Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Audi presents sport-coupe class Gran Tourismo

Another stylish new product produced by the motor show in Geneva, the German company Audi - sports coupe concept class Gran Tourismo, received the name of the Audi Nuvolari. This rather large car, whose length is 4.8 meters and width of 1.92 meter, built on a platform Audi A8 sedan last generation, and is equipped with all-wheel drive, all borrowed from the same flagship of the Audi. Despite its size, the new Audi has the landing formula 2 +2. In this new design is made in the new corporate style brand, with the original shape of the grille and front bumper. However, it is impossible not to note the fact that its shape can be clearly seen the features of other popular brands of this coupe - Audi TT. But the most interesting among the new items hidden under the hood - a new five-liter is located biturbinny engine V10, which develops power of 600 horsepower and has a maximum torque of 750Nm at which is reached at 2000 rpm. Such power allows large coupe to accelerate from zero to hundred kilometers per hour in just 4.1-seconds and its top speed is artificially limited to 250 kilometers per hour. New motor works in tandem with an automatic transmission selector is a small lever on the massive central tunnel. However, this checkpoint provided and manual transmissions, with the buttons on the steering wheel. Another feature of the new items - active suspension, self tuned dampers and ride height according to speed. So, at 40 miles an hour suspension works in comfort mode and increases the ground clearance of 110 millimeters. It is necessary to accelerate the car a bit, suspension is a bit tougher, and the ground clearance is reduced to 100 millimeters. Finally, if exceeded speeds of 160 kilometers per hour passes to the sport suspension mode, and the clearance is reduced to 90 millimeters. Among other interesting technical solutions can be noted head optics Audi Nuvolari, performed on the LED circuit, as well as advanced management systems, car Audi MMI - analog computerized BMW i-Drive.

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