Nissan Patrol test drive since 2010 SUV
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1168 Old generation Patrol was sold in Russia in 2009 Patrol was the first real Nissan utilitarian SUV. But it seems that he became the last. A new generation was shown to us on the September MMAS. The car still looks. But even then it was thought that in the place of the owner would never drive him into the mud on glass, how easily it could be done with his predecessor. He’s just sorry. It’s a pity for the chic respectable bumers, a pity for an independent rear suspension that replaced the condo of an uncertain bridge ...
A few years ago, it was on the old Patrol that your correspondent received a kind of off -road combat baptism. Some experience in overcoming natural obstacles by that time, of course, had already been, but until that moment everything was reduced to the most pointed need to get to a conditional spatial point B with minimal temporary and material losses. And in order to climb into the autumn target for pleasure, this was done for the first time. Then this full -size SUV is surprisingly easily (and with the minimum possible number of penalties) passed along an impromptu trial highway, marked, as it turned out later, specially prepared for such raids with a short -pound (!) Cherokee. And he could simply get off with a 30-meter slide without brakes, maintaining the necessary speed at the expense
the thrust of a 3-liter turbodiesel ... a new one will not do this. Not because it is worse, but because there is no such motor in the power line and is not expected (only a 5.6-liter V8 from Infiniti QX).
In addition, in the brand new Patrol, a huge number of electronic bells and whistles are able to independently decide what and when should turn on, which wheel should spin or, conversely, stand. The Japanese even introduced a hydraulic system of limiting the body vibrations here ... Practice shows that they work hardly better than archaic mechanics (and the new Patrol is no exception), but alas, there is no sense of ownership. The process of movement has become as refined as, say, in Land Rover Discovery or in the eternal competitor to Toyota Land Cruiser.
However, the Japanese achieved that. Nobody needs utilitarian rides today. The townsfolk prefer more universal crossovers who have long weaned the driver to think before moving off asphalt. Enthusiasts choose SUVs simpler and cheaper and then bring them to condition. Machines like the new Patrol get rich extremes that do not want to share comfort and pleasure into components. Here, in fact, for such customers they made a car. Arabic mainly. Don’t feed the oligarchs nourished on the oilflies with bread on the sandy grains of the Rodeo and to arrange the space on two wheels, having previously loaded the interior with associates. In recent years, they had one Land Cruiser 200 toy. Now there are two. We have such SUVs are considered more intimate machines. Of course, they go to hunt, but they will not kill once again. Dear, you know.
In addition to the parametric indicators and the radio-acoustic interface, pictures from the navigation system and rear view chambers are displayed on the multifunctional display.
The sixth Patrol car, no doubt, is expensive. In all senses. Formally, it is similar to his predecessor, but in practice his body is as unified as the already mentioned Infiniti QX. In the profile of the car, they are almost the same. They are distinguished by the design of the front. Moreover, Nissan, perhaps, looks more massive and even more presentable, although you can’t call it really original either. It is possible, however, that this impression is due to clearly increased dimensions.
The old Patrol was just big, this huge. And the Japanese should have made this design to work as a whole. But they coped. In principle, nothing significant happened, except for the appearance of several power elements integrated into the body (for example, a closed frame inserted into the opening of the rear door). As a result of any serious claims to the hardness of the body, you can no longer present here (although during the test the car had to overcome more than one quite serious topographic barrier).
However, this concerns only the rigidity of the body and partly comfortable with it, as well as vibro and sound insulation. Patrol is by no means perfect. Especially in terms of fuel consumption. In fairness, it should be noted that there was no regret for the absence under the hood of a turbodiesel on the road, outside it too. But at the gas station ... It cannot be said that the motor is very voracious, but this is V8 with not the smallest volume. In general, less than 15 liters will not work on the highway, in the city this threshold is at the level of 20. Outside of the road, even more. Another thing is that it is almost impossible to put a truly unresolved task before this car. I would venture to assume that in deep snow or on the sand, the car will begin to sit down, but in more or less sane conditions, having pushed the upper loose layer and digging to a relatively strong surface, it rushes along the virgin lands as a tank. Moreover, even in high gear. A low gear, by the way, in general, during the test, it took two times, no more.
Having laid the second and third rows of seats on the floor, the driver receives not so much luggage as the residential compartment the size of a normal double bed. In the old Patrol, this was impossible.
Yes, the new Patrol did not lose their teeth. Nothing fundamentally new in the all -wheel drive system appeared, but if you continue the analogy with dentistry, then instead of its (quite strong) he was inserted by ultramodern implants. The electronic-controlled coupling is now responsible for connecting the front axle, and not the lever of the hand-box. The Japanese generally abandoned any anachronisms. Adapted to the car a branded intellectual All Mode 4x4, so Patrol is now traveling in pseudo -dysprustful automatic mode. In addition, the joystick, responsible for the choice of adaptive transmission programs, visually and functionally similar to the puck of the Landruper Terran Response, settled in the central tunnel. The ring is regulated by the ring
transmissions, up to turning on a low gear, and the buttons in the center pre -installed modes. There are four of them, and in principle they close all road and off -road situations (changing the sensitivity of the accelerator and active security systems). However, in practice, your correspondent did not notice special changes in the behavior of the SUV. Another thing is that managing the system is really very convenient.
But this is only a small fraction of the comfort that offers the car to its inhabitants. The interior of the Japanese, of course, was overdue of recognition. Inside Patrol is the same new Infiniti QX. Chic, spacious and extremely comfortable. Not a couple of the predecessor who suffered from all typically Japanese shortcomings (a clear deficit of vertical space and not too pretentious quality finishes). In this case, the situation is diametrically opposite. Sometimes you will not find such skin and plastic in other premium sedans, like some equipment (like active cruise control). And the quality of landing is equally convenient in both rows. Even on a traditional gallery, an adult will be accommodated without much trouble, despite the changed scheme and dimensions (folding seats are now not fastened to the sidewalls, but are laid under the floor).
One thing is upset: Patrol is still an honest SUV, and adventures in style see how I can happen to it quite often. And in most territories we do not have sands, at best, eternal permafrost, in the worst no less eternal dirt, capable of literally in a second to turn all this into one continuous sex rag. It is clear that in nature there is a dry cleaning and specially trained people, for the buyer such an SUV, it will not be a sorry to make this procedure more or less regular financial labor, but it would be a pity to mock these lines over the salon of his SUV.
And here the issue of purpose comes to the surface again. It is clear that such a car will never turn out to be a regular in rally-raids, that soon Patrol will finally cease to be associated with the UN or Red Cross (which, by the way,, more recently, the brand marketers had a special reason for pride). It is good as an adequate response of the two hundred. Even too good, ceteris equal will probably be more preferable. Here is the absence of a turbodiesel (and the same Toyota he makes more than half of sales) is a clear and very significant minus. As in general, the lack of relatively budget and, perhaps, slightly technically simplified modifications.
Certificate MK
The first Nissan Patrol was born in 1951. It is noteworthy that it was intended primarily for the American military, located in the Pacific region, which needed a cheap patrol SUV that replaced Willys. On the basis of the latter Patrol and built. As a result, the Americans preferred another manufacturer, and the Japanese had no choice but to make a civilian version and launch it into a series.
SPECIFICATIONS
Nissan Patrol
Dimensions (mm) 5140x1995x1939
Wheel base (mm) 3075
Road clearance (mm) 274
Mass (kg) 2785
Trunk volume (L) 5503170
Slave. engine volume (cm3) 5552
Max. Power (L.S.) 405
Max. Twisting the moment (Nm) 560
Max. Speed \u200b\u200b(km/h) 210
Acceleration 0100 km/h (c) 6.6
Average fuel consumption (l/100 km) 14.5
Price (rub.) From 2,900,000
Competitors
Feet
Being a peer and main competitor Patrol, Toyota Land Cruiser said goodbye several years ago with an image of a utilitarian crook. The new two hundredth was not only larger, but also much more presentable than the predecessor and at that moment the Nissan resistance broke down. However, to restore positions to the latter is quite affordable. The price tag of a two hundred and a gasoline engine is installed at the same level of 2,921,000 rubles (a turbodiesel is 20,000 more expensive), moreover, Toyotovsky V8 develops 288 hp. Against 405 Patrol ...
...INNOVATOR
The Land Rover Discovery in the middle of the zero turned out to be one of the first frame crooks, which acquired an independent rear suspension and electronically controlled transmission. And, as time has shown, the British were not mistaken with the trend. As for his rivalry with Nissan, for the most part it always remained in absentia. The same today. In the basic configuration of Disco is much more accessible (from 1,904,000 rubles), it has more engines (including turbodiesel). Nevertheless, if you equip the machine with a 5-liter V8, its cost will come close to the Patrol price tag.
I`ll be back!
Jeep today is going through far from the best times in its history, so Grand Cherokee regeneration is extremely important for the brand. As usual, the flagship of the lineup is equipped with the latest off-road developments of the company (like an electronic-controlled Quadra-Drive II system with the rear differential of increased friction and Selec-Terrain, as in the case of All Mode 4x4 allowing you to choose one of five pre-installed traffic modes). Even in the maximum performance, Jeep will cost a little cheaper than Patrol, but at the same time, the American does not have such an extensive set of equipment.
Source: Mkobil magazine [December/2010]
