Some time ago, Brother Meow went to Changbai Mountain to participate in the Ice and Snow Test Drive of Volvo S60, we all know that Volvo is a luxury brand from Northern Europe, for volvo safety and environmental protection, everyone is already very familiar with it, how about the performance on ice and snow? Before I thought it might be average, but then I thought about it, there should still be two brushes. Because Volvo is originally Nordic, Nordic may have to deal with this ice and snow pavement for four or five months a year.
So dealing with this kind of road surface is a bit similar to doing its own job, and looking at its actual test drive performance in a moment. The biggest impact of ice and snow roads in the face of driving is mainly the problem of anti-skid. Due to the relatively low attachment of the ice and snow road surface, if the performance of the car itself is not good, the tire performance is not good, which can easily lead to the side slip of the car, and then let the car lose control. This test mainly arranged linear acceleration and braking, pile winding, S-way and drift these subjects, in addition to the drift of this subject, the other use of B5 models.
This section is the S-segment and linear acceleration brake test, the first test first turns on the vehicle's ESC, which is the dynamic stabilization system of the body. In the process of winding the pile, it is obvious that the ESC intervenes in a more timely manner, and the vehicle attitude control is relatively stable, especially in the second half of the linear acceleration and braking, the feeling of vehicle slippage is actually relatively weak. The ESC was turned off during the second test, and at this time, when turning, it felt like the push head of the car was more serious, the vehicle was out of control and felt bigger, and then when it accelerated in a straight line, the experience was not so intense.
However, when braking in a straight line, because after turning off the ESC, it is obvious that after the brakes are stepped on, I am not so confident to turn on the ESC. In general, whether it is closed or open, to deal with ice and snow pavement, volvo S60 gives me more confidence. Next came to the S section, on the ice and snow road to take the S section, if the speed control is not good, the basic performance of the vehicle itself is not good, in fact, it is particularly prone to push head, or side slip.
In the first round of testing, even if I am not experienced in driving on the ice and snow road, in the case of relatively fast speed, sharp turning can also control the vehicle side slippage and push head very well, and also in the second round of testing, it was found that its push head situation is more serious than when the ESC was turned on, although there is a push head, as long as there is a certain driving experience, can do some advance prediction, basically within the controllable range.
The last link is one of the links I am most looking forward to, that is, ice and snow drift, because the B5 two-wheel drive model to play drift is basically unrealistic, so it is directly replaced by the T8 hybrid four-wheel drive model, this hybrid four-wheel drive model, in fact, the design is quite novel, the front wheel uses the engine drive, and the traditional four-wheel drive model is not the same, in the middle of the front wheel and the rear wheel, there is no design of a transmission shaft, minus the mechanical transmission, and the use of electronic control transmission, so its transmission efficiency is higher than the traditional four-wheel drive model.
Volvo has a layout in this area, it arranges its battery in the middle of the chassis, the concave part, the safety is greatly enhanced. The same four-wheel drive model, in the drift process, also used to open ESC and close ESC two test methods, the first time is the open state, because the ESC has a normal mode and sports mode, so it allows the car to have more movement possibilities, so the same, in the case of opening ESC, it is possible to complete a certain drift movement, but the range of action can not be too large, too large then ESC will intervene.
This is a more useful configuration for both those who like sports and prevent the vehicle from getting out of control. In the second test, the ESC was completely turned off, and at this time, I felt that the car could play drifting, but the whole car gave you a relatively strong sense of security, that is, the seat belt was too tight, and I felt that I was going to be strangled by the seat belt.
Because the requirements for people and cars on the ice and snow road driving are relatively high, this time we have all been equipped with snow tires before driving, in addition to the solid chassis of the S60, plus the mainland's electronic control brakes, as well as a more intelligent body dynamic control system, plus a relatively fast response to sufficient power, the entire car on the ice and snow road, and when playing drift, people's confidence is relatively sufficient.
Although stepping on the floor oil on the ice surface, skidding is not particularly obvious, drivers like me who have no experience in driving on ice and snow roads, if you control this car, it feels like you are still confident, if you still have some racing experience, you may be able to drive a sense of unity between people and cars. Through a day of test drive and experience, I felt that the new Volvo S60, dealing with the ice and snow road is simply back to its own track, and indeed the confidence is particularly sufficient.
Especially in the case of side slippage, including the push head, the car itself is actually very good at coping, so for the driving conditions are relatively poor, if the car's auxiliary system, car performance, and car control ability are better, then its driving safety factor is relatively higher. Well, the above is some of the experiences and experiences of Brother Meow this time in the northeast Changbai Mountain, experiencing Volvo's new S60.