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Audi RS 3 Sportback. Sixth Sense

Audi RS 3 Sportback. Price: from 2 350 000 rubles. On sale: III quarter 2011

From the time of the King Friedrich, the strength of the Prussian armies was determined by the speed of recharging guns and muskets. Audi seemed to adopt similar tactics
 
Test pilot
Vladimir Makkaveev, 33 years old, car journalist, driving experience 14 years old, personal car - Volvo C30

The King Friedrich demanded that Prussian soldiers do 6 shots per minute and had a seventh bullet in the trunk. One extra shot gave a decisive superiority in battle rapidness with which the company from Ingolstadt charges its model range of sports versions worthy of the German emperor. At the beginning of Spring in Monte Carlo Audi brought another charged Sportback with the RS 3 index.

In the appearance of RS 3 too much common features with the basic model A3, to recognize the athlete to the masterpiece of auto-art and the first beautiful monaco. But at the same time: a strict sports corset coupe, cut the air intakes under the headlights that dissolved like smeared the pimads of the fog, clearly fogged with the horizontal chin splitter, expanding the cheeks of carbon fired front wings and the elegant pinch of the profiled spoiler along the rear window ... All this is superfluous Once it proves that with the mind chosen outfit and the right makeup is quite capable of turning the trivial hatchback C-class if not in the Princess of Monaco, then in the first Freilline of its segment certainly. Not everyone is given to admire this discreet beauty, but the indifferent RS 3 will not leave anyone.

Racing collection of sensors with digital pressure indicators, oil temperature and a timer of circle passing, as well as the buckets of optional sports chairs, do not allow to doubt the purpose of this car.

As with the dozens of Ferrari and Porsche, preventing the basalt rocks of the Mediterranean Principality, herd at 340 horses under the hood of Audi RS3, closely and uncomfortable in the shores of the narrow streets of Monaco. But unlike arrogant GT-aristocrats, Ingolstadt herds are not torn to a closed ring of autodromes, but on the expanse of rally asphalt serpentines, which are so much on the spurs of the Alps of the French and Italian riviera around the principality. In Ingolstadt, do not hide that they see in RS 3 heirs who are destined to move in the XXI century sports traditions laid on the rally tracks 80s QUATTRO model.

Bringing out from the Monk Labyrinth to the expanse of rally serpentines, you can finally completely estimate the potential that melts in the bowels of the small RS. From the first meters of the coast of Audi impressive and captures excitement.

Thanks to the Launch Control system, up to hundreds of RS 3 accelerates like a rocket for a record for its class 4.6 s. And only heavy duty ventilated brakes (370 mm in front and 310 mm rear) are able to be placed in front of a steep stud 340 Bavarian horses in the depths of a lightweight and compact 5-cylinder turbaround of 2.5 TFSI. The legendary permanent four-wheel drive Quattro over several milliseconds redistributes the moment between the axes. To compensate for congenital insufficient turning, the rear tires were made by 10 mm already the front dimension 235/35.

The three-position stabilization system submissively releases the reins: the first press of the button significantly reduces the ESP reaction threshold, the second completely turns off it. If this does not do this, tied to the ESP data, the wheels of the electric drive reacts independently to the slightest deviations from the trajectory, and when leaving the power of the amplifier, the pilot is directed through the short-term change. The only negative: despite the adaptation under dynamic nature and gear ratio of 16.2: 1, in slow turns of the sharpness of the RS 3 steering wheel, it is still not enough. For such a rapid car, the steering wheel is frankly too much. But, on a par with a high price, it is probably the only thing that can be frozen.

He took in Audi RS 3 Sportback falls instantly! After a couple of kilometers you understand what you start to control it on the verge of instincts. But it is this unknown science that the sixth sense will allow full understanding and enjoy the almost racing aggregate from Audi.

Engine year
Five-cylinder engine 2.5 TFSI, debuting two years ago at the TT RS model, in 2010 brought Audi 6th victory in the nomination of the engine for a survey of automotive journalists. High-strength thin-walled cast iron crankcase with graphite additives (first graphite was used only in diesel engine casting) made it possible to reduce the weight of the power unit to 183 kg, and the compactness of only 494 mm in length made it ideal for transverse layout. Turbocaddv and direct injection under pressure up to 120 bar allow you to shoot with a 2.5-liter motor up to 340 liters. from. With a torque of 450 nm, reachable in a wide range from 1600 to 5300 min-1. An aggregate with seven-step KP s Tronic with double clutch, in a mixed cycle, the RS 3 motor consumes from 9.1 l / 100 km, throwing out 212 G CO2 to the atmosphere per 1 km.


Love not love
The dashboard is devoid of special delights, but functional. Modest
Buckets chairs in RS 3 as nowhere by the way! Closely
The S button enhances the sound of the motor. SOUND


Advantages and disadvantages
+ Stunning speaker, excellent controllability, three-position settings of the stabilization system.
- High price, unreasonably long power steering at low speeds.


Specifications
Dimensions - 4302x1794x1402 mm
Engine - gasoline, 2480 cm3, 340 l.c. / 54006500 min-1, 450 nm / 16005300 min-1
Transmission - Robot, S-Tronic, 7-speed
Dynamics - 250 km / h, 4.6 s to 100 km / h
Fuel consumption - 9.1 l / 100 km in mix. Cycle
Competitors - BMW 1 Series M Coupe, Subaru Impreza WRX STI


Our opinion
Causes for such a compact car characteristics make RS 3 almost unique phenomenon in the automotive world. Only BMW 1 Series M Coupe The engine capping by the engine can coordinate with RS 3. Audi, however, just more expensive, but with the ACP instead of mechanics and stealing gear shift petals.


Posted by: Vladimir Makkaveev


 

A source: Magazine 5 Wheel [May 2011]