Test Drive Isuzu Trooper 5 Doors 1998 - 2002 SUV

Under a friendly lever ...

Jeeps like everyone or almost everyone. Those who wish to buy these cars are not just a lot, but a lot. But, unlike a foreign buyer, our, as a rule, chooses a car with a gasoline engine. Although diesel, as it seems to us, it is naturally associated with a heavy and power SUV, rather than with a frivolous small car.
The main argument of supporters of tractors gasoline is now possible to take into account only partly. The difference in the cost of the 95th and diesel fuel to the maximum of interest 20. The addiction to the diesel is explained, rather, not considerations of fuel efficiency, but by the fact that the behavior of the car becomes absolutely different: confident acceleration on low revs and uniform, overcoming all barriers. At the same time collect three SUVs in one class with diesel engines turned out not so easily. But who wants will be able ...
All three are good (I almost said old, and the model is just quite fresh) familiar. Mitsubishi Pajero III We represented in May of this year. The long version with Diesel seemed to us then one of the most successful. Isuzu Trooper, in the updated body and with a new engine, has been actively sold on the Russian market since last year. And Jeep Grand Cherokee, who produced Furior and with us, and abroad, before (in the old body) was known to most consumers with gasoline engines. The entire trinity is equipped with a close volume turbo diesel engines (3-3.2 liters), but if the Japanese is mechanical, with disabled front bridges, then the American automatic machine with a constant full-wheel drive. Pajero also distinguished himself. From others. In the third life, he lost the characteristic jeep diameter of the frame.
Purely outwardly two ultra-modern fashion jeep and mitsubishi contrast with Isuzu. A ten-year veteran, though restyling, was restyled, but ... he is the largest and most troy. Trooper generally manly and strict appearance, but you can't call it 100% ascetic. The end loading here is made not through the lifting door, but through asymmetrical swing signs of the cargo-passenger body function. On the rug in the trunk hard longitudinal strips, the cargo slides on them, as on rails. But the cute plastic covering the spare wheel seemed fragile and soft.
Pajero is an extraordinarily cute, friendly and at the same time some kind of collected, concentrated. The front of the crankcase is striking in front, almost from the wheel to the wheel, and the absence of anterior sweep. However, parts of the bumper, replacing this sv, could be centimeters for five away from the road to the then and the front wheels could enter almost a sheer wall. But plastic linings on the bottom edge of the body are potential candidates for the victim of off-road chairs. In the appearance of the Grand, unacted aggression, but without malice and irritation. He swollen and became more impressive than the predecessor. The fact that the reserve in the trunk is undoubted good. The body shape is visually more solid, and the car is easier to wash. The glass of fifth door, by the way, opens and separately from the whole design. Well, okay, pretty walking around and about, it's time to climb on the salons. We will consider to start the motors, but it is still no one. It became, in order.
Inside Iudzu unexpectedly noisy. It seems that the engine taughty is very close, without any noise insulation. It is possible to survive, of course, but I note that almost nothing is heard outside. When you sit behind the wheel and you begin to look at the feeling of space and goodness. The instrument panel, however, quite archaic is especially true for controlling the stove and ventilation. The slider handles and fuzzy fixation were characteristic features of Japanese years fifteen or twenty years ago. The review ahead and on the sides is quite acceptable, and then you can even not look around, only a piece of sky can be seen. Focus better on side mirrors. By the way, they are folded by pressing the button. Giant hatch times two more traditional even more enhances this feeling of community with nature. The location behind the wheel can not be called perfect somewhat sliding chair without side support and the steering wheel without longitudinal adjustment do not give proper freedom. But the concern for the front passenger between the seats for him (or her) is attached to the tunnel, a comfortable handle is attached to the tunnel. In addition, there is a Door Lock button, blocking door locks and a duplicate driver: a passenger can be unavigated and in the absence of the driver, you never know what.
Pajero is almost the opposite of the ostudz. Extremely comfortable landing, steering wheel, cold hands with wooden lining. Between the seats, the armrest riding with the intermediate fixation back and forth. Ergonomic shapes of a shield, including stereo control, the readings of which, together with ventilation and heating, are displayed on a glowing display. The ceiling is very high here, and before him you need to almost pull your hand. The review is also acceptable in all directions, except for the rear. Three full-fledged rear head restraints and spares, overlapping textile, is forced to use outer mirrors. True, under the floor of the luggage compartment lies ... the third row of seats, organically traveling from there and located face along the move. This causes a long and low rear Sve. Noise and vibration protection from Mitsubishi at an altitude, despite the misunderstanding.
In the interior, the new Grand Magnifier Mix of American and European Styles. High-quality plastic is adjacent to not always logical switching and arrangement of the handles. For example, to turn on the fog, we had to break the head well, there is no lever, nor the buttons. It turned out that this is done by pulling out, along the axis, the cap of the left steering wheel switch. And on the plane of the steering wheel right under the thumbs two buttons. At the first view of the sound signal, and on the calibration of cruise control. And when I wanted to buzz, I was mistaken constantly. The seats profile also could be deeper on the convex pillow on every turn.
But, the right, all these minor drawbacks are compensated by a truly chic sound of the CD-stereo system (although the control is again illogical). Jeep, perhaps, the most quiet out of the whole Trinity, and the review of him is more recently. The next stage from the room in the quarry. In a quarry? Exactly! Where there are even better off-road qualities, as not in the sandy career under Lyubertsy, where there is both a stone granite plateau with slim slices of meter for two, and the lake, in the student of the premiecable water of which we almost drowned the Hummer ... (see this number. ) On the way there, leaders and outsiders have revealed on the level asphalt.
Trooper, as we expected, showed themselves with a middle journal, although not a complete stupid. Pajero III with a modern DID motor of the greatest power, though accelerated normally only in the range of three or four thousand revolutions, but did it quite acceptable. By the way, both machines are mechanical and allowed to move in mode II-IV instead of the I-II-III-IV-V. Very convenient, such is a feature of diesel engines. I don't even know why in their boxes so much gear is that cargo to carry? For yourself or by me.
But Jeep disappointed slightly. Sit down, start, drive drove. Rook, backing the gay in the floor and a susceptible pshik. Does not want to accelerate the car. No, do not think in absolute figures of the dynamics quite at the height, but there are still not enough sensations. Especially in comparison with the gasoline Grand V8. He is painful. Also, in addition, Jeep is pretty vile, catch it on the road it is seriously a hydraulicer is overly powerful. But when we got on the stones, I will say: he swallows irregularities, as if they are not at all. The blow to yourself directly the body is slightly swayed, and no sharp blows. In this regard, Isuzu is noticeably tougher. Again, the two sides of the honey shall shook the medal, and they better feel the trajectory on the highway. Mitsubishi somewhere in the middle. (It only remains to hope that it is a golden middle.) It concerns the smoothness of the course. The manageability, as a rule, is inversely proportional to it. But in this case, the obvious leader of Pajero, despite the soft suspension. Just he has such an amplifier of the steering wheel that you feel the reverse reaction from the road.
As for the passability, perhaps each of the subjects has its own advantages. So, Jeep perfectly jumps the sand by all four. Where we lightly planted Pajero on the belly and drank wet and cold sand for a long time, Grand passed from the third attempt, only rolling the rut. Just on the machine, a stupid Yankee did not have time, causing, pull the pits under the wheels. And on the stony shore, to force which even thoughts did not occur on any thoughts, Trooper, as a real passing, broke through the terrible decisions and did not catch anything. By this explanation of the hard body on a robust frame and the enormous moves of the suspension. By the way, the four-wheel drive on ISUZU is enabled conveniently, with the button on the panel. If, however, forget to turn it off, at first did not understand on a hard surface, why the machine does not rulitsya. While not conformed to restore the status quo.
It has long been known that one chooses a thing by itself, therefore, we believe each of the above SUVs find their ardent supporter. Pzhonsky and fashionable Pajero III is very impressive, Grand Cherokee is aggressive and cool, and Trooper is simply indispensable on off-road. Prices have close, and in a better position to price-quality ratio is, perhaps, Isuzu. While high-profile competitors names cost money themselves.
 
Vladimir Smirnov
Photo by Alexander Nozdrina
 

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