Audi has declassified a new model

Art Museum "Pinakothek der Moderne" (Pinakothek der Moderne) in Munich, presented a new model of Audi - A7, which the German manufacturer calls a "five-door coupe." overall length innovations, built on a modular platform, the A8 flagship sedan, is 4.97 meters, width - 1,91 m, height - 1.42 meters. wheelbase car is 2.91 meters, which is approximately 5.6 centimeters greater than that of one of its nearest competitors Audi A7 - Mercedes-Benz CLS, but at 16 inches less than the BMW 5-Series GT. Cargo capacity five-door coupe is 535 liters, and with folded rear seats of space for luggage is increased to 1390 liters. According to a press release from Audi, due to the wide of aluminum (over 20 percent of the body is made of this metal, and the rest - Steel) engineers have been able to make a model A7 easy enough. car body weight by approximately 15 percent lighter than made entirely of steel and similar in dimensions of the body. The three-liter version with a diesel engine and variator weight five-door coupe is 1695 pounds (excluding the weight of the driver.) Novelty will be offered with four six-cylinder engines: two petrol and two diesel. In the first case in the range will include the atmospheric unit volume 2.8 liters, develops 204 horsepower and 300 -hp 3.0-liter engine with mechanical supercharger. The first car will accelerate from zero to hundred kilometers per hour in 8.3 seconds ("maximum speed" - 235 kilometers per hour) and the second - 5.6 seconds ( top speed is electronically limited to 250 kilometers per hour). The line of three-liter diesel engine is represented by only "six", available in two capacities - 204 and 245 horsepower. Maximum torque of the last of them is equal to 500 Nm and is available in a range from 1400 to 3250 rpm. From zero to "hundreds" of the most powerful diesel A7 accelerates in 6.5 seconds and reaches a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour. Audi A7 with any of the engines, except for the low-power diesel engine is offered only with all-wheel drive and seven-speed robotic gearbox with two clutches. 204-hp engine to "heavy oil" will be available in versions with front-wheel drive and continuously variable (in this case, the maximum torque the motor will be equal to 400 Nm). Also, for such a machine can be ordered and all-wheel drive (in this version of torque is 450 Nm). As an option for model A7 will be offered understated by 10 millimeters sports suspension and a rear limited-slip differential. In addition, to novelties available adaptive air suspension, adaptive cruise control, running around range of speeds - from a full stop to 250 miles per hour, the system MMI touch (single touch "touchpad" with which to navigate, enter the destination address or choose a radio station), the tracking system for "dead zones", 1300 - watt Bang & Olufsen sound with 15 speakers and so on. In the European market sales of Audi A7 will start this fall. Prices for the car will start from 51 EUR 650 thousand.