Now people like to use "poetry and far away" to describe an attitude of life, escaping the hustle and bustle of the "steel and iron bone" city, which is a spice to make life richer and more colorful. An SUV is the best "seasoning bottle" that can hold more dreams in people's hearts. For example, as a Chengdu native, I definitely yearn for Puhong Road, which is known as the "Autumn Famous Mountain of Chengdu". Every summer, it is a summer resort, and sitting on the river beach and rubbing mahjong is the most comfortable way for Chengdu people to relax on weekends. But where we went was not to "compete in cards", not just to experience the pleasure of cornering, but to let this Ford Lingrui take us to the nearest place to the river beach.
Puhong Road is built on the mountain, and it is not easy to go down to the river beach. Of course, you can also choose to drive directly to the resort parking lot, but that obviously loses the fun of "off road". However, successive years of development have made the place full of commercial atmosphere, and the kind of "wild" non-paved roads have been rare. We had a hard time finding a place to enjoy Lingrui in a resort area that was under development.
Lingrui is actually just a 150,000-level SUV, not equipped with a four-wheel drive system. Its most suitable place for sprinkling is the non-paved road with a certain slope, one is that this light off-road can be used with two-wheel drive, and the other is that it can go to the place where the car cannot go, fully demonstrating the advantages of the SUV. We saw several cars parked in front of the "construction site", apparently the long unpaved road in front of them, which was difficult for them, and Lingrui could easily pass through.
Here's where the real test of Lingrui's passability lies. This ramp angle is relatively large, and there are traces of being crushed by trucks, you can see deep pits, cars are not going to go down, the iron will bump. Even many urban SUVs need "hard power" and the "soft power" of drivers.
This slope is not difficult for Lingrui, just need to ride the wheel through the recessed edge, the whole process is very smooth. When returning to the uphill, the front wheel may have a slight slippage when it encounters gravel, but Lingrui can easily pass through through the auxiliary adjustment of the ESP system, and there will be no embarrassment of slipping and sinking.
Parked next to the river beach, local workers came to talk to us and asked about Lingrui. It turned out that he usually drove an old CR-V, and every time he passed the ramp just now, he would hit the chassis, only to control the speed, so that the bumping force was lighter so as not to hurt the car. So just now I saw that we were driving the lingrui up and down the ramp with ease, which was a bit surprising. We naturally know in our hearts that Lingrui can easily unpaved roads and ramps, which is a test for some urban SUVs.
To sum up, Lingrui's "off road skill" has three points: First, the official climbing limit of Lingrui is 40%, which is equivalent to an angle of 21.8 °. This is already quite scary for a front-drive SUV, knowing that the underground parking lot design gradient is only about 15%, and the professional off-road vehicle climbing limit is also 60%.
The unpaved ramp we found is less than 40% slope, but the car is certainly only prohibitive because of the height of the chassis and the restrictions of the approach angle and the departure angle. In addition, Lingrui is also equipped with HHC hill assist system and HDC ramp downhill system, which can effectively prevent slipping when going uphill, and automatically limit the speed and transmission gear when going downhill, making lingrui climbing more relaxed.
Second, when we test drove Lingrui before, we were impressed by this 1.5T EcoBoost engine, especially in the starting, low-to-mid-turn acceleration stage, the power explosion was quite rapid, not inferior to some 2.0T engines. This 1.5T engine has a maximum power of 125 kW and a maximum torque of 260 N·m.
The key is that it can explode 250N·m of torque at 1200rpm, and in the off-road conditions that require low turn and high twist, Lingrui's power is more advantageous, which can give the driver the power of "stepping on as you go".
Third, as an urban SUV, Lingrui has a minimum ground clearance of 185mm, while the minimum ground clearance like CR-V and Rongfang is 180mm or less. Therefore, the owner of the old CR-V in front of him will hit the chassis on the same ramp, and in terms of chassis height, Lingrui takes into account the high passability of off-road road conditions and the low center of gravity required for urban road driving.
In addition, the approach angle and departure angle of Lingrui are 19 ° and 25 °, which is also relatively large in the urban SUV, the larger the data of these "off-road hardware", the less likely the vehicle is to bump when passing through obstacles, and the more it can "rest assured to go wild" in the face of gravel roads, pothole roads, and winding roads.
Pengyou said:
In fact, as a 150,000-level SUV, Lingrui's product strength is quite balanced. We were impressed by its spatial practicality, ride texture and low-to-mid-speed power response. This time on the unpaved road and ramps, a small sprinkle of joy, but also reflects the "wild" side of the Lingrui SUV. This balance is just right, it does not increase the cost of the slightly chicken timely four-wheel drive system, but through higher ground clearance, approach angle, departure angle setting, and sensitive and energetic engine torque, coupled with the assistance of electronic systems, to achieve enough to cope with the purpose of simple off road. Lingrui has a good control over the needs of SUV users, looking at the 150,000-level SUVs, it is actually difficult to find a competitor whose product power can fully outperform it. Don't forget, it's still a midsize SUV!