Test drive Audi A3 hatchback 3 doors since 2012 hatchback
From theory to practice. Third -generation test Audi A3
I flew to the riding presentation of the new Audi A3 as a good friend. After all, not so long ago, we almost sorted this model at a special event in Munich. Only now we were not allowed to travel then. I admit, having explored all the technical secrets and details, I horrible how I wanted to ruin the new three -lash. We were promised a light car with a set of nimble engines and a bunch of technological chips, as well as an amazing interior for their class.
The A3 model is very important for the German manufacturer, because it is more than 20% of the turnover of the brand
A new meeting with A3 took place on the Spanish Mallorca on local roads, the unimportant chassis of cars betrays itself as a captive language in a military interrogation. Colleagues, as usual, grabbed cars on the principle of powerful and more trochanter, and I got a white hatchback with a diesel diesel for 150 forces. But that the horses are all power in the moment! Three hundred twenty Newton meters for 1280 kilograms of a compact hatch mass and there are more specific traction than the Subaru WRX lighter!
A quiet and powerful 150-horsepower diesel is good for a frisky driving in the city and autobasmate for this at the disposal of the driver a sea of \u200b\u200btraction, as well as well-chosen numbers in a 6-speed manual box. But on the winding tracks, there are somewhat big ones than that of gasoline engines, the mass nullifies the efforts of engineers, who so carefully facilitated the new three. In turns, the diesel hatchback jumps a little less willingly than we would like (recall that the new generation on average 80 kg is easier than the previous one).
When I made this frame, some cheap rolling hatch stopped nearby. From there with a mobile phone, the driver jumped out ready and let's shoot A3 with a zeal of at least mine. Aim Ani Audi Feng ven Ai Drive Aress Six. Besu New Hey Three of Rially Great, said an adherent of four rings with a German accent, raising his thumb up. And, you know, I agree with him
But the acquaintance with the diesel engine was exactly as short as it was necessary to make the general impression of such machines, most likely, will not be relevant and available in Russia. We are more interested in three with gasoline engines. There are two of them: 1.4 TSI and 1.8 TFSI. But if at the start of A3 sales with motor 1.4 it will be offered with 122 power forces, then we (like half a year ago on a test drive of units Sportback) offered cars with 140-horsepower pre-production engines with a system of shutdown of half of the cylinders.
Local paths are forever crashed into the memory of any fan of driving very narrow stripes, profiled and ordinary turns, on the right of the rock, on the left, a break, picturesque tunnels and mountain reservoirs along the way, turns for any move, closed and open, with a desert and without ... add here Aggressive relief with endless descents and upsurges and here it is, the driver of paradise. Therefore, manufacturers need a considerable courage to show reporters their novelty in these parts. Such a terrain shines through any miscalculations of engineers. Audi were not afraid and ... did not lose!
LEDs in the new Audi A3 can be used in the head optics (daylight lights or all the light, including near and far, such an option will appear later, for the first time in this segment), the rear lights and in the interior for the multiple lighting of the salon
Civil cars of four rings have never been known as duffers: in Audi, if the athlete was raised, they immediately assigned him the title of S or RS. Ordinary models were always impeccable in quality, moderately beautiful, moderately fast and deadly in management. During dinner, I shared these considerations with Audi engineers, and few began to argue with this. After all, now they really have something to show the most common A3 with a fashion engine that is currently fashionable as a typical Pocket Rocket behaved a few years ago!
The route in the navigator with detailed Google cards is tied with knots, which means that a steep serpentine is ahead. In the right hand, a cozy knight of a short six -train, and the fifth point is so low as if you were sitting in R8. A kilometer, the other, third, lays ears, and the hands are tightly squeezed by the three -spoke steering wheel. Leading on braking, I do not have time to do the inconvenient for this, the location of the pedals. But the box works in such a way that leveling of revolutions when reduced is simply not necessary! While slowing down, feel free to inject any gear, except for the rear, new synchronizers in the old box easily digest such loads. The clutch pedal also makes its contribution to the pleasure of 6-speed mechanics, which has optimal weight and convenient move (an alternative to the Robot S Tronic about 7 programs).
The new three -lacker has become a real driver of kar, they didn’t expect from Audi!
The engine is also good at a boast traction is successfully smeared in terms of revolutions, and the response to the accelerator is exactly what you expect. You just need to get used to the light hitch at the beginning of the course. The pedal (and actually ecologists) as if asking for: for sure? I am not against green, but burn my work. Therefore, I give a three -wing turbopian and twist the engine to the very top. It's nice that a small snail is not blown away, as often happens. And if you go calmly, then again (I recall the A1 Sportback) the system of disconnecting a pair of cylinders will please this allows you to save to a liter of fuel per hundred. The half mode is turned on unnoticed, and a split second is required to the transition. The thing is useful, and Audi was the first to use it in small engines. But the start-stop system bothers a little more, although in the European movement it is quite viable. In our torn traffic, Off mode is the most suitable for her.
The chassis of the new A3 is described by three concepts: tenacious, understandable, safe
Rolling? Class! The car is felt even more light than it really is. A smaller total mass (from 1175 kilograms), a shortened front overhang and deployed 180 degrees (exhaust manifold into the salon) engine give better weight weight than that of the predecessor, and this is felt on the go. There is no insufficient rotation and at the end of A3 with pleasure jumps into the turn, almost without resting at the entrance. Therefore, you can only smear past the turn only by too much overwhelming at the entrance at speed. And remember the recent times when even the grandmothers at the entrance scolded Audi for an empty steering wheel? Now everything in the past is surprisingly transparent and easily changes the feedback force depending on the speed and conditions of movement, up to a thick and weighty. A quick way to tighten the steering wheel a couple of times click the Audi Drive Select system, reaching the Dynamic mode.
The electromechanical steering electromechanical amplifier is based on an electric motor mounted directly on the steering rack. Working in cooperation with a bunch of sensors and the brains of the car, it not only changes the effort depending on the speed, but also turns the wheels during automatic parking or in tracking mode. But the main effect of the use of this decision by the machine is really nice to steer
At the same time, the settings of not only the steering wheel will change (it will become more acute and heavier), the chassis (in the event that adaptive shock absorbers with variable stiffness are installed) and the accelerator (by the way, even in the most acute Dynamic mode at the beginning of the pedal will not disappear), but and adaptive light, PRE SENSE security systems and climate installation. Separately, it is worth saying about the gearbox: if you want to go with a sandwiches and a sharp steering wheel, but do not want to listen to the annoying voice of the motor (in dynamic mode, the S Tronic robot invariably holds high speeds), then welcome to individual Audi Drive Select settings. In its pure form, the Dynamic mode is intended only for a shiru ride, and preferably not in a straight line. It is nice to see such thin settings in a civilian car, especially since it is quite capable of justifying them.
Audi A3 is already equipped with good tires at the factory when choosing large wheels: it is Dunlop Sport Maxx RT for 17-inch discs and Continental ContisportContact 5 for wheels with a diameter of 18 inches. A rarity for mass machines even a class above
But the real drive was driving an all -wheel drive A3 1.8 TFSI with a S Tronic robot. The tires steam, the brakes are boiling, sweat is from me (the air conditioner is working for half-hearted, saving a couple of beaver forces). Am I all about the city hatchback of the golf class?! It looks like yes. In this car, we went towards Cape Form on the northern edge of the island of 50 km of the best beers of Mallorca and beautiful species. There you can go to the limit, but it is better not to lose your head in case of an error to fly down to the sea for a long time.
The new three-lane with a 1.8 TFSI engine performed by S Line does not reach a hot hatch in only one little horses. Yes, and then on paper, since it gives enough sensations and capabilities of the three -door
And this route will also tell you why there is all -wheel drive on the asphalt. The thrust of 250 N ∙ m is quite enough to tear the front wheels into the boxes, especially when one of them is unloaded at the exit from the turn. Therefore, the Quattro all -wheel drive system with a multi -disc clowing (it will be available to customers only closer to the end of the year) allows you to more efficiently and reliably shoot from turns, earlier to open gas. It works great and the stabilization system even braking in a bend (worse than a driver’s sin cannot be invented) does not bother it. Electronics does not interfere with driving quickly and with pleasure, allowing microsnuses and micro -zanos.
If you burn the pedal wisely, even at a vigorous pace of driving, brakes on A3 are able to withstand a lot of decelerations in a row. But as soon as you start playing Pikes Peak, on the contrary, the pedal turns into a jelly, and the brake effectiveness quickly falls, even if you follow the engine. But do I want a lot from a civilian car?
1.8 TFSI engine today is the most powerful in the line of engines for the new A3. Obviously, with a specific power of 100 horsepower per 1 liter of volume, this modern turbocharged unit is far from the limit of its potential, and in the future it can be expected more powerful versions. They will certainly do the S3, but the engineers have not split whether they will continue to use a two -liter turbine unit of the previous generation or build an ESCA based on the 1.8 motor. This engine has enough traction and power to turn A3 almost into a hothtch acceleration to a hundred in a 180-horsepower three-door occupies only 7.2 seconds! He would have even a little more sounding a little gurgling bass in the exhaust roar would perfectly complement the character of the car. Although the youngest 1.4 TFSI is even more boring, even a little childish.
The tidy, made in accordance with the general idea of \u200b\u200bminimalism in the interior, is not only stylish, but also convenient. Although the LED divisions of secondary scales need to be used a little. An additional Capri Orange finish package allows you to significantly revive the interior with bright colors.
In the comments, readers often blame journalists of lying even on carts during subbotnik visits to Auchan, an anticipation of their pride of riders. Here the case is different, but just in case I will work out at once for everyone. I report: flain on A3 is no less pleasant than rushing, headlong. Here you already appreciate a soft and stylish multifacture interior. And the elastic and assembled suspension is unlikely to be confused even by our native potholes. Good and acoustic comfort in the cabin. Which, however, persists exactly until the moment until you open the window. Aerodynamics A3 is such that with lowered glasses, not just a noise enters the salon, but loud pops of air are heard lovers of driving with open windows.
The chairs are very convenient on the long journey and look cool. But with lateral support, things are so -so even in the version of S Line, the ears do not have a good enough body in steep turns
You find many cool solutions in the cabin. Round deflectors with multiple or directed blowing and amazing adjustment mechanism, twisting the on -board system MMI, the upper plane of which is a touchpad for data entry. It has optimal sensitivity and allows you to introduce characters right on the go without being distracted from the road. True, the control puck subconsciously wants to download to the sides, but it is impossible. And with all the minimalism of the buttons on the front panel, the control of the MMI system on the central console looks a little overloaded and not completely intuitive. But this is the general trouble of modern machines. But navigation is detailed as army maps: each maneuver is shown in several graphic ways that colorfully duplicate each other, it is almost impossible to miss. Built -in maps even contain three -dimensional models of houses at the maximum chosen scale!
I drove the A3 with a regular three -spitz steering wheel and with a fashionable steering wheel S Line, cut along the lower chord. I liked the first more universal and democratic grip without loss in the convenience of steering
As for the design of the three, I could not come to terms with only one look of the body from the side during the meeting. Having drawn an interesting face with a hexagonal Single Frame lattice and making an unkind squint of the rear lights on a relief ass, the designers left a boring predecessor profile. But the continuity of the machine does not suffer from the continuity of the machine remains recognizable thanks to the branded waist line with the stroke of the so -called tornado line from the front headlights to the rear lamps. And a high windowsill not only forms the appearance of the machine, but also creates a sense of security for those sitting inside.
The trunk of a new three -three is 365 liters of volume, which turn into 1100 when folding the back of the rear seat
In general, A3 is a very adult car in a compact body. The quality of the interior execution, the set of advanced security systems, multimedia and the sum of sled characteristics correspond to a higher class cars. The situation is such that even there is nothing to complain about! Maybe the price will help us in finding shortcomings? However, the cost of the model will be announced a little later. Well, sales of new items will begin closer to the fall.
Dmitry Laskov
Photo by the author and Audi
Source: Auto.mail.ru
