Mitsubishi L200 test drive since 2006 pickup
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We drove up from the corner There are different criteria for comparative selection of competing cars: in class, body type, capacity, price, popularity ... You can continue this list yourself. Our current choice of SUVs. But not just all-wheel drivers, but cars without complexes, which are not a pity to ruin on a really clumsy and uneven surface of the earth-mature. To claim the completeness in this case to twist with wheels against the wind. But fragmented the choice is quite symbolic.
Land Rover Defender 110
Under the hood Engine: working volume 2495 cm3,
compression degree 19.5: 1,
max. Power 122 l. With. at 4200 vol./min,
max. moment 300 nm at 1950 vol./min
Fuel consumption (EU): 9.5/12.5 l per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 75 liters
Maximum volume: 1600 l. A considerable load or four adults of full complexion is placed here. The transverse landing does not meet the safety standards too much, but taking into account the mass of the machine and remoteness from the hood, it is acceptable. But the opening is narrow.
The number of places 9
The permanent drive is complete
Suspension
The front dependent lever
The rear dependent lever
Gearbox fur. 5-Test.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 130
Acceleration to 100 km/h, from 18.8
common data
A mass of equipment./Full, kg 2020/2950
UAZ Patriot
Under the hood Engine: working volume 2693 cm3,
compression degree 9: 1,
max. Power 128 l. With. at 4400 vol./min,
max. moment 218 nm at 4500 rpm/min
Fuel consumption (EU): 13/18.3 liters per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 87 l
There are two one and a half -month shops. But children can also be put four. A wide high door opens at the full opening. But only why, like the Japanese and the British, does it open towards the sidewalk, and you have to go around it?
The number of places is 7-9
The drive is full.
Suspension
The front dependent lever
The rear dependent lever
Gearbox fur. 5-Test.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 150
Acceleration to 100 km/h, with n. D.
common data
A mass of equipment./Full, kg 2070/2670
Mitsubishi L200
Under the hood Engine: working volume 2477 cm3,
compression degree 20: 1,
max. Power 100 liters. With. at 4000 rpm/min,
max. moment 200 nm at 2000 vol./min
Fuel consumption (EU): 9/12.9 liters per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 75 liters
A square body of 1.5x1.5 m has a strong folding board. So you can carry longs. And in height, no one limits you, if only the load is falling out. As an option, you can put a plastic cap and turn a pickup into a van.
The number of places 5
Proclication drive. full
Suspension
Front independent lever
The rear dependent spring
Gearbox fur. 5-Test.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 142
Acceleration to 100 km/h, with n. D.
common data
A mass of equipment./Full, kg 1730/2830
Great Wall Safe
Under the hood Engine: working volume 2237 cm3,
the degree of compression n. d.,
max. Power 105 liters. With. at 4600 vol./min,
max. moment 190 nm at 2400 rpm/min
Fuel consumption (EU): 10.1 liters per 100 km
Fuel tank volume: 65 l.
For some reason, the volume is not disclosed. But he is not too great. The advantages of two are: folding, in the level with the floor, the lower sash and glass dropping in its thickness. Everything is exactly like Toyota 4runner.
The number of places 5
Proclication drive. full
Suspension
Front unenvalum. Torsionnaya
The rear dependent spring
Gearbox fur. 5-Test.
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed, km/h 140
Acceleration to 100 km/h, with n. D.
common data
A mass of equipment./Full, kg 1760/2130
Who is what
Land Rover Defender 110
The price of a tested car is $ 41,600
Max. Power 122 l. With.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b128 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h 18.8 s
UAZ Patriot
The price of a tested car is $ 16,000
Max. Power 128 l. With.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b150 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h n. D.
Mitsubishi L200
The price of a tested car is $ 27,000
Max. Power 100 liters. With.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b142 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h n. D.
Great Wall Safe
The price of a tested car is $ 21,000
Max. Power 105 liters. With.
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b140 km/h
Acceleration 0-100 km/h n. D.
How they will look
Land Rover Defender 110
Thank God, at least someone does not change classics to modernity.
Otherwise and there will be nothing to catch on the eye
There are many inconvenience. But the most impractical mode of turning on the ON/OFF stove without intermediate stages and heat and ventilation. Yes, and the beep button in the end of the steering wheel switch is somehow French. Moveton!
The seats covered with full -time non -wandering covers are so unpretentious that you perceive their moderate convenience as a dignity
The primitiveness of the shield is inimitable. And on the other hand, why do you need engine speed in a utilitarian jeep?
UAZ Patriot
Patriot has gone far from Simbra both in appearance and quality
The claims on the quality of plastic are much less than one might expect. There are no special creaks or falling off the details here
I am not afraid to say that none of the competitors, not only full -time, but also correspondence, have such a spacious salon
There are no complaints about the instrument shield, except that it overlaps the steering wheel, there is no
Mitsubishi L200
Only Double Cab comes to us. And in other countries they also offer pickups with a single and one and a half cockpit and, accordingly, a longer platform
The Pajero Sport interior is well recognized here, but with some correction for poverty. Or asceticism
Despite the fact that in the front row everything is in light, in the second, a vertical landing and a place for second-grade persons. But this is not bad when I want to combine the pleasant with useful
There is certainly no design finds here. But everything is read well and, most importantly, there is no overload distracting seams
Great Wall Safe
All external parameters from 4runner allow to measure the car with the usual standards
The main failure of Grate Volya is the quality of the seats finishes. Their tightening was clearly carried out on the collective farm. Although the frame is decent
Five people with some stretch, but fit into the interior of Saif. Side support is even better than in a copied Toyota
But the Chinese invented a faded, poorly readable instrument shield themselves. I see. One of the disadvantages of the model
OUTSIDE
It is difficult to find this type of utilitarian SUV, a body or a variety of design that would not be presented in this comparative test. For example, having built a four in a row, you can easily observe the evolution of a utilitarian car for half a century (!). I declare absolutely responsibly. Indeed, if not a formalist, we can assume that the current Land Rover Defender design originates in the middle of the twentieth century from the first post -war model of SERIES 1 (1949). And various minor changes in his appearance occurred, as it were, along the way and exclusively for the sake of only function. Maybe so it is necessary? Indeed, for example, the recognition of the Englishman (from which side cannot be looked at him) occurs at the genetic level, and in order to confuse him with someone, you need to be a dense alien. At the very beginning of the path of such a fierce manifestation of conservatism are Chinese stylists. Their brave facies Toyota 4runner, models of the late twentieth century, may well inspire the hope that by the end of the 21st century they will be able to reach the heights of the minimalist evolution of antiquity of Defy. However, it is still hardly. Everything goes to the fact that in a couple of years both the Great Wall brand and the Chinese automobile design will generally go into the category of original and original. In the meantime, the face of an SUV from the Middle Kingdom can be confused with a blown -up craftsman with a brilliant muzzle ... Volga. However, options are possible. There are no complaints to the face of L200. Here are the signs of the brand Mitsubishi and character. You can only discuss the nuances. Perhaps, for the first time, the appearance of a domestic car does not cause me rejection. UAZ today is a high -quality, professional and quite appropriate design. Do not listen to what the spiteful people say about allegedly similarity with the Toyota style. Nonsense. On the side, the most honest and harmonious silhouette of Defender. The Double CAB componing of 2+2 and therefore slightly spoils the proportions of the L200. To the Chinese ... Well, what are the claims? Unless the color ... The silhouette of the UAZ holds the bar up to the 3rd rack. Further, the brutality is so characteristic of the SUV (it is not clear for the sake of what) and the rear stand can only be reminded of the OKU.
INSIDE
The concept of style here is applicable to everyone, with the exception of Land Rover. I do not want to look at his panels with an aesthetic eye. And why? He was round the speedometer, here they are convenient, and you need to look out the window, there are even two in the roof, which, by the way, are called alpine. The most advanced interior, of course, has a Japanese car. There is even a fashionable suffler booth in the center of the instrument panel and silver inserts. The panel of the patriot is captivated by simplicity and unobtrusive technology. This is clearly a breakthrough, let it be only of local significance.
SUMMARY
In this company, the utilitarian SUVs only Defender distinguishes noticeably and not only because of money. Very thoroughbred. The rest need to study, study and study again.
Distribution of the moment
Land Rover Defender
The combination of a painful diesel diesel, a constant all -wheel drive and a reduced transmission turns the Defender rather dynamic on the asphalt almost into a tractor, if dirt or snow is under the wheels. This machine, thanks to electronic locks, slowly but surely crawls out of any mess, until at least one wheel lost its clutch, and the muzzle did not sit on the ski protection. It does not need to be deducted on it. It is much easier to wait a little, and, having swayed a little, the aluminum box, as if reluctantly, crawls to the hard ground. The only condition is to add a little gas to make turbocharged.
UAZ Patriot
From the usual goat Patriot went endlessly far, leaving the unchanged scheme of all -wheel drive. Connected front bridge, reduced gear and no locks. This recipe against off -road will soon be 80 years old. He has pros and cons. At least, such a design will not present you with any surprises. The picture would be ideal if a moment diesel appeared under the hood of UAZ. Rumors about its implementation are constantly going on, but for now you have to be content with a voracious high -speed relative of the Volgovsky sixteen -plastic. The positive sides of the Ulyanovsk brainchild should include a soft long -flowing pendant, better than anyone else swallowing potholes in the way.
Mitsubishi L200
A proven fighter on the SUVs field. An excellent diesel engine, equally reserves, painful and economical. Hardly connected front bridge, lowering in the hand and in addition to the locking of the rear differential. Serious equipment will give a start to another jeep. Hence the excellent all -terrain vehicle. However, L200 is more likely to be all -terrain vehicles with dynamic (i.e., from a racket) overcoming obstacles. Slow grinding of snow is not his path. He is too light and jumping for this. Especially if there is no cargo behind.
Great Wall Safe
The Chinese copy of Toyota 4raner from the best side shows the technical abilities of the inhabitants of the Middle Kingdom. Exactly like a prototype, SAFE has a connected front bridge and a reduced gear in a handout. He does not have locks, but they are not too much. On all drive, Great Wall perfectly storms any obstacles. It is better to do this on the move, since an economical 105-horsepower gasoline engine still limits the thrust supply. But he is easier than all others. Thanks to this, even on narrow wheels, SAFE does not fail in the snow.
Who would argue that among the inexpensive, but courageous crooks should be two veterans of this movement, two representatives of recent empires, on the periphery of which the best vehicle of movement was an honest jeep. Land Rover Defender will plow the spaces of third countries for more than half a century, as a rule, of course, with the right wheel, but often not along the roads, but across. And he, they say, succeeds. But the open spaces of our power (even if not 1/6, but 1/7 of the land) through the forests, swamps, chernozem, loam and eternal permafrost are overcome by numerous goats. True, the latest UAZ Patriot with its Latin spelling has gone far from the ancestors, but the off -road genealogy of the company is still traced as. The culture of execution in this case markedly influenced the increased cost of the product, but not a drop of its consumer qualities reduced it.
Alternative Mercedes G, Toyota STD and many other utilitarian versions of prestigious jeeps exist mostly hypothetically, and are almost not found in car dealerships. And taking such a car from the secondary market would not be entirely correct. But there are relatively inexpensive pickups, glorious by modest performance and popular among rich fellow citizens in the event of a hunt for hunting, whether the Motherland or to the modest personal oil well in Tyumen. Of these, Mitsubishi L200 was the most popular for many years.
Is it really impossible to push the scope of the genre even a little? Yes, they remembered, there are numerous and not always memorable Chinese! Here their off-road representative can be found without special savings in price and so that it is more reduced, and to externally worthy. But still, our choice is not in favor of the poor, but on the principle, so that it is not a pity to be beautifully drowned in a swamp. The Great Wall Safe is just a pirate copy of the well-known Toyota 4runner model of the late 80s of the 90s. At least outwardly it turned out very similar. The great wall is the most recognizable Chinese brand, the name is suitable for car, and for vodka, and for a ballpoint pen. The main thing is that the client votes with a ruble they take them with a bang.
DYNAMICS
And what, did you really think that superputs could not go quickly on asphalt? Or, what should they not drive at all? And the high-speed struggle unfolded with might and main. The slowest Land Rover. But his modest dynamics is enough to confidently stay in the stream. The reason is a very elastic turbodiesel. It allows you to start not sharply, but stable. And the box with clear moves and the correct short gears fully conveys the modest traction potential to the wheels. And when you are stooped by the car, it rushes in front of the main column, causing the justified envy of the neighbors in the stream. And if the street is snowy, then Def is a genuine favorite. Constant all -wheel drive allows you to steadily grind small and medium road turmoil. And the Englishman’s brakes are excellent and powerful, most effective in all of the presented quartet. The main thing is not to confuse where what is the pedal. The brake is noticeably shifted to the left to the usual place of clutch, and the left one, where there is a platform for relaxing legs tired of heavy squeezes. But, apparently, this is the transcription of the right steering wheel on the continental side as well as opening the hood under the panel on the right. But a good review and back to external mirrors. And the borders of the hood are clearly visible ahead. The main feeling of the defender at high speed stability. Thanks to this, you cease to notice the transcendental asceticism of the situation, a narrow viewing area forward and the door tightly supporting the left shoulder. But twitching in the stream is very difficult annoying with its unreality.
UAZ is a different extreme and complete opposite. Acceleration that is completely atypical for a large domestic machine allow you to light on ordinary streets. Powerful jerks under the roar of the engine and the howls of the box scares the gaping Ladaists, but they do not start too swadowed owners of Kruzakov. One of the main inconveniences is the remoteness of the KP lever from the driver. To get up to the 3rd and 5th programs, you have to thoroughly tear your back from the seat. Ergonomically, of course, it is wrong that the steering wheel even in the upper position overlaps the scale of the devices, and you have to bend the neck to find out its speed. Why stare at her! After all, you float, albeit trembling from the work of the motor, above the roofs of the entire stream. Drivers of large jeeps and gazelles to your chin. Pygmy! Miserable, insignificant personalities! They graze in front of the car with quite noble outlines and the unambiguous militarized name Patriot.
Closer to a hundred UAZ slightly reduces agility, but it costs the fourth gear in a wide range of traction. But counting on dynamic movement in 4x4 mode is not worth it. Then the car, obviously, rush, knit and asks for the will, to the pampas. Although even with one connected rear axle no discomfort is felt. Due to his considerable own weight, the patriot clings to the road perfectly, providing a stable straightforward course. But the whole buzz is breaking off the brake dynamics. As befits a Soviet truck, brake efforts are dosed with difficulty, and in order to effectively slow down, it follows that there is strength to drown on the pedal. And at the same time, the result is not guaranteed at all: due to the instability of the brake system, often in attempts to catch on the road, you have to download the pedal two or three times. In short, you want to stay a distance!
Acceleration L200 is typical for the moderate of a brisk turbodiesel. Frequent switching, fast ups of tachometer arrows up to 4000 rpm and unstable, but cheerful shake of the motor, not too ruined the owner for diesel fuel. This machine to the greatest extent allows us to abstract from meaningless road bustle. Moderately convenient, neutral landing, large mirrors ... Yes, and backwards visible better than all due to closely located end glass, which, by the way, does not get dirty and the pickup is not sprayed all the same! You sometimes even forget that the engine is not gasoline and an acoustic level. But the vibration -enormousness is high both the steering wheel and the handle of the CP are not shaken. But the clarity of the box is great. As well as the handouts, where Mitsubishi traditionally uses a direct 2H-4N-4L scheme. L200 is most pleasant and stable in a straight line on the highway. I would like to turn on a country-muzik, turn a farsighted look at the horizon, fall on the steering wheel with a beer stomach and relax for several hours. Especially if the cabin is dear to you, and in the back of valuable property.
The Chinese was struck not by acceleration as such, but by the fact that he surpassed modest expectations. The power is slightly more than a hundred for the average SUV is now perceived as an archaic limit and a supernarial level. But not for Great Wall. The motor, grown from old Toyotovsky, perfectly pulls on the bottom. Sometimes it even seems to be diesel. Feel free to throw the clutch pedal and slowly press the gas! And even flooded. The programs are short, you do not need to twist quite a gazper characteristic. But all this is good at low and medium speeds. When you enter the range of 90100 km/h, a tangible bolt begins. The best way to maintain exchange rate is a decrease in the rate. If you do not pay attention to the crooked panel of wretched quality devices and to cooperative seats, you are transferred to the glorious good nineties, recalling a familiar and beloved by many 4ranner. But what, is it bad that the cult machine has been revived, albeit not with 100%accuracy, but now it is quite accessible for admirers?
It is amazing how adequate Safe is in a dense city stream. There is no lag. As there is no fears that you won’t fit somewhere on the pace. It even seems that you drive a car with a machine gun, transfers are so organically joking and pedals are squeezed out. And, in particular, the main brake.
CONTROLLABILITY
Here, the whole quartet does not shine by definition. A good connection of the steering wheel with the wheels of the defender is very fits the minimum of the front -wheeled angle of the front wheels that are now existing in nature. The maneuvering in the stream is still tolerant, but in the parking lot it turns into flour. And the U -turn on a narrow road becomes even a circus number. The connection with the wheel at the wheel is moderately adequate. But the work of the suspension makes you remove the hat. There are no breakdowns and shallow shaking. Land Rover does not rearrange and does not baptize. The car goes to where you can direct it, but plus or minus half a meter for a large and unhurried car is not the biggest sin.
Manageability is the most failed genre for the patriot. The connection of the steering wheel with the wheels is present only in its infancy. Of course, on dry asphalt, UAZ behavior, its rolls and jerks will give out, where the steering wheel is at zero or rolled up 360 degrees. But on a wet, slippery and snowy coating to track the trajectory of movement, do not catch the steering wheel too quickly, but it is better to hold your hands so as to remember its neutral position. The backlash remains outside of any criticism, but in fairness it is worth saying that in the rest of the UAZs it was much worse. But Patriot takes an energy -intensive suspension. On weak potholes, he is slightly whitish with his damping elements, but this does not affect the rule too much. But on serious pits to achieve breakdowns is almost unbelievable. And the trajectory does not particularly get down.
L200 has the longest base. And that's it. On the one hand, a stable linear course, and a minimum of steering. And on the other hand, the need to actively twist the steering wheel in the parking lot and in close conditions. But the accuracy of the execution is the highest. A completely transparent dependence of the direction of movement of the car on rotation of the steering wheel. From the point of view of shaking Mitsubishi is absolutely indifferent. Mitsubishi should try to break through the hard front of Mitsubishi, and the rear spring suspension swaying somewhere in a kilometer behind the driver, not having a significant impact on the direction of movement and position of the cabin above sea level. Yes, by the way, an altimeter and compass are present on the instrument panel according to the old Mitsubishev tradition.
Great Wall steers three with a plus. And even four with a minus. Not super precisely, but worthy, in general, where the driver will order. But it is very easy to maneuver with a rather archaic large -sized jeep. And the work of pendants is completely impressive either breakdowns or miscalculations. When connecting the front line, 4ranner, pah of Saife noticeably tanes and stops entering turns. Well, there should be no secrets. But on the highway is a relaxation. The steering wheel is empty, but zero is felt quite clearly. Under the traction, the car is completely with confidence, which, of course, is characteristic of heavy rear -wheel drive. Although, a little slippery, and the car is in its element even in 4x4 mode.
Off -road
The main attention is engaged as crooks to Dafender and UAZ. We immediately dive into the snowdrifts, of which last winter there was three seasons forward (we will live, of course, see but it would be a year or two to do without this). Land Rover, standing on the narrowest wheels, strives to cut the snow side on a snowy off -road highway and, having left the rut, collapse in loose snow. Pull it with a cable? Perhaps, but why, because an unknown caring hand attached a wirefish with an electric drive to the front bumper. We leave, we take out the cord, at one end of which the toggle switch, and on the other connector. We stick the connector next to the winch, and the cable is going to your hands. Why cling to? This is the main thing. For our happiness and for our destruction, nearby, about ten meters, a stunted aspen, a forty undergrowth grew. We wrap the cable around, and switch the toggle switch in the opposite direction. The tree is cracking, groans and is about to be torn from the root. A two -ton car, a centimeter in a centimeter crawls to the side, back to the road. Forgive nature-mother, but we could not leave our defender on the edge of the edge of the spring. We compensate for the occasion, plant some valuable plant!
Patriot, of course, a fighter! Here he is, indeed, in the kind of frost. It is difficult to plant, he leaves himself, after swinging. Even almost no goat. You can erect a monument in bronze in full size. If there are no pair of problems. One is called the engine. It does not pull high -speed, steeply on low ones, skipping on high, biting with tires in snow and ice. Here the problem is the back of the Landroverskaya too wide tires with an insufficiently pronounced tread. Listen, what will happen if you put appropriate wheels and a diesel heart on a patriot? Then I am even scared to imagine the degree of his offense!
In this sense, both L200 and SAFE are similar. The characteristics of the traction motors are close, at least one diesel and the other gasoline. The selection of transmissions and transmission scheme allow you to feel in the snowy elements as a fish in water. But the difference is that the pickup is longer and lighter than behind. Because of this, with expressive driving it is easier to put into a low-controlled skid, and it is more difficult to pass excesses and turns are more difficult. But if you take a mirror version of a closed Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and the Great Wall Deer pickup, then most likely everything will happen to the opposite. Although, as they say, you need to try.
SUMMARY
That the most liked the question here is not entirely successful. In the city, probably, the best will be comfortable L200, and the worst Defender. But on the highway I would prefer Land Rover. And he would have completely shaved the idea to go into the distance on the patriot to torment how to howl and uncomfortable seats. But in Off-Road mode, UAZ is indispensable and unforgettable.
But in the sum of advantages, the most preferable to me the modest Great Wall Safe seemed to me. The result is just amazing for me! The last role is played by some kind of fake, toy price. But not the first. The car turned out to be solid and most universal. I don’t know how she will behave during prolonged use, but I think the anti -kits stereotype will soon be broken.
Text Vladimir Smirnov
Photo by Leonid Grandfather
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