Equipped with 2.3T + 10AT + four-wheel drive, wading up to 925mm, the new Ford Liema is stable?

 While we're all talking about the Leopard 5, the Tank 700, and even the new generation of Toyota Prado, Ford is quietly doing something big, and that big thing is the all-new Ford Spirit, which inherits the classic American off-road vehicle nameplate Bronco. As a resurrection of a classic nameplate, we once thought that this Bronco, which also has the meaning of "Mustang", would be like Mustang and F-150 in the joint venture domestic market, but what we didn't expect was that JMC Ford's domestic Ford Bronco Fierce Horse really came.

Just like the Chinese name of the vehicle with the taste of middle two, the Ford Lie Horse not only has the American car elements brought by the square box structure, but also reduces the sense of age on the vehicle by changing the sharp folded lines to soft curves, and its approach of raising the body through 315/70 R17-inch large tires but using a flat engine compartment really gives the front of the car a Japanese anime feeling.

In terms of details, we noticed that the Liema still borrowed a lot of family-oriented things from the Raptor, Mustang and other models in the family. For example, the center of the front grille is inlaid with an oversized product English logo, which will be combined with round retro headlights with daytime running light inserts, combining modern avant-garde and visual class, and at the same time, the roof structure is also partially detachable like the Jeep Wrangler, which is largely designed to cope with extreme weather or driving in extreme environments such as rainforests and deserts.

In terms of dimensions, the 4800/1990/1835mm figure is enough to establish an advantage in the mid-size market, with width and height alone ensuring a spacious interior, while the 2950mm wheelbase will help the car achieve greater rear and trunk depth. And as we mentioned earlier, the horse will provide oversized anti-slip wheels, with some wide-body off-road kits, its length, width and height will achieve +25/+80/+65mm growth respectively, and the top configuration with wading depth optimization and chassis adjustment, will increase the body height to 1990mm, laying a solid foundation for dealing with shallows, swamps and other environments.

Regarding off-roading, the Lie Horse is also good at some key parameters, especially the aforementioned "Big Foot (all-terrain tires)" and wading hoses and other configurations, which will also bring additional blessings. The basic approach angle and departure angle of the vehicle are 38 ° and 31 ° respectively, which can be expanded to 45 ° and 37 ° by assembling the "big foot", not to mention the new generation of Prado and Tank 700, even the Jeep Wrangler and Equation Leopard Leopard 5 also have a large gap. In addition, the minimum ground clearance and maximum wading depth of the Lie Ma can also be increased from 237mm and 800mm to 273mm and 925mm at the entry level, which are quite exaggerated.

Of course, the cockpit is not the focus of off-road vehicles, but Ford has clearly prepared for both on-road and off-road in the process of building a fierce horse. It can be seen that a large number of traditional physical buttons and mechanical shift knobs with damping are retained in the cabin, which will make off-road driving safer and blind operation more accurate, and the large specifications of handles, buttons and knobs that can be seen everywhere, as well as the hard and thickened padding in the seats, etc., are also born for off-road.

However, we also noticed that Lima also provides a 12.0-inch touchscreen and a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster infotainment combination, and its SYNC+ system even has Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip and 16GB memory support, which can achieve more diverse intelligent voice and other interaction methods, making the car fun at the same time, it will also provide convenience improvement for off-road driving. It should also be mentioned that although Liema does not support high-end intelligent driving, it will also come with some advanced driving assistance functions, which can complete multiple active safety and basic assistance operations.

In terms of power, Liema gets Ford's Ward Top Ten EcoBoost 2.3T turbocharged engine, which is matched with a 10AT gearbox, which can provide a maximum power of 202kW and a maximum torque of 429Nm.

In addition, the Lie Ma will have a time-sharing four-wheel drive or a time-of-the-time four-wheel drive system on different versions, among which, the timely four-wheel drive will bring a multi-piece clutch limited-slip differential with a differential lock that will be equipped on both the front and rear axles, G.O.A.T all-terrain intelligent management system and front axle anti-roll bar disconnect device, the vehicle not only covers outstanding off-road performance, but also copes with road and more common road conditions.

Write at the end

For a long time, American off-road vehicles have been the backbone of the global off-road market, but because the positioning of American brands in the Chinese market has always been conservative, and the lack of luxury off-road nameplates to support the market, most Chinese people still prefer the Japanese and German sets. However, when the seal (French) seal (regulation) on the F-150 Raptor was relaxed, when Chevrolet Taheo, Saab Ban, and even GMC Yukon and other cars have announced their imports into China, American hard-core products are gradually reviving in the Chinese market.