AUDI A3 · 1.8 5V Turbo Ambition · Hatchback · 2000 ‐ 2003

From 2000 Audi launched manufacture of autos type A3, modification of 1.8 5V Turbo Ambition and terminated it in 2003. This car has 5 doors, the body chassis is in the form a hatchback, weight 1.2 tons and length 4.2 meters, that can seat 5 person total.

«A3 1.8 5V Turbo Ambition» is a front-wheel drive car with a 5-speed manual gearbox. This auto can be accelerated for 7.6 s to 100 km/h, with a max speed of 228 km/h, due to a 4-cylinders petrol motor engine with a «multipoint injection fuel system», which produce a maximum power of 180 hp at 5500 rpm.

Fuel tank volume of this auto is 55 liters of petrol, thereby when intermediate fuel consumption is 7.8 l per 100 km (6.2 liters on the track, 10.6 l in the urban), what allows drive nearly 706 km unrefueled.

The front wheels of this car have ventilated disks brakes and fixed to the chassis with help of suspension «MacPherson, independent, coil springs» and equipped with sway bar. Rear wheels have disks brakes and attached to the undercarriage using suspension type «Semi-independent, coil springs» and equipped anti-roll bar. Tires have the following dimensions - 205/60VR15.

According to the results of Euro NCAP crash test, this model of Audi A3 got the lot quantity of stars - four, which indicates that it is a well safe automobile. In addition to active safety systems (EBD, ESP, ABS), it is also has passive safety features (passenger, driver, side airbags).