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The British automobile Land Rover Discovery the special ideas does not require. Everyone knows that this is the outstanding cross-country vehicle: frame construction, a constant complete drive with the auxiliary transmission, dlinnokhodnaya energy-consuming suspension with the independent bridges.

After restaylinga and modernization in Discovery appeared the features of business automobile. The dual headlights under the general transparent cap as in more expensive Range Rover, powerful radiator grill, new bumper and improved finishing of salon introduced into the appearance of machine a strict style and neprazdnyy attitude, and into the interior - cosiness and conveniences in the business- class.

Those, who already manage "discovery", opened for themselves one additional valuable quality of this automobile: high "commander" landing and model field of view make Discovery with convenient and safe means of transportation in the dense urban traffic. But when to us they said that Discovery was good also as... the economical and practical family specialist on each day - we did not believe.

Test to the universality began from the selection of suitable discovery.

It is at first glance, it is best anything to the role of all-weather family automobile (and, on the pluralism, secular "lion") approached the model with the powerful gasoline engine and the automatic transmission - by the way, the most extended combination, also, in "parketnikov". But after glancing at the certified characteristics we they sewed to the conclusion: it does not approach. This is some pozhiratel' of gasoline. Even well-to-do family will arrive into the horror from this expenditure: 23 liters to hundred.

Other entirely appetites appeared in diesel "Diskaveri". On the passport, with the urban cycle of ride, 11,3 liters. Rovno so many (, in addition on the passport), for example, burns gasoline in the city to every 100 km Korean malolitrazhka Elantra. The expenditure in Discovery rises with the "automaton", but not dramatically - to 12,7 liters. Two-liter "focus" with the automatic box under the same conditions eats still more - moreover not solyarki, but 95- GO of gasoline. It is obtained, thoroughbred extra-road builder can prove to be nearly more expensive in the operation of the popular car C-klassa!

Thus, to us is necessary diesel with the "automaton". The most accessible Discovery Td5 stands $37 thousand two thousands it is necessary to pay the remainder for the automatic box, which on the diesel machines is placed for the additional payment. If we now approach the selection of assembly with the demands of the buyer "of luxes -parketnika" - so that, as a minimum, there would be separate climate- control and complete electro-packet, good audiosistema and hatchway with the electric drive (on Discovery their azh two), the skin and al'kantara, complete set of the pillows of safety and all accessible electronic "drayverskiye" systems, all forms of preheating (seats, glass, engine and salon), cast disks and even third number of seats with the head rests - that in this case price will not go off scale for $50 thousand.

Only, to Discovery is not provided the system of dynamic course stabilization, which safeguards from the development of dangerous drifts. Then there is a stabilization system of the position of body ACE and the self-aligning suspension SLS - in the back rests instead of the springs are used pneumatic tanks. There is no possibility to regulate the hardness of suspension and the height of the road clearance, then it is possible to order where more useful on the impassable road mechanism - blocking interaxial differential.

Suspension Discovery is harder than in "parketnikov", but only on those roads, where the unevennesses are conditional. It is worthwhile to leave to the actually poor road, where it does not shake, but already specifically it shakes, then here British extra-road builder will go with the imperturbability characteristic of it, but of any "parketnik", which goes following it, it will begin to be beaten in the convulsions from the passing to the body rigid impacts.

About controllability also it cannot be spoken that it is worse. Certainly, there are the special features (reaction not instantaneous - nevertheless more than 2 tons of weight), but is here bank actually any - system Active Cornering Enhancement delaye its matter. Previous Discovery by this stability brag could not. But new, firm, can be thrown into the turnings also boldly, as any X5. only determent factor remain tires. In our extra-road builder stood 18- one inch tires with a width of the profile of 255 mm. on such "rollers" Discovery in the turns it does not lose to "parketnikam". But if we place standard extra-road high(ly)-profile, result will be entirely different.
At the output from the turnings during the addition of gas Discovery even can tickle nerves by light "classical" drift as in zadneprivodnykh machines, but the matter hardly will reach the critical state - is connected antiprobuksovochnaya system. From the handlings does not gladden only large turning radius. Under the urban conditions awkwardness - these are always additional problems.

Moving in the flow of the machines, which are carried more than hundred, you catch itself at thought, that outstrippings - this nothing of the kind that it is possible sometimes to accomplish, but that that it is necessary constantly to check. In the most complex cases to go to the outstripping is necessary generally according to the rules, which the experienced drivers of the voyaging buses adhere to: it estimated, at what moment will appear the "window", it a little let go that in front going, previously began acceleration and only then - at the suitable moment and already with the speed margin - strictly it went to the lead.

To the speed of 60-80 km/h machine, because of the contiguous number of transfers and the enormous moment of turbodizelya, Discovery is accelerated very not bad, and it is further... But it is further, if we speak about the urban conditions of ride, and it is not very must. Then it is felt on the highway, that acceleration does not be sufficient. From other side, the same not driver'.s car...

V salon, in comparison with the the previous Discovery, is both the changes to best and that disappointed. Let us begin from the latter. The panel of instruments cdelana it is beautiful, not it is commonplace, but are read indications not importantly. Signal lights are scattered along the angles and some are not simply visible after the "baranka". Control so they did not make adjustable on the departure - only on the height. Positive moments - finishing became more interestingly, seat, including rear, they became more conveniently. But the third row of seats - generally small masterpiece of engineering. It is not enough that they are added in schitannye seconds, so indeed and kreslitsa themselves are obtained by no means third-class: to each is supplied control audiosistemoy, are air ducts the belts of safety, in each there is something like the table with the glass-holder. Yes even to occupy place on the "gallery" does not compose the labor: there is a passage, there is a step.
Because of the two-level roof Discovery exceeds any extra-road builder in its class on the capacity of the luggage compartment. With the decomposed second number of seats the volume reaches almost two cubes - unattainable index for the family specialist. Baby carriage, which, after accumulating, with difficulty you push into the baggage carrier of khetchbeka, here you place into the total increase, it on top of that and rolls itself hither and thither, if it is not fixed.

Recently one American publication published the photographs of the prototype of the new generation of extra-road builder Land Rover Discovery, which will appear in sale not earlier than 2005, but already are passed road tests. One can be said for sure: characteristic "lendroverskiy" design and two-level roof will distinguish new model. Everything else can strongly change. Unification requires the development of united platform. Some knots novelty will for sure borrow from extra-road builder Ford Explorer, and that, in turn, something from Discovery. There are no doubts, that as a result will come out the machine still better and perhaps even more universal than Discovery present - latter from the present "discoveries".

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