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Infiniti EX35

Infiniti EX35 is fully consistent with all promises of advertising avenues. It is fast, perfectly controlled, luxurious and comfortable on the go. Such a crossover was simply obliged to appear! A somewhat unexpected for our test group was that the Infiniti EX35 was resolved according to the 2+2 scheme, that is, two adult places in front and two children's behind.
 
By golly, I thought that it seemed until I tried to sit down after myself. The overall line of the body hints at a certain composure, but why four doors are this fashionable trend of either hatchbacks, not everyone goes on the compartment. And after all, about Eh35 such that, they say, ugly or stupid, and you can’t say, and you can’t climb onto the second row of seats! If the car was a three -door, it could be forgiven for it, and so minus you, gentlemen! It seems that the disadvantages end. But no, you can still recall the price of this wonderful car: from 1,600 800 rubles. For the base up to 1,702,400 rubles. For the complete set that has been on our test, with skin, navigation and Bluetooth. Also for someone minus
Behind the axis
Infiniti EX35 is based on the branded FR-L. It is thanks to her that the crossover has such impressive controllability. The main idea of \u200b\u200bthe design is the location of the engine longitudinally behind the front axle. This provides excellent weightlift, carries wheels in the corners of the body, which in conjunction gives good exchange rate and trajectory stability. In fact, the 3.5-liter V-shaped six is \u200b\u200bnot quite behind the front axle, rather above, but the displacement is still noticeable. The transmission is actually located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe front seats, which, incidentally, determines the high central console. Such a constructive scheme is now used infrequently, since it greatly limits the overall length of the cabin, which in this case is justified by the very concept of sports cross-coup with emphasized by a long muscular hood.
 
Actually, the engine is the fourth -generation of 3.5 liters known for other models of the VK35HR of the fourth generation. He has a new, optimized intake manifold, double production with pants equal to length, pistons with asymmetric skirts, eternal iridium spark plugs and electronic distribution system of gas exchange phases. The motor is moderately forced and gives out 302 liters. With. at 6800 rpm and 341 nm of torque at 4800 rpm. The indicators are not bad and fully correspond to the temperament of the car quickly, but without hysterical notes in character. True, the motor is pretty voracious. If you believe the on -board computer, and we have no reason not to trust it, then the average fuel consumption in three days of the dough did not fall below the indicator of 18.8 liters per 100 km. This is despite the fact that every morning I dumped the counter and tucked the car again. Maybe it's about driving, but, honestly, it is very difficult to stay in the framework of decency and the permitted speed regime!
Off of decency
Dmitry Leontyev, having made a fast circle on the winged hills on the EX35, called the new crossover to violate the rules for which I do not urge, which I in no case call it so natural that the riding of traffic rules becomes impossible. Moreover, if, say, with the BMW X5 4.8i, the thirst for speed is some kind of vampire, impudent, uncontained and rude, then everything is completely different here. A trip on the verge, with a screech of tires and the roar of the motor, seems so natural and appropriate that you do not have to excite the dark corners of the subconscious, looking for an animal essence. The vice of EX35 is on the surface, it is charming and relaxed, it is nature itself
 
Beauty and excellent student
A large wheelbase and a wide track, excellent amusing and properly selected pendant characteristics make Infiniti very stable when passing both longitudinal and transverse irregularities of the road. It does not wash it on the asphalt rut, knocked out by trucks, does not throw it on the police, even if you do not drop speed. The suspension is energy -intensive, both the rear and the front, which should be noted especially, given the large weight of the engine. It never occurred to us to jump, but in standard situations, including on the lane, not a single touch of the chipsters was noticed. The suspension is completely independent in front of the two -leaf, multi -link. The levers for the most part are made of light alloys. The shock absorber and the spring are installed separately at the back, and the shock absorber is located in the center of the wheel. In general, at high speeds in critical maneuvers, EX35 shows very, so to speak, neat neutral rotation. Of course, the crossover can be disrupted both in the demolition of the front axle and in the back of the posterior, but, firstly, precedents to the loss of the trajectory will be immediately strangled by the target stability system, which cannot be turned off completely, and secondly, turns in the controlled sliding Easier and more confident.
Woe from the mind
Infiniti transmission is a five -stage automatic with an honest manual control function and an adaptive switching algorithm. Its adaptability is so wide that, having buried in the cork after a good trash along the Moscow Ring Road, you have to twitch for some time at every the most easy press on the gas pedal, since the machine, switches to the internal program like rally, starts the start with a jerk. I went out of the situation, including the winter mode and smoothly touching the second, until the brains of the box came to my senses about five minutes later.
 
The EX35 has a traditional all-wheel drive diagram with the beautiful name attesa e-ts. Its essence is in a constant rear drive and connecting the front axis through an electromagnetic coupling. The system acts quickly, its executive mechanisms are tied, as is now accepted, on all kinds of sensors of the body position, accelerometer and others, so that the coupling works, which is called, proactively, transferring part of the torque in advance when entering, for example, to a steep turn. There are no forced lock locks. This and even an attentive inspection of the car from below prompted our test command to the undesirable operation of the crossover outside the roads. The lack of protection and low location of the beautiful streamlined body kit convinced us of the need to lower the off -road part of the test. Well, or at least restriction of this part by traveling along the country road. So, there, in dust and dirt, ech35 did not look
 
The origins of luxury
The crossover has a lack of obvious sexual characteristics, and this is in hand to everyone. If an adult man does not want to buy a boring Land Cruiser or Bully X5, but wants something lively and bright, at the same time, fearing you don’t know who you know how if an unexpectedly smart daughter of wealthy parents understands that ML or Cayenne will look too deliberately with a word , if all the time is non -format, you should try EX35. It is only important to drive on it at least once. The appearance of the crossover is not everyone and does not immediately please the eye, and the salon can even alert with deliberate philistinism. Our photographer noted that the interior decoration Infiniti suggests old British cars. Indeed, in this prostrated skin with folds, a noble tree, smooth lines and deep chairs there is something from the golden age of the English automotive industry.
In general, with a careful examination of the design of the analogy salon, many arises. Someone will see an interplanetary boat, someone in the neoclassic cabinet, someone at all a well-known marquise can converge all the indicated, perhaps, that the designers used ergonomics as science and are familiar with design as art. The chairs are narrow, sports, but not too in the spirit of Grand Turism. Device panel with an insanely beautiful backlight a la Eclipse Betelheze is notable. The driver’s and navigator are surrounded by a high belt, which creates an atmosphere of security. A clear division into two cockpit, as in the ocean racing catamaran, unequivocally hints at the car belonging to the corresponding class. Well, all that is in excellent degrees.
Two navigation and external reviews deserve a special mark. If everything is clear from the first and it should be praised only for the speed of reaction and accuracy, then I will tell you a little more about the second. We are used to the rear view cameras, which are now put on cars of the middle class. Many owners of right -hand drive vehicles have encountered cameras installed in front. The uniqueness of the Infiniti system is that it gives a circular review. It is divided into four sectors and is displayed on the monitor either as a view from above or as a fragment, depending on the direction of movement and the selected mode. In principle, with simple parking sensors, you can maneuver with the same success, especially since the pictures are quite small and you will not see everything. But how cool to see how the shadow crawls with the car. And accurately put it with the angle of the bumper to the parapet. Of course, the system is also equipped with a regular sound signal, but the camera is still more entertaining.
An interesting option is equipped with the rear row of seats. It folds and rises automatically. Moreover, it can be folded only from the trunk, and also lifted with the help of keys located on the console between the front seats. This is convenient if your passenger has already taken away his camp chest, and you do not like to feel like the driver of the van. It is only strange that the fifth door is not made. The option would be quite appropriate. As for the trunk, it is small only 309 liters, and the loading height is decent, but it is unlikely that washing machines will be carried in such a car
Olympus is not too crowded
Infiniti EX35 would have a lot of competitors, if he was not so sports, dear and small. And so besides the BMW X3 and Mercedes-Benz GLK, nothing comes to my head. Well, perhaps the new products of the Audi Q5 or Volvo XS60 season, but they still need to be checked in the case.
 
Author: Igor Gubar, photo of Alexander Openov-Baranov

 

 

A source: Magazine 4x4 [December /2008]