Civil offensive

Note that not all members of the elite club of manufacturers of sports cars - the direct and obvious rivals Audi. Some are, you can tell your family. It is a Lamborghini, which is under the wing of the company from Ingolstadt. So "sportkarovsky 'experience in the Audi is, albeit a stranger. However, from a relative - Gallardo - R8 model has only a few units, but the project - the brainchild of engineers 'four rings'. Appearance R8 is incomparable - tehnostil, game faces and surfaces. Audi managed to combine ultra-modern look and classical proportions, with some designs are truly unique. Baggy hood, narrowed elongated headlights, tail plastic air intake - the picture is amazing. Even more striking when the lower edge of the headlights light up garland of LEDs. I must say, this ornamental device will be used only with xenon headlights. Soon, Audi will offer optional headlights, fully executed on the LEDs - they have "eyeliner" will be in the form of a continuous luminous lines. By the way, if you look closely, the front turn signals in the reflector inscription found R8. Outline of the windows classic, exciting pair of lines of doors and fenders can be called entirely Italian. Front track is wider at the rear of 39 mm, but due to the large "shelves" of the wings and lighting, located high on the edges of the body, it seems that it is distributed to the stern. The rear window rests on the spoiler, which is in an inactive position serves as a heat engine compartment - the surface is covered with spoiler holes. Wing extends automatically at 100 km / h. The interior is the key, put up spoiler force - both in the Audi TT. The rear lights are not less beautiful than the front. And also have an LED feature - a three-dimensional glow effect. Sight for sore eyes. Corporate Identity - two rectangles in each block, as in TT, and Q7. Sides are good car not only whimsical relief - takes center panel that connects the roof line and the threshold and, as they say in the Audi, reminiscent of a mid-linking sports car, but also hides the engine air intakes. To speak eloquently about a mid-engine bay window through which the engine can be seen in all its glory. In this regard, the company offers an optional engine trim carbon fiber - and so does breath away. See there's something - the car is equipped with a V8 FSI, which we liked so another RS4. 4.2-liter unit is easily stepped figure 100 hp / liter, according to a radical acceleration of the car. The creation of the German minders can be safely put on a par with the famous Italian motor company. One must admit that flexibility, efficiency and, in some sense, adaptability, he surpasses them. Although what the hell, economy - full tank of fuel burned me in less than 200 km run! Motor differs from the version for RS4 dry sump lubrication system. Given the lateral acceleration, which effortlessly generate R8, this solution is the only correct one. Interior quality and expensive, but the design is not hooked up. Even though accented driver's area, delineated by a line that starts at the bottom of the driver's door, runs up, bends around the dashboard and drops to the bottom of the center console. Reception is good, but otherwise ... I do not fit with the character of violent sports car quiet sloping front panel in the passenger area and did not docked to her door casing. A center console has seemed overwrought. However, the R8 is compensated for ergonomics and a wide margin of space. Get into the car easily through wide door. Landing, of course, is low, but it's the only thing that should be used. Endowed chair electrically allowed at once to take a comfortable position with your back almost vertical, with the left margin shift back and space overhead. With my height 190 cm, I was waiting for the worst outcome. Two adults also do not suffer from crowding. You can go a long way in! Oh, and when in our country will be normal and highways Highway? .. Chairs wonder how good the other. They look quite "in civic," punctuated by little support, but when you sit down, get the impression that the chair made by you on request. Rollers pillows fixed legs, the back side sections are kept very confident in the turns. Steering wheel on the recent tradition of Audi «flattened" at the bottom. Ostensibly for the convenience of boarding and alighting. For me, it would be better left wheel of a classic, because the wheel makes R8 from lock to lock 2.5 turns well when. With the rapid rotation from one extreme position to another angular steering, frankly, baffled. But the feedback - the very bull's-eye! Jewelry steering helps the driver to work just to feel the front wheels, and not just to get feedback on the steering wheel. Of course, the great merit of this mid-engine layout and - front light, so the steering wheel and "transparent." Rotate conventional ignition key, with the glass-metal partition wakes V8. At idle - no sound of hysteria. Still, experience in the construction of representative sedans effect - sound, vibration and thermal insulation interior sports car R8 beskopromissnogo performed at the highest level. At the same time, engineers have made sure to reach the ears of the driver, only the most delicious sounds. Slightly annoying except the rustling of baggy tires are shod in 19-inch wheels optional. With visibility also order. Forward all seen perfectly through thin uprights, back, of course, is worse, but not critical. R8 created using the technology of Audi Space Frame. The basis of design is the aluminum frame to which the bolts are screwed all the panels except the roof. Body hard and easy. Suspension - a classic of the genre: a double-wishbone front and rear. The vast majority of parts undercarriage also made of aluminum. On the test car was in addition active suspension with shock absorbers Magnetic Ride, which can change the hardness and working either in the comfort-oriented automatic mode, or in the uncompromising sports. Alloy wheels are also optional, tires - 235/35 front and 295/30 rear. By the way, anything you like design of the wheels? That's right, Ferrari. Motor drives all four wheels. Moreover, the main thrust comes back and the front are 10 to 35%. Exactly the same scheme is realized on the Lamborghini Gallardo. And the gearbox borrowed from the "Italian" - robotic "sekventalka» R-Tronic. The driver only gives commands the actuator petals on the steering wheel or the selector to the tunnel. The box has a sport mode, which is very different from the automatic. When activated the first motor for longer hangs on the transmission and switching speeds in the higher run at lightning speed and with a noticeable impact in the transmission. Oh, how hot! But still there is a mode launch control, similar to the one with whom we met on the BMW M5 and M6. For the fastest possible start to use sports mode, turn off the ESP, simultaneously press the gas and brake. Electronics holds a higher speed, and when the driver releases the brake, R8 a hysterical mad roar of "eight" is galloping ahead. Acceleration is imprinted into the back seat (especially the passenger), takes on reality. The second "Hundred" is exchanged through 4.6 seconds, the third - just ten seconds later. But the fierce crackdown continues, and after another few seconds the car reaches 250 km / h. Inside, it must be mentioned sound. But we know very little of 250 km / h, as stated in the passport of 301! We must use this opportunity. Early in the morning, completely free highway with the photographer we celebrate a victory - exactly three hundred on the speedometer! The behavior of R8 at a speed of 200 km / h? Excellent, with characteristic equanimity Audi. Compartment is superfast miles, confidently holding the line allows to drastically restructure and without fear ottormazhivatsya. Pledge of such stability - excellent aerodynamics with a ground-effect. The higher the speed, the greater the vacuum underneath the car. A small retractable spoiler does support work. A few days testing, I never learned to ride on this machine safely. R8 provokes speed driving. In fact, to blow in at any turn, to use every line for a hurricane, followed by a rich sound, acceleration. On the arc of the car unusually stable, and shows a close to neutral steer. All Torque turns you pass an order of magnitude faster, while noting that the tires do not even squeaked. Stunning sblansirovannost chassis! As already mentioned, the front-wheel drive R8 can be passed from 10 to 35% thrust, hence the rear-drive behavior. In an extreme turn when you add the gas car starts screwed inside the arc, and if you go on the offensive, quickly developed a skid. However, with the timely correction of the car can be pulled out. If you did not have time to react, expect to EPS. As practice shows, together with the driver, it pulls the car out of slides quickly. By the way, the stabilization system off if pressed briefly in a responsible press only "half" - euthanized traction component. To turn the fully EPS, it is necessary to hold down a few seconds. Even with conventional steel brakes car slowed down to match the acceleration. And often before the intervention of ABS is not reached. Informativeness flawless, overheated brakes during several "prohvatit" at a speed of 200 km / h and failed. Perhaps in the near future in Russia and will offer an optional "ceramics"; installation of the brake discs will throw in 2 kg of unsprung weight on each wheel. Digress from the drive. Is there any shred of usability in the car? Salon spacious, comfortable sit. Go to town - no problem, on the road - even easier. Elastic suspension, power-consuming and shakes the soul, but in Auto mode and it does can be called comfortable. Acoustics Bang & Olufsen is appropriately named after her. There is a boot volume of 90 l, and on a shelf for seating, as the company says Audi,, you can place two bags of golf clubs. So it happened that the "civilian" car maker made the most suitable for the "civilian" sports car operation, which in this case does not cease to be a sports car. This machine with adrenaline in the tank can go fast, but can - incredibly fast with the same stability. Debut Audi need to be successful. Newbie R8 - a very strong player in the segment relative to the available sports cars. Prices and offers KOMPLEKTATsIIAudi R8 with six-speed manual transmission or (? 133 643) or six-speed "robot» R-tronic (? 142 812). The basic package includes braking system with perforated discs, 8-piston calipers up front 4-piston rear audioustanovka with CD-player, 6.5 inch display, 5-channel amplifier and seven speakers, trip computer, immobilizer, alarm, climate control , multifunction leather steering wheel, aluminum shift knob gearshift, sport seats with manual height adjustment, central locking, light sensor, bi-xenon headlights, wheels R18 (235/40, 285/35), pressure control package can be ordered shinah.Takzhe additional lighting, navigation system, acoustics, Bang & Olufsen, parking sensors, rain sensor, cruise control, CD-changer, etc. In Russia, the R8 turn. Thus, the entire quota for this year is already sold out. On the planned volume of supply of Audi is not reported.