Test Drive Mazda BT-50 since 2010 Pickup

All photos of Mazda BT-50 since 2010

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What are the people who choose a car in the body of a pickup? In America, the ideas of the image. In agricultural countries, Europe like Greece or Portugal Pickup is a farm workhorse. In Russia, pickups are buying mainly because buy a large full-fledged SUV (understandable, new and imported), having the amount up to $ 30,000, it is impossible. In fresh pickups, such as Mazda BT-50, everything is in order and with the image, and with the ability to work, and with the price.

Riding presentation New Russian representative office Mazda arranged in the Pirogovo resort near Moscow. At the disposal of journalists were an improvised off-road track and six BT-50 first arrived in Russia.

The first thing that rushes into the eye, the modern design of the Double Cab body with two full-fledged rows of seats for five saddles (Double version of Regular and four-seater Freestyle CAB will not be delivered to Russia). The second level of assembly quality level.

Compared to the previous model Mazda, the length rose by 70 mm, the height of the doors is 30 mm, and the sides of the cargo compartment by 60 mm. One-piece front facing appeared, which combines the radiator grille with thick straps and a large emblem of Mazda, bumper, front headlights and fog. All this is associated with cast wheel disks with a diameter of 16 inches, extended arches, steps, chrome-plated handles of doors and mirrors, an outdoor luggage compartment with a folding board gives the condition of the car solidity and athleticism. The gaps between body panels are significantly reduced almost like passenger models. In the interior, there is also a noticeable desire to get closer as possible to the level of comfort and finishing of the Mazda sedans. Comfortable seats, three dial dialing panels, a central silver console (with music and three microclimate handles), petal ducts of ventilation with edging, gearboxes and all-wheel drive transmissions, all corresponds to the ZOOM-Zoom corporate style. Landing is also quite light. True, there is no adjustment of the steering wheel by departure, but the optimal position is easily.

Under the hood of Mazda BT-50, a new 2,5-liter 16-valve turbo diesel MZR-CD Common Rail with two camshafts, an intercooler and a turbine with a variable geometry. Power is now 143 hp, and the torque is 330 nm.

Most alone in the quality of the performance and comfort of the WT-50 to passenger models, Mazda in no way damned its off-road abilities. It is still an honest frame all-wheel drive fighter. In a pair with a 5-speed mechanic, a reinforced dispensing box is running, with which the car can move either in the rear drive mode, or with a connected front (including with a rigidly blocked inter-axis differential), or even with partial lock in the rear axle (self-locking differential Increased friction). A serious Jeeper Arsenal complements the corresponding pendant torsion pendant with a-shaped levers from the front and the continuous bridge on the leaf springs from the back. Of course, such a suspension will not behave very well on the asphalt, but it is better not to come up with the rough terrain.

On solid coatings, it was not possible to evaluate BT-50 on the presentation, but I received some idea of \u200b\u200bhis passability. The track, laid on the shore of the Klyazmin reservoir, could be called off-road could be very conditionally. Organizers can understand no one wants to trample new cars in a swamp or jump on them through the ditch. But on the sandy virgin, we donated plenty. With the inclusive of a drop-down Mazda confidently storming verakhans, climbs on the sandy rise when only the sky can be seen through the windshield, overcomes artificial log bridges and swing. Just have time to turn the ram of four turns from the stop until the stop!

One exercise was quite a serious wooden estacade with a longitudinal bias of about 30. It was possible to diagonally hang a car, stop and then try to touch again. And I managed it, although not the first time. The fact is that when the car hangs on two wheels and you click on gas, the lock in the back bridge works only after a while, for which the wheel has time to make several revolutions, which may, in my opinion, turn out to be critical at less stable coatings. In addition, blocking is not tough (no more than 45%), this is a kind of compromise, because at 100% insufficient turning would have become too strong, the car would simply be a plow.

But despite this nuance, W-50 example of a real car for directions. And this off-road indifference, along with a high-quality convenient cabin, a spacious luggage compartment, a rather low noise level and more than acceptable for a diesel full-wheel drive level of comfort for five saddles costs from $ 24,000 to $ 30,000. Direct competitor BT-50 Mitsubishi L200, other full-fledged SUVs of Ner-Russian The production capable of moving to adequately and in the city, in this price range does not exist.

Prices and equipment
All Mazda BT-50 are offered with a diesel turbocharged 4-cylinder engine 2.5 liters (143 hp) and a 5-speed mechanical gearbox with a downgrade, rigid inter-axis lock and high friction differential in the rear bridge. Available DIRECT (EBS), Touring (EBS and L01) and Active (L02). Prices from $ 23,490 to $ 30,300.