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Foton has come a long way from clones hawking cheap Hiace ambulances for using microphones and obsolete commercial buyers with new technologies and the all important partnership Cummins, current Foton trucks are worlds better than the distributor entered our market the most radical change, however, is in the van offers, with new TransVan and travelers taking the nameplate see new heights literally.
The traveler is a very modern truck, large van, but a van Like many Chinese trucks, it shares many similarities with the Toyota Hiace, style wise While the top of the bubble, it gives the interior as the bus, it does give him a strange look, even by large roofs HiAces plying our streets it is also a significant chop in the body of the side where the extra wheelbase was added, and the overhangs are naturally big.
There is also little intimidating cars on the road the traveler, except perhaps for a real bus full size American SUVs are overshadowed by its mass The only disappointing part of the package are the smallish 15-inch wheels.
Despite some unfinished plastic trim in odd places, the traveler doesn t make you feel like you have depreciated in terms of interior quality Most Japanese vans themselves are full of hard plastic, the spirit While you vans like Grandia base and Urvan could offer similar seats, extra length and width of the traveler means you can have an avenue of passage between the seats and still maintain three across seating unlike benches primary school in other large capacity vans, seats of travelers are well trained, full back and tilt mechanism This can be a 14 seater, but the comfort and space are more reminiscent of competitors and nine to eight seats.
Cummins August 2 liter turbodiesel makes just 130 hp, but short gear and an aggressive boost profile, it is intense, it is more than enough oomph to overcome, and while the claimed top speed is 145kph ridiculous, which is due s of the truck aerodynamics as the brick that the lack of power the shift lever mounted on the console is to use a doodle, although third requires some rev corresponding to the slit in short gearing itself seems chosen for acceleration and city use rather than long cruise fuel mileage than 6 km in the heavy traffic seems reasonable, given the weight and power at hand.
With a 2 3 empty weight tons a great driving position and facing long-steering, the steering of the view is a bit like driving a bus A very nice bus There s body roll, but not as you would expect, and handling and braking are both safe and tidy the ride is actually pretty sweet, but the damping is relatively well controlled, except for the biggest bumps.
As with other front-drive pickups, you turn into corners late to make up sitting in front of the front tires, but here you have to keep an eye on your mirror, to avoid grinding the rear tire on the inside against the sidewalk rear parking sensors are a great help when all you see in the mirror are 12 headrests and assistance parking mirror mounted on the tailgate with a full load of passengers, mirror becomes all but useless.
The specs are overturned relatively basic Foton parking sensors and mirror hatchback, you get keyless entry, a stereo and air conditioning pretty good back Again, given the space and size for the price, it would rather say to complain.
Foton View Traveler presents itself as a leading vans on the market, and probably the more space you can get for your money, even compared locally assemble van conversions and Japanese manufacturers in terms of quality and refinement, it is much better than the Japanese brand mega-vans which is not something I imagined to have said the first time I drove a Foton.
Foton View prices specs notice Type Top Gear Philippines, Foton view, traveler.