The engine's maximum torque of 450 Nm starts right down at 1,750 rpm, in other words at rock-bottom revs – and makes the TDI a genuine built-for-fun driving machine. The sports engine's power is acoustically underpinned by the newly developed exhaust system. With its variable resonance chambers on both tailpipes, it delivers a full-bodied, voluminous sound. The engine's power is translated into locomotion by a compact, transversely installed six-speed gearbox with short shift travel. Its open selector gate is in aluminium. In combination with quattro four-wheel drive, it relays the engine's power ultra-efficiently to the 20-inch wheels.
The sports suspension of the Audi A3 TDI clubsport quattro is easily up to the task of handling such power. Six-piston brake calipers and ceramic brake discs at the front and Audi magnetic ride technology for the dampers enable the driver to respond with lightning speed to every driving situation. With the driving dynamics system Audi drive select, they can adjust the throttle response and exhaust sound characteristics, the steering's power assistance, the ESP control and the damper characteristics as desired.
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