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How deceptive nature
The car market is rich! You look at the prices of dealers and the diva, you are given: for the price of the Japanese mode, you can buy a real premium named. Freebie? Cadillac SRX.
Cadillac in the domestic market is still perceived by the cat in the bag. The original faceted style, in accordance with which all the latest models are created, it was designed to awaken interest in the legend, but the love of the Russian consumer to achieve this move and failed, there was little appearance.
Today, General Motors is experiencing not better than the best times, and in the global sense, it can be treated as you like, but it is possible to rejoice in simple customers when other brands are more expensive in our eyes, Cadillac retains very attractive prices. That is why we added a high-end car to our test, because the buyer largely selects the ruble. Surprisingly, in our test, Cadillac has the most sporting front armchairs with an derived anatomical profile and pronounced side support.
Cadillac is born for distant races, the distance between the states between the states is more precisely regions. Beautiful embodiment of every boy's dreams become a trucker
Cadillac conservative competitors: simple lines, leather, tree as in the museum, missing only Tomika Bradbury on the passenger seat
The steering wheel is overloaded with buttons that are very difficult to manipulate. There is even heating rim Baranki! The machine is pensive, and the monitor is dark all this is not Hi-End The arrow hours do not need
Interior kingdom of skin and tree. The quality is quite normal for the American, although Novosvetsky simplicity is still obvious enough to look at the simple dashboard or ascetic information display. Yes, and on the options the same Murano or Tribeca put Caddy on both blades, for the gift that the class is lower. Ergonomics are a bit unusual for the American School of Automotive far from Japanese or European. No, well, who else, besides the Yankees, can come up with to arrange the button of the rear janitor on the ceiling!
The suspension is well filtered by the smallest, despite the low-profile tires, however, the kinematics are surrendered on large irregularities, gravating the hard break. Perhaps this is the cost of a large mileage of the test copy, because before SRX there were no such sins. In addition, every blow is accompanied by a cricket choir in the cabin, which corrupt all the frets. By the way, noise insulation compared to competitors is simply great. The start from the spot is impressive, after all, the V8 is not a joke, however, the pulse is cheered by accelerating, accompanied by a combat roar, sets a unhurried automatic.
The delays first annoy, and then simply set up a calm way, and the inconvenience turns into a feature of temperament. Steering on good coatings pleases transparent feedback, however, the vigilance is better not to lose: it is worth the wheels to get into the broken section, the steering wheel will instantly empty and begins to live his life. But on direct sites, the term stability of the unshakable real intercity liner!
Spacious salon SRX strong trump card. Rear passengers are plenty of space, the glazing area is huge. Excellent crossover for contemplative travel! Yes, and the trunk is impressive. In the absence of an optional third row, you can easily download the car and a small trolley.
motors to choose from only two, and both gasoline: v6 3.6 (255 liters.) and V8 4.6 (320 l. s.) Prices start from 1,500,000 rubles. For the basic version in which the default part includes a separate climate control, cruise control, electric fifth door, leather interior, BOSE audio system, etc. Miner is proposed just a lot of level obliges. Only our advice to you: do not take 20 discs, they strongly spoil the driving impressions from a very comfortable car
Honda Pilot.
Many SUV holders, its off-road properties are completely indifferent. The stereotype is just alive in the minds, which on a large, frightening car is more comfortable to move in big cities like both respect and skip. The second plus off-road layout is high landing, which allows you to calculate the road situation a few steps forward. Well, the third, imminent capacity.
Hondovtsy, developing a typical crossover Pilot crossover, killed two hares at once and improved the adhesions of large iron machines and road comfort lovers. The fruit of genetic engineering turned out to be very curious. So, I first-be moving away from the asphalt, in order to immediately believe that in the pampas it is not a place, and the famously go first on a snowy virgin, then we climb on the fatal slope, and isn't the blows of a belly about a frills reminders that this seems to see the SUV In essence, the car!
It is always necessary to remember this, because the landing is vertical, and the visibility on the glasses and the mirrors are truly off-road. The interior is very air and bright, besides, not deprived of style and comfort. Here you can live: a lot of shelves, lockers, boxes, chassis. Everything is completely toy, easily washing and some kind of unreal.
Bad is the soldier who does not dream of becoming a general? Then the bad Parocketnik who does not dream to be born Land Cruiser! Or be similar
Interior of the air and leveled like a glazed balcony
The dashboard is too playing for such an impressive car with a claim to the image of an SUV. Now, if the arrows cast from the cast iron, and the dials were milling from a piece of titanium! Confidently navigate in this keyboard with the move will not work the automatic transferability selector reminds the joystick
Materials are the simplest in our five: tactile pleasures from the pilot cockpit will not wait. In addition, on the irregularities, all this plastic fantasy violence creaks and even the youngest CR-V pegs perfect much, well, so there is only less. On any coatings, except for an even asphalt, the suspension manifests itself not in the best way for the crossover, repeating the profile of irregularities and accompanying each large bodice of a vertical star. If you try to move aggressively, like on Subaru, storming broken sections at high speed, then on large potholes the suspension is rigidly and unlikely punges. It is forever beaten the desire to ride quickly through Ughabam.
And so if Pilot? Of course not. The crossover from Honda is good for life within the Moscow Ring Road. This conclusion is invincible and soft reactions to the taxiing, and a slow vehicle, devoid of manual control functions. The engine is also good primarily at urban speeds: the 3.5-liter six does not allow the driver Pilot to quickly accelerate when going to overtaking on the highway.
City car for family large families, in which there is time for pickup picnics and there is a place for dreams about adventures, travel, overcoming and victories.
For a large 3.5-liter crossover with automatic transmission dealers are asked quite reasonable 1,471,000 rubles. In the database, there is already everything you need, and if you pay extra 256,000 rubles from above, you can add luxury elements such as leather interior with electric drives, hatch, rearview chamber, more advanced musical system. Dealers also offer a line of external tuning, adding off-road brutality. Selection of power units and transmissions are not provided
Mazda CX-7
The rapid silhouette of Mazda CX-7 in two years of sales was a little bit, but a truly beautiful car cannot be outrageous, especially since the form does not diverge with the content. Looking at the wedge-shaped body, it becomes immediately clear the car quick, yurt and at the same time friendly, like a dolphin.
Reasonable sufficiency is this way to describe the interior of Mazda in two words. Here everything is designed with an amazing pedanticity, there is a style, but there are no excesses, everything is strictly and functional. Instead of a fashionable liquid crystal monitor, a narrow bobbed with a minimum of information, just below the scattering of the audio system control buttons. Review limit only thick racks with triangular windows, the mirrors are excellent, large and correct shape. Compared to competitors, the rear passengers are closely, the trunk is small, and the interior will not be transformed.
Once the manufacturer does not try to let us dust into the eyes and bribe pleasant trifles means, rather, let's start riding tests! The first thing that you immediately pay attention to the wheel of CX-7, it is an amazing responsiveness and obedience for not easy crossover. The car is clearly followed by the wheel, you lead the car literally to the finger pads as information coming from the ram, is natural and understandable.
In order to ride on Mazda CX-7, you do not need to get used to the car, literally an hour you organically experience every rotating wheel, turning the steering wheel and the heat turbocharger
Sports Spirit in every line, only what is needed for the drive of the steering wheel, pedals and a great view of any quality
The devices are strictly functional and decomposed by individual glasses so highlights are less than the rear passengers. Mattakes on Mazda cars are traditionally not indulging, but alternative mechanics are not offered.
The turbo engine gives a temperamental acceleration that causing no ideal automatic. But the overall philosophy of the rapid, driver car finally enters the blood after the first kilometers past. The suspension is very dense, information about each fifth is transmitted on the body, and this is not a breakout or flaw, but on the contrary, the sports bunning of an excellent chassis. The energy intensity is magnificent, any irregularities are worked out clearly, without extra oscillations, breakdowns and swing. Motor would be more powerful that the driver's potential is fully revealed by the designers, after all, the deformed heart from the passenger MPS obviously works at the limit of possibilities.
Already familiar puncture of Mazda car noise isolation, more precisely, its absence. It is difficult to talk on the go, everything is heard: tires, stones, wind, the motor of any of the competitors on this item exceeds CX-7 with a large margin. By the way, the interior at the same time is assembled very high quality and practically deprived of squeaks and rattling plastic.
In the primers you can steamed the same temperamentally as on asphalt, the main thing is not to forget that the road clearance is very modest and damage the plastic plumage is easier than simple. The stabilization system is disabled only to 40 km / h, which is quite logical, but spoils the life to active drivers on slippery soils just start moving with slip, as the machine stops attempting to climb.
Mazda traditionally offers a choice of just two fixed sets plus hatch into addition. Budget Touring for 1,409,000 rubles., In our opinion, even more preferable: Fabric cabin fixes the body better than the skin. Sport version for 1,527,000 rubles. It pleases only the BOSE audio system for 9 speakers sounding more convincing than regular. The power unit in all configurations is possible only one 2,3-liter turbo engine, working in a pair of 6-st. Automatic
Nissan Murano.
If the first generation Nissan Murano was a kind of revolution, a flying dish, forcing the neck of even the most unloved passersby, then the current one, the second generation is no longer any new design decisions. It is no longer necessary to count on love at first glance.
In each detail of the interior, the premium grade is visible, and the intended unification with Infiniti only confirms this thesis. Although the quality of each part does not require any particular confirmations, everything can be touched by hands. Landing immediately configures on a calm way, no challenge to society imposed by the drive or excessive pathos is all expensive, solid and neutral. Neither girls nor boys. And men and women. Nissan rides exactly the same as peaceful. Cabinet relaxation on wheels.
The car's move is surprisingly soft, feline, quite rare for our time. For the sake of such a balanced smoothness of the stroke and worked insulation, you can sacrifice and outlined handling, and in general, completely other values \u200b\u200band joy are set by drivers at the head of the corner. The nordic nature of the crossover completely does not configure the races, and therefore encourages a neat ride.
In times, when the traffic police tightens the nuts and unrestrained every counter driver's license, a special price is acquired by calm cars.
The interior is made very qualitatively, without obvious ergonomic flares, except that the chairs are not very comfortable
It seems like the same wells, like Mazda, and the sport here is nothing! The informativeness of the instruments is also not at the height for the rear passengers and climate control, and heated seats The stepless variator with six fixed positions works quickly and gently
You can enjoy going to pass the pits either, a little disperse, soar over them. Intelligent approach! Course stability is also at the height: neither side wind, nor kolesiness knock down Murano from the path of the kingdom of calm and the complete absence of the need to rush somewhere and prove something. Excellent visibility, large off-road mirrors, very cozy, light and friendly. The response to pressing the accelerator pedal is soft, but fast, and the acceleration is energetic and smooth: the stepless variator will give odds to any machine in our test the best transmission! Yes, and a six-cylinder fiery heart generously spoys all its 249 horses any acceleration in pleasure.
Good geometric permeability and increased compared to the ancestor Road clearance give the chances of off-road. Nissan confidently moves along the risky fields, and the omnipresent electronic mind does not interfere with the stopping and passing complex areas.
It seems that engineers wanted to dilute Nissan Murano and Infiniti FX as far as possible, so that there are thereby satisfy the requests of the greatest number of potential customers.
Low prices will not be called even in the basic configuration Nissan Murano is estimated at least 1,799,000 rubles. True, the equipment is very rich, there is already everything you need in it, with the exception of the memory of the seats, the remote key, the DVD player, the original disks and several more little things. If you finish the amount up to 1 961 600 rubles, the output will be a car with all possible options. Motor selection options or transmissions are not traditionally offered
But the brakes, on the contrary, are smart enough, it is not easy to dispense the effort: it's better not to rush.
SUMMARY
If you dance from the stove, then Cadillac SRX, despite your old age on the conveyor, can still stand up on the background of youth. Still, so much status, weights and charisma does not give any Japanese from our review. And if you do not chase the liters and limit the more modest 3,6-liter motor, then the proposal is unique. The remaining four samurai was divided into two camps. Subaru Tribeca and Mazda CX-7 Driver Machines, and Nissan Murano and Honda Pilot for Passengers.
In the first pair, the obvious leadership for Tribeca, let her not have so honed handling, like Mazda, but Subaru is noticeably more comfortable, faster, and more economical! However, if there is a trouble in your area with good roads, then CX-7 with its impenetrable suspension will be out of competition. In the second pair of duelists, the cheese Bor flared out and in vain. Nissan Murano produces a much better impression of both the quality of the interior and comfort, besides the motor, and the transmission is also very good. However, Nissan is noticeably closer: he has only two rows of seats, and the baggage compartment is modest.
In conclusion, I would like to say that none of the five cars claim off-road laurels. Maximum, for which our subjects are capable of, easy tourism on rolled primers. There are no necessary protection of nodes and aggregates, the angles of the congress and arrival passenger, plastic plumage is vulnerable, and the road clearance is very modest and no matter how the crossover looks like it looks like a full-sized SUV or a temperamental sports compartment, there is nothing to do with a tractor. Trumps of crossovers high landing, good overview and good handling on good roads. Improving capacity and strong image.
Text Alexey Mochalov
A source: Cars
