Abahlakaniphe kunabo bonke: Kwembulwe i-Audi S3 2013

Abahlakaniphe kunabo bonke. Kude kude nobuhlanya be-acrobatic BMW 135i, i-Ford Focus ST ethunyelwe noma i-panacea ebonakalayo ye-Opel Astra OPC, i-Audi S3 ka-2013 ethuthukisiwe manje isivele.

Sebezovula iParis Motor Show, osekuvele ngesonto elizayo, abakwa-Audi bavuse ilukuluku lethu ngokudalula izithombe namavidiyo okuqala e-Audi S3 entsha ezokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kulo mbukiso, kanye ne I-A3 Sportback.

Ibhekwa abaningi njengemoto yezemidlalo "eziphethe kahle kakhulu" ye-C, i-Audi S3 ibilokhu iyinhlanganisela yokusebenza kahle, ngokuvamile ngenxa yokuzijabulisa kokushayela okungcwele.

Kubukeka sengathi uyalazi ifa elisinda emahlombe akhe: Ukuba ngummeleli ofanelekile womkhulu wakhe, i-Audi Quattro. Akekho owamcela ukuba abe njalo, kodwa ucabanga kanjalo. Yingakho ezithatha ngokungathi sína futhi akalokothi abe umngane wemidlalo emikhulu ngemuva kwesondo efana nama-power-slides amakhulu noma amabhuleki ashisiwe. Akukho kuye lokho. Ngaye i-watchword isebenza kahle kakhulu. Ake sibone ukuthi izinto zishintsha kancane kulesi sizukulwane.

Ngaphansi kwebhonethi siphinde sathola injini yethu endala eyaziwa nge-2.0 TFSI kaphethroli, kodwa ibuyekezwe kancane. Manje iletha angu-296hp, angu-35hp ngaphezu kwangaphambili, kanye no-380Nm ku-5,500RPM.

Yebo, wonke la mandla amahle ahanjiswa ngobumnene kuwo wonke amasondo amane, nge-Quattro system kanye no-gearbox we-S-Tronic double clutch. Amasistimu asizayo (nokuningi…) le Audi ifinyelela ku-0-100km/h ku-5.1sec nje. Ngebhokisi lemanyuwali lo msebenzi uthatha isikhathi eside, imizuzwana engu-5.8. ukuba neqiniso. Ijubane eliphezulu liwu-250km/h (elilinganiselwe ngogesi).

I-avareji yokusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli esimenyezelwe yile nkampani – asenze sengathi siyakholwa… – ingu-6.9 wamalitha ngebanga lika-100km eshintshwayo, kanye ne-S-Tronic engu-7.0 litres/100km. Kulawa magugu akhuthazayo, kusho uhlobo lokuthi ukwelashwa kwesisindo kwesizukulwane esisha kunomthelela omkhulu. Ngo-60kg ngaphansi kwenguqulo yangaphambilini, sibonga inkundla ye-MQB edume kabi.

Ngaphandle kokusetshenziswa - Ngakho-ke iphothifoliyo yethu… I-dynamics nayo iyazuza kulokhu kuncipha kwesisindo. Umkhiqizo waseJalimane uthi le S3 izoba nekhono kunawo wonke. I-suspension, uma uyiqhathanisa neyejwayelekile, iphansi ngo-25mm, amabhuleki aqondene ngqo nalolu hlobo kanti ne-electronics ibuyekeziwe.

Lapho kungenamehluko omkhulu khona kusesisetshenziswa sobuhle. Iso eliqeqeshwe kakhulu kuphela elingakwazi ukuhlukanisa le nguqulo nakwejwayelekile. Ngaphandle kokuba khona kwamagesi amane ngemuva, namalogo e-S3 kuyo yonke indawo, ihlukanisa kancane le-S3 ne-Audi A3 evamile ene-S kit. Enguqulweni yezemidlalo le S3 isangulukile. Ikude kakhulu nezisetshenziswa zika-"ngicela ungibheke" zeFord Focus ST noma i-Opel Astra GTC OPC, isibonelo.

Ngaphakathi, kufakwe izinto ezintsha ku-aluminium ebhulashiwe, izihlalo zezemidlalo ezinophawu lwe-S-line, isiteringi esiphansi esiqondile kanye ne-turbo pressure indicator ekhethekile. Amanye amabhonasi azosenza sizizwe “sikhethekile” kancane ngaphakathi kwale S3.

Kulindeleke ukuthi kufike e-Portugal ngonyaka ozayo, le Hatchback esebenzayo nesheshayo izobiza u-€38,800 eJalimane. E-Portugal azikho izintengo.

Umbhalo: Guilherme Ferreira da Costa