Author —— Kaga User: Li Solo
As an international car company that entered a comprehensive recession in the first step before the arrival of the national 6 wave, Ford still has to find more reasons from itself. At that time, Mondeo's research and development was broken, Fox's full series of three cylinders, coupled with the SUV product update speed could not keep up with the industry, so that Ford could only rely on the old Fox and RuiJie to survive for a long time. With the transformation of Ford's global strategic thinking, products in the domestic market have also begun to be independently developed, and some cheap and large space SUVs have achieved good results. The release of EVOS also symbolizes Ford's determination to return to the first-line manufacturers, the well-designed shape is attractive enough, and the screen running through the left and right of the car is also clearly to meet the appetite of domestic consumers. However, these are all superficial efforts, and the following will take you to see how the mechanical quality of EVOS of Ford's new platform is.
1. Seats and space
The front seat model looks very sporty, and the actual wrapping feeling is also very good, but the shape of the headrest is more unconventional, and if it is not adjusted, it may jam the neck.
The rear seat backrest can be adjusted to a very gentle angle, the seat model is also very suitable for the human body, and the fur material in the center can give the human body a very strong friction. In contrast, the fly in the ointment is that the length of the cushion is slightly shorter, but the support of this seat to the human body is still very good, which can be praised.
The space is very large, and there is still a lot of legroom in the rear under the premise that the front seating position is very stretched, which basically reaches the level of mainstream luxury brand extended C-class sedans.
The load area of the trunk is also quite impressive, and with the hatchback shape, you can hold a lot of large luggage even without folding the second row of seats.
The trunk opening is very high, and the height difference between the opening and the trunk floor is also relatively large, and it is not easy to load and pick up large luggage. However, the space for the Ford EVOS is already very large in the B-class car, even if it is full of four adults who travel long distances.
2. Configuration and ergonomics
The interior of the EVOS is very "tram-like", and the super widescreen that runs from the center control to the co-driver is quite intimidating. However, the actual use is not very convenient, on the one hand, the central control screen that is often used through the screen is too far away to touch the problem, on the other hand, the menu is arranged horizontally, and the option with the closest right of the operation is either handed over to the co-driver, or the menu is dragged to the driver's side little by little.
The driver's seat is very good, and it can already be compared with some luxury brands with longitudinal rear-drive cars.
Such a large space and such a good driving sitting position make it difficult for passengers to get on and off the bus. The EVOS side door is not an all-inclusive door, and there is a black plastic trim strip under the door that will inevitably accumulate a lot of muddy water on rainy days. Plus the ultra-wide threshold that's wide enough to prevent 99 percent of Asian adults from getting off the bus, the mud on the threshold can't be avoided on rainy days.
Look at the true portrayal of the main driver getting out of the car, none of the four side doors can run, the car under the rain will inevitably be dirty pants legs, how tall it is not good.
The sunshade sun blinds are thinner than Audi's home, and the outside light cannot be effectively isolated on rainy days in autumn and winter.
Write here first of all the STATIC EVOS to make a summary: the seat is very good, the space is particularly large, the driving posture is also excellent; but the central control touch screen and the threshold designed specifically for the card leg are simply confusing, if the convenience of daily use is put first, then EVOS is actually not doing well, as an old giant is really out of standard.
3. Powertrain
The 2.0T 175 kW engine is very powerful, the operation is smooth, and the turbo hysteresis is well controlled.
There are many gearbox slot points, little by little. The first is the problem of the operating mechanism, the knob shift lacks a limit mechanism, and the specific gear hanging can only be observed by the indicator light under the letter. The smoothness of the shift is OK, at the cost of slow shifting speed in low gear. Acceleration and downshifting are also not active, and the transmission action is not crisp. The most fatal point is that this set of powertrain has obvious power viscosity, the larger the throttle opening, the more obvious, especially in the fierce driving is very disturbing rhythm, the loop with the car is also very frightening, the overall performance can only give a bad evaluation.
4. Suspension, steering and braking
In view of the fact that the test drive 4S shop has a history of transporting tire pressure for test driving, the relevant conclusions are for reference only. In terms of comfort, EVOS can reach a qualified level, because the wheelbase and wheelbase are relatively large, and the dynamics in the car are relatively stable. However, the damping of the suspension at the beginning of the compression stroke is relatively large, and it will become smaller in the middle and rear sections. When encountering road joints and concave manhole covers, it will give people a clear "hard and hard" feeling. And the same trigger also leads to incomplete filtration of small vibrations, and fine vibrations will be transmitted to the car. However, the above problems are also in line with the characteristics caused by the high tire pressure, and it is impossible to determine whether it is a suspension or tire pressure without measuring the tire pressure.
The sense of handling is not bad, and the steering response is more sensitive after moving, even if the length of the car is more than 5 meters, there will be no feeling of "driving a big car". However, the steering feel is very poor, which is reflected in the angle and speed. At the angle level, the steering wheel will suddenly appear after leaving a certain angle in the central area, and it is a step change rather than a linear change. At the speed level, keeping a small steering input to gradually accelerate, it will be obvious that the positive moment will suddenly strengthen at a certain speed, especially like the steering wheel force feedback when driving the lane to maintain the collision lane line. There is no clear "off" option for lane keeping in the car, so after verification on the road without road markings, it is still the same feel, which can basically be determined to be a problem of steering wheel feel calibration.
There is also a problem with the braking foot feeling, the braking force is not directly related to the pedal stroke when the brake is lightly pressed, but the braking force is gradually released linearly according to time after stepping into place. And when you gradually stop, you can feel that as the speed becomes slower and slower, the braking force will become stronger even if the pedal depth is not constant. There is no problem with the extremely limited power, that is, the additional influence of the braking force on time and speed makes it difficult to accurately control the brake output.
5. NVH
The large wheels of the 255/45 R20 are equipped with the brand EC6 tires, and there is no problem with dry silence performance, and the level of the whole vehicle is relatively quiet at the same price. However, compared with the suppression of driving noise, EVOS's isolation from the external ambient sound is relatively weak, and the sound of water outside the car is more transmitted when driving at low speed on rainy days.
6. Summary
First of all, the conclusion, evos manufacturer guidance price compared to its product strength is of course more expensive, naked car discount of more than 30,000 worth considering. EVOS naturally has highlights in many aspects, the new design can meet many people's pursuit of "sense of technology", space and seat performance are very good. But the powertrain, brakes and steering wheel feel have more obvious hard wounds, and it is not cheap, Ford wants to rely on the fine tuning of evos to turn over, I am afraid it is a little difficult.