Test drive Nissan Pathfinder 2005 - 2007 SUV

All photos of Nissan Pathfinder 2005 - 2007

Spring truce

There are not so many real alternaters in the world. Of course, the appearance of an updated Mitsubishi-Pajero is a noticeable event. Sergei Kannnikov took to compare it with the Nissan-Passfire, close to the concept and price.

Nissan Pathfinder
The current generation was presented in 2005.
Engines: gasoline 4.0 l (269 hp), diesel 2.5 l (174 hp).
Gearboxes: mechanical 6-speed or automatic 5-speed. With a gasoline engine only a machine gun.
Complete: XE, SE, LE. With a gasoline engine only LE.
Price in Russia: $ 45 80054 490.

Mitsubishi Pajero

The all -terrain vehicle was presented at the end of 2006. In Europe and Russia since the spring of 2007.
Engines: diesel 3.2 l (160 hp), gasoline 3.8 l (249 hp).
Gearbox: automatic 5-speed (for a diesel engine, a 5-speed manual is also possible).
Complete: Intense, Instyle, Ultimate.
Price in Russia: $ 54 99060 990.
The sun in front of our eyes melts the remnants of snow, something clean and young is already breaking through from under the w Thieity, air as if from childhood, but to drive through the soaked mocking of moisture, you need a crew that inspires confidence. In old films, as you know, the piano often found himself in the bushes. The editorial parking has two reputable alternate.

THE MIRROR OF ONE'S HEART

Still, a car for 60 thousand dollars could look inside richer. And the Nissan Passenger is already painfully plastic. Even where they did not seem to be stooped on the finish, some asceticism crawls out. For example, unsophisticated doors upholstery immediately suggest an inexpensive, utilitarian pickup.
The main pedal controls, levers, steering wheel switches of Nissan do not raise questions. The fact that the steering wheel is not adjusted by departure either here or in Mitsubishi, you do not even meet irritation (in general, there is enough adjustments to everyone), but with irony: well, how did you save a lot?.
Creating a transfident, the designers obviously decided to be consistent to the end. If the salon is in the style of technology, then in ergonomics you need something ultramodern, unusual. For example, hide the door blocking button at the very bottom of the beard near the transmission control lever. To configure the mirrors, you should, leaning out, find a toggle switch and buttons on the bend of the panel on the left. However, those who are already used to Nissan or are going to do this will consider such originality a trifle. And here is the real flaw flat with a short pillow of the seat. They will recall themselves more than once with a quick ride and off -road.
Nissan’s salon is low, but in width the expanse. The back door opens wider, the sofa is large, and the third row, indeed, for two, unlike Pajero, who has a sofa in the trunk for a pair of thin children, in extreme cases for one adult. But in front of Mitsubishi is more comfortable than Nissan, and the decoration is richer. The conversation about 60 thousand dollars is more appropriate here.
All pens and streams, buttons and buttons of Pajero are exactly where you are looking for. With the exception of, perhaps, the lever of opening the gas tank on the right under the instrument panel. In Mitsubishi, it is a little inconvenient to sit on the sofa of the second row, to make it to the third (putting it in the trunk is also wise). As for the back door, it seemed more convenient to me, swinging at Mitsubishi. Moreover, Nissan's cover rises low (individuals tall in two meters, be vigilant!). But at the passfine, you can separately open the rear window.
Appearance mirror of the soul? I wonder how this will work for our couple?

On the table of ranks

Mitsubishi is slightly softer, reacts more smoothly to the operation of gas. In Nissan, moving in a whisper is very difficult in inevitable a small but rude jerk. And the brakes on Nissan are uncomfortable. At first, it seems that the pedal will not be limited, and the slowdown in the car is difficult to correlate with the movement of the leg. But on Pajero I slowed down, as if driving on this car all my life.
Nissan is noticeably noisier. Surely this will appear even stronger on summer tires. The formidable, sometimes obsessive roar of six can be excused, perhaps only a very intense acceleration. The dynamics are really excellent. But Pajero can not be called a quiet starter. And at times, thanks to the quiet motor of Mitsubishi, it seems even more frozen.
However, cars have more common cars. For example, sluggish, with a delay in steering. The behavior on the impromptu snake is characteristic: the driver is already commanding left, and the car is still reluctant to get out of the right roll. Hold on to the steering wheel tight! Here they are charms of flat slippery seats. Mitsubishi chairs in this situation, in fact, are no better than the Nissan.
The bodies of both machines in corners are noticeably roll. Developer flaws? No, cars behave in accordance with the purpose: all -roads with a high center of gravity and long -term pendants are not sports shells.

In the spring forest

Not every owner of the pre-Board crossover will climb this country: deep liquid dirt and ditches with puddles of non-imminent depths.
Turn on all -wheel drive. By the way, in Nissan and Mitsubishi you can ride at high speed and with 4x4 configuration, but on a dry highway it is better to limit yourself to the rear thrust. Perhaps Nissan’s wheel, which controls the transmission, although it looks unsolvable, is a little more convenient than the Mitsubishi lever: in order to work without hinders, you should adopt.
Tall, powerful cars walk through the mud without straining. Neither the differential lock (the proprietary transmission of Mitsubishi Super Select, in addition to blocking the center, provides for the posterior inter -axle), not even more than the reduced series of gears here, in essence, it is not necessary: \u200b\u200bthe supply of forces for both machines is huge. But neither in deep snow (now it is no longer), nor in arable land (this good is enough) I would not climb. In fact, the cross -country ability of these machines is determined not by the huge capabilities of engines and transmission, but by the status, more precisely, the cost of paintwork, thresholds and bumper. An attempt for the joy of the photographer to run into a low-appearance stump was unsuccessful: it seems that the front overhang is small, but the beautiful bumper is suspended in the city’s obstacle before the wheels. The laws of the genre: transmission transmission, drive drive, but the suit should be in the last fashion. And to look like army all -terrain vehicles today is allowed only to army all -terrain vehicles.

Without exacerbations

In general, cars are very close. Which is reflected by one tenth, won by Pajero at the PasFainer. Perhaps for 60 thousand dollars of a car named Mitsubishi a little more than Nissan. Although in this subjective assessment, there is no doubt there is a share of taste.
The spring exacerbation of the test struggle did not work out in essence, the fight ended with a truce. At least for the time being, when buyers, according to their goals, addictions, views, and maybe whims, will not make their own choice.
Sergey Kanunnikov: The form corresponds to the content of this principle again found confirmation. A little softer outwardly, with smooth lines and the traditional design of Mitsubishi-Pajero, showed himself more flexible and cozy than Nissan Passenger.

Nissan Pathfinder is the opponent of bourgeois coziness, a symbol of new, non -standard solutions, sometimes excessively uncompromising and controversial.
General assessment 7.8
+ Excellent dynamics, seven full -fledged places, easy transmission management.
- A noisy engine, a hard suspension, a cheap finish for this class.

Mitsubishi Pajero will be close to fans of eternal values, believing that the new is not always a satellite of the good.
General assessment 7.9
+ Elegant salon, comfortable suspension, spare wheel on the door.
- The abstruse scheme of transformation of seats, climate control for that kind of money could be separate.