Pitching

To compare the Mercedes-Benz GL with someone else, it is necessary to gain arrogance. Maximum ground clearance Stuttgart monster by pneumatics is 307 mm and the depth of Fording reaches 600 mm. Package options Offroad-Pro makes it possible to use the car almost to the extreme off-road. The package includes two-speed transfer gearbox with reduction gear, and inter-axle locks hundred per cent and rear differentials. The eight-engine test car with a working volume of 4.6 l and a capacity of 340 liters. with. docked with the seven "automatic". And it offers Audi? Clearance at the highest position air suspension modest total of 240 mm. Instead of two locks - one of the central mechanical limited-slip differential Torsen. However, there are plenty of achievements. In the Q7 running gear is actively used aluminum. The struggle for the weight is not meaningless and clearly reflected in the handling. The suspension is designed for sporty driving as well as for comfort on the roads. V8 engine capacity of 4.2 liters, direct injection develops 350 hp power. with. It should be the same Audi Q7 much smaller Mercedes-Benz GL - nearly a million rubles. Although in this class such a difference is not critical. FEEL VESOsnovnaya cause doubt lies in the massive distrust of the ability of mud Q7. However, I already went to the Audi on the sand, dirt, and glades, and was satisfied, but ... It is clear that GL will be held where the Q7 will sit down, but how big is the difference? Again, the fewer opportunities in the mud - more on the road. For a couple of GL - Q7 is true, but far too primitive and does not reflect the essence. Most of the details left out of commercials and is revealed only in the severe fight on the pavement and beyond. But who will give a future buyer plenty to frolic on the test machine drayverskogo in your career? To begin with a few short impressions of driving on the highway in the direction of a career. GL without objection gives the driver a complete sense of a large car with all the pros and cons thereof. Q7 - a magician. Outside the elephant in size, and within easy illusion cars. Quickly forget that you are sitting in full-size polnoprivodnike. By managing this construction, it is very difficult to keep in mind: "I'm going on a five-meter off-road vehicle." GL gives generously and feel its size and its weight. He does not play hide and seek, for which he must pay a number of features, chief among them - slight lack of stability control. A good cover is less noticeable, and on undulating pavement Mercedes will have to catch - of course, and only slightly at high speeds, but still. Rudder less clear, and the body rolls more readily. I appreciate the off-road ability GL, but, as usual, to be more off-road access, and make it more pleasant to the Q7. COURSE OF EQUALLY career, where we arrived for the experiment, we waited for a small but artful drop from shaky ground. First, necessary in such cases, cooking. Raise the air suspension to its highest position. Turn off the ESP and fix the transmission in the transmission. At Mercedes-Benz deploy the buck in a number of transmission - the benefit here as opposed to Audi it is - and blocking. The first went to GL. Taking the acceleration of about four meters long and a little hesitated at the end of recovery, he overcame the difference. Following Q7. He climbs on the same surface noticeably lighter and softer than the opponent. A few more times - and the first findings are ready. Both cars are quite heavy for the unsteady ground and are captured only by locks (on GL they have on each differential) and imitation (because of them going on the road Q7, but the GL to the end to disable ESP is impossible). Course cars are almost identical, only the Audi is a nicer and more comfortable. But one has only to pause in the ambush spot, as is already becoming evident advantage GL - he travels safer and more confident competitor. The difference became even more apparent and literally threw herself into her eyes, when cut into merciless tracks in the sand, duelists have chosen all your pnevmoklirens. Q7 sat on its belly, and nothing more than a shovel to help him was impossible, but went on to go and GL, with a few laps around the stalled rival, came out on the firm. "I told you so! - Ironically said Alexander, a big fan of Mercedes and part-time photographer Club 4x4. - Why did you brought here this aluminum cans from Ingolstadt? "I'm not a fan of Audi, but if the car was going, until he have enough clearance, it is worthy. PROTECTION DURAKAPoka clearance is, both are going, it remains only to find out: how far? Moving to the next a gentle, sandy hill. We've tried to get here on different polnoprivodnikah. There were Jeep, Dodge, Skoda, SsangYong, but none of them stretched beyond the middle. Pedal to the floor - and the Audi hangs on the same border. Manipulate gas pointless. Electronics keeps the bar at 2000 rpm and does not allow the motor to spin. Can not be disabled. Following GL. Bursting for a couple of feet higher, it also stops, but does not remain completely immobilized. On the recessed pedal reacts slow but sure rise speed. Wheels slowly rotated. The machine was crawling. A few more vain attempts - and the top is taken. Yes, electronics GL explicitly configured for severe off-road, and she will do anything to get this heavy car with the owner. There are no restrictions on the turnover - if necessary, available, and 2000, and 7000. The main thing is not to overdo it and be able to stop. Foolproof it does not provide, and have some fun ... pulling Electronics Q7 works very differently algorithm: when the wheels abut thoroughly, then above 2000 rpm the engine has no way to untwist. This is a little like dzhiperam, but ordinary users will appreciate. In this mode, can not ditch the box (and after the test GL journalistic experiments one has changed the automatic transmission). As always, it is difficult to clothe the test results in several high-capacity offerings. In "peaceful" conditions, both rigid and adequate car is no difference. We talk about extreme sports. GL calls for caution on the narrow track with a corrugated asphalt, particularly when overtaking trucks, where his next step as opposed to Q7 have predicted. Audi high-spirited and always predictable, but on shaky ground (beach, a quarry, a snowy field), where rival GL lives a full life, Q7 gets only a short-term pleasure. But who would dare to say that one of them is worse than another?