Test drive Land Rover Freelander LR2 2006 - 2009 SUV

He knows how to persuade

Unlike the predecessor, who, despite the affordable price, has not gained due popularity, Freilendder-2 in less than a year has become the best-selling European SUV in Russia. But it is much more expensive! What is the secret of the car?
At the right time, in the right estimate, the model did not even have time to enter the market, and her fate seemed to be predetermined by her favorite toy for fans of the brand, nothing more. Can an English car with glory even thoroughbred, but far from the fastest and most convenient and too unusual in terms of the ergonomics of the original through the slender ranks of Japanese SUVs? Yes, at this price by a third more than the predecessor. The novelty had no habitual gasoline 4-cylinder engine in this class either. Moreover, the conversations around the Lend Rover itself began: only recently bought by Ford at the BMW company is already sold to Hindus
But as if, contrary to all logic, sales went so spoiled that dealers did not have time to drive cars. If the demand for Toyota, Nissan or Honda Freilendra is still far away, then he caught up with Forester immediately. And if you recall how diligently in recent years the British cultivate the idea that Lend Rover does not let out cheap consumressure and really can be considered a premium, it turns out that it is perhaps the only close-up competitor in the image of BMW-X3.
Naturally, the deficiency of full -fledged opponents is the novelty only on hand. His future prestigious rivals of Infiniti-EX, Volvo-XC60, Audi-Q5 are just preparing to go out to customers. And the Lend Rover is already waiting in the salons. Look at any show room: dealers are very correctly put up by the car next to the clamped aristocrat Range-Rover-Sport. The similarity of the two brothers is so obvious. And then noticeably the youngest is not as less as cheaper.
As a result, sellers themselves did not seem to expect such a stir. Frilelander per month diverges half a hundred cars. True, as soon as it became clear that the novelty was accepted with a bang, the prices were immediately raised.
What is the price?
Contrary to the current stereotype, as if prestigious models are not bought in the basic configuration, diesel freelays of the initial version of E swing almost a hundred pieces per month. They were equipped, in general, everything necessary (electric package, radio, air conditioning, a full set of safety products, light alloy wheels), and cost 970,000 rubles.
But whoever did not have time until the beginning of May, he was already late. In the new price list, the basic version was assigned a more expensive version of S. And besides, if before it cost 1,050,000 rubles, now for 60,000 rubles. more. And in full accordance with his luxury status, Frilelander is now more expensive than any classmate from mass. Moreover, already in the database, he can boast of climate control, rain and light sensors and a complete set of all-terrain electronics. Nevertheless, the rise in price as much as 130 thousand rubles was not for nothing. In the spring, the line reached 34 months, in June, almost all dealers appeared on free sale. And what will happen in six months, when the model will increase competitors?
Moreover, the optimal, in our opinion, Frril is by no means a million hundred and ten thousand. First of all, he needs a machine gun. Why this is slightly lower. So far, we only note that they estimated the automatic transmission also unreasonably expensive 60 thousand rubles. Light branded tinting, moldings, leather steering wheel finish, an armrest in the back of the sofa, the third rear headrest and, of course, xenon will be very useful. For such a set, you need to pay 44,000 rubles.
 
        
For the optimal version S, such a convenient armrest will have to be ordered for 6,000 rubles.
Regardless of the finishing of the seat, they have very good side support
It offers the sofa of sofa versions SE and HSE audio outputs for connecting headphones

 
Only on this the list is more or less adequate at the price of equipment and ends. The rest costs some unusual money. For example, sound parking sensors of 20,000 rubles. Front and rear separately. Today you can find parking systems with video cameras is half the cheaper. Those who want to close the holy monitor in the front panel would probably be many computer monitor. For 70 thousand such units. It turns out that initially an expensive car also forces to save on options. Otherwise, its price is closely selected for Discovery.
Due to the high cost, two other versions of SE and HSE are noticeably less in demand. Of course, in them the car looks richer, and is felt differently. The first, in addition to the branded leather-tneumatic decoration, offers inserts for aluminum, parking sensors, advanced Alpine music with MP3 and the driver’s electric drive. The highlight of the second is even better leather decoration and wood inserts. But the real price of such modifications in warehouses of dealers from million to three hundred to one and a half. Does anybody want? Few people are ready to fork out for a car with a gasoline six. All other things being equal, it is more expensive than a diesel engine for 110120 thousand rubles.
You must admit that at such prices the freelander should have very good arguments to convince the buyer of his superiority.
 
List of standard equipment
Execution s:
. ABS with electronic distribution of effort and emergency braking amplifier
. The system of dynamic stabilization
. Movement control system for slope
. Frontal, front side, window and knee pillows
. Mounts for children's chairs of the Isoofix standard
. Climate control
. Alarm with the volume sensor
. Electric drive of adjustment and folding, mirror heating
. Electric windows
. CD Magnetic with 6 speakers
. Central Castle with DU
. Make -up mirrors with backlight
. Fabric salon
. The steering wheel with an amplifier adjustable in length and angle
. Folding in the proportion of 40:60 rear sofa
. TERRAN-RIPONS system
. Heating of the front seats
. Warming up windshield and glass gunner nozzles
. headlight washer
. Fog lights
. Rain and light sensors
. Cruise control
. On-board computer
. Light alloy wheels with tires 235/65 R17
For SE in addition:
. Salon finish for aluminum
. MP3 Magnetol Alpine with 9 speakers and audio outputs for rear passengers
. Driving chair electric drive
. Parkestronics in front and back
. Combined leather cabin
. Additional lamps for reading and lighting the pedal node
For HSE in addition:
. Drill inserts
. Leather salon
. Bixenon headlights
. Tinted glass
. Built-in cd changer
. Fabric rugs
. Memory of the driver's seat settings and mirrors
. Electric drive of the passenger chair
. Rear central armrest with cup holders
. The third rear headrest
. Tires 235/60 R18

Retail prices, rub.
S sE HSE
2.2td4 1 110 000 1 200 000 1 340 000
2.2TD4 (1 170 000) (1 260,000) (1,400,000)
3.2 (1,370,000) (1,520,000)
In brackets, prices with AKP.
Outside and inside
Without a doubt, the first of them is appearance. Almost every detail of Fril feels a breed. Against its background, caramel-toy-tortured kashkai or RAV4 look like cars of a completely different class and even purpose. Because, unlike many modern all-terrain vehicles, Lend Rover knows how to inspire that he is also an excellent rogue. Chopped, courageous shapes, short overhangs, a high -rise solidity, the distance from the lower edge of the arches to the wheels from the heroic fist or to take an all -terrain vehicle, which is not terrible of impassable wilds. In addition, the car not only seems to be the highest among the SUVs: even without rails, its height is 1.77 m.
 
Freilender has a very impressive clearance and large corners of the entrance and congress for the Parnis.
  


Fril's wheels are also rather big. At least 17-inch, and even on solid wide dimensions 235/65. But dealers can order more impressive rollers for 19 inches. In the muscular wheel arches, they look wonderful. Black body racks, chrome gangs on the wings all these details give the appearance a logical completeness.
True, after the first walk along the dusty primer, one sin comes out. There are many seals in the doorways, and they look very good in appearance. But dirt and dust are nevertheless passed into the body. The thresholds and rear wings in everyday life will almost always be dirty: take care of clothes when planting and leaps.
   
In addition, the rear doorway is not wide enough. The cunning designers this circumstance disguised the door deeply enters the wings and it seems very impressive from the side. There are no complaints to the sofa itself. There is enough space for two puffy adults. A tall, long pillow, how the back should be tilted. On the gorses, under the sofa, where it will often touch it, they provided a plastic lining. If you have not been stinted to give 6,000 rubles. For the central armrest, then get a small cache in it and a couple of cup holders.
But with regard to the usual, prestigious equipment of equipment, the English, the British were shallow. Say, lighting and a pair of audio outputs in the central tunnel appear only starting with the SE version. And there are no monitors in the headrests, separate climate control, heating the sofa even for surcharge.
But the suitability of the finish is exactly five with a plus. If this is a fabric, then dense, high-quality, which will not endure and burn out in a land rover long learned to do this. If this is the skin, then exchanged dressing, with neat lines.
 
       
By current standards, the glove box is quite large, but not in the best way
 
There was a place between the chairs for three cup holders, ashtrays, cigarette lighter, sockets and AUX input
 
   
Road maps and small bottles are easily placed in the pockets of the doors
Three will easily sip on such a seat. Do not forget to only order a central headrest if you often intend to ride a five

 
Behind the wheel
In general, at first the driver has no doubt that the car is not worth its money. The feeling of a large, expensive car begins with landing: high, ten to fifteen centimeters higher than most SUVs. It’s convenient to sit, the elbows rest on the right armrests, and in the back and hips you feel unobtrusive, but confident support. For the role of a well -thought -out throne with an abundance and the breadth of adjustments, such a chair will fit quite.
And the throne room, in general, corresponds. On the central tunnel pleasant to the touch, a massive lever of gearboxes in rich decoration. The British, not otherwise, borrowed its form, design and decoration from the arsenal of BMW designers, so to speak, former cooperation. Before the eyes of an impressive width, the central console with an abundance of buttons and a 2-zone climate control. The picture is spoiled only by the already mentioned gaping hole in the upper part of the console. To the touch ... The plastic panel is frankly cheap. The rustic dashboard will glitter in the control light. Yes, and small circular digitization interferes with ideal reading.
 
 
However, these are not the biggest oddities of Fril. Others, more serious, are quite comparable, say, with the lack of familiar mixers in the bathrooms of English hotels.
How do you like this: the heating button of the chairs can be accidentally hurt, rotating the round selection of temperature in the cabin. And pulling the right steering switch on yourself, wake up not the front glass, but the rear. The front button in the end of the switch. Do you think, by pressing the Eson Pictogram button, you, for example, in Volkswagen, will enact the climate control compressor? They didn’t guess, for this there is a separate button. The economical mode means that the system is completely turned off, and outer air will enter the salon. Isn't it easier for all these manipulations to do with one button, as in many European and Japanese machines?
And that is not all. To fold the mirrors, you need to simultaneously press the left and right electric drive buttons. To open the trunk from the cabin of the opening button and closing the central lock. Real fans of the Lend Rover, of those who remember that the first Fril has a hood handle under the glove box, will say all these little things. The oddities of ergonomics in general many perceive the whims of aristocrats. That's because the Mercedes-Bengs for overloaded steering wheel switches are already not accepted to scold. Well, perhaps. Moreover, the rest of the arrangement of the free dealer of the freelander does not cause complaints. Good visibility, verified pedal efforts, understandable levers. Cup holders, pockets and hiding places as in another van.
 
Governing bodies

1. Electric windows. 2. A remote control for mirrors. 3. Office control unit. 4. Cruise control buttons. 5. The buttons DU radio. 6. The engine start button. 7. The central lock button. 8. Alarm button. 9. CD magnet. 10. Climate control. 11. The heating buttons of seats. 12. Management of the Terrein-Rinspons system. 13. Coicier.
 
Dashboard

1. Signal lamps. 2. Tachometer. 3. The indicator of the temperature of the coolant. 4. indicator of automatic transmission modes. 5. Board comprehensive screen. 6. Speedometer. 7. The odometer.
 
 
We load the suitcases
The trunk is also correct enough spacious, thought out, he also did without frankly cheap finishing materials. The maximum length, if the right front chair is pushed back to the end, 1970 mm. The refrigerator, a couple of bicycles can easily be taken away. True, if you need an even floor, you will have to raise the sofa pillow, and the hold length will be reduced by 30 cm. The width in the narrowest place is exactly a meter. And with a 5-seater layout, two large road suitcases are easily placed in the freelance. At the same time, there is a place for smaller bags and backpacks over them and in recesses behind the wheeled arches.
The only flamder of the hold can be recognized as a loading height as much as 83 cm. Fragile ladies and there will be much difficult for them among the owners of the frelender if even weighty bags from the supermarket happen to the car. Not to mention suitcases.
 
       
By folding part of the back, you can transport bulky, without losing all passenger capacity of the sofa
Even with a 5-seater layout, the trunk boasts an impressive length of 88 cm
A compact subwoofer Alpine was successfully attached to the reserve.
 
The open cover cover in the upper position will hold the braid with a hook. The underground space itself is without frills. But, as befits an alternate, there is a full -fledged reserve. If the car with Alpine music, then you will find a subwoofer next to the wheel. It is placed very compactly, and although the quality of the bass will not be arranged for every music love, but the practicality of the trunk does not suffer. For a convenient family car, this is more important.
 
Car dimensions, mm

 
Salon dimensions, mm
Safety
In this regard, the freemland is packed in full: frontal, side pillows, inflatable curtains, overlapping both front and rear windows, and another Air Bag is hidden in front of the driver's knees. To fasten children's seats on the back sofa, the isofix loops are provided, and to carry the babies in the front with their backs forward, it is possible to turn off the front pillow. The well -thought -out design of a hard body with crushed zones made it possible to earn five stars and 35 points on the euroncap tests. For an alternate, excellent assessments are still rare.
And with active safety, everything is fine: an anti -lock system with an electronic distribution of effort and an emergency braking amplifier, a dynamic stabilization system and help when moving under a slope. Unless active xenon headlights will have to be ordered separately.
On the roads
From the diesel, as a rule, you expect a trick: it is noisy, and it is demanding of the quality of the fuel. But I did not wait for either a characteristic trembling or a loud chatter from Frilelander-TD4. A quiet, calm motor. By the way, the same 2.2-liter turbodiesel today successfully carries Ford, Peugeot and Citroen. Unless on cars, a different configuration of electronics makes its character as high -speed and slightly reduces the moment.
But if you choose a basic machine with mechanics, the traditional advantage of the diesel thrust will not appear immediately. At each start, you need to play with a clutch. And do not even try to start with idle: the motor will stall. When you play in the first or second gear in traffic jams, this is especially inconvenient. But when the engine reaches effective turbine revolutions (approximately 2000 rpm), only hold the hat. The machine tears forward with a small slip of the front axis.
The machine will forever make you forget about such problems. He gives smooth, confident accelerations with idle and more assertive acceleration with an increase in revolutions. The British guarantee 11.2 s to hundreds. It is strange, the car feels much more temperamental. And at forty and at a speed of a hundred Lend Rover retains an enviable pressure. Only hold the revolutions at least 2000. And the turbodiesel is especially good on the suburban highway. A lively set of speed will be reduced only after 145150 km/h. Ah yes a motor!
Frril very confidently holds the line, but in corners it remains clear and predictable. Expectedly rolled and confidently holds on an arc. The suspension is dense and quite short, but perfectly isolates the body from strokes even on serious potholes. No road surprises are transferred to the steering wheel. The complete feeling that you control a large, comfortable jeep. Only one of the three cars manifested one sin: a sharp hard knock on the course of the end of the front suspension. True, for 12,000 kilometers of merciless test drives, no one spared the car.
After all, Free, albeit an enhanced, but still passenger independent suspension, and it was built on the basis of Mondeo. If you remember this and not to jump on the bumps, like on a condo frame pickup, a century of shock absorbers, bearings and other suspension details will be longer.
Compared to such a wonderful diesel version, the advantage of a more powerful gasoline is not so obvious. True, if we called TD4 quiet, then the gasoline in -line six works completely soundless. At least on idle and with closed windows you need to listen very carefully to understand whether the motor is working. Well, of course, the agility of the 233-horsepower engine is more powerful: if the diesel engine is difficult to disperse above 160 km/h, then the gasoline machine rests only closer to 180.
 
Engine

1. Clot of the glass of the glass gunner. 2. Expansion tank of the cooling system. 3. The tank of the steering wheel amplifier. 4. The oil probe of the engine. 5. The cork of the oil -loading neck of the engine. 6. Air filter case. 7. The battery cover.
 
 
And without them
Another feature of the gasoline version unexpectedly manifested on the off -road. Formally, the diesel is more not less than a hundred Newtonometers. If the car has a lowering gear, the TD4 version would unconditionally gain an off -road advantage. But, like most SUVs, Frilelender does not have a demultiplitor. Twisting the moment on the rear wheels transmits the huldex clutch. So, when you need to subtly control the traction, the gasoline version is preferable. In a sandy rise, it allows you to move at the smallest speeds, and the wheels do not even think to break into a slip. The diesel forces it to press the gas stronger. The front wheels are already in time to slip, and the slide manages to take only the second time and the course.
But with geometric cross -country ability, any car is on the top five. Ahead of the steep congress with asphalt and even with a roadside ditch, but I am careful in vain. Tall and short bumpers never even struck a slope strewn with stoves. But here, other universal jeeps stood up. Freilender has a corner of the painless entry 31, and the congress is 34 degrees. Under the steel protection of the crankcase, convincing 21 cm. Parts of the suspension and muffler are well pulled to the bottom.
And already turning on the Terrene-RisPons system, not even having the slightest idea of \u200b\u200boff-road driving, the driver will feel like a skillful jeeper. The operation of the machine, the sensitivity of the gas pedal, the system settings will be controlled by electronics.
For example, on the same sandy hill, you can stop against all rules in the sand mode, the car will again move and will not bury on the hub. On the descent is wet after rain, overgrown with grass? The mud-pitch mode is useful. Together with it, the assistance system is turned on, and the feedback on the gas becomes slightly damped. You may not have heard that you could not hear that at low speeds in such conditions, ABS may not work. So, by clicking on the brake, you will lose control of the machine with blocked wheels. Electronics will not allow speed to grow, and you can easily hold the jeep under control.
An hour or two exercises, and learn how to choose the right mode. I admit, I did not meet any more all over -road so that fashionable pseudo -approval worked as well as well, in the topic.
But the good jeeper data of Fril is a stick about the two -edges. Having believed that the car can do a lot, the owners are narrowed where not every professional all -terrain vehicle will pass. Bamers, although hanging high, but they are plastic and painted in the color of the body. And the varnished sides are not at all protected. Think about which European carpet will fly the removal of scratches left by a roadside shrub.
Operation, service
More recently, Freilender was very expensive in maintenance. Already the first costs 811 thousand, each subsequent 1520 thousand rubles. Since this year, the interval interval has been increased from 12 to 24 thousand km. Subject to these terms, the machine has a guarantee of 3 years or 100,000 km of run.
It turns out that by 70,000 km you must come to the service only twice. Convincing savings. Only no one had yet checked if it would turn out to be an abundance of breakdowns. Indeed, on the first one of the consumables, only oil with a filter will be replaced. The replacement of the air is not included. It is good if he, clogged with dust, fluff, insects and still unknown than, will only prevent the motor from developing full power ... So from sin to change all the filters more often, monitor the condition of the liquids, check the fasteners or reduce the frequency of then. In the latter case, dealers in 22 cities of Russia are ready to provide qualified assistance. In Moscow, these are 5 companies, in St. Petersburg 3.
 
We liked
   
Porous appearance
A full -wheel drive transmission
Good geometric patency

As well as:
The smoothness of the course
Well -insulated from road vibrations steering wheel
Economical, very burdened diesel
 
  
 
We didn't like it
   
Large loading height
Overloaded with buttons central console
Ineffective doorways seals

As well as:
Insufficiently wide rear doorway
The flaws of ergonomics
Suspension knock during the end
Budget decisions in interior decoration
Lack of single prices for TO and spare parts
Impotable speedometer and glare devices
 
  
 
Land Rover Frelander 2.2at (3.2AT)
common data
 
Body, number of places/doors
Universal, 5/5
 
Equipped mass, kg
1915 (1885)
 
Speed, km/h
181 (200)
 
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
11.2 (8.9)
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km highway/city
6.8/11 (8.6/15.8))
 
Fuel supply, l
68 (70)
 
Engine
 
Location
Front transversely
 
Design
4-cyl., In a row diesel
(6-cyl., In a row gasoline)
 
The number of valves per cylinder
four
 
Diam. cylinder x Piston stroke, mm
85x96 (84x96)
 
Working volume, SMZ
2179 (3192)
 
Compression ratio
16.5: 1 (10.8: 1)
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
152/4000 (233/6300)
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
40.8/2000 (32.3/2300)
 
Chassis
 
Drive unit
on the front wheels with automatically connected rear
 
Transmission
6-st. Automatic
 
Gear rates I; II; III; IV; V; VI; Z.Kh.
4,15; 2.37; 1.56; 1.16; 0.86; 0.69; 3.39
(4,15; 2,37; 1,56; 1,16; 0,86; 0,69; 3,39)
 
main gear
3.33 (3.75)
 
Suspension:
Independent, spring
 
front
At the racks of McEferson
 
behind
Mollycent
 
Steering
rack type with amplifier
 
Brakes
disk, in front ventilated
 
Tires
235/65 R17
 
Car
from 9.77 rubles/km
 
 

Prices for spare parts and then, rub
TO1 (24,000 km) 83 000-11 200
TO2 (48,000 km) 15 300-22 900
TO3 (72,000 km) 9600-11 200
Oil filter 810
Air filter (engine) 680
Air filter (salon) 1361
Candle of incandescent 916
Tip of steering thrust 1828
Lever left front lower 9958
Front shock absorber/rear 8421
Front/rear wing 28 875/45 751
Hood 35 252
Front/back door 52 286/45 751
Front bumper assembly 34 665
Rear bumper assembly 26 666
Windshield with heating 36 566
Lateral glass front 8365
Ksenon Farah assembly 38 953
Rear lamp assembly 8762
 
We decided:
A thoroughbred, spacious and comfortable compact SUV, which looks solid and have off -road abilities have the best than most of its competitors. However, having risen in price, Frilelander-2 remained an acquitted purchase only in the basic version of S with a minimum set of options. Paying for him as large universal jeeps is unlikely to make sense.
 

Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [07/2008]