle hand, you can buy a real premium with a name. Freebie? Cadillac SRX
Cadillac in the domestic market is still perceived by a cat in a bag. The original faceted style, according to which all the latest models are created, was designed to arouse interest in legend, but the Russian consumer’s love was not able to achieve this course, there was little appearance.
Today, General Motors is going through the best of times, and in a global sense you can relate to this as you like, but ordinary customers can only rejoice when other brands are valued before our eyes, Cadillac retains very attractive prices. That is why we added a higher class car to our test, because the buyer chooses in many ways a ruble. Surprisingly, in our test it is precisely the most sports front chairs with a verified anatomical profile and pronounced lateral support.
Cadillac was born for distant races, an eater of the distance between the states, or rather regions. Beautiful embodiment of the dream of every boy to become a trucker
Cadillac is more conservative than competitors: simple lines, leather, wood like in a museum, only a volume of Bradbury in a passenger seat is missing
The steering wheel is overloaded with buttons, which are very difficult to manipulate. There is even heating the rim of the steering wheel! The machine is thoughtful, but the monitor dark all this is not hi-end. The arrow clock does not need a cart
The interior of the kingdom of the skin and wood. The quality is quite normal for an American, although newsverse simplicity is still obvious to look at a simple dashboard or ascetic information display. Yes, and according to options, the same Murano or Tribeca put Caddy on both shoulder blades, for nothing that the class below. Ergonomics is a little unusual, the American school of automotive industry is far from Japanese or European. No, well, who else, except Yankee, can come up with a button of the rear wiper on the ceiling!
The suspension filters the little things well, despite the low -profile tires, however, on large irregularities, kinematics surrendered, dumbfounding with a hard breakdown. Perhaps these are the costs of a large run of the tested instance, because before SRX there were no such sins. In addition, each blow is accompanied by a choir of crops in the cabin, which creak in all ways. By the way, noise insulation compared to competitors is simply magnificent. The start of the place is impressive, after all, the V8 is not a joke, but the pulse of the vigorous acceleration accompanied by a combat roar sets a leisurely automatic machine.
The delays are first annoyed, and then they simply configure in a calm way, and inconvenience turns into a feature of temperament. The steering on good coatings pleases with a transparent feedback, but vigilance is better not to lose: it is worth the wheels to get in a bend to a broken area, the steering wheel instantly empty and begins to live its own life. But in direct areas, course stability is unshakable, a real intercity liner!
Spacious Salon Strong trump card SRX. There are plenty of rear passengers, the area of \u200b\u200bglazing is huge. Great crossover for contemplative travel! And the trunk is impressive. In the absence of an optional third row, you can easily upload a wagon and a small trolley there.
there are only two engines for a choice, and both gasoline: V6 3.6 (255 hp) and V8 4.6 (320 hp) prices start from 1,500,000 rubles. The basic version, which by default includes separate climate control, cruise control, electric drive of the fifth door, leather interior, Bose audio system, etc. The minced meat is offered just a lot of levels. Only our advice to you: do not take 20 discs, they greatly spoil the sled impressions of a very comfortable car
Honda Pilot
Many owners of SUVs are completely indifferent to its off -road properties. Just still alive in the minds of the stereotype that on a large, frightening car, it seems to be more comfortable in large cities in large cities. The second plus of off -road layout is a high landing that allows you to calculate the road situation a few steps forward. Well, the third, important capacity.
The Khondovtsy, developing a typical Pilot crossover, killed two birds with one stone and pleased adherents of large iron cars and lovers of road comfort. The fruit of genetic engineering was very curious. So, for the first time, we move off the asphalt to immediately assure that he has no place in the pampas, and we’ll famously go on the snow virgin to, then climb on a thawed clay slope, and perhaps the shocks of the frozen land remind you that this is a SUV in appearance In fact, a car!
This should always be remembered, because the landing is vertical, and the visibility of glasses and mirrors is truly off -road. The interior is very airy and light, also not devoid of style and comfort. Here you can live: a lot of shelves, cabinets, drawers, cupamanies. Everything is completely toy, easily washing and some kind of fake.
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The interior is airy and light, like a glazed balcony
The dashboard is too playful for such an impressive car with a claim to the image of an SUV. Now, if the arrows were cast from cast iron, and the dials were milled from a piece of titanium! Confidently navigate in this keyboard on the move will not work out the Informative automatic transmission selector resembles a joystick
The materials are the most simple in our five: you won’t wait for tactile pleasures from the pilot cockpit. In addition, on irregularities, all this plastic riot of imagination creaks and even the younger CR-V swaying is much more solid, well, but there is only less. On any coatings, except for even asphalt, the suspension does not manifest itself in the best way for the crossover, repeating the profile of bumps and accompanying each large bump with vertical tagging. If you try to move aggressively, like on a Subaru, storming broken areas at high speed, then on large potholes the suspension is strictly and mercilessly piercing. This forever beats a desire to ride quickly on bumps.
Yes, and for that Pilot? Of course not. Honda crossover is good for life within the Moscow Ring Road. Soft reactions to steering and a slow machine, devoid of manual control function, are echoed by this conclusion. The engine is also good primarily at urban speeds: a 3.5-liter six does not allow the Pilot driver to accelerate quickly when reaching the high-speed highway.
A city car for a family large life, in which there is time for sorties to picnics and there is a place for dreams of adventures, travel, overcoming and victories.
For a large 3.5-liter crossover with automatic transmission, dealers ask for quite reasonable 1,471,000 rubles. The base already has everything you need, but if you pay another 256,000 rubles on top, then you can add luxury elements such as a leather interior with electric drives, a hatch, a rear view camera, a more advanced musical system. Dealers also offer a line of external tuning adding an off -road brutality machine. The choice of power units and transmission is not provided
Mazda CX-7
For two years of sales, the rapid silhouette of the Mazda CX-7 became a little became familiar, but a truly beautiful car cannot become obsolete, especially since the form does not diverge with content. Looking at the wedge -shaped body, it immediately becomes clear the car is fast, nimble and at the same time friendly as a dolphin.
Reasonable sufficiency can be described in a nutshell in a nutshell. Here everything is designed with amazing pedantry, there is a style, but there are no excesses, everything is strict and functional. Instead of a fashionable liquid crystal monitor, a narrow loophole with a minimum of information, just below the dissipation of the audio control buttons. Only thick racks with triangular windows are limited, the mirrors are excellent, large and correct. Compared to competitors, the rear passengers are crowded here, the trunk is small, and it will not be especially possible to transform the salon.
Since the manufacturer does not try to let us dust in the eyes and bribe with pleasant trifles, it means we will rather start sled tests! The first thing you immediately pay attention to the wheel of the CX-7 is an amazing responsiveness and obedience to an amazing for not light crossover. The car is clearly driving at the wheel, you literally drive the car with your fingers so information that comes from the steering wheel is natural and understandable.
In order to drive a Mazda CX-7, you do not need to get used to the car, literally an hour later you will organically feel every rotating wheel, rotation of the steering wheel and turbocharging drying
Sports spirit in each line, only what you need for the drive steering, pedals and excellent views of the road of any quality
Devices are strictly functional and laid out on individual glasses so glare less with rear passengers are closely automatic machines on Mazda cars do not pamper with quickness, but alternative mechanics are not proposed
The turbo engine gives temperamental acceleration, which is brightened unless not the perfect automatic machine. But the general philosophy of a quick, driver finally enters the bloodstream after the first kilometers passed. The suspension is very dense, information about each fossa is transmitted to the body, and this is not a slack or a shortage, but on the contrary, the sporting salinity of an excellent chassis. The energy intensity is magnificent, any irregularities are worked out clearly, without unnecessary fluctuations, breakdowns and buildup. Here the motor would be more powerful, so that it could be more fully revealed by the driver’s potential, nevertheless, a deformed heart from cars MPS obviously works at the limit.
Already the usual puncture of the Mazda car soundproofing, or rather its absence. It’s difficult to talk on the go, everything is heard: tires, stones, wind, motor of any of the competitors over this point surpasses CX-7 with a large margin. By the way, the interior is assembled very high quality and almost devoid of creaks and rattle of plastic.
The primer can be sprayed as temperamentally as the asphalt, the main thing is not to forget that the road clearance is very modest and damage plastic plumage is simple. The stabilization system is disconnected only to 40 km/h, which is quite logical, but it spoils life with active drivers on slippery soils is just starting to move with a slip, as the machine stops attempts to cite.
Mazda traditionally offers a choice of only two fixed sets plus the hatch in addition. Budget Touring for 1,409,000 rubles, in our opinion, is even more preferable: the fabric salon better fixes the body than the skin. Sport version for 1,527,000 rubles. It pleases only the Bose audio system for 9 speakers, sounding more convincing than the standard one. The power unit in all trim levels is possible only one 2.3-liter turbo engine that works in tandem from 6th. Automatic transmission
Nissan Murano
If the first -generation Nissan Murano was a kind of revolution, a flying saucer that makes even the most unstable passers -by to turn their neck, then the current, the second generation no longer carries any new design decisions. The Japanese no longer has to count on love at first glance, which means that something more serious should be stored.
Each interior details shows the desire to premium class, and the traceable unification with Infiniti only confirms this thesis. Although the quality of each detail does not require any special confirmation, everything can be felt with your hands. Planting immediately sets up in a calm way, no call to society, imposed a drive or excessive pathos, everything is expensive, solid and neutral. Neither girls nor boys. Both men and women. Nissan rides in the same way, peacefully. Cabinet of relaxation on wheels.
The car’s move is surprisingly soft, cat, quite rare for our times. For the sake of such a balanced smoothness of the course and the exhausted sound insulation, one can sacrifice and honed controllability, and indeed quite different values \u200b\u200band joy are set at the forefront. The Nordic character of the crossover does not configure at all to the races, and therefore encourages a neat ride.
At the time when the traffic police twist the nuts and rampantly deprives each oncoming driver's license, calm cars acquire a special price
The interior is made very high quality, without obvious ergonomic flaws, except that the seats are not very convenient
It seems that the same wells as Mazda, and the sport has nothing to do with it! The information content of the devices is also not at the height for the rear passengers and climate control, and the seats are heated by a stranded variator with six fixed positions quickly and gently
You can enjoy walking around the pits or, slightly accelerated, soar over them. An intelligent approach! The exchange rate stability is also on top: neither the lateral wind, nor the ruts are knocked down by Murano from the path of the kingdom of calm and the complete absence of the need to break somewhere and prove something. Excellent visibility, large off -road mirrors, very comfortable, light and friendly. The response to pressing the accelerator pedal is soft, but fast, and acceleration is assertive and even: the unacceptable variator will give a head start to any machine in our test the best transmission! Yes, and a six -cylinder fiery heart generously spur all its 249 horses any acceleration in pleasure.
Good geometric cross -country ability and an increased road clearance of roads for off -road, which has increased. Nissan confidently moves through the cracked fields, and the ubiquitous electronic mind does not interfere with the axle and passing complex areas.
One gets the impression that the engineers wanted to dilute the Nissan Murano and Infiniti FX as far as possible in order to satisfy the requests of the largest number of potential customers.
You can’t call low prices even in the basic configuration of Nissan Murano estimated at least 1,799,000 rubles. True, the equipment is very rich, it already has everything you need, with the exception of the memory of the seats, the remote key, the DVD player, the original discs and several more little things. If you finish off the amount of up to 1,961,600 rubles, at the output you get a car with all possible options. Options for choosing engines or transmission are traditionally not offered
But the brakes, on the contrary, are quite cotton, it is not easy to dose the effort: it is better not to rush.
SUMMARY
If you dance from the stove, then Cadillac SRX, despite its advanced age on the conveyor, can still stand for themselves against the background of youth. Still, so much status, weight and charisma does not give possession of any Japanese from our review. And if you do not chase the liters and limit yourself to a more modest 3.6 -liter engine, then the proposal is unique at all. The remaining four samurai were divided into two camps. Subaru Tribeca and Mazda CX-7 cars for the driver, and Nissan Murano and Honda Pilot for passengers.
In the first pair, the obvious leadership for Tribeca, even if she has not so honed manageability as Mazda, but Subaru is noticeably more comfortable, faster, and more economical! However, if your region has trouble with good roads, then the CX-7 with its impenetrable suspension will be out of competition. In the second pair of duelists, the cheese brow flared up and was completely in vain. Nissan Murano makes a much better impression both in terms of interior quality and comfort, in addition, the motor and transmission are also very good. However, Nissan is noticeably closer: it has only two rows of seats, and the luggage compartment is more modest.
In conclusion, I would like to say that not one of the five cars claims to be off -road laurels. The maximum that our subjects are capable of, for light tourism in plastered primers. There are no necessary defense of the nodes and assemblies, the corners of the congress and arrival are cars, the plastic plumage is vulnerable, and the road clearance is very modest and does not matter how the crossover looks, whether it looks like a full -sized SUV or a temperamental sports compartment, he has nothing to do in the rut from the tractor. Crossover trump cards are high landing, good overview and good handling on good roads. Impressive capacity and strong image.
Text Alexey Mochalov
Source: Cars
