But now, Ingolstadt is one of Germany's automotive center and a kind of Mecca, a place of pilgrimage for many car owners Audi. Contrary to the accepted rules of European dealers' sales, some buyers prefer to pick up the car ordered directly from Ingolstadt, so that a day at the factory to make hundreds of visitors. Therefore, in the Munich airport and built the Audi Forum. Future owners meet here in the hall of the Forum, and in half an hour they are in Ingolstadt. A short lecture about the firm, completed the video display and laser show - and then follows the tour of the plant. Pilgrims pass deserted galleries welding robots, Kuka, reconciling the place of spot welding body panels with up to half a millimeter. Bypass the quality control position in which each day torn pieces of a body, analyzing the quality of welding. Visitors must show sprinkler camera and a roller dynamometer, which is checked tightness of seals, suspension geometry and the brakes. And, as if by chance, escort linger near the small cavern, where the individual program are more rigorous test and configure powerful Audi S4 - sports sedans modified Audi A4 with 265-horsepower V6 Biturbo. And then the customers will leave at the Ingolstadt brand new Audi, taking with them the impression of quality build your own car. However, with one caveat - here, at the head ingolshtadtskom company, collect only the Audi A3 and A4. And in order to see how produce sedans Audi A6 and A8, they would have to go to another plant in Nekkarsulme. They also have to look at. It is in Nekkarsulme for the sixth year doing the famous aluminum body for the flagship Audi A8. Since its inception in 1994 until the present day Audi A8 is the only car in its class, in an asset that has an aluminum body and four-wheel drive. Therefore, as marketers are assured Audi, A8 sales model continues to grow despite the overall decline in consumer activity in the sector of luxury sedans. And that wave of consumer interest has not abated, just held a small restyling - cosmetic change exterior and interior, and along with improvement of something from the technical "stuffing." As for the "beauty", then a slightly modified bumpers, moldings and a little more different registration falshradiatornoy grating hard to pay attention. The car is so good that is perceived as an integral phenomenon - the eye does not dwell on the details. However, such "integrity" at all typical of all cars Audi. But if you are relatively new sedan Audi A6 and TT Coupe expose this monolithic image on display, then the features and proportions of the flagship A8 is inherent in that humble and noble harmony, where there were better models 80 - for example, Mercedes S-class with a body of W126. The same can be said about the interior. It is made in the same style with less expensive models from Ingolstadt, but every detail of literally breathes nobility. And needless to say that the ergonomics are flawless? A "osportivlennaya" version with a different index S8 door sills of brushed aluminum and superb leather seats. I was able to compare the course of a normal sedan Audi A8 with two modifications S8 - with six "mechanics" and with an automatic transmission Tiptronic. The quality of every detail of the interior - immaculate! And the style is impeccable. And the presence of all-wheel drive will remind a sign saying quattro ... By the way, in Moscow, among the "public" black Audi eighth series of the "tricolor" on the license plate and car caught S8 - low to 20 mm ground clearance and distinctive exterior mirrors of polished aluminum. In each of the two heads of the V-shaped "figure eight" - two camshafts, roller levers through the opening of two graduate and three intake valves per cylinder. The hydraulic mechanism can change the configuration of the chain drive connecting the two camshaft, and thus change the valve timing version of S8 is really good! But which is better - with the "automatic" or "mechanics"? For those who want to fully enjoy the magnificent temperament slightly accelerated from 310 to 360 hp. with. 4.2-liter engine, six-speed alternative to the "manual" gearbox no. Honest to God, in order to test in all its glory and bright pickup after 3000 r / min, an avalanche of rising to the limit 7500 rpm, and the aggressive tone of V-shaped "eight" is to suffer a slight vibration on the long-travel clutch pedal. After restyling cars on the A8 and S8 is an updated engine with a "firm" pyatiklapannym gas distribution, two valves per cylinder are working on the issue, three - on admission, as well as on other engines Audi. But there is constantly changing and the system of valve timing and intake manifold with a length of the switching path. Incidentally, the engines intake manifold S8 even simpler - depending on engine speed and switches are not three different lengths, as in the A8, but only two. autoreview.ru
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