Test drive Volvo XC70 2004 - 2007 station wagon

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Volvo XC70

The first cars were represented by the public in 1997 under the name V70 Cross Country. The current generation was published in 2005, changing the name to the XC70 index. In 2005, the gamut of the engines complemented the new diesel.
Engine: in Russia gasoline 2.5 liters (210 hp).
Gearboxes: 5-speed mechanical,
5-speed automatic.
Configurations: individual.
Price in Russia: $ 43 90051 600.

Cadillac SRX

Presented in 2002 in the rear and all-wheel drive versions with 6- and 8-cylinder engines.
Engine: in Russia, gasoline 4.6 liters (325 l. P.).
Gearbox: 5-speed automatic.
Complete: Lux, Top.
Price in Russia: $ 72 90077 900.

Audi A6 Allroad Quattro
The firstborn started in 2000. The second generation of the car based on the universal Avant debuted in Geneva in the spring of 2006.

Engines: gasoline 3.2 and 4.2 liters (255, 350 hp),
diesel 2.7; 3.0 (180, 233 hp.).
Gearboxes: 6-speed mechanical, 6-speed automatic.
Configurations: individual.
Price in Russia: from $ 76,000.

Sometimes they are called crossovers. Less often a little jeeps. The official name is universals of increased cross -country ability. One of the ancestors of this class was the Volvo-Cross Country of the 1997 model; The undertaking was picked up by a successful audi-nollwood.

The appearance of a new generation on the market (A6 OLRUD COUR) and was the reason for our test. The Americans also could not resist splashing gasoline into the fire of competition. Therefore, in the duel of the Swede and the German we took the third Cadillac SRX.
Despite the presence of all -wheel drive (without excesses such as a lower row) and the same type of body, all participants in our race reflect a different philosophy of 4x4. In Audi, torque between the axes distributes the mechanical differential torsen. With the same clutch of the wheels, the moment is divided equally. If slipping begins, the ratio changes in the range from 25:75 to 75:25.

Cadillac has a free interdose differential, and the moment is usually distributed equally between the axes. Electronics can slow down the boxing wheels, creating a semblance of locks. Well, the Volvo XC70 is equipped with WISKOFTA. Under normal conditions, torque goes to the front wheels, and in the case of their slip, it is transferred back.
Audi flaunts adaptive pneumatic suspension with five adjustments in height and stiffness; The clearance of Cadillac is unchanged thanks to the system of maintaining the road clearance. It will not be possible to play in a Volvo road clearance, but you can change the rigidity of the suspension by choosing a comfortable or sports regime. Who is better suited for sorties to nature and at the same time good on the highway? May be...

Volvo

The appearance of the Swedish machine makes the most calm impression. Smooth forms with the head give out the age of XC70 for six years, despite periodic modernization, this is now a threshold value. However, another thing is more important for summer residents: a very decent road clearance plus black, unpainted bumper plastic without decor, which is not so sorry to scratch.
Perhaps the most noticeable detail inside the greasy stitches, which decorated brown leather chairs, soft and almost without lateral support. Nevertheless, you are comfortable quickly and you do not remember the seats with an unkind word during the driving process for hours.

If you are a fan of ultramodern technology, Volvo is not for you. Climate installation, on -board computer, and all secondary functions are activated by buttons. But this is exactly what all experts traveled to Volvo liked. In the end, the most important thing is that the driver can quickly turn on the right device to the touch.
On the highway near Moscow, the Swede proved himself as a real American! Either the soft sofa lulled, or a comfortable suspension rose, but I quickly did not want to go.

Later, on the roads of the landfill, it turned out: the car, as if it would be more non -standard reacting to active steering. The large values \u200b\u200breached the speed, the more obscure and more unreliable he behaved xc70. After simulating the obstacle of the obstacle, Volvo could not stand on a given trajectory for a long time: the car continued to wind from side to side, like a pendulum! The sports regime of the suspension did not help. Only the steering wheel in the corners began to shake the trembling more strongly, and the irregularities were given on the body more clearly.
And here is the congress to our control segment of the broken path to the shore of the channel to them. Moscow. We jump from the asphalt: this is where Volvo's abilities are revealed! The car plays playfully from one sand dun to another, boldly dives into deep puddles and forciates cracked ruts. Of course, we did not drive the car where we would dare to stick on an all -terrain vehicle. But take the family to the Volvo picnic quite on the shoulder. I wonder how competitors will cope? Especially full of own greatness ...

Cadillac

After Volvo, it seems huge. It is now not possible to chat on top of the roof, standing on different sides of the car: in the SRX witness 160 mm higher. At the same time, a road clearance compared to the competitor is slightly smaller. Therefore, the architecture of the salon is different, and the sensations are completely different. You do not fall into the seat, but climb on it; You do not look at the jeeps floating by from the bottom up, but look at equal terms. And the attitude towards you is changing! Black brick with a scattering of red and yellow LEDs in the rear flashlights and a family heraldry on the radiator lattice forces the rows to fit up. Here it is, an embodied American dream!
SRX instantly reacts to the opening of the throttle. He seems to have turned on the anti -gravity field and lost half in weight! Acceleration is accompanied by an accompaniment of the motor, unexpectedly spinning to 6500 rpm.

The only thing that can make you remove the leg of the gas high consumption of fuel: in an active drive mode in the city, it easily reaches 25 l/100 km ... Moreover, unlike America, our cadillac is ordered to drink AI-95.
A feeling of weightlessness occurs not only because of a powerful motor and American light steering: has contributed and an automatic machine. The five -speed gearbox of the hydronics is worthy of all praise: he sorts the programs unnoticed, without jerking and delay, and manually holds the selected gear. Sound insulation is impressive on the even move: at 100 km/h you can meditate in the cabin.
But it is worth adding a pace, turning onto a winding path, as an idyllic picture gives a crack. Cadillac is not at ease. The character suddenly becomes not so collected, the suspension passes to the body and trifle, and the Uppercottes of large irregularities. I would venture to assume that the Magnetic Ride Control system is partly to blame for such diverse behavior.

The sensors in the wheels fix the amplitude of the oscillations, so that the on -board computer learns about the quality of the roadway and gives the command to electromagnets that changes the viscosity of the liquid in the shock absorbers. Probably the performance of this magnificent idea is still imperfect
As soon as Cadillac departed from the turns and stressful speed, as an even more strict test of primer expected him. At some point, it seemed that the formidable expression on Kaddy's face suddenly gave way to plaintive: I want to go back to America!. No, friend, you have to tolerate.
Crossing from the sides to the side and creaking with salon plastic, the SRX crawled along the puddles, recalling a solid banker with a tie, but with trousers rolled up to the knees, which was mistaken in the middle of the potato field. An outstanding (in the literal sense of the word) bumper, as well as a large wheelbase, nullified the advantages of a decent clearance and all -wheel drive. It froze the rain, and we decided not to experience fate. Moreover, the third participant in the test awaits us impatiently ...

Audi

Once after the first generation of the XC70, Ollroud blew up the crossover market. In the then model range of firms, these were the most all -resistant cars, of course, they had a lot of fans. But today the situation has changed Audi presented the Q7 SUV. Accordingly, the urgent need for A6 OLRUDA CVRRO to adopt the all -terrain qualities of its predecessor is no longer. Road prefix to the name reflects change
Indirect confirmation caught my eye right away. Our copy was shod in tires 225/55R17 on beautiful cast discs. Effective? Of course, yes. Effective? Out of asphalt is undoubtedly, no. And although the inheritance from the previous car Ollroud got protective metal overlays, long overhangs and painted bumers were alarming.
The planting process inspired associations with sports cars. You literally fall through a wide threshold and a roller of lateral support in the arms of excellent armchairs that pleased the adjustment of the length of the pillow. It is possible to get used to the wheel quickly, since the range of longitudinal adjustment of the seat and steering wheel in two planes is more than sufficient.

The branded MMI system, successfully competing with the symbol of high-tech Idrive from BMW, is much easier in circulation. But still, it does not compare with the traditional buttons of Cadillac and even more so Volvo. To activate this or that function, you first press the key on the central tunnel, then you look at the display, you are convinced that you got to the address, and only then you turn on the desired mode. It is possible that this is a matter of habit.
However, you forget about nit -picking, it is worth putting the gearbox lever to the drive position and release the brake pedal. Audi causes respect and captivates from the very first minutes of thoroughbred manageability. A6 OLRUD has the most effective and at the same time the most accurate brakes in our company. With an increase in speed, the electronics itself lowers the car above the road to 140, and then up to 125 mm, the steering wheel is poured with pleasant weight. The smoothness of the course is good regardless of the quality of the coating. What can not be said about acoustic accompaniment: unexpectedly Audi turned out to be the most loud both in terms of the motor and tires.

Here he is, already studied along and across the congress to the river. It's time to raise the body to the highest position, but then the speed should not exceed 35 km/h. Behind water procedures, Audi is curious to observe from the side: even if the soil leaves from under one wheel, Ollroud, without changing the position of the body, calmly rides forward! The driver does not even notice this feat. Nevertheless, Audi is inferior to Volvo. The capabilities of all -wheel drive are higher, but geometry summarizes: more body overhang and wheelbase.
Having left back to the asphalt and yielding gas, you feel here, here it is the element
OLRUED! Let it be wet or snowy, but the road. Here you feel the excellent capabilities of the power unit, a clear work of a six -speed gearbox and an accurate obedience to the steering wheel to a centimeter.
A day later, when the first impressions fell on paper, the purpose of the machines became obvious. Volvo is good at the lane, but it can deliver chores on the highway to the driver; The Cadillac is magnificent on direct avenues and a speed of 100 km/h, but panic at the sight of steep turns and primers. Audi is slightly inferior to Volvo outside the asphalt, but we are inaccessible in terms of reliability of control at any speed. Undoubtedly the main thing: each of the trinity has a vivid character and attractiveness, having felt which you will not exchange your favorite car for any other.

Three on the stop
Sergey Voskresensky,
expert:
In my opinion, the behavior of this trinity when performing the maneuver, the rearrangement very clearly reveals the ideology embedded in cars and their active security systems. So, the volvvo-x70 with a sharp, almost emergency maneuver primarily inhibits sharply thanks to the activation of the DSTC, and only then helps to get out of the acute situation. Audi, on the contrary, until the last moment, only slightly adjusts the nature of the car controllability and gradually, with an increase in speed, enhances the intervention of the system. Well, the Cadillac against this background is excessively arrogant. His active security system is clearly late and cannot decide what to do.

Mikhail Gzovsky:

Each of the participants in the dough takes something his own. Audi earned the best estimates in sled disciplines, Cadillac captured a powerful charge of energy and a characteristic image, and a Volvo calm Scandinavian reliability on unimportant roads.

Volvo XC70 The most capable rogue from the Trinity, but for this quality has to forgive mediocre handling on the asphalt.
General assessment 8.1
+ Understandable and logical management of all on -board systems; An acceptable level of noise and good smoothness, rich possibilities of transforming the rear sofa, moderate fuel consumption.
- A little old -fashioned interior, fuzzy reactions at high speeds.

Cadillac SRX is a comfortable car that is more to the face of an unhurried asphalt tread than a blurry primer.
General assessment 8.3
+ Excavated traction engine, excellent automatic machine, spacious interior, good sound insulation, developed climatic installation.
- low geometric patency, specific controllability, high fuel consumption.

Audi A6 Allroad QUATTRO New OLRUED gave a roll to the light side. Nevertheless, the machine is still able to leave the asphalt noticeably further than traditional universals.
General assessment 8.6
+ Magnificent driver's seat, high -quality plastics and skin, convenient control and braking, honed controllability, good smoothness, moderate fuel consumption.
- A rather high noise from tires and engine, not the most convenient processing procedure, driving the main functions of the car requires attention.