Land Rover Freelander LR2 test drive since 2009 SUV
It is quite strange to compare Hyundai Santa Fe C Land Rover Frelander
Can a stump in the apron defeat the chopped blond? Competitors are afraid to meet with Land Rover Freelander. The legendary brand over the years of its prosperity in the Premier League of crossovers brought to all serious fear. We called different representative offices. Not everyone agreed to provide a car for comparison with the Englishman. And in Hyundai they didn’t even take his ear. They didn’t ask why we need a car. So the looting legend from the British Islands met on our pages with a reckless upstart from the Korean Peninsula.
Details of the modeling business
We, too, did not particularly hope for a worthy performance by Santa Fe. He is too ordinary, like a silent cute girl with slanting eyes, while Land Rover looks like a steep British blonde in boots to the navel.
Yes, Frelander is cool. Moreover, comparing it with a fashion model, I do not exaggerate and do not use a metaphor. I state the fact. Literally before this test I was told the details of the modeling business. They laid out the entire insimusive. It turns out that the models are fed with three types of drugs: AIDS, Heroin and ecstasy. AIDS is needed so that they have a good resource to maintain a long walk on the catwalk and an endless shooting day. Heroin makes them languid, and from ecstasy their eyes begin to shine. This whole set of model qualities is present in Land Rover, but with one reservation. To achieve them, he needs only diesel fuel 10 liters per hundred kilometers of mileage.
The Korean woman briskly tears from a place, leaving the Englishwoman behind
Everything coincides
Is he hardy? Oh yeah! You understand this when, having left on the off -road, which is a set of hard bumps, pits and drying of the soil lumps, you do not feel that the body is ill in the area of \u200b\u200bfastening of the front racks. On the contrary, you are so good that the desire to go quickly itchs without ceasing. Is he languid? Still would! It is relaxed and comfortable, and without losing the necessary composure in the suspension. I would call the force on the steering wheel and pedals velvet. Do his eyes shine? Yes, they burst from the inside! All his life he dreamed of being like Range Rover. And it happened: a little more and passers-by will begin to confuse them. You’ll sparkle from this.
The front panel Santa Fe is friends with ergonomics located at the right angle with respect to the driver
The collection of buttons in Freelander resembles an order bar, only it is not clear why rewards
Hot modesty
Will Santa Fe be able to dump the arrogant rival? My hopes for at least some worthy performance of the Korean were connected exclusively with the motor. And I was right. Koreans have risen very much over the past 23 years, and especially in terms of units. The current Santa Fe is equipped with an excellent diesel engine. With the same volume with an opponent, he gives out 47 horsepower and 16 Newton meters more, accelerating the Korean SUV to a hundred 1.5 seconds faster. In fact, at a paired start, the Englishwoman is hopelessly behind. Judging by the competition on the accelerated straight line, under the mask of a shy-more, that little thing was hidden.
Passengers have a ceiling
During a more careful consideration, she found other advantages. For example, the transformation of the luggage compartment on the head is better than that of the rival. In the Korean crossover you can sleep with comfort. In English, plus his wheeled arches are strongly bulging, which prevents the luggage from a scale. Santa Fe has much more spacious the second row and there is even a separate ceiling for the rear passengers, which again does not boast of Frelander. The front panel of the Korean is clearer, simpler, more ergonomic. And the British collection resembles an order bar, looking at which an unprepared person does not understand what kind of awards these are. Well and so on ...
- loading height is higher than that of the competitor, plus the trunk opening and the wheel arches interfere
- For cargo, dog and man, everything is much more convenient here than in Frelander
The old man Freil is not at all scary. He knows that comfort these days are worth something, and Santa Fe, although he tears from a place like a hare, is just a stump with a motor compared to Frelander. In the city, this is not so noticeable, especially on the new asphalt, but it is very well felt on irregularities and off-road.
A chic rear row and a beautiful sleeping place. Sample for travel lovers
Severity in the body and brains
It would seem that only a stupid person will cross the Korean on the road. And not only because of comfort. The cross -country skid of the Englishman. Permanent all -wheel drive plus a road clearance of 210 mm and a large angle of entry. We generally thought that Santa Fe would be brutally disgraced in rough terrain. It turned out no. He kept up everywhere and, moreover, was more adequate. Freelander has two troubles: it is too smart and rather heavy. The lighter, agile and, most importantly, fast mind, the Korean followed the legend everywhere. He could not pass through only one hill: the clearance was not enough. Yes, and the rise was such that only the Russian jeep champion could enter.
Features of the transformation of the salon do not allow you to get a night
The result is short. A fighter from Britain, an off-road star, one of the most comfortable crossovers in the class wins from Korea’s SUV, because he eats 2 liters of diesel fuel less. You won’t prefer a car that eats 12.5 liters of black fuel per hundred, a car consuming only 10.5? What, is this nonsense for you? Then Santa Fe defeats Freelander in the family standings due to more convenient seats and trunk m-da, the question is complicated. Freelander loses in the main automobile disciplines, it is heavy, slow and cramped. Santa Fe is a junk, with a smaller radius of turn, spacious, but it looks like ficus. However, I can compare the Korean with a maid, capable of lightning speed at breakfast, and this will be quite close to the truth. Now it is much easier to put the point. The maid is never to win with the model? Therefore, we vote for a simpleton in a black and white apron, a little tired of the fight against a fragmented beauty and a little frustrated jury throwing. Apparently, we are too old to deal with heroin
Freelander's brain is large and modern, but too hard to think
Standard cross -over set: Club buttons and ESP shutdown
Caution, technical details
For a long time, we had to compare the first crossovers with real frame crooks. Of course, the latter are definitely more tenacious, but at the same time far from always the former lost on off -road. In this paired test, we are dealing with a similar story: Hyundai Santa Fe is easier to 100 kg and at the same time more powerful. Electric imitators of locks work simply: I pressed gas to the floor of the car rides. On geometric obstacles, this is crucial. Land Rover Freelander can only win due to the advantage in the clearance. Santa Fe impressed a more modern car. Despite the fact that their engines are almost one volume, with the same injection systems and turbocharges, the Korean is noticeably more powerful. The same applies to electronics that control off -road driving. The Englishman has more variations and choice, but only a blonde at the wheel needs this choice, this is a big question
Author: Dmitry Leontyev, photo of Alexander Ortnova-Baranov
Source: Magazine 4x4 [September /2011]
