Test drive Audi TT compartment 1998 - 2006 compartment

All photos of Audi TT compartment 1998 - 2006

Day of high speeds

Low lead clouds water the dark gray strip of asphalt concrete with drizzling rain. Two in deep leather chairs are securely fastened with belts and complete the last preparations before the start.
The parameters are normal, the headlights include the speed increases
One hundred and eighty, two hundred and ten, two hundred thirty borders, the rise is safe ... I remove the chassis
What???

Kidding! Now we slow down, and once again in the opposite direction
It is hard to believe, but races for maximum speed and acceleration dynamics can become everyday, even if speeds are far in the third hundred. Let the weather are not lucky, but we owe to try the most powerful modifications in each family of Audi under any conditions.
A modern car can be described with a formula of 250x250: with an engine power 250 liters. With. A machine with good aerodynamics can develop a maximum speed of 250 km/h. Any of the three all -wheel drive audi, which we took for the test, satisfies this formula, according to the manufacturer's data.
What is the difference between applicants of the fastest title? It will not be about the advantages of the body, but about the nature of the cars you can’t read about this in the branded avenues. Moreover, for each model, the designers have chosen their own way to achieve the goal, filled each original highlight. So, under the wheels, wet asphalt, and in the hands of a thick bagel of the sports steering wheel Audi.
TT: transmission tricks

The bright red compartment seems very low, but the impression is deceptive: the proportions of the car are such that it hides its true size. The layout 2+2 indicates: the rear seat for young children and suitcases. This is warned by the sticker of no more than 130 cm otherwise will have to open the trunk. Yes, formally TT is not a compartment, but a hatchback, but who will believe in it
The famous narrow V-shaped six (angle of cylinder collapse is 15 degrees) with a volume of 3.2 liters and a capacity of 184 kW/250 liters. With. It is connected to a six -speed automatic to converged gear rates. The drive to the rear wheels through the electronically controlled huldex clutch.

The Audi TT machine is unusual: this is a mechanical gearbox with two clutches and automatic switching. It passes from one gear to another without expanding power flow. Yes, the latest DSG box allows you to switch under the thrust: thanks to this, the dynamics of the machine with mechanics are combined with the convenience and comfort of the hydromechanical machine. The result in numbers is visible in the measurement table. Our verdict is excellent! Comfort? We assure you, you can hardly understand that there is not an ordinary automatic machine. At the same time, it was not necessary to sacrifice sports qualities for the sake of convenience. Moreover, the TT excites everyone from the noise of release to sensations on the steering wheel. From our trinity, the compartment has an uncompromising suspension and the most heavy steering wheel in sensations. And although it is slightly less acute (2.6 rulings of the steering wheel versus 2.5 for the rest), Audi TT is more freaks to respond to its slightest movement. Even on the dynamometric road almost ideal by Russian standards, the car holds the driver in suspense, barely the speed will exceed 180 km/h. And to achieve them, you need a little more than 20 seconds. The owner of the most modest engine and not the most perfect aerodynamics, Audi TT, nevertheless, easily reached 246.5 km/h, without reaching passports only 3.5 km/h. In the measurements of the dynamics, he kept leadership in front of a more powerful Audi S4 to almost a more powerful Audi S4, losing it only after a kilometer acceleration.
S4: Determining liter

The history of this model Audi has three generations. The in-line five 2.2 liters with turbocharged were replaced by a V-shaped six 2.7 liter, with two turbochargers, and now they do ... completely without them! Since last year, there are not six, but eight cylinders and 4.2 liters of working volume under the hood of S4. Of course, the engine of the most modern five valves on the cylinder, controlled phases of intake and release, adjustable inlet pipeline. The result is almost three and a half hundred and instant reaction to the gas pedal in the entire revolution range, inaccessible to the deposited motors.

In combination with a six -speed automatic gearbox, all -wheel drive and a equipped mass of nearly 1.8 tons of the engine power does not seem excessive. Even the extremely sharp start on a wet coating with a disabled ESP course stability system (it combines anti -lock, anti -bowing and electronic distribution of brake forces) occurs almost without slipping of the wheels. A little less than 7 seconds are required by Audi S4 to reach 100 km/h, less than 27 s for 200 km/h, and after four kilometers a contactless speedometer Corsis shows an average of 260.5 km/h, the driver’s device is even more optimistic 275. Automatic machine. Smoothly sorting through the gears, the tachometer arrow is once again selected to the seven under an even, with pleasant overtones of the engine hum. It is hard to believe, but the speed above the official 250 km/h does not cause any special emotions or tension surrounding reality rushing towards at a speed of more than 70 meters per second! A fast, at first glance, the steering wheel does not tire at all with an increase in the speed of the reaction of the car do not become too sharp.
By the way, in tight turns in the more familiar speed range, the Audi S4 showed himself, although not as hasty as TT, but much more confident, demonstrating not only the ability to keep the trajectory, but also an exemplary response to the discharge of gas. Confidently arguing in the turn, the car does not show a tendency to skidding even with the ESP disconnected.
RS6 AVANT: good old turbo

The big station wagon looks pretty modest. Only huge brake discs, peering between the knitting needles of impressive 18-inch wheels, hint at the remarkable speed capabilities of the machine, under the hood of which a V-shaped eight with two turbochargers: its power 331 kW/450 hp. The drive, of course, is only full, gearbox of a hydromechanical five -stage machine with control on the steering wheel. Nevertheless, the RS6 force is not in equipment and an unexpectedly comfortable and energy -intensive suspension, but in frantic acceleration. The start from the place seems a little lazy, but only until the time until the turbochargers earn full force. A two -ton station wagon gains speed with slipping of all four wheels and earlier than reaches the middle of the dynamometric road, rests against the maximum speed limiter, pacifying acceleration at 262 km/h.

But even more impressive power supply of the car at low speeds. By choosing a second gear with a lever or ears on the steering wheel and turning off ESP, you can safely practice on the asphalt of ice driving, easily tearing the wheels in a slip by pressing the gas pedal, and at ease from the turn with rolling to controlled gluing. It is only worth remembering that the stabilization of the machine in this mode occurs very sharply, and the speed is not at all winter.
Morality without a fable
There is no consensus to the taste and color of the consensus. Nevertheless, all three audits are not only related to high speeds, but also by the purpose of ordinary road operation without sports exercises. Stability on the straight line, confidence in corners, minimal sensitivity to the side wind, powerful brakes and accelerated dynamics from excellent to outstanding. At the same time, only a reasonable approach to speed and the developed instinct of self -preservation are not required from the driver. Perhaps only one question remains: how to overcome temptation on ordinary roads? These cars are not to drive. They are in order to ride quickly. Climbing the difference?

SUMMARY
Audi TT 3.2 Quattro is sharp and sharp, like red pepper.
+ Excellent acceleration dynamics, sports surroundings, the ability to respond as quickly as possible to the actions of the driver, excellent DSG work.
- sharpness in management, average exchange rate stability, very rigid suspension, mediocre visibility.

SUMMARY
Audi S4 Autobal shell with surprisingly civilized behavior on the road.
+ Excellent acceleration dynamics after 140 km/h, comfortable interior, ease of traction control, comfortable suspension, low noise on small irregularities.
- insufficient energy intensity of the suspension, copying the profile of the road at high speed.

SUMMARY
Audi RS6 Avant Quattro Wolf in sheep's skin, its engine allows everything. What can you?
+ Practical body, magnificent dynamics, acceptable smoothness of the move in combination with high energy intensity of the suspension, confident behavior in sliding, resistance to the trajectory.
- Unknown traction control, too many irregularities come from the road.