Test drive Nissan Qashqai 2007 - 2010 SUV

Nissan Qashqai+2 Test drive: verified by snow

Surpenses often in wait for us in the way. My story about adventures with porridge during a test drive and an unusual weather forecasters of abundant snowfall.
Sometimes the situation reaches the point of absurdity: from which leg it got up, how many minutes I delayed, leaving the house, in what mood the traffic lights, how many cars on your route, and even more so since it falls from the sky, many hours of your life depend.
 
Many motorists will remember the beginning of this winter for a long time, like me - my path of 20 km from the center of Moscow from work took 5 hours home.
I think that this time could have been enough to try the Nissan Qashqai+2, not to mention the fact that this adventure was preceded by a trip to the Central Federal District, more than 1200 km long. At least, sitting in the car was comfortable: soft, like the ottomans of the sofa, chairs with moderate lateral support allowed to withstand the load without pain in the back and stuck limbs for a long time. This test was carried out both in many hours of traffic and at a distance of 550 km of one direction. My passengers also appreciated the convenience in the cabin perfectly. And I concluded: the four are free.
Another but already contradictory conclusion suggested in the assessment of spaciousness in the component version +2. Before the trip, I intended for four adult passengers to add a nine -year -old son and a medium -sized parrot in a large cage, but changed my mind. Neither one nor the other would feel comfortable on the long journey, even if they fit in the salon. The process of landing on the third row at all at once - I no longer want to. But for luggage, there is enough space with a interest of 550 liters in the usual state (an additional third row is complicated), and if we remove the second row of seats, we get as many as 1520 liters. Not a car transformer!
The interior of the Nissan Qashqai is very simple - black plastic panels and doors, circles, ovals, smooth lines, chrome in the decoration of devices, breathing fabric of the upholstery of the cabin. The instrument panel is understandable all buttons, levers and wheels are indicated by traditional icons and are located with clockwork functional groups. So I had to look for practically nothing. True, logic is not entirely clear the work of the lever of the janitors in the car mode - I had to constantly turn on the lever forcibly, because it independently moved either very intensively, or when it is no longer needed. Another minus can be put to the janitors for cleanliness - after a frosty night, rubber began to fit loosely in strategically important areas of windshield.
The seats are adjusted even with the driver’s mechanical, simple: forward-forth, up and down, back tilt. I can assume that my height is 170 cm and the dimensions of the 44th size look better in another car, but I could not configure the chair without complaints or highly visible the readings of the devices (taking into account the setting of the steering column), or the low landing conceals overview. Deaf plastic triangles of lateral racks block a decent piece of road, especially this interferes during the turn. But the side mirrors are excellent large area allows you to see both its sides and cars in the neighboring lanes of the road, and in full growth.
Despite the high landing, the dimensions are felt badly - I was constantly persecuted by the feeling of aggressive tightness in the stream, especially in the mentioned snow traffic. As for the parking lot, the sense of the danger of a collision did not let go at all. The habit of determining the distance to the obstacle by ear is adversely in the absence of parking sensors, and even the rear view camera with a multi -colored trajectory is poorly helped to park successfully. After all, you need to look at the monitor at the same time, in the side mirrors and on the sides, people grow out from under the car, then the bushes and trees strive to attack you. In general, this does not add convenience.
The information component of the Nissan Qashqai+2 in the form of two monitors is quite complete.
 
You can not only find out the dynamic data consumption from the on -board computer, the mileage of the track, the temperature overboard, time and so on, but also use the additional monitor where the complex of the audio system, the phone and navigator is presented.

I want to say quite restrained about the latter: contradictory. On the one hand, it is not entirely clear where and when specifically it is necessary to turn, moreover, the turns do not coincide with the real kilometers, the voice warns either too early, or at the very last moment, as a result of several turns I slipped. In addition, the map is not detailed, for example, all secondary roads have disappeared outside the Moscow Ring Road. And only in the metropolis more than in detail the navigator shows parking, hotels, metro stations and other important facilities.
It is interesting that it was on that snowy day that we and Nissan Qashqai+2 needed more gasoline than usual. The service of searching for objects with the navigator helped to find the nearest gas station, but I just led the system in circles there ..
I will not count about fuel consumption yourself. Under conditions: 2 people in the car, the front -wheel drive 2WD is included, the route is average on the on -board computer 8.4 l/100 km. 4 people in the car, 2WD front -wheel drive is included, the track is 9.4 l/100 km. A multi-kilometer standing 5-hour plug 9.8 l/100 km. The last numbers raised doubts about the veracity of indicators. By the way, 6.7 liters of flow rate per 100 km in the suburban cycle were also not confirmed by the manufacturer.
 
The suspension in the movement also contradicted the back of the pot with easily bounced on the bedridled policemen, and on the ice that accumulated small blocks after abundant snowfall, shaking like on a washing board. But on the highway, the shock absorbers perfectly swallowed the irregularities and ruts of the road surface. The car was tenacious by the roadway and, it seemed, it was impossible to move it from the intended path. In the snow between the trees Nissan Qashqai+2 also crawled perfectly and on one front drive.
After impeccable climbing the ice hill, rolled up by a stream of cars, I wanted to look at the naughty tires Yokohama showed a unique creep on ice and climbed up without slipping and Yuza.
 
In general, the Nissan Qashqai+2 check passed by five, and I concluded - good for driving along the clock. Rural bumps and small pits/slides, as well as snow and ice to him. Only now in multi -kilometer traffic jams it will be bored. The interior is rusted, and you can get to the force far from every object on the road. Only 141 horses account for 1.8 liters, so while it accelerates to hundreds of kilometers per hour, 11 seconds will pass and many modern powerful crossovers will disappear far ahead.
The logic of the above contradictions can be explained by the only indisputable fact affordable price. Still, buy an SUV for 721 thousand rubles. It is very practical and quite possible to consider as the second in the family.
Author: Katerina Romanova, Head of the Finama.info project group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A source: Business car club