Test Drive Audi S6 since 2012 Sedan
Test Drive Audi S6 / S7: Two Sides
Some of the hottest prime ministers, which Audi spent in 2012, no doubt became new Audi S6 and S7, for acquaintance with which we went to Munich.
The Audi models with the S sign always stood at the intersection of ordinary cars with four rings on the grille of the radiator and ultimatic versions of RS. Eska is no longer a simple civil model, but not yet a sports car. At the same time, the S-model was collected from the world on a thread and possess a serious arsenal in dynamics and controllability, remaining within the high level of comfort.
This time, Audi presented three new items at once: S6 sedan, Universal S6 Avant and four-door coupe S7 Sportback. Technically, all three vehicles are absolutely identical and differ only in the types of body, each of which is popular for three key for S-models of the markets: Audi S6 sedan traditionally enjoys in demand in North America, Universal A6 Avant Way of the European Market, Well, a stylish A7 Sportback attracted in China .
As in civil modifications, Audi A6, the body of the S-version is 20% made of aluminum: cups of struts, bumper amplifiers, hood, doors, front wings, suspension and many other elements. All this affected the weight: compared to the previous model, the new S-ka threw a 15% mass at once.
Audi S6 Body 20% consists of aluminum. From the winged metal, cups of pole supports, bumper amplifiers, hood, doors, front wings, suspension and many other elements are made. As a result, a significant reduction in mass. Compared with the previous model, the new Audi S6 dropped 15% of the weight.
Externally distinguish the Audi S6 and S7 from ordinary versions is not so easy. You can identify S-ki by a slightly modified radiator grille with double horizontal ribs, aluminum overlays on the rear-view mirrors, small skirts on the thresholds, increased wheels and four exhaust pipes. In addition, the road clearance AUDI S6 is reduced by 20 mm, and S7 is 10 mm. That's the whole wardrobe S-ok. But even at the expense of these strokes, designers managed to create a feeling of unobtrusive accessories Audi S6 / S7 to the pantheon of fast cars.
The traditional makeup of S-models: a modified radiator grille, overlays on the rear view mirrors for aluminum, four exhaust exhaust pipes and increased alloy wheels. As an option, carbon-ceramic brake discs are offered. In addition to efficiency, they are 15 kg easier for standard S-brakes.
The first thing you pay attention to the cabin, sports front armchairs with a diamond embroidery, a three-spoke steering wheel and a slightly modified instrument panel. In addition to aluminum and wood as a decor of the interior, carbon or puff cake made of aluminum and wood boob can be ordered.
Ergonomics Salon Reference, finishing quality at height. In Audi S6 / S7 Arsenal, sports faces, sports steering wheel, pedal lining and the ability to re-establish a carbon panel or a new combination of aluminum with a buffer tree.
Ergonomics perfect, sport seats profile are good, adjusting bands are sufficient. The list of available equipment has the mass of the most advanced options, including the three-zone climate control, active cruise, projection on the windshield, night vision system and much more. The multimedia system is able to go online, warns of difficulties on the road, supports Google Street View and Google Earth and can even work as Wi-Fi access point so that the passengers can enter the network, for example, using their mobile phone and laptop.
Not a gift, practical Europeans prefer the body wagon. In addition to excellent handling and brutal dynamics in Audi S6 Avant Arsenal also a 565-liter trunk. And if you decompose the rear sofa, then its volume will increase to 1680 liters.
Modern development trends in the autoinadundry dictate their rules, and even when developing powerful and fast cars, the decline in fuel consumption and environmental protection plays. So there are no cases when the new model is inferior in the number of horses to its predecessor. A similar story happened to Audi S6 / S7. Place the former 5,2-liter V10 with a capacity of 435 hp It occupied Bi-Turbo Eight, borrowed from AUDI S8, the power of which was lowered from 520 liters. with. and 650 nm to 420 liters. with. and 550 nm.
Despite the loss in power and loss in volume, the new Audi S6 accelerates to 100 km / h in 4.6 seconds, winning the predecessor almost 0.5 seconds! This is what the mass is reduced and the expansion of the range of maximum torque.
The power of an eight-cylinder motor with a volume of 4.0-liter borrowed from the flagship Audi S8 is reduced to 420 hp. The engine is equipped with a double turbocharger, direct fuel injection and half of the cylinders. During the test, the route computer showed the average fuel consumption at the level of 10 liters.
Improved dynamics did not prevent the new S-ku significantly more economical. During our trip to which the unlimited autobahn site also had a plot of a few kilometers at the entrance to Munich, the average fuel consumption according to the route computer data was about 10 liters per 100 km. Digit appetite Bi-turbo V8 helped the Cylinder ON DEMAND Half Cylinder Disconnection System, with which at low loads AUDI S6 / S7 goes only on four cylinders. And in order for the moment of turning off the cylinders, neither the vibrations in the cabin, nor the sound, the motor was installed on special hydrophopores and introduced the Active Noise Control system, which generates compensating oscillations through the audio system columns, masking the sounds of the process of disconnection and turning the cylinders.
Reducing fuel consumption managed to achieve thanks to the Cylinder ON DEMAND Cylinder Disconnection System. At low loads when used from 25 to 35% of the torque, the turns are in the range from 960 to 3500, it closes intake and exhaust valves on the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 8th cylinders, resulting in The motor begins to work as v4. Vibrations are extinguished using special active engine hydrophores, so you can only find out on the special indicator on the dashboard.
The weather in the vicinity of Munich during the dough was rainy. In such conditions, it was impossible to draw on S-kah in full possible, and together with two other crews decided to abandon the routes proposed by the organizers, and went in search of dry roads and good weather on the border with Austria to the city of Füssen.
On the autobahn both S-ki are good. Differences from ordinary models are minimal, except that the S6 / S7 is a little stronger to the road and reacts slightly tougher into small joints and irregularities. At a flat direct Audi, it goes like on rails, and a wide range of the maximum torque of the maximum torque zone (from 1400 to 5,200 rpm) gives Audi S6 with excellent dynamics at any speeds.
Technically Audi S7 is identical to the S6 sedan. Both cars are great for long-distance trips, have an excellent level of comfort and impressive dynamics.
While the flow on the autobahn is dense, we go along with all with cruising speed. In this mode, Audi S6 is a real comfortable sedan, with excellent smoothness and noise insulation. But it is worth the gas in pedals, as a robot s Tronic immediately discounts a couple of steps and a real eight-cylinder symphony is escorted from the subsoil of the motor, which is accompanied by a powerful acceleration.
Reducing the rate of speed is observed only after 220 km / h, when the speedometer arrows is selected to the maximum value. Even with frankly vague weather, the 150-kilometer path to Fussen flew almost unnoticed. And this is the first side of the new Audi S6. This sedan will be an excellent companion on a distant journey, which will deliver his passengers to the destination quickly and with maximum comfort.
European prices for new S-models are already known. The cost of the S6 sedan begins from 72,900 euros, the S6 Avant station wagon from 75,250 euros, and the S7 SPORTBACK hatchback from 79,900 euros. Russian priceers will be published later.
Having enjoyed the beauties of Fussen and visiting the majestic castle Neuschwanstein, we went back to Munich. When up to an hour x, to which it was necessary to return the car to the organizers, it remained about 40 minutes, a couple of tens of kilometers to the city, the Audi navigation system warned about the impressive traffic jam on the autobahn. It was necessary to lay an alternative route along winding secondary tracks. By this time, the rain was over, and the asphalt is practically drying.
So the moment of sin does not take advantage. We translate the chassis to the Sport mode, the shock absorbers are clamped, and the Ronic robot increases turnover, forgetting about economy. The character of the Audi immediately changes, the mask of the 5.0-meter business sedan flies, and the S6 turns the real car, which with hunting attacks the bundles of gentle turns and is screwed into a viorage almost without a hint of rolls and a split. The holder in turn is otmnaya, and a juicy reverse effort appears on the steering wheel, helping the pilot better feel the car on the arc.
Instead of a boring route around the Munich airport, proposed by the organizers, we rushed to the border with Austria to the city of Füssen where the majestic castle Neuschwanstein is located. Neuschwanstein castle stands on the site of two fortresses, front and rear Schwangau. King Ludwig II ordered at this place by explosion the cliff to lower the plateau approximately 8 m and thereby create a place to build a fairy palace. After the construction of the road and gaskets of the pipeline on September 5, 1869, the first stone was laid for the construction of a huge castle.
In order to make S6 / S7 even more responsive in turn, you can install an active rear differential as an option, which helps refuel the car in the turn. Standard brakes have enough eyes. Driving a slowdown is a pleasure, to the effort on pedals and the effectiveness of claims no. To whom is not enough of this, carbon-ceramic brake discs are optionally offered.
Audi S6 / S7 is an excellent synthesis of two sides, on one of which is a prestigious comfortable car for every day, and to another real shell, ready to reach the destination as quickly as possible. As for the sportiness, which in S6 I could not have been found and did not succeed, then S-Cam is in general and nothing. This is already the prerogative of a truly charged Audi RS6, the appearance of which is not far off.
A source: Carclub.ru.
