Test Drive Jeep Cherokee (Liberty) 2001 - 2005 SUV

All photos Jeep Cherokee (Liberty) 2001 - 2005

How many Indians are neither feed ...

And he still looks in the forest. Call of ancestors, you understand. More precisely, the call of the famous predecessor, who more worshiped the will of wildlife, rather than the delights of civilization with her highways. In fact, it is even great, because at first glance it may seem like a new Cherokee relaxed to relax, I suppose it, and, by writing a good-natured-naive mine, joined the ranks of the parkerchiefs.

The car really looks frivolously deliberately high body, scratched headlights, toy tougying rear lights. Nor give or take a five-door Wrangler! By the way, the case was almost so: the prototype of the car was the concept of DAKAR 1997, which was just an extended version of the popular open model. The view of the professional will immediately allocate the undoubted advantages of the machine like short soles of the body or coming on the wheel arches of the rear side doors, which eliminates passengers from unwanted contacts with contaminated surfaces. Yes, the visual effect of a 20-centimeter road lumen is somewhat lubricated by the presence of the footboard, but in combination with chrome-plated kengurynik and additional headlights, they fill the lack of seriousness in the appearance of Cherokee. A high roof line guarantees excellent visibility on the sides, as well as space in the cabin.

Further study of the matchmakers makes looking at these round eyes quite differently. What a parquet! The body is carrying the car, but its rigidity for twisting is so great that the absence of the frame is unlikely to have to regret. Rear suspension Classic bridge on springs, in front of an independent scheme with transverse levers. Moreover, the lower levers are cast from cast iron, and the upper steel, forged. Bottom looks simply irrevocably. All-wheel drive transmission, with four modes: rear-wheel drive, four-wheel drive with a free inter-axis differential (for solid coating roads), four-wheel drive with a rigid distribution of torque over the axes plus the same, but with a lower transmission lower. When the full drive and lower transmission is turned on, automatic transmission is automatic: now on surfaces with low coupling wheel properties can be briefly blocked, which in such conditions helps to reduce the brake path. There is also an optional TRAC-LOC viscalent in the rear axle, which performs the function of blocking the interclause differential. A special system of ventilation of the carriages of the transmission units allows the car to overcome the brods depth to half a meter. Add a multillers engine with a strategic reserve of torque, and you can already assume that a decent opponent has appeared.

Inside Cherokee is contemporary, functional and attendant attendant there is no leather-wooden pathos. Comfortable seats with good lateral support and optimal adjustment ranges. Successful mutual arrangement of controls, clean, excellent readable devices. Even a bit shifted to the left driver's seat and steering wheel (the traditional feature of many SUVs of the Jeep brand) negative emotions do not cause. The stylish steering wheel is littered with buttons from all sides, however, the algorithm of their work is so simple that after an hour or two you need blindly. The visibility from the driver's seat is magnificent a large area of \u200b\u200bglazing and decent sizes of the mirror make it possible to perform any rebuildings in the urban stream without hope. At the same time I would like to note the highest efficiency of the salon heating system, which in our, then conditions will have to be very useful. On guard of security, there are two adaptive front pillows (the degree of filling them depends on the severity of the collision and from whether people are fastened with belts or not) and two side curtains.

But there is a car ergonomics and comments. And not petty pickles, but informed claims. The first concerns the location of the window of the windows buttons in the most unknown way it found himself on the central armrest, and communicating with it every time leads to confusion. The second is a distribution control lever. It is not enough that its switching requires considerable effort and suffer to fuzziness, while the lever threatens when returning to the monodvoda mode, threatens how to pinch your fingers. In general, the old problem inherited from the former Cherokee. So be alert!
The device of the luggage compartment is close to perfection. One lever opens the entire back door, and its glass separately. Inside an extensive platform with fasteners for fixing the cargo. The back of the rear seat folds in proportion 2: 1 or entirely, in the limit, increasing the tank of the trunk to two cubic meters.

We forgot about the rear passengers? And they just sin to complain about anything. Mass of space around, all sorts of rosettes, coaster ... Warm and cozy.

In motion, the new Cherokee is good. The six-cylinder motor accelerates a two-ton car, especially not straining, and the nature of the speed set on all transmissions is almost the same. It seems be in the box not five steps, and more and the car would easily go far in 200 km / h. The machine itself is not an American fast and logical in the switching, but the moments of transitions in kick-down are absolutely predictable. The transmissions here are quite stretched, but the engine eats them very quickly.

To pilot this SUV at high speeds is pure pleasure! The car is impressive stable both on direct and turns, despite the tangible roll rolls. And many passenger cars can envy the setting of the steering. By the way, Cherokee is the first Jeep with a rush steering mechanism, and controllability has improved radically. The car is not only accurate and obedient in reactions, but also supports the driver as a reliable and understandable relationship that before turning it is not to slow down, but on the contrary, add speeds. Just to once again enjoy unexpected ease and elegance with which such a large car prescribes an arc. As for the brakes, they are out of all suspicion.

It seems that no problems with the condition of the pavement are not able to frighten the Cherokee and, especially, stop it. The smoothness of the course is that most of the urban irregularities of passengers does not bother, and if it bothers, then only delicate pushing. Although nothing is given for nothing. When passing a series of pits, some student of the long-time suspension is felt. The present off-road element for this car is native to all one hundred. Literally a couple of examples. On the steep rise managed to crawl in naturally, with the full drive and lower transmission. The diagonal hanging of the wheels does not represent any threat due to a sufficiently rigid degree of blocking the rear intercole differential. So restricters of freedom of movement become decorative steps and the possibility of tires. And it is possible to hook the bumpers for the soil with malicious intent.

So, we are faced with an example of a successful upgrade in all respects, when, when changing generations of one model, all its strengths are preserved, and the ahilles places are cured. With such a set of qualities of Cherokee II is quite capable of claiming leadership in the class of compact SUVs. With one reservation: Let's give the term a parquencente in this case to the taboo vocabulary.

The car provided CJSC Daimlerkraisler cars Rus.

Text: Leonid Klyuev
Photo: Roman Stunnin