Test drive of Zhengzhou Nissan’s Rich Pickups

Today, we focus on our domestic pickups, I will experience 2013 Zhengzhou Nissan’s Rich pickup with you to check which deep influences give us. Such vehicle for trial drive is 2013 Rich pickup Xingye version (CYQD80 diesel four-drive standard type).

2013 Rich gives up “truck face” of pickup, its body line is strong, and its inverted trapezoidal grille seems simple, thus its head becomes stronger in associative perception. For the size of its body, Rich is not comparable to any American large pickup, but its body length of almost 5m is still much more than that of many SUV.

The changes of interior trim are very low, but it still continues its old design style. However, the interior trim of 2013 Rich adopts more soft materials, which is a little pleasant surprise for a practical or reliable pickup.

Due to low changes of appearance and interior trim of 2013 Rich, we won’t introduce them excessively. Next, they will be listed in details for you from main changes of new vehicle.

Main changes of new vehicle: fit its daily use more

① It’s listed as a LED daytime running lamp according to EU standards.

Some people think that the daytime running lamp looks more visual impact for your face, but it’s not so in fact, because it’s also required to bring a better alert function to any other vehicle in daytime. Moreover, it’s clearly specified within the border of EU that such vehicle is equipped with a daytime running lamp. The daytime running lamp must be installed on any new truck or bus, so 2013 Rich is equipped with a “life-giving” daytime running lamp.

②A height-adjusting function is added to the lamp

It’s practical to apply a height adjusting function to the lamp of pickup, because its head may be “tilt” up due to its heavier compartment load, thus the perpendicular incidence of lamp light will be higher than its incidence at ordinary times. If the height of lamp is adjustable, any “shake” to vehicle in front of it can be avoided.

③Changed to manual transfer structure

Early in 2005, Rich pickup series first adopt knob-type electric-control 4-drive transfer system in domestic pickup field, but many persons think it’s more direct and more driving pleasure to switch four drives for any manual transfer system, so 2013 Rich changes its electric-control 4 drives to manual transfer structure as per the customer’s usage habits. It can switch 2nd-drive high speed and 4th-drive high speed freely within 40km/hour, and it’s required to stop the vehicle and step down the clutch when switching it to 4th-drive low speed.

④The anti-wear coating of compartment is added.

In order to achieve stronger anti-wear inside the compartment, rusting and corrosion caused by rainwater, 2013 Rich is attached with a compartment anti-wear coating. The thick coating can make the compartment firmer, and reduce the noises produced while driving on the bumpy road and carrying the goods. Therefore, in comparison with many vehicle types of the same grade, this change of 2013 Rich is honest and kind for you.

⑤Addition of vehicle coating parameter

According to relevant provisions issued by Ministry of Industry & Information Technology, “Total mass” and “Height of breast board” are also painted on both sides of 2013 Rich cab, thus we can learn of information for its body directly.

Driving experience: strong force, large noises

Since 2013 Rich is equipped with 3.0L turbocharged diesel engine, we can’t judge the noise performance of such vehicle as per the car standards. However, in comparison with any diesel engine vehicle at the same grade, I think that the noise control of 2013 Rich is just passable, and you can’t feel noisy in case of riding for a long time.

3.0T diesel engine provided for 2013 Rich is produced on the basis of QD32T engine (3.2T diesel engine adopted by Beiqi Warrior). Its force performance is naturally excellent at “empty” load. It can’t bring any strong speed feeling to you, but its strong force can be comparable to that of large-displacement gasoline engine.

5-speed manual gearbox of such vehicle is clearer in gear, smoothly shifted, and its driving has no obvious abrupt feeling, so you can find a little of independent SUV driving feeling from 2013 Rich while you’re driving it.

However, it’s a diesel pickup after all, and not always focused on the speed, so its speed is very slow in case of starting in I gear, and it’s required to rise up to II gear in time after starting the vehicle, which is very different from any urban SUV in driving experience.

2013 Rich rear suspension adopts the steel plate spring structure, whose maximum load capacity is 490kg equal to five adult men. However, the plate spring is very “active” in driving experience, thus its features will become very obvious at once.

At first, rear wheels of empty vehicle may jump fiercely while driving on the speed bump. If you don’t ride in any vehicle with rear suspension as a plate spring, you will feel that its rear wheels seem pressed by large stones. At the full load of vehicle, the steel plate spring will be pressed to low position, its body can’t jump fiercely, and its comfort can be improved. Therefore, the suspension of 2013 Rich is fully based on its practical functions.