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The competition of large SUVs, the Ford explorer’s PK mass is changing, and people who know the car choose it.

The development of large SUV markets in recent years can be described as a new month. The selling points of the products launched by different manufacturers can also be said to be different. The Ford explorer is a popular model in the US market, and it has been updated to the sixth generation, and each other can be said to lead the market. Prior to this, the explorer has been introduced into China with imported ways, and the price of the same price is slightly disadvantageously in terms of price. This time, Changan Ford took the sixth generation model to China, it is not difficult to see that in the second child, they have a high expectation for this car.

Of course, it is not only a Ford, but only Ford is only a Ford. The public from Wolfsburg, Germany is also a tiger, in order to compete with this strong opponent, they officially launched a new medium-sized SUV-mouse in the nearby Shanghai Auto Show. Although there is still not officially launched, it is still possible to make a simple contrast through the information on the exhibition.

Appearance: American luxury contrast is the essence of Germany

Although the positioning of the two cars is very close, they are present The design philosophy of the out of it is very different. The first is the explorer, as a product dominated by the US Ford Design Center, its shape is very good to explain the meaning of “domineering”, the front face large-size hexagonal intake grill is especially superior, not only occupies most of the area And the interior is spliced ​​from a plurality of smoked black rhombuses, and the motion is fluent.

Of course, if you don’t catch a cold for this ST-Line kit, it is considered that chrome-plated elements is the soul of the US SUV, you can also choose another appearance kit. The headlights are relatively regular, and they are connected to the China network, which helps to improve the visual one, both of which are LED light sources, and the binocular structure is more reflected in the smart.

This generation of explorers and the Lincoln flying home shared platform than it is positioned, and the layout of the CD6 longitudinally drivenTo allow the explorer to have a short hanging characteristic, let the engine be as close as possible to the middle of the body, so, you can transfer the whole vehicle, thus achieving the most ideal 50:50 weight ratio, for reduction The big car is of great significance.

In addition to the perfect proportion of coordinated side visual effects, the explorer uses a double waistline to further highlight the level, the iconic tilt The C column can be retained. The addition of the suspended roof is not only “contraction”, but also gives a certain sense of fashion. In terms of tires, this ST-Line model is equipped with a 21-inch smoked multi-spoke wheel, and the fetwide has reached an amazing 275mm.

The car tail shape is close to the previous generation, “a knife cut” vertical The tailgate is quite correct, and the taillights of the two sides extends to the left and right sides of the wing plate, and the internal C-type design is designed, proper American style. If the two double exhaust port apertures can be larger, the gas field will create more.

Compared to comparality, the public is another painting style. Unlike the American style of the explorer, the country is mainly focused on exquisite and steady. The front face adopts the standard mass design, and the two-way decorative strips are connected to both sides, which helps to stretch the horizontal visual effect, and use a smoked black honeybrium intake grill internally for improvement. Sense.

The side shape lines are relatively smooth, and the segmented waistline makes the body more concise, the contour shape is still continuing to the public. Slightly deficiencies are more like a MPV than SUVs.

When the tail is used, the penetrated tail light is in the time, and the LED light strip can obtain a good vehicle identification.Degree, the lower close to the bumper area is added to the inner concave shape for highlighting the three-dimensional sensation, the bottom large-scale silver trim panel is rich in visual level, and the sides have bilateral co-exclet exhaust.

Interior: Different style, Ren Jun selection

Inside the explorer, give people feel full A American luxury atmosphere, the center console covers a large-area soft material, and the texture is guaranteed. The door panel area and the central gateway area will have different panels decoration depending on the model, and St-Line is the piano paint, while the platinum version is wood grain decoration.

The three-type steering wheel is very good, and the surface punched leather effectively increases the friction, and the groove treatment is added in the three-nized point position. The cassette fit with the steering wheel is very high, with a multi-function button on both sides, controls the vehicle adaptive cruise and multimedia system, respectively. If it is hard to pick a little inadequate, the sideways are somewhat small for me, and some of its huge body models are not in, and if the shift dial can be changed to a metal material, it is better.

12.3-inch dashboard interface is clear, color is also relatively abundant, the driver can adjust the driving data according to their own driving habits, six modes correspond to six The subject is not a simple color switch, each has a corresponding style, which is worthy of praise.

Today, domestic consumers have been used to a big screen. If there is no large-sized LCD screen in the car, it is necessary to discount in the impression points. . To this end, Changan Ford customized a 12.8-inch vertical large screen for the explorer, built-in SYNC + IT INF information entertainment system, the menu logic is clear, the application page is arranged in a card style, and the point is not easy to incur.

The function is integrated including iQiyi. Mei Tuan, entertainment services, etc., find food, the attractions do not have to take out the phone, complete them directly on this screen, of course, you canTo achieve the above functions by voice assistants, support continuous dialogue, semantic understanding, use quite comfortable, after habits, do not even need to operate themselves.

The public interior believes that it is not used to know the result, thanks to the newly launched model, the country’s latest central control design The overall layout is relatively close to golf 8. Two LCDs look like a integrated design, but actually two separate screens, it is necessary to vomiting, the black sidelines around the LCD dashboard are too large, lack of immersion, this design is put on golf 8 There is an origin, after all, the cost is limited, but the migrant is as a flagship SUV, the screen occupies are not good, and it doesn’t say it. The gear is not a way to connect the operator and the central armrest, but the separation, although this can reduce the distance between the positive driver, but this will be more like an MPV.

Space: Two cars is difficult to divide and lose

Explorer as a medium-sized SUV for home use The size is 5075 * 2004 * 1778mm, the wheelbase reaches 3025mm, and there are very humanized to provide 6 and 7 seat layouts. We today test drive 2 + 2 + 2 layout, while benefiting from CD6 The advantage of the platform, the space in the car is relatively abundant. If it is not a relatively high gap, it even gives me a communication of a business MPV.

Aspect, the most obvious feeling of front seats is that the support is in place, and you can wrap you tightly, but This biasing setting will inevitably sacrifice some comfort, so softness is poor. Of course, this may also be because the exhibition car is the relationship between the ST-Line sports version. Features are very complete, ventilated, heated, massage is all available, and the main paid treatment is exactly the same.

The extent of two separate seat fills will be higher than the front row, and the comfort is also improved. It is adjacent to the direction of the aisle to set an independent armrest. There is no problem with long-distance travel. ConfigurationThe central armrest position has a two charging interface and a power interface, and the external power appliance can be used. Not only that, in addition to independent partition air conditioning, a seat heating is also provided.

The space of the rear seat is relatively abundant, but since it is not an MPV model, the floor is relatively high, so there is a feeling of sitting on a bench. .

The trunk storage space, although the trunk seat is opened simultaneously, although the luggage is not accommodated, multiple backpacks can be placed. When the daily third row usage is not high, it can be electrically set by the button on the right side, thereby forming a fairly standard storage space, opening the cover plate, can see the storage slot, can Harvest some of the more valuable large items.

Volkswagen also offers 6 and 7 layouts, ride experience and Tu Hon are close, front seat contrast explorers Will be soft, backrests and body fitness, and the whole will be suitable for Function supports electric adjustment and seating memory. As for the second, three row seats, performance is very close to the explore, it is difficult to divide the winning and negative.

Dynamic experience

facing multi-person travel and such a huge body, conventional 2.0T engine obviously does not meet daily driving The power demand, so the new explorer is equipped with the ECO Boost series 2.3T turbocharged engine. The model is the same as the Ford Musical, only the parameter is slightly down, the maximum horsepower 276, the peak torque 425 nm, the transmission system matches 10AT transmission .

To tell the truth, the explorer should be the largest passenger car I have so far, not only more than 5 meters long, but even The width also reached 2 meters, so it is difficult to get a little fear in the first time. Ford’s model motivation has never been disappointed, and it is also true of this explorer.

2.3T engine performance is also good, still starting the process does not have too much drag, just apply a little power to the throttle, the whole car will be very obedient, traffic jam or wait for the traffic light, not due to start The movement of the movement is slow and the vehicle is separated. The acceleration capacity of the middle and late sections is not strong, but it can feel the movement of the front of the front, and the power output is sufficiently smooth, and there is more than the daily overtaking.

Switch to the motion mode, the speed will remain at around 3000 rpm, the throttle and engine will be in a relatively sensitive state, which can trigger a downlink action slightly, but this is more a response time, Acceleration is similar to the standard mode.

Longitudinal 10AT gearbox belongs to the standard of the CD6 platform, and the maximum change in the number of gear numbers is increased compared to the previous 6AT. It is a significant improvement in the smoothness. When the traffic conditions are smooth, it is almost noticed that the shift movement is, which is enough to be worry-free.

Of course, although this set is currently Ford matches the most perfect power assembly, but compared with BBA, it is still shorter, Under the traffic conditions, the gearbox will occasionally show a slight dock, and whether it is in standard mode or airspeed in motion mode, there will be a power delay that is close to 1 second.

In the three major parts of the core, the detection of the explorer is most impressive, this big probability is because it is longitudinally The layout of the drive, and the body weight is related to 50:50 before and after. The most obvious feeling is that it is quite straightforward. There is not much car. The steering wheel points to preciseness. It belongs to what type of which is to play. For a large SUV, it is rare.

Let you feel that the exercise is not only turning, and the suspension is also a young and tuned, which is not thinking. After using the former double ball spring shock absorbing pillar, the multi-link independently suspended combination, the damping setting is large, this kind of benefit is to reduce the change of the shift andShake, bring more manipulation confidence to the driver, but also make passengers in the car so easy. However, this tachochemical suspension adjustment has a very obvious impact to the car when facing the bump road, so when you open an explorer, when you see the well cover or slow down these objects, for the ride of the family, it is recommended to Low speed.

The first procurement of the public in Shanghai Auto Show is equipped with 2.5T V6 turbocharged engine engine, maximum horsepower 299, peak torque 500nm . However, because of the MQB horizontal platform, the performance performance should catch the explorer, but the manipulation is not good.

And and the official guidance price has come to 41.99-45.99 million yuan, the official guide price has come to 41.99-4599 million yuan, which is more expensive than the explorer, so the big probability of the future model is 2.0T engine, high The power version is almost 220 hits and 350 nm. Even if the mass double clutch transmission is high, after all, the car is heavy, it is inevitable that there will be a small mala truck.

Summary

After a few days of experience, the Ford explorer did impress me, the ST-Line suite gave consumption More choices, the new interior layout is more in line with the modern trend, the joining the big screen and the Sync + system also shows that Ford is in the domestic market, the large-scale leather and the materials, one change in a generation of partial tool cars. Attributes. The 20:50 vehicle re-matching comparison is used to use the 2.3T + 10AT combination of the longitudinally driven layout. Everything is just right, and it is very good. As for the public, now I have just released, there is still a period of time, and the MQB platform is a small small car, which is not so friendly for medium large SUVs. Therefore, if you want a large SUV in the near future, the Ford explorer is a good choice. After all, there are many netizens who say that people who know the car will choose it. Do you think?

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