Audi S4 test drive since 2008 sedan
Test drive Audi S4: Dialogue with the devil
... And only one person in this stream is free, he sold his soul, receiving an unprecedented power in return, and from now on the owner of the Audi S4.Wide Moscow highways, a million standard streets and a billion of narrow driveways on a weekday resemble 7 circles of hell than public roads. The reason for this is the mass of reasons that have already lost their sores, with the usual constancy of provoking traffic jams. All cars in this nervous movement do not make traffic from point but to paragraph B, but rather, redeem the punishment for some sins.
And only one person in this stream is free, he sold his soul, receiving an unprecedented power in return, and from now on the owner of the Audi S4.
Excellent camouflage for civilian A4, a restless disposition is issued only by the grille of the radiator, a bumper, mirrors and wheels.
To say that I was waiting for a meeting with this devilish car is nothing to say. On the appointed morning, correctly dressed up for a meeting with the ESKA and this is at least comfortable shoes, preferably sports, I went to the meeting place.
On the way, cursing the lousy weather, slowly but surely covering all the roads of the metropolis with snow flakes, I warmed only the burning memories of the S4 of the previous generation with all the shortcomings inherent in it at that time, but with a huge charge of vivacity and in a good sense of insanity. Enhanced the excitement and recent acquaintances with other Audi models marked by Litera S and RS.
Finally, I'm in place, and she, too, I look at her, and she pretends not to notice anything. Deep black color becomes like a magnet, unearthly beauty wheels of the 19th diameter, shod in low-profile tires 255/35, visually, as if glue the car to the road. The front bumper with pointed aerodynamic wings and the rear bumper with a pronounced diffuser, bordered aluminum, hid in his bowels 4 pipe of the exhaust system, all this looks impressive and very impressive.
Great view and behind, nothing superfluous, concise accents on sports.
And yet I took the first step, pulled the handle and she, oh gods, descended, winking at me with lights.
Salon performed by s donor body from the civil version, abundantly seasoned with burning pepper. Convenient and effective seats in a combined red-black color with actively developed lateral support and integrated head restraints, on which the S4 imprinted on the skin will not let the driver and passengers even get tired at the longest distances. The placers of aluminum elements of the finish and a sports steering wheel with a red prostrate and the already familiar Bukka S in the lower part are, perhaps, and everything that focuses on the troubled dilapidation of the car.
In general, the basic salon for A4, but with small additions. Everything is just as convenient and pleasant.
The key to a special slot, and bright red arrows from the zero position make a circle of honor on dials. The tempter has already prepared all the documents and elegantly offers a pen for the signature of a magical contract. A dick on paper, and the driver’s soul does not belong to him anymore. But, having pressed the gas pedal closer to the floor, he forgets about everything, carrying down the adrenaline river far beyond the horizon.
Involuntarily drawing an analogy with the previous generation S4, you do not cease to be surprised at the qualitatively new sensations of the dynamics. Although the current motor, in addition to losing a volume from 4.2 liters to 3.0, lost 12 horsepower along the road, in dynamic disciplines he only added: if you believe passport data, the new C-ka reaches hundreds of quickly than 5.1 seconds. Half a second less than the previous generation. And judging by the sensations, then even faster. I suppose that when overclocking to a hundred, she easily leaves from five seconds.
The guilt of the innovative power unit V6 with a volume of 3.0 liters with the installed red taps of the Roots directly in the collapse of the cylinder block.
And how did people live without LED optics? :) Excellent information content will retain the rear bumper from thoughtful onlookers more than once.
This flame engine is able to develop symbolic 333 horsepower and 440 nm of torque in a wide range of 2200 to 5900 rpm, which is in tandem with a 7-speed automatic transmission S Tronic, equipped with two different-made clutches, provides confident dynamics without loss of power, and Less or less noticeable failures when recruiting.
The arrows hanging at the zero mark move through the dials of an uncharacteristic gray color. The clarity of indications is more than sufficient.
Pretty seriously reducing the lotage of the new unit, alas, it was not possible to also effectively reduce its weight. Compared to a huge atmospheric eight, previously established, a new motor is easier for 16 kg. But Audi engineers would not be themselves if they had not benefited from such a transformation. And it consists in the fact that the new power plant has become much more compact, which allows you to integrate it into the car body much closer to the center, while seriously unloading the front axle, which clearly positively affected the control of the car.
And you can talk about the controllability of this machine for hours, at the moment it has approached the ideal for the operation of the car with ordinary people who do not have many regalies in motorsport.
To the above factor on the unloading of the front axis, we add the ratio of the distribution of torque 60 back 40 forward and an active rear differential, which, if necessary, can transfer most of the moment to the outer wheel, thereby literally trying out the feed of the car into the turn. The already excellent handling of Audi cars has become, more confident, brighter and safer.
Separate attention is deserved by the DRIVE SELECT car configuration system, which performs the function as an operational change in operating modes: gearboxes, accelerator pedals, steering and stiffness of shock absorbers, and individual setting of each of the nodes at the discretion of the owner. True, the buttons of the modes selector are in an not -so -convenient place, exactly under the control of the climatic installation and clearly behind the gear lever, which very complicates access to this function. But the algorithm itself and, most importantly, the difference between the modes causes genuine delight. If in the Comfort mode, riding the S4 can easily be confused with the management of one of the A4 civilian modifications, then in AUTO, when intensive operation, the gas pedal is transformed, slightly showing the teeth. But there is the third Dynamic mode all the boundless potential, carefully packed in the body of the D-class sedan.
Road clearance is small even if special preparation for Russian roads. It is necessary to be as attentive as possible when moving various barriers.
A bright sunny day and a deep dark night, S4 is ready to terrify all the vehicles surrounding it, plunging them into the hypnotic sleep with its smooth lines and the demonic sound of the exhaust system, maneuvering between them, as between static figures on a chessboard.
If you are ready for such a deal with the master of strength, then this car is certainly your choice!
Dmitry Malygin
Source: Carclub.ru
