Audi unveiled new quattro four-wheel drive system

Recently, Audi officially announced the newly developed quattro four-wheel drive (quattro ultra) some of the technical details, this new four-wheel drive system has been used on the new A4 allroad models, unlike other four-wheel drive system, the system fuel there are some economic improvement, the future will be used on more models. The new official version of the quattro four-wheel drive system named "quattro ultra". The system uses a set located between the gearbox and drive shaft electronically controlled multi-plate clutch differentials (ie, center differential), and another group is located after the bridge jaw clutch mate. When the center differential electronically controlled multi-plate clutch turbocharger manufacturers, between the front and rear axles when power is disconnected, the power output of the four-wheel drive system as the precursor, 100% power output to the front axle; at the same time, located in the rear axle gear claw the rear axle and drive shaft clutch is disengaged, so that the drive shaft is no longer rotated to reduce unnecessary energy consumption, which is compared to other four-wheel drive quattro ultra structure is more fuel-efficient key. In addition, quattro ultra structure compared to the traditional use of quattro four-wheel drive system turbo suppliers uk Towson structure lighter 4kg. The four-wheel drive system, Audi represents fuel economy performed well, but no official announcement of the new system can save many specific fuel consumption, Audi engineers test data in Germany show that after the new system the average vehicle fuel economy 0.3 liters / hundred kilometers (to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 7 g / km). Since the 1980 launch of the first generation of quattro four-wheel drive system, Audi's quattro four-wheel drive technology has gone through seven generations of development, various versions for different models of the technology is constantly evolving. "Quattro ultra" early in the Audi MLB platform mounted on the main production models balanced turbo, such as the next-generation A4 allroad quattro and Q5, this new four-wheel drive system with manual gearbox and capable of dual-clutch DSG gearbox fit in V6 or V8 diesel the same model can be applied to the engine.