Friends living in the south are very envious of the snowflakes flying in the winter sky, it is so white and flawless, and it is so romantic. But the style of painting turns, friends living in the north are love and hate the snow, although the picture of the snow flying in the sky is very beautiful, but it brings great danger to the safety of driving, and if you are not careful, it will become a traffic accident. So whether you live in the south or the north, in the face of heavy snow in winter, a 4WD car is very necessary, if it is a full "full system standard" full-time 4WD model it is even better.
Nowadays, there are not many models on sale in China that can have full-time four-wheel drive, and there are not many SUV models that are standard for the whole series, if you add the qualifier of "horizontal opposing engine", then there is only one brand of Subaru. The forester is subaru's sales responsibility, so I will follow the 2022 new forester to Yichun City, Heilongjiang, which has the reputation of "Lindu", complete the jungle road crossing and ice surface field test drive in the ice and snow world, and feel how Subaru interprets the "people-oriented" car-making concept.
In the eyes of many friends who like cars, the impreza is Subaru, because it is hot enough, has won countless championships on the field, and the street car also has strong modification potential and excellent handling. But for the average consumer, forest talent is a car that represents Subaru, and they need a comfortable, worry-free and easy car to drive.
Of course, in the cold northern cities, snow tires are a product that every car must change, but a set of snow nail tires in the crossing or ice interview driving is also particularly important. The models in this test drive are all equipped with snow nail tires of the Nokian Tyres brand in Finland. As a brand with more than 120 history, it was founded to develop winter tire performance. Therefore, the special design of the tire tire pattern can effectively improve the grip of the ice and snow road surface, and there is a special patented technology at the root of the tire nail, that is, on the normal asphalt road, the tire nail root spring is compressed to the inside to reduce the wear of the tire nail on the road surface; and the tire nail on the ice and snow road highlights the tire pattern and provides more grip for the vehicle.
The Nokian Tyres brand snow nail tires in Finland
#实用且舒适
At the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, Subaru released a new mid-term redesign of the 2022 Forester model, with a price range of 22.38-26.58 million yuan, which has improved the appearance and detailed configuration. The main changes in appearance are concentrated in the "de-chromed" transformation of the middle net, and the chrome plating treatment at the middle net and the fog lamp has been canceled, and the blackened middle net looks more spiritual and younger. The interior part remains basically unchanged, there is no big screen, no cancellation of physical buttons, is still a typical Japanese pragmatism, so some consumers want a sense of luxury, forest people are still lacking.
Speaking of practicality, the Forester is equipped with front seat heating function as standard, and there is also a rear seat heating function in the sports and flagship models, which greatly improves the comfort of driving. The configuration of seat heating is definitely a plus for car owners living in the north, but it is more realistic than any big screen. Maybe friends in the south will be a little puzzled, but imagine that when you get on the car in the winter morning, when you sit in a cold seat and hold the cold steering wheel, who uses your body temperature to reverse heat the seat and steering wheel.
#道路驾驶更省心
Speaking of peace of mind, it is to talk about the new fourth-generation EyeSight driver assistance system equipped by the Subaru Forester. In the actual city driving process, only after the steering wheel is turned on, the system detects the road conditions in front of the front through the front binocular camera of the windshield, which not only provides functions such as lane departure warning, pre-collision, full-speed domain adaptive cruise, etc., but also adds an emergency automatic steering assist function on this basic function, lane centering, front car and car steering function, so that driving is more worry-free.
In the journey to the jungle road crossing, the fourth generation EyeSight sight driving assistance system can not only open the full speed domain adaptive cruise, keep a distance from the car in front of you and at the same time follow the car in front of you to accelerate and decelerate or even brake, this function can greatly alleviate the fatigue in long-distance travel; at the same time, it will also detect the face to determine whether fatigue occurs, and issue a prompt tone and interface to remind the driver to pay attention to driving safety. In addition, in order to reduce the potential danger of the operation interface when driving, the new forester also added a gesture control function, through the use of "open palm" and "fist" posture above the central control small screen to increase and decrease the air conditioning temperature, so that driving safety is greatly improved, driving more worry-free.
If the forest people open up to make you worry, then this small detail is very careful. It is the forest man's sun visor and extension design, which can be said to be very friendly for some girls, and it is very good to cover the direct sun that is too harsh.
#双管齐下更好开
Finally, let's talk about the keyword "easy to open". All subaru Forester models are equipped with a mid-level opposed engine + Symmetrical AWD left-right symmetrical full-time four-wheel drive system, which is a golden pair. First of all, take our common in-line four-cylinder engine as an example, the piston linkage is vertical up and down movement, which will bring obvious up and down vibration when rotating at high speed; and the horizontal opposed engine cylinder is horizontally 90 degrees designed, so the piston is lying horizontally inside the cylinder block, the cylinders on both sides of the crankshaft push each other to do work, the speed increase is also faster, and the vibration caused by the piston movement can be counteracted by each other; so the horizontal opposed engine not only has a lower center of gravity, less vibration, but also a faster speed increase while the response to low and medium speed is better.
So in the test drive process, whether it is on the city road, jungle crossing or ice track, the low center of gravity of the forester horizontal opposing engine gives the driver very good feedback, in the day's test drive, after experiencing the jungle crossing when the undulating deep pit, the ice track when the high-speed curve, the angle of the side slope and a series of complex road conditions, and some models in the encounter with bumps will have a very obvious sense of ups and downs, can give you a "very stable" feeling.
And the Symmetral AWD left-right symmetric full-time four-wheel drive system sounds back to many people a little confused, full-time four-wheel drive how to "left and right symmetry" word prefix? How is it different from other 4WD systems? In fact, subaru's full-time four-wheel drive system is located in the center of the vehicle, and the powertrain, that is, the half shaft, is also symmetrically distributed on the chassis.
In this way, coupled with the horizontally opposed engine mentioned above, the low center of gravity and balanced body counterweight are exchanged for better balance than other models, as well as driving stability and flexible handling. In addition, this set of left-right symmetrical full-time four-wheel drive system in the daily car is 60:40 front and rear torque distribution power, and in some special environments, the system will automatically adjust the front and rear axles 50:50 torque power output.
With the above pair of golden partners, Subaru also offers X-MODE mode so that you can drive the Foresters more easily and calmly. Choose "SONW/DIRT" mode when you are driving on snowy, frozen roads or gravel roads, which are easy to slip, and "DEEP SNOW/MUD mode" in conditions where the wheels are prone to sinking, such as deep snow or muddy roads. Its main purpose is to intervene through the electronic slip limiting system, apply braking force to the slippery wheels, and reduce the loss of power to help get out of trouble. For riders with no off-road experience, make your off-road road safer.
During the ice and snow track test drive, I also conducted a comparative test on the forester who turned on/off esp, and when the ESP was turned on, after the push head situation appeared in the corner, the vehicle would quickly correct the posture of the body and pull me back to the correct line under the action of full-time four-wheel drive and ESP. When turning off the ESP, when the push head appears, you only need to hit the direction and quickly press the throttle, and control the steering wheel to get back on the right line, and the forester who is on the edge of the runaway will also bring you good fun.
However, despite the help of a horizontally opposed engine and a Symmetralal AWD left-right symmetrical full-time four-wheel drive system, the 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine on the Foresters has only 154 hp and 196 Nm of torque output. This power has no problem facing the demand for daily use of cars, and overtaking in parallel is also enough. However, when cornering at high speeds on the ice and snow track, the lack of power will make the body dynamics a little difficult, and it will not be able to make a particularly beautiful sliding movement; but this engine will be much better on the Subaru XV car, and the short body and wheelbase can bring more flexibility and playability to the Subaru XV. It is also hoped that Subaru can introduce a larger power unit into the country, so that riders can get more driving pleasure.
The lack of power also led to the failure to make beautiful slippery movements on snow and ice roads
Editor's Summary: After a day of test drives, after experiencing the combined road conditions of urban roads, jungle crossings, and ice and snow tracks, the Subaru Foresters really impressed me. And the horizontal opposed engine + full-time four-wheel drive system can be very intuitive to experience the difference with ordinary models, the driving stability brought by the low center of gravity will give you an illusion, the car is not lying on the ground to drive the illusion. And this experience will only be real after you actually drive this car, so if you want to experience a different driving pleasure, don't miss the Subaru Foresters, and feel the feeling of driving on the ground.
However, although Subaru products are good, like many Japanese brands, they are always attached to their own technology and want to win more market recognition through their own technology. Although the horizontal opposing engine + full-time four-wheel drive system can bring a good driving experience, but in today's automotive industry competition, the idea of not being afraid of the deep alley seems to be a little too conservative, after all, good things need more users to know to spread the trip, but it is difficult to make the product bigger in the cognition of the small circle.