Art of origami

However, if you look at the car outside, we can never observe any folds-bending. From the usual "four", our hero is different enough. Front - platinum gray grille with logo S4. Side - door sills that visually make the car a little wider. Wheels with 18-inch S-design as a curtain, hiding behind a special mud flaps. Through the wheel spokes of a giant translucent brake calipers painted in black - go and make out. Behind - a slightly different bumper from the glimmer of which four exhaust trailer, and a small spoiler on the trunk lid. Inside, all pitch black, and because the outside through the glass, and you can not see the sports seats with pronounced side support, laths of brushed aluminum instrument dials with white arrows. The real essence of change is even more deeply hid. First of all, this is the engine. The brand new ... V6. We put it perfected an ulterior motive - to the previous generation Audi S4, as well as a coupe Audi S5, which we really have not had time to get used to, under the hood - eight-cylinder power units working volume of 4.2 liters. And then three-liter "six", and even at 11 liters. with. weaker. Crisis? "Green"? Fortunately, neither one thing nor the other. Just the "big three German" has long been concluded that to increase the power of his sport sedans, in fact, have nowhere to go. Why should a potential vehicle speed 330 km / h when a 250 km / h E "noose" is still strangled his agility? And not all clients it is important that the pressure applied on the gas pedal recently swallowed a sandwich stuck to the spine. Therefore, the struggle now is not so much for the speed and acceleration, how to achieve the same performance but with fewer resources. By reducing weight, due to clever design solutions, the magic of electronics. At Mercedes-Benz is called BlueEFFICIENCY, the BMW has a similar program name EfficientDynamics. Of course, not far behind and Audi. Yes, there are fewer horsepower, but torque has jumped as much as 30 nm, and accessible it is almost time to start the engine. Acceleration up to hundreds - with enviable 5.1. Acceleration from 80 to 120 km / h - 4.4 seconds. Such outstanding performance made possible by the very philosophy of Audi - reduce the size of power plant through a system of worker's compensation boost. But unlike its closest competitors, and the traditions of most ingolshtadtskoy firm, familiar to us the last two decades, additional air into the cylinders then blows the turbine is not, as a mechanical compressor. Comparative studies have shown that such a decision for the V6 in combination with direct injection is much more effective than a biturbo. The compressor is connected to the engine by a belt drive, so the full power already provides for idling. A movement of parts of a mixture of the compressor is so small that the torque is developed very quickly, without there turboyam. Max is the value - 440 Nm - available in a wide range - from 2900 to 5300 rev / min. Needless to say, that the reduction in cubic capacity of the combustion chamber had a positive effect on appetite and motor - the average fuel consumption of the new S4 to a quarter less than the model precursor. Such an outstanding powerplant by default comes with a six-speed manual gearbox, which, if desired, the driver may be too lazy to work almost like an automaton: on fifth gear and, in principle, though you can climb up, even though race - a pedal thrust will always be enough. As an option, Audi S4 offers box S tronic. You can move in fully automatic mode, which has normal and sport programs, D and S, respectively. And you can play petals behind the steering wheel and manual transmission jibe. Only this is likely to get bored very quickly - after seven gears here, so the finger will have to very often. However, the main advantage of S tronic - it's just not the ability to switch itself, and happiness to see how accurately and quickly does the box itself. Agree, it would be a shame if such a responsive engine ran for a couple with the usual laid-back machine. But here we have a double bond, and therefore the flow of power almost without interruption. If you press lightly on the gas, the time of switching can not notice - like stepless variator works. But if you open the accelerator completely, coordinating the work of a pair of motor-box and you can hear and see and feel: the tachometer needle jumps to 7000 rev / min, peregazovki heard, the car literally jumps forward. Actually, all the other design delights Audi S4 to art of origami have little relevance, because there are on ordinary A4. Although, on second thought, in the context of 333 horsepower, they become much more important meaning. For example, the same permanent four-wheel drive quattro "with a slight accent on the rear axle." Imagine: a winter in the yard, and your car can accelerate to 250 km / h. Or package Audi drive select, which premiered on the A4 just the last generation. Choose according to personal preference characteristics of the engine box, steering, suspension and sport differential is probably nice on any car. But in "eske" is a must. Otherwise, why thousands of professionals folded tuck-A4, to get out of it S4.