Infiniti ex test drive since 2007 SUV

Infiniti ex

The younger brother from the Infiniti cross -over family really like women, which, in general, naturally in this group of customers aimed the marketer of the Nissan premium brand, developing another novelty for the American market. They aimed thoroughly, and got into the apple EX, flexor, flexor, but at the same time the muscular and sports.

Moreover, the Infiniti EX35 itself cannot be accused of femininity, the SUV looks outside as a large -scale copy of FX, only a little elegant, and inside everything is designed in strict accordance with the corporate style of Infiniti the same oval hours, the same large monitor and a familiar set of buttons on the central console. Due to the low clearance and a small height of the machine, planting in this SUV is almost passenger, no cross-impaid hill over the general flow of transport is felt.

The steering wheel and chair of the pilot are equipped with serval drives of everything (except for side support rollers) and memory in two positions. It will not be difficult to adjust the seat for yourself, but by stately young people and young ladies, 180 centimeters, involuntarily, will have to take a imposing position, leaning back and putting forward the steering wheel to the stop, otherwise the reserve on the ceiling will be missed. The sightseeing does not suffer at the same time: it is perfectly visible on the sides, and it is useless to look back in any case, because the wide rear racks with machine -gun embrasures of stylish triangular windows and a small rear window do not leave a choice. You will learn to use side mirrors, fortunately in EX35 on them. The size did not save. It turned out to be excellent parking sensors, supplemented with four camcordresses of the front in a triangular neckline of the emblem on the hood, the side in the mirrors and the back above the license plate. They are not sprayed very quickly and all together give a distinct panoramic picture, and the parking system can prompt the right trajectory when moving forward. It allows you to switch to larger plans, for example, the front and right side chambers, or only the back, only the front.

In addition to remarkable parking sensors in ex maximum configuration, there are a lot of other devices designed to make your life more comfortable: separate climate control with the function of air ionization, an entertainment system with a CD-changer for 6 disks and DVD in the trunk, a blue tooth, heating the front seats, next On the central tunnel, the second-row electric drive buttons, completely Russified navigation, adaptive cruise control with the possibility of choosing a distance to the driven car, cup holders, an additional 12-volt outlet in the armrest ... In general, everything that wants, except for the simplest things , which any plebeian tushk can boast: as always in Infiniti, AUX and USB entrances are ignored, stubbornly clinging to stupid, no need connectors such as a tulip. And in the EX35, the rear passengers are ignored: I would not agree to sit behind me for more than fifteen minutes, the knees rest on the back of the front chair, and trying to sit higher, there is no ceiling upholstery in height at all, but special stamping, as, for example,, as, for example, as, for example, In the BMW X6, for some reason they did not.

There are also their oddities. The slot for the remote key is hidden somewhere under the left knee of the driver, there are also buttons of disconnecting the stabilization system, adaptive lighting functions and a sprayer for headlights. Well, the trunk is not enough, but the doktka was carefully removed in the underput, and the subwoofer hides in it. There is no ski hole in the back sofa, it produces in a ratio of 40/60, but climbing the cabin to remove the seats, you do not need to have an electric drive button in each of the rear racks.

Despite the Nissan FM platform, the same with the older FX, which provides for a longitudinally located engine, pushed deep into the wheelbase, Infiniti EX35 a little shorter both in length and in the same base. The power unit Russians are offered only one six-cylinder, V-shaped, 302 horsepower, 3,498 cm3 volume*. In my opinion, it is no longer necessary, the lack of power EX35 clearly does not suffer. Thanks to the floor drive of Attesa E-TS, the SUV is expressed in the rear-wheel drive in nature: the front axle is connected using an electromagnetic coupling, and only when the electronics considers it necessary. The five -speed machine is absolutely honest, manually will sit in the selected gear until it receives another command from the driver. Accordingly, the braking by the engine is not a problem, but in the drive, you just have to release the gas, it immediately jumps to increased, and there is a delay at the start. An excellent compromise is a sports regime, the crossover is always ready to blow up a sharp acceleration, while the selector can be left alone, in addition, there are no fluids on the steering wheel.

At the very beginning of the review, I talked about the flexor of this Japanese, so it is in a city traffic jam on it you can feel sick for an arbitrarily long time, while EX35 will not twitch, demand a drive and provoke into hooligan actions, but when you are the first at a traffic light, you are free To spur the horse so that you will have time for the next green, while the rest will think where it suddenly went the cool machine that stood in front of them. You can not slow down in front of non-weed, lying policemen, but the declared clearance of only 148 mm with all the attentiveness is better to be attentive, and the sensor of adaptive cruise control hangs at the very bottom of the plastic bumper.

Infiniti EX prefers high -quality asphalt, the correctness on the highway makes it slightly dancing, and on the waves a small swing is felt. Nevertheless, it is not so easy to break through the suspension at rude joints, and you can completely forget about transverse rolls. Always overwhelm on the highway for your own pleasure, acceleration to hundreds in 6.9 seconds, and the maximum speed is limited to 240 km/h is very humane. The steering wheel is moderately acute, the reactions to control actions are accurate, comfortable speed even for a beginner 140-160 km/h.

All the sporty EX is from an elite fitness club, where you will be made a beautiful and muscular body, without squeezing the last juices out of you, as in some school of the Olympic reserve. To understand the difference, roll on the BMW X1, after the EX35 Bavaret will appear to be a diaphoretic machine. In comparison with X1, I hit it not by chance, because this is almost the only direct competitor to Infiniti EX35, however, a 6-cylinder X-Copeca engine is half a liter less, the maximum speed of 205 km/h, and with a special limiter of 230 km/h, and There are not so many forces 258 hp. Against 302 hp at Infiniti. But x1 accelerates to hundreds for one tenth seconds faster.

And they can also be confused in poor light. But not in motion: X-first in exchange for a reaction verified to a millimeter will take out of you the soul with its dentifily stiff suspension, reacting even to the smallest irregularities, too sensitive the gas pedal and overpass controllability. EX is not such, originally aimed at the American market, it is much more relaxed or rather unsuitable, and this likes it. I do not want to constantly think about managing and feeling the fifth point all the joints in the asphalt, I just want to go quickly, clearly and without unnecessary effort.

Going until a good asphalt ends, because troubles will begin immediately after this. Remember about 148 millimeters under the belly and a wheelbase of 2,800 mm, a low hanging body kit, a long nose, and you will not want any off -road. The cross -stroke obstacles of the crossover categorically does not tolerate, you can break out anywhere, road tires are also not an assistant in the mud. Full -wheel drive here is not for pampas, you can inspect the construction of your cottage on Rublevka, approaching the construction site on dirty concrete slabs, or park on a snowy curb, not afraid to get stuck when leaving, but no more. In addition, the coupling of the front wheels is quickly overheated on heavy soils, if you turn off the stabilization system. The strongly broken roads are also not for ex, not only that low -profile rubber can be destroyed along with the discs in the first pit with sharp edges, it also rushes through the entire geography, shakes, pierces a soft suspension, in short, go slower.

So, the sentence of high -quality asphalt and nothing more? Not quite so, try to look for a exactly grader, it’s not so rare, scout the track, and gas to the floor. Just do not turn off the stabilization system, without the help of electronics, dealing with EX35 is as difficult as with a modern fighter. In addition, the ESP is very free, allows drifts, allows a little revenge on the tail, and before interfering, delicately waiting for whether the driver will show his own skill. Only having recognized the real danger, the electronics strangle the motor, and already seriously and for a long time. Too late, in her opinion, having caught the car in a slippery turn, you will not get access to the gas pedal at the output, press the nonsense, ESP as if telling you: first calm down and analyze the errors.

Infiniti Ex35 specifications
Engine: V-shaped, six-cylinder, gasoline, with distributed fuel injection.
Working volume, see?: 3498
Max. Power, L.S. at rpm: 302 at 6 800
Max. Torque, Nm at rpm: 341 at 4 800
The gearbox is automatic, 5-speed.
Drive: full, with an electromagnetic coupling in the drive of the front wheels.
Front suspension: independent, spring, on double transverse levers.
The rear suspension: independent, spring, on double transverse levers.
Front brakes: disk, ventilated.
Rear brakes: disk, ventilated.
Length/width/height, mm. 4 635/1 803/1 600.
Wheel base, mm: 2 800.
The track front/back, mm: 1 540/1 545
Complete/equipped mass, kg: 2 295/1 905.
Tires: 225/55 R18.
Maximum speed, km/h: 240.
Acceleration time 0100 km/h: 6.9 p.
Fuel consumption, l/100 km:
City cycle: 15.9
Country cycle: 10.2
Mixed cycle: 12.3
Fuel tank capacity, l: 80


* Note from Drom.ru

In the test drive, we were provided with an Infiniti EX35 crossover, but now in the Russian model range of the brand another EX37 model. It differs with a more powerful engine: a 3.7-liter V6 gives out 330 hp. The list of configurations has been reduced from three to two basic Elite estimated at 2 043 500 rubles, the top Hi-Tech costs 140 thousand more.

A source: Drom.ru