Why the crossover does not need a four-wheel drive. Front or four-wheel drive
Good afternoon, today we will talk about does the city need an SUV, whatfrom them meaningon the streetsettlement I. what is the main purpose such cars. Also, we learn what is the main task of the jeep, the SUV is different from urban crossover, as well as consider advantagesand limitationsvehicles S. increased patency. In conclusion, we will talk about whatcar preferably choose for urban streets and off-road, as well as, whyso much B. last years worldwide steel circusters are in demand.
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Today you can still hear from most motorists, the same question
: "Is there any benefit from SUVs in the city
? ". Let's notify that sUVor jeepcalled car possession increased road off-roadthanks high road clearance(clearance), as well as leading front and back wheels. Therefore, you should not confuse the concepts " SUV"And" Crossover"because the first are intended for full off-road (as a rule, have frame design and constant four-wheel drive
for all wheels), and the second for urban streets (as a rule, have connected full drive and bodya passenger car).
Most cars that are referred to sUVsand they go through the streets of our city, perhaps never even went beyond its limits. How do we all know the main appointment of SUVs or jeepsis an improving the ability of movement on the bad roadsas well as in places with inaccessiblelocality. SUVin differencefrom passengerthe car is good because it is capable passin those places where it will not be able to do this lightweight. These moments everyone is understandable as God's day, however for what they buy people jeepwho never go beyond the city?
Before as replyon this questionlet's imagine the situation: there is an expensive on the parking lot, very beautiful sUVfrom low profile rubber and big cast discs
, as well as sport kit throughout body. Will such beauty can take a chance to go on mushrooms to the forest, on off-road? Of course not. Thus, the answer to the above supplied question, what do jeep people buy
At the same time, it never goes for the city, is that the main targetin such car ownersthat acquired an SUV - this is demonstrateits own imageor compensatewhat are the personal limitationsand no more. As they say, the larger the jeep, Moreover, "cooler" his owner. In addition, statisticsmore often inferiorroad owners bigmachines than drivers passengercars.
Based on the foregoing, it can be said that the driver of the big sUVhave permanently supportstatusand hide thus their limitations. At the same time the car owner of this jeep I have difficulty moving around the narrow streets of the city and not pay attention to unsured fuel consumption, as well as difficulty in parking. And all these perversions for the sake of image, well, and sense of personal self-esteem.
Because of the above-described disadvantageswho have sUV, marketers together with engineers began to offer drivers alternative to Jipam. And this alternative came compact crossovers. After all, we all understand that if the buyer wanted buy big SUV. then it will be difficult to convince him, so he needs to offer alternative- no less comfortableMoreover, more dynamic, yes I. beautiful- crossover, he is SUV..
Note that with tasktransplant fans jeepson the compact crossovers Marketologists still managed to cope, and they made it brilliantly. Modern crossovers Here is already 3 years in a row beaten recordsby salesin the post-Soviet space. Almost immediately with their appearance on the market, they instantly conqueredpopularitymillions of motorists. Note that crossovers- this is not ordinary jeeps with them off-road abilities. For this parametershow we celebrated earlier they losing jipam, but u crossoveovthere are others pros, and even morethan minuses. Firstly, lower fuel consumption, Secondly, best Behavior on the roadbed, thirdly, optimal compactness by gabaritamand a number of other no less important factors.
The main thing advantagelarge sUVus compact crossoverclearly manifest winterWhen the roads are not cleared, everywhere dirt and snow with snowdrifts. Passenger car yes and compact crossover will be hard in such conditions, but sUV with a constant full drive system These conditions will be on the shoulder. Moreover, jeepsstill good because thanks to their huge road clearance or clearanceany borderor letcommunion without much effort. After all, few of the car owners sUVdid not overcome the borders, with purposeparked on the green area. It is impossible not to take into account the moment that driving a big jeepfeel like more protectedthan driving passengercar.
Let's notify that in recent years automakersincreasingly began to produce only front-wheel drive crossovers, and demandthey sometimes even more than on all-wheel drive. Dec What does the car need
from large traffic clearance
, but without a complete drive
? And the fact is that many motorists acquire cars with large clearance In order to with pleasure ride in winter fishing, not assisted in front of himand rear bumper about obstacles. For example, in a major megalopolis there is no point in buying a crossover from fully drive - this is just money release on the wind. After all four-wheel drive in the city per year can would neednot more than 1-2 times during heavy snowfall.
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In conclusion, we note that if we are the happy owner of your country house, acquire an SUV., he is jeep of course preferable than crossover. As for the city inhabitant, who extremely rarely leaves by car for the city, then such a driver optimalthere will be option front-wheel drive crossover
from increased clearance. Fans of frequent fishing, traveling off-road, it is better buy a jeep with a constant full-wheel drive. However, it is worth considering the fact that systematicallymove on full-fledged SUV tiring than on compact crossover.
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In many fellow citizens, the head is "driven by nails" that the four-wheel drive is better than any other. Not for nothing even in the current crisis times account for 35% of the car market, and in best times This percentage plunged up to 40. Most of the owners of such machines explains its presence with a urgent need to constantly break through the multi-meter snow drifts, raw primers, and describe their feelings of comfort and confidence in the future when starting and driving in slippery winter roads. Usually these people are very surprised and do not believe when they inform them that I connected the "front" of your frame "crocodile" well, maybe a couple of times in a year. Yes, and then - somewhere in a country mud in the process of going fishing.
And in the city, it turns out, it is quite possible to ride rear driveThe main thing is that the tires are good and season. The average lover of crossovers heard something about some electronic systems living their lives in the depths of his car. At the same time, he is not aware of a simple thing. Exactly the same electronic "brains" would help him start on traffic lights in the conditions of snowfall and on a front-wheel drive car. And just "sulfate" would be a motor when driving in a snowy roller, which remained from the snowpressure. The fact is that all "blocking of differentials", which allow you to enjoy the benefits of a full drive, not "real".
As a rule, it is simply controlled by electronics emulation. She simply slows down a beginner bounce a wheel or removes the moment from it that comes from the engine, nothing more. This means only one thing: if the obstacle in principle is irresistible for the machine with the front leading and normal rubber on the wheels, then it is extremely recommended to go there. Most likely he will "sit down" too. Yes, the sane owner of the crossover and does not climb into such a place. It turns out that the advantages of the all-wheel drive crossover, before exactly the same, but the front-wheel drive, are reduced, mainly to the inner conviction of its owner. All the same in 99.99% of cases, the potential benefits of "all-wheel drive" are either not used, or are reduced to almost no "smart" electronics.
But the minuses are quite material. First, in the four-wheel drive will have to pay great to buy a car. In different ways, depending on the model and the brand of the crossover, but, on average, at least 100,000 rubles "from above". Then you will have to be additionally discharged with daily operation. All-wheel drive transmission by definition "eats" more power produced by the engine than the monotriferous. And this is an additional consumption of gasoline. In other words, for the city dweller is full - pampering, additional expenses And self-deception. In this sense, it is quite possible to take an example from the overseas motorists, which are completely calm and in massually use the monolrocal versions of all-wheel drive cars.
"Pluses" and "minus" type of body.
Any technical products, the main advantage of which the versatility is stated, from compromise. But these compromises far do not always mean the success of the implementation of the principle of versatility. This is fully related to crossovers.
Not on the emphasis
Crossovers - one of the fastest growing segments automotive market For many years. It would seem that this type of car should most comply with the conditions of operation in Russia. With our not always smooth roads - In the suit of a big ground clearance, and with our slippery winter is the most complete drive. But in fact it turns out that we use all these opportunities just a few times a year. And the capabilities themselves are not at all what makes the emphasis on advertising and what we behaved. Let's deal with.
Tires
When I have confused thoughts about buying a crossover, I first think about ... tires. More precisely - about the overpayment that falls in the fall. After all, it is in the fall we think about buying winter tires. Easy monitoring shows that typical for the middle-sized bus tire vehicle with dimension 205/55r16, at least one and a half times cheaper than typical for crossover 225/65R17. This is, first.
Secondly, the believed four-wheel drive is so waved to buy "inappropriate" and "comfortable" untouched tires. Say, the very "magical" all-wheel drive will allow not to stop on slippery coverage and on the so-called "friction" tires. In part it is. But when braking, all this all-wheel drive does not participate in any way. And the nature of the braking from the type of actuator does not depend on it. So, spikes, as usual, preferably.
Fuel consumption
There is now more eloquent than anywhere. The crossover "eats" is much larger than the family "car". First of all, because it is tritely harder. In addition, as we have already written earlier, the shafts of the drives in most crossovers always remain connected with wheels. And even in 2WD mode, they continue to spin and require additional power from the engine on their promotion. Which can be taken only by spending extra fuel.
But that's not all. Crossover is more voracious and on the track. After all, the area of \u200b\u200bhis frontal projection a priori is greater than that of the "car". And the windshield coefficient is usually higher. Accordingly, it is necessary to push out a significantly larger mass of air ahead. Which at speeds for "hundred" selects the lion's share of the motor power.
Resource of nodes and aggregates
The overwhelming majority of modern crossovers are made on the basis of any purely passenger models (and exceptions land type Rover Freelander. Fadingly little). And in crossovers are used the same engines and transmissions as on "donors". Obviously, these motors and gearboxes will work at a more loaded mode. As a result, a smaller resource and above the probability of not only breakage, but also "simple" overheating. Which also leads to breakdowns, only more large-scale and expensive. And we will not forget about the temptation to use a four-wheel drive on "off-road", where the load on the nodes and the aggregates increases many times.
Dreams of full drive
Almost all modern crossovers Full-wheel drive equipped purely nominally. Yes, in the same conditions, for example, deep puddles on the risky roller, even the cross-conductive "unfavom" drive will turn out to be preferable. But ask yourself a question - and how often do you pass the deep puddles on the risks after rain? I bet that the average resident of a major city does this once every ten years. Personally, in 22 years, the "passenger" driver's life has never stuck in such situations. In winter, with incorrectly chosen tactics of overcoming the snow-covered sections of secondary roads - yes, I had to call for a couple of times. But with the same "success" I planted and real jeeps. Just pull them out with much more serious costs.
As for the crossover "full drive", then on any more or less non-serious off-road (and we will not even talk about seriously the drive clutch over the second axis over a few minutes. And the car does not go further. You can wait until the coupling cools and restores the performance. But even a novice jeeper knows that they are moving from the place (or go "swarmag") in difficult areas - this is not at all what to slip them down.
Any advertisement, where the "advantages" of the complete drive of the next crossover, necessarily contains the word "intellectual". Say, our "intellectual" megas-matted all-wheel drive super-system is so perfect that it determines how the coating under each wheel and accordingly distribute traction efforts. Firstly, it is in 98% of cases - a lucavia, which in particularly launched cases goes to brazen lies. At least because it is very difficult and expensive to adequately control the thrust on each wheel. For "intellectuality" usually answers one-only electron-controlled coupling, which "help" regular brake mechanisms, slowing down the bouncing wheels and redistributing through the differential traction to another axis wheel.
But all this "intellectuality" works with lags and inevitable delays. And it can be dangerous with these delays, especially for an experienced driver who has just finished smoky driving courses. Experienced driver "At the feeder" reacts with gas and the steering wheel on a sudden skid on slippery coating, and in the "intellectual" algorithm for the operation of the full drive is stitched that the car runs the frank "kettle". These actions of the driver and the algorithm inevitably follow in a contradiction, ending or in a cuvette, or on the counter-lane.
Yes, and in the usual modes, the Balance "Handling / smoothness" in crossovers a priori is worse than that of the "car". Affects not only more high Center Severity and non-optimally located Roll Center, but also a large unsavory mass.
Long ago, humanity lived in times when the phone was in order to call, and they traveled on cars. But such non-seeing antiquity was rushed in the fly and the phone evolved into the smartphone, and the car ceased to be simply a means of movement.
Many gasoline burned from the time and oil into the fire of endless human needs systematically poured marketers. It is they driven by the progress of the auto industry, allocating engineers with the role of consumer fantasy performers, often ignoring rationality and even common sense.
Mercantile interest encourages the manufacturer not only to catch all sorts, sometimes bordering idiocy, the trends in consumer demand, but also to actively inspire the society a lot of stereotypes and images. One of these trends is safe, you can paint the progressive fashion on crossovers.
Are they good, how do managers sing about them in their dithyrable, or, on the contrary, stupid, how are conservative people with traditional tastes see them?
Do not marketers try to spit us something slightly different from the usual stationary, at the price of Heavenly Manna?
Which body to choose the chapter of the family, not the claims of the nails to the elbows, and is argued to get out of a terrible dilemma?
About this and not only you will read in this article.
Where did crossovers come from?
The crossover is not a term denoting the body type of the car increased passibilityAccording to many. This definition denotes simply mixing different styles, species, flows in something. In this case, the crossover people are used to the magnitude of lightweight SUVs, which are cheaper than full-size fellow. The people also click "PARCATHTS".
But here it lies the catch. So called "Parquet SUVs" In most cases, not from the conquerors of Dakar, but from family and unassuming hatchbacks and universal. The most popular crossovers are built on the basis of passenger cars Golf class with all the consequences of the consequences. Parketniks often have a common platform, suspension and even power units.
From a practical point of view, the Parquarters is intended for utilitarian daily use for family purposes, carrying small loads, pets, children, mother-in-law and seedlings, without driving the owner in the troubles for the thought of refueling flammable, parking and, most importantly, road defects. Yes Yes! We are talking about the road, at least a dirty, but road. Crossovers are usually not ready for off-road tests and more about it.
King Parket
Do not be mistaken, the hybrid is dancing not very, but the structure of the surface of the parquet is well reflects the off-road potential of the PARCOnk. Real frame SUVs with unnecessary suspension elements and real full-wheel drive are designed for extreme conditions of movement and make them not fools, realizing that miracles do not and the light design of the suspension does not have the right to life outside of any road. All the joy of the driver of the crossover is limited by the conquest of urban borders and forcing the shallow puddles.
Road clearance of urban "jipics" is usually located in the area of \u200b\u200b20 cm, which is enough to forget about the fear to expose to a stone, a lying policeman or leave a piece of bumper somewhere on the wet.
In the overwhelming majority of cases, the main traction of the crossover falls on the front axle, and the connected electronics four-wheel drive "Wakes" rear wheels In cases where I had already understood exactly that I was buried by the Machine on the most belly. Of course, some autohydigants offer their customers with a fashionable body and trimmed assistance systems that seem to even feel the depths of a fabulous puddle. But there are such tandems at all in childish.
To greater existence electronic assistants And the full drive, albeit automatically plug-in, instills the decent confidence of the Parket owner and does not badly insure in the swamp, snow, sand and salt caress. In most cases, the four-wheel drive in the city and on the roads of general use is not needed at all. A pleasant moment is that almost all light crossovers can be purchased with a monolawer, while reducing the cost of buying cars, fuel and service. The choice remains for the consumer.
Crossovers and our roads
Correctly speak those who believe that the suspension for our destinations has not yet invented. It is not an exception and suspension of crossovers. She moved to them from their compact and low golf-class donors, which, to put it mildly, were not designed for riding outside the route and the city.
If you look into the technical documentation of all sold in the market compact crossoversYou can easily draw conclusions about their running qualities. Everyone has a magnificent front suspension from MacPherson racks. Behind the parquets usually stands Multi-section or double suspension. It is less likely to celebrate the peasant beam.
Two-way suspension and beam are reliable, but do not differ as comfort. The multi-dimensional system provides good smoothness of the stroke and quenching small irregularities of the road, giving sedomes decent comfort, but due to the not such a primitive element scheme, more demanding in service. Special problems in maintenance and repair such suspensions do not create.
It is worth noting that, unlike hatching, sedans and universal, parcktails are significantly higher and, accordingly, have a higher severity center. To hold, the engineers are forced to set up a suspension with an emphasis on rigidity, which usually affects the smoothness of the stroke.
The stiffness of the suspension turns the ride on the uneven road into the occupation is very unpleasant. Do not be surprised if the crossover is an order of magnitude a tougher vehicle on the basis of which it is built.
Crossover as a family station wagon
As already mentioned, the ancestor of the PAR operator is a wagon and it is all all-wheel drive universals of increased passability were originally called crossovers. Today, the global car industry almost does not offer such machines, and if there are off-road versions of the versators produced, it is often the prerogative of premium-segment manufacturers and the price of such a product is incommensurable high. In addition, all-wheel drive universals are mainly found only in D and E classes.
Last years, five traces the tendency to return the outlines of crossovers to their origins and rapprochement of them with the image of family universal. So, Honda CR-V , one of the leaders of the segment, already "sank" to a level of 16 cm. This is already clearance of a regular machine for driving on the road with an improved coating. But Honda specialists argue that this is quite enough, which confirms the practice. The same metamorphoses occur with Mitsubishi Outlander. which is increasingly like family Universalthan on a brutal SUV.
It is not strange, because car manufacturers traced that the buyers of parquets almost use off-road qualities of their iron horses. Yes, and they do not need them. The consumer rather draws attention to the convenience of luggage loading, landing, manageability, smoothness and, naturally, fuel savings. In most cases, a person simply needs a full-sized solid car that is not ashamed to the neighbors to show, and on which you can ride every day that shopping what to work.
Hatchback sedan or crossover?
Is a full alternative to a sedan or hatchback parquetnik? It's not the same for everybody. It is especially difficult to answer with respect to people, first of all reading the image, and not practicality. But in the light of the practicality, the only suitable option from passenger cars for comparison with the crossover is seen only a wagon. We will try to try it instead of a parker.
The road clearance of universal shall be slightly fluctuating at 14-15 cm, which is quite enough in most cases arising on the road, but the path to the off-road such car is ordered. No need to make God from two centimeters. Ride on imperfect country road No terrible for you and your car will not turn out.
The trunk of universal and parquets equally induces an outstanding space in 500 liters of useful oblique, plus the transformation of the rear seats. The overall length of the wagon body is on average equal to the length of most crossovers (4400-4600 mm). The curb weight of the parquets is mainly located at the level of 1500-1600 kg, and universal - 1400 kg. The latter also has better aerodynamics and clamping force, which improves handling and reduces the fuel consumption by a universal.
The most interesting part of the comparison is the pricing policy. Universals, on the basis of which more expensive crossovers are built, not just cheaper. Their cost is often lower than the cost of a similar parkerchief of the same brand by 30%! Based on unacceptable mathematical calculations, a sensible person will seriously think about the feasibility of buying a "mini-jeep" and will try to weigh all the "for" and "against" such an acquisition.
Instead of imprisonment
Perhaps you were hoping to read at the end of the article a specific guide to the action of type "buy it, but not to buy" and the notorious "choice of you" slightly grieves you, but, alas, you will not be ordained and no advice will help here. If you want and it can, then so be. Life is given only once and in the idea of \u200b\u200bthe crossover there is its rational grain and, thank God, choose from what.
At the same time, having bought a wagon without increased clearance, a full drive and a jeeper landing, you can also enjoy the full life of the motorist, ledging your households and slotting Senbernar on endless expanses of our lands, gently stroking the pack of money, reasonably saved when buying a new family car. Good luck everyone!
An article on crossovers - advantages and disadvantages, advice on whether to buy. At the end of the article - video about the best crossovers For 1.5 - 2 million rubles.
The content of the article:
The term "crossover" entered the car world with light hands American marketers who needed to come up with a name for a new line of high-pass vehicles. The victorious procession of parquets (second name) began with the premiere of Toyota RAV- 4 in 1994. By 2015, crossovers became part of the production line of almost all world tolls.
The city crossover is exactly what world manufacturers are positioned. The keyword here, "urban", and it is his potential buyers who are overlooking all the attention only to the similarity of the body with a classic jeep.
The parcktails were created for specific problems of consumers, and expect the crossover to demonstrate the qualities of the sedan in the city and an SUV on the field - to drive himself into the disappointment trap. Consider in detail all the pros and cons of the modern Parketnik.
Big Plus - Styling
The appearance of the car that inspires respect with its solidity is chief Trump All crossovers. Attractive design, thoughtful body lines, radiator grilles and headlamps that rise above the classic sedans are the first thing that the buyer pays attention to.
Crossovers seem reliable and promising machineand therefore drivers who have not yet visited the parquetnik salon and did not tested him on the track, are subconsciously already confident that challenges Machines correspond to appearance.
Indisputable plus - good visibility
If compared with the sedan, the crossover exceeds the city car in the quality of the circular review. Due to the raised body of large lateral mirrors, the driver of the crossover is practically no "dead zones", it allows you to better assess the situation on the road and react. Because of this, we can say that the crossover has a plus safety. A careful driver who gets a vertical landing can be much better oriented while driving.
Choosing a crossover, it should be noted that not all the patterns of parquets have a high landing. The greatest parameters are demonstrated:
- Volkswagen Polo;
- PEUGEOT 3008;
- Kia soul;
- Nissan Juke.
Doubtful plus - safety at accident
The view that the crossover is safer for the driver and passengers than a hatchback or a sedan at an accident is nothing more than an advertising move. Indeed, the Institute of Road Security IIHS issued a bulletin in early 2018, where it is noted that the safety of crossovers increased by 10%. At the same time, an increase in security parameters for the driver and passengers is almost on all models and sedans, and hatchbacks, and SUVs - by 12, 13 and 3 percent, respectively.
According to such world-famous organizations such as Euroncap and already mentioned Institute IIHS, which conduct systematic crash tests of new models, security advances in crossovers before the rest of the cars are currently not.
Relative Plus - Spacious Salon and Big Trunk
Half crossovers have a third row - this allows you to say that the sneaker salon is suitable than that of the sedan. Rooms, but not much. As for the trunk, the standard sedan has a luggage compartment more than a crossover with laid scenes. The functional possibility of the sneaking of the crossover toas the seats of the rear row make the luggage compartment are really twice as much.
The Salon of the Crossover is spacious than that of sedans, but significantly inferior to convenience. The crossover no longer have those inconvenience that experience the passengers of the SUV, but before the comfort of the sedan, he is still far away.
Very dubious plus - cargo towing
In some advertising prospects, you can read that the crossover - perfect car For the transport of such goods as a boat or snowmobile. Indeed, some models of crossover can easily take a tug of cargo to 800-1000 kg. But this is an exception to the rules. 90% of the mass SUV will not pull a heavy trailer, and here it is worth remembering the weight of the car. Even Toyota RAV4 weighs only 1.5 tons, and it is incomparably with a classic 4-ton SUV, such as Chevy Tahoe.
Good plus - big ground clearance
The average clearance rate at the standard crossover - 200 mm. It differs significantly from the sedan parameters and allows the parcktail to easily overcome high races and angular convents that are not forces for a sedan. The passage of the light off-road, rolled up, trips with snow-lined parkings crossover overcome much easier than hatchback.
Due to the greater road Suit On the crossover, just overcome the "lying cops" and parking the brings and low borders. But this is all - you should not wait for high off-road indicators from the city car.
For example, Skoda Octavia. It has a ground clearance of only 20 mm. less than skoda crossover Yeti, but at the same time more powerful by 28 hp, consumes fuel into several liters less, and cheaper for several hundred thousand rubles.
Balance top Qualities Sedan and SUV for the city - it was the main idea of \u200b\u200bmanufacturers of the first crossovers, and it was achieved. Due to the large road lumen, the car overcomes snow skid and will remain quite comfortable on the track.
Not at all plus - efficiency
The thought of some drivers that the crossover is much more economical than the SUV and is inferior to the sedan in the number of fuel consumed, the root is not true - everything depends on the specific indicators of the compared machines. The calculation takes:
- Segment.
- Engine's type.
- Type of drive.
- Type and dimension of tires, etc.
Big plus and minus - handling
If you compare with SUVs, the crossover shows a much better manageability parameters on the track than frame SUV with cast bridges. Better handling is achieved by the bearing body (without a frame for weight loss) and independent suspensions.
According to these constructive types the crossover is close to the sedan, but inferior to him by comfort. On the highway at high speed, the Parquetnik will "couple", it will be harder to manage than the sedan, and passengers rear seat May experience shaking on turns.
Absolute plus - price and range
The start of sales of the crossover begins from 650,000 rubles. For this price you can get quite decent Renault Duster., and if you pay 100 thousand more, then you can purchase Hyundai Creta.. Even if it will be basic equipment Without additional options and only with the front actuator, it is impossible to choose a single SUV for this price. But the sedan will always cost cheaper.
Crossovers have the biggest the lineup Many manufacturers. You can choose any size (compact, full-size, super, etc.), any filling of the car, order a leather interior and much more.
Thanks to its popularity, the crossover is easy not only to buy, but also to sell. At the same time, the buyer will remain with the benefit, and the seller. On the secondary market Great demand for two- and three-year-old parquets.
The stories that the crossover can demonstrate the quality of the jeep on off-road are fairy tales. And that's why:
- The crossover is not intended for frequent operation even on the rolled dirt road - "crushes".
- All-wheel drive versions have a regular front-wheel drive and a stable delay in the activation of the rear axle in complex passages. In the car are not provided inter-axis differentials and classic distribution. Because of this, parqueties are buried in the ground and do not overcome large and deep holes.
Full minus - vulnerable bottom
If you acquire a crossover for an aggressive drive on tops and forget to look under the bottom, you can get into a rather unpleasant situation - 80% of crossovers have enough vulnerable places In the area of \u200b\u200bthe wheelbase, open brake pipes and low levers.
Ford Kuga and Honda CR-V possess a fairly low front bumperAnd it will immediately become noticeable when crossing even shallow pit.
Relative minus - Comfort and Dynamics
Budget crossover is inferior to a sedan for comfort and dynamics - Here the driver will not be offered a powerful engine, nor a decent audio system, no two-zone climate control. Maybe there will be no winter package - heated seats and heated mirrors. In addition, sedans are cheaper and easier to maintain.
Choosing a car, calculate what goals he will decide which roads ride and how much money you are willing to spend on its service. For many motorists, the acquisition of the crossover will be the most the best option, and someone will surely change the sedan on the classic SUV.
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