Test drive Nissan Terrano II 5 doors 1996 - 2000 SUV
Unknown land
To present to reporters to its updated model, the European branch of Nissan chose non -fire Iceland. And not mistaken. The impressions of the most unusual European country were strengthened by the acquaintance with the new Terrano-II. Take the mysterious. What is Iceland associated with you? Correctly. The meeting of Reagan and Gorbachev, herring in Vinna sauce and a thoughtful song of the pop group that northerners are populated by Reykjavik. But for us it was a real discovery that the local population in the amount of two hundred and a small thousand is almost completely traveled in jeeps, it costs no less than $ 100 from the hotel to the city, and a herring in raspberry syrup and stewed stewe are considered to be local delicacies. In general, Iceland is a real environmental paradise: geysers, volcanoes, practically not touched nature, not a single harmful production and punishment up to prison for an unauthorized congress on the grass.
Terrano-3. The last warning written in large letters on a poisonous yellow piece of paper hung in every test machine. This is so that lovers of exotic shooting do not arise, for example, the desire to climb to the top of the volcano or run in wheels on some geyser. But we did not think about it. It was much more interesting in the first minutes of acquaintance with the car to find out what the so -called facelifting is, or in other words, the plastic surgery of the model, which has been on the conveyor of the Nissan factory in Spain and has already experienced two similar changes.
Terrano-II European Japanese. Collected completely in Europe and for Europe, this car, however, is insured by strict Japanese standards from marriage during assembly. It is curious that SUVs from Nissan in terms of European sales firmly occupy the second place, giving way to Toyota only
DO NOT SMOKE! During external examination, the first thing that catches the eye is a changed grille of the radiator and a bumper, which Terrano Terrano Terrano Terrano; headlights collected in a single block with improved light indicators; The rear lights, coupled with the spare casing, are also different from its predecessor. The car has acquired a more aggressive and serious look.
In the cabin, the new instrument shield, its colors (sea and gray) are well read, and the liquid crystal display located above the fuel and the coolant sensors, in addition to being odometer and hours, gives the driver information about temperatures overboard. The central console underwent minor changes, while the car was clearly not built for lovers of smoke: to accurately get into a microscopic ashtray with a crap task for a real sniper.
Everyone is riding. Last year, Terrano-II visited a long-term test in the editorial office. The impressions of the car were the warmest. One hundred percent confident in the city, she did not fail us during the sorties out of town. True, a significant difference was that in Moscow we rolled a long-drawn gasoline version of 2.4 liters with mechanics, and in Iceland we were offered a 2.7-liter long turbodiesel with an automatic machine and the same short with mechanics. The thing is that in economical Europe a gasoline machine is more likely an exception, and therefore the main rates are made on diesel. You can buy any.
Troika again. Terrano-II honest jeep. In the sense that it is based on a powerful frame and a gentleman's set of off -road functions. In ordinary driving mode, this is a rear -wheel drive car with a very modest fuel consumption. On off -road, you can use both an additional connection of the front axle and a reduced range of transmission. At the same time, the speed, however, is halved, but the torque increases as much. In critical situations, a self -locking rear differential and large strokes of pendants can help. Terrano-II has no other locks, however, at a price of about $ 30 thousand and thank you.
The narrow gravel roads of Iceland, consisting of a broken volcanic lava, and shallow rivers the best place for trips in a similar machine. I admit honestly: a short version with mechanics made the greatest impression. Perhaps this reason is not a very reasonable speed limit that we have chosen (on far from the best mountain tracks we rode under 90 km/h), but one way or another, not too frisky machine, coupled with a constantly dangling backward version of the long version did not deliver much comfort. The three -door seemed more predictable and obedient.
However, my subjective negative emotions do not belong to the running parts of the machine that have undergone changes. In addition to the fact that for all 500 km of dough the suspension has never made its way (new gas -filled shock absorbers) was pleased with the ABS system. The designers managed to solve the problem of the so -called uncontrolled inclusion of ABS, inherent in many American SUVs, and some Japanese too. ABS struck with its intelligence there was no feeling that it was only worth slightly pressing the pedal on the bump and immediately get the piece of iron instead of the brake. This is due to the fact that ABS works selectively, depending on the transmission mode. Like the large Patrol GR, ABS automatically turns off at speeds less than 8 km/h. The brakes have changed. In addition to the fact that the diameter of the rear brake discs increased, the electronic distribution system of brake force (EBD) appeared, which increased the efficiency of braking.
Terrano-II will appear in dealers at the end of this year. And one more news for those who love the hotter: soon the Pathfinder model will appear on the Russian market, originally intended only for the United States: with almost the same dimensions as Terrano-II, the machine is equipped with a capacity of 170 hp!
Text Fedor Alexandrov, photo of the author and Nissan
A source: "Autopilot"
