Mitsubishi Outlander XL test drive since 2009 SUV
Mitsubishi Outlander XL with a 2-liter engine
The updated Mitsubishi Outlander is ready to hit us with a cardinal change in image, improved interior decoration and a mysterious 2-liter engine. Here is the restyling so restyling. Not some facelifting, but a full-fledged plastic surgery to change appearance, as in the program for protecting witnesses.True, the evil grille in the Jet Fighter style looks a half -hearted body of Outlander somewhat unexpectedly, but many of our compatriots will like it. In the end, the fellow citizens drive from the left strip see in the mirror it is the undisguised threat of the frontal part. Interestingly, in Japan Outlander has retained the previous style: MMC marketer is sure that Jet Fighter is too aggressive for the Jet Fighter domestic market. And for us just right. Yes, and the restyled Outlander looks like a new model, although changes can be counted literally on the fingers.
There is an anti -tug system, but it is tuned to asphalt
Where is the flash drive hid?
What has changed, except for striking appearance? First of all, the interior decoration. The visor above the instrument shield, the front panel and the upper part of the doors upholstery are covered with leather, stylishly exposed with a white thread. A minute, is it leather? Let's check carefully. So it is, skin ... young dermatin. But it looks good.
Another innovation emergency instrument lighting mode. While everything is in order, they are flooded with white-moon light, and if any of the sensors requires immediate attention, the panel blushes shyly. However, I myself did not see this, during the test everything was in complete openwork. In a short list of additions, there are also a colored LCD display the size of a matchbox, which was stuck between a speedometer and a tachometer. The coolant temperature and fuel level are displayed on it with vertical columns readable, but somewhat unusual. And also mysteriously selected the location of the radio USB port, it is hidden inside the armrest, so you can’t stick a flash drive with music on the go.
A thing in yourself
Much more than a set of micro -improvements to the salon, a new two -liter engine was interested in me. Also, in general, a thing in yourself. The description of the difference with a more solid unit is reduced to the use of words a little and a little. Compared to a well-known 2.4-liter, it is 23 liters. With. And 33 Nm is weaker, and in acceleration to 100 km/h loses to him one and a half seconds. 2-liter Outlander costs 30,000 rubles less than a 2.4-liter in a similar configuration. How significant is this with a price tag of 1,189,000? I'm afraid not very. Savings on transport tax? A couple of thousand. The only weighty argument is a two -liter engine twenty percent more economically. True, only with a calm ride.
Variator in manual mode, gas to the floor, the only way you can get a drive from a 2-liter engine
The main training
In order for the 2-liter engine to spin properly, the transmission must be trained several times to press the pedal to the floor. But after standing in the traffic, the adaptive variator relaxes again, and you need to start again. However, this does not matter on all all -wheel drive versions there are steering wheel switches. With their help, you can control the transmission manually. And this is just the rare case when an independent selection of gears in the presence of a machine gun is not just a tribute to fashion. Only it allows you to achieve a real drive from the motor.
Unable trump card Outlander XL Big trunk
No, you don’t feel flawed in the city stream in automatic mode, a new grate of the radiator is just in vigilantly dominated by you. It seems to be obliged to rush to interception all the time. The sticker on board would fit it well to her, I would attack!. And another 3-liter engine, which may appear closer to winter and make Outlander XL comparable in price with a fighter.
Author: Savva Safonov, photo Victoria Ilyinskaya
Source: Magazine 4x4 [August /2010]
