Feelings and figures

Almost a second - it mnogoEsli you, dear reader, someone will say that 0.9 seconds in accelerating dynamics - the "detail" and that it is impossible to feel the difference, do not believe. Yet as soon as possible! Here I am, for example, already told, and with undisguised admiration, about the swiftness allroad diesel engine, could not get rid of the thought - "there's something wrong." Because the claimed 10.4 with "hundreds" - well, does not tally with what is actually encountered in the powerful surge forward with a sense of immutable superiority on the road. Like the car itself by their behavior from day to day persistently told me: "Do not be lazy - check the numbers! If, finally, the objective! "I believed - and precisely, the acceleration time to 100km / h in 9.5 seconds. Now, everything fell into place. At that time convinced that personal feelings should be trusted as much as technical descriptions. Thus, it is impossible not to notice that after the first few thousand kilometers (now on the odometer about 7000) motor was quieter (but not an ounce of butter, I do not top up), while fuel consumption has decreased slightly, although it was already low. Appeared to direct an amazing softness and smoothness. This does not mean that the allroad has become too loll on turns - no, he still copes with any turns, clearly following a given path, but the overall feeling of comfort noticeably increased. Wonder then, however, coincidentally, all the parts, assemblies and mechanisms, as they say, "got used" car began to show their best qualities.

Belong here

Audi Le Mans - a show car but very close to the production model, which will appear at the end of 2006. By testing pre-production, Le Mans for the first time brought to a public road, or rather to the former public road. In splendid isolation test pilots "annealed" back and forth on a secondary highway dvadtsatikilometrovomu section, with both ends blocked by police. The car is built on a platform of mid-engine Lamborghini Gallardo. But if the number comes in Lambo 2500-3000 units per year, Audi's estimated annual gathering of about 10,000 supercars. Price Le Mans in Europe will start with 90 000 euros for a car with an engine V8. In this price range the car will compete Porsche 911 C 4S and Mercedes-Benz CLK 55 AMG. Option with V10 will cost 120-135 thousand. His rivals - Porsche 911 Turbo, Aston Martin DB9 and Mercedes-Benz SL 600. Gallardo, incidentally, is much more expensive - about 170 test car was tysyach.Na experimental motor V10 5.0 biturbo - almost like the Gallardo, only 60 "horses" is more powerful. However, in 2006 in a series of car will go with another engine - atmospheric V8 4.2 FSI power of 380 hp The decision was taken to avoid internal competition among brands. In the hierarchy of Audi Group, which includes the company Lamborghini, Le Mans has to stand on a step below the Gallardo as the price, and on the strength of the motors. Fears of leadership Audi Group is clear: if the serial machine turned out to be a full copy of the prototype plant in St.

King of the Hill

The assets of the company Audi three victories in these races - in 1985, 1986 and 1987, and starting the victory provided a woman (Michelle Mouton - that the most that the first of the women won the World Rally Championship), and the third a successful race was shown a record for the track time (10 min. 47.85 seconds., Walter Rorl). Let us remember more about the interests of Audi in the U.S. market and will come to conclusion - imechko the machine really is not accidental. It does not matter whether or not to chase Audi Pikes Peak at Pikes Peak hill or not - after all vertices are different. For example, the exit from the current fourth place to first among the "Germans" in terms of sales in the United States, ahead of BMW , Mercedes and Volkswagen, - is it not worthy of conquering the summit? With this machine there is a chance, and nemalye.Audi Pikes Peak, was built with extensive use of off-road machines Volkswagen Touareg, as the saying goes, "charged" in full. Here and easily transformable interior , which can comfortably accommodate six sufficient, or by folding the rear seats to increase luggage capacity to 1,950 liters. And the adaptive air suspension that alters the clearance from standard-to-road highway (maximum - 280 mm). And the MMI multimedia system with as many as two displays (for driver and front passenger), and fast internet access, and early warning system to change lanes, tracks the road markings (if something goes wrong, a sound alarm and steering wheel starts to vibrate), and DVD-player, and much more .