Nissan Patrol test drive since 2010 SUV
Without bridges. New Nissan Patrol in Altai open spaces
Nissan has always occupied a special place in an off -road world. The history of vehicles of increased cross -country ability of the Japanese brand originates in 1951, then the production of the first generation of the legendary Patrol model began. Today, Nissan offers almost the widest line of SUVs: from the compact B-class crossover Juke to a huge cargo Titan.
Nissan Patrol with a transition to a new generation completely changed the image. You can’t call it a workhorse. He is rather a Belarusian in an expensive tuxedo. Increased dimensions and mass, independent suspension instead of uncertain bridges, bumper on the off -road tone on the color of the body of such candy is just a pity
For six generations, Patrol gained truly cult status, having won the well -deserved respect of drivers of various categories from city lovers to cross the dirt on weekends to UN employees, the Red Cross and other international missions, for which the patrols of various modifications were and remain a reliable tool for moving outside the roads. The new, seventh in a row, the Patrol generation was presented in Abu Dhabi at the beginning of this year. The Middle East is the main market. In Russia, the novelty debuted recently at the Moscow Motor Show. And just the other day we tried an SUV in action.
The test drive took place in Altai. Endless fields, plateau, greens, picturesque mountains, numerous rivers and lakes every species, opening behind the next turn of the looping mountain road, literally postcard. Breathtaking. But the roads are mostly bad. You can’t find the best place for the test.
They do not argue about tastes, but there can not be a relatively new Patrol of two opinions that he has definitely burst out! And if the previous model, with all its brutality, clearly lacked elegance and sophistication, the new patrol did not occupy them to the softer body contours, patented black racks, chromium, LED lamps. The patrol has grown and recovered.
Somewhere on the highway between Barnaul and Biysk we were stopped by traffic cops. Formally to verify documents. It is clear that they were interested in a new car. Five minutes later, the work of the post was paralyzed by law enforcement officers poured out into the street and with children's spontaneity began to be studied by a huge one. We even simulated a mini-test drive on a segment in front of the picket. We were simply covered with questions like how much does it eat?, How much rushing?, Looks no worse than Kruzak! Well, it's hard to disagree with this
The interior is gorgeous. The materials are great. There are no complaints about governing bodies, devices and ergonomics. The seven-seater monster received a four-zone climate control. The climate can form an air curtain with deflectors located above the windows. The cooled boxing cover, installed between the front seats, leans back both forward and backward
The interior is to match the appearance. Massive front console, commanding. Spaces have become larger in all three measurements. There was no such quality of execution, skin, and decorative inserts even in Infiniti QX of the previous generation! In the middle row of space there is simply a wagon, an increase in length compared to its predecessor as much as 100 mm. Previously, the third row seats were located on the sides when folding, in the new Patrol, sedushka fall to the floor, forming an even surface without steps.
Multimedia in expensive performance is supplemented by rear monitors located in the headrests of the front seats. While the driver uses the navigation system, the rear passengers can view DVD
The company does not pamper buyers with a variety of completions by the car is supplied only with a 5.6-liter V8 engine that develops 405 hp. and 560 nm. It is aggregated with a 7-speed guidrotransformer automatic. The tandem is good. The big man gets to a hundred in less than seven seconds. Although on overtaking from such a powerful engine you expect more. Thanks to the VVEL gas distribution mechanism (Variable Valve Event and Lift), which regulates the phases and height of the valve lifting, as well as DIRECT Injection Gasoline, the engine managed to drive into strict environmental and economic frames. In a mixed cycle, a big man eats about 20 liters per 100 km. It is quite acceptable for an SUV with a mass of 2745 kg and such a power. A spoon of tar transport tax. How much? Exhale. In Moscow, this is 60 750 rubles a year!
Whatever you say, Diesel would not interfere with the patrol at all. But it is hardly worth expecting his appearance in the near future. But most of the Nissan Patrol of the previous generation sold in Russia were equipped with diesel engines. In the particularly intimate corners of our Motherland, where, except on the SUV you can’t get, with high -octane gasoline stress. For example, on the mountain roads of Altai, we met literally two branded gas stations, where the 95th was. And even then these were places of concentration of mass tourism. In rural areas, the choice is limited exclusively by the 80th (not even 92-m) gasoline and diesel fuel. In general, not the Middle East. Is the lack of simplified diesel options suggests that the previous generation, which has diesel in the arsenal, will remain in production?
The new Patrol received a processed platform of the previous generation. The newcomer grew up, became wider and stretched. The Japanese, in favor of better handling on the asphalt, did two important things abandoned the unreasonable bridges, installing an independent spring suspension, and used the HBMC rejuvenation system (Hydraulic Body Motion Control), which in addition and struggling to struggle. HBMC pure hydraulics, no electronics.
The highway system binds the cylinders of the wheel shock absorbers according to the cross circuit through special bypass valves and accumulators. The principle of its work is simple. For example, in the right turn, the wheels of the left side are loaded. The body seeks to tilt to the left. The rods and pistons of shock absorbers move down and create pressure in the appropriate cavities, displacing part of the working fluid through the highways into the system. Hydraulics redistributes the pressure and volume of this fluid so that in the diagonal shock absorbers of the wheels of the right side of the piston, the body pulls down the body, compensating for the roll. The new Patrol compared to the previous generation model is controlled simply perfectly, even despite the empty steering wheel. Ground brakes were also pleased. Where is now without security systems? One of them is a system for monitoring the row of movement. In the upper part of the windshield there is a video camera that monitors the marking. If the electronics suddenly notices that the car with the turning point turned off, it will immediately wake the driver with a zoomer and gently return the car to a straight line, creating the moment in the braking of the wheels of the corresponding side. The system works reliably, even recognizes a half -built marking. True, the state of many of our roads forces to constantly cross the dividing, or even just to go along it. Under these conditions, a continuous squeak of systems begins to annoy, the benefit of the assistant can be completely turned off.
The system is available in the second, more expensive configuration. As well as the active cruise control, which automatically supports the given distance to the ahead of the vehicle. A cruise works in the entire speed range and is able to urgently besiege the car until a complete stop.
But the incident came out with navigation. At this stage, only a few large Russian cities can be loaded into the system. About the existence of Altai, a full -time navigator had a very approximate idea. At the same time, he bugged quite funny, believing that instead of the Altai mountains, we move around the Vsevolozhsk in the Leningrad Region the emergence of new cards of time.
The arsenal of off -road funds is as follows. The all -wheel drive system ALL Mode 4x4 by default rear -wheel drive. The front wheels are connected either forcibly or automatically at the command of electronics using an electromechanical coupling. There is a reducing transmission and blocking of the rear inter -axle differential. A useful thing is a helping system that works both when moving forward and backward. All transmission controls are carried out by a rotary wheel and keys on the central console. It’s convenient to work even blindly. There are also pre -installations corresponding to various road conditions (highways, stones, sand/dirt, snow), they change the algorithms for the operation of transmission blocking, an auxiliary descent system, anti -circus system and ABS. The reactions of the power unit to press the gas pedal also change.
Most SUVs never leave asphalt, and their potential is greatly exaggerated by marketers. The huge weight of machines of this class on off-road nullifies the cunning all-wheel drive systems with differential locks and lowerings, forcing the monsters stuffed with electronics to slip in any serious dirt (especially on regular wheels). A saying about a tractor, behind which the further, the more sophisticated the jeep has not lost its relevance. In addition, climb into an impenetrable shrub and bottomless puddles by car worth a hundred thousand green with bumper -colored bumpers in the color of the body. As well as the desires to casually throw a stained shovel into a chicly trimmed salon after the next digging up.
The meaning of acquiring a large SUV? Status, comfort and security. Cars like Patrol, with their powerful power structure, an impenetrable suspension, high landing, luxurious interior and good sound insulation, allow you to move to any distances with the convenience of the first class along roads of any quality. Gran Turismo in Russian. Where a journey on a passenger sedan or city crossover would have turned out to be torture, Patrol literally surrounds you with comfort.
The new Patrol is able to create internal competition with its more prestigious college Infiniti QX, which costs 600 thousand rubles more. The date of the dates of the pleasant electronic lotions like a system for controlling dead zones, a more chic finish and, of course, status
Patrol is offered in two performance. In variation for 2 million 900 thousand and 3 million 60 thousand wooden. The main differences filling with options. In the expensive performance, Patrol is equipped with advanced multimedia, a system of control of a row of movement, active cruise and many others. The main competitors Patrol are Lexus GX 460 (from 2,980,000 rubles) and Toyota Land Cruiser 200 (from 2,921,000 rubles). They are inferior in power, but they are superior in image. In addition, Land Cruiser has a set with a current diesel engine that Patrol does not have. In the same price range is the Range Rover Sport (from 2,946,000 rubles per diesel version and from 3,255,000 rubles for a gasoline with engine V8 5.0), Mercedes GL (from 3,090,000 rubles), Audi Q7 (from 2,700 000 rubles), Cadillac Escalade (from 2,450,000 rubles). So not just the patrol will have to.
Ilya Naumov
Photo by the author and company Nissan
HISTORY
Nissan Patrol owes his appearance ... to the American military department. In the 1940s, he needed an inexpensive all-wheel drive capable of performing the functions of a patrol car in the Asian region. No, no, there were enough own Willis and Bantams by overseas warriors, but the delivery of these cars was too false. To solve the problem, local manufacturers were involved, who quickly developed the necessary equipment, the prototype of which, of course, performed the mentioned Willas.
Toyota prepared the BJ model (which became the progenitor of the current Land Cruiser), and Nissan developed our Patrol SUV today. Both cars turned out to be incredibly similar: a low-class engine, a 3-speed gearbox that drops a series of transmission, spring suspension ... These cars were larger and more powerful than Willis, but it was he who chose the winner! More precisely, the Mitsubishi company that managed to purchase a license for the production of the Willys CJ3B model.
But the estimated Japanese quickly realized that military development could be useful to the civilian population, and in September 1951, serial production of Nissan Patrol SUVs started. Such a machine received a gasoline 75-horsepower engine and a 4-speed gearbox, but got rid of a lowering gear. The last issued specimens (the first generation of the patrol on the conveyor lasted until 1966) differed in a 125-horsepower 4.0-liter engine, an elongated wheelbase and an entire-metal body
In 1960, the production of the next generation Patrol began, which was produced in parallel to the first. The car became noticeably larger, but technically much more conservative: a 4-speed gearbox changed 3-speed, the demultiplier returned. In addition to passenger modifications, commercial versions appeared: truck trucks and van, firefighters and sanitary machines ... All this variety was produced by 24 years unthinkable by modern standards until 1984
In 1980, a real revolution happened: the third Patrol debuted, which finally received an all-metal five-door body. This generation was tried not only by a practical comfortable body, air conditioning and automatic transmission, but also diesel engines: first 95-horsepower atmospheric, then 120-horsepower is addictive. The third -generation SUV, in addition to the Japanese, was collected by the Spaniards: from 1981 to 1994
The fourth generation of a cult SUV, produced from 1987 to 1997, is the result of a deep modernization of the previous machine. The main innovations were the spring suspension, replacing spring, more powerful motors, corrected appearance and rich equipment. It was this Patrol that was the first to receive a leather salon and a driver's pillow
Fifth -generation machines (the beginning of production 1995) received a new body, but the mechanical filling remained modernized, but actually the same. A variety of modifications were produced for different markets: from frankly Spartan, equipped with an atmospheric 4.2-liter diesel engine with a capacity of 135 hp, to luxurious 280-horsepower gasoline versions. In 2004, the fifth Patrol was a little updated, and in the present, 2010, a sixth generation revolutionary machine replaced him. Although it is possible that in Africa, South America and a number of markets of other countries, it will be for a long time that this version will be sold
History Alexei Kovanov
Specifications
Body
Type station wagon
Engine
Working volume, cm 5552
Power, L.S. at rpm 405 at 5800
Torque, NM at rpm 560 at 4000
Dimensions, mass, volumes
Length, mm 5140
Width, mm 1955
Height, mm 1938
Wheel base, mm 3075
Clearance, mm 274
Equipped mass, kg 2745
Dynamic characteristics
Acceleration from a place to 100 km/h, from 6.6
Maximum speed, km/h 210
Fuel consumption
Average conditional fuel consumption, l/100 km 14.5
City, l/100 km 20.6
Highway, l/100 km 11.0
A source: Auto.mail.ru
