Although it is now spring, the northern region is still in the winter category, especially at this time, the temperature of about -20 ° C in the northeast is even more daunting, such as Mudanjiang City in the southeast of Heilongjiang Province. Mudanjiang, also known as "Snow City", is still full of ice and snow in February, the minimum temperature is around minus 20 ° C, and the exhaled hot air condenses into layers of frost flowers between the eyebrows. At this time, the Dongfeng Nissan SUV family instead "braved the difficulties" and launched an ice and snow test drive activity in Mudanjiang. The test drive brought together four SUV models, including Tule, the new Qijun, Tuda and Loulan.
The ice and snow test drive arranged by Dongfeng Nissan is divided into two parts: ice interview driving and cross-country crossing. Since it is an ice and snow test drive, there must be special requirements for the choice of vehicles, a two-wheel drive model obviously does not have the ability to test drive ice and snow, and this is the first time that Dongfeng Nissan has launched an ice and snow experience camp with a four-wheel drive SUV as the main body. At the same time, the Dongfeng Nissan SUVs participating in the test drive have been replaced with winter anti-skid tires in advance to ensure that the vehicles have sufficient adhesion under different ice and snow road conditions. In addition, Dongfeng Nissan SUV models are equipped with NISSAN i-SAFETY intelligent active safety system, which protects travel safety with scientific and technological power.
Departing from the World Trade Resort in the morning, after more than 1 hour of driving, Tule, Tuda and the new Qijun took us to Jingpo Lake for off-road crossing experience. Off-road test drive route is through the forest sea snowfield, dozens of kilometers of crossing the route due to snow and become extremely difficult to walk, most of them are non-paved ice and snow road conditions, some sections of the road due to snow melting and then ice again to make the road more slippery, such as encountering downhill sections is more difficult, greatly testing the reliability of the vehicle, safety, and power system, four-wheel drive system and other adaptability in extreme cold temperatures. Fortunately, Tule and Tuda, which have pure off-road genes, rely on hard-core configurations such as non-carrier bodies and strong four-wheel drive, can calmly cope with this snowy road.
As Nissan's first off-road SUV, Tule has become the foundation model of Nissan's off-road SUV with excellent off-road performance and strong strength, and after years of change, it is extremely popular in the professional off-road field, and it is very easy to cope with various complex road conditions through snow.
As a cross-country SUV in the whole territory, Tuda has created a hard core strength to cope with complex road conditions with a non-load-bearing body, 4882/1850/1835 mm body size, 2850mm ultra-long wheelbase and 225mm minimum ground clearance. In low-speed all-wheel drive mode, the torque can be increased by up to 2.7 times, and the driving force and passability are very strong on snow slopes and rocky road conditions.
The most worth mentioning is that as an urban SUV, the new X-Trail can team up with Tule and Tuda to cope with the harsh natural environment and complete the challenge of off-road sections, mainly due to the comprehensive improvement of the four-wheel drive system, powertrain, intelligent technology and other aspects after the vertical replacement, so it can switch between urban road conditions and off-road road conditions.
As the SUV model with the strongest comprehensive quality of Dongfeng Nissan, X-Trail has attracted much attention from users since it entered the domestic market in 2006. From the first ascent to the South Pole in 2008, the conquest of Mount Everest in 2011, the landing on the Arctic in 2012 and then to the crossing of 47° north latitude in 2020, X-Jun's own performance and reliability have been tested by nature and time. The new X-Trail we are driving this time is a four-wheel drive version, equipped with a 1.5T variable compression ratio VC-Turbo engine, from the data point of view, even more than the previous generation of 2.5L power.
In terms of appearance, it is younger than the old model, which is in line with the aesthetics of young people at present, and also retains the stable and important shape design of the Nissan SUV family. In the interior, the sense of technology and the sense of luxury are also very obvious. The safety aspect is also very prominent, equipped with the upgraded NISSN i-SAFETY intelligent active safety system, with IFCW over-the-horizon collision warning, EAPM throttle mis-step correction, AVM panoramic intelligent monitoring and other 12 safety auxiliary configurations, bringing more comprehensive safety protection. At the same time, it is also equipped with an enhanced version of ProPILOT super intelligent driving, with full-speed intelligent cruising, intelligent car following, lane keeping, and also has the characteristics of smooth braking, identification of stationary vehicles, automatic braking and other characteristics to ensure the safety and convenience of driving.
Judging from the off-road performance, the Dongfeng Nissan SUV is very good in terms of reliability, safety and road adaptability, which also makes us full of confidence in the next ice subject. The ice interview was arranged on the lake surface of Xuanwu Lake in Mudanjiang, and the participating models included the new Qijun and Loulan. Dongfeng Nissan has arranged professional subjects such as figure-eight drift, integrated curves, and acceleration/braking competition on the wide lake. At the same time, in order to increase the fun of ice and snow test driving, Dongfeng Nissan has set up competition subjects such as the Figure Eight Drift Timing Race, the Lap Race of Comprehensive Curves, and the Acceleration/Braking Skills Challenge for different projects.
The adhesion of the ice surface is obviously much lower than that of the tarmac, so it is easy to make drifting. How to master the drifting work and cross the corner at the fastest speed, in addition to having superior driving skills, also has a lot to do with the performance of the vehicle itself. The new X-Trail is equipped with the second generation of 4×4-i intelligent all-mode four-wheel drive, with 5 modes such as snow, off-road, sports, etc., one-click switching, which can show the best vehicle performance under different road conditions.
At the same time, the new X-Trail also has intelligent dynamic central differential, B-LSD electronic brake differential lock and other blessings, to cope with ice or snow driving, full of confidence. In addition, the powertrain of the VC-Turbo300 ultra-variable engine and the new generation of CVT intelligent stepless transmission, the power output is surging linear, coupled with skillful driving technology, the new X-Jun is able to navigate the ice and snow road with ease and stable control.
Lou Lan, which is the main attraction of wide enjoyment, relies on the smooth output of XTRONIC CVT intelligent stepless transmission and 2.5L naturally aspirated engine, so that the entire power can be retracted freely, coupled with a new generation of pulsed high-performance suspension system, improving the handling performance, and it is also amazing in the acceleration/braking skills challenge, starting quickly and braking steadily. This ice and snow test drive activity can not only show the performance and advantages of Dongfeng Nissan's SUV products, but also let us experience the outstanding charm of Dongfeng Nissan SUV.
Uncle Che summed up
After a day of ice and snow test drive, not only improved our driving experience, but also enjoyed the ultimate ice and snow driving fun, such as driving Tule, the new X-Trail, Tuda, Lou Lan on the ice drift brought by the stimulation is obviously on the asphalt road driving can not give the pleasure; through the forest sea when the thorns and thorns are also different from the ordinary cross-country section of the danger. At the same time, it also once again allows us to witness the ultimate performance of SUV models such as Tule, the new X-Trail, Tuda and Loulan in terms of reliability, safety, powertrain and four-wheel drive system adaptability. For Dongfeng Nissan in 2021, the overall sales performance is remarkable, of which the cumulative sales of SUVs in the whole year reached 312056, and I believe that their sales performance in 2022 will bring us more surprises.