Before departure, Xiaobian was in Guangzhou, the ground temperature zone was more than 20 degrees Celsius, and at this time, a message was sent: there is an activity you go, Heilongjiang Yichun, Subaru's test drive, ice and snow. That moment of mood is really more exciting than confessing success to girls, after all, as a southerner, I have never seen snow at all, not to mention, it is a desirable Subaru brand activity!
After nearly 7 hours of flight, the next day after a good rest, the test drive activity was directly opened, the test drive link was directly divided into two parts, the morning was to drive to the 50 kilometers away from the Baoyu Forest Ecological Town for snow crossing, and in the afternoon, it was the ice interview driving link that Xiaobian was more looking forward to, and the protagonist of this test drive was the forester with the 2.0L displacement we are familiar with, with the highest front and rear power distribution 50:50 symmetrical full-time four-wheel drive system!
In fact, when it comes to forest people, I believe that there is really no need to introduce more about the car, especially in terms of styling, its entire design idea has not changed much, including the interior design idea is still the same as the old way, steady to win, practical first should be the best summary and praise for it, so the new platform, new power plus the new driver assistance function can bring how much change in dynamics, is what everyone is more concerned about.
Although the focus is on crossing and ice driving, but in the tens of kilometers on the highway, or left a good impression on me, there is a saying, Subaru's car xiaobian drove very little, but its entire setting logic is very cleverly designed, whether it is the strength of the throttle brake, or the steering wheel directivity and feedback force, everything is adjusted just right, and even there is no need to deliberately adapt to a new car process.
The 2.0 engine looks small in displacement, but it is enough, even if it is pulled high to make up for the power, at 4000 rpm, the engine will not make a roaring sound. And the benefit of Subaru's horizontal opposing engine can obviously feel the effective downward movement of the entire center of gravity, even if it is in the corner with a little speed, the roll angle of the entire body is also very small, the performance is enough to compare to a sports car, the chassis is also more flexible, the feeling is still very calm. Of course, due to the replacement of the special ice tire in winter, the road noise during cruising will be relatively large, which is also a very novel experience for Xiaobian.
Located in the hinterland of Xiaoxing'anling, Baoyu Forest Ecological Town is our first destination, although it is said that this is a tourist attraction, but at the end of the spring snow, our purpose is only one, that is, to drive forest people into the mountains through the forest sea to watch wild animals, but also to experience the forester in the low adhesion snow sea, how to play a strength, especially the so-called engine, gearbox, AWD four-wheel drive system and brake system will be combined with the role of X-MODE after opening. Here it is also necessary to emphasize that in the case of low adhesion climbing, we must maintain the number of revolutions, and we must not lose the throttle, otherwise we can only slowly fall back to the flat place and then go up.
The performance of the forester in the snow did not disappoint me, the whole process was not alarming, only a few times the direction was not slight enough to scrape the snow wall, and then give a little more oil, the four-wheel drive system can react quickly, for the wheel limit slip is very decisive and powerful, even for the small editor of this snow off-road small white, the feeling is quite friendly.
And after successfully climbing over the peak, into a long downhill cross-country section, more let the editor feel surprised, the forester's steep slope slow down function played to the fullest, basically before I was connected to the brakes, this system has been very intelligent to give just the right braking force, we only need to focus on the direction of the vehicle on the rugged downhill mountain road, and this system gives me the experience is really more practical than a lot of "L2 driving assistance", honestly speaking, it is much smoother than my own control of the brakes, I was very impressed.
In the process of crossing, I also occasionally encountered a large wild boar and a "silly roe deer" that looks like a deer, which is also an unexpected surprise, and I have to say that this route is really not all SUVs can come, and the four-wheel drive almost means that it is easy to have an accident, not to mention that the mobile phone signal in the deep mountains is very weak, I believe that the model without some strength really does not dare to challenge this line. It is said that this line has also been difficult to defeat several "off-road big names", so it is difficult to search for traces of test drive activities of other brands of this off-road line on major platforms, although subaru foresters are not non-carrier bodies, but its 20.2 degrees approach angle, 25.9 degrees departure angle, 21.2 degrees longitudinal pass angle, and 220mm ground clearance, enough to make its off-road performance above 90% of the home SUVs on the market, this is the charm of subaru foresters.
The afternoon ice interview driving activity was directly carried out in the form of a track, the entire track is 3.44 kilometers long, and it takes about 6 and a half minutes to run the whole distance, which is said to be longer than some official ice rally events. Of course, there is a difference between the ice interview driver and what I imagined, the sliding is natural, but it is far smaller than imagined, and it is definitely not the version of "ice ballet" that we see like Porsche and BMW M.
Subaru is using a strong hard core power, so that the car even on the ice, but also let you in the daily highway so at ease, as long as the speed does not exceed 40, the slide that appears as long as the direction is straight, slowly step on the accelerator, you can obviously feel that the four wheels are taking the vehicle out of the direction of the bend, the logic is very intelligent, as long as you do not skate with the car when you compete, the entire body can be very easy to return to their own control, even the time of panic is not left to you, this may be Subaru has not had much publicity for many years, There are no more discounts but still have a certain market share and loyal customers.
In general, it is really hard to participate in such a meaningful test drive activity during the epidemic. To be honest, the original Editor did not particularly like suVs, and did not have a desire to cross the off-road, but this time the test drive activity and the Subaru Forester who accompanied me throughout the process did let me find a different driving pleasure, and in fact, the Forester as a pure imported model, not only the price is powerful, but also has a very favorable maintenance policy, there is a saying, after a full day of experience, I can say that it is one of the best cars that can take into account the urban transportation and mild off-road.
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