Introducing the Auto Show in Detroit, its experimental car Audi Pikes Peak, a German company, in fact, expresses its intention in the near future to join the competition in the segment of the sports SUV, which is now the main players are the BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne . New from Audi, as well as its future competitors, is an unusual combination of mid-sized SUV and a sports wagon with remarkable speed characteristics. The basis of Audi Pikes Peak SUV platform fell VW Touareg, which, incidentally, in modernized form used on Porsche Cayenne. However, when creating a new Audi main focus was not on its off-road properties, but rather on the handling and dynamic performance. That is why the Pikes Peak was forced up to 500 horsepower from the new Audi RS6. From zero to hundred kilometers per hour, accelerate new product a little more than five seconds, while its top speed of 250 kilometers per hour - it's excellent performance even for a sports car. Despite such highly visible sports oriented innovations, the basic off-road qualities she is still there - small front and rear overhangs, a modern air suspension, which may alter the position of the body over the road by 11 centimeters, as well as proprietary all-wheel drive quattro. In addition to that - a huge 20-inch tires are not afraid of punctures, which are used when creating technology PAX, which first appeared on the new Audi A8. According to experts, stock car, time of appearance of which in sales is not reported, is unlikely to be 100-percent similarity to the exhibition Audi Pikes Peak, but the overall silhouette of the body, as well as the main stylistic discoveries Audi designers are likely to perekochuyut production version of the new items in the one form or another. In any case, preparation for production of similar models at Audi is already underway.
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