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Five quatro

A five -cylinder engine, a turbocharger, a four -wheel drive, a short base and a wide track, the wings are the most powerful Audi TT New TT RS was the dedication of both the motor sports itself, and its heroes and its lovers.
 
Do you remember the tight moans of Audi S1, with a canned knife opening the pike peak path, and how the edges of this wound diverged, releasing up the crest of hot dust?
And the unthinkable pile of wings that pressed the protectors into the mountain ground and threw it behind the stern so high that he had time to calm down and lay down only when the cries of a five -cylinder engine was already melting between the rocks echo? This is good if you remember it was worth it.
And I don’t remember and envy you a little: I was only ten then. Well, if you weren’t there then, ask you to YouTube about Walter Rerle, Michel Muton and climb the pike peak and listen to yourself. And look how the white locomotive with an iron rushes through the ground, tearing his first hundred speeds from his viscous quagmire in 3 seconds, and feel the rough power of the cult machine.
It was the highest take -off of the brutal Audi S1 \u200b\u200bof the first all -wheel drive machine from the world rally championship, which dropped all the restrictions and abandoned all the conventions of the technical regulations for the sake of victories for Pikex Peak, where it doesn’t matter what you are doing to be fast, and only your speed under the clouds over the abyss is important. Five cylinders in a row from Audi is a strong tradition, but today the order is already forgotten. That is the latest her characteristic voice sounds.
It does not have the satiety of the v6 grumbling and there is no banality of the cod of in-line fours: this foreign engine howls when you promote it under load. On the Audi S1, he roared as if a wild boar had inflamed something of the hood. In the new Audi TT RS, the most powerful TT of all time he moans somewhere in the glove compartment. They are different and neat, but they are the same blood. Even a large stationary wing on the lid of the trunk appeared on the Audi TT RS (you can order the usual retractable one, which does not violate the cleanliness of the surfaces TT), and the lower edge of the front bumper developed with a silver splitter all this is the traces of the acute cheekbones of the 600-strong Batmobile Walter Rerly. And on TT RS, they are not just scenery: one of my nürburgring training was driving Audi TT, and I personally could make sure that even a small standard spoiler allows you to feel calm at speeds from 150 to 250 km/h. The 340-horsepower turbome is supplied only with six-speed mechanics in the coupe and convertible. The ability to accelerate 4.6 seconds to hundreds and gain 280 km/h of maximum speed does not mean neither inconvenience nor obstinacy.

The wing and mirrors of the color of matte aluminum, as well as Splitter under the front bumper, will not allow TT RS to be unnoticed by the SS button Cogs the more assoinable exhaust sound, more acute gas response, more sports characteristics of the shock absorbers in the convertible was the only serious drawback of TTs. Now everything is different: the convertible sounded so that the music in it became a separate pleasure Magnetic Ride shock absorbers, and 18-inch wheel wheels standard
TT RS, having gathered so much strength under its compact aluminum body, remained the usual TT with a quick compartment or a converter for every day, perfectly protected from imperfection of Russian roads and weather. Its Quattro all -wheel drive will allow you to feel like a king even in winter, and ESP will make it from the palace coups. However, the all -wheel drive system on the current Audi TT allows not only to shoot from the snowdrift and accelerate on the snowstorm of the like drugs. We were convinced that it is needed on the pure polished asphalt of the Zolder racing track. Full -wheel drive makes a powerful machine and more stable, and more efficiently. With it you can be faster on the arc and previously open gas, having all the trump cards of the ideal balance of rear -wheel drive sports cars and getting from the bunch of aces of acceleration efficiency. An ideal sports car for every day?
If you want, yes. All all -wheel drive Audi TT are amazingly close in order: reliable in management and fast, emotional and restrained at the same time. They sing on different voices and differ in speed, but everyone equally forces to think about the upcoming trip to work, as about pleasure. The new Audi TT RS is just the fastest among them. Very fast.
 
 

 
 

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