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Cuckoo called

Cuckoo Audi is crushed incorrectly. She considers backwards. At first she drove ku-seven. Now here is ku-five. If you follow the folk, then it turns out that Audi live is less left. But, looking at the last massive embodiment of the Audi brand, the K5 crossover, you know that the stupid bird was wrong. Audi many in the automotive world will survive. Even if a compact ku-three come from the beak.
 
I have such a confidence in Audi. And you know why? The fact is that Audi is at the moment the only German company is a big triple offering the traditional German Ordnung. This so-friendly order and correctness can now offer only in Ingoldstadt. While Mercedesovtsov began to draw their new cars previously uncharacteristic sharp and bold faces, and Baemweshniki is still fighting with the heritage of Chris Bangla and invent oddities, conservatism reigns at Audi. Sedan so sedan. Compound so compartment. Crossover so crossover. No experiments like a four-door off-road coupe or those coupe, which are actually just a hatchback.
Won, and the new five-door concept of the A7 harbinger called honestly: Sportback. Just still there are people adherents, established years of classification. Cuts them, do you understand, the hearing is the phrase of the four-door coupe-crossover. Here in Audi, apparently, for these hold, offering in addition to traditions also excellent engines, modern gearboxes, good handling and magnificent interior.
In the hands of Audi ku-fifth only tool for expanding the model range. The compact crossover was necessary. And the appearance of the instrument, apparently, is not important. It is utilitated. The Germans did not use any revolutionary decisions, everything was tested earlier, on other models. There were no changes in corporate design to the share of Q5, there was no shepherd of the front LEDs and sharp taillights do not count. Q5 is the same, the usual Audi in everything. Slightly higher and pause of sedans, but smaller and more more than Q7. Those dimensions and shape that are acceptable to urban exploitation, in contrast to the giant Q7.
And it will be equally friendly and clear for everyone. In everything, ranging from the appearance and ending with the ride. Interior? So this is generally a trump card of all modern Audi. Search for the necessary buttons or MMI menu items do not have everything ordered as it should and is absolutely logical. Golden middle between candid minimalism and cubism Mercedes. Quality in every detail: The skin is stitching perfect smooth stitches, plastic nicely elastic, filigid panel fit, top-end materials. But Flashback, a friend of unification, here as here. Does not leave the resistant feeling that in the case of Q5, the developers simply raised the A4 salon slightly higher above the ground, provided it with a sliding and folding second number of seats and a huge trunk with the rear door electric drive.
The Q5 move is more comfortable than the same A4 sedan. Even, perhaps, more comfortable than A6. The little thing is felt well, but on the pits and bumps a larger Q5 reacts restraints help special suspension settings and 17-inch high-profile wheels. It would seem that such indifference to the quality of the roadway together with a higher center of gravity should mean a clear deterioration of manageability. But apparently, Audi know the recipe that allows this dependence to eliminate. Driving the crossover is no less pleasant than any other car from Ingoldstadt. Of course, Q5 is not so responsive and not so lightningly performs the driver teams, but it does not deliver any inconvenience.
The duet of the beautiful two-liter turbogo and a new seven-step preselective gearbox S-Tronic so and in general one of the best in modern automotive industry. The engine has enough Duri to accelerate the ku-fifth to 100 km / h in just 7.2 s, and the box is enough to work alone smoothly, but taking into account the wishes of the driver: when you need to keep the transfer when you need to turn on the increased for Fuel economy. I used the lion's time on the automatic AUDI mode Drive Select, it all arranged me. In addition, Comfort and Dynamic modes are not fundamentally configured. The steering wheel is more visible or empty that, meanwhile, it is not related to the level of information on it, and it is enough for the crossover, despite the variable gear ratio.
Anyway, the constant mention of the word crossover obliges us to check whether Audi Q5 has some off-road potential or Quattro for a tick. Just turned up the opportunity to do this on the improvised highway Audi Q5 Camp on the Moscow Ski Resort of Yakhroma. This camp will function in Yachroma until March 31. Everyone will be able to ride, after posting at the dealer. Of course, the pioneer teachers of the Quattro driver's skill school instructors will not allow you to plant a ku-fifth in a swamp or post a real dirt on it. Especially since neither the other there is no winter in the yard. But in the presence of a short ice track, which makes it possible to estimate the nuances of the full drive Quattro and an untouched stabilization system, as well as a small quarry with natural slides and slopes and a number of artificial obstacles that simulate diagonal hanging or vibrationandes.
On Ice Q5 Classic Quattro-Car, which has 60% of the thrust on the rear axle. The demolition is easy to translate into skid, adding gas in turn. But ESP is likely and even in Offroad mode, pretty rigidly worst car. And it does at that moment when you already started the correction. In the usual ESP mode, it stops any attempt to slide, cutting the fuel supply and a slowing down the desired wheel.
But the same ESP is an excellent helper full drive when overcoming diagonal hanging. Q5 without much thinking and difficulties rides on two wheels. The moment is redistributed truly quickly, and a slippery coating is not a problem. Acknowledge, I did not expect this from the PARKT.
Not bad and geometric permeability, and the descent system from the mountain allows you to maintain the desired speed on the slopes. All this is more than enough to overcome any urban obstacles and not only the Q5 amazingly capable guy on off-road. But hardly many of the future owners are destined to check it. Yes, and not worth it. It is not necessary to climb into the mud in order to understand that the Audi Q5 attaches a much greater sense of security than Audi in the dark bodies. Already alone this appearance Q5 is fully justified. But there is still such a thing as fashion for crossovers. It is enough to look out the window to understand that she is only gaining momentum. Therefore, on that cuckoo, from the beginning of my story, the designers and engineers of the Audi do not care about their, much more correct countdown.
 
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
The very case when the concept car was much more interesting, more and more dynamic than a massive embodiment. The Audi Cross Coupe Quattro shown in the Shanghai Auto Show-2007 Audi Cross Coupe Quittro looked much more sporty. The word Coupe in his name is not by chance that the body of the modern Q5 of that cardibility is deprived. Naturally, there is no left and retractable rag roof, a magnificent design cabin and monitor, manufactured using a double image technology. But the Audi Drive SELECT system, the 7-speed S-Tronic machine and the turbodiesel engine scheduled to be even then on Q5.
Dmitry Krotov

 

Source: Motor magazine [March 2009]