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For all the irreconcilable competition, the new BMW 1 ER and Audi A3 convertibles have one common characteristic folding folding. Previously, such a roof was evidence and a consequence of production savings. Today it is a sign of chic. For many potential buyers, the choice of one convertible of the two offers is predetermined by the emblem itself on the hood. Those who choose a car for pleasure not with their hearts, but with the mind, will have to be sorted out for a long time in the trim levels and long lists of additional equipment. Moreover, these convertibles, although compact, are premium.


1. With a raised roof, the silhouette of the new Audi A3 Cabriolet resembles a compartment. But it is the roof that gives out a true convertible in the car: like classic models, its top is fabric, which, however, does not prevent the rear window from having heating. The choice is offered not only from the color scheme of the upholstery of the folding roof (red, black, blue), but also the type of drive: semi -automatic and automatic. In the first case, the roof has a central handle for manual blocking/unlocking, in the second this function is performed by an electric motor.
2. In the color scheme, the car is conservative. Of course, red, white and green are offered, as well as four shades of blue. But specifically for the Audi A3 Cabriolet, for some reason, a modest gray color was developed (in total A3 pontoon three gray shade of the offered fifteen). But the rear lights of the car are simply a sight for sore eyes: the LED bar in the dark creates an embracing light strip, bringing the back of the rear, not that a highlight, but even a pepperopian.
3. The tissue top gives Audi A3 Cabriolet there are many advantages over convertibles with a hard roof. For example, he makes the car easier, which cannot but affect its dynamics. In addition, the soft roof does not affect the volume of the trunk (260 l), which has a functionality rarely characteristic of convertibles in the form of folding back seats. The total luggage compartment increases to 674 liters.
4. The rate of folding/laying out the roof is interested in customers of convertibles sometimes more than overclocking the car itself to a hundred. In a treshka, the top opens in 9 seconds, closes in 11. As for the speed characteristics of the car itself, with the most powerful Audi A3 engine, it accelerates to 100 km/h quite in sports in 7.3 seconds.
5. It is not necessary to be a professional racer, but with the design of a car in the style of S Line to feel like a completely sports rider. As you know, even a clean car rides faster. What can we say about the new A3 convertible, which has a little different (bumpers, air intakes, etc.), and the seats are not only sports, but also stitched with a red seam on black skin. At the wheel of A3 Cabriolet S Line, you feel differently, so she rides in a completely different way.
 
Audi A3 Cabriolet 2.0 TFSI
Gasoline engine, 4 in a row
Raboche volume (cubic cub) 1984
Power (L.S. at rpm) 200 at 5100 - 6000
Moment (Nm at rpm) 280 at 1800 - 5000
Front drive
Gearbox 6-speed s tronic
Length/width/height (mm) 4238/1765/1424
Maximum speed (km/h) 231
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 7.3
Fuel consumption is average, (l/100 km) 7.6
Price in Germany (Euro) 35 150
 
1. Do not overheat in the sun and protect yourself from the cold wind. This is what is relevant in an open car. The skin in the cabin of the Bavarian convertible, made using a special pigmented technology, perfectly reflects infrared rays (heating as much as 20 degrees lower than in the case of ordinary skin). Climate control has a special convertible mode in which it reacts to external stimuli, and not intra-saline.
2. The roof over the head is also important. The soft top of the 1st series of the 1st series can be either classic black, or beige, or black with a metallized threads; In the sun, such a top shimmers with silver. It takes 22 seconds to automatically laying out the roof, the same amount of folding. It is not necessary to dwell for roofing to lose speed up to 40 km/h.
3. The top modification of the Bavarian convertible BMW 135i takes a hundred in 5.6 seconds. And shoot from 80 to 120 km/h (this is the most common overtaking mode on public roads) can be in 5.5 seconds in 4th gear or for the 6.5 on the 5th. Thanks to a 3.0-liter in-line six, outstanding 306 horses. Version 135i in the basic configuration is equipped with a sportspack M, combined with which an exclusive body column Le Mans Blue Metallic is possible.
4. Interestingly, the diesel modification of the convertible 120D is also presented on the Russian market. A two -liter turbodiesel with the Common Rail system (and with a soot filter in the basic configuration) develops 177 hp. at 4000 rpm and 350 nm at 1750-3000 rpm. With it and mechanics, the machine accelerates to hundreds in 8.1 seconds and walks at a maximum speed of 222 km/h. With a machine gun, respectively, 8.2 s and 220 km/h.
5. As expected, the convertible, the BMW 1 ER Convertible enters the market on the eve of the warm season. Four modifications are presented on the Russian market. For the top BMW 135i, we will be asked for 1,515,600 rubles, for BMW 125i 1 267 200 rubles, for BMW 120i 1 076 400 rubles and for diesel BMW 120D 1 130 400 rubles. In the model range there is also BMW 118 I, but we are not announced with us.
 
BMW 125I Convertible
Gasoline engine, 6 in a row
Raboche volume (cubic cub) 2996
Power (L.S. at rpm) 218 \u200b\u200bat 6100
Moment (Nm at rpm) 270 at 2500 - 4250
The rear drive
Gearbox 6-speed mechanical
Length/width/height (mm) 4360/1748/1411
Maximum speed (km/h) 238
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) 6.8
Fuel consumption is average, (l/100 km) 8.1
Price in Moscow (rub.) 1 267 200

Text: Anna Kilimnik, Sergey Sorokin
Photo: Audi AG, BMW AG
      
 

Source: "Autopilot"