Volkswagen Golf GTI, Audi S3, Mazda3 MPS, BMW 130i, Volvo C30 - Exotic cars, tuned cars, lightweight cars
Appearance of these kids more than is deceptive. Under not striking suit at them the muscles to which other will envy sportsman disappear. No, they do not burn for seconds of ten litres of gasoline and dozen-other cylinders under a cowl cannot brag. But they are splendidly proportionally combined and capable to give a worthy lesson of high-speed driving to snobs on effective sport coupes. To “warm up” hatches have begun for a long time already. The pioneer was Volkswagen Golf GTI, born in 1976. Modest family cars has been equipped rather impressive on those times by the 110-strong motor and dispersal to hundred for 9 seconds – few schoolmates could brag of such characteristics. Competitors have quickly understood, that the cars combining advantages traditional family car with latent abilities a sport penalty, will be quite claimed, and now the choice of models in this segment is wide enough. Paying we will begin a tribute of respect to trailblazers, our review with Volkswagen Golf GTI last generation.
Classics of a genre - Volkswagen Golf GTI
Golf GTI the fifth generation, as well as its well-known predecessor, consistently continues family traditions. That Golf GTI applies for something bigger, than its less sports brothers, unambiguously hints pair of the chrome plated exhaust pipes and firm logo GTI.
Having appeared in interior, also you mark sports stylistics of an interior: seats with a wide set of resettings, a sports wheel and the lever of a check point with exclusive (Alu-Tech-Look) the design of the hand lever developed specially for GTI, sports design of devices and logo GTI on headrests.
To support sports image Golf GTI it is called turbo gasoline engine FSI by capacity of 200 h.p. with a twisting moment reaching 280 Nanometers. With this engine automatic box DSG with two frictional clutches and possibility of a manual gear shift is aggregated or usual six-step mechanical gear-box, or. However, to image sportive Golf GTI by and large also it is limited: dispersal to 100 km/h in 6,9 seconds with DSG and 7,2 seconds with “mechanics” – not the most outstanding result.
Characteristics of a suspender as a part of a sports running gear are picked up specially for GTI. For active safety of the driver answer antiblocking system of brakes (ABS) with the built in booster of an emergency brake application, ASR, ESP with steering from the gauges, engaging and electronic blocking of differential (EDS). Passive safety new Golf GTI safety pillows (in five-door a variant — to 8 pieces) provide the superrigid body which details are connected by laser welding, and.
The standard - Audi S3
Hatchback of the 3rd series from Audi in itself have to sports style of driving, and Audi S3 offers a little more. Equipped with a constant all wheel drive quattro and the powerful engine, it possesses excellent high-speed characteristics, excellently combining the present pleasure from driving and a practicality for daily operation.
In spite of the fact that in S3 there is same 2-litre engine FSI, as on Golf GTI, the quantity of “horses” and Newton-metres which to engineers Audi managed to be removed from it, is essential more: 265 h.p. against 200 h.p. at Golf and 350 Nanometers against 280 Nanometers accordingly.
The engine has been essentially finished, thanks to it the car with excellent sports characteristics has turned out: dispersal to 100 km/h occupies 5,7 seconds and proceeds up to the maximum speed of 250 km/h limited to electronics.
The sports suspender of series S provides excellent roadability, allowing to the full to show drivers abilities, in a victim which the comfort, but it, alas, a fate of all sports hatches, and not only them has been to a certain extent brought.
As at the present sportsman, at S3 – 6-step mech. gear-box with the pull together reduction ratios and system of a constant all wheel drive quattro on huge light-alloy 18 inch wheels which you will infrequently meet at cars of this class. Except them sports spirit S3 the firm radiator enclosure finished with chrome, a modesty panel with huge bores of air intakes underline, vanity mirrors «under aluminium» and a spoiler on a roof, painted in colour of a body.
That who remains behind, S3 shows a rear spoiler with the built in choke tube and two oval chromeplated branch pipes of an exhaust pipe issued in style of models of series S.
Interior S3 also is solved in sports style: seats with good lateral support and the original panel of devices, pedals, a lever handle of a gear shift are finished «under aluminium», and, naturally, red-silvery emblem S3 everywhere flaunts. By request it is possible to establish a firm sports wheel with direct bottom sector. Lineup cars quattro GmbH by request are completed developing sportive seats.
Reasonable risk - Mazda3 MPS
For the first time shown in March, 2006 on the Geneva motor show, car Mazda3 MPS is the second model of new series MPS (Mazda Performance Series) after Mazda6 MPS. It is created on base hatch Mazda3 and completed by same 2,3-litre engine DISI Turbo MZR capacity of 260 h.p., as Mazda6 MPS which sales in Europe and Russia have begun in the beginning of this year. However, unlike all-wheel drive Mazda6 MPS sports variant Mazda3 has a drive gear on front wheels.
Sports talents Mazda3 MPS do not remain not noticed for an attentive eye: in spite of the fact that the car has kept the basic forms of the base model, separate details accurately express its character: oversize front fenders, more obvious logo on a cowl and external body panels, the lateral weather-cloths giving Mazda3 MPS resolute road “bearing”, and 18-inch aluminium “skating rinks”.
The big outlet pipe in diameter hints at additional capacity under a cowl of 102 mm also.
All is inside convenient and functional. Primary colour – black with contrasting red lines of seams. Decorative inserts «under the titan», aluminium pedals, sports semiladles of seats – these details in an interior also eloquently say that before you not simple Mazda.
But main highlight Mazda3 MPS is, certainly, cross-section established 4-cylinder engine with direct injection of fuel and a turbo-supercharging capacity of 260 h.p. Engine DISI is very elastic and develops the maximum twisting moment of 380 Nanometers already at very low rotary speed of a bent shaft – only 3000 rpm that means practical absence of delay of operation of a turbocharger.
From a place the car is dispersed till the speed of 100 km/h for 6,1 seconds, and its standard 6-step mechanical gear box provides very dynamical movement and at higher speeds. The car braking system is modernised to correspond to capacity of its engine.
Besides even bigger increases in body stiffness engineers also have carefully adjusted chassis Mazda3 MPS, having achieved drop of a lateral list on 60 % in comparison with the base version. Improvement stream-line form, especially under the body bottom, has reduced value of factor of aerodynamic resistance that has made real achievement of the maximum speed of 250 km/h.
German style - BMW 130i
The long cowl and the interior displaced back, rear wheel drive – BMW 1st series is allocated against schoolmates. The world premiere updated BMW 1st series has taken place in March of this year in Geneva. Changes have concerned not only external and internal furniture, but also engines, to most powerful of which becomes R6 engine with the cylinder block from magnesium and aluminium and technology VALVETRONIC, established on BMW 130i.
This engine of 265 h.p. with the maximum twisting moment in 315 Nanometers will provide with capacity BMW 130i excellent dynamic characteristics: dispersal to 100 km/h for 6 seconds for three-door and 6,1 seconds for five-door versions, and the maximum speed limited to electronics at level of 250 km/h.
Besides, the system of regeneration of energy of braking allows to move electric power development to modes of compulsory idle running and braking so – to receive a prize in dynamics at dispersal.
In base complete set BMW 130i it is equipped with 6-step “mechanics”, as an option “automatic machine” with function Steptronic allowing by means of the selector or switches on a steering wheel is accessible to choose drives manually. Besides, BMW 130i it can be equipped with the active steering changing a transmission ratio of the gear of a steering depending on speed.
Thanks to high strength of a body and rational adjustment of elements of a safety system of passengers BMW 130i provides high level of safety. High-strength grades of a steel and carefully worked system of longitudinal and cross-section beams in any situations absorb and take away the maximum energy of blow.
Front pillows enter into a package of elements of safety with the two-level operation, built in backs of front seats lateral pillows and the airbags protecting both front, and rear passengers. For active safety along with an exact steering and a reliable braking system the clever system of dynamic stabilisation DSC answers.
The same who will want not to feel simple in a skin of the racer, and the present champion, it makes sense to try to become the owner of one of 2000 cars of 1st series in version Limited Sport Edition. These cars, will be issued only with a special paint and varnish covering «black carbon» and to be equipped with 18-inch wheels WTCC with inscription BMW Motorsport and different tyres (in front 205/45 x 18, behind 225/40 x 18).
Other features of version Limited Sport Edition will be the button of a starting engine operation/reenergizing with a special inscription and design Chrome Line. Besides, customers will receive all components of sports package M: a sports running gear, the aerodynamic package, the chrome plated nozzle on the muffler, a ceiling upholstery black colours, a leather steering wheel, sports front seats and other pleasant trifles with emblem M. Sports atmosphere in interior will be created by a material of upholstery Sensate Flashpoint and aluminium laths of silver colour.
The destroyer of stereotypes - Volvo C30
Cars Volvo always were famous for the safety and a little – boring. Not casually on light there was well-known term Volvo-driver. Similar, has come to break time stereotypes. New Volvo C30 it is calculated not on approximate fathers and mothers of families, and is faster on their young offsprings to whom the measured life in a family bosom has bored.
It in even bigger degrees is fair for top-version Volvo ?30 equipped with 5-cylinder gasoline engine T5 with a turbo-supercharging. Capacity in 220 h.p. and a stable twisting moment in 320 Nanometers on a wide range of turns (from 1500 to 4800 rpm) in a combination to five-step automatic gear box Geartronic give the chance Volvo C30 to give the present pleasure from driving.
Compact and powerful, perfectly steered and steady, thanks to a broad gauge and rather long wheelbase, Volvo C30 – all the same present Volvo. That is Swedes remained are true to itself in that, as to safety maintenance. One only transfer of every possible systems of the safety established on ?30, will occupy pair of paragraphs.
Despite the compact sizes, interior Volvo C30 differs comfort and functionality, as well as it is necessary to the Swedish car of a premium-class. In the car places for four adults are provided, and backs of rear seats are regulated independently from each other though, and it recognises founders of the car, the car is created for, we will tell so, egoists.
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