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quattro is Audi and Audi is quattro. All-wheel drive is one of the core technical competencies of the brand with the four rings and stands for top traction on all surfaces. In the Audi RS 3, the quattro drive is used for the first time in conjunction with the RS Torque Splitter. Four-wheel drive drifting? That's how it works in the RS 3... Click on the menu for the driving dynamics system Audi drive select. There are seven modes to choose from: efficiency, comfort, auto, dynamic, RS Individual and the two RS 3-specific driving profiles RS Performance for the racetrack and RS Torque Rear for non-public routes. The latter mode is the setting for drifting with the RS 3.
Audi RS 3 in drift
The technical prerequisite for this is the RS torque splitter – one of the top new developments in the Audi RS 3. While the quattro drive train is identical to the previous model up to the rear axle, an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch is now installed on each drive shaft instead of the rear axle differential with an upstream multi-plate clutch package Commitment. The RS Torque Splitter thus enables the drive torque for the rear axle to be distributed fully variably between the rear wheels. This ensures more stability, for example in the wet, and more agility when cornering in a sporty manner. Technically, the following happens: The engine torque delivered by the engine to the gearbox is translated depending on the gear selected and is applied as the total drive torque to the differential housing of the front axle drive. From there, the total drive torque is distributed to the front wheels via the front axle differential and, when the clutches of the RS torque splitter are closed, to the rear axle via the angle drive and the cardan shaft.
Five-cylinder turbo engine and 400 hp
The cardan shaft is directly connected to the RS torque splitter without a transmission gear. The torque for the rear axle is transferred from the bevel gear to the ring gear of the final drive at the rear. If a front wheel slips, the released drive torque can be directed to one wheel or both wheels on the rear axle. A maximum of 50 percent of the drive power goes to the rear axle. The RS Torque Rear mode, specially designed for closed-off routes, generates oversteering driving behavior by transferring all of the drive torque directed to the rear to the outside wheel. Drifts and sporty, laterally dynamic driving ensure emotional driving pleasure - in combination with the five-cylinder turbo engine, 400 hp, ceramic brakes and the RS sports suspension.
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Snow flurry: Audi RS 3 in drift!
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