Test drive Mercedes Benz R-class w251 2005-2010 Minivan
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Mercedes-Benz R350
Engine Basin type V6
Working volume, cm3 3498
Max. Power, l.? p. at about./min. 272/6000
Max. moment, NM at about./min. 350/24005000
Transmission Auth., 7-st.
Dynamics
Maximum speed, km/h 230
Acceleration 0100 km/h 8.3
general information
Fuel consumption, l/100 km 11.4
Wheel base, mm 2980
Length, mm 4930
Width, mm 1922
Height, mm 1659
Mass equipment., Kg 2155
price, rub. from 2 368 800
R-Class is one of the most controversial cars in our test, everything is wrong here, unusual. Starting from a design that is not like anything. This is not an SUV, and not a station wagon, and not a minivan. This is R-Class. But God with the design, Mercedes must amaze with a salon, this is his genealogy sign. And here is disappointment. Like all the latest models with a three -beam star, Erka is devoid of fashionability and outright luxury. No, of course, this is not a BMW minimalism, but still expect something more. The same Audi Q7 wins significantly both in the quality of materials and the level of study of the little things. Mercedes is adjacent to chirza leather with shagen plastic, uneven gaps and peeling plastic inserts. Well, okay, you can glue under warranty, because with the spaciousness in the cabin none of the classmates will argue, and indeed, no car comes as a souvenir where four passengers can be located equally vomitably in the two -back rows of seats, despite the fact that From the second to the third row you can cross without leaving the car! 
With closer communication with the car, the study of the little things is respectful. For example, the R350 is the only car in the dough that has a curtain covering the luggage compartment from curious eyes is equally applicable both with a two -row salon and with fully laid up chairs, which are special extension cords, neatly invested in the cup holders. And what is the luggage compartment here with the seats folded by the third row! You can carry children's strollers of a large family, and forget where they fell between Sunday purchases! Ergonomics are also good: a pleasant steering wheel, clear, readable devices, and a distinctive line of Mercedes in recent years, the steering wheel of a gunner of the machine gun, perhaps the most convenient and logical in the automobile world. Only two positions forward and backward, separated by neutral. The button in the end of the lever puts automatic transmission into parking. Everything elementary is simple. BMW has the same joystick algorithm, but a lever in a familiar place, and this is not so convenient. After a day of driving on Mercedes, you begin to switch the gears of the janitors on all other cars, and the instinct remains for a very, very long time!
Salon without revelations, unification with other star models is evident
But not everything is as perfect as it seems at first glance, otherwise the R-classes would have flooded all of Russia a long time ago. A bad longitudinal adjustment of the seat is strongly repelled by a desire to drive in such a car. All passengers, but nothing to you! Truly the limousine infringement of the rights of the driver ...
The devices are perfectly read, except that the clock and sensor of the fuel level are small
Climate control panel for passengers from behind
Mercedes is abundantly equipped with all kinds of closing containers and compartments
Plafs of the navigator of the world the most domestic
Wonderful armchairs, spacious salon, but in front is tough
With the laid out three rows of chairs for luggage, there is very little space
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