Test Drive Volkswagen Touareg since 2010 SUV
New Volkswagen Touareg. Thin but not head
Parquet-serpentine Italy is not the best place for the test drive of the new Tuareg. The licked road canvas brings boredom. Neither a bitch or zadorinka. Neither protrusion nor the pits. Even the similarity of the prepared off-road route does not contribute to the release of adrenaline. I want to throw the phrase Morgunova it is not serious! With threatening intonation, the car clearly asks Tunisian sands or Russian off-road. Anyway. On the off-road test Touareg separately, but already in Moscow. Fortunately, there is something to compare with. What is a new taireg? Longer (by 41 mm), wider (12 mm) is clear. He grabbed a base of 38 mm to 2893 mm. And the height, on the contrary, decreased by 17 mm, due to which the coefficient of aerodynamic resistance decreased from 0.38 to 0.35. The former platform (her Touareg divides with the new Porsche Cayenne), the proportions are saved. However, due to the wider use of high-strength steels in the power structure of the body and the modernized chassis on the circle, it was possible to reset with two centners weights.
The suspension has not changed constructively in front and behind the diagram on parallel levers. Aluminum has become more, thanks to which engineers managed to save almost 50 kg. Aluminum diet has been positively affected not only on economy, but also on the ride comfort, unsophisticated masses less. Elastokinematics Engineers also revised, less fuel silent blocks provide better handling.
A wide range of force aggregates and additional equipment is now in the order of things. But the various options for the full drive within the same model are rare. Now the SUV is offered with two types of transmissions. Both variations imply a constant four-wheel drive. Those who know that there is nothing to do in a heavy off-road, they can choose a simpler transmission of 4motion with an inter-axis self-locking Torsen differential. And really! Why overpay for scalpel, if you can confine ourselves to a conventional kitchen knife? Transmission with Torsen is easier, easier and cheaper. Rear dip here is free.
Lovers of real off-road, as before, a more complex transmission is addressed. It is called 4xmotion, and it includes off-road Package Terrain Tech, which includes downward transmission and electron-slip intersecting and rear intercoles differentials. Transmissions with such a distribution used to go to absolutely all taways, now they are only available for extra charge (in Germany 1700 euros). The rear blockable differential on the previous version was also available as an option.
Blocking can be activated both automatically (when the wheels are slipped) and forcibly. In the latter case, the passability is significantly improved, but long forced blocking on heavy soils (sand, clay) is better not to use, because it leads to increased wear of the transmission. Electronics automatically and so timely blocks diffuses, verified on the previous generation.
Opportunities from Tuareg with Torsen is modest, overcoming the rise 31 degrees against 45 at the TERRAIN TECH package. Geometric permeability in the latest version is also better, the range of the suspension of 173 mm versus 157. Clearance at a standard taguega 220 mm, at the TERRAIN TECH 230 version. In modifications equipped with a pneumatic suspension, the ground clearance is adjustable in the range of 160300 mm.
Pneumatics operating in the Union with active SACHS shock absorbers deserves only flattering words. The suspension damping range provides the widest. At the same time, even in the sword mode, the machine does not turn into a bidder. Rolls thanks to automatically clamping shock absorbers are minimal. Comfort mode abstracts saddles from the roadbed flares completely, and even the routing on gentle waves is not so great.
Chassis with a hybrid power unit (at the top). The motor generator is located between the gasoline engine and the automatic transmission. The shaft of the electrical machine with both units is connected using two multi-disc clutches, which are closed depending on the installation mode. The 80-kilogram battery replaced the spare wheel. Hybrid prefers to work at the plus temperatures, with minus 20 degrees to bring the battery to the working state (heated by electrical pulses and recharging) goes around half an hour
Several hundred kilometers in Italian asphalt, we were not even noticed for one sitting. On solid coverage, term stability even on an uneven road is gorgeous throw a ram, well, at least a centimeter rushed from the trajectory. Manages the new Touareg is definitely better. Information on the steering wheel now with excess. Clear zero. The transfer ratio is reduced, why the steering wheel became shorter. The reactive force is higher thanks to the reconfigured electro-hydroceneur.
Previously, the thrust between the front and rear bridges was divided equally. Now everything is different. Torsen in the 4Motion transmission by default distributes the power between the front and rear axle in the ratio of 40:60. The cylindrical differential on the off-road version divides the thrust in the ratio of 38:62. With this situation, the behavior under gas is more unambiguously and understandable.
Thanks to the use of high-strength steels, the mass of the body is reduced, and rigging torsion is increased by five percent
Now computer body models are so accurate that virtual crash tests on reliability almost do not differ from real
Automatic box is the same for all versions. This is a new eight-adjusted hydrotransformer AISIN unit (earlier on the taways automatic transmission was a six-speed). In many ways, thanks to him, Touareg became more dynamic. For example, the constricted 3.6-liter V6 280 forces (360 nm) accelerates the machine to 100 km / h for some 7.8 seconds instead of 8.6. Great. At high speeds, the car is more economical, since the box allows you to move with minimally possible revs.
In Russia, Touareg will be offered with six engines. All of them comply with Euro-5 standards. Three diesel engines: V6 TDI (two options 204 hp and 240 hp (550 N ∙ M)) and 340-strong V8 TDI (800 N ∙ M). And three gasoline engines: V6 TSI (two options with different booming 249 hp and 280 hp (H ∙ M)) and V8 TSI (4.2, 360 hp). All these modifications will be made at the factory in Kaluga and will appear in us during this year.
In the lower part of the bumper near the fog lights, 24-gigahertic radars (range 200 m) of active cruise control, which is able to maintain Stop and GO mode and emergency slow down the car up to a complete stop. If the electronics understands that a collision is possible, it immediately activates the FRONT ASSIST alarm algorithm. At the same time, the remnants of the belts are triggered and windows and sunroof are covered.
Optionally, you can order a system that follows the observance of robes, a special camera is watching under the front glass here.
The hybrid version in Russia also plan to supply. Tribute fashion? Perhaps. Even the Volkswagens themselves say that diesel modifications are more efficient than gasoline electrical. The Touareg Hybrid power plant is a 333-strong gasoline V6 TSI motor and a capacity of 34.3 kW (46 hp), which is powered by 288-volt nickel-metal hydride batteries. Everything is fine, but only the efforts to reset the excess weight electrical part of the reduced. And this directly affected the habits. The hybrid taouareg is more inert and noticeably stubborn goes in turns. Although the dynamics at an altitude of 6.5 seconds to one hundred at an average consumption of 8.2 l / 100 km. Another reason to the Americans and Europeans to buzz from the hybrid is reduced tax rates. To us, unfortunately, it does not yet belong
The interior has become noble. As before the front sediments, the massive console shares. The front panel is not the limit of designer sizes, but plastic and skin to the touch more pleasant and softer than before. Assembly quality standard. Existence inside the Volgone Salon became wider by 50 mm, and the rear seats that are divided in the 2: 3 proportions are supplemented with longitudinal adjustment. Optionally, the sofa can be ordered with electromechanical locks, they allow you to add seats remotely, drive keys in the trunk and the cabin. The climate in the most advanced variants of the four-zone.
The trunk became wider, with folded seats, the volume increased from 580 to 660 liters (via the sub-line). With folded seats, the volume of the cargo compartment increased from 1570 to 1642 liters. But the loading height, unfortunately, increased. But now for all versions, the fifth door electric drive is proposed as options (in the top version with the V8 drive in the database).
One of the new-fashioned chips is an active light. Touareg can be equipped with xenon spotlights of Hella, which allow you to drive with the constantly included long-term light. The headlights will switch automatically to the dipped, as soon as the camera installed under the windshield (it also follows the markup), will notice the counter or passing transport. In the headlights there is a special curtain with an electric drive, it allows you to overlap the light beam and form the desired black and green border. The speed of the system is 350 ms. The work and interaction of security systems occurs through the new flexural flexray tire (10 Mbps). The remaining electronics works within the standard CAN bus (Speed \u200b\u200b500 Kbps)
Electronics in Touareg made an order of magnitude more. Straight the constellation of systems, one is more useful. Even a new fastest tire has been needed. Advanced multimedia has a 60-gig rig and touchscreen display. The menu of the side computer in the hybrid version is supplemented with visual pictograms of the operation of the power plant.
One circular review system What! It gets an image from four chambers, located around the perimeter of the body, and sews their signals into a single whole. Maneuvering off-road and in a dense urban environment is a pleasure. All four supermarital cameras covered by them corner close to unfolded. Parking, so in general the lafa system when maneuvering reversal shows the trajectory. It is a pity that there are no automatic parking systems.
Dr. Johan Belie, Head of the Technical Department for the Development of the New Tuareg, says that the automatic parking system does not allow to make a steering amplifier. The car is heavy, and for a number of reasons, the electro-hydraulic amplifier fits the most optimally (hydraulic pump at the right time here is driven by an electric motor). For self-parking, a fully electric amplifier is required. The node of the desired power, which would ensure adequate feedback on the steering wheel, Volkswagens have not yet done. Smiling Johen Belie, said that he has a whole list of ideas, for incarnation it seems that automatic parking in this list is also available.
The new generation of Touareg is all a hundred new. The work was carried out absolutely in all directions of iron, electronics, optional, safety machine was successful. With all this, Volkswagents noted that the chip of the new taguega is constant cost as far as this statement will be relevant from us. Recall that the cost of various modifications of the current generation model lies in the range of 1.64.3 million rubles.
Mikhail Tsymbal and Vitaly Kabyshev
Photo Mikhail Zymbal and Volkswagen
Competitors
Land Rover Discovery 4 is produced since 2009. But in fact, in 2009, only restyling was held. The model itself appeared in 2004. In Russia, sold in five basic equipment. Transmission with automatic transmission and constant full-wheel drive. Engines Three volume from 2.7 to 5.0 liters. Cost from 2,53,000 to 2,613,000 rubles.
Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has been produced since 2009. We are sold in six basic versions. Engine two diesel 3.0 and gasoline 4.0. The drive is permanent, the gearbox is only automatic. The simplest diesel version will cost 1,729,000 rubles, the most expensive in 2,615,000. However, the numerous additional equipment proposed by optionally can significantly lift.
Toyota Land Cruiser 200, who came to the market in 2007, in the peak of Tauregu more focused on moving off-road, rather than on asphalt. It is clearly larger, but the cost of the model is comparable and lies in the range of 2,781,000 2,790,000 rubles. There are two basic configurations. Motors are two 4.5-liter diesel and 4.7-liter eight.
Nissan Pathfinder can be purchased in the range from 1,603,000 to 2,012,000 rubles from both mechanical and automatic transmission. Motors diesel 2.5 and gasoline 4.0. The model has been produced since 2004. The elder brother Nissan Patrol also indirectly can be written to competitors, although it is more and on the running qualities on the asphalt to the taguega obviously does not reach. They ask for Patrol from 2,067,600 to 2,500,000 rubles.
Mitsubishi Pajero IV is able to please two motor 3,2-liter diesel engines and a 3.8-liter gasoline unit. The choice is offered both mechanical and automatic transmissions. Cost from 1,484,000 to 1,899,000 rubles. The fourth generation is issued since 2006.
Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander stand on the same platform, have the same assortment of motors (diesel 3.0 and gasoline 4.7), but they brag about various seats, the commander has seven. Range of prices from 2.2 to 2.4 million.
A source: AUTO.Mail.Ru.
