Audi S4 test drive since 2008 sedan

Sport-master

When the Germans charge something, it always excites. The new Audi S4 is armed and completely safe
The idea of \u200b\u200ba sports car for every day is quick and reliable, powerful and practical looks quite viable so that the fourth -generation Audi S4 is excited quite wide circles of motorists, and not just the speeds obsessed with the speed of extremes. The appearance of the novelty fits into the concept of disguised as a family car of a sports car. The charged version does not distinguish too much from the usual A4: a platinum radiator grille, two vertical ribs in the bumper air intakes, an aluminum blade along its lower edge, mirrors in aluminum cases, chrome -touched fog headlights, leaning with metal diffuser, dilated thresholds and several nurses. The S4 does not affect the gaze, but the fraction of the glossy trifles reliably stops even the casual gaze of the random passerby, instantly discovering the specialty of the sports version of the Audi segment D. And at the same time, this car allows its owner to move even in rural areas without constantly poked a finger at it. Not everyone likes it when they poke them. Those who appreciate the opportunity to emphasize the charm of their modesty so brilliantly, with even greater pleasure, they will turn their attention to the S4 Avant with the station wagon. This peculiar style has even more in it.
The idea to purchase such a car becomes even more attractive after meeting with the wealth of his inner world. Audi has long been an art champion to furnish the interior. The driver helpfully meets a black salon, sparkling with smiles of inserts, which can be made of various materials: under aluminum, steel, carbon fiber or birch. The seats are gripped, with ventilation. And this divine steering wheel! The Audi steering wheel is not thick and not thin, not slippery and not rough, not large and not small, but as it should.
The salon is spacious. Unless the very long -legged passengers will be uncomfortable to sit behind the driver. A4, on the basis of which a squadron is built, is an excellent basis for creating such a car. The S4 body is lowered by 20 mm. The aluminum components of the suspension have reduced the unsproved mass. The suspension has more rigid settings. More powerful brakes are installed. In a word, S4 looks like an impeccable purchase.
The pluses of the minus
The first doubts arise after the most exciting, it would seem, the moment when by pressing the Start button you will wake the beast under the hood. You can hear that this is not a V8, standing on the previous, third generation, Esca. Instead of a 4.2-liter V8, a 3-liter V6 was installed, as a result of which S4 lost 11 hp, hoarsely red-reddish sounding, and most importantly, the right to withdraw chrome eights on the body. But what kind of letter T was on the nameplate next to the V6?
The 3.0 TFSI engine is a new flagship Audi, combining the direct injection of fuel and a mechanical supercharger. This engine debuted on A6, but on S4 its power is increased from 290 to 333 hp. What would it be in Ingolstadt remembered the compressor 70 years after Auto Union loud victories? Indeed, until recently, the turbine worked reliably on the prestige of the company. The reason lies in the desire for compactness. A roots-type supercharger is perfectly placed instead of a receiving tract in the V-shaped series of cylinders. At the same time, the engine is not heard in breadth, as it happens when using a pair of turbines, which is especially important with longitudinal installation of the motor.
The desire for compactness is a disguised desire to save space, mass and gasoline. The result of a combination of direct injection with the supercharger turned out to be a phenomenal! The new S4 in a mixed cycle consumes only 9.7 liters per 100 km, which is 27% less than consumed the previous generation S4! At the same time, the dynamic capabilities of the car even increased: acceleration to a hundred at the sedan occurs in 5.1 s instead of 5.6 C of the predecessor. A similar ratio of dynamics in the numerator and efficiency in the denominator more than blocks speculative complaints about the superiority of the number 8 above the number 6. In principle, it reinforces these calculations and the price, which in Western Europe will be 50950 euros per sedan and 52600 per station wagon. (Sales in Russia will start in March, and the price list will be ready closer to this time.) In a word, the new S4 is just as fast, but minus two cylinders per quarter is more economical, is it not that the global crisis prescribed!
Well, if the owner still wants to grab a couple of circles around the car? In the new motor, the number of harmful emissions decreased by 30%. Excellent! But less smoke does not mean less than fire?
Tidal effect
The speedometer arrow winks approvedly, darting to maximum values, and again with mock submission vertically hangs at zero. I recover the accelerator pedal to the floor. Yes, Eska’s gas is very fun! Acceleration from the new S4 did not become worse. This turned out to be on public roads in the vicinity of Palma de Majorki, where our acquaintance with the novelty of Audi took place. The power has fallen compared to the previous S4, but the thrust increased by 30 Nm. This is smokeless gunpowder, not an engine! But not only dispersal is alive for a sports car. How are you doing with controllability? An excellent opportunity to find out this was given by the local car car car, the narrow canvas of which was thoroughly seduced by 180-degree turns. Racing track The best place for a rush of feelings and casting of skeptical bullets.
The steering wheel is delighted not only to the touch. Its sharpness and accuracy are delighted. And this advantage is emphasized by numerous systems that allow you to more fully feel all these countless pleasant moments that arise with active manipulations with such a steering wheel.
Since 2005, the Quattro all -wheel drive has been distributing a torque in a ratio of 40% by 60% in favor of the rear axle, which gives the driving process a light rear -wheel drive accent. The main novelty of the S4 sports rear differential (see insert), which has the ability to transfer almost the entire torque in a bend on the outer rear wheel, helping the car, screw it into the turn.
The clutch of the wheels with the canvas is strong, like the rings of Audi. But my task is to surpass him. Audi representatives argued that the new differential completely eliminates insufficient rotation. On public roads it seemed. But the autrod quickly became clear that there is still the demolition of the front axle, and it must have been quite tangible, although it must have been without a physical education entry from a sports differential the front line would float much stronger.
The car is equipped with one engine and two types of transmission of a mechanical 6-speed, delighting accurate and short moves of the lever, and a 7-speed robotic S-Tronic with two clutches and the possibility of gearboxing with steering wheel petals. No matter what they say about a smart box and the absence of power gap during switching, a manual transmission looks preferable at the autrod. The robot is for the city and the tracks. What is noticeable in passport data: mechanics allows you to accelerate faster, smart robot saves fuel.
And everything would be fine, but as a result of continuous attacks on the apple of the apexa, the adrenaline tidal effect gradually comes to naught, and the driver of S4 has some numbness of feelings, such as anesthesia. He has too many assistants and reinsurers. The foregoing even applies to a magnificent steering wheel, which, not only at its discretion, changes the sharpness, but is also able to steal with the help of a wave gear trimmed into it, catching small drifts. That is, in fact, he removes the driver from driving. In addition, your actions are relentlessly monitored by an all -weather all -wheel drive, wittyly playing the distribution of torque between the axes. Electromagnetic shock absorbers according to 14 sensors 1000 times per second individually calculate the necessary stiffness parameters for each wheel, resolutely suppressing the bad inclinations of the body. A sports differential twists the stern in the turns depending on the angle of rotation, transverse acceleration, the angle of screening, the speed of movement and data about the engine operation. The apotheosis is the Audi Drive Select system, which, as stated in the documents, determines the movement of the movement itself, combining the engine, transmission, steering system and suspension under its control. A person, in fact, does not control the car itself, but his systems. The ability to adjust the sensitivity of the gas pedal, the moment of operation of automatic transmission, the rigidity of shock absorbers, the sharpness of the steering wheel (only 24 parameters) is, of course, great. But does this all this electronic guttability of deprivation of some more important degree of freedom? You feel like a computer operator, not a driver. BUT after all, there is also ESP is serfdom and a left racer. True, it can be turned off (at a speed of up to 70 km/h), but the sports differential does not doze off, instantly turning from a means of improving maneuverability into another guide to morality, ready to crush any evasion from the correct line of behavior. And this line is determined not by a person, but by electronic droppers of common sense of common sense with a frequency of a couple of gigahertz everywhere.
The electronic brain S4 unless the driver’s thoughts reads. Yes, he does not need it. He simply replaces a person’s thoughts. And his thought is always so correct. But there are strange people who continue to say that the possibility of a mistake that you avoid thanks to your skill and experience, that is what is the essence of the term sports. It’s hard to make a mistake on the S4. This car is too calculated. It looks like a solid inventory from the sportsmaster, a treadmill with a chip and even with navigation.
There is, however, another opinion. Sportsivity is an opportunity to go quickly. And the Audi S4 meets this requirement in full. Moreover, you can go on it not only quickly, but also far away.
Leonid Sitnik
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Technical characteristics Audi S4
Dimensions, mm 4717x1826x1406
Own mass, kg 1650/1685
V6 gasoline engine type with supercharger
Working volume, cubic meter. cm 2995
Max. Power, L.S./rpm 333/5500-7000
Max. moment, nm/rpm 440/2900-5300
Mechanical transmission 6-speed
preventive robotic 7-speed
The permanent drive is complete
Max. Speed, km/h 250
Acceleration time 0100 km/h, from 5.1/5.3
Fuel consumption (average), l/100 km 9.7/9.4

 
 
 
 

Source: Avtopanorama magazine