AUDI A3 Sportback · 1.6 Ambition · Hatchback · 2004 ‐ 2008

From 2004 Audi launched manufacture of automobiles model A3 Sportback, modification of 1.6 Ambition and finished it in 2008. The weight of the car is 1.2 tn and a length of 4.3 m, It is shaped as hatchback with 5 doors, and can be fit in 5 person including the driver.

«A3 Sportback 1.6 Ambition» have a front wheel drive automobile with a 5-speed manual gear shift. 4-cylinders petrol motor with «multipoint injection fuel system» can generate power 102 horsepower at 5600 rmp, which allows you to accelerate the automobile in 12.2 s to 100 km/h and reach peak speed of 185 km/h.

Fuel tank capacity of this vehicle is 55 l of petrol, so when average fuel consumption is 7.2 l per 100 km (5.7 l on the suburban, 9.7 liters in the city), that allows drive roughly 764 km unrefuelled.

The forward wheels of this automobile have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the undercarriage with help of suspension type «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Back wheels have disks brakes and attached to the underframe by dint of suspension «Multilink, coil springs» and equipped with anti-roll bar. Tires have the next size - 225/45R17.

In accordance with the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Audi A3 Sportback got the great number of stars - four, indicating that it is a enough safe vehicle. In addition to passive safety systems (driver, passenger, side, head/curtain airbags), it is also has dynamic safety such as ABS, Brake assistant, Traction control, ESP, EBD.