Car Picture Gallery: Audi A8
Saturday, June 25, 2011
2012 Audi A5 changes
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| 2012 Audi A5 changes |
At the IAA in Frankfurt, they are ready the Coupe, Convertible and Sportback.
3.0TFSI The S5 gets the engine in with 333 hp.
The S5 Coupe with its debut in 2007 was an eight-cylinder engine under the hood. A large block of 4.2 liters with an output of 354 hp. Enough to sprint 0-100 km / h in 5.1 seconds to complete. The top speed electronically limited, however, on the predictable 250 km / h. Less than eighteen months later, Audi presented the opening performance. This S5 Cabriolet had a different engine in the forecastle. Audi chose a six cylinder. Although equipped with a compressor, which is still 333 hp sixes in four driving wheels could go. By fractionally lower power and higher vehicle weight was open four-seater 0.5 seconds to return a sprint 0-100 km / h Top speed? Course, limited to 250 km / h.
CO2 EMISSIONS
Audi first showed that a blown sixes better with the character of the Cabriolet fits a V8 engine. For the Coupé is the opposite, claims the manufacturer. That place would make the V8 for a V6 with air accelerator was after seeing the logical usage rate. Two fewer cylinders means (on paper) a decrease of 30 g / km of CO2.
FACELIFT
The S5 and A5-types get a restyled front from September, with an emphasis on slightly different light units and a more angular grille. The RS5 will retain its eight-cylinder.
Friday, June 24, 2011
2011 Audi Q7 TDI
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| 2011 Audi Q7 TDI |
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| 2011 Audi Q7 TDI |
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| 2011 Audi Q7 TDI |
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| 2011 Audi Q7 TDI |
Audi Q7 TDI have done a lot to change the perception that diesel vehicles are crude, stinky, black smoke-spewers, and the company's lone turbodiesel SUV gets even better for 2011. Thanks to the 406 pound-feet of torque at a low, low 1750 rpm, it takes very little throttle to accelerate or pass in traffic. Braking is precise, and the discs respond seemingly instantly to driver input. At the track, the TDI went from 0 to 60 mph in 8.6 seconds, which is about a second slower than the gas 4.2-liter V-8 we tested a couple years ago and the 2011 got through the quarter mile in 16.5 seconds at 82.
The 2011 Audi Q7 quattro has two new engines this year. The new engines are intriguing, however. Both are 3.0-liter engines. Not only does blown six make more power than the naturally-aspirated eight, Audi notes that it's some 16 percent more fuel efficient. The 2011 Audi Q7 we are reviewing is the Q7 TDI. The 3.0 TDI is the same turbodiesel V-6 as used in the recently tested 2011 Volkswagen Touareg TDI, rated at 225 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque, and like the Touareg has the same eight-speed automatic transmission. And like the Touareg, has standard all-wheel drive, although for the Q7 it Audi's proprietary quattro system.
The Audi Q7 and Volkswagen Touareg are not, however, badge-engineered corporate kin. The Audi is longer, with five more inches between the front and rear axles, and seats up to seven. The Touareg has only two rows of seats.
Audi claims 8.5 seconds for the zero-to-sixty mph dash. Standard towing capacity is 5,500lbs (with a 550 pound tongue-weight), plus there's a trailer hitch package that includes a tow bar and increased cooling capacity, increasing tow rating to 6,600lbs (with a 660 pound tongue-weight).
The EPA rating for the 2011 Audi Q7 TDI is 17 mpg city and 25 mpg highway, however we found that we were able to get 24.0 mpg with mostly highway driving, with 19.7 mpg in mixed all-around driving in cold weather and hilly terrain, both having a negative impact on fuel economy numbers.
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