Thus, the Dongfeng company announced the start of sales of the next SUV, presenting the classic pickup with DF6 frame to the Russians. If you look at it from the front, the image of a Toyota Hilux immediately appears in your subconscious, but our hero has absolutely nothing to do with this model. Thanks to the collaboration with well-known car manufacturers, our eastern partners did not have to completely reinvent the wheel. Dongfeng DF6 is a collaboration with Nissan.

Simply put, this is nothing more than the good old Nissan Navarra, which can still be found in sufficient quantities even on the streets of the capital. By the way, the Mercedes-Benz X-class, which has already sunk into history, if someone suddenly forgot, was based on the same platform.

In short, the DF6 uses the frame, engines and transmission of its Japanese brother and that’s not a bad thing. In addition, the body is galvanized, which is crucial for use in the brutal Russian winter conditions.

In just a few days, our Chinese heroes conquered several serious passes in the Elbrus region, a number of gorges and canyons, as well as a few picturesque mountain twists. Looking ahead, I can say that all cars performed more than decently, especially considering that the occupants sometimes did not have enough air to breathe normally. The only thing you shouldn’t do with a manual DF6 is reduce the speed below 1500 rpm.

In this case, the engines begin to choke and lose traction. But in mountainous conditions and under very difficult off-road conditions. But the smart ZF “automatic” delighted with its ability to quickly adapt to situations. Sometimes, of course, he got lost and didn’t understand which gear to put in; after all, there were already eight of them, but overall the gearbox turned out to be quite tolerable. However, if you ask which version of the DF6 I would prefer, then my choice most likely fell on the middle version with a six-speed manual transmission, as the most correct and “pick-up”.

Since pickup trucks like to “goat” when they become empty, the engineers came up with a rather interesting solution in the rear suspension: when the body is empty, the fifth spring is not loaded, which increases the level of comfort. And when the “box” is loaded, the fifth spring is loaded, increasing the load capacity. The car’s weight is sensibly set at 2,499kg to avoid the Russian capital’s silly and obscure ‘cargo frame’.

Thus, the Dongfeng company announced the start of sales of the next SUV, presenting the classic pickup with DF6 frame to the Russians. If you look at it from the front, the image of a Toyota Hilux immediately appears in your subconscious, but our hero has absolutely nothing to do with this model. Thanks to the collaboration with well-known car manufacturers, our eastern partners did not have to completely reinvent the wheel. Dongfeng DF6 is a collaboration with Nissan.

Simply put, this is nothing more than the good old Nissan Navarra, which can still be found in sufficient quantities even on the streets of the capital. By the way, the Mercedes-Benz X-class, which has already sunk into history, if someone suddenly forgot, was based on the same platform.

In short, the DF6 uses the frame, engines and transmission of its Japanese brother and that’s not a bad thing. In addition, the body is galvanized, which is crucial for use in the brutal Russian winter conditions.

In just a few days, our Chinese heroes conquered several serious passes in the Elbrus region, a number of gorges and canyons, as well as a few picturesque mountain twists. Looking ahead, I can say that all cars performed more than decently, especially considering that the occupants sometimes did not have enough air to breathe normally. The only thing you shouldn’t do with a manual DF6 is reduce the speed below 1500 rpm.

In this case, the engines begin to choke and lose traction. But in mountainous conditions and under very difficult off-road conditions. But the smart ZF “automatic” delighted with its ability to quickly adapt to situations. Sometimes, of course, he got lost and didn’t understand which gear to put in; after all, there were already eight of them, but overall the gearbox turned out to be quite tolerable. However, if you ask which version of the DF6 I would prefer, then my choice most likely fell on the middle version with a six-speed manual transmission, as the most correct and “pick-up”.

Since pickup trucks like to “goat” when they become empty, the engineers came up with a rather interesting solution in the rear suspension: when the body is empty, the fifth spring is not loaded, which increases the level of comfort. And when the “box” is loaded, the fifth spring is loaded, increasing the load capacity. The car’s weight is sensibly set at 2,499kg to avoid the Russian capital’s silly and obscure ‘cargo frame’.