Jeep Liberty test drive since 2007 SUV
Finally free
For a whole year, the compass has never become popular either in Russia or even in his homeland. To save their brainchild, Jeep's designers dressed the car in a new dress. The grandson of a real Indian
Well, this is a very different thing! If I did not know in advance that the car standing in front of me from the flesh of the compass is the same base, motors, suspension, and the rest of the filling, would never have guessed their blood kinship. How different they are! All the older’s designer quirks dull to the funny bumper mustache, ugly swollen, as if with a sorcerer with a giant cramp, cut a thick layer of fat, wings, strangely inappropriate repeaters of the turn signals, fortunately, remained in the past. Liberty, with its classically brutal body in the spirit of American military trucks, is much easier and more pleasant. It looks more like the grandson of the Cheroki of the 8090s so beloved we have. Perhaps in some places too uncouth, but clearly full of genuine male power. Not only with us or in Alabama, all over the world of fans of the unlucking style of Militari there are many.
I remember, representing the compass, who then was responsible for the international sales of Jeep Thomas Hauchea was supposed to justify the novelty, the car was addressed to completely new people, those who have not yet become a real fan of our brand. In Russia, there are no more than a few dozen per month in Russia. While other Japanese SUVs diverge thousands.
Liberty is good without any apology. At first glance, both an expert and an amateur understands: this is a real jeep, without fools. Unless the front bumper is heavily heavy. However, maybe it is in the subject. A sort of hint and well, do not relax!
Let's play names He seemed to be unlucky with the Russian residence permit. Patriot sounds proudly in the States. And in Russia the name is already busy. Obviously, not wanting to enter the 21st century simply with a goat, the UAZ has now turned into a patriot. There was nowhere to go to the Americans, specially for the Russians, the car was renamed Liberty. Do not confuse with the Liberty Indian that we have a Cheroki passport.
Senya, take care of your head
I apparently relaxed. Like a soldier, that from the first jump over the side of the Urals, from the habit, he breaks his knees into his blood. Painfully putting my head on the hard inner upholstery of the fifth door, the next time I had already looked into the womb of the hold, having previously cramped. Everyone who has grown above 175 cm will have to bow. What was prevented from making the stern gate open at least a dozen centimeters higher, I do not know. Compass in this regard is more human.
But the Liberti hold itself is more and more convenient. First of all, thanks to the classic rectangular forms of the body. Washing gender, an abundance of fasteners all these benefits remained. The volume has grown by a whole hundred liters to more than half a cup. A set of three road suitcases placed, and even for the fourth place remained. Even if you do not fold the sofa, a couple of large bicycles can be laid here.
It seems that the seats have outstanding lateral support. In fact, it's not the case
The pocket built into the central armrest will be useful to lovers of portable iPod players and mini-computers
And one more important plus under the floor instead of a doctrine is hidden a full -fledged reserve. Who at least once from the nearest city took advantage of the underput and then forced to weave no higher than 80 km/h, this advantage will be especially appreciated. In short, I didn’t even go a kilometer, but already seriously began to think that the jeep engineers with little blood created a car that was noticeably superior to the compass literally in everything.
Salpted speakers built into the back door can only be obtained in the P2 package for 1800
The glove box is small, but there is a rather capacious niche for little things on top
The back of the sofa can be adjusted along the angle of inclination
However, from heaven you also go down to earth quickly. Widespread hard plastic, a simple radio, the dashboard is clearly from the past, alas, Liberty’s interior is as frankly budget as that of his brother. Aristocratic dashes of times, two and the leather upholstery of the seats and the variator lever with elegant chrome finish were expected. The sofa is a large, but with an uncomfortable back, straightening the rider, and a completely incomprehensible savings on the armrest.
Households and pockets in the doorway
The backs of all seats, with the exception of the driver’s exception, can be folded
Well, at least, the lack of adjustment of the driver's seat pillow along the angle of inclination is not so noticeable. Because the windshield is installed more vertically, which has a corresponding, almost jeeper landing as a Rangerr, Gelendevagen or, if you like, UAZ. Moreover, in Liberti it is generally unusually simply to imagine yourself a successful jeeper.
Truck with cross -country ability An independent suspension, not the best by the standards of classmates geometry and the parquet all-wheel drive by Frida Drive I, rich only by electronic, and not with rigid locks, all this did not have any serious off-road. However, Liberty walked so confidently on the familiar primer, so carefully carried me on the pagods the size of a football, which involuntarily wanted to arrange a more serious test. For greater confidence, pull the T-shaped lever on the central tunnel. Now the 2-speed system of friction couplings transmits 60 percent of the torque to the rear axle. I remember that at the same time the compass at one time did not climb, stopped in the middle, helplessly striking with electronic locks.
And Liberty, in the opposite, menacingly roaring the engine, without stumbling at all, crawled to the top. Imagine: suspension moves, electronics settings, mass of the machine, geometric patency has not changed. Is it really a new dress even outside the asphalt of the help? But the secret was revealed simply: Liberty was already prepared for winter, and we took the height with him thanks to the good lines of his tires Michelen-X-Ace. In terms of cross-country ability, they noticeably surpass the summer continental-premium regular tires of the brother.
On the roads with a solid coating, the new jeep did not surprise anything especially pleasant. Like a compass, it was created for unhurried country trips. Personal terminal stability, worthy of up to 120130 km/h, sound insulation. But here are the lively overtaking with 100110 km/h not his element. For a 170-horsepower, the speaker is clearly weak. And the main reason for such a melancholy nature lies in the variator. It is also better not to be zealous in vihijes, otherwise, immediately see your skin to immediately what large rolls are, the early start of slipping and an insufficiently informative steering wheel. Pulling for this handle, you block the central differential. Up to 40 km/h, torque along the axes will be distributed in a ratio of 40/60
The style solves everything However, the thoughtful imposition, the uncomfortable back of the sofa, the low back door will forgive all this Liberti. Because he has a style. A kind of rude appearance of the present, male jeep, which most of his parquet competitors cannot boast of. Yes, the salon looks frankly cheap. For me personally, this is a significant minus. But many about the softness and blessing of the interior do not bother at all. And, frankly, he will suffer, is it like not?
At a price of $ 35,00041,000, almost the same as the compass, Liberty gives the impression of a much more serious, successful, quite consistent car. Today, such money for a stylish, well -equipped all -wheel drive no longer seems exorbitant. And therefore, we can safely assume that the second attempt to make a good SUV jeep was clearly better successful.
The base is good, but with a package better
In Liberty for 24,700 there is already almost everything that is appropriate for a modern convenient SUV. Electric package, CD magnet, air conditioning, a quartet of pillows, a set of insurance electronics, including ABS and ESP, as well as fog lights, light alloy wheels and alarm. The variator will cost 1100. And diesel (2.0 liters, 140 hp) the car costs 27,200. However, seats in the basic version without heating, there are no rails on the roof, in the cabin salon. In order to get all this, you need to order a P1 package for 1000, in which there is also an improved charm fabric, a tire pressure sensor and a self -clever mirror. But the P2 package is even more profitable. For 1800, in addition to all of the above, you will receive a leather finish, a 6-disk chainer and the sound of the audio system Boston Acoustics.
Jeep Liberty 2.4CVT (2.0CRD)
common data
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 5/5
Equipped mass, kg
1535-1610
Length x width x height, mm
4405x1760x1630
Base, mm
2635
Road clearance, mm
205
Speed, km/h
185 (189)
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
11.3 (11)
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
8.5/11.7 (5.5/8.8)
The volume of the fuel tank, l
51.1
Engine
Design
4-cyl., In order (diesel)
Working volume, SMZ
2359 (1968)
Power, L.S. at rpm
170/6000 (140/4000)
Torque, kgsm at rpm
23/4100 (31.6/1750)
Chassis
Drive unit
on the front wheels with automatically connected rear
Transmission
CVT (mechanical 6-st.)
Suspension:
Independent, spring
front
Type McEzerson
behind
Mollycent
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
Tires
215/60 R17
Car
from 0.39 $/km
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Stylish appearance; spacious salon; large and convenient trunk; generous basic equipment
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Mediocre dynamics with a variator; long, low front bumper; abundance of budget solutions in the interior
Sergey Devyatkin, photo of Maxim Goncharov
Source: Magazine buy a car [22/2007]
