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Temptation of speed

Fans of Audi waited for the four new generation can already be seen in the salons. And at first glance it becomes clear: so aggressive, so emphasized by sports, it has never been before. Externally. And what about the character?
 
Do not come to us!
This beast looks especially fierce, of course, in a dark one. You look, all frowned, frowned, adaptive xenon on the sides of a scrap, snare! I immediately want to paraphrase the classic: and where did so much anger in the eyes come from? With such a thing, it is a matter, hold your ear will be: you’ll get stuck, look at it to the shreds. In the gaze of these new headlights also arrogance over the edge. I remember the former four, although I put on the same open mask on the radiator in the last couple of years before the pension, looked much more serene.
Curious, but in a bright silver A4 suit, it seems to me more charming than exclusively aggressive. In front of the premium-mask of the lattice makes it almost indistinguishable from other modern audi, and from the stern it is spilled A5. But there are also enough dashes: predatory bends of the lower edge of the front bumper, a swift (just Bavarian!) Roster of substetricians above the thresholds, a cast spoiler, embracing the trunk lid over the lanterns. And, of course, 14 curved by a wave of LEDs in each headlight. I agree, for a lady claiming a higher society, perhaps excessively crying. But we will assume that this is a young woman young, temperamental, in risky makeup and just from a rocking chair.
By the way, German designers even redrawed the geometry of the body to improve sports qualities. For greater stability at high speeds, the body was made longer and wider, and the wheelbase was extended by as much as 17 cm. Our A4 on a low suspension and wide tires of only 40 percent profile looked especially convincing.
In a four -seater cockpit
But much greater than in appearance, the contrast with the serene fed luxury of the former four awaited me inside. The salon is now not just stylish and noble, as before, it is rectified by adrenaline. Even the passenger of the sofa, barely close the door behind him, feels like in the cabin of a racing car. A narrowed doorway, a high window line, an impressive tunnel on the floor, an openly double pillow profile and back everything works for it.
 
       
Automatic parking brake, turned on the button to the left of the automatic transmission lever, is laid for all A4
The hook cover is adjusted along the angle of inclination and moves back and forth
  
 
      
Convenient parking sensors will not be superfluous at all
About the obstacle in the blind zone of mirrors will report to the driver an assistant to rebuild
The road clearance of modifications with a sports suspension is only 115 mm, 40 mm lower than that of standard machines

Only this racing capsule is by no means cramped. Formally, then a person has an eighty -meter in the exercise in the exercise himself 45 cm in front of the knees and 34 above his head. The sensations of a real sports projectile (I have to feel my car with my back, every muscle, every cell! As the three -time formula champion 1 Jack Brabem used), the Germans clearly achieved quite meaningfully. This is evidenced by a thorough, to the last little thing, the thoughtfulness of the new salon. Where necessary, armrests, pockets, cup holders are provided. In each detail, the filigree work of Skornyaks and other finish masters is visible.
 
       
The juicy, powerful sound of the Bang and Olufsen audio system quite justifies the price of 40 005 rubles.
A first -aid kit is stored in the niche of the folding armrest

And from the place of the driver A4, all the more, it seems a sports car. The central console, armchairs with developed lateral support, dark ceiling, drowned in deep wells, dashingly launched to the driver, a red backlight, a noble combination of aluminum inserts and soft expensive skin. I would not even be surprised at the steametric of the rally signs above the front panel or the racing frame of safety behind your back! In a word, having not yet passed a meter, I was already convinced that this beast had the most combat character.
 
    
A convenient trunk in the form of the correct parallelepiped was at A4 before. But its maximum volume increased from 830 to 960 liters

In the wolf skin
A quiet, without any noticeable vibrations, the work of the motor on idle even a little alerted. But the bass notes of the exhaust, responding to every touch to the gas pedal, make up, they say, there will be a drive, only click. I shook. A very even, confident, but without any sharp pickup set. I shake more. No reaction is still calm, powerful, solid, in no case slowly, but not very in a hurry.
The current engine, although called the previous name of 1.8T, is actually new. The Germans slightly increased the piston stroke, and the diameter, on the contrary, was reduced. The injection computer and the turbine was set up so that the impressive 250 Nm motor is already issued from 1,500 rpm. This will take 1.2 s for half a second less than the previous one. And the variator is new. Its power dipason is expanded to the highest gear to the highest from 6.25 to 6.73. Alas, all these technical tricks did not make the car brisk, but it seems that they became only compensation for more than 5060 kg of mass of the new four and more stringent requirements for CO2 emissions.
Even the variator almost with a second pause reacts to the driver’s commands. In manual mode (virtual fixed steps in it are now eight, two more than before) delays less, but do not completely disappear. Of course, with mechanics, the A4HARARCATER becomes less thoughtful, but in Russia, the middle class audi prefers with an automaton.
570,000 from above, and you will be true
However, I still had hope for custom-made SISV niche of a hinged armrest of the topic Drive-Select and Ryad control, which for an additional 13,419 and 49,203 rubles. Accordingly, the rigidity of the suspension, steering amplifier modes, and the response time to press the gas pedal can change. For me, shock absorbers and without these racing pieces are harsh, and the steering wheel on the steering wheel. Note that the newcomer also has a 5 percent body tougher. For the sake of the best hanging, the Germans moved the engine 154 mm ago, the battery from under the hood was transferred to the trunk. I press the button on the central tunnel next to the Dainemic icon. And
And the car is really noticeably tougher now passes every bump, the steering wheel is even excessively fascinated. The turn for the A4 vihi allows you to register faster. All the sensitive side overloads. But now he went over at speed, and the front axle is corny sliding out. Where is the promised drive, neutral rotation? There are no them even now. It turns out that they offer me to pay about 110 thousand rubles more for a car that only looks noticeably aggressive than before. After all, in order to become A4 truly evil, in order to famously screw into the turns, you need to take a version with a 3.2-liter engine. Full -wheel drive, the right machine gun, another hundred hot horses will at once change the situation for the better. Only add more than 570,000 rubles to a million. It turns out a little expensive, isn't it? However, why then buy a sedan? For lovers of hot drive, Audi has a compartment A5. And the sedan is intended for more calm customers. Although also very wealthy.
    
On seven sheets
The price for A4-1,8TFSI begins at 1 081 500 rubles. The variator will cost 70,000 rubles. But the equipment is more than generous: an electric package, light alloy wheels, climate control, MP3 magnet, heating of the seats and scores of glass miners, the board only of the list is only a small part of the list. After a month or two, A4-3,2FSI-Kvattro (265 hp) will appear for 1,651,500 and diesel version 2.0tDi (143 hp) at a price of 1,183,000 rubles.
Traditionally, the list of options is already wide on seven sheets, so if you wish, your Audi can become unique. But the lion's share of goods, including metallic (34,461 rubles), is very expensive. Our advice is to limit ourselves to the assistance system at starting in rise for 2268 rubles, aluminum windows (7182 rubles), the most convenient armrest (8505 rubles) and, perhaps, bixenon headlights 43,596 rubles.
 
 
Audi A4 1.8TFSI CVT
common data
 
Body, number of places/doors
Sedan, 5/4
 
Equipped, kg
1410
 
Length x width x height, mm
4703x1826x1427
 
Base, mm
2808
 
Front/back, mm track
1564/1551
 
The diameter of the turn, m
11.4
 
Speed, km/h
218
 
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
8.6
 
Fuel consumption, l/100 km (highway/city)
5.7/10.3
 
Trunk volume (5/2 places), l
480/962
 
The volume of the fuel tank, l
65
 
Engine
 
Location
The front is longing
 
Design
In-line, 8-cylinder, with turbocharged
 
Working volume, SMZ
1798
 
Power, L.S. at rpm
160/4500
 
Torque, kgsm at rpm
25.5/1500
 
Chassis
 
Drive unit
On the front wheels
 
Transmission
Standed variator
 
Suspension:
Independent, spring
 
front
on double triangular transverse levers
 
behind
Mollycent
 
Steering
rack type with amplifier
 
Brakes
Disk ventilated
 
Tires
225/55 R16
 
Car
from 9.98 rubles/km
 
+
Impeccable build quality and finishing materials; decent sound insulation; tracted motor; Safe controllability
 
-
High price; harsh suspension; Unknown to the family sedan landing on the sofa
 
 
Alexey Sergeev, photo of Maxim Goncharov
 

Source: Magazine buy a car [04/2008]