Premium "Sportback

To be sure, stylish car, more than a modern technical stuffing and offers a fantastic choice of seven engines, four transmissions and two types of transmissions. But it is not cheap. For that the same firm "surcharge"? image is zatratPrezhde all, of course, the company was paying for his image.'s one thing when a brand name adorns, say, mass, become familiar on the roads of products, and quite another - when it is available even for a compact car but premiumklassa. And in the case of sales representatives, both assured me, got better. because potential buyers appreciate not only the breadth of a smile, manners and clothes, but always pay attention to it, on what exactly drove him to the manager. And with that, Perhaps, it's hard to disagree. I think that the managers themselves have to work more efficiently, knowing that the Audi - a sort of premium, or, if you will, an advance against future zaslugi.A here is why the company chose it for five-door car does not require further explanation. The presence of two extra doors make the car more practical. Sportback provides a convenient and easy ingress and egress, to the same rear part of the body is elongated compared to the three-door A3 to 83 mm, and an extra 30 mm width does not seem superfluous. Plus, the luggage compartment has grown to 370 liters, and if you fold the rear seats, you can get as much as 1120 liters under the load. For samples that are, to my knowledge, transport managers, having bought cars from Ingolstadt, places more than dostatochno.V one time I had to drive behind the wheel of virtually all versions of the Audi A3 Sportback - from the most powerful four-wheel drive with an engine capacity of 3.2 liters, up to the "weak" front-wheel drive with 1.6 liter engine. But for this column, we chose a modification of the diesel 2 - liter engine, a "modest" front-wheel drive and an average value of "automatic" (there is a robotized gearbox DSG - Direct Shift Gearbox). That is the car, who prefer to corporate clients not only in Russia but also in Europe. And a few days traveling in snowy Moscow, I think I understand why they make such a choice. nastroenieSoglasen Sports, which for our conditions is preferable to the well-known brand-wheel drive. But you have also to save something? Also, I must admit that front wheel drive and have never experienced the slightest difficulty. A new studded tires (in Moscow can do without spines) makes me feel very confident on the snow-covered tracks near Podmoskovya.No important - is, of course, the engine - the good, that the diesel engine, it gives the vehicle excellent dynamic performance. Torque 320 Nm, available in a wide speed range, allows not only a fun start, but to extract from it at the right time for more thrust. That is, in many ways the engine is not comparable to, and greater than gasoline counterparts of the same size. Well, and how it economically, and that practically no vibration from it in the cabin is not there already and we are not talking. Virtually all modern turbo diesel, especially designed for premium cars, provide appropriate severity komfort.K steering and electric power have no complaints - bagel heavier with increasing speed, and 2.7 turns from "lock to lock" - a kind of average, and generally acceptable figure. By the way, version 2,0 TDI bagel was the optimal diameter, which contributed to active driving. AKP, I note, incidentally, does not suffer from "thoughtfulness" is alive in response to supply or discharge gaza.Dolzhen say a few words about my favorite yet when we first met with the machine 6-speed DSG. The double clutch with electrohydraulic control came from the world of motorsport, which allows you to drive in a purely sporting style. Not only that, it provides a better than even with a 6-step "mechanics" dynamic, so also saves fuel. However, only in tandem with gasoline engines. C2-liter turbodiesel diesel consumption albeit very slightly, but more.