Nissan Frontier test drive since 2009 pickup
Versace body armor
In Russia, such a car has not yet been. Nissan was the first. So the best. I wish you health!
He lacks a machine gun ... yes, for sure. Like mighty wings and hoods cooked from tank armor, massive body racks, compared to which the windshield no longer seems large, and the side ones are completely starting to look like observation slots. Large, like Bether, tires on faceted 16-inch discs. And this fantastic superstructure at the stern is neither to give or take the armored commanding boom, on which the Americans drive along the streets of Baghdad. Only a machine gun on the roof is not enough for a long radio antennane.
I am generally against militarism. And I prefer the cars graceful, beautiful so that the soul rejoices, and not trembling. That is why, at first glance, this combat vehicle of the infantry did not really attract me too brutally, too rude, too deliberately. However, smart people are not in vain that any thing is beautiful as it is as functional. Even an ax can become a real work of art, if one hundred percent corresponds to its purpose. So rather behind the wheel. On the road we will figure out who he really is, the Nissan Navar pickup.
Congratulations to you, gentlemen officers!
But from the place I did not break right away. Yes, and anyone who at least once sat behind the wheel of a Japanese all-wheel drive pickup of the middle class (and in Russia there are already quite a lot of both Mitsubishi-L200, and Mazda-B2500, not to mention gray Toyota and Isuza and their Chinese copies) will understand me. The Navara salon differs from them, like an officer wardroom from a sailor of a sailor.
There are no complaints about ergonomics. Unless the cigarette lighter is far from the right corner of the console
Boxing, two cup holders, a tray for a mobile phone and one more, more, as in a good car
The folding passenger chair allows you to transport 2-meter long-range meters in the cockpit. Or calmly have a bite
Which, however, is not surprising. After all, the entire design of the salon migrated here from the permission for the PasFainer. The same leather seats, the same front panel, made in the style of rude high-tech. Doors with wide window sills and an impressive remote control of electric windows, a monumental central console, turning into a tunnel from which a massive, like a handle of a ship machine telegraph grows, an automatic transmission. We transfer him to the position of Drive, belt, left turn signal: hey, there, in the car, full forward!
I obey, sir ... It must be said that not only the interior of Navara borrowed from the passfident. But the frame, diesel engine, gearboxes, all -wheel drive transmission with lower gear, front suspension. In a word, these cars are almost identical. And they differ only in the back of the passenger body at the passenger and the cargo platform at Navara and, accordingly, the rear suspension.
I’ll say right, at first the pickup did not impress me very much. After all, I knew that under the hood 174 liters. With. And a huge torque at 403 Nm. But accelerations seemed not so fast. In any case, feelings, 109-horsepower diesel stones or Ford to 6070 km/h disperses these pickups not much worse. True, they are sold in Russia only with mechanical gearboxes.
However, the more than tens of kilometers was behind, the stronger I was imbued with the feeling that this guy was starting to like me. On a flat road from ordinary pickups, Navara does not have so many. Yes, the maximum speed is decently higher than 170 km/h. But the most comfortable cruising, like theirs, is 120, and it does not particularly accelerate for 140145 km/h: the noise from the engine and the howl of the wind that streamlines tank armor and tubular rails on the roof is clearly conveyed.
But here I go into a turn, familiar to the pain, fast, but with a broken asphalt just before the release, and, oh, unlike any pickupan familiar to me, Nissan does not jump unpredictably on these potholes, but clearly holding the trajectory and without losing speed, calmly goes straight. Like an ordinary passenger car! What is the matter? Indeed, in terms of the design of the Navar, it is no different from its counterparts. An honest spar frame, designed for three quarters of the payload, spring rear suspension with a powerful beam of the bridge, which can be stumped on the forest road. Independent front on transverse triangular levers. Unless spiral springs were installed instead of torsiones in it. But even more important is that the place of the worm steering mechanism took the rack much more accurate.
Instead of the handout lever, the transmission mode switch and the rear differential lock button
Now you can control the pickup with pleasure. It is much softer on the move than any of its hard workers. And so obediently follows where his driver’s hand directs, which involuntarily has to remind yourself more carefully, you still lead a rather large truck. Understand me correctly Navara, of course, not a BMW, at the wheel of which I want to go to the ends of the world and even further. And yet, in terms of controllability in the world of frame all -wheel drive pickups, it became a real revolution.
No difficulties or adversity
And I swear on comfort, honestly! After all, even 4-door pickups had not been different in this part before. Restlessly sit behind the driver tall above 180 cm could only the most devoted wives and children who had not yet dangled from their parents. One could not think about transporting mother -in -law in the back seat: it usually shook so that it turned out to be more expensive. And now...
I open the back door of the BA, how wide it is! And I get into real apartments. I sit down behind myself on my knees (185 cm growth in me), over the head of the reserve, the designers still deducted the ceiling in the rear of the centimeters by 56. And they still placed the lighting plafon there. And installed the hinged central armrest. And a nice drawer. And almost destroyed the central tunnel. But this is not even the main thing. More importantly, the sofa is now laid out in a ratio of 2: 3. By raising his pillows, you can access comfortable baskets for tools or things.
The pride of the salon Navara folding in parts of the rear seat pillows and a purely nominal tunnel
Convenient cup holder for the rear passengers is put forward by a light press
The cargo platform is larger than that of any of classmates. And the wheel arches are less
In a word, the Spartan used to be hardy, adapted for hard work, but by no means designed to make its owner and his family conveniently in it, it became almost a passenger car.
Pickup that is worth the masses You haven't rushed to call the dealer yet? In general, right. Firstly, among all the remarkable features, Navars are, of course, disadvantages. This is the lack of a permanent all-wheel drive regime (here is another difference from the pas-finer). Yes, and Navara does not have a self -locking differential in the rear bridge. So, in autumn or spring, when the asphalt is either dry and clean, then flooded with rain, then covered with a crust of ice, you can suddenly be behind the wheel of an an rear -wheel drive car, which has only one wheel rowing.
Another but increased dimensions of the car. You can’t build a spacious salon from scratch. For this, I had to increase the base by about 20 cm. Accordingly, the diameter of the turn increased. The sightseeing for the sake of design and safety (airbags are placed in massive body racks) worsened. Parking problems will become more even for those who are used to rather large cars.
In addition, keep in mind, a 174-horsepower turbodiesel will require significantly more fuel than those that are now installed on pickups. Do not believe wonderful factory numbers. What are the average 9.2 l/100 km! For three hundred kilometers, the flight complex has never shown less than 13.1 liters. The only expense item where Navara will help you save. The interval interval of this Nissan in Europe is as much as 30 thousand km. In Russia, they promise 20 thousand km.
Secondly, and, of course, in the main ones, you have to pay for pleasure. In the case of a well, one and a half times more than for a regular Japanese all -wheel drive pickup. True, in Russia, sales begin with the most expensive version with many unwatted bells and whistles, including climate control and leather interior. If there is a more affordable version with a price of 30 thousand. e., then it will be possible to call the store. Because overpayment of $ 7000 for more ... no, for a much more modern car, fast, comfortable, comfortable, safe does not seem exorbitant.
Once upon a time, Prince Henry Navarsky said: Paris is a mass! And, having accepted Catholicism, he soon became the French king. Nissan Navar is expensive. But he is worth it, damn it!
We will wait until December
Prices for Navara have not yet been announced. The Nissan’s representative office promises to publish them by the beginning of December, when the sale of the car begins. At first, it will be the most expensive equipment with a leather salon, climate control, rain and light sensors, six pillows, good music and other and other. You can argue about the expediency of all this luxury. Undoubtedly one absolute non -functionality of the hard roof Ala Hammer. She makes an absolutely useless selfless rear -view mirror in the cabin. True, it has a compass ...
PER
Comfortable salon; good handling; Interervice interval of 20 thousand km; Great cross -country ability
VS
Lack of constant full -wheel drive and self -blocked differential; high price; unimportant visibility
Nissan Navara XE
general information
Body, number of places/doors
Pickup, 5/4
Equipped mass/carrying capacity, kg
2018/787
Length x width x height, mm
5220x1850x1762
Base, mm
3200
Fuel tank capacity, l
80
Speed, km/h
170
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, with
11.2
Fuel consumption, l/100 highway/city
7.3/10.7
Engine
Design
4-cylinder, in-line turbodiesel
Working volume, SMZ
2488
Power, L.S. at rpm
174/4000
Torque, kgsm at rpm
41,1/2000
Chassis
Drive unit
on the rear wheels with rigidly connected front
Transmission
Automatic 5-speed
Suspension: in front
Independent spring, on triangular transverse levers with a reptile stabilizer
behind
Dependent spring
Steering
worm type
Front/back brakes
disk/drum with an amplifier and ABS
Tires
235/70 R16
Alexander Melnik, photo of Maxim Goncharov
A source: Magazine buy a car [20/2005]