Ford Grand Tourneo Connect shows it doesn’t want to be rough in moose test: video and comments km77
The Ford Grand Tourneo Connect 1.5 TSI EcoBoost 114 hp is one of the few MPVs (Multi Purpose Vehicles) that has been subjected to an obstacle avoidance test. The moose test reveals the car’s reactions that can get the average driver into trouble when faced with a sudden obstacle to avoid. Here you are video and comments from the Ford Grand Tourneo Connect test created by the Spanish magazine Km77, which specializes in tests and road tests.
HOW THE MOSE TEST WORKS
The moose test (or Moose test) is based on ISO 3888-2 standard. In simpler terms, the test driver behind the wheel of the test car drives at a constant test speed. When it reaches the point marked by the cone suddenly swerves to avoid an obstacle, which could be another car or a wild animal. Before driving, the driver takes his foot off the accelerator and the evasive maneuver takes place only with the help of the steering wheel and without any other command, but with the ESP safety system active. Management takes place in two stages:
- avoiding obstacles, performed at increasingly high speed in various tests. This is to check the limit at which the steering, suspension, chassis, and tires allow manageable control even in the face of an unexpected obstacle;
- return to the original trajectory (3-meter wide corridor of cones) without the need for excessive corrections of the steering wheel and without collapsing the cones. They can occur in case of oversteer (a tendency to spin) or understeer (the front wheels slip to the sides and the car widens the trajectory), both behaviors of a car that has reached its stability limits;
In addition to the moose test, Ford Grand Tourneo Connect was also put to the test in a slalom between cones at a constant speed. In this test, the tendency to overturn (the car lies on its side) is irritated to push the grip of the tires to the limit. Here’s how the two got on proof in the Ford Grand Tourneo Connect test video below.
MOOSE FORD GRAND TOURNEO CONNECTION TEST
The moose test of the Ford Grand Tourneo Connect highlights all the qualities and shortcomings of the vehicle, which is primarily intended for home-work-family. At the time of the test, the MPV is equipped with Giti GitiSinergy H2 215/55 R17 tires and partly for this reason, the Tourneo is not one of the vehicles with the most sensitive reactions to steering wheel maneuvers. The first attempt is at a speed of 75 km/h, already lower than the reference 77 km/h. “Too high for what the car can handle with a lot of second turn bounce”, comments the magazine. Get some good response and easy to control you have to go down at a speed of 72 km/h. “The role is high you won’t notice much from the inside because the driver’s position is not particularly high like some SUVs”. Even the assistance systems interfere marginally, as the magazine underlines and draws attention to output speed (49 km/h) She is tall at the end of the maneuver.
FORD GRAND TOURNEO CONNECT SLALOM TEST
PUSH court slalom between cones Ford Grand Tourneo Connect shows limits the clutch is not suitable for quick starts. The video shows significant wheel slippage with a torque transfer that is not constant and this also affects the test time. “Other than that, the rest of the test went pretty well, the car smoothly passing through the cones without any unexpected reactions.”.
