The 17-day Beijing Winter Olympics has recently come to a perfect end. Although the ice and snow sports competition has faded, everyone's enthusiasm for ice and snow sports has not diminished. It can even be said that the Winter Olympics have ignited the pursuit and yearning for ice and snow in many people's hearts.
Mudanjiang, as a well-known snow town in China, has a mysterious and spectacular Jingpo Lake ice crystal and a thousand meteorological forest and sea snow fields. Even in February, the lowest temperature is still as low as minus 20 °C, and the scenery of Wanli Frozen is magnificent. On this ice, Dongfeng Nissan and its SUV family began its "ballet on ice" performance. And the auto network review has the honor of being invited to this ice and snow test drive, then, the new QiJun, Loulan, Tule, Tuda these cars will behave in the snow what kind of performance? Let's take it slow.
Ride all the way, the mood is comfortable and relaxed
As a southerner, coming to the "Glacier World", I was already excited, and I formed a team from the hotel early in the morning and drove the new Qi Jun to Xuanwu Lake, accompanied by beautiful scenery all the way, and the mood was even more pleasant. The route covers a total of about 100 km and passes through urban roads, highways and country roads. Because the temperature is around minus 20 ° C, there will be some snow or ice on some roads, making the adhesion of the road surface smaller, which is a test of a car's safety, stability and four-wheel drive system, and the performance of the new X-Trail is very stable.
In fact, the new X-Trail's intelligent four-wheel drive system has evolved to the second generation - the second generation of 4x4-i intelligent all-mode four-wheel drive, and its highlights are undoubtedly the intelligent all-mode four-wheel drive, intelligent dynamic central differential, B-LSD electronic differential lock and YMC dynamic torque control system. Simply put, with this four-wheel drive system, it is easy to deal with ice and snow road conditions, so it is indeed easier to drive all the way.
Moreover, the new X-Trail brings more comprehensive security with the upgraded NISSAN i-SAFETY intelligent active security system. After all, it not only has an over-the-horizon collision warning, but also has 12 safety auxiliary configurations such as throttle mispression correction.
But what impressed Xiaobian even more was the L2-level driver assistance system equipped by X-Trail, which can achieve intelligent cruising in the full speed domain. When this feature is used on high speeds, it can either automatically follow the car or keep the vehicle in the center. On the one hand, it reduces driving fatigue, on the other hand, it can also improve driving safety, and the practicality is very good.
Another small detail is that the logic of the Qijun adaptive cruise system is more delicate. For example, when the lane keeping function is turned on, assuming that there is a large truck passing in the next lane, and we sometimes fine-tune the steering wheel away from the big truck due to pressure or fear, then the lane keeping function of X-Trail will not be canceled. Xiaobian has test-driven many models, and some models fine-tune the steering wheel in this case, which will automatically cancel the lane keeping function. From this detail, X-Trail's reliability in driving assistance is still good.
Three "subject exams", stimulating and confident
After more than an hour of travel, we finally arrived at the beautiful Xuanwu Lake. Here, we will face three "subjects" of examination, namely comprehensive cornering, acceleration/braking competition, and figure eight drift, of which the comprehensive curve includes S-shaped corners, U-shaped curves, right angle curves and so on. In fact, these three "subjects" all have higher requirements for the power, transmission, suspension, etc. of the vehicle, after all, the adhesion of the ice and snow road is different from the ordinary road surface.
In the comprehensive curve, it is Qijun who plays. The X-Trail has already changed into studded tires and selected snow mode from 5 driving modes. When entering the corner, follow the trajectory from the outside of the bend - the center of the bend - the outside of the bend, at this time, if the speed is accelerated, to the center of the bend, it is easy to appear "tail".
When you feel that the body is a little slippery, hit the direction back and give oil to help us get out of the corner smoothly. After the whole action, you can feel the QiJun or maintain a good body posture, whether it is controllability or the performance of the side tilt can be satisfactory. When there is a situation of wheel slippage, the intervention of the second-generation 4x4-i intelligent all-mode four-wheel drive system of X-Trail is also timely, which will quickly split the torque of the front and rear axles to ensure that the vehicle is stable in front of the line, and at this time we only need to correct the direction and throttle.
In the acceleration/braking competition area, the main player is Lou Lan, who is wide and comfortable. In this project, one part is acceleration, the faster the acceleration, the higher the performance; the other part is braking, when our minimum speed needs to exceed 60km/h, and then according to our own judgment, press the brake pedal, let the vehicle slide in the performance range, and the final stop position is the score.
In the acceleration process, in addition to understanding the skills, there are also certain requirements for the dynamics and four-wheel drive of the vehicle. At the beginning, you can feel that the floor will be a little slippery on the ice, but the response is very quick. After continuing to press the accelerator, the vehicle will continue to speed up and drive with confidence.
There are a few points to note that accelerating on the ice and snow, can not step on the throttle, this will only waste power, the correct approach is to gradually step on the throttle, feel the grip and then continue to repeatedly step on the accelerator, while driving as much as possible to the road where there is more snow, that is, to the place with better adhesion. During the braking process, do not brake suddenly, it is safest and most appropriate to judge in advance and use the point brake method.
The most exciting project is the figure-eight drift, and the model on the battlefield is still Qijun. Because the diameter of both circles is larger, both more than 100 meters, it is easy to achieve drift. Of course, this is because the body stabilization system is turned off, but even so, the timely intervention of the four-wheel drive system can still ensure that the vehicle completes the challenge.
Although it is equipped with a 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine, the maximum power can reach 204Ps, the maximum torque can reach 300 N·m, and the pressure is not large during the entire acceleration process. At the same time, when we quickly exit the corner, even if the vehicle will "drift" out, the entire attitude is still relatively stable, and there is no worry about rollover and so on.
Calmly turn over snowy mountains and cross the forest sea
After a morning of field project challenges, we marched through the jungle in the afternoon with tule, tuda and X-Trail, and experienced the ability of these three models to cross-country in the snow.
To be honest, when Xiaobian saw the Tule car, it was still more surprised, after all, Tule as Nissan's first off-road SUV, and this car is basically purchased in parallel imports, and the popularity in the professional off-road field is not small. Therefore, driving this car over the mountains is indeed an exciting thing, not to mention that it is now through the snowy mountains, which is even more surprising.
In terms of body size and off-road capabilities, Tule is indeed superior to the other two cars. Even if the mountain road is narrow, and the potholes are large, the uneven road surface, coupled with the thick snow, makes it difficult to judge the road conditions, but driving Tule really has a sense of security, not worried about scraping the chassis, not worried about slipping, with calm to describe the most appropriate.
Like Tule, Tuda has a non-bearing body, wheelbase of 2850mm, the minimum ground clearance also reached 225mm, coupled with the use of the same level of leading all-terrain electronic time-sharing four-wheel drive system, and has a mechanical tooth embedded rear differential lock, B-LSD electronic brake differential lock and other blessings; in the low-speed four-wheel drive mode, the torque will be magnified to 2.7 times, even in the face of snow slopes, rock road conditions can also be calmly coped with, the performance in ordinary off-road venues naturally needless to say.
But what surprises Xiaobian even more is Qijun, after all, Tule and Tuda have pure off-road genes, and Qijun, as an urban SUV, can successfully complete the challenge in this jungle crossing, which can be said to refresh Xiaobian's impression of it. What is particularly impressive is that when changing cars to drive The X-Trail, the sense of security in my heart will be reduced, after all, the snow in the middle of the road is still quite high, and there are many deep ditches on both sides of the jungle, and if you are not careful, you are afraid of scraping the chassis or falling into the snow pit.
When I drove it, that worry was dispelled. Because the intervention of the Qijun four-wheel drive system is particularly clever and quite effective. I remember passing through a shell crater and feeling that one of the wheels of the vehicle was already dangling, similar to the state of the cross-shaft, but the four-wheel drive quickly intervened, although it was not as calm as Tule, but the ability of Qijun was also enough to deal with various bad snow road conditions. In addition, the comfort of Qijun is obviously much better than that of Tule and Tuda, giving people a more advanced impression.
Overall, Tule's passability is the best, the sense of security is very sufficient, that is, the body size is larger; Tuda's performance in the off-road field is also very good, and the ability to grasp is a major strength; and although the passability of X-Trail is not as good as the first two, it still completes the challenge, showing a good off-road ability, and more importantly, the comfort of X-Trail is better. It can be said that this jungle crossing of the snowy mountains shows the charm of dongfeng Nissan SUV in the off-road field.
Automotive Network Review: The Balance Between Urban SUVs and Off-Road Vehicles
Admittedly, the lineup of this test drive is heavy enough, and there are many projects, and the key is that driving passionately on snow is also special. For example, the new QiJun and Lou Lan's "ballet" performance on the ice surface of Xuanwu Lake showed good power and stable body posture. In the project through the snowy mountains and jungles, Tule, Tuda and Qijun showed strong four-wheel drive capabilities and excellent off-road capabilities.
It is not difficult to find that Dongfeng Nissan's SUV family lineup is not only to meet the daily home, but also to continuously improve on this basis, creating a more diversified car experience for users. Just like the new X-Trail, after the vertical replacement, the four-wheel drive system, powertrain, intelligent technology and other aspects have been improved, and constantly balance between urban SUVs and off-road SUVs, bringing us more driving pleasure. Of course, this ice and snow test drive has also promoted the development of the ice and snow economy to a certain extent, if there is still a chance xiaobian still wants to experience the charm of ice and snow, what about you?