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In anticipation of the start of Russian sales, Land Rover brought to St. Petersburg a new generation of its flagship. The portal Kolesa.ru could not resist the opportunity to feel a popular all -around, to spur half a thousand horses and try out a car on artificial off -road. Although, to be precise, the new Range did not reach the northern capital, the premiere took place under Peterhof, in the summer palace, behind which the organizers built an obstacle area imitating real off -road. However, these tests were waiting for cars a little later. And first, a string from the new black Range Rover went to conquer asphalt.
You climb into a high driver's seat, cover the door behind you (now it is now a well -so -willed electric driver will finish everything yourself) and as if you are in another world, isolated from the noise in general and from the drizzling November rain in particular. A complete separation of reality: people, events taking place outside the window, all of them from another life, from the film. And the present is a polished tree, the skin and even lines of high-quality, in English restrained salon. The central console Holy simplicity: the washers of the gearbox and Terran Response systems, and the same stylish twins of the climate system with tiny displays on each. The buttons are at least all the remaining functions are assigned to the neat, drowned in the front panel screen. I just didn’t have time to deal with him: the head car famously started off, and I have to go.
What kind of test is this test that the powerful 510-horsepower gasoline eight SuperchaRged is hidden under the hood, and go along the deserted road of the village. Naturally, 60 km/h. So the representative of Land Rover sitting nearby tactfully recalls that during the test we must observe the speed limit. I nod, but the demon does not agree inside me. Another turn, and a quiet straight path appeared ahead. The temptation is great, and the right leg is still not held. A light click of the box, Range Rover, gently cries onto the rear axle, a couple more moments and the speedometer arrow embarrasses in an upright position, pointing to 120 km/h. The instructor, apparently, is not happy. I am justified that, they say, not on purpose, it happened, I won’t be anymore. Why, I really did not expect such agility from more than two -ton colossus, but now I believe in passport 5.4 seconds to hundreds. And no sport-mode with manual gear shifts even in the Drive position 8-speed automatic copes quickly and at ease.
To accelerate an aristocratic ravele to an aristocratic ravera somehow does not go to face. It is much more pleasant to swim slowly in the upper tier of the passenger flow, knowing that at any moment a simple touch of the right pedal can wake up the raging element.
But the way the suspension behaves on irregularities and whether the new system is fighting with the body rolls, I did not have time to find out, because the short road test ended on this and the off -road began. But the data of executions already fell to the share of the 339-horsepower diesel eight with its 700 nm torque. Why executions? I'll explain now. The Range Rover prepared for the storming of the crossed area immediately raised on the air suspension, he somewhat reminiscent of a bold tourist in rolled up pants, who was gathered to start over. But I’m not in the water for stumps, on the cobblestone, and then for that terrible iron structure. The instructor, who sits on the right, will permanently explains that for upcoming exercises, the stones of the Terrain Response proprietary system are best suited, as it is ready to hang the wheels and provides large suspension strokes, and we put the box in Sport only then you can be sure that it will not start unauthorizedly increase gears. I would be her calm.
But the first section from the cobblestone has already been overcome, the stump of hemps too. Everything is surprisingly simple. I barely add gas, and the rest of the car does it myself: the wheels cling even to the slightest slippery surface, and the body only gently shifts from side to side. In the meantime, the driver receives complete information about the movement of suspensions and the moment of blocking the center differential, which are broadcast to the dashboard in the form of a pretty animated picture. By the way, the devices of the new Rover Rover are also drawn. However, they would more beautiful and brighter they would suit Modern Lexus or Infiniti, but with a sustained Englishman, it seemed that they somehow do not harmonize.
At the top of the metal mountain, the instructor pressed the help button during the descent and delighted: now we will go down. Do not crush the brake! All this is good, but where to put conditional reflexes? I admit: I withstood the whole descent with honor, trusting in electronics, but at the time of touching the asphalt, I still chopped it and pressed the brake. Diagonal hanging after that seemed trifling. The course of both pendants is so large that you just begin to think: why a luxury SUV with a bearing body of such abilities? Will its owners overcome ford almost a meter depth, climb stones into the mountains or ride an inclined plane? But the fact is that the car has such opportunities. And Range Rover can still be called a real SUV.
Competitors Range Rover
Truly close rivals, the fourth Rover Rover ranger. What other luxury SUVs can boast of eighteen thousand all kinds of execution with various combinations of the interior decoration? Yes, and price lists with a price range from four to six million rubles are found only in a limited circle of brands.
The German SUVs are traditionally strong in the premium class. For example, the new Mercedes GL in a special series with a 435-horsepower engine will cost 5,200,000 rubles. Prices for 306-horsepower BMW X5 start from 2,919,000 rubles. Audi Q7 can be bought even cheaper, for 2,742,200 rubles. Porsche Cayenne in the initial version is estimated at 3,150,000 rubles, but the price of Turbo S C 550 hp. Transes already for eight million.
Far from poorly equipped Lexus LX 570 with a 367-horsepower engine costs 4,284,000 rubles. The latest Infiniti JX with a 3.5-liter engine (262 hp) is noticeably cheaper than 2,353,000 rubles, but its level is not the same. You can also recall Cadillac Escalade with its huge 6.2-liter engine (403 hp), but its equipment, and the price of 2,865,000 rubles is not reached to the Range Rover level.
A source: Wheel magazine [November 2012]
